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Yue Rujing’s expression stiffened as she said, "Why don’t you hurry up and give birth to one for them to hold?"

"I..." Yue Ruxue’s face instantly turned red from his teasing. How could her older brother joke with her like that?

"How could the one I give birth to be the same? It would have the surname Yi, not related to the Yue family."

After speaking, she huffed onto her horse, which actually eased the tension.

A smile appeared on Yi Qiuping’s face when she mentioned that the baby would have the surname Yi.

Perhaps it was time for them to settle down and have a child.

"Axue is becoming more and more thoughtless, being so outgoing," Yue Rujing chuckled and shook her head.

Though she said this, her heart felt a lot more relieved.

She was just afraid that Yue Ruxue’s affections were still with her senior brother, but it seemed she had moved on.

Watching two horses, one black and one white, travel further and further away until they were out of sight, Yue Rujing finally withdrew his gaze and looked at Jin Zijin with burning curiosity and boldly asked, "Who exactly is the pregnant woman Axue mentioned seeing? You two..."

He refused to believe there were issues in the relationship between Jin Zijin and Gu Youyou.

Jin Zijin turned to look at him, and said indifferently, "That’s Miss Du. The child is Jie Zhonglin’s. Don’t tell anyone."

Having said that, he mounted his horse and hurried back to the city.

Yue Rujing was left standing there, stunned.

"It’s all such a mess," he said.

He had heard about Miss Du’s situation; that sensational case where she was the first in Beijing to divorce her husband.

Weren’t they both divorced? How did she end up pregnant again?

It’s one thing for her to be pregnant, but to hide in his senior brother’s house, causing such misunderstandings.

Ah, wait, wasn’t Jie Zhonglin killed by a chaotic blade?

Ah, yet another pitiful woman.

...

Miss Du was about to give birth.

Gu Youyou, with her big belly, was instructing Xiang Chun and Cuiya to help out.

In the Crown Prince Residence, not many knew about Miss Du, and the only ones who could be used were the few of them.

Gu Youyou was in no condition to help Miss Du give birth, and since the situation didn’t allow for a midwife, it had to be Searcy assisting with the delivery.

As soon as Searcy heard about it, she brought surgical tools and clenched the scalpel tightly, looking utterly confident.

"Miss Du is screaming so fiercely, she definitely won’t cooperate. I should give her an anesthetic injection first."

Gu Youyou rolled her eyes and said, "Who told you to take a scalpel? It’s not needed."

"Didn’t you do the same for Prince Qin’s Consort last time?"

"That was a special case; she was drugged and couldn’t deliver on her own."

Searcy had never helped deliver a baby before; Gu Youyou had told her to learn properly last time, thinking with her smart mind she’d get it after watching once, but now Gu Youyou said there was no need for a scalpel, which meant she was lost.

"Then what should we do?"

Gu Youyou was speechless, standing by the bed with her big belly, she told Searcy, "Miss Du’s baby is in the correct position, and her physical condition is also very good; she can completely have a natural birth."

Gu Youyou felt that merely talking it through was not clear enough, so she said, "Forget it, just watch for now. Let her give birth on her own. If she can’t do it herself, then you help."

Miss Du’s belly hurt in waves; Gu Youyou bent down with difficulty, put on the sterilized gloves, and checked if it was time for her to push.

The cervix was not dilated enough; Gu Youyou shook her head and said, "Hang in there. You can’t push now; save your strength for when it’s time to use it."