Chapter 264 Rong Yue is pregnant
The weather had been muggy for seven or eight days, and finally it rained heavily.
Now that they have left the palace, it is convenient for the concubines to visit each other privately. Most of the time, you come to my place to sit, and I go to your place to chat. Frequent visits will not attract too much attention.
Therefore, in the past few days, Rong Yue would often come to Song Zhao's room to keep her company.
On this southern tour, among the concubines who entered the palace last year, Xiao Jingheng only brought Rong Yue with him.
Song Zhao also found this strange. After the "borrowing flowers to offer to Buddha" incident, Xiao Jingheng should have been cold towards Rong Yue.
But Song Zhao had looked at Tong Shi privately, and found that Rong Yue had been picked every time, which did not affect her favor.
Perhaps it was because Rong Yue was so distant from Xiao Jingheng in private that it aroused his interest even more.
After all, for men, what they can't get is always the rarest.
When I saw Rong Yue today, she was wearing a dark blue Suzhou embroidered silk gauze dress with a brocade jacket on the outside, which was a bit thick.
It started raining this morning. Although it has stopped now, the weather is still a bit hot and humid. It is not worth wearing so many clothes to keep warm.
"Sister, sit down."
Song Zhao held Rong Yue's hand and sat opposite her.
She noticed that Rong Yue's hands were very cold, as if she was holding a piece of ice in the hot summer.
She remembered that Xiao Fuzi once said that every time Rong Yue served the emperor in bed, she would take a cold contraceptive drug in order to avoid getting pregnant with the emperor's heir.
Now Rong Yue's hands and feet are cold, and she has obvious symptoms of chills. It is obvious that the excessive use of the medicine has damaged her foundation.
Song Zhao had been pretending not to know about this matter, and he couldn't say it clearly at this moment, so he just asked with concern:
"It's almost April now. Sister, you are wearing so many clothes, but your palms are still very cold. Have you consulted a doctor? Don't tell me you have a cold. It will be troublesome if you develop a chronic disease."
Rong Yue shook her head with difficulty, "I... this is an old illness of mine, there's no need to ask the imperial physician to check it out."
Song Zhao said: "It is because this is an old problem that we should take it more seriously. We cannot hide it from doctors. Yunshan, go and change the cold tea in front of Tong Changzai to brown sugar ginger tea, and make it a little hotter."
When Yunshan was leaving, Rongyue suddenly said to Caiying, "Yunshan is good at cooking. You can go down and learn from her."
After everyone was sent away, she and Song Zhao were the only ones left in the room. She then told Song Zhao with great embarrassment how she had avoided having a baby.
Song Zhao pretended to be shocked after hearing this, and then blamed her with some annoyance: "Sister, you are confused. No matter what the reason is, you can't joke with your own body. Sister is only nineteen now, and she will have to accompany the emperor in the palace for at least ten years. Do you intend to take this medicine forever?"
Rong Yue said, "Three months ago, my hands and feet started to feel cold. I knew it was probably because I had a cold. I was afraid that if it continued like this, people would notice it and implicate my mother's family, so I stopped taking the medicine. But I didn't dare to call the imperial physician, for fear that people would find out that I had taken the Nine Yin Powder."
Knowing Rong Yue's concerns, Song Zhao held her hand tightly and said softly, "Xiao Fuzi in my palace knows some medical skills and is a loyal person. Sister doesn't dare to call the imperial physician, so why not ask him to take a look at Sister first? If he is not right, he can help Sister with the treatment first."
Rong Yuexin was afraid of implicating her mother's family, so she did not reject Song Zhao's kindness.
But who would have thought that after Xiao Fuzi felt Rong Yue's pulse, he actually brought back some great "good news".
"Congratulations, Concubine Tong, you are already more than two months pregnant."
Although she said she was congratulating him, there was no trace of joy in Xiao Fuzi's words. When Rong Yue heard that, her face became even uglier.
She protected her lower abdomen and tightly grasped the silk material, with a complicated expression.
"Everyone hopes to have a baby, but I don't want to have his child. It's fate that makes me... "
Song Zhao advised her, "Since there is a happy event, don't think too much. This is your child after all. Having an heir in the palace will help you walk a stable path in the future."
Rong Yue's eyes were empty, and she nodded with a wry smile, "It is a great sin for a concubine to commit suicide, and so is it for harming a dragonborn. I cannot implicate my father and mother."
It was obviously a happy event, but Song Zhao didn't know how to express his congratulations.
Seeing that Xiao Fuzi's brows were furrowed, as if he was hesitating to say something, she asked:
"What's wrong with you? But is there something wrong with my sister's pregnancy?"
Xiao Fuzi asked Rong Yue in a deep voice, "Please forgive my rudeness, Master Tong. Master Tong... have you ever used contraceptive pills?"
Rong Yue nodded in astonishment, "It stopped for three months."
Xiao Fuzi was silent for a moment, then said, "Forgive me for speaking frankly, but you got pregnant just after you stopped taking contraceptives. It's really the wrong time for you to conceive this heir. Tong's pulse is very weak, and the fetus may have been injured. I think it's better to let the imperial physician come and diagnose you as soon as possible, maybe..."
"No." Song Zhao interrupted Xiao Fuzi in a low voice, "You can diagnose that Sister Rong used contraceptives, how can the imperial physician not diagnose it? If this matter is exposed now, it will only implicate Sister. I trust your medical skills, you should help Sister Rong to recuperate first, at least remove the cold in her body, and then report this matter."
Rong Yue, who was originally full of worry, looked a little relieved when she heard Xiao Fuzi say that she was pregnant at the wrong time.
She was silent for a long time, then followed Song Zhao's words and said,
"Zhao'er is very thoughtful. This matter really cannot be made known to outsiders now."
As she spoke, she suddenly changed the subject, "Last time we tested Huipin, she even dared to harm Chengyu, she is really very scheming. Zhao'er, you are in great favor now, you must be more careful with her."
Song Zhao nodded in agreement, "Sister, you too, must be alert in everything and not let her catch you in any mistakes. Now that you are pregnant, you must be more careful in everything. You should move less in the next two days. I will secretly have someone send medicine to your room to keep the pregnancy and get rid of the cold. You should take good care of yourself. I am here to ensure that you and the heir in your belly will not be harmed in any way."
After seeing Rong Yue off, Xiao Fuzi said to Song Zhao with a mysterious look on his face:
"My lady, Master Tong must be lying."
Song Zhao frowned, "What?"
Xiao Fuzi explained: "From Master Tong's pulse just now, she has symptoms of taking Jiuyin Powder recently, and she has not stopped taking the medicine for three months as she said."
Song Zhao was silent for a moment, and immediately denied Xiao Fuzi's speculation.
"Since she has already admitted it to me, why did she go through so much trouble to lie to me? Are you sure she didn't make a mistake?"
Xiao Fuzi said confidently: "I dare not tell you directly about something I am not sure about. But the dose that Master Tong took this time was very light, not as strong as the drugs he took before. Maybe... Master Tong did not intend to have this child at all, and planned to deal with it quietly?"
Song Zhao shook his head repeatedly. The more he thought about it, the more he felt that this matter was unreasonable.
"Since she didn't plan to have the baby, that means she knew she was pregnant. If she knew she was pregnant, why would she agree to let you take her pulse? This doesn't make sense."
【Fourth update today】
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