Chapter 180 Request for an interview
These words actually came out of He Baokun's mouth, which meant that there was no way back.
Before He Baokun left, he also advised: "The young lady's pulse is still a little inaccurate. Wait a few days and take the pulse again. It should be more reliable."
Lin An stepped forward and politely sent the person away. After all the servants in the room had disappeared, Xiao Yu stepped forward and squatted in front of Shen Fu.
"Chen Fu." Xiao Yu stretched out his hand and placed his palm on Shen Fu's lower abdomen.
"Our children are in here." Although Xiao Yu did not have many descendants, he did have the third and fourth princes.
But like today, it is the first time in history that people are so happy because the concubine is pregnant with a child.
Lian Chen Fu also looked at His Majesty a few more times, and followed His Majesty's gaze to look at her own abdomen.
Under the palm of my hand, my lower abdomen felt flat. Chen Fu really couldn't believe it. There was actually a fetus inside.
"Child..." Shen Fu vaguely recalled the child from her previous life, who had stayed in her belly for a full ten months, but was forcibly taken away by Shen Qingru in the end.
Is there really a child in this belly now?
In front of him, His Majesty's eyes were full of surprise, and even the hand that was resting on Shen Fu's palm was trembling.
Shen Fu followed the Emperor's palm and landed on her lower abdomen.
"Chen Fu." The Emperor beside him was obviously very happy. He stretched out his hand and tucked the hair on Chen Fu's temples behind her ears.
"I want to thank you." Under the dim light in the room, His Majesty's eyes were extremely gentle:
"I will lavishly reward you. I will make you a noble concubine, a concubine, or even a noble concubine. I will let you and the child in your belly get the best and most noble things in the world!"
His Majesty's tone was urgent and obviously excited, even his voice was so resounding.
But as His Majesty's voice fell, the room suddenly became quiet.
Even Lin An in the corner couldn't help but raise his head and look in the direction of His Majesty.
His eyes were full of disbelief.
Shen Fu sat on the soft couch, her beating heart trembling slightly, and when she came back to her senses, Shen Fu hurriedly said, "Your Majesty, please think twice."
Having just walked out from under the noses of the concubines in the various palaces, Chen Fu has already been high-profile enough.
It has been less than two months since she was promoted from Ronghua to Jieyushi. If His Majesty conferred her the title of Guipin at this time.
Even Shen Fu herself felt that her promotion speed was too terrifying.
What's more... Chen Fu lowered her head and looked at her flat belly.
"Your Majesty, Imperial Physician He said that it would be more certain to check the baby's pulse after the full term." Even if the words were certain, in Shen Fu's eyes, there was still another possibility.
It was no joke that a concubine was pregnant with a child, and as long as it wasn't 100 percent certain, Shen Fu wouldn't spread it around.
Besides... Chen Fu's hand fell on her flat belly: "The time for this concubine to be pregnant with a child is too short. If His Majesty rewards me so highly, I'm afraid that everyone in the harem will know about it."
When Shen Fu said this, she bit her lip and spoke in a deliberately tender and gentle voice: "If Your Majesty pities me, please wait until three months later when everything is more stable before rewarding me. It won't be too late then."
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The news of Shen Fu's pregnancy was finally kept secret. Now, there has been no news in the harem that she is pregnant.
Inside the Hehuan Palace, the palace servants' footsteps were much more brisk than before.
Zi Su came in with a tray and saw Chen Fu stretching out her hand for the imperial physician to check her pulse on the soft couch carved with flowers and a full moon.
"My lady, what's wrong with you?" Zi Su held the tray and walked faster.
"How is it?" Chen Fu withdrew her palm, and after hearing the footsteps, she looked in the direction of Zi Su, and then asked the imperial physician opposite.
"Is there something wrong with my body?"
Apart from the imperial physician who accompanied him that day, the only person who knew that Chen Fu was pregnant was probably He Baokun from the Qianjin Department of the Imperial Hospital.
Under the pretext of asking someone to check her pulse, Chen Fu specially summoned another imperial physician.
"My lady is in good health. Apart from the injury to her arm which prevents her from moving, the rest is fine."
The doctor's words were low and calm. Shen Fu withdrew her palm, lowered her head and took a sip of tea and asked:
"Besides this, the imperial physician didn't come up with anything else?"
"This..." The imperial physician hesitated for a moment, and after pondering for a long time, he said, "Please forgive me, my lord. I can't see anything else for now."
Shen Fu looked at the imperial physician thoughtfully, then waved her hand and asked Xiao Guizi to send the imperial physician out.
Zi Su waited for Xiao Guizi to send the imperial physician away before deliberately closing the palace door. He walked to Chen Fu's side in two or three steps:
"My dear, what's wrong with you? Are you feeling uncomfortable somewhere?"
Zi Su looked extremely panicked as she checked Shen Fu's body from top to bottom. I was afraid that something was wrong with her.
Chen Fu didn't reply to Zi Su's words. She glanced at her tray and asked, "Have you visited Xiao Songzi? Is he okay today?"
In order to protect Chen Fu, Xiao Songzi had a piece of flesh torn off his arm.
When Chen Fu returned to the palace, she naturally wanted to bring him back. It was just that the carriage was bumpy, and in order to prevent the wound from splitting, she deliberately sent Xiao Songzi back together with the carriage carrying the luggage, and even arrived a day later for this purpose.
"Don't worry, my lady. I will visit her every day." Zi Su knew that the lady felt sorry for Xiao Songzi, so she gave almost half of the supplements given by the Emperor to Xiao Songzi.
Now, except for his arms which cannot move, his health is very good. She just went to see him and found that he has even gained some weight.
Of course, Zi Su didn't dare say this in front of the young lady.
Zi Su lowered her head and opened the soup bowl on the tray, pouring out a full bowl of tonic soup: "I just went to see, and saw with my own eyes that Xiao Songzi drank the tonic soup and fell asleep."
After that, she held the soup bowl with both hands and handed it to Shen Fu: "Now it's time for the young master to drink."
Chen Fu has never liked drinking these soupy, greasy things since she was a child.
Before the bowl of soup was brought to her, she subconsciously frowned. Shen Fu waved her hand and was about to push it away: "Take it off, take it off quickly."
Shen Fu pushed hard with her hands, turned her head and covered her chest, unable to hold back her dry heaves.
"My lady." Zi Su was startled and quickly put her hand down to pat Chen Fu's back.
"My lady, you are still pregnant. What should you do if you can't drink these tonics and hot medicines?"
When Zi Su said this, her brows were furrowed with worry. The young master's arm was already injured, and his physical condition was weaker than that of ordinary people.
I am still pregnant now. If I can't drink these tonics, how will I be able to eat when I am older?
Shen Fu felt like vomiting in her throat, and she felt better only after the greasy tonic soup disappeared.
“I really can’t drink it.” Shen Fu took a sip of tea and swallowed the discomfort in her throat, then said, “It’s just a tonic soup, it’s okay if you don’t drink it.”
"You drink it."
"You're asking me to drink it again." Zi Su muttered, "This was a reward from His Majesty himself. My lady didn't drink much. I drank it all."
The rewards given by His Majesty were all things that were hard to buy even with money, such as ginseng and bird's nest, but the young lady was good and didn't eat much from the beginning.
Half of it went into her and Xiao Songzi's stomachs.
"My lady is still pregnant. If she doesn't eat, what will happen in the future? Besides, I can't explain to His Majesty."
Zi Su struggled slightly, trying to let Shen Fu have some. But when Shen Fu looked at the soups, she really had no appetite at all.
"Drink it quickly." Seeing that persuasion did not work, Zi Su did not dare to speak again.
He could only hold the bowl of soup, drink a few sips, and then asked: "By the way, did the young lady feel unwell just now? Why did you call the imperial physician for no reason?"
Shen Fu listened and put her hand on her lower abdomen: “It’s okay.”
She just felt that something was not right in her heart. The presence of the fetus in her belly really made Shen Fu feel at a loss.
"Are there any rumors outside?" Shen Fu asked after a moment of silence.
"Now everyone outside is saying that His Majesty personally carried the young lady back to the Hehuan Palace." Zi Su said, "From the concubines to the palace maids, everyone is talking about it."
In the harem, what everyone competes for is the favor of His Majesty. Even if one person becomes successful, the whole family will benefit. If the lady is favored, even the status of the servants who serve her will be different.
When Zi Su went out and lay down, she even felt that the scenery was endless. She sighed deeply, "If they knew that the young lady was pregnant with the Emperor's child, they would be so envious."
When Zi Su said this, she remembered that night when His Majesty said that he wanted to promote the young lady to the rank of noble concubine.
"My lady, His Majesty said that he would promote you to the rank of Imperial Concubine, why are you denying it?"
When Zi Su thought about this, she still didn't understand. Isn't this what people are competing for in the harem?
Now the young lady's favor is increasing, and His Majesty dotes on her even more. Besides, the young lady is pregnant now, so wouldn’t it be a great thing to be promoted to a noble concubine?
"The higher your status, the less likely someone will bully you."
"You only know that you have a high position and you are in great glory." Chen Fu shook her head and chuckled, "But you don't know that the higher you rise, the worse you fall."
She wanted to be promoted to a higher position, but after all, her foundation was not deep.
Becoming a concubine now is already enough to attract attention. If Chen Fu is promoted to a noble concubine, it will not be a good thing, but will make her an enemy of the entire harem.
Being outnumbered and becoming everyone's enemy, the only option left is death.
"Let's wait until the baby in my belly is stable." Shen Fu took a deep breath and raised her hand to her lower abdomen.
Shisu nodded, scooped up some soup with a spoon and took a sip. At this moment the door was pushed open.
Xiao Guizi, who had gone to see the imperial physician off, came back. He walked forward and leaned over to Shen Fu's side:
"My lady, someone from the Shen family is here," Shen Fu turned around and saw Xiao Guizi saying:
"He is already at Concubine Rong's place, and now he is making a fuss and asking to see the young lady."
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