It's late at night, but the lights in Chunhe Palace are still brightly lit.
In the inner palace where the fertility talisman was hung, the woman's screams of pain had been going on for several hours. The palace maids carrying basins, strings, and basins of vinegar and charcoal kept coming in and out, but they still couldn't wait for the cry of the baby.
Although no one dared to tell the truth, everyone knew that since the birth at noon until now, the Crown Princess had most likely encountered a woman's death trap - dystocia.
Except for those who were pregnant, almost all the members of the Ming Dynasty royal family gathered here, their faces full of anxiety, as anxious as a nest of ants on a hot pot.
Empress Ma and Concubine Hu were praying to the gods and worshiping Buddha in the Buddhist hall. Boss Zhu was pacing back and forth in the hall with his hands behind his back. His Royal Highnesses, the fourth, seventh and eighth, gathered around the prince to soothe his eldest brother's restless mood.
The fifth and sixth elders were gathered in a corner with several imperial doctors, discussing something with serious expressions.
The first test that Lao Wu, the Imperial Medical Temple Minister, encountered when he took office was that his sister-in-law had a difficult childbirth. This was really unlucky. On the contrary, the former Chief of the Imperial Hospital, Jin Yuan, who had been changed to the Imperial Medical Temple Shaoqing, was An Ansong.
He breathed a sigh of relief.
If this was the time when he was responsible, the Crown Princess had some shortcomings, and he and the imperial doctor who made the diagnosis and treatment would definitely be killed and buried with the emperor.
Therefore, we must fully support His Highness King Zhou as the minister of the temple. At least the emperor will not kill his own son to vent his anger...
Not only Jin Shaoqing, but also several imperial doctors present thought so, because by now, the 'Zouma Sanzi Prescription' for inducing labor, 'Rabbit Brain Enhancing Powder', and the 'Buddha's Hand Powder' for midwifery had all been used.
Even radical methods such as acupuncture on the fetus and moxibustion on the little toe of the mother's foot were used...
But the fetus is stuck in the cervix and cannot come out. What can I do?
Judging from their many years of experience and the internal situation, all their efforts are in vain now, and the final decision of "to protect the elder or the younger" is coming soon.
To protect the fetus, it means to smash the fetus' head with tools and then take out the stillborn fetus...
Preservation means caesarean section to remove the child. Of course, given the current medical conditions, even if the mother does not die on the spot, she will die from subsequent wound infection.
So no matter how you choose, the result will be cruel. But if you don't choose, the Crown Princess may inevitably end up with one dead and two dead.
Of course, no one would say this so early. The doctors had to pretend to be trying to think of a solution until that moment came...
In fact, most of their minds are now idle, and they even have the leisure to wonder, why is His Royal Highness the King of Chu always listening? Even if he is representing the family, it should be the prince who is here to listen. How can his brother-in-law listen so seriously here?
What do you mean?
Fortunately, Lao Liu didn't know what these old guys were thinking, otherwise they would have to be rewarded with a big competition bag each.
Now he only cares about being nervous.
Because historically, Crown Princess Chang passed away twelve days after giving birth to her second son, at the age of only twenty-four...
Zhu Zhen wanted to avoid this tragedy as much as possible.
Not only because he was a friend of the sisters-in-law, but also because the death of the Crown Princess had such a profound impact——
If the Crown Princess was still alive, then the custody of Xiongying would not fall into the hands of the Lu family, and it is very likely that she would not die inexplicably two years later...
To put it another way, even if the hero is still not saved, as long as the sister-in-law is alive, the Lu family will never have the possibility of ascending to the throne, and the flat-headed Zhu Yunwen will not be able to become the legitimate son.
Then even if the father still wants to have a grandson in the future, he will only give birth to Zhu Yunxi who is born now, and will not give birth to Zhu Yunwen who is a bad boy.
Therefore, we must do everything possible to protect the sister-in-law, mother and son. This is related to the future of the entire country!
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Since last year, Lao Liu has been secretly thinking about countermeasures, and even wanted to try a caesarean section.
For this reason, he found imperial doctors and female medical officers who were skilled in obstetrics and gynecology, and asked them about the feasibility of caesarean section. The good news he received was that doctors of this era were no strangers to caesarean section, and some had even done it themselves.
But the bad news is that, almost without exception, the women who underwent caesarean section died...
Zhu Zhen compared the medical conditions of later generations and speculated that the reason was probably that there was no knowledge of human anatomy in this era; there was no good anesthesia technology; there was no effective suturing and hemostasis technology; there was no blood transfusion technology, and there was not even the awareness and method of disinfection and sterilization... This
It's just an intraoperative problem.
Basically, it is a miracle that a mother can survive the operation, not to mention the inevitable severe infections, sepsis, and septic shock after surgery.
He listed the problems one by one, and then found to his dismay that only a small part of them, such as disinfection and sterilization, could be solved immediately. Most of the problems required a long period of exploration and experimentation before they could be solved.
There are also currently unsolved problems such as fighting serious infections...
In the end, he came to the conclusion that even if he did his best in all aspects, the probability of his sister-in-law surviving a cesarean section would only be one percent.
Although there is still a 100% hope, we still have to give it a try, but when it comes to that step, we can only treat it as a dead horse.
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While he was thinking wildly, he saw Ning, the female medical officer in charge of delivering the baby, walking out of bed exhausted.
A pin drop could be heard in the hall. Everyone stopped talking and stared at the solemn-faced female medical officer.
The female medical officer walked up to the prince, knelt down and choked with sobs: "Prince, your Majesty's condition is already very bad, and we can't delay it any longer."
"What do you mean?" The prince's voice was trembling.
"We need to make a decision, whether to protect the elder or the younger..." Ning said with difficulty.
Empress Ma had just walked out of the Buddhist hall. When she heard this, she swayed, and Concubine Hu on the side quickly supported her.
"Fart, I want to protect everything!" the prince immediately shouted with a pale face.
"I have tried all possible methods, but to no avail. If this continues, the empress will most likely lose one life and two lives," Ning said in a trembling voice.
"You're talking nonsense!" The prince slammed the table.
"Boss, calm down." At this time, Zhu Yuanzhang said in a deep voice: "As a prince, you must keep calm at all times!"
"Dad, I, I..." The prince was in a state of confusion, but he managed to calm down and said: "I want to protect my dignity..."
"No, we have to keep him young." Zhu Yuanzhang said flatly: "That is our grandson, who dares to hurt his life!"
"Zhu Chongba, what are you talking about?" Empress Ma said at this time: "The child can be regenerated, but if the mother is gone, the child is gone forever!"
"You can still marry again..." Zhu Yuanzhang muttered in a low voice.
"Stop talking nonsense!" Queen Ma glared and was about to start a quarrel with him.
"Don't worry, there is still a way!" At this time, Lao Wu suddenly said loudly: "We still have a trick we haven't come up with yet!"
"Really?" Everyone looked at Lao Wu, the first imperial doctor of the Ming Dynasty, who seemed to be the life-saving straw for the whole family...
