Chapter 111: Blood and Qi
"Come here, call the imperial physician."
When Prince Huai was so happy, he forgot that he was just a prince with an empty title and was about to be exiled.
"My Lord, are you feeling unwell?"
A messenger came upon hearing the noise.
"It's not this king, it's this king's...Princess. Go and ask a doctor to diagnose the princess."
Prince Huai held Jiang Ruoqing tightly and refused to let go.
If she was really pregnant, he would never let her stay alone in the capital.
"Your Highness, this is the city gate. The doctors are all in the city. It will take some time to go back and forth. The princess will not go into exile with you anyway. Why don't we wait until she returns to the city and then go to the clinic?"
The bailiff did not dare to be rude to Prince Huai, but he had to treat him as a criminal.
It's not easy to grasp the right timing.
Therefore, he could only tentatively discuss it with King Huai.
"Yes, my Lord, I am not seriously ill. I will go to the hospital when I return to the city later."
Jiang Ruoqing saw the car curtain being opened and quickly put on the veil.
He slid off the carriage and stood firmly on the ground.
This smooth movement doesn't look like something a weak woman can do.
"Princess, please don't be willful. Let the doctor come and see you. Only then will your husband feel at ease."
Prince Huai was still sitting in the carriage, but he held Jiang Ruoqing's hand tightly.
The two of them were like this, one in the car and the other under, holding hands and unable to be pulled apart.
It was also thanks to the blue cloth carriage.
If it was the kind of large carriage that the palace used in the past, Jiang Ruoqing's arm would probably have been dislocated by Prince Huai.
"Well... Well, in that case, I will send someone to the city."
The solution is helpless.
Just as he was about to turn around and send someone to run an errand, he suddenly had an idea.
He immediately asked the crowd around him, "Is there a doctor here?"
"Sir, I am the doctor."
The one who answered was Fu Song.
But the person he pushed out was the Fu family's doctor.
At midnight last night, the roof of his bedroom was lifted up again.
The same bamboo tubes and the same straw paper.
Even the handwriting seemed familiar.
'Farewell at the city gate, government doctor, pregnancy'
He knew every single one of these seven words, but when they were put together he was completely confused.
But when he brought the court doctor to the city gate, he still understood.
Who is pregnant at the city gate?
Does it have to be the Fu family's official doctor who can see it?
Or does it mean that no matter who takes the pulse, they will say it is a happy pulse?
Fu Song has been feeling anxious ever since he arrived at the city gate.
My mind was filled with the last word of the secret letter.
Pregnancy, what pregnancy?
What does this have to do with the Fu family?
Of course, even if he didn't understand the meaning of the letter, he still told the court doctor his possible guess so that he could respond accordingly.
"Since you are a doctor, please come forward. Can you take a pulse?"
When the escort saw someone responding, he hurriedly evacuated the people blocking Fu Song and the court doctor and made way for them.
"I have been practicing medicine for decades, so I know how to diagnose a patient's pulse."
Although the court physician was promoted by his master, he did not want anyone to question his medical skills.
The escort was relieved when he saw that the doctor was quite old and had experience.
"My Lord, look..."
The escort turned and looked at Prince Huai.
"Why don't you ask him to check the princess's pulse and pay close attention. The princess is most likely pregnant."
Prince Huai was also eager to know whether Jiang Ruoqing was pregnant again.
The pulse of pregnancy was not a difficult one to diagnose, so he did not force the doctor's medical skills and immediately called the court physician to come forward.
When Jiang Ruoqing saw Fu Song standing behind the court doctor, her face began to turn pale beneath the veil.
She originally planned to take Chu Yanhong to Fu Mansion after dark.
By that time, Prince Huai and his entourage had already left the capital city for dozens of miles.
Even if the Fu family wanted to pursue him, they would give up because Fu Ronger abandoned Chu Yanhong regardless of whether it was against the emperor's will.
With evidence of her disobeying the imperial order, the Fu family not only had to be nice to her and Chu Yanhong, but also had to find a way to conceal her identity.
But now that she was caught face to face by Fu Ronger's brother, she felt a little flustered.
"Princess, please."
The court physician first placed the pulse pillow on the carriage frame, then took out a clean silk handkerchief from the medical box and motioned for Jiang Ruoqing to stretch out her hand.
"Princess, please let the doctor take a look at you."
Seeing that Jiang Ruoqing did not extend her hand, Prince Huai did not care about his own dirtiness and quickly jumped off the carriage.
He personally helped Jiang Ruoqing sit down on the footstool of the carriage, and then took her hand and placed it on the pillow.
The court doctor began to take the pulse, and Fu Song stood not far behind him, looking Jiang Ruoqing up and down.
He was sure that the woman whom Prince Huai called the princess was not Fu Ronger.
Fu Ronger's identity was replaced by someone else, so where did the real Fu Ronger go?
Ever since Fu Rong'er was taken back to Prince Huai's mansion by Concubine Xian and placed under house arrest, the brother and sister have not seen each other since.
But his people were always keeping an eye on the affairs of Prince Huai's Mansion.
After the imperial edict was delivered to Prince Huai's Mansion yesterday, he received the news that Fu Ronger did not have to go into exile with him.
If that's the case, how could she be replaced by someone else?
Could it be that she had not given up on Prince Huai yet and deliberately switched identities with someone else to accompany him into exile?
When Fu Song thought about this, he became a little angry.
His sister usually doesn't think clearly when it comes to Prince Huai's affairs.
This is something she could really do.
"how?"
Prince Huai was a little anxious when he saw the palace physician frowning while taking the patient's pulse but not saying a word.
As for Su Ruoqing, with Fu Song present, she didn't dare to say a word.
With the veil covering her face, she could still fool herself for a while.
But once you make a sound, your true colors will be exposed immediately.
"Congratulations, Your Highness. Congratulations, Your Highness. The princess is pregnant, but the month is still early and the pulse is not very clear yet."
The court doctor took Jiang Ruoqing's pulse repeatedly for a full half minute before he put away the handkerchief and told her the diagnosis.
"Really?"
Prince Huai was overjoyed. After eight years, he was finally going to be a father again.
"Of course I take it seriously. Let the princess take good care of herself. In half a month, any doctor will be able to diagnose a pregnancy."
The court doctor had long recognized that the person who asked him to feel her pulse was definitely not the eldest daughter of the Fu family.
So, he pretended to be serious for a long time just to tell him the result that his master had already told him.
"That's great, Haru..."
"Impossible! How could I be pregnant? Your Majesty, you must not believe the words of this quack doctor."
When Prince Huai saw that Jiang Ruoqing was pregnant, he no longer agreed with her staying in Beijing in place of Fu Ronger and wanted to take her to Ninggu Pagoda with him.
But before he could say anything, Jiang Ruoqing stopped him.
Fortunately, Fu Song was no longer behind the court doctor.
Jiang Ruoqing secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
"Your Majesty, I may have been worrying too much recently, so I seem a little weak. A doctor's diagnosis is not always infallible."
Since Fu Song was not around, Jiang Ruoqing no longer cared and began to persuade Prince Huai.
Hopefully he would remember what they had just said in the carriage.
"Qing'er, this is why I cannot leave you alone in the capital."
Prince Huai still held Jiang Ruoqing tightly.
Jiang Ruoqing couldn't just run away, because Prince Huai would definitely chase her.
And it was impossible for the escort to watch Prince Huai run away.
They will definitely go after King Huai...
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