With a "thud", Mo Qinghuan fell to the ground, and Leng Nier landed on top of her.
The Queen and the others were startled by this sight and quickly stepped forward to help the two women up.
Leng Nier tightly covered her lower abdomen. "Where is His Highness? I must see His Highness," she said.
The maid noticed her strange expression and quickly helped her to lie down on the couch. The Queen was about to call for the imperial physician when she remembered that Mo Qinghuan was still there. She quickly walked up to Mo Qinghuan and asked with concern, "Are you hurt?"
Mo Qinghuan gently brushed off the non - existent dust on her clothes, shook her head with a faint smile, and said, "I'm fine."
Hearing that she was okay, the Queen directly pulled her in front of Leng Nier.
"Then please take a look at Nier quickly. She seems to be in a bad state," the Queen said.
Mo Qinghuan took a deep breath and walked up to Leng Nier. Looking at Leng Nier's pained expression, she remembered the time when Leng Nier had persecuted Zhao Yiyi's unborn child. She gave Leng Nier a cold look.
Her voice was extremely cold. "Where do you feel uncomfortable?"
Leng Nier naturally could tell that Mo Qinghuan's tone towards her was very unfriendly. She stubbornly said, "I don't need you to examine me even if I'm uncomfortable." She stubbornly tried to stand up and walk towards the Queen.
Seeing this, the Queen quickly came in front of her.
"Nier, don't be naughty! Yichen is fine. You should take good care of the child in your belly," the Queen said with a straight face.
Seeing the Queen's stern expression, Leng Nier finally calmed down.
However, she still didn't cooperate with Mo Qinghuan's examination. When asked where it hurt or where she felt uncomfortable, she remained silent.
Mo Qinghuan put the pulse pillow back into the medicine box, turned around, bowed to the Queen, and handed the medicine prepared for Mu Yichen to the Queen. Then she started walking out.
At this moment, she felt a bit of discomfort in her lower abdomen. She guessed that her menstrual period was coming soon, so she quickened her pace towards the imperial prison.
But before she reached the prison, she fainted on the palace path.
Mu Yanming, who was still in the imperial prison, received the news and immediately rushed from the prison to Concubine Li's courtyard.
When he arrived, Concubine Li was sitting in the main hall.
Seeing Mu Yanming striding in, Concubine Li took a sip of tea and said with a smile, "The imperial physician is taking her pulse."
Mu Yanming brushed his sleeves and looked at Concubine Li. "What happened?" he asked.
Concubine Li stood up and walked in front of him. Her voice was extremely gentle. "I was bored, so I thought I'd go out for a stroll. Unexpectedly, I picked up your princess consort," she said.
At this time, the imperial physician walked out from inside.
Mu Yanming immediately stepped forward and asked anxiously, "How is she?"
The imperial physician bowed and said, half - bent, "Congratulations, Your Highness. The princess consort is pregnant."
Concubine Li, who was fiddling with the armor on her hand, suddenly changed her expression and looked at the imperial physician in shock.
Then she looked at Mu Yanming, who had already walked quickly into the room. She only saw a corner of his clothes.
She stood up and walked to the door.
She listened attentively to the movement inside the room.
Mo Qinghuan had already woken up. Seeing Mu Yanming, she rubbed her head and asked in confusion, "Why am I here?"
Mu Yanming hugged her in his arms.
"Look how confused you are. I said I'd arrange for an imperial physician to take your pulse every day, but you insisted that you were a doctor yourself. Now, you didn't even know you were pregnant," he said.
She looked at Mu Yanming in shock and asked in disbelief, "What did you say?"
She placed her hand on her lower abdomen. Mu Yanming raised his hand to ruffle her hair and kissed her on the forehead.
"You're pregnant. I'm going to be a father," he said.
Looking at Mu Yanming's excited face, she was still a bit dazed.
"Let's go home," he said, picking Mo Qinghuan up in his arms. She wanted to refuse. "I can walk by myself," she said.
But he didn't allow it. He firmly held her in his arms. When he walked out of the room, he saw Concubine Li standing at the door.
"Thank you for today," he said, and then walked out.
Just these four short words made the corners of her mouth curl up into a smile.
Then she turned to look at the imperial physician. She wanted to tell him not to tell anyone about the princess consort's pregnancy, but she was worried that it would expose her identity. Helplessly, she waved her hand and sent the imperial physician away.
The news that Mu Yanming carried Mo Qinghuan all the way to the palace gate quickly spread throughout the palace.
People in every palace were speculating about the reason.
The Emperor also came to Concubine Li's courtyard and asked about this matter.
"Your humble servant pays respects to Your Majesty," she said, getting up to salute. Mu Linyi pulled her into his arms.
He lifted Concubine Li's chin and asked, "Have you heard the rumors in the palace today?"
She looked at Mu Linyi with her charming eyes and blinked in confusion.
"Is Your Majesty referring to the matter of the Regent and his wife?" she asked.
Mu Linyi nodded. "What do you think?"
Her mind raced as she tried to figure out Mu Linyi's purpose for asking this question.
Did he blame her for not informing him immediately when she knew that the princess consort was pregnant?
Thinking of this, she held Mu Linyi's arm and led him to sit down at the table. She wrapped her arms around Mu Linyi's neck from behind.
Her voice was full of grievance. "Your Majesty, when I saw that the princess consort was pregnant, I thought of our child who was never destined to come into this world," she said.
With a blink of an eye, tears fell from her eyes. A crystal - clear teardrop landed on her fair, boneless hand.
Mu Linyi immediately lovingly held her in his arms and said, "Alright, alright, don't cry."
"We'll have children again. Don't be too sad. Be good," he said.
In the Regent's Mansion.
Everyone in the mansion was overjoyed because they hadn't seen their master smile so happily for a long time.
Dan'er got close to Mo Qinghuan and asked every now and then, "Your Highness, do you feel uncomfortable anywhere?"
Mo Qinghuan helplessly shook her head and then turned her face away.
Mu Yanming was sitting beside her, holding a bowl of bird's nest. He was carefully blowing on it to cool it down and was about to feed her himself.
She frowned and looked at Mu Yanming. "I'm pregnant, but it doesn't mean I can't use my hands and feet. I can do these things myself," she said.
Seeing that her mood was a bit off, Mu Yanming turned and handed the bowl to Dan'er.
He held her hand. The joy in his eyes had not faded, but when he saw Mo Qinghuan's obviously low mood, he felt a bit disappointed.
"What's wrong? You don't seem very happy," he asked.
She looked up at Mu Yanming and then shifted her gaze away.
"I'm fine. You can all go out first. Let me be alone for a while," she said.
Mu Yanming raised his hand to tuck a stray hair behind her ear, but she dodged backward. He then lowered his hand.
Walking out of the hall, he stood in the courtyard in a daze.
Bai Ke walked up to Dan'er and nudged her with his arm. "Come here for a moment," he said.
Dan'er followed Bai Ke to a corner of the corridor. Bai Ke said, "Go and find out why the princess consort is unhappy. Look how worried the master is."
Dan'er nodded. "I'll try to sound out the princess consort when she's in a better mood," she said.