Upon hearing this, Yu Jin quickly comforted her, “It’s not a problem if it’s late, maybe it will come soon.”

Jiang Si: ??

“A’Jin, do you know what it means when a woman’s monthly cycle is late?”

Yu Jin smiled and said, “When the monthly cycle is late, isn’t it just—”

His voice suddenly stopped.

He stared intently at Jiang Si, his expression quite colorful. After a good while, he finally recovered and asked nervously, “A’Si, do you mean you might… might be pregnant?”

Jiang Si nodded slightly.

“I’m not entirely sure, I haven’t seen a doctor yet…”

She wasn’t a medical professional, but due to the Gu cultivation in her body, she had a strange sense of the birth of new life.

“Then, let’s have a doctor take a look,” Yu Jin rubbed his face, his mood quite complex.

Jiang Si’s feelings were equally complicated.

In her previous life, she and Yu Qi had been married for over a year without any signs, and she was already nineteen then. Logically, women should be more likely to conceive as they get older.

Yet the child that never came in her previous life had appeared after just a few months of marriage in this life…

Because of this, Jiang Si couldn’t be certain at all.

So she nodded and reminded him, “Let’s not alarm the palace for now, to avoid embarrassment. Just have the royal physician of our mansion come over.”

The royal physician was a minor official in charge of medical affairs in the prince’s mansion, under the Chief Steward’s jurisdiction.

Yu Jin nodded, “Of course.”

Soon after, the royal physician quietly entered Yuhe Palace.

“Greetings to Your Highness and Princess Consort.”

“The Princess Consort is feeling unwell, please examine her.”

Hearing that the Princess Consort was unwell, the royal physician didn’t dare delay for a moment. He immediately stepped forward and bowed his head, saying, “Please extend your hand, Princess Consort.”

Jiang Si extended her hand.

The royal physician held Jiang Si’s wrist, and as time passed, his expression became increasingly serious.

Seeing the royal physician’s demeanor, Yu Jin suddenly became nervous.

“How is it? How is the Princess Consort’s health?”

The royal physician was completely focused on taking Jiang Si’s pulse and didn’t hear Yu Jin’s question at all.

Yu Jin clenched his fist.

How dare the royal physician ignore him? Could it be that A’Si had some other condition?

“Royal Physician, I asked you a question. Why aren’t you answering?”

The royal physician finally came to his senses and looked at Yu Jin with a bewildered expression: “What did Your Highness ask?”

Yu Jin took a deep breath, suppressing the urge to get angry, and repeated his question: “I asked how the Princess Consort’s health is.”

Upon hearing this, the royal physician immediately frowned.

Seeing this, Yu Jin panicked and slapped the table: “How is it exactly? Don’t you dare conceal anything!”

The royal physician trembled in fright and cautiously said, “Please, Princess Consort, extend your other hand. I need to examine it again.”

The royal physician’s attitude made Jiang Si somewhat certain, and she calmly extended her other hand.

Seeing the royal physician place his fingers on Jiang Si’s other wrist, Yu Jin’s expression darkened further.

To think he needed to check the pulse twice, this incompetent doctor!

Under the prince’s murderous gaze, the royal physician felt immense pressure, and beads of sweat quickly appeared on his forehead.

Jiang Si couldn’t help but glance at Yu Jin, and only then did he rein in his imposing aura.

The royal physician felt instantly relieved and focused entirely on checking the pulse.

Yu Jin watched coldly and noticed that the royal physician’s expression had become animated again.

He once more had the urge to kick the royal physician out.

Why couldn’t this old fellow just get to the point? What was he trying to accomplish by constantly changing his expression?

Amidst Yu Jin’s silent cursing, the royal physician finally withdrew his hand.

“How is it?” Yu Jin asked impatiently.

The royal physician cupped his hands: “Congratulations, Your Highness! The Princess Consort is with child!”

“Does the Princess Consort have any other discomfort?” Yu Jin pressed.

The royal physician was stunned.

He had originally been from the Imperial Hospital and was assigned to manage medical affairs in the Prince of Yan’s mansion after the prince was enfeoffed. In his previous role as an imperial physician, he had diagnosed pregnancy for many ladies, but he had never seen a man react like this upon learning he was to become a father.

“Does the Princess Consort have any other discomfort at all?”

The royal physician lowered his head, concealing his mixed expression of amusement and exasperation: “The Princess Consort has no other issues, she is simply pregnant. There will be some reactions throughout the pregnancy. I will prescribe some medicine to alleviate pregnancy symptoms and advise on some taboos…”

Yu Jin breathed a sigh of relief and finally smiled: “It’s good that there are no other problems.”

“Congratulations to Your Highness and the Princess Consort—”

Yu Jin didn’t cooperate with the royal physician’s joy at all and said flatly, “The Princess Consort has just become pregnant. Don’t mention her pregnancy to anyone for now.”

The royal physician’s smile faded awkwardly.

The prince’s calmness made it very uncomfortable for someone trying to offer congratulations.

“Did you hear me?” Yu Jin was getting a bit impatient.

He suspected that the emperor had randomly assembled the staff for the Prince of Yan’s mansion. Otherwise, how could the Chief Steward be so long-winded and the royal physician so slow-witted? Why wasn’t there a single normal person?

“Please rest assured, Your Highness. We can announce the Princess Consort’s pregnancy after three months have passed,” the royal physician said, showing his understanding.

Generally, the first three months of pregnancy were considered unstable. If not cared for properly or if the mother’s condition was poor, miscarriage was quite likely. Announcing the pregnancy after three months was customary.

“Congratulations to Your Highness and the Princess Consort,” the royal physician, unwilling to give up, offered his congratulations again.

Even if there was no reward money to be had, at least the prince should praise him a little for diagnosing the pregnancy so early, right?

The expectant royal physician only received one sentence from Yu Jin: “Go prepare the medicine.”

The royal physician: “…” If the person before him wasn’t a prince, he would have been tempted to throw the medicine bowl in his face!

It was Jiang Si who showed understanding, smiling and saying, “Thank you for your hard work, Royal Physician. A’Qiao—”

A’Qiao understood and took out some silver as a reward for the royal physician.

The royal physician should have declined at first and only accepted after being urged, but the prince’s abnormal behavior made the old man unwilling to take risks. He shamelessly accepted it directly: “Thank you, Princess Consort. I’ll go prepare your medicine right away.”

After the royal physician left, Yu Jin’s gaze lowered to Jiang Si’s flat abdomen.

“What are you looking at?” Jiang Si looked up at him.

Yu Jin placed his hand on her belly, his expression complex: “Is our child really in here?”

Jiang Si rolled her eyes at him: “The royal physician diagnosed it, don’t you believe him?”

“It’s just… it feels so sudden…”

He wasn’t prepared to be a father yet. He had wanted to enjoy a couple more years of life just the two of them. How could a little one come to compete for affection so soon?

The little one’s threat was greater than Er’niu’s!

“What’s with that expression? Are you not happy about having a child?” Jiang Si felt a bit annoyed.

This fool hadn’t changed from her previous life.

“I am happy, but I’m also worried that once we have a child, you won’t have time for me anymore…”

Jiang Si couldn’t stand it anymore and pinched him: “Idiot, this is our child, not just mine. Soon, we’ll be a family of three…”

Yu Jin was stunned, suddenly having a concrete image of the child that had been vague before.

Having a little one who would call him father and call A’Si mother didn’t seem so bad…

“A’Si.”

“Hm?”

“Does the baby have a heartbeat now?”

Jiang Si wasn’t sure: “It’s still so small, probably not…”

“Let me listen,” Yu Jin said, leaning in curiously.