Chapter 49: The Joyous Pulse
Compared to Doctor Zhao's joy, Song Zhao vaguely felt that there was something indescribably weird about this matter.
Yunshan was very happy, "Congratulations, young lady! This is such a great joyous event!"
Doctor Zhao also smiled and said, "The emperor has been in a bad mood because of Concubine Shu's miscarriage. Now that the young lady is pregnant, it can be considered a consolation."
Song Zhao was silent for a moment, then smiled and said, "It's all thanks to Doctor Zhao."
Later, Doctor Zhao said he was going to Huipin's palace to check on her pulse, and then left in a hurry.
As soon as he left, Concubine Yun returned to the side hall.
"How is it? What did Doctor Zhao say?"
Yunshan said happily: "Replying to Concubine Yun, Doctor Zhao said that my young mistress..."
"I did catch a cold." Song Zhao interrupted Yunshan's next words, "It's also because I like to stay cool. I always sleep with the windows open in autumn."
Upon hearing this, the smile on Concubine Yun's face froze for a moment, but soon returned to normal.
"I don't think so. Look at this girl in your palace, she looks so happy. If you were sick, wouldn't she feel sorry for you?"
She moved closer to Song Zhao and asked in a low voice:
"But my sister is pregnant, so I want to put this matter aside for now so that I can give the Emperor a surprise on his birthday?"
Song Zhao smiled, "It's a nonsense. How dare I joke about the heir to the throne?"
Concubine Yun didn't know what to say, so she chatted for a while and then let Song Zhao take the song book back to the palace.
After Zhilan sent Song Zhao out of the palace, she returned to serve Concubine Yun.
"Madam, do you think Song Changzai believes this?"
Yun Fei raised her narrow eyebrows and said with a wanton look:
"She couldn't help but believe it. Even if she had doubts in her heart, what would it matter if she summoned the imperial physician to verify it after returning to the palace? Her position was only that of a concubine, so she could only call on the imperial physicians Hu and Xu from the Imperial Hospital to check her pulse. They both had the same tongue and would only say that she was indeed pregnant."
As she spoke, a frivolous smile appeared on her face. "As long as she believes that she is pregnant, and one day she loses her temper and tells it out, and people expose the fact that she faked the pregnancy to win favor, her favor will be completely ruined."
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On the way back to the palace, Song Zhao was depressed and didn't say a word.
Yunshan thought privately that the women in the palace were full of calculations, so it was normal that Song Zhao did not want to tell Concubine Yun that she was pregnant. After all, the example of Concubine Shu was there, and everyone would have to be more careful.
But even if he hid it from the concubines, Xiao Jingheng would always know about it.
Yunshan took a goose feather cushion and placed it on Song Zhao's lower back. "When do you plan to tell the emperor the good news?"
Song Zhao shook his head thoughtfully, "Don't worry. I find something strange. Why didn't Doctor Zhao tell Concubine Yun when he diagnosed that I was pregnant? And didn't Concubine Yun say that Doctor Zhao came to check her pulse? Why did he leave in a hurry after just checking my pulse?"
Yunshan was shocked. "My lady, do you suspect this is a setup? But that's not right. If we tell this story, and prove that my lady is not pregnant, then Doctor Zhao, who is talking nonsense, can't escape responsibility. Does he want to give up his own future?"
Song Zhao raised his eyebrows and looked at Yunshan, "Then who can prove that Doctor Zhao told me this? After all, when he said that I was pregnant, the only people listening in the side hall were you and me, the master and servant."
Yunshan couldn't help but take a deep breath after hearing this. "Then he is intentionally trying to harm my lady! Fortunately, my lady stopped me when I was about to announce the good news. Otherwise, this matter would have been known to everyone, and it would have been considered that my lady was faking pregnancy to win favor. She really can't clear herself from the blame even if she jumps into the Yellow River. I will go to the Imperial Hospital and ask another imperial physician to come and diagnose my lady again."
Song Zhao said calmly: "Just go and invite them."
About half an hour later, Yunshan brought Doctor Xu to Yaohua Palace.
After Imperial Doctor Xu checked Song Zhao's pulse, he happily announced the good news: "Congratulations, young lady, you are already more than a month pregnant!"
Song Zhao was suddenly delighted when he heard this, but he was a little confused and said, "There is such a happy event? Then I'll trouble the imperial physician to tell the emperor about it."
Doctor Xu said, "This is a great happy event. You must tell the emperor in person to make him happy. The emperor's birthday is coming soon. If you tell him about this at the birthday banquet, wouldn't it be more to his liking than any other gift?"
Song Zhao hesitated for a moment, then nodded repeatedly and said, "The imperial physician's words make sense. Then I will wait until the emperor's birthday banquet to tell the emperor the good news in person. I also ask the imperial physician to help me keep this a secret for the time being."
"That's natural, that's natural."
After Doctor Xu left, Song Zhao gently stroked his flat belly and said with a sneer:
"My position is only that of a maid, and the only people who serve the maid in the palace are Doctor Xu and Doctor Hu. If they are instructed by someone to deceive me, I will be helpless."
She leaned back lazily, her eyes fell on the nail polish and she gently stroked it, and said to Yunshan in a leisurely tone:
"I asked you to invite the imperial physicians not because I wanted to hear the truth from them, but because I wanted to make the people who were plotting against me think that I had joined the game. Only in this way would they let down their guard and show their true colors."
Yunshan said: "No matter how they plot, the young lady is smart and will never let them succeed! Even if they have more ideas, they can't guess that the young lady has a Xiao Fuzi who is an excellent doctor."
Three days later, the period of leaving the palace to pray for blessings was over, and the first thing Xiao Fuzi did after returning to Yaohua Palace was to carefully take Song Zhao's pulse.
Sure enough, the pulse showed that Song Zhao was not pregnant.
She was a little puzzled. "It was expected that I wasn't pregnant, but my menstrual period did not come this month. Do you know why?"
Xiao Fuzi frowned and thought for a moment, then said, "The young lady's pulse is weak and her menstrual blood is deficient. I'm afraid she used something unclean."
Yunshan said hurriedly, "No, ever since the arsenic incident, the young lady has been extra cautious about what she eats. The emperor has asked the eunuch who tastes the food in front of him to personally check the meals sent from the imperial kitchen, so there won't be any mistakes."
Song Zhao thought for a moment and said, "It's not our palace's fault, but every day when I go to pay my respects to the Queen, I have to eat the snacks she gives me. I remember that the snacks in the Queen's palace these past two days were all local specialties sent by Concubine Yun. If she is willing to arrange it, it won't be difficult."
Yunshan asked, "My lady, are you going to tell the emperor about this?"
Song Zhao raised his eyebrows and shook his head, then smiled calmly:
"Since Concubine Yun wants to harm me, I will just fight back and harm her in a more cruel and vicious way. The emperor is busy with all kinds of affairs, why should I add to his troubles?"
(Ps: I'm going to play mahjong. I'll update once more and then be lazy for a day. I'll update twice tomorrow! I'm a dog if I don't update more!!!!)
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