"Ziwu, prepare a congratulatory gift and send it to Yonghe Palace to congratulate Consort Na on her promotion."
Ziwu respectfully replied "Yes" and withdrew.
After Consort Na suddenly gained favor, Consort Niu and Noble Lady Lan were no longer favored as before.
For ten days in a row, Kangxi summoned his former concubines to his bedchamber, as if Consort Niu and Noble Lady Lan had been forgotten.
Chuxiu Palace
The imperial physician knelt down to take Consort Niu's pulse.
Consort Niu's expression was solemn, her gaze fixed intently on the imperial physician, and she said in a deep voice, "Imperial Physician, am I pregnant?"
"Your Majesty, this humble subject..."
Large beads of sweat dripped from the imperial physician's forehead; his heart was in his throat, and he was filled with helplessness.
In the past few months, every seven days, Consort Niu would summon him to Chuxiu Palace to have his pulse checked.
Every time, Consort Niu would ask him if he was pregnant, but every time...
Today, Consort Niu's pulse is still the same as before.
After hesitating for a long time, the imperial physician, under Consort Niu's burning gaze, respectfully spoke, "Your Majesty, I am of limited knowledge and skill and have not been able to detect the pregnancy pulse. I am incompetent."
"How could this be? How could this be?"
Consort Niu looked stunned and incredulous.
After the imperial physician was sent away, Consort Niu slumped into a chair, her face deathly pale, muttering to herself, "How could this be? How could this be? How could I not be pregnant?"
"I have served His Majesty many times these past few months, how could I not be pregnant?"
Looking utterly defeated, Consort Niu pounded her stomach.
Yanxi Palace
At Consort Lan's place, Consort Lan spoke with a sullen face and a cold voice, "I heard that Consort Niu summoned the imperial physician again today to check her pulse."
Changing the subject
Consort Lan looked at the palace maid beside her, whose eyebrows were slightly lowered, and said, "Qiuyue, you know some medicine, please take a look at me. I have served the Emperor many times, so why am I still not pregnant?"
"Yes, my lord."
The palace maid Qiuyue knelt down to take Consort Lan's pulse, a cold smile flashing across her lowered eyes.
A moment later, Qiuyue said with a regretful expression, "My lady, you are not pregnant."
"、、"
Consort Lan gave a bitter smile, her head bowed, her face full of disappointment.
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