"My lady, I'm back." After taking a few deep breaths and adjusting her mindset to make sure she wouldn't reveal any flaws, Qi Ling walked briskly into the Xinghuachun Pavilion with the food box.

Xia Dongchun turned around and asked: "Do you have bamboo leaf dumplings?"

Qi Ling suppressed the bitterness in her heart, put the food box on the stone table beside her and opened it: "Yes, when I went there, the people in the imperial kitchen heard that the young lady wanted to eat it, so they immediately made it fresh."

Xia Dongchun leaned over to take a look. Yun Ling took out a small bowl, picked up a bamboo leaf rice dumpling, peeled off the bamboo leaves, put the rice dumpling in the small bowl, and then handed it to Xia Dongchun.

Qi Ling lowered her head, afraid that others would notice the jealousy in her eyes.

Xia Dongchun asked Qi Ling to bring some bamboo leaf rice dumplings, but she couldn't eat much herself, so she just finished the one that Yun Ling peeled for her.

She ate a little more at lunch, and then was helped by Yunling to walk around the yard twice to digest the food. She took a nap on the bed for half an hour. When she woke up, she was told that Princess Wen Yi's first birthday ceremony was over. It was said that Zhen Huan shined at the banquet with her stunning dance, and won Yinzhen's praise. And Concubine Hua also made Yinzhen feel pity for her again with a poem "Loudong Fu".

Xia Dongchun was unhappy again, and she herself was a little confused about what was going on with her emotions.

Especially after listening to Yun Ling's description of the entire process of Concubine Hua reciting "Loudong Fu", she became more convinced that the reason why Zhen Huan was chosen to dance the Jinghong Dance was probably related to Concubine Hua.

But around mid-afternoon, news came from outside that Shen Meizhuang had fallen while strolling outside.

If it had happened on a normal day, this fall would not have alarmed the people in the harem, but Shen Meizhuang happened to be pregnant.

So this fall even alarmed Yinzhen.

Although Xia Dongchun loved to watch the fun, she knew what was more important at this moment, so when Borjigit was about to leave, she just told him to tell her when he came back, and then she stayed in the house and waited quietly.

Unexpectedly, Mr. Borjigit did not return until evening.

Xia, Dong and Chun had both finished their dinner and began to feel sleepy before they finally arrived, with the nobleman Borjigit.

Seeing her coming, Xia Dongchun suddenly perked up: "Sister, you made me wait so long, why did you take so long? Could it be that Concubine Shen had a serious fall?"

Noblewoman Borjigit looked solemn: "Don't mention it, Noblewoman Shen? I'm afraid you won't even agree to it in the future."

Xia Dongchun opened her eyes wide: "Why do you say that, sister?"

Although Xia Dongchun knew that Shen Meizhuang's pregnancy was most likely a false pregnancy, it shouldn't have been discovered now. Yun Ling clearly said that it would take some time.

But the noble lady Borjigit's next words confirmed her guess: "Who would have thought that Miss Shen was faking her pregnancy to win favor? Today she fell down, and the emperor was very worried. So after Liu Bin, the imperial physician who usually took Miss Shen's pregnancy, took her pulse, the emperor called in Zhang Mi, the imperial physician from the Imperial Hospital. But when Zhang Mi took her pulse, he told the emperor in great panic that Miss Shen was not pregnant."

Xia Dongchun was stunned. After Borjigit finished speaking, he asked hurriedly, "What about Liu Bin? Didn't the emperor find Liu Bin and let him confront Doctor Zhang?"

"How could there not be one? But when Eunuch Su went to the Imperial Hospital to look for Liu Bin, Liu Bin had already run away." Noblewoman Borjigit took a sip of water and continued, "I think when Imperial Doctor Zhang was called away, Liu Bin realized something was wrong and ran away in a hurry. Now the Emperor is very angry and ordered that Concubine Shen be imprisoned in Xianyue Pavilion and no one is allowed to visit her. He also sent people to arrest Liu Bin."

Xia Dongchun didn't say anything. The candlelight in the room flickered, making people feel uneasy.

Noblewoman Borjigit put down her teacup and sighed, "If it weren't for the consideration of Promise Shen's mother's family, the emperor would have banished her to the cold palace long ago."

Xia Dongchun didn't expect that Yun Ling had just told her about Shen Meizhuang's fake pregnancy today, and before anything happened, the matter had already been exposed.

As the two were talking, they heard Su Peisheng's voice from outside: "The Emperor has arrived!"

Xia Dongchun and Nobleman Borjigit looked at each other and hurriedly stood up to greet them.

As soon as I reached the door, I saw Yinzhen striding towards me with a stern face, followed by the imperial physician Zhang Mi. It seemed that he did not expect that Concubine Borjigit was with Xia Dongchun, and his expression softened a little.

"Your Majesty, I pay my respects to you. May your Majesty be blessed with good health." The two of them saluted at the same time.

Yinzhen cleared his throat and said, "Everyone, get up and go in to talk."

When Xia Dongchun saw the imperial physician following behind Yinzhen, he roughly guessed the purpose of his visit.

She felt a chill in her heart. It seemed that Yinzhen had to bring the imperial physician to her to confirm again because of Shen Meiyu's matter.

But how could Shen Meizhuang compare with her? Shen Meizhuang's was not yet showing her pregnancy, so if she wanted to lie, she could do it now.

But the baby in her belly is already more than six months old, and now she walks much more unsteadily. This is visible to the naked eye. Why does she need the imperial physician to come and confirm it again?

But Yinzhen had already brought the person here, and it was obvious that he had to check it again before he would feel at ease. Xia Dongchun had no right to refuse at all.

Sure enough, as soon as he sat down, Yinzhen said to Xia Dongchun, "You have just gotten better in the past two days, but I am still worried. I just asked Zhang Mi to come and see you. Zhang Mi has the longest experience in the Imperial Hospital, and his medical skills are better than others."

Xia Dongchun lowered her eyes. Okay, okay, should she thank Yinzhen for being willing to say a few words to coax her instead of saying it so directly?

Seeing that she didn't speak, Zhang Mi glanced at Yinzhen, who frowned but still patiently asked, "Zhao'er?"

He called her by her nickname, and his tone was relatively gentle.

Xia Dongchun raised her head, and now only a smile could be seen on her face: "Your Majesty cares about me so much, I am very touched, I lost my temper for a moment, please forgive me."

Seeing her reaction, Yinzhen's frown relaxed a little: "What's the matter? Let's ask the imperial physician to take a look first. If you still need any tonic, feel free to ask the people from the Ministry of Internal Affairs to send it to you."

Xia Dongchun was really pregnant, so she didn't need to feel guilty. She just stretched out her hand and said, "Then I'll trouble Doctor Zhang."

Zhang Mi took the pulse and said, "I am so terrified. Taking care of the young lady and the emperor's offspring is my duty. How dare I ask for your help?"

After a moment, Zhang Mi bowed his head and said, "Your Majesty, my lady, the baby in your belly is fine now. You just need to take good care of it, and it will be born in more than three months."

Although Yinzhen had known in his heart that Xia Dongchun's pregnancy was definitely real, after the incident with Shen Meizhuang, he was able to completely put his mind at ease only after hearing Zhang Mi say it with his own ears.

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