[Host, there's something fishy about that bowl of medicine.] The system suddenly spoke in her mind.
[What is it?]
[It's a folk remedy for having a son in one go.]
[It seems she's been longing to give birth to a boy all along.] Nalan Qingshu slightly lowered her eyes and listened to the commotion inside.
Qingshu walked in slowly and saw Noble Lady Lin lying pale - faced on the couch.
"Congratulations, Your Majesty. Noble Lady Lin's fetus has been temporarily saved. However, she mustn't be stimulated and needs to rest in peace." The imperial physician nervously wiped the sweat off his forehead. Looking at the unconscious woman on the couch, cold sweat was about to break out.
Standing at the back - hall door, Nalan Qingshu asked the system again, [Can this child be saved?]
[It can't. It'll last at most a month. Her mother has been doing all sorts of self - destructive things. She tied a sash around her belly and had affairs. How could the fetus be saved? This imperial physician just managed to save her with silver needles.]
[However, host, the child in her belly looks a bit strange.]
[What's strange about it?]
[It's hard to say. Anyway, it's just strange. It's neither clearly male nor female.] The system sounded helpless.
Nalan Qingshu browsed through the mall page in her mind and exchanged for a fake - appearance powder.
The user could form any fake appearance they imagined on a person, but in the end, it was just an illusion.
After hearing the system's prompt, she walked in.
"Your Majesty, how is Noble Lady Lin?" Nalan Qingshu looked at Noble Lady Lin on the couch. She saw that her complexion had improved a bit, and the imperial physician beside her was still adjusting the depth of the silver needles.
"She's been temporarily saved, but look at her pale face. It's so scary." The queen sighed and said, looking at Noble Lady Lin's complexion with more and more regret in her tone.
"To be on the safe side, the imperial physician should take her pulse again. After all, pregnancy is a dangerous matter for women."
The imperial physician responded and took her pulse again. Feeling the rolling sensation under his fingers, he frowned slightly. Surprise flashed in his eyes, and he couldn't believe it. He took her pulse again.
After checking several times and getting the same result, the imperial physician quickly knelt down and kowtowed. "Congratulations, Your Majesty! There might be twins in Noble Lady Lin's belly!"
After his words, Di Yunjian frowned, while the excitement in the queen's eyes was almost overflowing. Thinking that they almost lost these two children at the banquet just now, she felt a bit scared.
"Really?" Di Yunjian looked at the person on the couch.
"To be more certain, please ask all the imperial physicians to take her pulse together!" After saying that, he stepped aside and let other eunuchs come forward to take her pulse.
Several imperial physicians took turns to check her pulse, and they all got the same result. It was indeed the pulse of twins.
"Why didn't you diagnose it before?" Di Yunjian wasn't convinced. Shuer's twins were diagnosed at four or five months. These imperial physicians weren't complete idiots. How could they only detect it at seven months?
"This... Your servant doesn't know either. Maybe Noble Lady Lin's pulse is too weak, so there was a mistake. But Your Majesty, look, Noble Lady Lin's pregnant belly is indeed much bigger than a normal seven - month - pregnant woman's!"
Seeing that the effect had been achieved, Nalan Qingshu didn't want to stay here any longer. She tilted her head and whispered, "Let's go, Zhuyao."
Zhuyao nodded and helped her out of the back hall.
"Your Ladyship, it seems that Noble Lady Lin is involved in this matter." Zhuyao whispered.
"The Palace knows. She wanted to frame the Palace with this child, but it was perfectly resolved. Since she failed to bring down the Palace, she will try every means to keep the child and find another opportunity to make the most of this child."
Nalan Qingshu looked back and sneered.
Since this was her own doing of having a strange fetus and trying to frame her, then don't blame her for being merciless.
Not long after she returned to her seat, the emperor, the queen, and the empress dowager came out of the back hall.
The empress dowager and the queen looked happy, while only Di Yunjian's face was as black as the bottom of a pot.
The queen couldn't hide the smile on her face. She coughed lightly and said, "Noble Lady Lin's fetus has been saved. What's even more joyous is that the imperial physicians have diagnosed that there are twins in Noble Lady Lin's belly!"
"The palace will be more lively in the future!"
These words stirred up a thousand waves!
The concubines in the hall were so jealous that their faces turned green. Why did everyone who got pregnant have twins?
However, the matter that Xiaotang had pointed out just now was brought up again.
They all thought that Nalan Qingshu was afraid of the twins in Noble Lady Lin's belly, so she secretly tried to harm Noble Lady Lin.
In short, all kinds of speculations emerged one after another.
After the New Year's Eve banquet, it seemed that only the grand ennoblement of the concubines in the harem could be regarded as a happy event.
Nalan Qingshu didn't show any extra emotions. She just focused on the fruits in front of her. These fruits were really quite delicious.
After the banquet, Qingshu asked someone to bring a lot of fruits to Xiaoshunzi who was staying in the palace.
Sitting in the sedan chair, several little eunuchs took a different way back to the Guanghan Palace. The two children had had enough of watching the excitement and were now sound asleep in the nurse's arms.
Just as the sedan chair passed by a rockery, they heard the sound of stones loosening.
[Host, stop the sedan chair and send someone to check in front.] The system quickly spoke.
At the same moment, Qingshu also felt something was wrong. She raised her hand to stop the sedan chair.
"Go and check in front." She coldly ordered.
Two little eunuchs walked past the rockery with lanterns in their hands, their footsteps rhythmic.
Sure enough, just as they reached the foot of the rockery, the big stone on it rolled down!
It landed right beside the eunuchs' feet!
If the sedan chair had passed just then, the two children would have been hit.
"Your Ladyship!" Zhuyao whispered in surprise.
The two little eunuchs dodged the big stone and, with a coordinated effort, caught a thin little eunuch from behind the rockery.
Zhuyao stepped forward with a lantern to shine on the little eunuch's face, then sneered, "I wondered who it was. It's Xiaoyinzi!"
Nalan Qingshu squinted her eyes and looked at the little eunuch who was being held down.
"So it's you, Xiaoyinzi. What are you sneaking around here for?" Nalan Qingshu said with a cold face.
"Your Ladyship, this servant just came to congratulate you on your promotion." Xiaoyinzi smiled lewdly.
"Xiaoyinzi, when the Palace first entered the palace, didn't you say that with the Palace's situation, the Palace would always be a low - ranked concubine? Why are you bowing to the Palace now? The Palace can't bear it."
"With this big stone that fell out of nowhere, the Palace doesn't even dare to talk to you, Xiaoyinzi."
Before Xiaoyinzi could speak, she continued, "Send Xiaoyinzi to the queen's palace and let the queen handle it. Say that this servant deliberately tried to harm the concubines and the imperial heirs. Ask the queen to make a decision."
"Your Ladyship, this servant really came to congratulate you! This servant knows his mistake!" Xiaoyinzi quickly struggled.
"Hurry up!" Zhuyao urged.
"Yes, this servant will go right away." The two eunuchs who were holding Xiaoyinzi lifted him up and headed for the queen's Fengyi Palace.
"Take another way." She closed her eyes slightly and ordered the other little eunuchs who were carrying the sedan chair.
Today's palace banquet was just the beginning.