Just as the Grand Empress Dowager recovered from her illness, and the Empress was still ill, which was the day before Fourth Master's birthday, an incident occurred that was neither too major nor too minor.
Consort Jin Pin experienced a disturbance in her pregnancy. She was less than three months pregnant, a time that was still fraught with danger. Now that the Empress was not managing affairs, the responsibility fell upon Ye Zao and Qi Guipin with Consort Jin Pin's pregnancy trouble.
Upon hearing Sister Hua's report, Ye Zao sighed, "What I feared has come to pass. I've been dodging this for so long, yet I didn't manage to avoid it."
"Master, you're just going to have a look. We can't manage that much," Sister Hua said with a placating smile.
"But I am curious, how did she fall? Do tell me... there's no one foolish enough in the imperial harem to harm her child, right?" Ye Zao frowned.
