webnovelfull Chapter 244 Prince Lian Visits
Chapter 244 Prince Lian Visits
Chapter 244 Prince Lian Arrives
Doctor Zhang was actually also frightened by Buerhe's bulging belly. It was only three months old, but the belly looked like it was already the size of a six-month-old.
He took a deep breath, quickly adjusted his posture, held his breath, took out the pulse pillow, and carefully placed it on the table. Then, he gently placed the empress's wrist on the pulse pillow and began to take her pulse with full concentration.
Compared to usual, this pulse diagnosis took significantly longer. At first, Doctor Chen looked calm and composed, but as time passed, his expression grew increasingly serious, his brow furrowed, as if he had encountered a difficult problem.
Yinreng, standing by, had been watching Doctor Chen's every move intently. Seeing his expression change so dramatically, his heart sank, and a wave of unease washed over him. Could something be wrong with the Queen's baby?
After everyone anxiously waited for about a cup of tea, Imperial Physician Chen finally withdrew his fingers from the Empress's wrist. At this moment, the Emperor and Empress simultaneously focused their gazes on him, their eyes filled with concern and inquiry.
Facing the anxious gazes of the two nobles, Imperial Physician Chen did not dare to be negligent. He quickly stood up and respectfully bowed to the Emperor, saying, "Your Majesty, after my careful diagnosis, the condition of your pregnancy is rather special.
Judging from the pulse, Your Majesty is not carrying a single baby, but multiple babies. However, whether it is two or three, I cannot yet determine with certainty.
When I took your pulse just now, I clearly felt two strong pulses beating, but between these two main pulses, there would occasionally be an extremely weak pulse. Because of this, I need to spend more time to confirm again and again.
"What, there are three?" Yinreng couldn't help but scream. He widened his eyes and stared at Bull's bulging belly, eagerly wishing he had a pair of magical X-ray eyes that could see through the belly and see the true situation of the children inside.
Doctor Zhang, standing nearby, quickly bowed and replied, "Your Majesty, at this point, it's impossible to definitively determine whether the woman is pregnant with three princes. This is simply because one of her pulses is too weak to accurately detect. If we wait for another month or so, until the pulse becomes more stable and clear, I will examine it again and will be able to give a definitive answer."
Hearing this, Yinreng breathed a sigh of relief, but his brows were still furrowed, and his worry was evident in his words.
He said solemnly to Doctor Zhang, "Okay, let's do this for now. I now entrust the Empress and the unborn princes to your care. I hope you will do your utmost and give your all."
If you need anything, please tell your subordinates to do it. My only hope is that the Empress can safely and smoothly give birth to a healthy heir."
Doctor Zhang immediately knelt down and kowtowed to express his gratitude, promising that he would fulfill his mission.
He then cautiously reported, "Your Majesty, I have just taken the Empress' pulse and noticed that her appetite seems to be a little weak lately. In my opinion, the Empress is now six months pregnant and may have more than one child. Her body's nutritional needs are naturally greater than usual. Therefore, the Empress must be given plenty of nourishing foods to ensure the health of the mother and the normal development and growth of the fetus."
Upon hearing this, Yinreng waved his hand and said, "Alright. Just do as Doctor Zhang says."
After lunch, Yinreng took a short rest and then stood up and walked towards the Qianqing Palace in front, ready to continue to devote himself to busy government affairs.
In fact, he originally planned to use the Hall of Mental Cultivation as his daily office. However, after careful consideration and weighing various factors, he finally decided that the Palace of Heavenly Purity was more suitable.
The reason was not only because the space here was spacious and well-equipped; the more crucial point was that the straight-line distance between this place and Kunning Palace was only a few dozen meters. In this way, if he wanted to return to Kunning Palace, it would be a piece of cake.
At this time, Yinreng was sitting behind the large and gorgeous imperial desk, concentrating on reviewing the piles of memorials that had been pre-screened by the Shangshu and Grand Secretaries.
Looking at the pile of documents in front of him that were still piling up even after being screened, he couldn't help but secretly complain about his high and mighty father, the emperor.
It would be fine if the memorials were of vital importance or related to military and national affairs, but there are also many memorials that need to be reviewed personally every day, which only respectfully request the emperor's well-being.
Not only that, the emperor even took the trouble to write a review for it. Does he really think that his time is too much to use and worthless?
Yinreng sat at his desk, intently reviewing a mountain of memorials, his red brush occasionally leaving comments on the paper. However, in his heart, he secretly muttered about his father, the emperor who was retired in Changchun Garden, and had some complaints about some of his previous decisions and arrangements.
At this time, He Zhu, who was serving beside him, walked over quietly and carefully replaced the cold tea on Yinreng's table with a cup of steaming hot tea. Then he stood quietly aside, not daring to make a sound, for fear of disturbing the busy emperor.
Just when everything seemed so peaceful, the door of the hall was suddenly pushed open a crack, and a young eunuch peeked in from the crack in a furtive manner. The young eunuch seemed to be very cautious, and while he was peeping into the hall, he also looked left and right, as if he was on guard against someone.
Unfortunately, his little action did not escape He Zhu's eyes. He Zhu looked sharply at the sneaky eunuch. When their eyes met, the eunuch was startled at first, and then hurriedly winked at He Zhu, as if trying to convey some information.
He Zhu saw this and couldn't help but get angry and glared at the young eunuch fiercely. But he knew that he couldn't lose his temper in the hall at this moment, so he suppressed his anger, carefully saluted Yinreng, and then tiptoed out of the hall.
As soon as he walked out of the palace, He Zhu saw the young eunuch standing there obediently and dejectedly, like a defeated rooster.
He Zhu walked quickly to the young eunuch, unable to suppress his dissatisfaction any longer. He stretched out his finger and gently tapped the young eunuch's head, scolding him: "You! When will you learn to be more steady? If I hadn't seen you peeking over there just now, if the emperor had seen you like that, based on your behavior just now, it would be a serious crime to be disrespectful in front of the emperor. Even if you had ten heads, it would not be enough to chop off your head!"
"Alas... It's fine that I, your teacher, am not as good as Grandpa Liang, but how come even my disciple is not as good as Eunuch Wei? We, the master and the disciple, are truly failures!"
Xiao Qianzi was well aware that his rash action had angered his master. Standing before He Zhu, he dared not even breathe, fearing an even harsher rebuke.
Finally, He Zhu's criticisms died down. Xiao Qianzi breathed a sigh of relief, but cautiously raised his head and, in a voice barely louder than a mosquito's hum, flattered He Zhu, "Hey, Master, I truly know I was wrong. I will never do anything like that again!" He quickly lowered his head again, as if awaiting He Zhu's further response.
He Zhu looked at his disciple, whose attitude of admitting his fault was relatively sincere, and his expression softened slightly, but he still said with a stern face, "You must remember this lesson well. If you dare to act so recklessly next time, I, your master, will no longer help you clean up the mess!" Hearing his master's words, Xiao Qianzi nodded repeatedly and replied, "Yes, yes, I promise I won't dare to do it again! But Master, I actually came here to report another important matter to you." As he spoke, Xiao Qianzi moved a little closer and continued in a low voice, "Prince Lian is seeking an audience outside the palace. I wonder if you should inform the Emperor first?"
When He Zhu heard the three words "Prince Lian", he couldn't help but frowned slightly and thought to himself.
His master, the current emperor, had never had a close relationship with the eighth son of the retired emperor. Especially since the emperor ascended the throne, although he had lifted the house arrest order on Prince Lian, he had not assigned him any substantive duties, and the number of times the two had met was very few.
So, why would this Lord Lian suddenly come to visit today? And what exactly was he doing there? Thinking of this, He Zhu quickly asked, "Is Lord Lian the only one here? Did he mention the purpose of his visit?"