Niohuru looked at Consort E in disbelief, then at Granny Liu, and a guess formed in her mind.
"Consort E, you wouldn't be..."
Before Lady Xilinjueluo could speak, the palace maid beside her interrupted, "Your Majesty the Empress Dowager, the lady has been feeling nauseous and vomiting all month, and she's also become much more sleepy than before..."
Before she could finish speaking, she was interrupted by a feigned rebuke from Xilin Jueluo.
"Your Majesty, please don't be angry. The maid in my palace is really ignorant and behaves improperly in front of you. I will punish her when I get back. Please don't be angry."
Patting Xilinjueluo's hand, Niohuru didn't care about the palace maid; she only wanted to know if her guess was true.
"It's nothing. I just want to know if what this palace maid said is true?"
Feeling pleased and happy, Xilin Jueluo naturally touched her lower abdomen, but her face still looked bewildered.
"Your Majesty, it's still early, we can't take this seriously."
Although she said that, Niohuru had seen her actions clearly just now and was secretly pleased, thinking that the matter was probably almost certain.
Since Consort E does not want to make it public yet, Niohuru understands. The first three months are the most dangerous, so it is better to keep it a secret.
She followed up with what Xilinjueluo said: "Okay, okay, you're right. There's still plenty of time. Let's wait and talk about it later."
But after she finished speaking, she turned to Liu Mama and instructed, "Quickly, I remember there are still some trinkets in the storeroom. I'm too old for these things. Go and pack them up so that Consort E can take them back to play with!"
Now, there was no need for Lady Xilinjueluo to serve her the medicine. Lady Niohuru picked up the medicine bowl and drank it all in one gulp, then pulled Consort E aside and talked for a long time.
The more grandchildren the better, and Niohuru loved any of them as long as they weren't born to Lady Gao.
On the way back, Consort E was quite pleased with herself. Several palace maids surrounded her, as if afraid that someone might bump into her on the way.
Her undisguised behavior immediately fueled speculation that she was pregnant, and the rumors quickly spread throughout the palace.
Back in the palace, Consort E sat down with an arrogant expression. Her head maid, Bihua, stepped forward with a fawning tone: "Your Highness, would you like to take a look at the things bestowed by the Empress Dowager, or should we just put them away in storage?"
Given Xilin Gioro's personality, she would naturally choose to take them out, and preferably display them all in the open, to show the Empress Dowager's favor to her.
Niohuru had just said they were just trinkets, but when Xilinjueluo saw them, she realized they were no ordinary "trinkets".
In high spirits, Lady Xilinjueluo quickly instructed Bihua to display all these items, as she wanted to look at them every day and be happy every day.
Consort E of Xianfu Palace, of the Xilin Gioro clan, is suspected of being pregnant, which Yunyi finds very intriguing.
The events described above are similar to those in history, but historically, Lady Xilinjueluo did not conceive or give birth. However, news has now emerged that she is pregnant.
Therefore, Yunyi really wanted to know whether this Xilin Jueluo clan would give birth to a prince or a princess.
But when Yunyi went to Changchun Palace to pay her respects a few days later, she felt something was very strange.
She looked left and right, but Xilinjueluo didn't seem pregnant at all.
Based on her medical skills and her experience in childbirth over the years, Yunyi could tell that Xilin Jueluo did not appear to be pregnant. Moreover, judging from her complexion, she was not the type of person who could easily get pregnant.
The most obvious contrast is that Xilinjueluo is different from Hai in every way. Hai is indeed pregnant, but Xilinjueluo...
Yunyi suppressed these thoughts, wondering whether Xilin Jueluo was deliberately faking her pregnancy or was truly unaware and being framed.
Another month passed, and her period still hadn't come. Xilin Jueluo was confident of victory. She estimated that she was two months pregnant and could diagnose her pulse, so she summoned the imperial physician to come and examine her.
Because she was very certain in her heart, Xilinjueluo was not nervous at all when the imperial physician took her pulse; on the contrary, she was quite relaxed.
The room was quiet, but Physician Wang's heart was pounding. As time passed, he became increasingly uncertain.
This pulse clearly indicates that the absence of menstruation is caused by internal deficiency. There is no slippery feeling at all, which clearly means that she is not pregnant!
The doctor's abnormal behavior was so obvious that even Lady Xilinjueluo noticed something was wrong.
Concealing her joy, Lady Xilinjueluo's expression turned somewhat somber: "Imperial Physician Wang, what's wrong with me? Is there something wrong with the imperial fetus?"
Bihua also felt that something might be wrong. Doctor Wang's expression was too solemn, and she felt a little nervous.
Little prince, please don't let anything happen to you! This is a bargaining chip for the master's future promotion. Without her, how can the master continue to climb the ranks?
Upon hearing Consort E's question, Imperial Physician Wang felt bitter inside and could only grit his teeth and recount the results of his pulse diagnosis.
"Your Highness Consort E, your pulse is irregular and does not feel smooth and slippery, so you are not pregnant."
"What!" Xilinjueluo could hardly believe what she had just heard.
"You, you quack doctor, you can't even diagnose a pregnancy pulse. I will report to the Emperor and have you expelled from the Imperial Hospital."
Physician Wang was speechless. His family had been practicing medicine for generations, and they had been imperial physicians in the Imperial Medical Academy during the previous dynasty. It was impossible that he couldn't even detect a simple pregnancy pulse.
Consort E clearly ruined her health by taking too many fertility remedies, causing her to miss her period for several months. She then assumed she was pregnant and is now slandering me for not being able to diagnose her pregnancy.
Physician Wang felt extremely aggrieved, unable to express his bitterness.
Fortunately, Bihua still had some sense and managed to calm her mistress down at the crucial moment.
"Doctor Wang, are you sure you haven't made a mistake in your diagnosis? But my lady has indeed been feeling sleepy, nauseous, and wanting to vomit lately. Even her period hasn't come for several months."
Although she was a royal physician, Bihua was still somewhat shy about saying these things in front of a man, but in order to find out the truth about whether she was pregnant or not, she had to tell him.
Her question gave Physician Wang an opportunity to explain, and he refuted Bi Hua's words "mercilessly," uttering those cruel words.
"So Your Majesty is indeed not pregnant. It's just that you've taken some folk remedies and it's upset your health, which is why you're experiencing some symptoms that look like you're pregnant."
Her body swayed precariously, and she finally collapsed into a chair, unable to support herself any longer. Xilin Jueluo never imagined that she was not pregnant.
After the initial disbelief, she felt a surge of panic. Oh no! The entire harem knew she was pregnant. If she were to say now that she had taken medicine that harmed her body and that she wasn't pregnant at all...
Xilin Jueluo dared not imagine the consequences; she feared she would be laughed at by everyone.
Even the Empress Dowager, who was full of expectations, might become disgusted with her because of this. Having lost the Empress Dowager as her backer and made a big blunder, can she still win the Emperor's favor?
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