Inside, the midwife's instruction to "change the cloths" had barely faded when the sound of cotton cloth rubbing against the mattress drifted out. It was like spring silkworms gnawing on mulberry leaves in a cold night—faint and trivial, yet sharp enough to make his temples throb fiercely.
"My lady! My lady, do not sleep!"
Yueping's voice came from inside the room, followed immediately by the midwife's: "Lady Su, you need not hold back. If it truly hurts, you may cry out."
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