Gu Jiangli glanced to the side and saw that the familiar Imperial Physician Lin was following behind the Princess.

The purpose of the princess's special visit here is quite clear.

Xiao Anzi immediately became serious upon seeing her, and said in a flustered manner:

"This servant greets Your Highness. What I said just now was merely a joke. This servant dares not presume to interpret Your Majesty's will."

The princess lifted her skirt and kicked Xiao Anzi in the chest. Xiao Anzi immediately rolled on the ground, then knelt down again without daring to complain.

"Hmph, you dog servant, this princess is teaching you a lesson. If you dare to talk about my brother's feelings behind his back again, I will have your tongue ripped out!"

"This servant wouldn't dare! This servant wouldn't dare! Your Highness, please calm your anger."

Xiao Anzi kept kowtowing on the ground, not daring to stop for a moment.

Gu Jiangli couldn't stand it any longer and couldn't help but speak up:

"Princess, there's no need for you to come to Jinghe Palace to throw your princess tantrums."

Xiao Anzi only dared to stop kowtowing when Gu Jiangli spoke.

The eldest princess shouted angrily, "I, the princess, am disciplining this servant on behalf of my imperial brother, and Consort Chen is interfering too? It's one thing for you to protect your servants in Delan Palace, but do you have to stick your hands in Jinghe Palace? Just because my imperial brother favors you a bit, you really think you're the master of Jinghe Palace."

“Princess, please be careful with your words. I am not the mistress of Jinghe Palace, and neither are you.”

Gu Jiangli remained calm and composed, which only made the princess angrier.

"Hmph, all you're good at is talking. I don't want to waste my breath on you today."

She turned her head, waved her hand, and Physician Lin stepped forward.

"By imperial decree of the Empress Dowager, Consort Chen is pregnant and needs to be cared for by a designated imperial physician. Physician Lin is a senior physician in the palace with superb medical skills, and from now on, Physician Lin will be in charge of Consort Chen's pregnancy."

"Consort Chen, I've brought Physician Lin with me today. Let him examine your pulse to ensure your safety."

"This is a kind offer from the Empress Dowager; Consort Chen won't refuse, will she?"

The eldest princess looked smug.

It seems they've already figured out that Gu Jiangli is faking her pregnancy.

Physician Lin could confirm this fact simply by taking the pulse.

When the time comes, Consort Chen will be punished for deceiving the emperor and plotting against him. She will definitely not escape death.

Thinking about this, she couldn't hide the smile on her face.

Gu Jiangli was well aware of her scheme.

She deliberately avoided the princess's gaze, walked awkwardly to the chair, and sat down stiffly.

"The Princess used to dislike me, but now she has specially sent Physician Lin to me. She is so thoughtful."

"However, please go back and tell the Empress Dowager that His Majesty has already arranged for Physician Lü to check my pulse every day, so there is no need to trouble Physician Lin anymore."

Gu Jiangli's hesitant words and unnatural behavior were seen by the Princess as signs of guilt.

She became increasingly certain that Gu Jiangli's pregnancy was fake!

She immediately led Imperial Physician Lin to Gu Jiangli and strode up to her: "Why has Consort Chen been so hesitant to let the imperial physician take her pulse? Your guilty conscience is too obvious. Could it be that you are not pregnant at all and are deceiving His Majesty and the Empress Dowager?"

Her confident expression sent a shiver down Xiao Anzi's spine as he knelt on the ground.

"Your Highness, you wouldn't dare to speak nonsense like that. It was Imperial Physician Lü who diagnosed Consort Chen's pregnancy; there's no way to fake that!"

"Shut up! It's none of your business to speak!"

The eldest princess was furious. She stepped forward, grabbed Gu Jiangli's forearm, and slammed him hard onto the table next to her.

Then he turned around and shouted at Physician Lin:

"What are you standing there for! Come up here and take my pulse!"

Physician Lin walked forward shakily, placing two trembling fingers on Gu Jiangli's pulse.

The eldest princess's face showed a fierce expression, as if she could already see the wonderful scene of Gu Jiangli's lies being exposed.

"Gu Jiangli, you dare to deceive the Empress Dowager and His Majesty with a fake pregnancy! You're dead!"

Having said that, her gaze fell on Physician Lin again, and she asked, "Physician Lin, is Consort Chen not pregnant at all? Please speak freely! This princess trusts your medical skills!"

A layer of cold sweat visibly appeared on Physician Lin's forehead.

He hunched over, took several steps back, wiping the sweat from his face, and replied:

"Your Highness, Consort Chen...is indeed pregnant."

The fierce and smug expression on the princess's face completely disappeared after hearing Physician Lin's words.

She stared at Physician Lin in disbelief, her voice trembling as she asked, "What did you say?"

Physician Lin mustered his courage and repeated, "Reporting to the Princess, Consort Chen is indeed pregnant, and her pulse is stable, indicating that the fetus is healthy."

The princess's legs went weak, and she almost lost her balance.

Physician Lin is someone the Empress Dowager trusts; he would never lie. His medical skills are superb, and there is absolutely no possibility of misdiagnosis...

In other words, Gu Jiangli is really pregnant?

She turned to look at Gu Jiangli.

Gu Jiangli's eyes were filled with mockery, which made the nameless anger in her heart burn even more fiercely.

"You did this on purpose!"

She gripped Gu Jiangli's forearm tightly, screaming loudly as if she wanted to swallow him whole.

Gu Jiangli smiled sarcastically and remained silent, because she had already spotted someone else out of the corner of her eye who could silence the princess.

The emperor stood at the door and said coldly, "Chu Tan'er, let go."

The princess turned around abruptly, and the instant she saw the emperor, she instinctively withdrew her hand.

"Brother..."

The emperor's eyes were icy cold, devoid of any emotion when he looked at the eldest princess.

"You weren't satisfied with your madness in Cixi Palace, so you want to continue your madness in my Jinghe Palace?"

He strode over and stood directly in front of Gu Jiangli.

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