Ma'am, she only wants to be promoted

Lu Wanning thought so, but she didn't really take the matter of Qu Cairen's pregnancy too seriously, because whether Qu Cairen would give birth to a prince or not didn't have much impact on her at this time.

However, after guessing that Qu Cairen was pregnant, she would try to stay as far away as possible when she met Qu Cairen again. After all, although Qu Cairen hadn't announced it yet, she could guess that Qu Cairen was pregnant, and maybe others would guess it too.

In case someone moves towards Qu Cairen, she doesn't want innocent people to be involved.

It's just that what Lu Wanning didn't expect was that the news that Qu Cairen might be pregnant hadn't been discovered by others. On the night of August [-]th, the concubine Hui from Yongchun Palace was the first to report the news that she was pregnant.

August [-]th is the Mid-Autumn Festival, and there must be a feast in the palace on this day.

Since it was a festival and the fifteenth day, the emperor would naturally rest in Fengyi Palace at night.

Unexpectedly, after the banquet was over, not long after the emperor arrived at Fengyi Palace, the little eunuch from Yongchun Palace rushed to Fengyi Palace to look for the emperor and empress, saying that Empress Hui had passed out.

The queen was changing clothes for the emperor, but when she heard this, she paused and frowned imperceptibly.

Before being noticed by the emperor, he changed into a worried and anxious expression, and said hastily: "What happened? Wasn't Concubine Hui well during the palace banquet? Why did you faint suddenly? You put Concubine Hui Let me tell you everything that happened after returning to the palace.”

The little eunuch who came to report the letter knelt on the ground and said: "I don't know the specific villain when it comes to the empress, but the villain only knows that the concubine Hui said that her chest was tight when she returned from the palace banquet, and she wanted to sleep for a while after taking a bath. "

"After hearing this, the two sisters Yunshang and Huarui asked people to prepare water and waited for the concubine Hui to take a bath, but after a while, sister Yunshang came out and said that the concubine Hui had passed out, and sent someone to invite the emperor and empress concubine , and at the same time sent someone to invite the imperial physician."

The queen didn't hear any problems from the eunuch's words, she didn't know whether concubine Hui really had an accident, or some tricks, she raised her head and glanced at the emperor, but she couldn't tell what the emperor was thinking from his face.

After thinking about it, the queen said to the emperor: "The concubine should go to Yongchun Palace to see what's going on. Did the emperor go there with the concubine or let someone wait on you first?"

"I'll go and have a look too," said the emperor.

The emperor said that he wanted to go to the queen, but he couldn't stop him.

When the two arrived at Yongchun Palace, they happened to meet the imperial physician at the door.

The imperial doctor hurried over to salute after seeing the emperor, but the queen stopped him and said, "You don't need to be too polite, let's go and see the concubine Hui first."

"Yes, Empress Dowager." The imperial physician replied, and hurried in to see Concubine Hui.

Concubine Hui had already been carried to the bed to lie down at this time, and her clothes were neatly put on, but the black hair on her head was still wet, which proved that she was indeed taking a bath before.

The imperial doctor was checking Concubine Hui's pulse while the emperor and empress sat aside and waited.

From time to time, the queen looked at Concubine Hui who was lying on the bed and the imperial doctor who was checking the pulse, hoping that something would happen to Concubine Hui, but also not wishing that something would happen to Concubine Hui.

Concubine Hui usually relies on Concubine Ming and the Second Princess, not to mention being inadvertently respectful to her, or trying to show off her power in front of her, how could she have a good impression of Concubine Hui.

But if something happened to Concubine Hui tonight, she was worried that someone would tamper with the palace banquet. She organized the palace banquet by herself, and the emperor would inevitably blame her.

Before the Queen could come to a conclusion, the imperial physician withdrew his hand, with a relieved smile on his face, and came over to congratulate the emperor, "Congratulations, Your Majesty, Concubine Hui is fine, she fainted because Concubine Hui was pregnant .”

"You didn't make a mistake?" Hearing this, the Queen's expression almost froze.

Seeing the emperor looking over, the queen hurriedly said: "It's just that if she is pregnant, why did Concubine Hui faint and she hasn't woken up after such a long time?"

The imperial physician replied calmly: "Empress Empress, don't worry, Empress Hui concubine's pulse is flowing smoothly, like a rolling ball, there is no doubt that her pulse is slippery."

"The reason why he fainted should be that Empress Hui was hit by various messy scents during the palace banquet, and she will wake up in a short time."

The queen had recovered her composure at this time. After listening to the imperial physician's words, a smile appeared on her face, and she said, "This way, I can rest assured."

Afterwards, the queen asked the imperial physician again, "Concubine Hui is several months pregnant, will this fainting hurt the fetus in her womb?"

The imperial physician answered one by one, "As the Empress said, the fetus in Empress Hui's womb is now healthy and has not been affected. Judging from Empress Hui's pulse, Empress Hui appears to be pregnant for about one month."

When the queen was questioning, the emperor didn't open his mouth the whole time, even when he heard that Concubine Hui was pregnant, he didn't show too much expression, but the queen knew that the emperor must be happy.

Concubine Hui woke up about a quarter of an hour later.

Opening his eyes and seeing the emperor and empress concubine Hui in the room, he was startled at first, and then asked with a blank face, "What's wrong with my concubine? Why are you and the empress here, your majesty?"

The emperor looked at Concubine Hui, and said softly, "You are pregnant."

When Concubine Hui heard the words, a bright light burst out of her eyes, "Is what the emperor said true? Is the concubine really pregnant?"

The emperor nodded, "Yes."

Seeing Concubine Hui's happy face, the queen smiled and said, "The imperial doctor just checked it out for you, and it is true that you have been pregnant for more than a month, but you were just hit by the messy scent at the palace banquet, although there is no serious problem at this time. But I still have to rest well and strive to give birth to a healthy prince for the emperor as soon as possible."

The emperor got up when he heard the words, and said: "The empress is right, it is getting late at this time, I and the empress will leave first, you should have a good rest."

Concubine Hui glanced at the emperor and empress, and said with a smile: "It's because of the carelessness of the concubine that she didn't even know she was pregnant. The emperor and empress have not been able to rest at this time."

Before the emperor and the empress could speak, Concubine Hui looked at the emperor again and said: "It's really not early at this time, the emperor will go to court tomorrow, why don't the emperor rest in the Yongchun Palace where the concubine is, so that the emperor is not so late I still have to toss back and forth."

After listening to Concubine Hui's words, the emperor took a deep look at him, and did not refuse, "Then let someone tidy up the side hall, and I will just sleep there tonight."

Concubine Hui was happy to see that the emperor agreed to let Yunshang and Huarui go to tidy up the side hall. It doesn't matter whether the emperor stays in the side hall or the main hall, as long as the emperor can stay in Yongchun Palace tonight.

The empress was very dissatisfied with Concubine Hui's behavior of retaining her, she wished that someone would come forward and tear up Concubine Hui's proud and happy face, but she put on a magnanimous face and said to the emperor: " It's because Concubine Hui is thoughtful, so the emperor and Concubine Hui should rest early, and the concubine will go back first."

After the emperor nodded, the empress turned around and left Yongchun Palace with the people.