As soon as Rong Xi left, the emperor was invited to Concubine Zhao's place.

The two of them happened to arrive one after the other so they didn't see each other. However, the emperor felt a strange atmosphere since he arrived at Concubine Zhao's palace.

Concubine Zhao was naturally not stupid enough to say directly that Jiang Rongxi was punished by her. Instead, she first said that her father's death anniversary would be in a few days and she wanted to leave the palace to offer sacrifices.

The emperor did not stop her. She would go out of the palace to worship at this time every year. This was also a privilege given to her.

As they talked, they talked about the draft after the new year. The emperor didn't want to do it, but the imperial edict had been issued, so he had to go ahead with it.

"The selection of the concubines will be handled entirely by the Imperial Concubine."

Concubine Zhao wanted to take this opportunity to let the palace maid beside her pretend to accidentally say that Jiang Rongxi had contradicted her. Before she could say anything, Jin Su came in hurriedly from outside and whispered something in the emperor's ear.

The emperor's face changed instantly. He stood up and didn't care about the imperial concubine's questions behind him. He walked out of the imperial concubine's palace with a serious face and soon came to Rong Xi.

When he arrived, the imperial physician was already in the room.

Looking up, I saw that the imperial physician had a serious look on his face, and the person on the couch was as pale as paper, with his eyes closed and his brows tightly furrowed, as if he was in great pain.

"Imperial Physician, how is Concubine Chun?"

The imperial physician looked troubled. According to his experience, this was a sign of miscarriage. Although he was not the emperor's exclusive imperial physician, he knew about the emperor's physical problems. Then why would Concubine Chun be a sign of miscarriage?

Although he was confused, he was still very confident in his medical skills. After the emperor asked him, he knelt down on the ground.

"Your Majesty, Concubine Chun is just having a miscarriage. She just needs to take good care of herself and the baby will be fine."

For a moment, the room was so quiet that you could hear a pin drop.

They heard the imperial physician's words clearly, including the emperor who was closest to him, but he just felt that he might have heard it wrong.

"Say that again."

"His Majesty!"

The imperial physician knelt on the ground respectfully and said.

"Her Majesty Chunpin has been pregnant for over a month, but due to the cold, she is showing some signs of miscarriage. However, please rest assured, Your Majesty. I will prescribe a medicine to preserve the pregnancy and instruct Her Majesty to rest for a while to ensure the safety of the fetus."

The emperor was incredulous. "You mean, Concubine Chun is pregnant?!"

"Yes, Your Majesty."

The emperor's face still had the same expression as before, and it was impossible to tell whether he was happy or angry, but in fact, his heart was already surging.

At this moment, his legs were trembling slightly, and his heartbeat was accelerating, as if it was about to jump out of his throat. He stared at the front with wide eyes, his heart filled with disbelief and astonishment. He couldn't believe that Rong Xi was really pregnant.

However, he still calmed himself down and asked calmly.

"How is Chunpin's pregnancy going? What happened today? Where are the people serving her? Why did Chunpin catch a cold?"

The emperor was so majestic without even getting angry that everyone knelt down in fear.

Zhizi and Ling'er followed Rongxi to Concubine Zhao's palace today. They quickly knelt down and crawled to the front to kowtow several times on the ground.

"Your Majesty, today it was the two servants who served the Empress. Our Empress was punished by the Imperial Concubine to kneel in the side hall, which is why she got angry and caught a cold."

The emperor was almost unable to suppress his anger. If Xi'er hadn't been in good health, this child, who had finally been born, would definitely...

"Someone, go and ask Concubine Zhao to come over."

Although he was angry, as an emperor he would not vent his anger on anyone without finding out the facts.

"Someone, go and invite Concubine Zhao."

The two palace maids told the whole story of what happened today from beginning to end.

"Your Majesty, the maids in the Imperial Concubine's palace said that our Empress was just an unfavored concubine at home, and that our Empress was ignorant. That's why our Empress was angry and asked me to beat the maid in the Imperial Concubine's palace. It was me who beat the maid. Your Majesty, please punish me if you want. This has nothing to do with our Empress."

The emperor looked at the person lying on the couch with gentle eyes. He was the one who asked her to enter the palace and said that he would not let her suffer any grievances. He did not expect that he still could not protect her.

The imperial physician brought the pregnancy-maintaining medicine quickly, but Rong Xi still hadn't woken up, and it was impossible to feed her the medicine.

The emperor was extremely anxious and tried several times himself, but every time the medicine would flow from the corners of her mouth and she could not drink it at all.

He looked at the unconscious woman in front of him, his heart filled with worry and helplessness. He felt so distressed that his eyes slowly turned red. He gently and carefully wiped the medicine that had flowed down her body.

"Xi'er, be obedient and open your mouth to drink some."

Everyone's eyes turned red when they saw this. Rong Xi's face was still pale and his body began to feel hot.

The emperor felt something was wrong and quickly asked the imperial physician to take Rong Xi's pulse again. The result was that he found out that Rong Xi, who was pregnant and had some signs of miscarriage, had caught a cold.

The emperor was at a loss, he had no idea what to do.

He could no longer maintain his composure, and his heart was filled with fear and anger.

Soon Concubine Zhao was invited here.

When she learned from the eunuch who came to invite her that it was because of the punishment of Jiang Rongxi in the morning, she was not afraid at all.

She is a noble concubine, while Jiang Rongxi is just a concubine. Even if His Majesty intends to favor her, she will not let Jiang Rongxi have an easy time.

But things were completely different from what she thought. She did not go in but waited outside.

An hour passed while she waited. The time seemed endless and she could only stand there and wait silently.

During this time, countless people came in and out, but no one came out to tell her what was going on inside.

Every time someone passed by, she couldn't help but look in anticipation, hoping to get some news.

However, everyone walked by with a serious look on their faces and without saying a word.

She became more and more nervous, not knowing what had happened to Jiang Rongxi. She just asked her to kneel for a while, so why did these people become so serious?

She couldn't help but recall that she had been punished for some trivial matters before. Although it was painful at that time, it was not as disturbing and frightening as it was now.

The more she thought about it, the heavier her worries became.

I felt a little regretful that I should have not bothered with her or thought of some other way to punish her.

But now that things have come to this, she can no longer turn back and can only continue to pray silently, hoping that everything will be fine.

After a long time, the emperor finally came out. Looking at the imperial concubine in front of him who was wearing luxurious clothes and exquisite jewelry, he thought of Rong Xi who had not woken up yet and had a pale face. He almost couldn't suppress the anger in his heart.

When Concubine Zhao saw the emperor coming out, she quickly knelt down to pay her respects, but she never got up again.

"Your Majesty."

The emperor did not let her get up. "I heard that you punished Concubine Chun to kneel in your palace. What was the reason?"