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Chapter 341 - 337: Surprised and excited after knowing the result, not letting Lady Shen go, the concubine fears that the Emperor might regret.

Chapter 341: Chapter 337: Surprised and excited after knowing the result, not letting Lady Shen go, the concubine fears that the Emperor might regret.

The Empress would only allow Qing Ying to stay and serve her whenever she visited.

The purpose was to prevent loose-lipped palace maids and servants from leaking any rumors.

Moreover, with Shen Chuwei having been confined in the Xiaoxiang Pavilion for quite some time, and now pregnant, it was better to be extra cautious.

Shen Chuwei, being a doctor herself, would take her own pulse during idle times, and both babies were very healthy.

She herself was quite healthy, too.

Only, the Empress didn’t know she was skilled in medicine.

What if, like last time, the Imperial Doctor made a misdiagnosis?

Fearing the Empress wouldn’t believe her, she earnestly and sincerely said, "Empress, your concubine is very healthy; there’s no need to check the pulse."

The Empress, looking at her childlike little face, couldn’t help but laugh, "You child, the pulse check is for reassurance, to address any issues promptly."

Shen Chuwei touched her round belly, "But there’s really nothing wrong with your concubine, the babies are very well."

The Empress looked at Shen Chuwei touching her belly, feeling as if she were touching her own grandchild, and even she herself wanted to reach out and feel.

She had longed for this grandchild for so long and cherished it greatly.

The Empress knew that Shen Chuwei was timid and must have been shadowed by the Imperial Doctor’s previous misdiagnosis.

Added to the misunderstanding that caused her to suffer unjustly, she would have been scared, too.

The Empress continued to reassure her, "You are not a doctor, how could you know? Rest assured, this time the Imperial Doctor is very reliable, personally selected by myself."

The Empress turned her head and ordered Qing Ying, "Let the Imperial Doctor come in."

"Yes," Qing Ying obeyed and went out.

Shen Chuwei watched Qing Ying leave, not knowing which Imperial Doctor the Empress had brought with her. If it were Doctor Wen, it would be good, since he was one of her own.

In her eyes, anyone from Xiao Jinyan was one of her own and could be trusted.

At that moment, Qing Ying entered with the Imperial Doctor.

Shen Chuwei had been curiously staring at the doorway and, upon seeing that it was Doctor Wen who entered, was first surprised.

Seeing Doctor Wen raise his head, revealing a gentle smile, she smiled knowingly.

She couldn’t fathom how Doctor Wen had made the Empress’s selection.

The Empress instructed, "Doctor Wen, please take Lady Shen’s pulse."

"As commanded," Doctor Wen bowed and stepped forward, placing his medicine box on the chair, and took out a pulse cushion and placed it in front of Shen Chuwei.

Shen Chuwei cooperatively extended her wrist onto the pulse cushion, pulling up her sleeve to reveal a section of her fair, slender wrist.

Doctor Wen took a square cloth and laid it over her wrist before starting to seriously take her pulse.

The whole process was a daily routine, practiced and natural.

Shen Chuwei calmly picked up a roast duck wing, eating it while watching Doctor Wen take her pulse; after all, the techniques of Chinese pulse diagnosis were much the same.

Compared to Shen Chuwei, the Empress was extremely nervous.

She stared at Doctor Wen; her long-awaited precious grandchild had to be healthy and well.

However, when she saw Shen Chuwei eating roast duck meat, first from the left and then from the right, as if she wasn’t worried at all,

Maybe eating could relieve some of the tension.

Thinking this way, the Empress picked up a piece of duck meat. Considering there were others present, she restrained herself a bit and ate the roast duck in small bites.

Though not as satisfying as taking big bites, it helped ease her tension a bit.

Doctor Wen looked at the two people in front of him eating roast duck; he was taking the pulse, was it really okay for you to eat roast duck?

When Doctor Wen withdrew his hand, the Empress, impatient, immediately inquired, "How is she? Lady Shen and the baby are all right, aren’t they?"

Doctor Wen, holding the cloth in his hand, looked up at Shen Chuwei; he had diagnosed twin babies in Shen Chuwei, who surely must have known since she was skilled in medicine.

But from what the Empress implied, she didn’t seem to know.

He was conflicted whether to tell the Empress or not.

Doctor Wen sent out a plea for help, but Shen Chuwei, fully focused on her roast duck, had not caught his inquiring glance.

The Empress was already anxious, and Doctor Wen’s silence only exacerbated her worry.

"Doctor Wen, the Empress is speaking to you," she said.

Shen Chuwei looked up at Doctor Wen, still biting on her duck wing.

Doctor Wen’s forehead broke out in cold sweat, but he dared not wipe it with his hand. After many years of practicing medicine, he had never encountered such a situation.

After much indecision, he took a gamble.

Doctor Wen bowed respectfully, "Empress, Lady Shen is in no serious trouble, and the babies are stable. It’s just that..."

The Empress’s heart leapt into her throat, "Just what?"

Doctor Wen continued, "Since they are twins, there could be some difficulties during delivery."

Doctor Wen spoke while gasping for breath, scaring the Empress terribly, but then she was visibly stunned with delight.