The doctor checked Danruo's pulse every three days.
On the sixth day of the first lunar month, the pregnancy was finally confirmed. Ji Chenglin finally felt relieved and specially selected a female doctor to take care of Dan Ruo. The news was kept secret from the outside world.
In his spare time, Ji Chenglin began to read medical books on childbirth. Thinking of how Danruo had studied medical books for him before, he felt sweet in his heart when reading these books. If he could learn them, he even wanted to deliver the baby for Danruo himself.
The peaceful and tranquil days slipped away quietly.
During this period, Madam Li said that Li Wanqing's marriage to the Mingjun Prince's family had been decided, and Wanqing had already started embroidering her wedding dress. Danruo congratulated her and asked Gongzhong to prepare a dowry for Li Wanqing.
Ji Chenglin had no objection to this. He had met the Prince of Ming County, who was a clean young man from a noble family. He really cared about Li Wanqing as if she were his sister. After he got a princess, he entrusted everything to her.
Caiyue was very happy to see this. The princess was pregnant, and the cousin who secretly liked the prince was going to get married.
Every day, he would tell Danruo some new things happening inside and outside the palace to make her happy.
Let’s talk about Ning Rongrong.
There were fights every day in the palace. Ever since Luo Changzai revealed her pregnancy at the New Year's Eve banquet, good news came one after another.
Among the ten or so new beauties who entered the palace in this selection, one of them was pregnant. It was okay because of her low rank.
Furthermore, Concubine De is pregnant, and she is the Prime Minister's legitimate daughter.
Ning Rongrong suddenly felt a sense of crisis. She forced Ning Yingying every day. She was supposed to give birth to a child for her, but she couldn't get pregnant for a long time and someone else got there first.
She was so emotional that she accidentally hit Ning Yingying.
Looking at the bruises on the snow-white skin at night, the emperor's face became darker and darker.
Although he hooked up with Ning Rongrong first, he couldn't help but feel pity for Ning Yingying after sleeping with her for two months, and he felt that Ning Rongrong was so vicious.
Ning Yingying's lowered eyes concealed her ambition.
"This was accidentally bumped by Yingying, it has nothing to do with the Queen."
Who wants to be just a tool for bearing children? She is also a concubine's daughter, so why can she be the queen? If she were the legitimate sister, she would be more convinced.
Ning Rongrong came to her senses after pinching her, and she asked her maid to aggravate the bruises.
The emperor's eyes were filled with anger. "You don't need to explain for her. She is so vicious. I feel more at ease if you raise the child from now on. This way, she won't harm the child."
Ning Yingying's eyes flashed with surprise, but she still refused:
"Yingying never dared to hope for anything. Yingying only wanted to be by the emperor's side."
The emperor was even more moved, "Please be patient for a while, it's not easy to abolish the queen after she was just appointed."
Ning Rongrong knew nothing about all this, and her life was in dire straits. When Concubine De became pregnant, all the clues pointed to her. The Queen Mother tried her best to protect her, but she had already made an enemy of Concubine De.
Ning Rongrong fell into a big trap. She had bad intentions, but before she could carry them out, she was wrongly accused.
It is still unknown who is the mastermind behind this. Among the high-ranking concubines, only the Imperial Concubine and the remaining three concubines except the Virtuous Concubine have princes by their side. They all have motives. She has too many enemies.
The imperial concubine smiled in the palace. Last time, she asked the eunuchs to push Ning Rongrong into the water and put the blame on the emperor's cousin, Li Zhaoyi, who was demoted from Concubine De and finally demoted to Li Cairen.
Therefore, Li Cairen hated Ning Rongrong so much that she took action against Defei at the slightest instigation, hoping to regain her position as Defei and then help put the blame on Queen Ning Rongrong.
Ning Rongrong was punished to reflect on her mistakes in seclusion for a month due to her poor management of the harem, and the power of the palace was temporarily taken over by the empress dowager.
It just so happened that Ning Yingying was pregnant at this time, and Ning Rongrong felt like she had grabbed a life-saving straw.
As per tradition, the palace held a spring banquet in mid-February.
At the banquet, the emperor announced the news that the queen was pregnant. Dan Ruo looked at Ning Yingying who was standing silently beside her. It was the same drama as in the previous life, except that the actors had changed.
Everyone praised the emperor for having many children. Currently, there are four pregnant women in the palace.
There were six princes and three princesses sitting below. The emperor was very proud of being praised:
"I have many children, so why not adopt one to the Regent? My brother, besides my legitimate son, you can choose any one you like."
The most senior member of the royal family came forward and said, "Your Majesty, how can a prince be adopted? The regent can choose a child from the royal family to adopt."
The emperor was displeased: "I have a close relationship with my younger brother. Since he is a prince, what does it matter if I give him to him?"
Ji Chenglin interrupted their wishful thinking: "The princess already has my own child, why should she adopt someone else?"
Everyone's eyes were focused on Danruo. Today she was wearing a bright red Qiru long dress with a golden peony pattern, and her waist was not visible. No one knew whether the Regent's claim of pregnancy was true or not.
The emperor put on a stiff smile after a while:
"Congratulations, my brother. How about having the imperial physician check the princess's pulse? I'll be relieved to know the child is fine."
Ji Chenglin was unwilling. He didn't want a doctor he didn't trust to get close to the princess. Before he could refuse, Dan Ruo agreed with a smile.
"This princess and the queen grew up together, so naturally we have a deep sisterly bond. Why not let the queen take a look too?"
Ning Rongrong's face turned pale, and the imperial physician found Ning Yingying's pulse.
Seeing this, the Queen Mother glared at the Emperor and tried to cover it up: "Well, we check the Emperor's pulse every day. Why bother sending the Imperial Physician another trip for today's banquet?"
At the Spring Banquet, as soon as the news of the Regent Princess's pregnancy spread, the whole court and the imperial family were in turmoil.
After all, the regent lost the throne because he was injured in that area and had no hope of having an heir.
It is said that the late emperor also left a will that if the regent has a son, he will ascend the throne. However, it is not known to which minister the late emperor entrusted the will.
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