Chapter 31 Congratulations, Your Highness
Zhu Gang said: "The imperial physician said that it was heat entering the blood, so it must be correct."

Deng Qianqiu shook his head and said, "If she is really pregnant, it would be terrible."

Zhu Gang suddenly became serious and asked, "What do you mean?"

Deng Qianqiu said truthfully: "If a woman is pregnant and the wrong medicine is given, then the originally happy event may end up with disaster. If the wrong medicine is given, it can be fatal."

Zhu Gang's face changed, and he seemed a little panicked. He murmured, "No way, no way, my father is not a human being. At his age, he still thinks about...thinks all day long..."

Deng Qianqiu coughed and said, "Your Highness, can we get to the point?"

"What's the topic?" Zhu Gang was in a daze, and then he remembered something: "Yes, the wrong medicine was given... What should I do?"

Deng Qianqiu thought for a moment and said, "We should first confirm whether she is pregnant."

Zhu Gang sneered: "If so many imperial doctors can't tell, how can we know?"

Deng Qianqiu understood and said, "It's normal that you can't tell. Even if you are pregnant, it's probably only a short time. If it's too short, you can't tell by taking the pulse. On the other hand, because she is an elderly mother, her symptoms should be different from those of ordinary pregnant women. On the other hand, the symptoms are really severe, and the imperial doctors can't think in this direction. Besides, many diseases in this world actually have similar symptoms."

After hearing this, Zhu Gang became even more anxious: "What should we do? What should we do?"

Deng Qianqiu thought for a moment and said, "Actually... there is a way to confirm whether a woman is pregnant."

Zhu Gang's eyes lit up, so he hurriedly said, "What can I do? Come on, come with me to see my father and mother..."

"No, no." Deng Qianqiu was silent.

Shit, he was just guessing. He just said that she was pregnant, but Zhu Gang reacted so strongly. If he went to tell Zhu Yuanzhang, wouldn’t the whole family have to go on a day trip to the underworld again?

Without absolute certainty, Deng Qianqiu would never dare to take any risk.

Deng Qianqiu calmed down and said, "Actually, there is no need to go and see him."

"No need to feel the pulse?"

Deng Qianqiu said: "Just bring one thing, and that will be enough."

The more Zhu Gang listened, the more mysterious it seemed: "What?"

"Ahem... urine... damn..."

Zhu Gang's eyes suddenly widened, and he grabbed Deng Qianqiu's collar again, angrily saying: "I treat you like a brother, you treat me as..."

But it seemed that the collar was too tight. Seeing Deng Qianqiu starting to roll his eyes, Zhu Gang finally held back and loosened his hand, but he still looked angry.

Deng Qianqiu gasped for air, aggrieved, "Your kindness is taken for granted. If you don't believe me, forget it, but why are you still touching me? Forget it, forget it. I won't say anything."

This made Zhu Gang panic and at a loss. He quickly forced a smile and said, "Qianqiu, Qianqiu, don't be angry. I was just joking. Hey... I'm just worried about my mother. I... I... I didn't mean it..."

Deng Qianqiu sighed and said, "Okay, I don't blame you."

Zhu Gang lowered his head and said nothing. He seemed to trust Deng Qianqiu. It would have been better if Deng Qianqiu hadn't said anything. When he heard that there might be a risk of giving the wrong medicine, he couldn't help but ask, "Are you sure?"

Deng Qianqiu nodded and said, "As long as you really bring the things here, I will be sure of success. But there is a prerequisite, that is... you must not tell anyone about this matter."

Zhu Gang seemed to have made a great decision, and his voice became a little deeper. He said, "Okay, you wait here."

"Oh, and... you'd better go to the imperial physician and try to copy down a prescription to see what medicine the queen has been taking these days."

"I know, I know." Zhu Gang was an impatient person. Once he made up his mind, he would act in a hurry and ran away again.

For a moment, Deng Qianqiu didn't know if he was being too nosy. After all, Zhu Gang was an unreliable person, and any mistake in this matter might lead to unknown consequences.

Perhaps... it was because of Zhu Gang's frustration just now that Deng Qianqiu felt sympathy. In this life, he had no mother in the world and could only depend on his father. The feeling of losing mother's love was not pleasant.

After waiting for half an hour, Zhu Gang finally came back.

He brought a small porcelain bottle and also copied a prescription.

Deng Qianqiu looked down and found that there was indeed a drug in the prescription that he was very familiar with... saffron. In fact, this prescription was very professional, because saffron has the effect of promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis, and has an excellent effect on diseases such as swelling of hands and feet and heat entering the blood.

But the problem is... in this world, it is also an abortion drug, and it is very effective.

Deng Qianqiu's face turned serious: "I hope she is not pregnant. If not, maybe..."

"What's possible?" Zhu Gang leaned his head over and pretended to look at the prescription.

Deng Qianqiu asked, "Has the Empress taken the medicine prescribed by the imperial physician?"

"I took one dose last night and another dose early this morning."

Deng Qianqiu frowned and said, "It's all over now. If she really is pregnant..."

Zhu Gang was sweating profusely at this time: "Okay, okay, I've got the things for you, just tell me, are you pregnant or not?"

Deng Qianqiu said, "Catch me a frog."

"Ah..." Zhu Gang widened his eyes. His eyes were as big as copper bells and he really looked like a frog.

Deng Qianqiu urged, "Stop talking nonsense, there is no time to lose."

"Oh, oh..."

Soon, a frog appeared on Deng Qianqiu's desk.

Zhu Gang said: "Frogs are not delicious, too fishy, ​​I still prefer chicken..."

Deng Qianqiu ignored him, but took out a little urine from the porcelain bottle, then took a needle, carefully pierced the frog's skin, and applied the urine.

Zhu Gang was horrified: "What is this for?"

"This is a pregnancy test." Deng Qianqiu said, "Next, let's wait."

Deng Qianqiu's method of testing pregnancy is much more accurate than the pregnancy test strips of later generations.

In the past, in the 1970s and 1980s, many people in the countryside relied on this method to test pregnancy, and it was almost the specialty of barefoot doctors.

The principle of this method comes from the Hogben pregnancy test. People have found that the urine of pregnant women contains hormones. Once this hormone is injected into the body of a frog, it will promote the frog's ejaculation and ovulation. Therefore, this pregnancy test method with a very high accuracy rate has gradually become known to people.

"What's next?"

Deng Qianqiu put the frog, whose skin was stained with urine, into a long box and said, "The next step... is to wait."

"Wait?" Zhu Gang sat down with his head down, but soon got up again because of irritability, pacing anxiously, muttering to himself: "There will be no pregnancy, there will be no pregnancy... They are already very old, they are really unfit to be fathers and mothers... Oh..."

When Deng Qianqiu heard these vicious words, his heart beat faster and his face turned red. He decided to pretend not to hear them and pretend to be asleep.

After waiting for a long time, Deng Qianqiu observed again and again, and finally... when the sun was about to set, Deng Qianqiu noticed something.

In the long box padded with a piece of white paper, liquid splashed everywhere. This was... this was caused by the frog's ejaculation.

Deng Qianqiu was stunned.

Zhu Gang asked anxiously, "What's going on? What's going on?"

Deng Qianqiu looked at Zhu Gang with a serious face, and then said word by word: "Congratulations, Your Highness."

When Zhu Gang heard this, he suddenly felt dizzy and his hands and feet were cold. He said hesitantly, "You...you mean..."

"Yes." Deng Qianqiu said confidently: "I'll use my life as a guarantee that the queen is pregnant."

Zhu Gang’s face turned pale, and he wanted to curse something, but the words were stuck in his throat.

(End of this chapter)