Chapter 156 Pregnancy Again

When it was time, Doctor Chen arrived carrying a large medicine box.

Shu Yuwan greeted him, saying, “Doctor Chen, the Emperor was feeling better a few days ago, but today he’s not feeling well again. Please come and check to see if the toxins have been completely cleared.”

Shu Yuwan was very worried.

Doctor Chen bowed and approached the Emperor to check his pulse. After a while, he stopped and stroked his beard, saying, “Empress, rest assured, the toxins in the Emperor’s body have indeed been cleared, but he is weak due to the poisoning.”

Shu Yuwan asked, “Will there be any other discomfort in the future?”

After some thought, Doctor Chen replied, “For now, it doesn’t seem likely.”

With Doctor Chen’s assurance, Shu Yuwan felt relieved.

Doctor Chen then turned to the Emperor and asked, “Your Majesty, where are you feeling uncomfortable?”

The Emperor, with no hint of guilt on his face, said, “I feel a bit dizzy and lack strength in my body.”

“Let me prescribe a tonic to replenish your vitality.”

The Emperor nodded.

As Doctor Chen wrote the prescription, he doubted his medical skills. According to the pulse, the Emperor didn’t seem weak at all! Why did he encounter problems with the Emperor, especially after the incident when he was poisoned and fell unconscious?

He had only managed to wake the Emperor up with the help of Master Liao Kong back then. If it wasn’t due to fate, what was the reason this time?

Lost in thought, Doctor Chen’s hand paused while writing the prescription, and he suddenly realized something.

He quickly changed the prescription to a simple tonic.

After finishing the prescription, the Emperor said, “It’s a good time for the Empress to have her pulse checked too. You’ve been working hard these days, and I can see she’s a bit tired.”

Shu Yuwan looked slightly surprised at the Emperor. Perhaps the Emperor had been preoccupied since his injury, and she had indeed felt a bit tired these days. However, she didn’t want to cause any trouble during the critical time of the Emperor’s injury, so she had kept quiet.

Seeing Shu Yuwan’s surprised expression, the Emperor smiled gently.

Doctor Chen quickly said, “Yes,” and walked over to Shu Yuwan, “Empress, may I?”

Shu Yuwan extended her hand, and Doctor Chen placed his fingers on her pulse, carefully examining it.

A simple pulse check didn’t concern Shu Yuwan much, as it was just a bit of fatigue and nothing serious.

However, after examining for a while and furrowing his brow, Doctor Chen rechecked Shu Yuwan’s pulse, causing both Shu Yuwan and the Emperor to pay closer attention.

After confirming multiple times, Doctor Chen stood up and knelt down, saying, “Congratulations, Your Majesty and Empress, the Empress is pregnant!”

The Emperor was pleasantly surprised, “Really?”

Doctor Chen smiled, “I can tell from the pulse. The Empress is about a month pregnant.”

Shu Yuwan’s lips curved up slightly. A month meant it was before the Emperor’s assassination attempt at the Temple.

Indeed, she had been late for her monthly cycle. With so much going on, she hadn’t realized it. Her contraceptive medicine had also been stopped for a long time.

The Emperor joyfully exclaimed, “Haha, good! Doctor Chen, you shall be rewarded!”

Doctor Chen happily replied, “Thank you, Your Majesty!”

The Emperor then turned to Ah Qing and said, “Reward all the palace maids with half a year’s salary!”

“Yes, Your Majesty!”

Shu Yuwan intervened, “Your Majesty, the pregnancy is still in its early stages. It might be better to wait before informing all the palace maids.”

Although there were no consorts in the palace now, and she almost controlled the harem, the source of the leaked information had not been found yet. It was better to be cautious.

The Emperor pondered for a moment and suppressed his excitement, nodding, “Yuwan is right.”

He then looked at Doctor Chen, who nodded in understanding, “I understand.”

“The Empress’s pregnancy is entrusted to you.” Since it was diagnosed by Doctor Chen, and his medical skills were excellent, the Emperor decided to leave this matter to him. With his wounds almost healed, there was no need for Doctor Chen to stay by his side constantly.

“I will follow the order.”

After giving some instructions, Doctor Chen left. The Emperor was still immersed in the joy of Shu Yuwan’s pregnancy. He advised Shu Yuwan, “Yuwan, now that you’re pregnant, you shouldn’t strain yourself. Don’t look at these documents anymore.”

Shu Yuwan hesitated, “But Your Majesty, your health…”

The Emperor remained composed, “Perhaps it’s the joy in my heart. I feel much better now.”

“Besides, a little hardship for me is fine. We can’t take any risks with the child in your womb.”

Shu Yuwan was somewhat stunned to see the Emperor’s sudden recovery. But after a moment’s thought, she realized the reason behind it and was at a loss for words.

The Emperor truly didn’t mind her involvement in state affairs!

Knowing it wasn’t the time to push back, Shu Yuwan agreed, “I will listen to Your Majesty.”

Shu Yuwan was pregnant.

While only a few people in the palace knew about it, Wei Wushuang, confined in the palace she already received the news. A palace maid entered respectfully and said, “Miss, Lady Shu is pregnant again. Your father is concerned that this path might be too difficult. He asks if you wish to leave the palace.”

Wei Wushuang smirked, her eyes determined, “Since the moment I blocked the sword for my Emperor brother, and he allowed the late Emperor to bestow upon me the title of Princess Pingkang, I knew my Emperor brother had no intentions towards me. How could I not know the difficulty of this matter?”

“But I will face the challenge head-on!”

“Tell my father that in this lifetime, I have only one goal. If I can’t achieve it now, I will bide my time and wait for the right moment. I refuse to believe that my Emperor brother and that woman will never have any conflicts.”

The palace maid respectfully acknowledged her words.

She was only responsible for delivering the message, nothing more.

…

In the following days, Ah Qing and Qing Dai worked tirelessly, investigating the palace staff without rest. Despite their efforts, they hadn’t found any useful information. Qing Dai furrowed her brow slightly, feeling unsettled as her mistress was pregnant. If they didn’t uncover the source of the leak, she couldn’t rest easy.

The two continued their discreet search, one focusing on the Palace and the other on the Kunde Palace. They questioned everyone, asking if there had been any unusual occurrences recently…

After seven or eight days, they finally discovered that the leak originated from the Kunde Palace!