The Holy Maiden was at her wit's end. Her mother was in critical condition, but the doctors in the stockade knew nothing about women's childbirth.
"Fine, I'll trust you this once. If you save my mother, you'll be the benefactor of our stockade. If you fail, you're dead meat!"
Hong Yi frowned upon hearing this. This woman was really a troublemaker, always interfering in everything. If it succeeded, it would be okay, but if it failed, all their lives would be lost here.
However, seeing that his master showed no reaction, he said nothing.
The Holy Maiden led Mu Fengqie to the delivery room.
"Dad, how's Mom?"
"The midwife can do nothing. If the doctor doesn't come soon, your mother..." He sighed.
"Dad, this girl is a doctor. Let her give it a try." With that, she pulled Mu Fengqie forward.
The stockade chief sized Mu Fengqie up and frowned. "Feng'er, are you sure? She's so young." It wasn't that the stockade chief didn't trust her, but Mu Fengqie was simply too young to be convincing.
"Chief, since the doctor hasn't arrived yet, let me have a go. Your wife is having a difficult labor. It can't get any worse. If I go in, there might still be a glimmer of hope. But if I don't and you keep waiting for the doctor from down the mountain, whether your wife can hold on is another matter."
The stockade chief hesitated for a moment. Before he could make up his mind, the midwife rushed out of the delivery room.
"Chief, has the doctor come? Your wife can't hold on much longer. If the doctor doesn't come, both the mother and the baby will be lost."
"Dad..." The Holy Maiden looked at the stockade chief anxiously, hoping he would make a decision quickly.
"Fine! I'll trust you this once, girl. Please do your best to save my wife."
"I will."
"Miss... if something goes wrong, please save my wife first." After saying that, he bowed to Mu Fengqie.
"Chief, there's no need for this. I'll do my utmost."
After Mu Fengqie went in, the midwife never came out again. Gradually, the stockade chief and the Holy Maiden felt a bit more at ease.
Inside the delivery room, Mu Fengqie examined the woman's condition and knew that the baby's head was too big to come out, and the mother was out of strength.
"Is there any ginseng?"
"Yes, yes."
"Go and get it. The older the better."
Mu Fengqie sliced the ginseng and placed a slice under the woman's tongue. Then she inserted silver needles into several major acupoints on her body. Soon, the woman regained consciousness.
"Madam, you must conserve your strength now. The baby's head in your belly is too big to be born now."
"Please... please save... the baby... must... save the baby... huff huff huff..." Just this one sentence made the woman feel exhausted.
"Madam, if you trust me, I can save both lives."
"...Okay... I trust you..."
"Come a few of you and help Madam up from the bed."
"This..."
"Stop talking nonsense and do it quickly. Otherwise, if anything happens to Madam, who can take the responsibility?"
Two midwives immediately helped the woman up from the bed.
"Madam, don't swallow the ginseng slice in your mouth. Just hold it there. Now we'll help you walk around the room. This will widen your birth canal a bit, and the baby will come out more easily."
"Okay..." The woman leaned on the midwives. She could hardly stand, but she still took steps as best she could.
"Madam, try to conserve your strength. Hold on a little longer. It'll be over soon. Think about the baby in your belly."
"Your husband is waiting outside for you. He hopes both you and the baby will be safe!"
The woman gritted her teeth and endured. She walked around the room five times. Then Mu Fengqie took a look and quickly told the midwives to help the woman back to the bed. Then she placed another slice of ginseng in her mouth.
"Madam, you can push now."
"Ah!"
The two midwives quickly returned to their positions to assist in the delivery.
"Madam, push hard, push!"
"Don't be anxious. Follow my rhythm. Inhale, push, catch your breath and do it again." Mu Fengqie sat at the head of the woman's bed. She wiped the woman's sweat with one hand and held her hand tightly with the other. She kept encouraging her.
"Madam, push. I can see the head. Push harder. The baby is about to come out."
Although the woman in the bed had two slices of ginseng in her mouth, she was on the verge of fainting.
"Madam, come on. You're about to succeed. Think about your baby who will soon see this beautiful world. If you give up now, what will happen to your baby? Madam, give it one more push. The baby is about to come out."
At this moment, she mustn't faint. Otherwise, with the current medical skills, a cesarean section couldn't be performed. So she had to rely on herself.
"Ah!!!" Thinking that her baby might suffocate in the birth canal, the woman in the bed exerted all her strength.
"Out, it's out. Congratulations, Madam. It's a little miss."
But the woman in the bed had fainted from exhaustion and didn't hear the midwife's words.
"Miss, this..." Seeing the woman fainting, the midwife was a bit panicked and didn't know if she was just fainted or dead.
"Don't worry. She's just fainted from exhaustion. Take the baby out and show it to the stockade chief. Tell him both the mother and the baby are safe."
"Hey! Okay, okay."
Mu Fengqie looked at the woman in the bed and couldn't help sighing. Sure enough, the power of motherly love was great. Nothing could surpass it.
Mu Fengqie inserted a few more needles for her. After finishing up, she went out. When she opened the door, she saw the stockade chief holding the baby and the Holy Maiden standing outside anxiously looking into the room.
Mu Fengqie smiled. "Chief, don't worry. Both the mother and the baby are safe."
"Thank you, thank you, miss!"
Actually, the stockade chief was scared inside. He heard the screams from the delivery room one after another and was very worried that something might go wrong. When he heard the baby's cry, he felt a bit relieved. When the midwife came out and told him that both the mother and the baby were safe, the stockade chief's eyes turned red with excitement.
He knew that his wife had suffered a lot to give birth to this child for him, and he also knew that this time it was almost a case of one dead and one dying.
"Chief, don't worry. Madam has just fainted from exhaustion. She'll be fine after a good sleep. But this childbirth may have damaged her body. She needs to take good care of herself in the future."
"Okay, okay, okay... Thank you, miss."
Mu Fengqie looked around but didn't see A Ru and the others.
"Chief, I wonder where my friends are..."
"Oh, miss, don't worry. I've already sent someone to take them to rest. I'll send someone to take you there right away."
"Thank you, chief."
Actually, Mu Fengqie knew very well that they were not really taken to rest. They were just under the control of the stockade's people. If anything happened to the stockade chief's wife, A Ru and the others might be in trouble.
But with Jing Xunche and the other men around, nothing serious would happen.