Doted By The Regent King

Chapter 1669 - 1607: Suspicious and Paranoid

Madam Zhou feared the signs of a premature birth, and Purple Jade sealed the matter, forbidding anyone from letting the news reach Madam Zhou, and had the two midwives consecutively check Madam Zhou’s pregnancy.

"How is Madam’s pregnancy? Is she about to have a premature birth?" Purple Jade glared at the two midwives and asked coldly, "We spent a lot to hire you, based on your reputation, yet Madam shows signs of a premature birth, and you don’t know?"

"Miss, we..."

"Don’t think you can fool us just because our Madam is easy-going. Madam is kind, but our County Lord is not someone to take lightly!" Purple Jade’s voice suddenly intensified, "If you don’t even understand this, do you want to ruin New Year for your whole family?"

The two midwives shuddered in fright and knelt down with a thud, saying, "Miss, we are only responsible for delivery. Although we have some experience, we are ultimately not Medicine Women or doctors!"

"Still trying to argue."

"Miss, I can’t see anything else, but Madam’s placenta has indeed dropped a little compared to two days ago," said Midwife Lu.

"Yes, yes," Midwife Li nodded as well and said, "The dropping of the placenta is a sign that labor is near."

"Is Madam’s fetal position correct?" Purple Jade asked.

The two midwives nodded vigorously: "Correct, correct, Miss, rest assured, a correct fetal position means a smooth delivery."

"From now on, you can’t leave Madam’s courtyard. You must check her fetal position daily, and report immediately if anything unusual occurs," Purple Jade instructed solemnly. Seeing their reluctant expressions, she added, "Rest assured, as long as Madam delivers safely, both mother and child safe, your red envelopes will double."

Upon hearing this, the two of them beamed with joy and said, "Please rest assured, Miss, we have been in this profession long enough, and we wouldn’t want to mess up. We will definitely do our best."

Purple Jade nodded and asked, "Now tell me, why does Madam show signs of a premature birth?"

"This..." Midwife Lu laughed awkwardly, "Miss, Madam is like an old oyster bearing a pearl. At her age, it’s a blessing she can carry to term, but now that it’s her time, premature birth..."

Her voice trailed off under Purple Jade’s glare.

"Is there no external influence? Like being in contact with something unclean? Or food?" Purple Jade asked again.

It wasn’t because she wanted to be overly suspicious, but the responsibility was given to her by the young lady, and if she failed to guard well, how could she face the young lady?

Besides, even if there were no others in the house, Madam Lu and her daughter were here, so how could one be at ease?

"Madam’s room is clean and spotless."

Nanny Shen added, "The food Madam consumes is personally overseen by me, leaving no room for error, and the medicinal meals are personally prepared."

Purple Jade replied with a hum, issued a few instructions, dismissed the crowd, and asked Nanny Cheng to stay, saying, "Nanny, you are the eldest in this household, someone we young girls can’t compare to. Please pay extra attention to Madam."

"Rest assured, Miss." Nanny Cheng thought for a moment and said, "If Miss is still worried, as the New Year is approaching, why not take this opportunity to replace everything in Madam’s room?"

"That sounds great!" Purple Jade’s eyes lit up, "Let’s do just that."

Nanny Cheng smiled, agreed, and went off to handle it.

Purple Jade, feeling somewhat troubled, rubbed her temples, took out pen and paper, laid it out flat, and quickly wrote a few words, then sent a courier hawk to Wufu. She was truly afraid she might not be able to safeguard properly.