Soon, Li Gonggong's miserable screams could be heard from outside.

Shang Xiye entered and calmly greeted the Empress Dowager with Ji Fengyao, ignoring the tragic scene outside.

"What are you still standing there for? Get over here and let me take a look at your leg!" The Empress Dowager had no more patience for their act and directly lost her temper.

"Oh!" Ji Fengyao replied, feigning innocence.

Shang Xiye's face darkened instantly. He grabbed Ji Fengyao, who was about to walk over, and said coldly, "My wife is not a doctor. If the Empress Dowager's illness persists, we should seek out the imperial physicians to hold her accountable. Since the Empress Dowager is unwell, my wife and I will take our leave now and visit her another day."

As he spoke, he pulled Ji Fengyao away.

Empress Dowager: "!!!"

What is Ninth Prince trying to do? Is he going to be disobedient and unfilial for this rude bandit?!

Aunt Sun hurriedly stepped forward to stop Shang Xiye and Ji Fengyao, gently smoothing things over: "Ninth Prince, you can't just leave like this. If word gets out, people will probably say something about you and the Princess."

"What are you saying? The princess is not a physician, so why should she be held responsible?" Shang Xiye said coldly, not giving an inch.

He's never spoken a harsh word to his own wife, so how could he let others boss him around, especially to his face, treating him like he's dead?!

Ji Fengyao secretly felt a little heart:

Holy crap, her master is so protective of his own!

Mighty and imposing!

“Brother Xiye, the Empress Dowager is in great pain, and the people in the Imperial Hospital are all useless. Perhaps they have mistaken someone for someone else. Please don’t be angry,” Princess Zhaoping stepped forward and gently tried to reconcile them.

Shang Xiye didn't even bother to look at her, and continued to pull the little bandit away.

"She won't take responsibility? She has my imperial seal of honor, everyone in the capital knows that the Ninth Prince's wife is treating my leg ailment and searching everywhere for the prescription and medicine." The Empress Dowager said bitterly, "The Ninth Prince can take her away now, but she must also bear the crime of disloyalty and filial impiety, be divorced according to the law, and be severely punished by being thrown into the pond, as a warning to others!"

"The Empress Dowager is threatening me!" Shang Xiye exuded a murderous aura, and the atmosphere in the room became tense and icy.

"I am merely reminding the Ninth Prince that the rules and laws of the royal family are different from those of ordinary people..."

"Oh dear, stop arguing! I'm here to treat the Empress Dowager!" Ji Fengyao said innocently, as if she hadn't understood their verbal sparring. "Your Highness, please calm down. The Empress Dowager is ill, and it's inevitable that patients will be irritable. I'll treat her."

When Ji Fengyao said "Zhi Zhi," she winked playfully at Shang Xiye.

Shang Xiye: "..."

It seems his little one is keen on revenge; he should remember this hobby.

The Empress Dowager's face darkened: Something about what this bandit was saying didn't sound quite right.

Is she overthinking it?

After telling Shang Xiye and Wuying to wait outside the screen, Ji Fengyao walked up to the Empress Dowager, lifted the blanket covering her legs, and looked at her two swollen and shiny legs.

"Oh dear, it's so swollen, it's hard to find the acupoints now," Ji Fengyao said in a singing tone, which made the Empress Dowager even more furious.

She was in so much pain, and this bandit was still so happy. He deserved to die!

"Your Majesty, I am going to apply acupuncture to your acupoints. It may be very painful for you. To prevent you from moving around, I need to seal your immobilization acupoints first," Ji Fengyao said frankly.

Before the Empress Dowager could respond, Ji Fengyao swiftly inserted a needle, sealing the Empress Dowager's speech acupoint. She then quickly inserted another needle, sealing the Empress Dowager's immobilization acupoint. Finally, she pressed her hand down hard on the Empress Dowager's swollen legs!