"What did you say?" Emperor Xian of Wei raised his thick eyebrows, his expression one of dramatic shock.

He looked down at Physician Zhang, who was crawling on the ground, as if he were an ant.

It seemed as if a raging inferno could erupt at any moment.

Physician Zhang trembled, but still mustered his courage and said again, "Your Majesty... I am certain that I have not made a mistake in diagnosis. If Your Majesty has any doubts, you may summon all the physicians of the Imperial Hospital for a re-examination."

Xin Jieyu felt a buzzing in her ears, as if struck by lightning; she couldn't hear anything at all!

Instinctively, she reached out, trying to grab a piece of Emperor Wei Xian's robe. "Your Majesty... I have a child. My child was pushed to the ground and died by Sister Yuan..."

She cannot admit it, she must never admit it, even if it kills her!

That treacherous and disloyal Doctor Hu!

But it's good that he doesn't show up; with no one to testify, she can pretend to be stupid to the very end!

Emperor Xian of Wei frowned deeply, his voice so heavy it was almost suffocating, "Li Luhai, summon all the imperial physicians on duty today!"

"Yes, sir!" Father-in-law Li left quickly, not daring to say another word.

Nonsense, the Emperor is in a very irritable state right now, who would dare to be so blind as to approach him?

Chu Yuan naturally didn't dare to either. She didn't even enter the inner hall, but just stood in the outer hall, staring blankly without any expression.

Outsiders who saw her just assumed she was terrified, and of course no one paid her any attention.

A short while later, a group of imperial physicians from the Imperial Hospital arrived along with the Empress's entourage.

As soon as the imperial physicians arrived, they were urged by Eunuch Li to enter the inner palace.

Emperor Xian of Wei came out to catch his breath and nodded when he saw the Empress. "The Empress has arrived."

"I heard that Consort Xin had an accident, and fearing that Your Majesty would be saddened, I came to see her. But I heard that Consort Xin seems to be... not pregnant?"

As the Empress spoke, she was secretly overjoyed. She had just said that there was something strange about Consort Xin's pregnancy, and she was just about to test the waters when things suddenly escalated.

As for the Imperial Medical Academy, the young imperial physician Hu Yong, who rarely appeared in public, has now disappeared without a trace.

She had just asked the head of the hospital a couple of questions, and the head of the hospital's answer was quite intriguing: "This person has never had a very good reputation."

"The imperial physicians are still treating him. We'll know the results soon!" Emperor Wei Xian's clenched fists revealed the bulging veins on his arms, and his downturned lips and narrow, squinting eyes showed that he was extremely gloomy at the moment.

The Empress pretended to notice Chu Yuan by chance and said with surprise, "So Consort Ying is here too. She was so quiet that I almost didn't see her."

"Greetings, Your Majesty the Empress." Chu Yuan bowed in a daze, looking somewhat weak and unsteady.

She had been standing there for quite a while...

Emperor Wei Xian glanced at her, his chilling indifference finally softening considerably. After a few moments, he asked Chu Yuan for the first time, "Consort Ying, did you push Consort Xin just now?"

Chu Yuan shook her head, her innocent big eyes glistening with tears, yet stubbornly refusing to let them fall, her hesitant expression particularly heartbreaking.

Emperor Wei Xian felt a lump in his throat and subconsciously reached out to beckon Chu Yuan. Just then, the head of the Imperial Medical Academy and two other physicians came out together. "Your Majesty," they said, "we have diagnosed the patient and are ready to speak here."

The original owner's father, Lu Min, was also among them. He kept his eyes straight ahead, as if he didn't recognize Chu Yuan at all. However, Chu Yuan sensed that he was watching her out of the corner of his eye.

Let them keep an eye on me, it's the real deal. I just don't know if Lu Min will speak up for the original owner.

"Hmm, speak!" Emperor Xian of Wei rubbed his temples wearily. This brilliant monarch, who was invincible in politics and always on the move, was utterly exhausted when it came to matters concerning his child.

"Our conclusion is the same as that of Physician Zhang: Consort Xin was never pregnant from beginning to end. The reason she had the pulse and symptoms of pregnancy was because she took a medicine prescribed by Physician Hu, which was an artificial false pregnancy."

These words struck like a thunderbolt, leaving everyone present stunned and speechless.

"Fake pregnancy pills? There's actually such a thing in the world!"

The Queen covered her mouth with a handkerchief, deeply shocked, but mostly gloating.

He sneered inwardly, thinking, "An idiot is an idiot. How could she even come up with a fake pregnancy trick!"

She even dared to dream of killing three birds with one stone: avoiding being banished to Zixia Palace, gaining the Emperor's favor, and dragging Consort Ying down with her.

That's a ridiculously clever plan!

Thinking this, the Empress glanced at Chu Yuan without showing any emotion. Apart from being exceptionally beautiful and seducing the Emperor into doing whatever she wanted, this girl was not as annoying as Consort Xin, who was arrogant and domineering.

Unfortunately, there are no friends in the harem, only enemies. The fact that Consort Ying wasn't implicated today is just a tiny bit of good luck on her part...

The chief physician pulled out a packet of medicine from his medicine chest. "Your Majesty, Your Majesty, this is the fake pregnancy drug that Hu Yong prescribed for Consort Xin. We found it in Hu Yong's pharmacy."

In fact, Hu Yong was not a person who devoted himself to medical skills. On the contrary, he liked to study unorthodox methods and valued money and silver.

He had been secretly selling this medicine and participating in the power struggles within the inner quarters of the household.

I warned him after I discovered it, but I never expected that he would not only ignore it, but also use this medicine in the palace..."

The academy was a smart man; he went straight to Hu Yong's problem without mentioning Xin Jieyu at all.

Whether Xin Jieyu was right or wrong was not something that the Imperial Hospital could judge.

Emperor Xian of Wei pressed his thin lips into a line, remaining silent. The atmosphere in the room was oppressive and suffocating, and no one knew what he was thinking.

After a long pause, he called out to Lu Min, "Minister Lu, regarding Consort Xin's faking pregnancy, do you think she knew about it or not?"

Lu Min hurriedly knelt down, "Your Majesty, this humble subject was unaware."

"You're saying you don't know so quickly? Minister Lu, are you really unaware or are you pretending? Consort Xin tripped and fell, and happened to miscarry. You even said that Consort Ying pushed her when she fell. If I remember correctly, Consort Ying is your concubine's daughter, isn't she?"

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