Chu Jinyao has been standing since she left the house early in the morning. She didn't even have a sip of water, let alone eat. But when she returned to the Queen's Palace, she was exposed to the wind and rain, and was splashed with ice. She couldn't hold on and fainted.

Chu Jinyao's fainting scared everyone in the East Palace. They immediately panicked inside and outside. The commotion was so great that the noise even drowned out the sound of rain and thunder. Lan Yu was skeptical about Chu Jinyao's fainting, but seeing how serious the commotion was, she gradually became nervous.

Although women are afraid of cold, after a while of wind, the ice cubes did not splash all over Chu Jinyao, so it should not be that serious, right?

Lan Yu returned to the palace and bowed to the Queen Mother: "Your Majesty."

"Is she gone?"

"Yes. The East Palace called in the prince, and he is gone now."

The Queen Mother snorted indifferently and said, "She is so frivolous, but she fainted after standing outside for a while. I don't know who she was pretending to be for."

The Queen Mother did not take this matter to heart. Chu Jinyao had already gone back. The Queen Mother regretted that she could not continue to watch the show, so she stood up lazily. Lan Yu hurriedly went up to hold the hand of the little Queen Qi. The little Queen Qi walked towards the inner room and said, "It's better that she's gone. Out of sight, the better. Today, Princess Rong'an came to tell me about Yan'er. Runing has already married, and the next one is Yan'er. It's time for her to look for a prince consort."

"The second princess is a legitimate princess, and she is also beautiful and smart. I wonder which young man is lucky enough to be favored by the princess."

The little Queen Qi smiled flatteringly, "Yan'er is a girl after all. She won't have to worry about getting married. On the contrary, I must choose a princess consort for Prince Lu. When the rain stops, call Prince Lu over. I will discuss Yan'er's marriage with him to see which family can provide more help."

Lan Yu agreed, then walked quickly outside and sent the eunuch to deliver the message. The young eunuch hurriedly held an umbrella and ran into the rain. The heavy rain mist connected the sky and the earth, and the thousands of palaces became blurred. In

Qide Hall, Qin Yi hurriedly came back from outside. Xiao Linzi hurriedly held an umbrella for Qin Yi, but Qin Yi was annoyed by him, so he waved him away and walked quickly into the hall. The palace maids and eunuchs on the corridor knelt down to greet him. Qin Yi walked through the crowd without stopping. Kikyo heard the voice and saw the prince and hurried forward to pay his respects. Qin Yi passed by with a cold face and asked, "Where is the Crown Princess?"

"Inside, she has already gone to bed."

Qin Yi entered the room, strode around the screen and walked into the room. As expected, he saw Chu Jinyao had changed her wet clothes and was now lying on the bed drinking hot ginger soup. When she saw Qin Yi, she immediately wanted to get up: "Your Highness, why are you back?"

Qin Yi took two steps ahead and held Chu Jinyao down first: "Lie down well." Qin Yi held Chu Jinyao's hand, and his eyebrows immediately wrinkled. Chu Jinyao was afraid of cold, and now it was August, but her hands were cold.

Qin Yi was vaguely angry. Chu Jinyao saw it and quickly said, "Your Highness, did you come back because you heard that I fainted? In fact, I was not really fainted, I just played a trick to deceive the queen."

Chu Jinyao felt cold all over and had an abnormal pain in her lower abdomen. She felt something was wrong, so she pretended to be fainted so that she could return to Qide Hall as soon as possible. Otherwise, she didn't know how long she would be deliberately made difficult by Xiao Qi Hou.

Qin Yi still looked uneasy. He asked the attendants behind him in a cold voice, "Where is the imperial physician?"

Xiao Linzi and the others knelt down in fear when they heard Qin Yi's voice. They lowered their heads and replied timidly, "The imperial physician has been sent to invite him a long time ago. He should be on the way now."

Speaking of the devil, the imperial physician Gao knew the temper of the prince. He didn't care about the heavy rain outside. He asked the medicine boy to carry the medicine box and hurried out. After he entered the room, he saw that the famous and popular eunuch Lin beside the prince was kneeling on the ground. Gao's heart was startled, and he knelt down to pay his respects.

"Okay, come over quickly and check the pulse of the crown princess." Qin Yi scolded him unhappily and stood up to make way for Gao.

Doctor Gao wiped the cold sweat from his head, walked forward tremblingly, and took Chu Jinyao's pulse through the handkerchief. He pressed for a while, secretly glanced at Qin Yi's face, and Qin Yi immediately found out. He narrowed his eyes and said coldly: "I asked you to take my pulse, why are you looking at me?"

Qin Yi's face clearly showed danger and displeasure. Doctor Gao could only say: "Crown Princess, can you change your other hand?"

Chu Jinyao certainly had no reason to refuse. She changed her other hand and kept her eyes on Doctor Gao. Doctor Gao's behavior was very strange. Could there be something wrong?

Chu Jinyao's heart was in turmoil. Doctor Gao pressed for a long time and seemed to be sure. He stood up and saluted Chu Jinyao: "Congratulations to the Crown Prince, congratulations to the Crown Princess. The Crown Princess's pulse is smooth and there is a faint feeling of beads rolling on a jade plate. This is a slippery pulse."

Chu Jinyao was shocked. Slippery pulse, isn't this... Chu Jinyao immediately went to see Qin Yi. Qin Yi grew up in the palace, of course he knew what slippery pulse meant. He always kept his emotions to himself, but at this moment he was obviously shocked. After a pause, he asked, "What did you say?"

Imperial Physician Gao thought that the Crown Prince and the Crown Princess were young and did not understand the hidden meaning of a slippery pulse in a woman. He could only make it clearer: "The Crown Princess is still in early pregnancy, so I dare not make a rash judgment. However, I have been practicing medicine for more than 40 years and have seen many pulse patterns. The Crown Princess' pulse is most likely a happy pulse. After three months, I will come to check her pulse again and I will be able to confirm it."

A happy pulse means that Chu Jinyao is pregnant and is already carrying their child.

Qin Yi found it difficult to describe the impact, shock, and joy at that moment. Before he could come to his senses, he was overwhelmed by fear and lingering fear. Chu Jinyao had been tortured by Queen Qi for a long time today. In such a heavy rain, she had been standing outside.

Linglong Dingxiang and the others couldn't hide their joy on their faces, but seeing Qin Yi was there, they didn't dare to act rashly. Qin Yi calmed himself down, walked past Doctor Gao and sat next to Chu Jinyao, holding Chu Jinyao's hand tightly, unable to speak for a while.

Chu Jinyao also recovered from her great surprise, and when the surprise faded, joy gradually came over her. All this happened without warning, and Chu Jinyao even had a huge sense of unreality, she almost thought she was dreaming.

Chu Jinyao's hand couldn't help but cover her flat belly. Is there already her and Qin Yi's child here? She had been looking forward to this child for so long, but when the child really came, Chu Jinyao couldn't believe it.

"Your Highness..." Chu Jinyao looked at Qin Yi, and her eyes were quickly filled with mist. Qin Yi held Chu Jinyao's hand tightly. He wanted to put his arm around Chu Jinyao's shoulder as usual, but his hand stopped halfway. For

a moment, he didn't even dare to touch Chu Jinyao.

Chu Jinyao was originally happy and panicked, but when she saw Qin Yi's helpless look, she chuckled, and her heart calmed down a lot. Just like when Chu Jinyao heard the imperial physician say it was slippery pulse, her first reaction was to go see Qin Yi. Now seeing that Qin Yi was as surprised as she was, and looking forward to the arrival of this child, Chu Jinyao's heart settled down all of a sudden.

Qin Yi didn't dare to move. Chu Jinyao took the initiative to hold his hand, and tears fell down. Qin Yi sighed slightly and wiped her tears with the lightest force: "Why are you crying? This is our first child, it's a great joy."

Doctor Gao immediately thought that he should roll out into the rain with the box. Doctor Gao lowered his head, hesitating whether to cough to remind the prince that there was a person breathing here, and Xiao Linzi had already climbed up swiftly, and said to Doctor Gao with a smile: "Excuse me, Doctor Gao, please follow me outside."

Doctor Gao looked at Xiao Linzi in surprise. Without the prince's order, Eunuch Lin dared to get up from the ground by himself? But Xiao Linzi was very experienced. The Crown Princess was pregnant, and the Crown Prince must be very happy now. How could he care about these things? Xiao Linzi was indeed the most outstanding lackey around Qin Yi. He was very experienced in sending the idle people outside and took Doctor Gao to the side room to wait. This was the first time the Crown Princess was pregnant, and she had caught a cold before. The Crown Prince must have a lot to ask.

Qin Yi thought that Xiao Linzi was quite perceptive. After everyone left, he gently touched Chu Jinyao's forehead, then carefully helped her lie down: "You take a rest first, I'll ask Imperial Physician Gao about the taboos during pregnancy, and I'll ask them to bring you some tonic later."

Seeing that Qin Yi intended to go out, Chu Jinyao subconsciously grabbed Qin Yi's sleeve: "Your Highness..."

"I'll go and take care of things outside, and I'll be back soon."

It was fine before a cup of tea, but since she knew she was pregnant, she immediately became very clingy to Qin Yi. She also knew that there must be someone in charge in Qide Palace, and Qin Yi still had a lot of things to do. Chu Jinyao could only let go of Qin Yi's sleeve pitifully: "Okay. Then come back soon!"

"Okay."

After Qin Yi left, Linglong and the others came in happily and saluted Chu Jinyao

in unison: "Congratulations, Crown Princess!" Chu Jinyao chuckled: "You guys are really good at trying to please others. Let's all share in the good fortune today. Everyone serving in Qide Palace will receive a three-month bonus."

Chu Jinyao was really generous. The maids were overjoyed and surrounded Chu Jinyao, talking to her one after another. "Crown Princess, fortunately you were alert today and quickly pretended to be fainted and came back. Otherwise, if you continued to stand in the rain, you would have suffered a lot. Amitabha, fortunately, Crown Princess and the young master are fine."

Yes, Chu Jinyao was also thankful now. Three months ago, it was most likely to have a miscarriage. Fortunately, the child was sensible. Otherwise, she would have wanted to die if something happened to her, otherwise she would have been tortured like this by Empress Xiao Qi.

Chu Jinyao listened to the maids' words with fear and joy. Palace Nanny was an old woman and had the most experience in women's affairs. She also went to listen to Doctor Gao. After writing it down, she came over to explain to Chu Jinyao the precautions during pregnancy. Doctor Gao is an old hand. Although he said that he would need to confirm it again in three months, Nanny Gong calculated Chu Jinyao's period and felt that it was correct. Chu Jinyao has been pregnant for more than a month now. In fact, when Chu Jinyao found out that Xiao Qi had poisoned her clothes last time and summoned Doctor Gao overnight, she was already pregnant. It's just that the time was too short at that time, and it was impossible to diagnose it just by taking the pulse.

Nanny Gong passed on her many years of experience. Chu Jinyao listened carefully and almost wanted to take notes. This was a gift she had been waiting for for a long time. If anyone dared to take the child, Chu Jinyao would kill the other person at the risk of her life.

At the same time, Qin Yi had Doctor Gao sent away, and asked about Queen Xiao Qi with a gloomy face. When he heard Queen Xiao Qi instructing people to pour cold soup on Chu Jinyao, and then deliberately pouring ice cubes on her, the murderous aura around Qin Yi almost became real.

Xiao Linzi lowered his head. Now that the Crown Princess was not there, he didn't dare to jump in front of the Crown Prince. Qin Yi stared at the rain for a long time, and when he turned back, his eyes had become very calm. It was a kind of calmness that had already made up his mind, like the calmness before a storm.

"What is the Crown Princess doing?"

"The Crown Princess is in the inner hall. The palace nanny just went over. I think she is talking to the Crown Princess about precautions during pregnancy."

"Okay." Qin Yi just nodded lightly. He said, "Prepare rain gear. Also, don't tell the Crown Princess."

Xiao Linzi was surprised: "Prince, you want to go out?"

Qin Yi did not reply, but walked straight into the rain.