The Eldest Daughter Returns: Imperial Uncle, I'm Pregnant!

Just then, Ba Quan brought over the doctor from outside. The doctor looked quite old, but his eyes were very bright, and he was clearly an experienced doctor.

"Master, this is the Doctor Feng I mentioned to you. Doctor Feng is quite old. He used to be a famous resident doctor in Jiangnan, but now he has been invited by Jishetang in the capital at a high price. Master, you can rest assured."

"Then I'll have to trouble you, Dr. Feng."

"Not at all, the Prime Minister's consultation fee is very generous. I am only doing my duty as a doctor. However, there are quite a few patients in the clinic today, so we should hurry up. I still need to get back."

"Of course, of course." Gu Ziming always held the elderly man, who had achieved some success, in high esteem.

"Let's begin then. Are you going to see the patient that Steward Ba mentioned last time who was taking supplements? I think it should be you, sir. Your complexion looks a bit off. Let me take your pulse."

When Gu Ziming heard the doctor notice something was wrong just by looking at his face, his heart skipped a beat. But now was not the time to investigate. He quickly said, "Don't panic, Doctor Feng, please take a look at my... how is my child's health?"

Only then did Doctor Feng notice the disheveled child kneeling on the ground. "How strange."

"What's so strange about it?" Gu Ziming asked nervously.

"Oh, sir, there's no need to be nervous. I'm just wondering why a perfectly fine boy is dressed in women's clothes. Well, it's a large family, so it's possible that they have some kind of preference."

Dr. Feng's self-proclaimed humor made Gu Ziming choke up. "Ahem, doctor, please take a look and see if there's anything seriously wrong with my child's health."

Dr. Feng took the pulse and quickly came up with a diagnosis: "There's nothing seriously wrong, just some malnutrition. You just need to give him some extra nutrition."

"Hmm..." Gu Ziming really wanted to ask Gu Hanqing if he was a healthy boy, but he didn't know how to ask.

Aunt Li noticed this and quickly asked, "Doctor, please take a look at my son. Will his frail physique affect his ability to have children in the future?"

"It's just malnutrition. Just give him some good food. You don't even need to prescribe any medicine. Also, the child is already this age. My advice is not to dress him in skirts anymore. If this goes on for too long, he won't be able to tell the difference between male and female. That will be more difficult to deal with. I've seen this kind of thing before. It's better to intervene early."

"Thank you, doctor. Thank you, doctor."

Gu Ziming stared at Gu Hanqing for a while, then instructed Ba Quan, "Take Aunt Li and her son to the next room for a while."

After everyone had left, Gu Ziming asked Doctor Feng, "Doctor, to be honest, I invited you here today to see if my child is a boy or not, and if there is any way to prove that we are blood relatives."

"This..." Upon hearing this, Doctor Feng realized it was the private affair of the mansion: "Sir, although I am old, it does not mean I cannot distinguish between men and women. You are insulting me."

"No, no, no, I had no idea that way at all. Doctor, you've misunderstood."

Seeing that Gu Ziming's attitude was so good, Dr. Feng was also very pragmatic and stopped being coy. He simply said, "It is said in folk tradition that blood kinship testing is a good method, as long as no one interferes in any special way."

"Then please have dinner before you leave, Doctor." Gu Ziming had to keep the doctor here today. Now that it had been proven that Gu Hanqing was indeed a boy, he still needed to go to that bitch Wang Ruyan to find out what was going on, and he also needed to go to the ancestral hall to re-enter Gu Hanqing into the family genealogy, which would require a blood test to confirm kinship.

"By the way, doctor, since you're here, please take a look at me as well."

Doctor Feng didn't mind and gestured for Gu Ziming to sit down so he could take his pulse. As soon as he took his pulse, his brows furrowed.

"how?"

"My lord, forgive my impertinence, but have you been taking the pills that you sent before?"

"Yes, I always feel tired, so I had some tonics made. Is there anything wrong with that?"

After Dr. Feng's questioning, Gu Ziming, no longer bothered with his embarrassment, told Dr. Feng that he always felt somewhat powerless after each sexual encounter and would take some pills separately. Only then did Dr. Feng understand and draw a conclusion: the medication was incompatible with the pills Gu Ziming took during each sexual encounter.

The four words indicate a problem with offspring, but it is not incurable; however, it requires gradual recuperation.

Gu Ziming suddenly lost his strength, because these pills were made by Doctor Zheng of the manor. Doctor Zheng had always been his confidant, and he trusted Doctor Zheng to do things for him.

Now Aunt Li is saying that Doctor Zheng is the lady's man, so when did Doctor Zheng start to betray her? And when did Wang Ruyan also get involved in plotting to kill him?

When night fell and it was time for dinner, everyone gathered in the old lady's courtyard. Almost the entire family was present, including Wang Ruyan, who was confined to the small Buddhist hall.

Her face was dark and ugly as she stared at Aunt Li and Gu Hanqing, who had changed into men's clothing. Her eyes were like those of a venomous snake, making Aunt Li tremble involuntarily. Gu Hanqing was indeed not afraid. He bravely stood in front of Aunt Li to block Wang Ruyan's gaze for her.

Gu Qingwan remained silent as always, drinking tea. However, Gu Hanjiao was getting anxious. She was restless. If Gu Qingwan stayed here tonight, how could she carry out her plan?

Gu Hanjiao secretly asked Qiu Shuang, who was following beside her, "How's things going with Chunlu?"

"It's all done as Miss said, but there's something else going on with the eldest young lady..." Qiu Shuang said cautiously to Gu Hanjiao while pouring water.

"Well, since we're here, we might as well make the best of it. If it's not too late, I'll try to get Gu Qingwan over there. If it's too late, she'll probably leave on her own if she doesn't see her."

No sooner had they finished whispering than Wang Ruyan spoke up: "I never expected that Sister Li would be such a remarkable person, managing to turn a rich young lady into a young master. It truly broadens my horizons."

The old lady was very happy. She had always liked Gu Hanqing and thought he was a filial child. It would have been even better if he were a boy. Now that he was indeed a boy, the Gu family would have even more descendants.

"What are you saying in such a sarcastic tone? Boys and girls are both our Gu family's children. Look at you, you don't act like a proper matriarch at all," the old lady said.

"Heh, Mother is right. But Mother and Master saw it for themselves. The baby girl was brought out of the delivery room. How could she suddenly turn into a baby boy? Could it be a case of a cat switching the prince?"

"Madam! There's no need for you to make such baseless accusations! You know best why that problem occurred in the first place. If you don't believe me, sir, you can have a doctor perform a blood test to determine kinship! We have nothing to hide!"

"Hmph, Aunt Li, what controversial words you have. My mother hasn't even said anything yet, why are you so agitated? And this third sister... oh no, second brother... sigh, I don't even know what to call him." Gu Hanjiao naturally had to side with her mother.

If Gu Hanqing were to be added as a male heir to the family genealogy, her good-for-nothing brother's situation would become even more precarious. In the long run, this would not be a good thing for her either. Besides, she hadn't been particularly kind to Gu Hanqing.

"Since Madam says to perform a blood test to determine kinship, then let's do it." Gu Ziming, who had been silent all along, made the decision directly. He had been silently observing Wang Ruyan's reaction, and that reaction made Gu Ziming even more convinced that Wang Ruyan was involved in harming his offspring.

Seeing Gu Ziming's attitude, Wang Ruyan's heart skipped a beat again. In the evening, Xue Niang had just found out that Aunt Li had taken Gu Hanqing to the study to beg the master, but she hadn't found out what they were begging for.

Wang Ruyan thought it was nothing more than seeing her locked up and wanting to play the victim with the master, but before anything happened, the master had someone take her to the old lady's place.

On the way, she thought the master had changed his mind and was going to let her have dinner with the old lady and then let her go home that night, but when she arrived, she found out what was going on.

A short while later, Batu brought up Doctor Feng, who had finished his meal. Doctor Feng was carrying a white porcelain bowl filled with water.

"Your Excellency, I am all ready. We may begin."

"Why didn't you invite Doctor Zheng, sir? And who is this person?" Wang Ruyan immediately sensed something was wrong and quickly stood up to ask.

"Hmph, why are you so agitated? I can invite whoever I want, why do I need to report to you?" Gu Ziming asked.

"No, no, it's just that we've been using Doctor Zheng so often in our household. It's a shame that a stranger has suddenly come, especially since it involves our offspring. I hope nothing goes wrong."

Gu Ziming ignored Wang Ruyan and first had Doctor Feng prick her with a silver needle and drip the blood into the bowl. Just as he was about to prick Gu Hanqing, Gu Hanjiao stood up.

"Father, Mother's concerns are not without reason. What if someone really did something wrong? Wouldn't that ruin Qing'er?"

"Then what do you mean?" Gu Ziming asked in a gloomy tone.

"Jiao'er means that we can first let Jiao'er, her older sister, and father undergo a blood test to confirm their kinship. If neither of us has any problems, then it means there are no problems."

Gu Qingwan sat quietly in the corner drinking tea, naturally not surprised that Gu Hanjiao would do this. Her meaning was very clear: she suspected that Gu Qingwan was not a child of the Gu family, after all, she had been away from home for so long.

"Second Miss, what do you mean?" Baoqin asked. "My young lady is the eldest daughter born of the legitimate wife. Are you now using this pretext of a blood test to prove that you doubt our eldest young lady's lineage? Or are you using this as an excuse to insult my late mistress?"

Gu Qingwan gave Baoqin a thumbs up in her heart; she was such a good girl.

"Big sister must have misunderstood. Jiao'er herself said that she wanted to do the blood test with you to make the process fairer. There's no need for so many twists and turns. It's precisely because your bloodline is pure that you can silence the gossip, isn't that right?"

“What Jiao’er said isn’t without reason,” the old lady said with her eyes closed.

Gu Qingwan glanced at Gu Ziming, and seeing that he did not object, she smiled and got up to walk to Doctor Feng. Doctor Feng held out his finger and let him insert a needle and drip it into the bowl. Since Gu Hanjiao had brought him along, she would not back down at the last minute, and he also dripped a drop into the bowl.

The three drops of blood, which were originally far apart, slowly gathered together under the influence of the water, and eventually merged with Gu Ziming's blood.

Gu Hanjiao glanced at Gu Qingwan with some disappointment, while Gu Qingwan lowered her eyes to hide the disgust in them. Having the same bloodline as the two of them was simply a sin and an insult.

No one paid attention to Wang Ruyan. Wang Ruyan breathed a sigh of relief when she saw the result. She pretended not to care and wiped the sweat from her forehead.