Zhao Hanzhang and Fu Tinghan knew the gender of their child ten days ago.
Skilled Chinese medicine practitioners can deduce the child's gender from the pulse, something implicitly understood among the Imperial Physicians, though few doctors verbalize it, instead finding various reasons to avoid the topic.
Regardless of the reasons derived, the main reason they refrain from speaking is unified—avoiding causing harm.
Some don't want to have girls, some don't want to have boys, or, some don't want the pregnant woman to have a girl, some don't want her to have a boy.
Thus, for the safety of the mother and child, silence is the greatest kindness.
However, this wasn't necessary for Zhao Hanzhang.
As an emperor, and an empress at that, whether she gave birth to a girl or a boy, she would nurture them well.
So, after she was six months pregnant, the Imperial Physician diagnosed the gender and immediately informed her.
