readytorunbook Chapter 481 Good Days, Family Reunion
Chapter 481 Good Days, Family Reunion
A tall and handsome figure walked in from outside. It was Shen Jinghong who had rushed over.
"It's Jinghong, are you...are you cured?" Old Duke Chen looked at the straight figure in surprise.
"Okay, thanks to Doctor Han and my sister." Shen Jinghong stepped forward and saluted them one by one.
"Come here quickly and let us take a good look. Oh, today is such a good day." The old Duke thought to himself, no, I really have to find a chance to get the family tree over.
"Big brother, why is it you?" Shen Nianran looked at him in surprise.
"Sister Nianran, long time no see." Shen Jinghong smiled gently.
"Have you seen them before?" Yao Qingnian looked at the two in surprise.
"Well, I went to the countryside to secretly visit Sister Nianran several times, but in order to avoid affecting her life, I did not reveal my identity."
"So that's how it is." Shen Nianran had never expected that the person who helped her was actually her brother. At the beginning, she and Linglong and the others depended on each other in the countryside and were often bullied. It was this big brother who suddenly appeared to help her and always found ways to help them. She always remembered it and thought that if she could meet him again someday, she would definitely thank him well.
When Chen Shuhua heard this, she couldn't help crying again. Her sons knew to visit their sister, but she, their mother, had ignored them for so many years. She felt even more guilty.
"Okay! It's all over! Our family is reunited today, we should be happy." The old Duke was so happy that the wrinkles on his face smoothed out and he looked several years younger.
"Grandfather is right." Yao Qingnian agreed.
After hearing this, everyone relaxed and started to have tea and chat in the Duke's Mansion, just like it was New Year's Day.
After a while, Shan Wei came back from getting information. Seeing so many people, she hesitated whether to speak: "Miss."
"Just say it. They are all family members. There is no need to hide it." Yao Qingnian saw her concerns and asked her to speak directly.
"Yes, Miss, you asked me to check on the midwife yesterday, but I was a step late and she was taken away early." Shan Wei reported truthfully.
"Taken away?" Yao Qingnian was a little surprised. Who got the news so quickly and knew that she was going to investigate this matter?
"Girl, are you talking about the midwife who delivered your mother?" asked Duke Chen.
"Yes, grandpa, how did you know?" Yao Qingnian looked at him.
"Your grandfather has been in the court for many years. There is nothing he doesn't know. You don't need to look for her, girl. We had someone take her away. She is in the mansion now. Since everyone is here today, we might as well listen to what she says." When Chen Shuhua heard that her child was taken away in front of her, she knew that something was fishy, so she discussed it with the old Duke and his wife and decided to investigate the matter thoroughly. The first person they thought of was the midwife, so they asked someone to find the midwife and bring her back.
Soon a servant brought up the midwife.
"Greetings, Duke." The midwife was considered to be worldly-wise, and she was not panicked when she saw so many people. She was about sixty years old, and although she was old, she looked still strong.
"Well, get up and answer." Seeing that she was old, the old Duke did not make things difficult for her and let her get up and speak.
"Thank you, Your Majesty. I wonder what instructions you have for me?" the midwife said neither humbly nor arrogantly.
"Look up. Let me ask you, do you still remember the time when Shen's family delivered my daughter?"
The old woman looked up and saw Chen Shuhua sitting next to her. She replied politely, "I remember it very clearly. When Miss Shen was born, the sky above the yard was full of crows. I have been delivering babies for my entire life, and I have never seen such a scene."
"Tell us what happened at that time."
"When Madam Shen gave birth, it was her maid who came to ask me for help, saying that her wife was about to give birth and the female doctor in the mansion could not be found. Because I was also the midwife of Young Master Shen, the maid rushed to find me for a few days, so I packed my things and followed the maid into the mansion.
When I arrived at the Shen Mansion, Madam Shen had already fainted. At first I thought she was having a difficult delivery. Giving birth is a near-death experience, so I hurriedly asked the maid to call a doctor.
I was worried that the baby would be in danger if it stayed in the belly for too long, so I didn't think much about it. I cooperated with the doctor to wake the lady up with acupuncture and kept her hanging with ginseng soup, and then Miss Shen was born. Later, seeing that the lady was fine, I took the reward and went back. "The mother-in-law told her what she knew that year.
"Do you know that I'm pregnant with twins?" Chen Shuhua asked.
"Twins? My judgment back then was indeed correct." The old woman was shocked, then she regained her composure and said, "After the maid went to ask the doctor to leave, I checked on Madam. But when I saw her, I was a little puzzled. Based on my many years of experience in delivering babies, I could tell that Madam had clearly given birth, so what about the other child?
When the doctor and others came, I asked the maid, is the lady pregnant with twins? But the answer I got was no, I thought I had misjudged, so I didn't think much about it, but I always felt something was wrong when I went back, and I wanted to go back to the Shen Mansion to ask, but I thought I was just a midwife, and I just needed to do my job well, and it was better to have less trouble than more, so I didn't ask more.
For so many years, I have been keeping this matter in my heart. Now that I have spoken it out today, I feel much better. "The mother-in-law breathed a sigh of relief.
The old Duke saw that she was telling the truth and confirmed that Chen Shuhua had indeed given birth to twins. He gave her some silver and asked her to keep today's events a secret, then sent her back.
Before the midwife came, a child was taken away. When she was giving birth, the maid said that the female doctor was missing. However, Chen Shuhua remembered it clearly. It was the female doctor who delivered her at the beginning. Later, she fainted and didn't know what happened. But when she woke up, the midwife and the doctor asked her to push harder, and she thought she was dreaming.
It seemed that the child must have been taken away by the female doctor, so Duke Chen sent people out again to try their best to find this female doctor. Only by finding this female doctor could they know the truth of the matter.
"Okay, girls, don't worry. Grandfather will definitely get to the bottom of this matter." Old Duke Chen gave them a reassuring look.
"Yes, grandpa." Yao Qingnian and others nodded in response.
"By the way, didn't I ask you to bring your grandson-in-law here today? Where is he? Why didn't he come?" The old Duke suddenly thought of Lu Huaijin, and then he realized that he was not there...