“All right…” Tang Wan let out a sigh before continuing.
“However, Miss Gu has a very unusual constitution.”
“She is extremely fertile.”
“Huh?”
The Emperor looked completely bewildered.
The Empress was equally stunned.
Huangfu Xiao was dumbfounded.
Gu Hengcang was no different.
Su Qing nearly burst out laughing.
No!
I can’t laugh… I have to hold it in!
She glanced at the utterly composed Ling Yu before turning toward Tang Wan with a deliberately anxious expression.
“Wan-niang, what do you mean by that?”
“I mean exactly what I said.”
Tang Wan maintained a perfectly serious expression as she shamelessly fabricated her explanation.
“My mother’s medical journal recorded cases like this. Miss Gu belongs to the type of women who become pregnant extremely easily.”
“You could say…”
“…she can become pregnant after just one encounter.”
“If Your Majesty doesn’t believe me, you may summon the imperial physicians to examine her.”
“If they can’t determine it now…”
“…then check again twenty days later.”
“Men!”
The Emperor immediately took the matter seriously.
“Summon the Imperial Physicians!”
Anything involving the imperial bloodline was no trivial matter.
He naturally couldn’t afford to be careless.
The Empress finally came back to her senses.
“Wengnai!”
She angrily rebuked Tang Wan.
“How dare you speak such nonsense before His Majesty?”
“What do you mean by ‘an extremely fertile constitution’?”
“I’ve never heard of such absurdity!”
Everyone present fell silent.
She really dared to say something like that…
Not only had every woman present turned bright red with embarrassment…
Even the men looked thoroughly awkward.
Su Qing coughed lightly, suppressing her own embarrassment before asking,
“Wan-niang… what exactly do you mean by the ovulation period?”
“It refers to the time when a woman is most likely to conceive.”
“Generally, it’s about fourteen days before her monthly cycle begins.”
“But women with unusually high fertility aren’t limited to that period.”
“For them, almost every day can be considered a fertile day.”
“To put it simply…”
“…they’ve been raised exceptionally well.”
“Their physical condition is extremely healthy.”
Then Tang Wan spread her hands.
“I swear to Heaven that everything I’ve said is true.”
“My mother’s handwritten medical journal recorded all of this personally.”
“My father also said that Mother’s medical skills were nothing short of miraculous.”
“I don’t believe she could have been wrong.”
“Preposterous!”
“What utter nonsense!”
The Empress cried out in anger.
“Your Majesty, you absolutely must not believe her!”
Anyone paying close attention could detect the faint trace of panic hidden deep within her eyes.
Those two…
How could they possibly have a child?
How could they?!
A flash of impatience crossed Tang Wan’s face.
She was thoroughly tired of the Empress.
Although she had indeed secretly done a little something to Gu Xiyan…
The existence of women with unusually high fertility was completely real, wasn’t it?
After being questioned again and again, Tang Wan finally lost her patience.
Even a clay figurine had some temper.
She muttered quietly under her breath,
“Her Majesty is rather strange.”
“If Miss Gu isn’t pregnant, then fine.”
“But if she is pregnant, isn’t that a good thing?”
“Who ever complains about having too many grandsons?”
“Why is Your Majesty getting so upset?”
Although her voice was soft…
Everyone who was meant to hear it heard every word.
The Empress choked.
Her aged face cycled through several shades of color in an instant.
Gu Hengcang’s eyes darkened as he stared at Tang Wan with open hostility.
Huangfu Xiao, on the other hand, didn’t seem bothered at all.
There was even a faint smile on his lips.
Tang Wan’s words had struck right at the heart of what he was thinking.
Who dislikes having more sons?
Naturally…
He didn’t either.
If Gu Xiyan truly was pregnant…
And if she gave birth to a son…
Then perhaps he could graciously acknowledge the child, accept responsibility, and allow her to enter his household as a concubine, giving her a place to live.
For a moment, the atmosphere became painfully awkward.
In the end, it was Su Qing who broke the silence.
Smiling at the Emperor, she said,
“Your Majesty, verifying whether Wan-niang is telling the truth actually isn’t difficult.”
“Over the years, quite a few of the ladies in the palace have been pregnant.”
“The Imperial Household Department keeps records of every consort’s monthly cycle—when it began and when it ended.”
“If those records are brought out and compared with the dates on which they conceived…”
“…wouldn’t we immediately know whether what Wan-niang said is true?”
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