After being pregnant with the dragon, Zhaoyang Palace was more lively than before.

The rewards and supplements from the Emperor and Empress Dowager come in continuously, and the people who come to congratulate are endless.

But after all, this child did not come easily. Consort Chen was very careful, allowing only her closest attendants to serve her, and all food and supplements were checked by Royal Physician Li before she could eat them safely.

Royal Physician Li entered the palace through Consort Chen's brother's relationship, and has been working for Consort Chen for years, so he is considered one of her trusted confidants.

Seeing Royal Physician Li carefully serving Consort Chen, I coldly laughed in my heart.

My mother died tragically, and I couldn't do without this Royal Physician Li. He was the one who cut open my mother's belly.

I naturally will not let him get away with this blood feud.

Consort Chen's belly gradually showed signs of pregnancy, and she became more and more arrogant and unruly.

The Emperor doted on her, and let her do what she wanted. The Empress Dowager was also lenient towards her due to the dragon fetus in her belly, as long as she didn’t go too far, she turned a blind eye to it.

Consort Chen lived a very happy and satisfying life, but one night, her skin began to itch.

At first, she could endure it, but gradually, her whole body became unbearable, especially the area around her stomach, as if millions of ants were crawling.

A pampered Consort Chen could not bear this pain. First, she let Royal Physician Li see, but no matter how much he looked, he couldn't figure out the cause.

As Consort Chen became more and more itchy, Royal Physician Li used many mild anti-itch medications, but all to no avail.

In helplessness, all the palace doctors were called into the palace, but even after searching all the ancient books, they couldn't figure out what was wrong with Consort Chen's strange itch.

Finally, they could only vaguely conclude: it was probably a reaction caused by being pregnant.

It's not easy for every pregnant woman, and there are many adverse reactions. For those with special constitutions, the reactions may be different from normal people.

Therefore, to solve this strange itch, they would have to wait for ten months until the pregnancy was over and the baby was born.

But Consort Chen was tormented for a few days, and her painful cries echoed through Zhaoyang Palace day and night.

That unbearable itch quickly drove Consort Chen to the brink of collapse. In the end, unable to bear it, she began to scratch with her nails. There were bloody marks all over her face and body.

Not only that, she forced the palace maids to scratch their own faces. She couldn't stand the torture, while those lowly servants were fine.

Consort Chen's sister-in-law, the wife of a high-ranking general, visited Consort Chen in the palace once. At that time, Consort Chen was scratching her legs in disarray, crying and cursing like a lunatic.

Especially when she saw that Consort Chen had even scratched her own face and had no good places on her body.

Consort Chen became even more irritable and easily angered. In the face of her sister-in-law's inquiries and care, she was unresponsive, and instead scratched her face again.

The general's wife was both shocked and angry, but looking at Consort Chen, who was almost insane, she couldn't say anything reproachful.

And looking at the palace maids around, their faces were almost all scratched.

The general's wife was not stupid and understood that Consort Chen, in her current state, wouldn’t be able to continue being favored.

Now, the only hope was the dragon fetus in Consort Chen's belly.

As long as she could give birth to a prince, Consort Chen would rise in status. Their family would also have a bright future.

So, she sternly ordered everyone in Zhaoyang Palace to take good care of Consort Chen and make sure nothing happened to the dragon fetus.

She then called Royal Physician Li and gave him some secret instructions.

I can guess the gist of their conversation, it was nothing more than urging Royal Physician Li to protect the dragon fetus at all costs.

When Royal Physician Li came out, he was unsteady on his feet and visibly uneasy, constantly wiping sweat. No doubt, he was reprimanded severely by the general’s wife.