After entering the inner hall, Lin Xiao asked Mu Qing: "What's wrong with Jiang Cai today? He looks like he's in a bad mood."

  Mu Qing shook her head and said: "I'm not clear either, maybe she's sick."

  Lin Yidao said: "Go and invite a imperial physician to take a look at her." Caring for the palace concubines was also one of the empress's duties.

  Before Lin Xiao could send someone to invite the imperial physician in, news came from Lihe Palace: "Jiang Cairen has been diagnosed with a joyful pulse and is already over two months pregnant."

  Mu Qing was shocked after hearing: "Jiang Cairen has only been in the palace for two months, and she's already pregnant? This is like Nüwa creating humans! Even if it were Nüwa creating humans, she would still need to knead the mud to shape the embryo."

  Moreover, for such an important matter as the imperial concubine's change of clothes, it is impossible that no one would be keeping watch, and she had not heard that Jiang Zaihe had stopped changing clothes for two months, unless she was intentionally hiding it.

  If she was intentionally hiding it, then she must have wanted to wait until the three-month mark when the fetus is stable before saying anything. But since it's not yet three months, why did she mention it prematurely?

  Lin Xiao was also surprised, and after a moment of contemplation, she said: "Let's change to another imperial physician to diagnose her again." One person had no other choice but to speak out, saying that there was indeed something, then saying that the miscarriage was gone, and even falsely accused several people.

  Mu Qing was extremely concerned about this matter and personally took the imperial physician with him.

  After returning, Mu Qing's expression on his face was not good, and he said to Lin Xiao: "Indeed, it was originally intended to be hidden for three months, but the fetus is a bit unstable, so I spoke out earlier."

  Lin Dai nodded, if she wanted to keep the pregnancy, then she had to say it out loud.

  More than two months, it must have been that she became pregnant as soon as she entered the palace, but she knew that after the emperor had favored her for the first time, he did not favor her again until more than half a month later. This means that Jiang was already pregnant when she was first favored - it seems that she has a very fertile physique.

  Lin Dedao said: "Find a reliable imperial physician to take good care of her and give her prenatal care. I remember that Zhang Taigong from the Imperial Hospital is quite good. Also, find some things to reward them. The royal family having an heir is a good thing, also inform the Emperor about it."

  Mu Qing nodded and said, "I understand." Then she personally led people down to make arrangements.

  Muzhi felt that she might be unhappy in her heart and called out anxiously: "Your Majesty..."

  Lin Huan turned her head and looked at her with a smile, asking: "What's wrong? Do you think I'll be heartbroken?"

  Mu Zhi didn't say anything, but her face indeed said it all.

  "Rest assured, if every concubine gets pregnant, I would be heartbroken every time. How can I still be the empress then?" She's not that fragile, is she? Can't she just let the emperor have children with only her in the future? Although she didn't say it out loud, this was indeed something to be expected.

  In the harem, other concubines reacted differently when they heard that Jiang Xi was pregnant.

  Hu Zhaorong looked at the eldest princess and couldn't help but sigh, with a hint of jealousy saying: "She really has good fortune, getting pregnant as soon as she entered the palace."

  She had always wanted to conceive, but couldn't get pregnant. Last time she was late for a few days and thought she was pregnant, only to find out later that it was just because of cold uterus so her period was delayed, almost making a joke out of it. She was relieved afterwards, fortunately she didn't spread the news hastily, only Changkun Palace and Yong'an Palace knew about it.

  Now she has been conditioning her body, but the emperor comes to her palace less and less often. When he does come, most of the time it's just to accompany the eldest princess and chat with her, without staying overnight. The emperor still has feelings for these old people and doesn't neglect them, and the rewards don't stop either. However, since the emperor doesn't stay overnight, even if she conditions her body well, how can she give birth to a child?

  Hu Zhaorong thought of the empress again. When the emperor stayed in Changkun Palace, it was usually the most frequent, but there was no news about the empress's pregnancy, and instead, a new palace concubine got pregnant first. But she also thought that the empress's bones were not yet fully developed, and getting pregnant now would not be good for her, and giving birth would be difficult later on.

  When a woman gives birth, one foot is already in the ghost gate. Jiang Cai was only one year older than the empress, and next year she would be seventeen when giving birth, but it's not certain that she can survive this ordeal of childbirth.

  In Yong'an Palace, Empress Cui heard the news and only said indifferently "I know", then let people go down.

  She turned her head to look at the pastries on the table, which were prepared for her to have palace people bring to the Third Prince.

  She thought to herself, what's there to envy about others getting pregnant, she has three imperial sons after all.

  In the Zhao Yang Palace, Wu Guifei was extremely furious.

  The doors of the inner palace were tightly closed, and all the palace staff were called out. Wu Guifei pointed at the kneeling palace maid and angrily said: "Didn't father and brother say that Marquis Zhongshan had secretly surrendered to our Wu family? Why did Jiangshi get pregnant without even telling me, is the Zhongshan Hou Mansion reliable or not? Don't raise a white-eyed wolf in the end."

  The palace maid knelt on the ground, her head bowed, and did not tremble with anger, but instead was very calm, saying: "The Duke and the Crown Prince let Your Majesty rest assured, the Marquis of Zhongshan has a handle in the hands of the Duke and the Crown Prince, they dare not betray the Duke's mansion. As for the child in Jiang Cairen's belly, the Duke said to let Jiang give birth to the child, and later it will also be a help to the Second Prince."

  The imperial concubine raised her head slightly, a hint of red in her eyes, and said: "What if it's a prince? Then we wouldn't have to worry about him posing a threat to the second prince in the future."

  In front of her was still the crown prince, and she didn't want another child of the Jiang family to be eyeing her from behind.

  The palace maid said: "Your Highness can rest assured, if Jiang has any rebellious intentions, the Duke will have a way to deal with her."

  The imperial concubine didn't say anything else, turned around and walked into the screen, sat down on the couch, and leaned her head against the small table on the couch.

  The palace maid followed her in, looking at her but saying nothing.

  The imperial concubine said, "What Father and Brother said is probably true. I think the Zhongshan Marquis's household isn't anything good. They just formed an alliance with the Lin family, and then they're relying on our Wu family. We should be more cautious of them, or else we might end up getting bitten by them."

  Outside the palace, He Mei Ren held the fourth prince and looked at the tightly closed palace door. In the end, she lowered her head and took the fourth prince back with her.

  She had forgotten how long it had been since the emperor last came to see her, and since the birth of the fourth prince, the emperor seemed to have completely forgotten that she existed.

  The emperor has feelings for Cui Xianfei and Hu Zhaorong, at least he can often go see them, but not her. The emperor does not favor her, and the fourth prince is also not valued by the emperor.

  Even the Imperial Concubine seemed to be increasingly distrustful of Chong'er's reuse. Although she still lived in the Zhao Yang Palace, the Imperial Concubine had not summoned her for a long time and perhaps had not cared about the Fourth Prince for a long time.

  The Fourth Prince is no longer valued now. If Jiang Cai gives birth to a new little prince, will the Emperor still remember that he has a fourth son?