Zhulan finished speaking and felt her trousers were wet. She suddenly experienced a sharp pain in her abdomen and stiffened. Had her water broken?
Xue Han, dumbfounded, repeated, "Is it time for the birth?"
Everyone in the hall was stupefied. Lady Li was startled; she truly hadn't expected Zhulan to go into premature labor. Frowning, she reconsidered—it wasn't really premature; it had been over nine months. Now she regretted coming to the Zhou residence.
It was Liu Ya who was more reliable. "My lady, we should go to the birthing room."
The birthing room—the moment Zhao's premature labor occurred, Zhulan also feared she might deliver early, so the birthing room was prepared well in advance.
Zhulan felt her contractions starting, which were still bearable. Leveraging Liu Ya's help to stand up, she said to Lady Li, "Today is quite the coincidence; this child seems a bit eager to come out."
