Novel Lived
Chapter 1099: 1097: The Baby Has Turned into the Correct Position
Chapter 1099: Chapter 1097: The Baby Has Turned into the Correct Position
“I can’t allow this! He… is my child, our child.”
Su Yingxue felt the lower part of her body being torn apart inch by inch; she could even sense the resolve of the little creature inside her wanting to come out, as well as its heartbeat.
“Hubby, I can feel him. He wants to be born, to come out and see mother and father. Save him, please save him.”
Su Yingxue deeply hated herself for being able to save others, for being able to save Wu Jinyan, yet there she lay, powerless to help her own child.
Chu Yihan held her hand, his heart more panicked than it had ever been.
He had never been so frightened of something, scared that Su Yingxue and the child might suffer any mishap.
“Su Yingxue, I can’t perform surgery on you alone unless it’s absolutely necessary. Think of a way to get the baby’s position corrected.”
Saint Ruan looked at Su Yingxue’s swollen belly and drew out a row of silver needles, inserting them into several of her major acupoints to stabilize her mind. The rest was up to her.
“Hey, talk to her. Keep her breathing steady and prolonged. I need to work with the midwife to adjust the position of the baby.”
Saint Ruan instructed Chu Yihan while he and a midwife collaborated to gently caress Su Yingxue’s stomach.
Su Yingxue, holding Chu Yihan’s hand, saw the desperation in his eyes and felt deeply moved. She was worried about the little monster as well as about Chu Yihan.
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Was the secret in Chu Yihan’s heart.
“Emperor, talk to me, please.”
Submerged in pain, she managed to pull together a strained smile.
“Alright, what do you want to talk about? I’m here with you,” he said.
Chu Yihan gently wiped the beads of sweat off her face, feeling as if his heart was tightly clutched in someone’s fist every time he did so.
“I love you. Do you know that, Emperor?” Su Yingxue’s smile was faint.
“I know.”
“I also know that you love me. But… is there something that weighs on your mind, something that sometimes makes you want to avoid me? Is it because I’m not proper enough, or because the empress isn’t doing a good job, or… because I haven’t been a good companion to you?”
“No!”
Chu Yihan was definitively decisive. There was nothing wrong with Su Yingxue; she was always perfect.
From the very first time they met, she was exactly the way he loved the most.
“You’re lying to me…”
Tears slid down Su Yingxue’s cheeks, “There obviously is! If there weren’t, why did you leave during the coronation? I’ve asked you many times, and you never answer but always leave dejectedly. Don’t I deserve your trust? Didn’t we agree to be completely open with each other in this lifetime?”
“I…”
Chu Yihan wanted to say there was nothing, but Su Yingxue’s look of despair stopped him from lying to her any further.
Yes.
He did have something.
A matter of great concern he never shared with her, nor had he ever thought of doing so.
He just left her alone when he couldn’t face her.
This might have hurt her.
But his pride wouldn’t allow him to do that, wouldn’t allow him to question if there was someone else in Su Yingxue’s heart!
He wanted her to have only him in her heart forever and ever.
Just as he had cherished her for so many years.
“Ah!”
Before he could answer again, Su Yingxue screamed in agony, “It hurts so much! It’s so painful!”
“Su Yingxue! The baby’s position is corrected! Hold on!”
Saint Ruan shouted excitedly. Su Yingxue’s life was crucial, and he had to set aside considerations of gender propriety and palace rules. All he wanted was to help Su Yingxue safely deliver the baby.
“Ah!!!”
Su Yingxue had never imagined that giving birth to a child would entail indescribable pain that tore at the heart and shattered the soul.