Emperor Yuanwu was so excited that he immediately issued an edict, rewarding Consort Zhen with many things, and that night he stayed in Consort Zhen's palace to keep her company.
After dinner.
Emperor Yuanwu and Consort Zhen sat in the courtyard of Qingfeng Garden, admiring the moon.
He rubbed Zhenpin's belly with his needle for a while, and suddenly remembered what the imperial physician had said when Zhenpin was first pregnant.
"How have you been feeling lately? Have the imperial physicians been coming to check your pulse regularly?"
As Emperor Yuanwu spoke, he peeled an orange and placed it in Consort Zhen's hand.
Consort Zhen was flattered and her eyes trembled slightly: "Your Majesty, I have been taking the medicine to prevent miscarriage every day as instructed by the imperial physician, without missing a single bowl, but..."
At this point, Consort Zhen stood up from the stool, walked to Emperor Yuanwu, and bowed.
Emperor Yuanwu, seeing her about to kneel, hurriedly reached out and supported her arm: "Didn't I just say that you shouldn't perform the ceremony while pregnant? What if it affects the fetus?"
"Yes, Your Majesty." Consort Zhen looked troubled. "Your Majesty, I heard that Physician Li, who took care of my pregnancy, seems to have been incompetent..."
The Emperor was taken aback: "Then do you have any imperial physicians you think are suitable?"
"I rarely leave the palace. Apart from Physician Li, who takes my pulse every day, and Physician Wang, who delivers my medicine, I know nothing about the other physicians."
"Don't worry, I will definitely arrange for a proper imperial physician to take care of you and the child tomorrow, and I will make sure nothing happens to you or the child."
After Emperor Yuanwu finished speaking, he took Consort Zhen's hand in a comforting manner and gestured for her to sit down.
"Your Majesty," Consort Zhen paused for a moment, "I think it's not necessary to go to so much trouble. I've heard that Physician Xie has been taking care of Qiluan Garden all along. Since my sister trusts him, I naturally trust him too. I wonder if Your Majesty could appoint Physician Xie to take care of me and the child in my womb."
"Imperial Physician Xie is indeed a steady person, and his medical skills are quite good. He has been taking care of the Fifth Prince these days, which is reassuring." Emperor Yuanwu nodded in approval: "Wu Jixiang, you take care of this matter."
"Yes, Your Majesty." Consort Zhen's smile deepened.
"It's late, get some rest. You're pregnant now, so don't stay up late." Emperor Yuanwu stood up and extended his hand to Consort Zhen.
The two entered the palace one after the other.
Not long after.
The lights in Consort Zhen's bedroom were then extinguished.
Nobody noticed.
Sitting in her palace, Zuo Qianrou could see everything through the crack in the window.
"This Consort Zhen is always so sickly, she bleeds even with the slightest movement, how come she's all healthy and strong now that the Emperor is here? She used to have to lie in bed all day to rest, but now she can enjoy the moon in the middle of the night!"
Cai'er, Zuo Qianrou's personal maid, couldn't help but spit out a mouthful of saliva. She walked to the window and closed it tightly.
"It's fine to say these things to me, but if Consort Zhen hears them outside, I, a mere concubine without even a rank, have no power to protect your life." Zuo Qianrou closed the book she was reading, her eyes darkening.
Cai'er was so frightened that she knelt on the ground: "Your Majesty, this servant knows she was wrong."
Zuo Qianrou didn't speak, and slowly walked to the dressing table.
She stared at herself in the bronze mirror, her eyes bright and her teeth white, her figure both plump and slender.
From the day she could remember, everyone who saw her would always say that she was beautiful.
There was once a fortune teller who predicted that she had the destiny of a phoenix.
But……
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