The rural doctor bought a husband who was very treacherous

Chapter 312: Empress Xie’s Decree

Su Tang held the book in one hand and rubbed her belly with the other hand, and replied softly, "Well, I ate a little more at noon, and I wasn't hungry in the afternoon. Now that you mentioned it, I can eat more."

Qi Lingheng smiled, turned around and said a few words to Qi Yan who was waiting outside the door, and soon the food prepared in the kitchen was brought in.

"Fortunately, Xia Mei was in the kitchen today testing dishes and made some extra food. Otherwise, you might not have anything to eat tonight." After hearing what Qi Yan said after he came back, Qi Lingheng smiled and said to Su Tang, "You must eat on time every day in the future, otherwise you will get a stomachache and it will be bad."

"Yes, my husband is right. Next time I will not overeat and will eat on time and in regular amounts." Su Tang stood up with a smile and walked to the dining table.

Tonight, Qi Lingheng didn't bother Su Tang anymore. He just talked to Su Tang for a while, and then the two fell asleep in each other's arms.

The next day.

As soon as the sky brightened, a eunuch came to the palace with a message.

The young eunuch stood in the hall of Prince Qi's mansion with an arrogant look on his face, holding a bright yellow imperial edict in his hand.

If he hadn't been followed by a large number of imperial guards, outsiders would have thought he was here to confiscate property.

Su Tang and Qi Lingheng did not tolerate the messenger. When they found out that he was not the one delivering the imperial eunuch but just a eunuch sent by Empress Xie to deliver the edict, they left him alone for a while.

After Su Tang and Qi Lingheng finished their meal, they both walked to the front hall and had the eunuch brought over.

Looking at the two people sitting at the top, the young eunuch obviously no longer had the arrogance he had when he first entered the palace. After all, reading people's faces is the first lesson they must learn in the palace.

"I am here to announce the decree on the orders of Queen Xie." Seeing that Su Tang and the others did not speak, the young eunuch bowed and greeted them, then told them the purpose of his visit.

Su Tang was fiddling with her nails without even looking at the young eunuch. The eunuchs and maids in the palace all knew that Empress Xie and Su Tang had a feud.

Qi Lingheng said with a sullen face, "What is the purpose?"

Shocked by Qi Lingheng's pressure, the young eunuch almost knelt down with weak legs. Fortunately, he did not kneel down. He looked at the imperial edict in his hand, shook his body and said, "In compliance with the empress's imperial decree, the wives of officials of the third rank and above in Kyoto are ordered to enter the palace to serve the empress."

The Second Prince told Su Tang yesterday that Empress Xie's pregnancy had not been announced to the public yet. The previous closure of Fengyi Palace was also due to the Empress' serious illness. Now this decree allowed officials' families to enter the palace to take care of her, which was reasonable.

In previous dynasties, there have been precedents of having officials' wives serve the empress or the queen mother when they were ill.

"Well, the king and the princess already know about it, you can go back."

"This..." The little eunuch rolled up the imperial edict in his hand and glanced at Su Tang who had been silent the whole time. "The queen has ordered that after receiving the imperial edict, you must follow me into the palace to serve the sick."

"Did the imperial physician in the palace diagnose any illness?" Su Tang asked at this time.

"Don't worry about any infectious diseases. I just found out I'm pregnant this month. I'm afraid I'll get sick again. You know the Qi family has only one child for several generations, and my father doesn't have any grandchildren yet. I'm sure he doesn't want anything to go wrong with my pregnancy."

"This..." This time the young eunuch didn't know how to respond. He looked at Su Tang's abdomen, then looked at King Qi who had a gloomy face beside him, not knowing how to respond.

Qi Lingheng was also a little surprised at this time. He didn't know that Su Tang was pregnant.

The day before yesterday he was with Su Tang...At this moment Qi Lingheng just wanted to quickly send the little eunuch away, and then find the palace doctor to take Su Tang's pulse.

"You go back and ask first. Anyway, I can't run away from home. If the queen wants a pregnant woman like me to take care of her, then please come over again." Su Tang said to the eunuch with a smile.

The young eunuch wiped the sweat from his forehead and replied, "Then I will go back and report first."

Seeing this, the young eunuch could only bite the bullet and reply.

Qi Yan personally escorted the little eunuch out of Prince Qi's mansion.

At this time, Qi Lingheng had already waved his hand to signal everyone in the hall to leave, and he grabbed Su Tang's pulse.

"You're anxious." Su Tang smiled and let Qi Lingheng take her pulse.

"No." Qi Lingheng said somewhat disappointedly.

"That's because you're not skilled enough." Su Tang said with a smile. It's still early in the month, so you naturally can't figure it out.

"Well, then you..." Qi Lingheng was disappointed at first, but after hearing Su Tang's words, he became excited and wanted to confirm whether she was really pregnant.

"You forgot, I have equipment that can check it out." Su Tang replied with a smile.

"You didn't tell me this the day before yesterday, I..." Qi Lingheng couldn't continue, "Then I'll ask the court doctor to take another look at you and prescribe some medicine to protect your pregnancy, and you shouldn't wander around anymore."

"No need to call the court doctor. I am a doctor. If there is any problem, I can solve it myself." Su Tang patted Qi Lingheng's hand to comfort him.

"Should we tell grandma and the others about this?" Qi Lingheng asked Su Tang for her opinion.

"Just tell me. Anyway, many people will know about what happened today, and it can't be hidden anymore." Su Tang replied.

Afterwards, Qi Lingheng asked Qi Yan to go to Duke Dingguo's Mansion and tell Old Madam Qi about Su Tang's pregnancy.

Old Madam Qi immediately and happily followed Qi Yan to Prince Qi's Mansion.

"Why are you here?" Su Tang and Qi Lingheng were chatting in the study when they heard Chunmei say that Old Madam Qi was here.

The two of them went to the outer courtyard to greet them.

Madam Qi was in great spirits at this moment, with a look of joy on her face. Seeing Su Tang, she immediately quickened her pace to meet her. "Haha, I came in a hurry and didn't inform you in advance. I hope I didn't disturb your rest."

"We are just talking in broad daylight, why are you in such a hurry to come here?" Su Tang knew why Old Madam Qi came, and she supported Old Madam Qi's arm and walked towards the inner courtyard.

Old Madam Qi didn't even look at Qi Lingheng during the whole process, as if Su Tang was the only one in front of her.

"I asked them to move all the supplements in the mansion. It will probably take a while for them to arrive. Don't be polite to me when the time comes. I will make sure all the things are put away." Old Madam Qi patted Su Tang's hand, unable to suppress the smile on her face.

Madam Qi whispered in Su Tang's ear, "How many months has it been? Did you just find out? Have you asked the doctor for some medicine to preserve the pregnancy?"

Su Tang looked at Madam Qi's delighted expression and whispered in her ear, "It was discovered not long ago. Qi Lingheng knew about it half an hour earlier than you."

"Hehehe... Men are just rough-hearted. You can't count on them. But now he knows. You can tell him to do anything. Don't get too tired. The first three months are the most important time. Don't go out and play during this time. Take good care of the baby. When the baby is born, leave it with me and I'll take care of it for you. Then you can go out and have fun."