Empress Dowager Meng gave the imperial physician a wink, signaling him to take her pulse.

The imperial physician immediately stepped forward and, through a layer of silk, placed his fingertips on Song Qingning's wrist.

Everyone looked at the imperial physician, their faces filled with worry. Seeing the physician's expression change several times, their hearts pounded with anxiety.

Even after the imperial physician knelt down with a face full of joy and announced, "Your Majesty is pregnant," everyone was still caught up in their earlier worries and didn't come to their senses for a long time.

"What did you say?"

Empress Dowager Meng was the first to regain her senses.

The imperial physician, beaming, announced the good news again, "Your Majesty, the Empress Dowager's pulse indicates pregnancy; judging from the pulse, it's been over two months..."

"Pregnancy pulse, pregnancy pulse..."

After hearing the imperial physician's words, Empress Dowager Meng realized what he had said, and her previous worries dissipated, replaced by joy.

"Good, good, it's a positive pulse, Ning'er, did you hear that? It's a positive pulse! You're pregnant!"

Then she thought back to the back-and-forth sparring between her and Song Qingning at the martial arts arena.

Not only that, the imperial physician said that Ning'er was more than two months pregnant. During these two months, whenever she was in the mood to spar, Ning'er accompanied her. If anything went wrong during this time, the consequences would be unimaginable.

Thinking of this, Empress Dowager Meng felt a chill run down her spine, feeling fear, self-reproach, and relief all at the same time.

"Is there anything wrong with her health?" Empress Dowager Meng pressed the imperial physician.

The imperial physician reported: "Her Majesty is in good health, her pregnancy pulse is strong, and there is nothing wrong."

"Then why was she dizzy just now?"

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Empress Dowager Meng was determined to confirm that Song Qingning was truly unharmed.

The imperial physician pondered for a moment, then took her pulse again. "Your Majesty is in excellent health. Your dizziness just now was perhaps due to a lack of sleep last night."

Empress Dowager Meng was somewhat relieved.

She instructed Hongling to take good care of Song Qingning, and also asked Aunt Ling to personally select two attentive nannies to serve her at Jinhua Palace.

Jinhua Palace was not far from Empress Dowager Meng's palace. Empress Dowager Meng had a palanquin prepared to send Song Qingning back to the palace.

"Mother, I am not that spoiled..."

Song Qingning was really not used to such a grand display.

But he couldn't go against Empress Dowager Meng's wishes.

With Empress Dowager Meng's words, "Just to put your mind at ease, Mother," Song Qingning surrendered and boarded the imperial sedan chair.

Even after returning to Jinhua Palace, Song Qingning remained in a daze.

Pregnant...

She never imagined she would get pregnant.

In her previous life, Lady Liu arranged for her to marry into the Jiang family. She married Jiang Sheng, but due to Jiang Tong's interference, they never consummated their marriage and had no children.

In this life, she married Xie Xuanjin and never thought about having children, but the two of them never prepared contraceptive soup for their intimate moments.

Pregnancy seems to be within the realm of common sense.

"It's all my fault for not noticing sooner. If something had happened to you just now... Pah, pah, pah! I'll slap myself. Your Majesty is blessed with good fortune."

Hongling kept talking to herself.

One moment he's happy, the next he's frowning, and then he's slapping himself in the face.

"Your Majesty's menstrual period has not arrived for two months; this servant should have noticed."

"Your Majesty has been feeling quite tired lately, and I should have noticed it."

"It's all my fault..."

He took all the responsibility upon himself.

"Red water chestnut..."

If Song Qingning didn't interrupt her, she might have to go and accept the punishment herself.

Her menstrual cycle has always been irregular, but she never paid attention to it. As for feeling tired, she just attributed it to the warmer weather and the relaxed days, which made her lazy.

From a young age, she had been subjected to Liu's strict discipline and dared not relax even for a moment.

After arriving in Youcheng, we fought for three years. We even slept with our eyes open, not daring to relax for a moment.

After returning to the capital, she married into the Jiang family in her previous life. The three members of the Jiang family, mother and son, never gave her a single good day. Later, she fell into Song Qingyan's hands, where the endless pain and despair were no different from hell.

In this life, she seeks revenge, step by step, as if her entire soul is taut.

With Xie Xuanjin inheriting the throne, the tension surrounding her eased slightly.

Those carefree days were truly comfortable.

"Your Highness, is there anything you wish to instruct me on?"

Hongling roused herself, the Empress Dowager Meng's instructions echoing in her ears, and immediately dared not think of anything else.

"The sunlight in the courtyard is very nice."

As soon as Song Qingning said that, Hongling immediately understood.

Some time ago, the Empress always felt tired, so they put a rocking chair in the courtyard. Every time the Empress sat in it for a while, she would fall into a deep sleep.

As usual, Song Qingning fell asleep in no time.

Fazong Temple.

Master Lingguang was poisoned, but he was discovered in time and his life was saved, though he fell into a coma.

Xie Xuanjin secretly sent a royal physician to guard Fazong Temple. During the journey, Master Lingguang woke up once. Xie Xuanjin received the news and rushed over. Master Lingguang only said a few words before falling into a deep sleep again.

He has not woken up since.

"Kill that monk!"

Emerging from the meditation room, Xie Xuanjin, with a gloomy expression, gave instructions to Wan Liang.

"Yes." Wan Liang accepted the order and left, brushing past Xie Yunli who hurriedly entered the courtyard.

Xie Yunli hurried closer to Xie Xuanjin and quickly took out something wrapped in silk from his bosom, presenting it to Xie Xuanjin.

"Jiang Sheng wasn't lying. Your Majesty, I went to the location given by the Prefect of the Capital and found it there."

Xie Xuanjin unfolded the silk cloth, inside which was the small notebook.

Opening the small note, I found it covered in dense Sanskrit text, but I couldn't understand what it said.

"Master Lingguang is still unconscious. What should we do now?" Xie Yunli asked, frowning.

Xie Xuanjin also frowned.

In his dream, he found Master Lingguang and asked him to send Song Qingning back.

Now, the only hope for Song Qingning to remember everything about them lies with Master Lingguang.

"Summon renowned doctors from across the land; we must awaken Master Lingguang." Xie Xuanjin clenched the small note in his hand.

"Your Majesty, I will immediately summon a renowned physician."

Xie Yunli accepted the order.

Thinking of Jiang Sheng, she asked again, "What about Jiang Sheng? What happened to him? He's in the Jingzhao Yin's prison. The Jingzhao Yin used all the instruments of torture on him, but he's still alive and clinging to life."

"Jiang Sheng!"

A fierce glint gathered in Xie Xuanjin's eyes.

He could kill him.

But now that I think about it, killing him would have been too lenient.

"Have the Prefect of the Capital keep a close eye on him. As for how to deal with him..." Xie Xuanjin lowered his eyes.

He tried to bring Ning'er down and then take advantage of his rebirth to rise to prominence. Well, let him see clearly that he will never have that chance.

Xie Xuanjin then instructed the imperial physician to take good care of Master Lingguang before returning to the capital with Xie Yunli.

It was already afternoon when we returned to the capital.

Upon entering the palace gates, they immediately sensed something was amiss.

"Is there some happy occasion in the palace today? Why is everyone smiling?" Xie Yunli asked as he entered the palace with Xie Xuanjin.

He randomly grabbed a eunuch who was bowing to them.

"What makes you so happy?" Xie Yunli asked casually.

Xie Xuanjin was lost in thought, his face expressionless.

Although he never mistreated the palace servants, his cold and stern face, coupled with his imperial majesty, gave him an imposing presence even when expressionless, which was awe-inspiring.

The eunuch's smile faded. "It's Your Majesty..."

Xie Xuanjin only caught two words before he seemed to wake up, took a step forward, and asked urgently, "What's wrong, Your Majesty?"

The eunuch was startled and stammered, "Your Majesty, Your Majesty is pregnant..."

Is she pregnant?

When these two words reached Xie Yunli's ears, he was stunned and didn't come back to his senses for a long time.

When she came to her senses, Xie Xuanjin was no longer beside her.

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