The Promotion Record of a Crown Princess

91-98: An Undecipherable Mind

I didn't know if it was the buddha in Fuyuan Temple that worked or it was because of Qi Sheng's almighty words, after we returned from Cui mountain, my period, which was usually punctuated as a clock, didn't come.

Xie Yi remembered it more clearly than I did and every day she counted several times by her fingers. As it approached the middle of the seventh lunar month, she couldn't hold it anymore and suggested with a trembling voice, "Your Majesty, let's send for Doctor Song here to have a check on you. Maybe you are indeed bearing a little prince!"

With my permission, Xie Yi hastily turned to Fu'er, the most agile maid we had here, and sent her to imperial hospital for Doctor Song.

Before I could finish a slice of watermelon, Fu'er returned with Doctor Song, who was now short of breath, and trotted into the hall.

Xie Yi rested my wrist on the pulse pillow.

Everyone inside the room stared at Doctor Song anxiously, hoping he would deliver the good news.

Doctor Song petted his beard, lowered his head in thought, then he looked at me and asked calmly, "Your Majesty, please let me have another look on your other hand."

Everyone was so nervous that they almost fell on the ground.

But I was still as cool as ever, casually put my other wrist on the pulse pillow.

Doctor Song attentively checked for another while, then he stood up and steadily got on his knees, "Your Majesty, congratulations, you are pregnant."

Great, Xing Sheng Palace immediately went exhilarating, and within half a day, the whole harem learned about the news. The Empress only delivered a princess within a year, and now she was pregnant again. How the Emperor and the Empress loved each other and who said that the Empress wasn't loved by the Emperor? If so, how could she be pregnant with her second child within three years?

Qi Sheng learned about the news and came to visit me. His eyes lingered on my belly for a while, then he leaned towards me and teased, "It is indeed an arable land."

I tried to played modest, "The point is that it is plowed by strong cattle."

Qi Sheng was choked by my words and he held my waist in his arms. He buried his head on my shoulder and laughed.

I looked at the maids standing at the corner and patted his shoulder with my fan. "Be careful of what you're doing now." I put on a serious look.

Qi Sheng held me in his arms for a while longer, then straightened up and let go of me. He helped me to the soft bed beside and sat down.

Since he was in a good mood, I thought for a while and sent all the maids out, then I inquired, "Since I am pregnant now, I'm afraid I can't serve Your Majesty well at the moment. So let's rearrange the sequence of which concubines to serve Your Majesty so everyone will have a basic idea and it won't get messy."

Qi Sheng didn't say a word.

Judging from his behavior, I knew he was annoyed right now but I didn't want to be the target of all the others, so I had to bite the bullet and send him somewhere else. Even if he didn't want to go to the other concubines', at least he should stay in Da Ming Palace with Jiang shi.

I carefully observed his facial expression and bit my tongue. I continued, "A wise man used to say, eyeing no evil, hearing no obscenity and muttering no arrogance, that is a correct way for fetal education. So..."

Qi Sheng cut my words short, "So do you think I'm evil or obscene?"

I was stiffened by his words, and hung my head, trying to muddle through.