Chapter 3 New Player Gift Pack
Upon hearing this, Lü Yingfeng looked up at her in disbelief. The concubine sitting beside her was also full of surprise and sat up straight to look at the person at the head of the table.
"Your Highness, my mistress is pregnant and cannot kneel!" Xuexin pleaded anxiously, kowtowing repeatedly behind Lü Yingfeng.
Lu Yingfeng, forcing herself to remain silent, said, "My lady, I was late today. I promise it won't happen again. I hope you will be lenient."
Feng Gege leaned forward hastily, "Your Highness, how can a pregnant woman be forced to kneel as punishment!"
“So what if she’s pregnant! Do you think everyone hasn’t been pregnant before?” Nian Shilan said through gritted teeth. “She’s already six months along, the pregnancy is stable, kneeling for half an hour is no big deal, but if she makes a scene, she’ll be deliberately trying to deceive me.”
She slowly closed her eyes and stopped looking at the crowd.
Although Consort Li was also a secondary consort, she couldn't utter a word of rebuttal at this moment. She just sat there like a wooden statue. Consort Feng looked anxious, but she couldn't change Nian Shilan's decision.
Lu Yingfeng's face was deathly pale, her eyes glaring fiercely at the person at the head of the table. She clutched her belly tightly in her hands, a dull, throbbing pain making her heart burn like fire.
"My child, it's your mother's fault for not being able to protect you."
Don't get me wrong, this pain is Zhao You doing pull-ups inside my belly.
He heard outside that Consort Nian was making things difficult for his mother, and it had reached the point where she was being forced to kneel. He rubbed his hands together—"It's time for me to show my skills!"
Just as he was about to make a move, he suddenly remembered something. Without caring whether Lü Yingfeng could sense it or not, he said to himself, "Mom, I'm going to jump around a bit in a little while. Don't be scared, okay? I won't kick your little sister, don't worry."
After waiting for a while and seeing that there was no movement outside, he slowly and tentatively began to move.
Time ticked by, and Lü Yingfeng's figure grew increasingly shrunken. Xue Xin, who had been supporting her from the side, noticed something was wrong and cried out, "Princess! Princess, what's wrong?!"
As Xuexin cried out, Lü Yingfeng felt the baby in her womb suddenly twitch violently, a force she had never felt before. Her heart clenched in terror, and she couldn't help but cry out in pain, "Ah—my baby!"
The shout startled everyone. Nian Shilan also stood up with some suspicion, looking at the person kneeling in front of her, who was sweating profusely, and said with feigned bravado, "It's only been a short while, you...you're probably not faking it?"
Although she said that, she knew that this Lady Lü was not pretentious and had always been straightforward, which was why she hadn't targeted her much before.
"Madam, please call the physician quickly!" Consort Feng knelt down beside Lü Yingfeng and pleaded. Seeing this, Madam Li could no longer pretend to be mute and said, "Yes, she doesn't seem to be faking it. Please have the physician come and take a look."
Nian Shilan stood there in a daze. She had recently suffered a miscarriage, and seeing Lü Yingfeng like this suddenly reminded her of when she lost her child.
Seeing that her expression was not right, Consort Cao took two steps forward and walked behind Consort Nian, and whispered, "Consort, let's move the person to the side hall. Whether it's fake or not, the physician can tell at a glance. If the child is really hurt, I'm afraid the prince will be angry with you when he comes back."
"Then... go and fetch the royal physician. He'll see you in the side hall. If I find out you're faking it, you'll be sorry!" She spoke these harsh words with a fierce tone, but deep down she was already feeling guilty.
Seeing that she had relented, the servants hurriedly helped Lü Yingfeng up and carried her to the side hall.
"Ding—Congratulations, host. The beginner's mission is complete, and the reward has been credited to your account. Please check."
Zhao You dared not stop, afraid that if he suddenly stopped moving, he would scare his mother badly. So he could only slowly slow down his movements, wipe away non-existent sweat, and said wearily, "Give...let me open it and take a look."
"The New Player Gift Pack has been opened for you, which includes: 2 Health Pills, 2 Beauty Pills, 2 Nourishing Pills, 1 Pulse Cheating Device, and 1 Auspicious Omen from Heaven."
"Hmm? What is pulse cheating?" Zhao You understood all of the previous ones, and the auspicious omens from heaven were also easy to understand, but he was a little puzzled by the pulse diagnosis.
"Before the host completes the novice mission, the system will ensure the host's safety and temporarily take over the host's mother's pulse to make it impossible for people to tell that they are twins. Now that the host has completed the mission, the system will withdraw the takeover."
No wonder... Zhao You nodded knowingly. If the people in the Prince's mansion knew that Dui Dui's mother was pregnant with twins, how could she have survived until now without the protagonist's halo?
Just then, the imperial physician was about to arrive, and Zhao You thought for a moment before speaking up: "System, I want to use the pulse diagnosis cheat on my mother, continuing the pulse diagnosis of the singleton girl from before, plus the more serious unstable fetal condition, which could lead to miscarriage at any time."
"Beep—It's in effect."
Feeling that the time was about right and the physician should be arriving soon, Zhao You completely stopped kicking his arms and legs. His body was still too young, and having exhausted so much energy, he couldn't hold on any longer and fell into a deep sleep.
His sleeping was nothing serious, but it gave his nagging mom a fright.
"My child, my child isn't moving!" Lu Yingfeng lay on the chaise longue in the side hall, one hand covering her stomach, the other tightly gripping the hand of Feng Gege beside her, her phoenix eyes filled with tears as she looked in alarm at the physician who was taking her pulse.
The physician rushed in, still breathless. Upon seeing the situation, he quickly put down his medicine box and stepped forward. As soon as he took the pulse, he thought to himself, "This is bad." It was clearly the pulse of a stillborn fetus. The fetal heartbeat was barely there and almost undetectable.
He stroked his beard, unsure how to begin, and looked at everyone with difficulty, thinking to himself that the children in the palace and royal mansion were truly born with great difficulty. No wonder they were all outstanding individuals; they had to go through eighty-one tribulations before they were even born.
"What's wrong with Consort Lü? Physician, please give me a straight answer. Don't worry about anything else," Consort Li urged impatiently when she saw the physician hesitating to speak.
Standing on the outermost edge, Nian Shilan walked in after hearing this and unusually chimed in, "Yes, if someone asks you to help them falsify something, just say so. This lady can't stand lies."
The physician immediately recognized that these two women were capable of handling things. He stood up and bowed, saying, "Reporting to the two ladies, I am incompetent. The chances of saving this child are slim. From now on, we can only use medicine sparingly and try to prolong the time as much as possible."
"What!" Lü Yingfeng cried out, unable to bear it any longer—"My poor child! My child—"
She cried her heart out, her cold hands trembling as she repeatedly touched her heaving belly, which had been throbbing violently just moments before, but now there was no response.
Feng Gege gripped her hand tightly, her face filled with reluctance. At this moment, any words of comfort would be futile. These women didn't receive much favor, nor did they hold high positions. Having a child, whether male or female, was their only source of support and comfort for the rest of their lives. But today, it was all gone in vain. No one could help but feel resentment.
"How could this be..." Nian Shilan murmured in disbelief, "She didn't even kneel for half an hour, how could this be... You quack! If I've misdiagnosed her pulse, I'll make you pay!"
The physician bowed respectfully to her as always. “This pulse is very clear; even an apprentice could tell. If you don’t believe me, Your Highness, you can have several other people take a look.”
After saying that, he shouldered his medicine box, shook his head, and left.
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