The palace maid's legs were trembling, and Empress Song could no longer stand. She looked at the Emperor and said, "Your Majesty, I will go to the side hall..."

This time, without Xie Jingyan needing to speak, the Emperor said, "There aren't so many formalities."

The palace maid was almost in tears. Seeing that she was not moving, Eunuch Yuan said, "Hurry up and help the Empress sit down!"

The palace maid reluctantly helped the Empress sit on the small couch.

When Zhao Yuanzheng saw that Empress Song's face was pale, her hair was a little messy, and there were red rashes on her face, neck, and the back of her hands, it was clear that she had been poisoned.

The palace has become increasingly chaotic lately. At the Empress Dowager's birthday banquet, someone dared to cause Princess Jin to miscarry and push her into a well. Yesterday, Imperial Physician He thought she had died suddenly, but it turned out she was murdered. Today, the Empress was poisoned...

Zhao, the chief physician, took out a small medicine pillow and had Empress Song place her wrist on it. A palace maid then placed a handkerchief on top of it before Zhao took Empress Song's pulse.

After taking her pulse for a while, Zhao, the Imperial Physician, stood up and said, "Congratulations, Your Majesty, the Empress is pregnant and is almost two months along."

Zhao Yuanzheng didn't think much of it; if the Empress was pregnant, it must be the Emperor's.

But when he finished speaking, he saw the Emperor's face turn ashen, and Zhao Yuanzheng was dumbfounded.

Why does the Emperor have that expression?

It's understandable that the Emperor is worried about the fetus and angry, given that Empress Song is pregnant and has been poisoned, causing her to develop a rash. Zhao, the Imperial Physician, added, "Although Her Majesty has been poisoned, the poison will not affect the fetus. Your Majesty can rest assured..."

As Zhao Yuanzheng finished speaking, Eunuch Yuan couldn't help but give him a meaningful look.

Didn't I realize that Chief Physician Zhao was so dim-witted? Didn't I realize that the Emperor wanted to kill someone?

Since Empress Song was placed under house arrest, the Emperor has not stayed overnight at Fengyi Palace for more than three months. A few days ago, Empress Song repeatedly invited the Emperor, but he either refused or, when he finally did go, the Empress Dowager would summon him away as soon as he sat down.

The Emperor never touched the Empress again, but the Empress became pregnant...

Zhao Yuanzheng didn't know who the Emperor had favored, but no one knew better than Eunuch Yuan.

Standing behind the Emperor, Eunuch Yuan felt as if the green light emanating from the Emperor's head was about to blind him.

The Emperor's eyes were terrifying as he asked in a suppressed voice, "Are you sure you didn't misread the pulse? Is she two months pregnant?"

This was the first time in all the years that Zhao, the Imperial Physician, had been questioned about his medical skills by the Emperor. Zhao replied, "Any ordinary doctor could have made that diagnosis; there's no way I'm wrong."

The Emperor's gaze swept over Empress Song like a knife.

From the moment Zhao, the imperial physician, told her that she was pregnant, Empress Song knew she was doomed. She did not kneel down to beg for mercy; her body was cold and she didn't even have the strength to get up.

The Emperor glanced at Eunuch Yuan, who then dragged Chief Physician Zhao out and gave him a gag order.

Thinking that all the palace maids and eunuchs serving in the imperial study, except for him, had been sent away by Prince Ling, Prince Ling had saved their lives.

The empress cheated on the emperor and even became pregnant...

The Emperor would never allow anyone who knew the truth to live; even he was in great danger.

Eunuch Yuan wished that Prince Ling would also kick him out; he didn't want to know about this matter at all.