Putting down the half-eaten pastry in her hand, Xu Lejin covered her mouth and gagged a few times.
Ru Hua and Nong Ying exchanged a quick glance.
Half an hour later, Imperial Physician Xu from the Imperial Hospital was dragged and pulled into Yikun Palace by Nongying. Physician Xu knelt down to check Xu Lejin's pulse.
"Congratulations, Your Highness Consort Yu! Congratulations on your pregnancy, Your Highness! You are already a month along."
Upon hearing this, Xu Lejin was stunned.
Is she pregnant again?
Four years ago, she was twenty-four when she gave birth to Yin Chu and Yu Lu Dai. Now, four years later, she is twenty-eight.
In the palace, it was extremely rare for concubines to conceive after the age of twenty-five...
With her head slightly lowered, Xu Lejin stared at her stomach, lost in thought.
Xu Lejin was pregnant again, and the news spread like wildfire throughout the palace. Consort Que, Consort Duan, and others remained calm, but were secretly happy for Xu Lejin.
Consort Hui of Yanxi Palace and Consort Wan, who was under house arrest, angrily smashed many porcelain ornaments.
With a gloomy expression, Consort Hui sat in front of her dressing table, gazing at her reflection in the bronze mirror. Her once delicate and beautiful face was gone. She gritted her teeth and said, "Consort Yu is nearly thirty and is pregnant."
"Among the concubines in the palace, Consort Yu has the most children, and now she holds the title of Consort. This pregnancy..."
Consort Hui looked utterly defeated, she thought to herself.
Was he going to lose again, just like he had lost to Consort De, Uya, in his previous life?
Reborn at the age of thirty-three, the palace no longer had Consort De, of the Uya clan, but had gained Consort Yu, Consort Que, and others.
Ultimately, fate cannot be changed; is it still a loss?
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