Chapter 179 Happy Pulse
His Majesty ordered to return to the palace immediately, and the palace servants did not dare to delay at all and did not stop along the way.
The journey was supposed to take a whole day, but we arrived just as it got dark.
Chen Fu had just vomited all the way in the carriage. Maybe it was because His Majesty's dragon chariot was relatively stable, but she fell asleep after getting on it.
"Awake?" Shen Fu had just opened her eyes when a voice came from the side.
She opened her hazy eyes and looked over, only to see the candlelight flickering slightly inside the dragon chariot, and the Emperor leaning against the window frame next to the half-open gilded curtain.
Those narrow eyes had been looking at her since some time ago.
"Your Majesty." After Shen Fu met His Majesty's gaze, her heart skipped a beat.
She immediately thought of what the imperial physician had just said.
She looked down at her belly, and put her hands on the golden pillow to try to get up. As soon as I moved my body, I felt dizzy again.
"Slow down!" Xiao Yu was startled and quickly reached out to support her.
Holding Shen Fu's waist with his palm, Xiao Yu reached out to help Shen Fu stand up. He avoided her shoulders considerately for fear of hurting her: "Slowly, I will help you up."
"Thank you, Your Majesty." It took a long time for Shen Fu to recover from the dizziness in her head.
After a good sleep, her body felt tired and soft like noodles. Shen Fu fell into the arms of His Majesty, and then she got up from His Majesty's palm.
"Your Majesty, where are we?"
Shen Fu asked casually, but the Emperor beside her smiled softly: "We have already arrived at the palace."
She had fallen asleep since she got on the carriage and had not woken up until now. The carriage stopped in the palace for fear of waking her up.
As Xiao Yu spoke, he reached out and lifted the curtain.
As soon as the gilded curtain was opened, the lights outside came on brightly. Chen Fu looked at the familiar red walls and glazed tiles in front of her, and only then did she believe that she had really returned to the palace.
Having lived in Yuquan Mountain for such a long time, Chen Fu felt dazed when she saw the red walls and green tiles again.
"When did you arrive?" Shen Fu asked quickly.
She slept so deeply that she didn't even know when she entered the palace.
"Not long after." A burst of force came from behind, and Shen Fu was lifted up horizontally.
"Your Majesty." Shen Fu was startled and quickly grabbed Your Majesty's chest with her uninjured hand.
She pressed her palms so hard that her fingertips turned white. "Your Majesty, please let me down."
The Emperor's imperial procession that had come up was already eye-catching enough. Now that the concubines from all the palaces were here, wouldn't His Majesty be hated if he just carried her down like this?
Shen Fu struggled slightly, but just as she moved slightly, the hand on her lower back moved back.
He slapped her on the buttocks gently, "Be good."
Shen Fu's face flushed suddenly when she was spanked so openly on her buttocks. She turned her head and looked at the palace maids and eunuchs who bowed their heads beside the dragon chariot, and her voice was hesitant:
"It's not good for others to see it."
"This road is not easy to walk on. I will carry you down." His Majesty glanced at Chen Fu, then without changing his expression, he reached out and carried Chen Fu down from the imperial carriage.
It was just as Chen Fu had thought. The Emperor had not yet gone down, and the concubines behind him were still waiting.
Seeing His Majesty personally carrying Chen Fu off the bed, the concubines who were standing by were stunned for a moment: "The concubines pay their respects to His Majesty."
Chen Fu noticed everyone's gazes, and felt that if those gazes were like sharp knives and thorns, she would have been pierced by thousands of arrows at this moment.
She knew she couldn't escape, so she just watched, curled up under the Emperor's cloak.
His Majesty thought she was just cold, so he held her hands tightly and said, "Get up, everyone."
Xiao Yu hugged Chen Fu tightly. Seeing all the concubines kneeling on the ground, he glanced at Concubine Rong and said, "Leave the rest to Concubine Rong."
"I obey your order." Concubine Rong was standing in the crowd and bent down after hearing it.
When she stood up, she looked at Shen Fu, with obvious hesitation on her face: "Then Concubine Shen..."
Not only the concubines in the palaces, but even she had never seen it. His Majesty was of such a character that he actually openly hugged a concubine in front of everyone.
"Is Concubine Shen feeling unwell?" Concubine Rong's tone was as gentle as ever, and there was even obvious concern in her eyes: "Should we call an imperial physician to take a look?"
"Nothing."
Xiao Yu hugged Chen Fu with his arms tightened, and when he looked down, there was an incomprehensible expectation in his eyes.
"Thank you for your hard work, Imperial Concubine. I will take Concubine Shen back first." After His Majesty gave instructions, he walked past the crowd holding Shen Fu.
From beginning to end, he didn't even look at Shu Guipin who was standing in the crowd with a look of expectation on her face.
"Your Majesty..." Shu Guipin didn't dare to speak until she looked at His Majesty's back after He left.
Concubine Rong glanced at Concubine Shu with a calm look, and then she turned to the crowd again:
"Everyone has worked hard today." Rong Guifei held the hand of the nanny and ordered: "Everyone should go back early."
"Yes." Seeing that they could not get the emperor's greetings, the concubines bent down obediently and knelt down to salute.
"Your Highness." Hu Wanyi watched the Emperor carrying Chen Fu away, but she couldn't help herself.
"Your Highness, look at how rampant Concubine Shen has become." Hu Wanyi had wanted to curry favor with Concubine Rong since early in the morning. After seeing this, she immediately stood up and walked to Concubine Rong's side.
"I don't know what tricks she used to be able to travel with His Majesty all the way, and... even let His Majesty carry her down."
When Hu Wanyi said this, she couldn't hide the jealousy in her tone. Although she was not physically weak, she had been vomiting from the discomfort of riding in a carriage since she was a child.
Because of this, Hu Wanyi's carriage followed behind Concubine Rong, thinking that if she followed the front of the team, it would be less torturous.
When she first heard that Concubine Shen was feeling unwell, she was a little proud, but it wasn't long before Shen Fu rode in a sedan chair and boarded the emperor's palanquin.
God knows she was vomiting and dizzy during the whole journey sitting in the carriage, and her legs were so weak when she got off.
I don’t know what it feels like to sit on the Emperor’s dragon chariot.
"We've already arrived at the palace, and His Majesty still needs to carry me for such a short distance..." Before Hu Wanyi could finish her pretentious words, Concubine Rong turned around and glanced at her.
"Who are you? What does His Majesty want to do? Is it something you and I can control?"
When Hu Wanyi noticed Concubine Rong's gaze, she felt her whole body tense up and she quickly knelt down.
"I deserve to die!" Hu Wanyi knelt on her knees in fear: "I just thought that this was what Concubine Shen asked for."
Hu Wanyi knelt on the ground, so scared that she was incoherent. The pale face was covered in sweat, and he was mumbling nonsense, not even knowing what to say:
"I am just feeling sorry for you, Your Majesty. This dragon chariot should have been for you, Your Majesty. If Concubine Shen hadn't begged His Majesty desperately, how could His Majesty have treated Concubine Shen so openly?"
Hu Wanyi's words were three parts flattery and three parts fawning, and the rest was all out of fear.
She originally wanted to flatter Concubine Rong, but she didn't expect that her flattery would backfire.
If the Imperial Concubine disliked her in the future, Hu Wanyi felt chilled from the inside out when she thought of this.
Concubine Rong was obviously unwilling to pay attention to her. She withdrew her gaze from the front and said to the concubines:
"Everyone, go back."
The scene was extremely quiet for a moment, and everyone left quietly with their maids.
Hu Wanyi knelt on the bluestone slab from beginning to end, shivering in the cold wind.
Only after the concubines had left one after another did her body go limp and she fell onto the bluestone slabs.
"My lady." The maid behind her was so scared that she immediately stepped forward to help her, but Hu Wanyi angrily stretched out her hand and pushed her away: "Get lost."
She lay on the bluestone slab, feeling a dull pain in her cheek.
Hu Wanyi felt a huge sense of jealousy and unwillingness in her heart, but she could only leave with her head down in shame.
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Chen Fu didn't even take a step along the way and was carried back to the Hehuan Palace by His Majesty. Only when they reached the beauty's bed did His Majesty put her down.
The palace must have received the news early on, and the entire Hehuan Palace was treated exactly the same as before they left.
Shen Fu looked around the room and just as she was about to get up, she was held down by the Emperor.
"What's wrong?" Shen Fu blinked slightly with a puzzled look on her face, but she saw the Emperor half-bending in front of her.
"Chen Fu." His Majesty's gaze fell on her lower abdomen. Just now outside, His Majesty had not shown any sign of it, but now that he was inside the house, Xiao Yu's palms were shaking slightly.
His hot palm was pressed against Shen Fu's lower abdomen, and there was obvious anticipation in His Majesty's eyes.
"Chen Fu, let the imperial physician take your pulse."
Xiao Yu took a deep breath, and without waiting for Chen Fu to speak, he immediately and impatiently sent someone to find the successor of Qianjinke.
He Baokun had been waiting at the door for a long time. As soon as he heard the news inside, he came in immediately.
As soon as Chen Fu saw the person coming, she knew that this person must be He Baokun, the one mentioned by the man on Long Nian.
Thinking of what the imperial physician had said just now on the dragon chariot, Shen Fu suddenly felt nervous.
"Imperial Physician." His Majesty was obviously in the same boat and immediately asked, "How is it?"
"I... am not sure yet." He Baokun put down his hands and immediately knelt on the ground.
"Even you are not sure?" The expectation in His Majesty's eyes dimmed. He quickly glanced at Chen Fu on the couch, then looked at the person on the ground again.
"Doctor He, tell me the truth." Xiao Yu sat on the chair, but his brows were slightly furrowed.
All along the way, he was looking forward to the fetus in Shen Fu's arms. Now, listening to the doctor's vague answer, the hostility between his eyebrows was so overwhelming that it was hard to breathe:
"I know you are good at taking the pulse of pregnancy. How sure are you?"
He Baokun heard this and glanced at Chen Fu inconspicuously. When he came, he knew that this young lady was favored. Now that His Majesty has mentioned this again, what else does He Baokun not understand?
Before, no matter which concubine in the palace was pregnant, His Majesty had never done this.
"The young lady is too young and she is already ill, so there might be a slight error in taking her pulse." For a royal physician in the palace, the most important thing is not medical skills, but rather the mouth.
Things that are not absolutely certain cannot be easily said by the imperial physician.
He Baokun groaned for a moment, and then knelt on the ground: "Congratulations, Your Majesty, Concubine Shen is pregnant with a pulse, nine out of ten."
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