At lunchtime, exquisite dishes filled the small round table. Xi Lingyuan and Xiao Chengkang sat facing each other, enjoying a rare moment of peace and quiet. Outside the window, the spring sunshine was bright, and inside the hall, the atmosphere was warm and inviting.
Xi Lingyuan seemed to have a good appetite today. She picked up a piece of steamed sea bass and just brought it to her mouth when a strong fishy smell suddenly hit her nostrils! Her stomach churned instantly, and a strong feeling of nausea rose in her throat!
"Ugh—!" She suddenly covered her mouth, turned to the side and violently retched, her face instantly turning deathly pale, and fine beads of cold sweat seeped from her forehead.
"Yuan'er!" Xiao Chengkang's gentle smile froze instantly, replaced by immense terror! He jumped to his feet, his movement so abrupt that he knocked over the soup bowl in front of him, unaware that the soup had splashed onto his clothes. He rushed to Xi Lingyuan's side, half-kneeling down, frantically patting her back with one hand and tightly grasping her cold, trembling hand with the other. His voice trembled, filled with unprecedented fear: "Yuan'er! What's wrong?! Are you feeling unwell?! Have you been poisoned?! Or did you catch a chill this morning?!" Countless terrifying thoughts flashed through his mind in an instant, his face even more pale than Xi Lingyuan's.
"N-nothing...it's nothing..." Xi Lingyuan vomited a few times, the nausea subsided slightly, and she weakly waved her hand. Just as she was about to explain, Xiao Chengkang, like a lion whose tail had been stepped on, suddenly looked up and roared fiercely at the outside of the hall, his voice torn apart by extreme panic:
"Someone! Quickly summon the imperial physicians! All imperial physicians! Immediately! Right now! Run! Quickly—!" The scene was as if the sky were falling and the earth were collapsing.
The palace servants guarding outside the palace had never seen the gentle and refined Imperial Consort so out of control. They were terrified and rushed out to summon the imperial physician.
"Kang Kang... Kang Kang, calm down..." Xi Lingyuan looked at his pale face, his bloodshot eyes filled with fear, and his slightly trembling hands, feeling both heartache and amusement, and wanted to comfort him.
"Don't speak! Save your energy!" Xiao Chengkang interrupted her sharply, his eyes filled with undeniable panic and heartache. He gripped her hand tightly, as if she would disappear if he let go. "Yuan'er, don't be afraid, the imperial physician will be here soon! With me here, everything will be alright!" He spoke incoherently, and even subconsciously began to check her pulse, but his fingers trembled so badly that he couldn't find it accurately, and the veins on his forehead bulged with anxiety.
Soon, several imperial physicians, led by Zhang Yuanpan, rushed in, panting and drenched in sweat.
"Quick! Quickly, take a look at His Majesty! His Majesty has suddenly been vomiting uncontrollably! What could be the cause?!" Xiao Chengkang, as if seeing a savior, immediately stepped aside, but still stayed by his side without leaving for a moment, his eyes fixed on the imperial physician's fingers as he took his pulse, so nervous that he even held his breath.
Zhang Yuanpan and the others dared not delay and quickly took turns to take the pulse. As they examined the patients, the solemnity and tension on the faces of the imperial physicians gradually dissipated, replaced by a sense of understanding and ease, and even a hint of a smile.
Judge Zhang withdrew his hand, and respectfully cupped his hands to Xiao Chengkang, who was still extremely nervous, and Xi Lingyuan, whose face was pale but whose eyes held a helpless yet slightly sly smile. His voice was loud and cheerful:
"Congratulations, Your Majesty! This is a sign of pregnancy! Your Majesty is experiencing pregnancy symptoms and indigestion. The fishy smell from the kitchen today may have caused this vomiting. Your Majesty's health is fine; you just need to rest and eat a light diet. You will recover naturally in a few days!"
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