In a world where there are more men than women, I am spoiled

"This humble servant will take your pulse." Chief Physician Lu placed a silk handkerchief on Su Yueyao's wrist and quietly took her pulse.

The entire imperial study was quiet, everyone watching Chief Physician Lu, waiting for the results of his pulse diagnosis.

Despite the pressure, Chief Physician Lu carefully took Su Yueyao's pulse in both hands before saying, "Grand Tutor Su, you are indeed pregnant, but it is still early in the pregnancy, less than a month."

Upon hearing this, the empress on the throne felt a wave of dizziness and immediately asked, "Can you determine how many children she is carrying?"

"Your Majesty, it is too early in the pregnancy for me to detect it. Moreover, the Grand Tutor's pregnancy is different from that of other women. I have never been able to detect how many children the Grand Tutor is carrying before," said Chief Physician Lu with shame.

The Empress choked on her words.

"Your Excellency, is my wife feeling unwell?" the First Prince asked.

"The Grand Tutor's health has been well taken care of, but he is still somewhat deficient in qi and blood. He should take good care of himself and avoid overexertion."

"Can't overexert herself?" Upon hearing this, the eldest prince immediately said to the empress, "Mother, starting tomorrow, my wife will no longer attend court. She needs to stay home and rest during her pregnancy."

"You'll have to handle your own official duties!"

After the eldest prince finished speaking, the empress picked up the memorial on the table and threw it at him.

"You traitor!"

"you..."

"Su Yueyao has only attended the morning court for a few days. When I was pregnant, I never missed court until I gave birth. Every time Su Yueyao was pregnant, she would take leave. Look at you all..."

"My wife was on leave when she gave birth to many children at once... Mother Empress, you only gave birth to one... how could you possibly have..."

"Feng Juntao!" the Empress shouted angrily upon hearing the eldest prince's mutterings.

Su Yueyao looked at the eldest prince poking the empress's trachea and reached out to tug at his clothes.

"Your Highness, please say no more."

"Your Majesty, His Highness was just worried about me, he didn't mean to upset you, please don't take it to heart."

"Ha! Su Yueyao, tell me! Are you planning to take a day off tomorrow to rest during your pregnancy and not attend court?" the Empress snorted.

"Your Majesty, it's not that I want to be lazy, it's just that I'm really tired and have no energy to do so."

“Su Yue…”

"Your Majesty, a woman is pregnant, and her health should be taken into consideration. It is in accordance with the law for the Grand Tutor not to attend court."

“If Your Majesty has matters that you cannot handle, you can send an official to the residence, and the Grand Tutor can submit a memorial,” Chen Jingshu said.

Upon hearing this, the Empress's anger subsided slightly, and she huffed, "Yueyao, you need to draft a plan for the recapture of the prefectures as soon as possible. If you don't take action, you'll have to come to court this morning, even though you're heavily pregnant."

When Su Yueyao heard the Empress say this, she was about to retort when Chen Jingshu pulled her back.

"Your Majesty, your ministers and other gentlemen will assist the Grand Tutor in submitting a memorial as soon as possible to share Your Majesty's burdens."

Upon hearing Chen Jingshu's words, the Empress's expression immediately softened, and she said with a smile, "You've worked hard on state affairs, Chen Shaoqing. Yueyao isn't feeling well, so please go back and rest early!"

"Tao'er, escort your wife back."

"My minister retire."

"My son, please retire."

After Su Yueyao and the others left the Imperial Study, Su Yueyao said softly and silently at the door.

“Jing Shu, if the issue of recovering the prefectures and counties were easy to handle, His Majesty wouldn’t have been struggling for so long. If I could solve it, I would have spoken up long ago.”

“Yes! Jing Shu, my wife needs to rest and recuperate. How can she have time to deal with court affairs?” the eldest prince added.

“My lady, I only said that you would submit a memorial and we would assist you, but I didn’t say that we could solve the problem 100%.”

"When the wife first entered the court, she had already told His Majesty what to do, but His Majesty did not take action and kept hesitating. This has nothing to do with you."

After listening, Su Yueyao immediately understood what Chen Jingshu meant and gave him a thumbs up: "Jingshu, you're awesome!"

Chen Jingshu smiled slightly when he heard Su Yueyao's praise.

"My lady, I'm great too! I just directly refuted Mother Empress."

"Hmm...Your Highness is great too." Su Yueyao smiled and reached out to ruffle his hair.

"Where's Dean Lu? Did he just leave?" Su Yueyao asked curiously, looking around and seeing no trace of Dean Lu.

After reporting to the Empress, Chief Lu bowed and withdrew.

"There are some things that Chief Justice Lu can't listen to when it comes to political affairs."

"I see, then let's leave quickly!" Su Yueyao walked to the sedan chair and prepared to get in; she didn't want to walk back again.

The eldest prince and Chen Jingshu stood on either side of the sedan chair, escorting Su Yueyao out of the palace.

The eldest prince looked up at Su Yueyao and said with a smile, "Congratulations, my wife, on the upcoming birth of another child!"

"Although I am very happy that I am pregnant and will give birth to your child, I wonder who will suffer this time. If it is only Wenren and Gongyang, it will be alright. They should not be too upset."

"My lady, you..." Chen Jingshu paused, unable to finish his sentence.

Upon hearing Chen Jingshu's voice, Su Yueyao subconsciously looked at him and noticed a hint of hesitation in his expression. She said directly, "Jingshu, just say what you want to say so I can be more informed."

"My lady... My lord has also been unwell for the past two or three days. Seeing Wenren and Gongyang's condition today, I think it's very likely that my lord..."

Upon hearing Chen Jingshu's words, Su Yueyao sat up abruptly, startling the eunuchs carrying her sedan chair, who swayed uncontrollably.

"My lady..." Chen Jingshu and the eldest prince immediately helped the sedan chair.

The eunuchs, terrified, immediately cried out, "We deserve to die, we..."

"Hold the sedan chair carefully. If anything goes wrong, you'll be in for a world of hurt," the First Prince sneered.

"Yes, sir." The eunuch, even more frightened, carried the sedan chair with even greater care.

Su Yueyao realized what was happening and said, "Your Highness, it has nothing to do with them. I was just too excited. Jing Shu, are you implying that I'm also carrying Qianqian's child?"

"It's almost 100% certain. After the wife shared a room with Wenren Qichi at the Wenren Mansion, she returned to the mansion and shared a room with the lord, Gongyang, Yanxi, and Chengyan. After that, when Wenren Qichi entered the mansion, the wife stayed with him for three days."

"Moreover, I heard that Yan Xi is also feeling unwell. Now, only Cheng Yan, who is away on business and hasn't returned yet, is uncertain. These other people are confirmed to be unwell."

After Chen Jingshu finished his analysis, Su Yueyao fell silent, frowning and feeling a bit of a headache. It was like a bolt from the blue.

Qianqian... her Qianqian! This time she's going to suffer along with everyone else.

This is simply...

She was going to beat up Wenren Qichi, because if it weren't for him... how could she or anyone else have gotten into such an unexpected situation?

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