Quick Transmigration: The Rise of a Favored Concubine

Chapter 243 Ruthless, Henpecked Emperor × Pregnant Palace Maid 12

"Your Majesty... are you going to hold a selection of candidates?" Chu Yue asked, suppressing her heartache.

The emperor paused, and Consort Chu overheard the palace servants' discussion.

"No, I have no intention of holding a selection of candidates," the emperor explained earnestly.

Chu Yue was heartbroken and choked up, unable to speak: "Your Majesty...I know everything."

"These are just rumors spread by the palace servants. I've already sent people to investigate. Stop crying."

The emperor patiently coaxed her.

Chu Yue sobbed and remained silent.

"Little Maruko, come in!" The emperor was furious and couldn't be appeased.

Little Maruko, holding a pearl, entered with her head bowed and knelt on the ground: "Your Majesty, greetings to Consort Chu..."

"How's the matter I asked you to investigate going?"

"Your Majesty, I have investigated and found out that it was just some palace maids talking nonsense in their spare time. It spread like wildfire and became quite outrageous. I have already punished those people, and such words will not be spread again."

"My beloved concubine, did you hear that? It's utter nonsense." The emperor let her hear it with her own ears; surely she'll believe it now.

Chu Yue bit her lip and remained silent.

“Your Majesty, this is a pearl personally selected by His Majesty. Please take a look,” Xiaowanzi presented the pearl.

Chu Yue glanced at the emperor, then looked at the pearl in the box in Xiao Wanzi's hand.

"His Majesty……"

"His Majesty has been thinking of Your Highness the wholeheartedly, and has spent a long time choosing. Your Highness, please take a look."

Maruko knew that His Majesty was not good at expressing himself, so she kept speaking up for him.

The emperor took the pearl and placed it in Chu Yue's hand. Her soft, boneless little hand could not close, and it was almost as white as the pearl.

Do you like it?

Chu Yue nodded gently: "Thank you, Your Majesty..."

The emperor slowly curled the corners of his lips: "I have many more. You can have them all if you like."

Maruko was almost speechless with shock. "Your Majesty, are you serious?" Seeing the Emperor and Consort's deep affection, he quickly left.

The emperor arrived and did not leave, thinking that Consort Chu was sensitive and he wanted to stay with her.

"Is such a small dinner alright?" After dinner, the emperor asked, embracing Chu Yue who had just finished bathing.

Chu Yue was exhausted and listless. She slumped in the emperor's arms and weakly murmured an "Mmm".

Seeing that she was still not in good spirits, the emperor simply held her and lay down, asking, "Still thinking nonsense?"

Consort Chu was usually very cautious and sensitive, and she was most afraid that he would abandon her.

At the slightest disturbance, Consort Chu would panic.

"I didn't..." Chu Yue gently closed her eyes.

The emperor held his delicate and soft concubine in his arms, his mind racing. He pulled her closer and gently caressed Chu Yue's body with his hands.

"Your Majesty...no..." Chu Yue weakly pushed him away, feeling somewhat uncomfortable.

The emperor thought she was still angry and wanted to coax her and show her some pity so that Consort Chu would stop being angry.

He lowered his head and kissed Chu Yue's small mouth, gently nibbling at it. The emperor's breathing became a little unsteady.

"Your Majesty...no, I..." Chu Yue dodged his kiss: "No..."

The emperor stopped what he was doing, his expression turning sour. Hadn't everything been appeased?

Are you going to start making trouble again?

"Consort Chu." The emperor's voice was slightly cold.

Chu Yue lay there in disheveled clothes, looking at the angry emperor with a rather unpleasant expression.

"Your Majesty... I am not feeling well, may I..."

"If you're not feeling well, you should see the imperial physician. What are you doing making a scene?"

The emperor thought she was very patient. She was his only woman, and he had given her all the good things in life. How much better should he treat her normally?

They're becoming increasingly arrogant and spoiled.

Chu Yue's face turned pale, and she tried to get up to apologize.

The emperor was even more displeased: "What are you doing?"

Chu Yue was already upset when she heard that she was going to participate in the imperial concubine selection. Now, she was scolded by the emperor, and she couldn't bear it. Her weak body collapsed.

"My beloved concubine!"

The emperor's heart tightened, and he quickly embraced Chu Yue: "Someone, summon the imperial physician!"

Immediately, palace servants went to investigate.

The emperor quickly wrapped Chu Yue in a quilt, took the outer robe from the side and put it on, then sat on the edge of the bed looking at the unconscious Consort Chu, somewhat regretting that he shouldn't have been so harsh with her.

"Your Majesty, they're here. The imperial physician is here." Little Maruko didn't know what was wrong either.

In just a short while, even the imperial physician was summoned. He had just been thinking of giving the rouge to Qingju again, but that plan fell through once more.

"His Majesty……"

"Come and let Consort Chu take a look." The Emperor sat at the foot of the bed, watching the Imperial Physician Li take her pulse with a cold face.

Physician Li held his breath, wondering what was wrong with Consort Chu since he hadn't examined her pulse in a long time.

The moment his hand touched hers, the emperor asked, "How is Consort Chu?"

Physician Li: "..."

"Consort Chu was frightened." Imperial Physician Li made up a story on the spot. Anyway, His Majesty was very frightening. Consort Chu faced him every day. How could she not be frightened?

The emperor frowned slightly. He had frightened her again. Why was she so timid?

Physician Li's hand trembled, and his heart skipped a beat. Consort Chu…

"What's wrong with Consort Chu?" The Emperor asked, noticing her serious expression. Could it be that Consort Chu was unwell?

"Your Majesty... I... I'm not quite sure what her pulse is like. Could you please have the Imperial Hospital staff come over? Consort Chu, she..."

"Incompetent doctor! What's wrong with Consort Chu?" The emperor roared in fury; he would not allow anything to happen to Consort Chu!

"Your Majesty, please calm down, Your Majesty, please calm down..." Imperial Physician Li broke out in a cold sweat, utterly bewildered; His Majesty's health...

But Consort Chu's pulse was that of a pregnant woman! This...

"Someone, summon the Imperial Hospital staff! If anything happens to Consort Chu, none of you will survive!"

Maruko immediately sent someone to summon the imperial physician. What on earth had happened?

The emperor sat by the bed, his expression worried, his heart clenching; nothing could happen to Consort Chu.

It wasn't just because she had the potential to give birth to the emperor's son, but also because Consort Chu had captured his heart.

The delicate and gentle Consort Chu could not live without him.

"Where are they! If they can't cure Consort Chu, they're all dead!" The emperor's tyrannical nature was on full display.

The people from the Imperial Medical Academy heard this as soon as they arrived outside, and they were all frightened and hesitated.

Going or not going, both lead to death.

"Doctor Zhang, Doctor Wang, Doctor Liu, come in quickly!" Little Maruko was so anxious. What were they all doing standing here?

A whole bunch of people are waiting to be beheaded!

Physician Zhang, being a bit older, went in first, leaving the others with no choice but to follow.

Originally, only Physician Li was supposed to face His Majesty, but now they all have to suffer along with him.

The emperor sat by the bedside, watching the imperial physicians enter one by one: "Take Consort Chu's pulse. If anything happens to Consort Chu, I will not let her off lightly."

Physician Li was already kneeling on the ground, not daring to utter a word.

Physician Zhang went first, took her pulse, and his face lit up with joy. Consort Chu's pulse was pregnant! How come Physician Li couldn't detect it? That shouldn't be the case.

"Let's try another one." The emperor saw the pleased look on Physician Zhang's face and thought that his medical skills were not good.

Imperial Physician Wang stepped forward again, "Your Majesty..."

The emperor gave him a cold look, and he quickly took his pulse. The pulse...

With the examples of Physician Li and Physician Zhang before him, Physician Wang controlled his expression.

After all the imperial physicians had taken his pulse, the emperor's heart sank slightly: "How is Consort Chu?"