Why do you always rush to join me after awakening?

Jiang Yebin felt Yihuan's pulse and couldn't help but turn his head to the side, covering his mouth and retching.

"Uh-uh--"

"Jiang Yubin, what are you doing!"

"Ugh—Your Majesty, please forgive me. I'm not feeling well and feel like vomiting."

"Why are you vomiting for no reason? Didn't we ask Qi Ru to come? Why are you here?"

Jiang Yebin patted his chest and, suppressing his discomfort, replied, "Your Majesty, Imperial Physician Qi just fell and is unable to come, so you sent me here."

"Okay, how's Shupin?"

Jiang Yebin felt that the atmosphere seemed a little off, but the pulse clearly showed that she was pregnant, and it had been two months. Should he congratulate her or not?

After thinking for a while, Jiang Yebin said honestly, "Your Majesty, it's a pregnancy pulse. Concubine Shu has been pregnant for two months."

There was no trace of smile on Yihuan's face.

Hongli also had a dark face.

This was the first time Jiang Yubin encountered such a thing.

Seeing this, Jingse tried to smooth things over, "Congratulations, Madam Shupin. You must be careful from now on. The fetus can be unstable during the first three months, so don't get too excited."

Jingse had spoken to ease the atmosphere, and Hongli could not say anything else, so he simply gave all the respect he deserved to Yihuan.

"Now that you have a child, it's a happy event. You will be promoted to concubine."

Yi Huan hummed indifferently and said perfunctorily, "Thank you, Your Majesty. I feel a little unwell, so I will go back to rest."

"Well, go back."

Wei Yanwan was just about to get up and go out with Yihuan when she was stopped by Hongli.

"Princess Ling, please stay."

Wei Yanwan winked at Jinzhong, who understood and immediately went out to see her off.

Jingse knew that the emperor must have something to say to Empress Wei, so she stood up and asked to leave.

Only Wei Yanwan and Hongli were left in the room. No one spoke. Wei Yanwan took the Yueqin away early and sat at the table. Hongli didn't speak, and she didn't ask.

Until Hongli could no longer bear this cold violence and glared at Wei Yanwan.

"I didn't provoke you."

"If I don't speak, you won't ask?"

"Uh, what's wrong with you, Your Majesty?"

Hongli was finally satisfied. He took a long breath and asked in a deep voice, "Have you heard of the curse of Yehenara?"

Wei Yanwan knew this, of course. It was something everyone was very taboo about, but she couldn't admit it. She could only say vaguely, "I've heard some of it, but I don't know the specifics. Sister Yihuan never mentioned it."

"According to the ancestral precepts left by the Qing Emperor Taizu himself, the descendants of the Aisin-Gioro clan must never marry a woman from the Yehenara clan, because they left behind the most vicious curse when they attacked them. Even if there is only one woman left in the Yehenara clan, she will still destroy the Jianzhou Jurchens, and that is the Aisin-Gioro clan."

Wei Yanwan didn't want to talk.

Hongli had always been unwilling to give Yihuan an heir because she was sent into the palace by the Empress Dowager and her surname was Yehenara.

But the child is innocent and we cannot abort him.

"Your Majesty, it's just a curse. How can you take it seriously?"

"I am the emperor, the Aixinjuelu family. I will not allow any mistakes to happen. If the Qing Dynasty is overthrown because of a woman from the Yehenara clan, then I will be the sinner of the Aixinjuelu family."

"The Emperor is the Son of Heaven. Such a thing will never happen."

After all, this kind of thing did not happen during Hongli's reign in her previous life, and she didn't know whether it happened when her son was emperor.

When Hongli saw Wei Yanwan's sincere words and her firm belief in him, he was instantly moved.

"Forget it, let's not talk about this anymore. Yihuan's stomach is moving, why isn't yours moving?"

Wei Yanwan was caught off guard by Hongli's sudden change of topic.

There was nothing she could do since her stomach was not moving.

In the evening, in Chuxiu Palace, Yihuan lazily leaned on the soft couch, while Wei Yanwan sat beside her and peeled oranges for her.

"How many servings are you having? Do you still want to eat more?"

"Well, I'm so greedy."

"You're just ravenous. You're trying to make yourself sour. Just the smell of this orange makes me feel sour."

"I can't help it. The thing in my stomach just wants to eat this."

Wei Yanwan, who had peeled more than ten oranges in a row, said she would not continue peeling. She took out a handkerchief to wipe her hands, then pushed the orange peels aside and lay down on them.

"I never want to see oranges again in my life."

Yi Huan enjoyed Wei Yan Wan's service of peeling oranges for her until she finished the last one. Then she said, "What do you think about me giving you my child after it's born?"

"..."

"No, are you so unsatisfied with this child?"

"The Emperor is wary of me. Keeping this child with me will only make the Emperor more wary of me. It would be better to give it to you."

"Don't say such discouraging words. You clearly can't bear to leave. Don't say such things again. I won't scold you this time, but if there's a next time, I'll see if I will."

Yihuan couldn't help laughing out loud. Finally, she stopped saying such depressing things.

That’s right. After all, this is the child you carried for ten months and gave birth to. How can you not love him?

In recent days, a constant stream of supplements have been delivered to Chuxiu Palace, but Yihuan is too lazy to even look at them.

"This donkey-hide gelatin is a good thing."

"The Queen Mother sent it here. If you like it, take it back."

Wei Yanwan quickly put it down. What a joke! She wouldn't dare take the gift from the empress dowager.

"Forget it. It's okay to come here to get some, but if I really take it back, the Queen Mother will definitely be unhappy."

"Why didn't you bring Yongqi here today?"

"This child misses his mother. I sent someone to take him over to see her secretly."

Yi Huan knew what kind of personality Hai Lan had and couldn't help but complain, "Just let him go by himself."

"Of course I'm worried, so I asked Jinzhong to accompany him. With Jinzhong here, I can rest assured."

Speaking of Jinzhong, Meipin became excited and sat up directly, laughing and jokingly saying, "I asked for Jinzhong before, but you refused to give it to me. Now look, he's already the chief steward, why is he still working for you so loyally?"

"Humph, Jinzhong isn't an object, why do you have to give him away? Oh, by the way, why hasn't Jiang Yubin come here today?"

Meipin burst out laughing, and finally laughed out loud holding her stomach.

Her behavior left Wei Yanwan completely confused.

"Did I say something funny? Why are you laughing like that?"

Yihuan curled her lips. Seeing Meipin laughing so hard she was speechless, she answered for her, "Jiang Yubin has gone home for maternity leave."

"Wasn't惢心 just pregnant not long ago? Why is Jiang Yubin taking maternity leave?"

"惢心's morning sickness has spread to him. He's vomiting so badly now that he can't go out. The Emperor specifically allowed him to come back after he gives birth."