Chapter 352 (1/2)

“The empress is sick. Can you check her condition?”

“Really? Then I’ll ask you for a minute. Your Highness. What is ailing you? ”

“In fact, my stomach has been upset for the past few days. Just looking at food makes me feel nauseated, so I can hardly eat anything.”

“Then, may I check your body for a moment?”

“Sure, just go ahead.”

When I slowly nodded, the woman immediately checked my body here and there. Then, she asked me with an expectant expression, “Your Highness, have you ever felt you don’t like the food you used to enjoy anymore or felt nauseated at the smell of food?”

“Yes.”

“Then, are you sleeping a little longer than you did?”

“Well… Come to think of it, I think that’s true. Sometimes I fall asleep while working.”

“Does your mood swing often? For example, have you felt suddenly depressed or shed tears?”

“Yes, I experienced that.”

When I answered, thinking about what had happened before I came to the restaurant, the woman asked with a happy expression, “Finally, I will ask one more thing, Your Highness. When was your last period?”

“Period? Why are you asking that suddenly? Am I then…?”

I opened my eyes wide at the sudden awakening that I might be pregnant. The woman who nodded at me, said with a loud voice, when I hesitated to continue, “Congratulations, Your Highness! You’re pregnant.”

“Really? Did you say I am pregnant?”

“That’s right. I think the palace office didn’t check out your situation correctly because your period was irregular. Given your symptoms and pulse, it’s certain that you are pregnant. Congratulations, Your Highness! Congratulations, Your Majesty!”

“Congratulations, Your Highness! Congratulations, Your Majesty!”

The woman doctor, servants and maids offered congratulations all at once, but I could not say anything. Faced with the unexpected good news that I had been longing for, I just spaced out as if someone hit my head. Only my pounding heart was heard in my ears.

So, I’m pregnant now? Only a year ago wasn’t I stigmatized as an infertile woman by the noble faction?

Tears pricked my eyes suddenly. I couldn’t believe it. Although I heard from the imperial doctor that I could have a baby, I thought it would be very difficult to get pregnant. Above all, I had been poisoned for a long time. Besides, my mother, who had been poisoned like me, got pregnant only seven years after marriage.

Despite this adverse situation, am I pregnant now?

“Oh my God…”

My heart was getting full. Feeling an indescribable joy, I put my trembling hands on my stomach and quickly blinked my tearful eyes.

‘Thank you, my baby. Thank you so much for coming to me like this.’

I felt something like warm energy in my palm as if it conveyed my baby’s body temperature. Although the doctor was saying something to me with a broad smile, I couldn’t hear anything. For me now, it was even very difficult to calm down my thrilled heart.

The moment I took a deep breath to calm down my pounding heart, he suddenly came up and said in a warm voice, “Thank you, Tia.”

“Your Majesty.”

“Look, what did I tell you? Remember I told you that you could still have a baby, so you should not give up? Great! I thought you could make it. Wonderful!”

“…”

When I saw him pouring out words like a waterfall, a smile came to my lips in spite of myself.

I was very happy that as someone who was always rational, he liked my pregnancy so much. Perhaps the reason why I was so happy was not only because he was happy, but also because I was freed from the fear that I might not give birth to a baby who could succeed him. In some respects, he might be the one who was most nervous and worried about my infertility. He might have been distressed a lot because he could not reveal his feelings to me for fear I might be hurt.