How I Pampered the Tyrant Into Devotion With My Space-Chapter 617: She’s in Labor

Finally, Pei Shu’er smiled and tentatively asked, "So, Mother, am I Baili Kong’s child?"

As soon as these words were spoken, Shen Wanqing’s face immediately changed.

"Who told you that?"

"Since I was young, the concubines always told me so."

The concubines even said she was a bastard child.

Pei Shu’er quietly watched Shen Wanqing.

Finally, a clear panic appeared on Shen Wanqing’s face. She grabbed Pei Shu’er’s hand, her eyes slightly reddened as she looked at Pei Shu’er.

"Don’t listen to others’ nonsense, okay?"

Pei Shu’er was filled with doubts. With her mother saying this, she couldn’t ask further questions.

Moreover, she always felt that Shen Wanqing’s behavior was really a bit strange.

If it wasn’t true, Shen Wanqing could easily deny it, but she neither admitted nor denied it, leaving Pei Shu’er uncertain for the moment.

Moreover, the most important thing was, she, this cannon fodder supporting character, was just brushed over with a few strokes in the original story.

Now that she survived, unexpectedly, her background slowly began to unfold.

But to be honest, Pei Shu’er wanted to know about her background, and besides asking Shen Wanqing, there was no one else to ask.

After all, no one would know better than a mother whose child it really is.

That night, Pei Shu’er felt Shen Wanqing tossing and turning on the bed.

Even though the movements were small, they still woke Pei Shu’er.

Pei Shu’er raised her hand to smooth Shen Wanqing’s back, snuggled up to her, and quietly coaxed her.

"Mother, I’ve heard others say this since I was young, it’s not just recently that I’m hearing it. Actually, I’ve come to accept it by now. And when I see Father’s attitude towards me, I can more or less figure out some things."

Shen Wanqing hugged Pei Shu’er, filled with guilt.

"Don’t think too much, just sleep."

Pei Shu’er somewhat wanted to laugh, clearly, the one thinking too much was Shen Wanqing.

Shen Wanqing hugged Pei Shu’er and strangely fell asleep.

By the time they woke up again, it was already daylight.

And Pei Shu’er also had the maid bring over the washing supplies. At the same time, breakfast was already made and placed on the table.

Upon waking, they ate breakfast together, then Pei Shu’er placed the chopsticks on the edge of the bowl and looked up at Yinxing.

"Yinxing, please help me call the midwife, and also have the experienced mammas in the mansion prepare the necessary things."

Yinxing was a bit stunned, only to see Pei Shu’er’s lips slightly curl, her face a bit pale, and cold sweat appearing on her forehead.

"I’m going to give birth."

Shen Wanqing immediately became nervous and hurriedly sent her own maid to attend to matters.

She stayed by Pei Shu’er’s side, gently comforting her.

"Don’t be afraid, Shu’er. I’ve given birth to four children; once the pain is over, it’ll be okay."

Pei Shu’er smiled at the corner of her mouth, "I know, Mother."

But honestly, in ancient times, childbirth led to a high mortality rate for women.

Especially if the child was in a difficult position.

Fortunately, she had an experienced midwife check her, the baby was positioned correctly, and she was healthy, so generally, it shouldn’t be a difficult birth.

However, to prevent anything unexpected, she drank a large gulp of Spiritual Spring Water, feeling warmth spread through her body. Although the pain was still there, her tolerance seemed to have increased.

Liu Xu heard the news that Pei Shu’er was about to give birth and hurried into Pei Shu’er’s room.

"It’s okay, Shu’er, the baby is just full-term now, and I think the baby should be of normal size, so there’s nothing to worry about, okay?"

But Liu Xu also felt very sorry for Pei Shu’er. In her eyes, Pei Shu’er was always very strong; such a situation was the first time Liu Xu had witnessed it.

She held Pei Shu’er’s hand, "Remember, no matter how much it hurts later, don’t cry out, you need to conserve your strength to give birth."

Liu Xu said, "Someone, bring the Princess Consort something to eat, while she’s not in so much pain yet, feed her to keep her strength up."

Liu Xu had always trained, and her experience was very rich.

Yinxing brought Pei Shu’er some food and fed her bite by bite.

Tang Zan had gone to court, and the messenger was blocked outside the palace gates, unable to get in. He had to slip some money to the guards to get them to inform Tang Zan.

When Tang Zan finished the court session, he was informed that Pei Shu’er was about to give birth and hurriedly boarded a carriage to rush to Prince Zhan Mansion.

In fact, it was a few days earlier than the expected birth date, but the baby was full-term.

Tang Zan rushed over anxiously and saw Pei Shu’er, looking as if she had been fished out of water, her face pale, and her forehead drenched with sweat.

He crouched beside the bed, placing Pei Shu’er’s hand on his cheek, gently kissed it.

"Don’t be afraid, Pei Shu’er, I’ll be with you. The midwife is the one you’ve trained yourself, so you need to believe in yourself, believe in the people you’ve trained."

Even as he said this, Pei Shu’er could still clearly feel Tang Zan’s hand trembling slightly, obviously scared.

His eyes were bloodshot.

He wiped the sweat off Pei Shu’er’s forehead, finding it ice-cold.

His heart ached even more intensely.

He pressed a kiss onto Pei Shu’er’s forehead.

"It’s okay, everything will be fine."

Pei Shu’er knew that giving birth was the kind of work that required gathering strength, so she didn’t cry out in pain. She just softly smiled at Tang Zan.

Tang Zan was soon asked to leave by the midwife.

He said, "I’ll stay here with her, I won’t disturb you."

Pei Shu’er reached out her sweaty hand to touch Tang Zan’s cheek, speaking weakly.

"It’s okay, you should go out, Tang Zan."

She had a premonition that she couldn’t possibly die that easily.

She even had a pill in her mouth to keep herself going.

However, she couldn’t allow Tang Zan to watch her give birth, fearing it might leave a shadow in his mind.

Tang Zan’s eyes were red, but he still nodded.

He regretted it now, wishing he hadn’t let Pei Shu’er have a child.

Whether Pei Shu’er gave birth or not didn’t really matter to him at that moment; the most important thing was for Pei Shu’er to be well.

If he could, he would have given anything to bear this child for Pei Shu’er.

Pei Shu’er, being pampered, had never experienced such pain before.

The labor started halfway through the night.

Pei Shu’er even admired herself. When she felt she had no strength left, she would take another sip of Spiritual Spring Water, with the midwife constantly by her side, urging her to hold on.

The pain was something she had never experienced in her life.

Even with the support of Spiritual Spring Water, she still shook all over from the pain.

And because it dragged on too long, by the end, Pei Shu’er had very little strength left.

The midwife quickly fed Pei Shu’er some food, constantly encouraging her to persist, to breathe in and out.

When Pei Shu’er seemed really weak, they fed her some food.

Pei Shu’er asked for water, and she had a straw prepared in it for herself.

It was by relying on these sips of Spiritual Spring Water that she held on until daylight.

The midwife’s voice in her ears seemed very distant, and she felt as if her soul was about to be torn apart by the pain.

It wasn’t until the first ray of morning sunlight shone into the room that the first cry of a baby rang out inside.