Chapter 97: Finding Out She's Pregnant
After hearing this, Xie Chen stood there for a long time.
A few days ago, she was still using that cold medicine. Is it possible that she is pregnant?
It's possible, but the probability is very small.
Even if I say I'm not pregnant, the symptoms do seem to be similar.
Xie Chen suppressed his chaotic thoughts and slowly found his voice, "Go to Xuanxia Court for the trial."
Liang Yao received the order and walked out.
After Pei Tingyue vomited up her lunch, she endured the pain and asked, "What did Chief Steward Liang just say? I look like I'm having morning sickness. Did I hear correctly?"
In her panic, her voice was shaking.
Xie Chen looked at her anxious expression and slowly suppressed his suspicions. The situation was still unclear, so it was better not to jump to conclusions, lest he get too excited.
He helped Pei Tingyue sit down on the couch. "What does he know? Maybe he has an upset stomach. We'll know when Judge Xia comes."
Pei Tingyue nodded absentmindedly.
Xie Chen wiped the cold sweat from her temples: "Do you want to lie down for a while?"
Pei Tingyue seemed not to hear these words and did not react at all. She just kept twisting the handkerchief with her fingers, staring at the door of the hall.
Xie Chen knew how nervous she was and stopped talking to her. He just stayed by her side, quietly waiting for Xia Yuanpan to arrive.
It takes about the time of an incense stick.
Court Judge Xia came to Chengming Palace carrying a medicine box.
"Your humble servant greets His Majesty and Concubine Pei."
Xie Chen raised his hand and said briefly, "No need to be polite. Check Concubine Pei's pulse."
"yes."
Court Judge Xia took a plain white handkerchief and covered Pei Tingyue's slender white wrist, then carefully took her pulse.
Pei Tingyue stared at Judge Xia.
After a moment, Judge Xia stood up and bowed, "Congratulations, Your Majesty! The Concubine is over a month pregnant."
It was indeed that day.
Xie Chen calculated the date and it was exactly the morning of a month ago.
There was a barely perceptible hint of joy in his eyes, and he lowered his eyes to look at the woman.
Pei Tingyue's eyes were red and she covered her mouth tightly.
After a while, she seemed to not believe it, and asked Xia Yuanpan to take her pulse again, and he still diagnosed that she was pregnant.
Pei Tingyue raised her head with tears in her eyes: "Your Majesty, did you hear that?"
Xie Chen's lips curved up: "I heard it."
Pei Tingyue held his waist tightly and refused to let go: "I have been looking forward to having this child for a long time. Now that my wish has come true, I feel a sense of unreality."
Xie Chen patted her back soothingly: "I am here with you, how can it be unreal?"
Pei Tingyue nodded heavily and opened his mouth happily again.
She gently touched her belly, her eyes filled with smiles.
Xie Chen, who was standing by, did not indulge in his joy first. Instead, he looked at Xia Yuanpan and asked, "Is there any good way to treat morning sickness in women?"
Judge Xia bowed and said, "Jieyu is still young, not yet the time for morning sickness. She must have eaten something greasy and vomited. It's not a big deal. Just pay attention to your diet from now on."
Xie Chen finally felt relieved, but also a little distressed.
After all, he was the one who forced her to eat those greasy things just now, and her discomfort was all caused by him.
Xie Chen dismissed Judge Xia and ordered Liang Yao to prepare a fresh meal.
When everything was quiet, Xie Chen gently stroked Pei Tingyue's black hair and said in frustration, "It's my fault for forcing you to eat these things."
Pei Tingyue shook her head: "The emperor didn't know I was pregnant at first. He let me eat these things for my own good."
Xie Chen lowered his head, kissed her forehead tenderly, and asked softly, "Are you still feeling uncomfortable?"
Pei Tingyue smiled sweetly: "I'm not sad anymore. I was very happy when I found out I was pregnant. I've already forgotten everything else."
She asked Xie Chen to sit down, and then took his hand and stroked her lower abdomen.
"Your Majesty, please touch me."
Xie Chen's brow softened. Perhaps the person in front of him was the one he liked. He actually began to look forward to this child.
"Be good and don't bother your mother."
Pei Tingyue savored the words "mother concubine" carefully, pursed her lips and smiled, "Is this concubine going to be a mother concubine?"
Xie Chen's tone was very gentle: "Well, being a mother is not that easy. First you have to endure the hardship of pregnancy, then the painful childbirth. After the child is born, you have to take good care of the child and teach him/her diligently."
"I know, but I'm not afraid. This is the child of the emperor and I. I will do my best to protect this child."
"Tingyue is so brave." Xie Chen praised her: "Tingyue is really brave, I will give you some rewards, okay?"
Pei Tingyue's eyes lit up: "What reward?"
Xie Chen kissed her, with a doting smile in his eyes: "Whatever you want, I will give you."
In fact, since she is pregnant with a dragon heir, she should be promoted.
However, it had only been more than a month since she was promoted to the rank of Concubine among the six palaces. If she was promoted again at this time, she would undoubtedly become the target of public criticism again.
Moreover, if she were to be promoted to the rank of Jieyushi, she would become the head of a palace. Changle Palace already had a head, and if she were to be promoted again, she would have to move to another palace with great difficulty. Not only would it be tiring, but it would also give the concubines in the six palaces more opportunities to make trouble.
It would be better if she waited for Song Lingyun to leave and then moved directly to the main hall after giving birth to the child.
After careful consideration, Xie Chen decided to postpone her promotion.
Pei Tingyue's eyes turned, and she quickly thought of a reward. She looked at her lower abdomen tenderly, "Your Majesty, please give it a nice name."
Xie Chen was slightly startled: "Is this all you want?"
"Yes."
Xie Chen looked at her smiling face, feeling somewhat complicated.
He had asked this question before, and what she wanted was very simple, without any greed. How could she be so easily satisfied?
Xie Chen's heart softened: "I promise you."
Pei Tingyue smiled and kissed him back, saying cheerfully, "Then I would like to thank the Emperor."
While the two were talking, Liang Yao had already ordered someone to prepare lunch. "Your Majesty, Concubine, lunch is ready."
Although Pei Tingyue's stomach was empty after vomiting, he still had no appetite and didn't want to eat much.
Xie Chen led her over and said, "If you want to eat something, have a couple of bites. If you don't want to eat, forget it. I'll ask them to make some porridge."
In the end, the porridge was not cooked because Pei Tingyue really liked it. Among the new dishes, there was a sour soup with crispy pork which was very good, sour and spicy, and appetizing. She drank two small bowls in a row.
After lunch, Xie Chen held her in his arms and rested for a while. But half an hour later, the two of them sat behind the desk in the imperial study again.
Pei Tingyue was very excited: "I will tell my father and mother this news."
She wrote hurriedly for a while, and when it was getting dark, she finally finished the letter home. More than a dozen pages of letter paper were almost stuffed into the envelope, and it was Xie Chen who helped her.
While he was taking a break from writing, Pei Tingyue asked him a favor, "Your Majesty, can you wait until the fetus is stable before informing the sisters in the six palaces about my pregnancy?"
Xie Chen spoke in a gentle voice, hugging the man around the waist and saying, "Then I will have to postpone my reward to you."
He originally thought that although he could not give her the main seat for the time being, he had to prepare a sedan chair for her, otherwise she would inevitably be tired from walking around.
There are also those external things that she doesn't want but he wants to give them to her and doesn't want to let her down in the slightest.
After Pei Tingyue heard the reward he was going to give, she replied, "It's okay."
Anyway, it was much cooler during the day, so she walked slowly and didn't feel very tired.
As for those silks, satins, rare treasures, what difference does it make if they arrive two months late?
In the middle of the night, the two of them slept on the same couch again.
This time, Xie Chen didn't dare to make any movement. He even hugged the person loosely around the waist and didn't dare to use any force.
Pei Tingyue laughed at him a few times and then fell into a deep sleep.
However, Xie Chen did not close his eyes most of the night. He stroked Pei Tingyue's lower abdomen and kissed Pei Tingyue's cheek until he closed his eyes and fell asleep when it was almost dawn.
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