The Qing Palace Never Meets Spring

Seeing that Yi'an suddenly fell silent, Qingwan called her name. After regaining her senses, Yi'an suddenly said, "I've sent someone to fetch the imperial physician."

"Call the imperial physician?" This time it was Qingwan's turn to be confused: "Why call the imperial physician? I'll be fine after resting for a while."

Yi An laughed and said, "Sister-in-law, you've been vomiting for the past few days, haven't you thought of any other possibilities?" After saying that, she looked at her lower abdomen.

Qingwan's eyes widened suddenly. She really hadn't expected it. Her period was always regular, and now it was a few days late. But she also knew that she wasn't taking good care of herself like she was in the palace these days, so it was possible that it was a little late.

In addition, she had been suffering from carriage sickness ever since leaving the palace, so she didn't dare to think about it in that direction. However, she and Yinxiang had shared a lot of roommates these days, so it wasn't impossible.

Yi'an could tell from her expression that she had already sensed something, and said, "No matter what the reason, it's always good to let people see it. Otherwise, if they miss it without knowing, do you expect to follow your brother to the Ongniud tribe again? You can cause trouble, but the child can't."

Qingwan nodded and said, "You're right."

No sooner had the two finished speaking than Mu Xiang entered and said, "Reporting to the masters, the imperial physician has arrived. Shall we let him in now?"

Qingwan nodded. After Muxiang went out to speak with Chenxiang, she came back in to fetch a pillow to make Qingwan more comfortable. Only then did Chenxiang lead the people in.

Yi'an then got up from the bedside and sat down on the kang (a heated brick bed) by the window.

The imperial physician was instructed to prepare a hangover remedy for the princess, and he had even packed the medicine in his medicine chest. But now it didn't seem like he was taking the princess's pulse, so he turned to look at Chenxiang, who had led him in.

Seeing the imperial physician's expression, Yi An laughed and said, "Imperial Physician Qi, stop looking. You were summoned here to take the pulse of the Thirteenth Prince's wife."

Physician Qi was also somewhat troubled. He was the physician Qingwan had summoned when she was carsick, but he couldn't do anything about it either. In the end, Yinxiang went to find someone else, but fortunately, that person couldn't do anything either.

So now he gets scared whenever he sees Qingwan, and if she faints again, he still can't do anything about it.

Physician Qi dared not show it on his face. After agreeing, he took the handkerchief from Mu Xiang and placed it on Qing Wan's wrist to begin taking her pulse.

Qingwan and Yi'an stared intently at him. Doctor Qi felt sweat beading on his forehead. He took a long time just to take her pulse. After asking some questions, he still placed his hand on Qingwan's wrist.

After about another cup of tea, he was certain that the Thirteenth Princess's vomiting this time was not due to motion sickness, but rather that her pulse was too weak. He dared not say for sure.

So he slowly withdrew his hand and said, "The pulse of the princess does seem to indicate pregnancy, but it is rather weak. She is only about a month pregnant. I am not an expert in gynecology, so I dare not say anything definitively. It would be best to wait a little longer."

However, it would be best for the Princess Consort to stay in bed and rest these days.

After saying this, Physician Qi was prepared to be scolded or punished, but then he heard Yi An say, "When the Khan goes on an inspection tour, he won't bring a gynecologist with him. But how confident are you that the Thirteenth Princess is pregnant? You should know that the Khan won't stay in the palace for long."

If not, Qingwan will naturally continue to accompany the emperor; if so, she will have to stay at the imperial palace.

After pondering for a moment, Physician Qi said with a determined look, "This servant is seventy percent certain that the Princess Consort is pregnant."

"That's good." Seventy percent was already a pretty good chance. Yi An got up and sat down next to Qing Wan, saying to Physician Qi, "You can go back now."

"Yes, the slave will leave."

Yi An was happy but also a little regretful. She looked down at Qing Wan's belly and said, "When my brother comes back, I'll tell him that we should rest at the palace and not go there."

Qingwan sighed, "What a pity. I thought I could personally escort you to the princess's residence."

"It's no pity, it's all good. When I return to Beijing to visit my family in the future, I will be able to see this child."

Yi'an jokingly stroked Qingwan's belly and said to the child, "If it weren't for your aunt, you would probably still be running around with me."

Qingwan knew that Yi'an actually liked children very much, and she also liked the eldest princess very much. At first, out of consideration for her, Yi'an did not show much closeness to the eldest princess, but as she took the eldest princess to visit more often, Yi'an realized that she really didn't care, and only then did she become closer to the eldest princess.

Every time she brought the eldest princess to Yi'an's place, Yi'an would hold the eldest princess in her arms and coax her, and she would be very reluctant to leave.

When the eldest princess was born, Yi'an often went to see the child, but Fu Ling was too obsequious with the child, and she was not used to it, so she gradually stopped going.

Fuling had been by Yinxiang's side for a long time, and Yi'an was quite familiar with her. Being able to stay by Yinxiang's side for so many years and have two children before the primary consort, she must have had something extraordinary about her. Yi'an could understand Fuling's actions.

But Fuling didn't understand that the eldest princess was born a grandson of the emperor and a member of the imperial family, so she didn't need to please others and had what she deserved.

Although the eldest princess was still an infant and unaware of the world, with such a mother, it was difficult for her to get close to her. At that time, Yi'an did not expect that Qingwan would bring the eldest princess to visit them from time to time.

After the two talked a lot about the child, they finally remembered to tell Yinxiang.

Yinxiang had already drunk quite a bit, and the wind after he returned not only failed to sober him up but made him even more dizzy. After returning, he sat in a chair and asked blankly, "Was this child conceived before or after leaving the capital?"

When Qingwan heard Physician Qi say that the date was set in January, she replied, "It will only be after we leave the capital."

Yinxiang rubbed his slightly dizzy forehead: "This child's arrival is a bit unfortunate."

If you ask Qingwan, she also thinks that this child came at a rather unfortunate time. It's easy for things to go wrong when you're newly pregnant, and with all the bumps and jolts, things are likely to go wrong even more easily.

But just because she thought that way didn't mean she could accept that others would say the same thing, so she couldn't help but ask, "What does Master mean by that?"

Although Yinxiang was dizzy, he knew he had said the wrong thing as soon as he finished speaking. Sure enough, first Qingwan, then Yi'an glared at him, so he explained, "That's not what I meant. I was just worried."

Yi An glanced at him: "It's clear that you know how to talk, brother. You can offend even an unborn child with just one sentence."

Yinxiang was even more annoyed by this, and said with a wry smile, "I was really drunk, I spoke without thinking, it's really not worth getting angry about." After saying that, he even got up and bowed sincerely.

Yi'an couldn't help but laugh. She thought to herself, "You know what, my sister-in-law's temper really keeps my thirteenth brother in check. Otherwise, if it were anyone else, Yinxiang would have stormed off long ago."

If Qingwan knew this, she would also complain, because she didn't know how their relationship had turned out this way, and she didn't know why Yinxiang was giving in to her more now.

In short, Qingwan was startled when she saw Yinxiang bending over, and she wanted to get up: "What are you doing, Master? If people find out, they'll probably say I'm being presumptuous."