So when he ordered the city gates closed and instructed the Kyoto government to search for the person, the people behind the scenes released the imperial concubine again.

Thus, from the beginning when there was no harm done and the intention was to capture someone, to the end when the imperial concubine appeared and returned on her own, everything makes sense.

Did someone think that he, the emperor, had developed a weakness?

So, will they make any big moves next?

Yuwen Zheng sneered. Well then, after he had exposed all those people, he would let them know that even if they knew he had a weakness, so what?

At this moment, the chief eunuch beside Yuwen Zheng suddenly entered, looking flustered.

"What is it?"

Yuwen Zheng glanced at the chief eunuch.

The head eunuch stammered, "Just now, a royal physician went to check the Imperial Concubine's pulse and found..."

"What did you find?"

Yuwen Zheng asked the chief eunuch.

"We've discovered that Her Majesty is pregnant; she's already more than three months along."

The head eunuch knelt on the ground, bowed his head, and uttered these words.

Yuwen Zheng was quite pleased with the first part, but then... um? More than three months?

"No misdiagnosis?"

"No."

The head eunuch didn't even dare to raise his head; he was beginning to admire the Imperial Concubine's courage.

That was the first time the Emperor stayed overnight at Yongning Palace; all told, it had only been a little over two months and ten days.

Yuwen Zheng smiled, "It seems this imperial concubine is going to give me a surprise?"

The chief eunuch didn't dare to raise his head.

Yuwen Zheng had already started to walk out, saying, "Go and invite two more imperial physicians; I will go and listen to their cases myself."