The General's Darling Is Delicate-Chapter 366 - 228: Dragged Out for 7 Days, Missed the Best Opportunity
"My husband..."
How could Yun Chunnuan not feel pain?
She saw her own reflection in the mirror, so haggard, so withered, even she couldn’t accept what she saw.
Let alone the man who holds her dear to his heart.
But...
If it’s lost, will she never be able to be a mother again?
She touched her abdomen, still flat, unsure of how big the child was now.
She only knew it felt like a fire was burning inside her, whether in flesh or bone, causing her unbearable pain...
This agony was too much, yet she dared not tell her husband about it.
She knew his suffering was even greater than hers.
During the three months she was gone, his gaunt figure was deeply imprinted in her heart.
The torment mentally was no better than physically, perhaps even harder to bear.
But what could she do?
She didn’t want to give up this child...
At that time, she watched a movie and thought the female protagonist was somewhat stubborn; it’s just a child, what could be more important than one’s own life?
At this moment, when it happened to her, Yun Chunnuan suddenly realized that if this was the last hope, then truly... it’s more important than her life.
She couldn’t, and mustn’t, deprive him/her of the right to come into this world!
"Nuannuan, what should I do?"
That tall and robust man, seemingly forever capable of shielding her from the storm, collapsed at this moment.
He lay in her arms, crying like a child for the first time.
One was his life’s precious treasure, the other his long-held anticipation.
Yelyu Lie couldn’t bear to give up either.
But if forced to choose, he would choose his rare treasure without hesitation.
The suppressed sobbing echoed in the bedroom.
The two didn’t even dare to cry out loudly, didn’t dare to let anyone know what had truly happened.
’Knock knock knock’
A knocking sound came at this time.
"General... An Imperial Physician is requesting an audience outside, the one who came before."
Qiao’er’s cautious voice also came through.
Yelyu Lie quickly got up.
Yun Chunnuan extended her trembling little hand to wipe away the tears on his face bit by bit.
Yelyu Lie bitterly smiled, wrapping her emaciated small hand within his palm, "Nuannuan, this time, your husband cannot indulge your whims."
After he spoke, under the frightened gaze of the little one, she slowly collapsed...
He hated it, resented it, this time he would rather bear all her disgust than let her continue to suffer.
Soon, the Imperial Physician was invited in by Yelyu Lie.
His eyes were still red, but his voice was as steady as usual, as if the one who had just cried wasn’t him.
"Imperial Physician Cui, did you bring everything?"
The Imperial Physician patted the medicine chest, nodding repeatedly.
Upon approaching the bed, he saw the Little Princess’s extremely haggard state, his eyes suddenly widened.
"Oh dear! I remembered!" Imperial Physician Cui slapped his forehead, finally recalling the thing he couldn’t remember after leaving that day. 𝒻𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘸ℯ𝒷𝘯𝘰𝑣ℯ𝑙.𝘤𝑜𝘮
"Remember what?" Yelyu Lie was puzzled.
"Quick! Quickly let me check the Madam’s pulse!"
The Little Princess was covered with a blanket, and the Imperial Physician, despite his urgency, dared not lift it casually.
Yelyu Lie suspiciously took out the emaciated little hand of the little one from the blanket.
The cautious look seemed as if the item in his hand was fragile, liable to break if mishandled.
"Oh dear..." The Imperial Physician looked at the once white and soft little hand from a few days ago, now turned to this.
And that face...
The ominous premonition grew stronger in his heart, as he exhaled a trembling breath.
Putting his fingers on the emaciated wrist, the Imperial Physician’s expression grew increasingly solemn.
Under those pressing eagle-like eyes, the Imperial Physician’s body trembled, and he directly knelt to the ground, "General! I have failed you!"
Yelyu Lie’s heart felt as though it was about to leap out, and his voice, trembling and incoherent, stammered, "How, how is it?"
"That day, when I examined the Madam’s pulse, the fetus was already forty days old, and I forgot to remind you to make a decision within two days, as the fetus’s growth rate would mean that too much time would prevent drug use!"
He forgot!
He was only thinking about how the child grew from twenty days to forty, and planning that within two months, they could decide to use medicine whenever they wanted.
But... he truly forgot that the child could grow from twenty days to forty, just as it could from thirty days to sixty, or even more!
And now... it had already passed two months!
The tall figure swayed, nearly collapsing to the ground.
Yelyu Lie grabbed the Imperial Physician’s hand, urgently asking, "Then what about now? How big is it?!"
"This..." The Imperial Physician took a deep breath, speaking tremulously, "At this rate, it’s almost... almost three months."
"That’s impossible!!!" Yelyu Lie couldn’t believe it, "The Madam’s abdomen is flat, it can’t possibly be three months!"
"General, a pregnant woman’s belly shows around four months, and considering the Madam is already petite, it’s imperceptible to the naked eye. However... this... this..."
The Imperial Physician even dared not voice his speculation.
"What’s the matter! Speak quickly!"
"If you don’t believe the old man, you can wait another seven days, then..."
"You’re talking nonsense!!!"
"Abort the pregnancy! Today, quickly! Besides decoction, is there any other method?!"
The Imperial Physician knelt on the ground, hands clenched into fists, raised above his head, "The General should find a midwife, this method is too bloody, too cruel, and it..."
He sneaked a glance at the furious, sweat-beaded man and continued trembling, "It requires closely contacting the Madam’s body, forgive the old man for being powerless!"
Imperial Physician Cui had practiced medicine for decades, never encountering such a situation.
He also never handled the palace’s pregnancy termination matters.
He could preserve the pregnancy, but termination seemed too cruel no matter the fetal age, thus he never handled it.
However, the General’s wife’s current situation was different, so he intended to help the poor Little Princess.
But who knew, delaying seven days past optimal timing.
Now there were only two methods:
One, using external force to punch, compress, or shake the pregnant woman’s abdomen, making the fetus a stillbirth, then using medicine to expel it.
But the General definitely wouldn’t agree to this.
Two, finding a reliable midwife and forcibly extracting...
Even more brutal!
With the General’s likeness of cherishing his wife, he would likely rather die alongside her than agree...
This sleep, Yun Chunnuan slept deeply, and when she awoke, it was already the following evening.
Seeing the man sitting by the bed, she suddenly recalled his words in her dazed state and quickly touched her abdomen...
