The Eldest Daughter Reborn: She Provoked the Obsessive Crown Prince and Couldn't Escape

Once the matter was brought into the open, all the concubines stopped talking, lest they say the wrong thing and offend the Empress!

Fu Luan glanced at Fu Ling beside her, then smiled and said, "Pregnant? I had no idea I was pregnant? Consort Wei, you're quite the joker!"

A very faint laugh came from behind Wei Ling'an, but she still insisted, "Whether she is pregnant or not, we'll know by having the imperial physicians take her pulse!"

Fu Ling coldly replied, "The Empress's pulse has always been the responsibility of this humble woman. There's no need for Consort Wei and the imperial physicians to worry about it!"

Wei Ling'an said with a forced smile, "Which of you sisters here doesn't know that Physician Fu was already famous throughout the land before she even entered the palace?"

"You come from a noble family and are a confidant of the Empress, so your pulse diagnosis cannot be taken seriously!"

"Your Majesty, I was worried about wasting time, so I have already invited two imperial physicians to wait outside Changqiu Palace!"

Fu Luan sneered, "Does Consort Wei also know the meaning of 'wasting time'? Do you think Fu Ling is biased towards me?"

"But who doesn't know that the current Imperial Physician Wei Mian is your father, Consort Wei? I'm worried that he might side with you and do something that disregards the law!"

Upon hearing this, all the concubines at the banquet praised it highly, leaving Wei Ling'an momentarily embarrassed.

Fu Luan said with a stern face, "Consort Wei, if this matter ends here, I can pretend that nothing happened and even forgive you for being late to serve tea and for disrespecting the Empress!"

"But if you continue to smear me, don't blame me for being impolite!"

Immediately, discussions arose again, with all the concubines praising the Empress for her magnanimity and the demeanor of an Empress!

Only one of the courtesans who lived with Wei Ling'an in Ling'an Palace stepped forward and whispered a reminder: "Your Highness, why don't we soften our stance?"

"Now that Her Majesty the Empress is enjoying the Emperor's favor, if she were to mention what happened today to the Emperor and then act coquettishly... Your Majesty, we finally got promoted..."

"Shut up!" Wei Ling'an hissed.

Not only did Le Cainu fail to dissuade Wei Ling'an, but it also strengthened her resolve to expose Fu Luan's pregnancy.

She said smugly, "Your Majesty, rest assured, the two imperial physicians who came today, Physician Zhang and Physician Wang, are both assistant imperial physicians."

"How could I, a concubine, be unaware of the concept of 'avoiding suspicion' while working in the palace? I made sure not to have my father come here!"

Fu Luan said solemnly, "So, Consort Wei has chosen the second path? Very well! Summon the two Imperial Physicians to the palace!"

"I'd like to see how they can detect pregnancy when my belly is empty!"

"Your humble servants pay their respects to Your Majesty the Empress! Please move to the inner palace and lower the beaded curtain..." Zhang and Wang, the two imperial physicians, reminded her after entering the palace and bowing.

Fu Luan sneered, "It's just taking a pulse, what's so shameful about it? If we go into the inner palace, your boss's precious daughter will probably suspect me of faking it!"

"This..." The two imperial physicians looked at each other in bewilderment.

Xue Chen laughed and said, "You two don't need to worry. Last summer, the Empress held a horse race in public without covering her face or avoiding anything."

"Why are you now avoiding suspicion when taking someone's pulse?"

Upon hearing this, the two imperial physicians stopped and took turns taking Fu Luan's pulse, saying no more.

The concubines were no longer in a hurry to leave; they all held their breath and waited for the imperial physician's results. However, after the two physicians finished taking the pulses, they looked at each other in bewilderment once again.

"Your Majesty the Empress, you..." Before Physician Zhang could finish speaking, someone entered Changqiu Palace.

"Oh, Changqiu Palace is quite lively today... It seems that my Ah Luan has finally resolved her inner conflict!"

The emperor, after finishing his court session, immediately came to see the newlywed empress. This should have been a joyous occasion, but the imperial physician looked even worse!

Wei Ling'an interrupted, "Your Majesty, the Empress was already..."

"Your Majesty, the Empress... I'm afraid she will never be able to have children in this lifetime!" Imperial Physician Zhang stated the results of his pulse diagnosis in front of the Emperor...