Chapter 200 What a pervert!

"That's not right. Judging from the tyrant's behavior the night Concubine Dou was demoted, there's absolutely no chance of Concubine Dou regaining favor. Unless Minister Dou can achieve some remarkable achievements in saving the people during the previous dynasty, the tyrant might pardon Concubine Dou for the sake of her father. Otherwise, Concubine Dou will never set foot outside of Huaqing Palace again."

[What's the point of spending so much time and effort on a concubine who has been banished to the cold palace and has little chance of regaining favor?]

Chu Liuzheng's head was once again filled with question marks, and no matter how he thought about it, he felt that there was something wrong.

She suppressed her doubts for the moment and continued reading.

[Eh? Concubine Dou is sick! How come I didn't know... Wait, I think I saw it, somewhere... I found it!]

"Oh, it's winter and snowing, and you're out in the yard, exposed to the cold wind without even a coat on. If you don't catch a cold, who will? And you're just sitting there, refusing to call a doctor. Can your delicate body handle it?"

[Tsk tsk, you're still enduring a high fever, not even afraid of turning into a fool. Isn't that just trying to endure hardship?]

Chu Liuzheng remembered that Concubine Dou was not the type to be so hard on herself, so she continued to flip through the pages out of curiosity.

[Hmm... after two days of waiting, I finally agreed to call in the imperial physician. I remember Imperial Physician Liu went back to his hometown to visit relatives. This time, the one who went back... eh? We couldn't get him?! No, the tyrant didn't issue a ban. Even for the Dou family, it shouldn't be impossible to get him. It's not like even money is useless, right?]

[Frog fun! Is Xianglu's brain stuck in the door? You offend people as soon as you open your mouth. Who are you trying to show off to? Your master is no longer the Rong Guifei of the past. Do you still expect her to fawn over you?]

She continued to look back, and the more she looked, the more speechless she became.

[Xianglu, Concubine Dou is truly blessed to have you. If you want Concubine Dou to die, just say so directly. No need to beat around the bush!]

"Look, you've single-handedly offended all the imperial physicians on duty. No one else could do that except you. Imperial physicians are human too, and everyone has some self-respect. It's a wonder they're willing to go back to Huaqing Palace with you to treat patients!"

After figuring out the cause and effect of Concubine Dou's illness, Chu Liuzheng switched back and continued to read the gossip.

Seeing Xianglu crying to the emperor, a question mark slowly appeared in her head.

"No, what do you mean the imperial physicians are too busy to see Concubine Dou? Imperial Physician Li was willing to ignore you and was planning to go with you, packing his medicine box. Didn't you just retort with one sentence?"

[You say Doctor Li's medical skills are inadequate, you don't trust him, and you're worried he'll kill your precious master. Such ingratitude will only harden Doctor Li's heart, even if it's kind.]

"I've seen enough. Xianglu is a master at twisting right and wrong. He ignores the process and directly reports the result, placing the blame squarely on the Imperial Hospital. It's only because the tyrant was busy arranging things with the Butterfly that he didn't bother. If he had a little more time, the Imperial Hospital would have been punished anyway."

Chu Liuzheng became more and more confused about what the master and servant were up to, but in order to get the full story, she suppressed her doubts again and continued to read the rest of the content.

The tyrant actually left like this. This shows how little he cares about Cai Baolin... Well, rather, this is more like the tyrant's style. If the tyrant had even a little bit of romantic thoughts, the Empress Dowager wouldn't have worried so much about the tyrant's offspring.

[Tsk tsk, Doctor Li is so unlucky that the task of treating the disease still falls on him.]

[Hmm...wait until Concubine Dou recovers before investigating. This certainly sounds like a decision the Empress would make. Everyone's gone, so there's nothing much to see...wait a minute! One servant serving two masters?! There really is someone behind Doukou!]

His previous guess was confirmed. Chu Liuzheng decisively abandoned the gossip he had already read and quickly searched for news related to Doukou.

Got it! Got it!

[Wow! It's her!]

A year ago, Doukou was spotted by Song Cheng'en, the eunuch in charge of the Imperial Household Department, while delivering food. Song Cheng'en forced Doukou to become his consort, but she refused. So, he deliberately withheld her monthly allowance in an attempt to force her into submission.

Doukou would rather give up her monthly allowance than give in to Song Cheng'en, so Song Cheng'en orders her to be locked up in a small dark room and tortured. Unable to bear the torture, Doukou relents. However, as time goes by, Song Cheng'en's demands become more and more excessive, asking Doukou to... Frog fun! What a pervert!

Xiao Jingfan was listening when he was suddenly shocked again.

Chu Liuzheng was not afraid of being discovered. He raised his hand to rub his ears and lowered his head to drink the ginseng soup.

I touched every dish in front of me, my appetite better than ever.

Zhou Yuande was secretly amazed and wondered what kind of god had appeared today. This was the first time he saw His Majesty eating so much food on his own initiative since His Majesty ascended the throne.

If the Empress Dowager knew about this, wouldn't she be so happy that she couldn't stop smiling?

Manager Zhou carefully noted down what was served for breakfast today, and planned to serve the same thing tomorrow.

As long as Your Majesty is willing to eat more, he would be happy even if you threw him into the pot and boiled him.

By the way, why does Your Majesty have such a good appetite today? Did the Imperial Kitchen hire a new chef? But the eunuch serving the meal didn't mention it.

He was full of guesses in his mind, but he was nowhere near the truth.

It wasn't that Xiao Jingfan had a good appetite at all. He was simply so engrossed in listening to gossip that he accidentally... ate too much.

After drinking a bowl of ginseng soup, Xiao Jingfan waved his hand and asked people to clear the food and drink some tea to clear his mouth.

The posture for rubbing the melon was all ready, but the voice was gone.

He waited patiently, but was hung in the middle, feeling very uncomfortable.

He wanted to go out for a walk to digest his food, but he was afraid of missing out on what was going on, so he could only walk around in circles in the hall.

Well... he circled around the side hall, around the back hall, around the study, around the bedroom... He circled around and around, leaving the palace maids serving in the Hall of Mental Cultivation completely confused.

Xiao Anzi tugged at his master's sleeve and whispered, "Master, His Majesty seems to have used too much. Should we ask the imperial physician to take a look?"

Zhou Yuande looked at Xiao Jingfan's expression, shook his head at his apprentice, and signaled him to ignore it.

At the same time, in Yiran Garden, Chu Liuzheng, who had just finished breakfast, also planned to walk around in the yard to digest the food.

But as soon as she stepped out of the door, a cold wind blew in her face, making her long hair flutter and making her feel cold from the tip of her nose to the soles of her feet.

She quickly retracted her foot, turned and went into the house, deciding to just walk around the house.

Yuzhui raised his hand to close the door, looked at her and smiled: "I told you not to go out, but you didn't listen. You're freezing to the bone outside."

"I won't go out today." Chu Liuzheng circled around the brazier, making Moxiang, who was mending Yuzhui's skirt beside the brazier, dizzy. She kept asking her to make a bigger circle so as not to block her light.

Chu Liuzheng obediently changed his route, thinking about the gossip that he had only read halfway when it was interrupted by breakfast, and quietly opened the system to continue reading.

【See...here.】

Although he had just been shocked, Chu Liuzheng still felt physically uncomfortable when he saw how Song Chengen tortured Doukou.

Thank goodness this pervert is dead, otherwise who knows how many more palace maids he would have harmed. Doukou was able to escape his clutches thanks to her. It's so rare to see her do good things.