I am Emperor Wanli

Chapter 370: Shielding the Ming Dynasty and the Emperor from the Wind and Rain
Zhu Yijun first bowed to Chen, glanced at Emperor Longqing outside the courtyard, and answered softly.

"I know your mother's painstaking efforts. It's just that childbirth is extremely dangerous, and there is a high risk of death. If I take over, if the child is dystocia and the mother and child die, I will also be in trouble. It's better to sit back and let them do whatever they want.

But mother, I have taken on this heavy responsibility, so I must take it on. Mount Tai rises high into the clouds because it can support the sky and stand on the earth. "

Chen smiled with relief, took out her handkerchief, and wiped the sweat from Zhu Yijun's forehead.

"I know Jun'er is a good man, so I'll take over. Even if they die in childbirth, do you dare to turn against Jun'er?"

The mother and son involuntarily turned their heads to look outside the yard. After catching his breath and recovering his strength, Emperor Longqing got off the sedan chair and walked back and forth at the gate of the yard, with his head down, rubbing his hands, and muttering to himself.

"Mother, how is Chunkou Palace doing?"

"There is also a court lady who is bossing around, just like here. I am too lazy to care about their business. Let them do whatever they want. If they don't want to live, just let them go."

"Mother, I'll go over there and take a look."

"Okay, let's go."

Zhu Yijun walked out of the courtyard and turned to leave, but was seen by Emperor Longqing, who became very anxious.

"Boss, where are you going?"

"Father, I, the son of Chunkou Palace, will also go and make some arrangements."

Emperor Longqing then remembered that there was a woman in Chunkou Palace who was also having a difficult labor. "Oh, oh, you should go, Boss, go quickly. You should also take care of this side."

"Yes, I will ask them to do their best." Zhu Yijun bowed and turned to leave.

When he was about to turn the corner, Zhu Yijun turned around and saw Emperor Longqing, with his head down and his hands clasped, pacing back and forth at the gate of the courtyard. Chen stood beside him, looking at him coldly without saying a word.

After a few minutes, they arrived at Chunkou Palace. There was also a palace lady standing in the courtyard with her hands on her waist, giving orders randomly.

Zhu Yijun was too lazy to talk nonsense and waved his hand. Fang Liang and four Jing soldiers came forward to hold her, turned around and dragged her out.

The woman screamed like a pig being slaughtered, her voice was extremely sharp.

Fang Liang stepped forward and slapped the woman several times, causing both sides of her face to become swollen. She could not utter a word, nor did she dare to say anything. She was dragged away by the Jingjun army with her terrified eyes wide open.

Zhu Yijun waved his hand and asked the midwives and medical staff of the orphanage who were also blocked outside to take over the scene, dispatch personnel, and preside over internal and external affairs.

Half an hour later, the screams of Concubine Wang in Chunkou Palace became lower and weaker, but the midwife was still busy inside.

Zhu Yijun stood outside the yard, his hands in his sleeves, waiting quietly.

A group of people came over there, including Emperor Longqing and Chen. From a distance, Emperor Longqing said in surprise, "Big Boss, you have a new sister. Finally, we can hear the cry of a baby in the Forbidden City. I finally have the face to go to the Imperial Ancestral Temple to worship my ancestors."

Chen added, "After the midwife came in, she helped Liang Zhaoyi adjust her position and used some other methods to help her. Finally, she gave birth to a princess. Both mother and daughter are fine. The princess cried loudly. Liang Zhaoyi is weak and she just needs to recuperate slowly."

"That's good!" Zhu Yijun also looked happy.

The midwife walked out of Chunkou Palace, her hands and apron stained with blood. Before she got close, a bloody smell hit her face.

Emperor Longqing turned pale with fear, and stretched out his hand to scold, "Don't come near me."

Zhu Yijun took two steps forward and asked, "It's urgent now, don't be polite. What's the situation inside?"

"In reply to your Highness, Concubine Wang is in a bad condition. The fetus is in a transverse position and is stuck. She can't be born. Concubine Wang is exhausted and has less and less strength.

The old woman gave her brown sugar water and ginseng soup. After a while, she got better and tried her best, but she still couldn't give birth. The situation is critical now. If it is delayed any further, both mother and child may die."

Emperor Longqing was so frightened that his face turned pale and his body staggered. Fortunately, Wanfu and Meng Chong supported him.

"What should we do? Boss, what should we do? Both mother and child are in danger, what should we do?" Emperor Longqing pulled Zhu Yijun's sleeve and said pitifully.

He is in his thirties, but still acts like a child who has not grown up. He has never made any major decision, and no one has asked him to make any major decision.

He lost his mother when he was young and was sent out of the palace at a very young age, completely losing the love and protection of his relatives.

When he was in Prince Yu's Mansion, he was bullied by Yan Shifan and others, and he hid in a corner and cried, and then listened to Master Gao and Master Chen. Now that he has entered the Forbidden City, he is not only free and happy, but also has someone to take care of everything for him, so he doesn't have to worry about anything.

Now that he suddenly encountered such a situation, how could he not panic!
"Is there any way to save the situation?" Zhu Yijun comforted Emperor Longqing and turned to ask the midwife.

"There is a way, but it is very dangerous."

"Say!"

"I want to ask you a question first. If the situation is critical, should we save the adults or the children?"

Everyone looked at Emperor Longqing. His Adam's apple twitched back and forth a few times, and he was extremely nervous. After hesitating for dozens of seconds, he pitifully asked Zhu Yijun: "Boss, what do you think?"

Ask me dry hair!

It's your women and children!

But Zhu Yijun knew that he would not be able to get any accurate information from his father today.

He turned to the midwife and said, "Try to save both adults and children. If anything happens, save the adults first."

"I'll remember that."

"What method? You can tell me now."

"Yes, Your Highness. The only way now is to perform a small operation. Perform an operation on the vulva to expand the birth canal, and then try to squeeze the fetus out. This is the only way to save a glimmer of hope now."

Zhu Yijun continued to ask: "Is this method very dangerous?"

"Yes, this method was originally used by a military doctor when he was delivering his wife. Once the wound is opened, the mother is likely to die of puerperal fever, which is often a life-or-death situation. I would not dare to use it unless it is absolutely necessary."

Emperor Longqing's face turned pale again, and his legs became weak. "Wanfu, hold me up."

The midwife quickly added, "Now the medical clinic has improved the recipe. The bedding, gauze and instruments have been steamed, the wounds have been disinfected with alcohol, and there is also a secret wound medicine. Now there is about 30 to 40 percent chance of success."

Zhu Yijun looked at the midwife in her forties and knew that she was an experienced midwife and gynecologist. Experienced doctors are like this, no matter how sure they are, they will leave room for error, and even if they are 70% or 80% sure, they will give half the chance.

They all know that the most feared thing in the treatment process is the unexpected accidents, especially in this day and age.

Only those liars or newly minted doctors dare to make such promises.

Zhu Yijun wanted to ask his father's opinion again.

"Father, you decide whether to give Concubine Wang a small knife or not?"

Everyone stared at Emperor Longqing again, even the eunuchs and maids in Chunkou Palace were looking at him eagerly.

These people share the same fate as Concubine Wang and Chunkou Palace. They all hope to quickly rescue their master Concubine Wang and have her give birth to a prince or princess, so that their lives will be much better.

"Too cruel, too cruel!" Emperor Longqing muttered.

"Two lives for one corpse is cruel. Midwife!" Zhu Yijun turned around and said loudly.

"I'm here!" the midwife responded quickly.

"Just do it, let go, I will take care of everything. No matter what the result is, you will have made contributions without any fault."

"Yes!" the midwife responded, stood up and walked quickly back to the courtyard of Chunkou Palace.

Everyone couldn't help but look at the fifteen-year-old Crown Prince, his figure so majestic in the sun.

Emperor Longqing lowered his head, rubbed his hands, muttered to himself, and began to circle around the gate of Chunkou Palace again.

Zhu Yijun stood aside, his hands in his sleeves, his eyes looking straight ahead.

Chen looked at the father and son, sighed slightly, walked up to Zhu Yijun, and asked softly: "Jun'er, you have so much to worry about military and national affairs, shouldn't you also put some thought into your own affairs?"

"Mother, what can I do for myself?"

"This is an important matter for your life! You are already fifteen years old."

"Mother, next year. Next year I will be sixteen years old, and it will also be three years since Grandpa Long Yu passed away."

Chen looked at his resolute face with a dazed expression. He was only fifteen years old. She and everyone else almost forgot that he was only fifteen years old.

At the age of fifteen, he held up the sky of the Ming Dynasty and the Forbidden City. He not only had to protect the people of the Ming Dynasty, but also had to protect his father, the Emperor from wind and rain.

In his heart as hard as steel, the only soft spot may be the emperor grandfather who has been with him in Xiyuan for five years.

"Jun'er, whatever you say, that's it."

At this time, a medical staff ran out in a hurry and knelt down at the gate of the yard.

Emperor Longqing jumped up and came to him, "What's wrong? What happened?"

(End of this chapter)