The two said in unison, "We will do our best to take care of you, Auntie."
Gu Jiangli smiled and nodded.
With two palace maids watching Zhang Yiniang so diligently, how could they possibly fail to discover her secrets?
Gu Jiangli sensed that it was time to start acting.
From that day on, Gu Jiangli's body suddenly began to change.
No matter what kind of food was served, she had no appetite and would vomit whatever she ate.
The emperor and empress dowager were extremely worried, as they watched her grow thinner and thinner, becoming quite haggard and listless.
Gu Jiangli initially drank some herbal decoctions to regulate her spleen and stomach, but later she couldn't even drink those anymore.
The emperor was so anxious that he summoned all the imperial physicians from the Imperial Hospital to the Guangming Hall to examine Gu Jiangli one by one.
The results are all the same.
"Your Majesty, Consort Gu's pulse is perfectly normal, and the fetus is healthy... As for Consort Gu's inability to eat, it is perhaps due to changes in a pregnant woman's taste..."
"Gu Jieyu is less than three months pregnant, and it's her first pregnancy, so morning sickness is... normal... After three months, once the pregnancy is stable, there might be no problem."
"Gu Jieyu is in good health, and the fetus in her womb is also normal. Perhaps she has caught a cold, which is why she has a poor appetite. She will get better naturally after a while."
The emperor's face was ashen. "Perhaps? Maybe? Or what else would you say?"
"Your Majesty, please forgive us!" Several imperial physicians knelt in a row, their foreheads covered in cold sweat.
They didn't know why Gu Jieyu couldn't eat!
They'd never seen anyone experience such severe morning sickness before!
Judging from her pulse, Consort Gu is perfectly healthy! There's absolutely nothing wrong with her!
They dared not use medicine indiscriminately, and apart from saying some ambiguous things, they had no other choice!
Gu Jiangli noticed the physicians' predicament, so she tugged at the emperor's sleeve and weakly spoke:
"Your Majesty, please don't make things difficult for the imperial physicians. They have done their best. Perhaps what they said is true. It's normal for a woman to feel unwell during her first pregnancy, which is less than three months along."
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