Hearing this, everyone present was shocked.
This old doctor cheated during the blood test, and that happened more than 40 years ago. That is to say, more than 40 years ago, after Concubine Li was officially promoted to Concubine Li, he had been "serving" her.
The so-called "serving" is naturally not a simple serving.
You have to know that the old emperor was still alive at that time.
The old emperor was cuckolded by his concubine, which made the empress dowager furious, but she still couldn't believe it.
You have to know that she was the queen at that time, and all the palaces and courtyards were under her control.
She actually knew nothing about this matter.
He immediately asked the old doctor in a stern voice: "What do you mean by serving?"
The old doctor wanted to rub the numb buttocks, but he didn't dare to reach out his hand. Now, hearing the angry questioning, he told the truth: "It was just sexual intercourse between a man and a woman."
The Empress Dowager narrowed her eyes, sneered, and shouted, "Lu Tongfu, you are the backbone of the Imperial Hospital, and yet you did such a dirty thing!"
The imperial physician, Lu Tongfu, wept and pleaded guilty: "I, your humble servant, know my fault."
The Empress Dowager snorted and glanced at the Empress Dowager: "Ling Li, you are so brave."
The Empress Dowager sneered, "You only believe his one-sided story? If he said otherwise, would you let him go? He simply wants to put all the blame on me to save his own life. I say I never had sex with him, do you believe me? Just because he says I did, you believe me?"
The Empress Dowager was so angry that she couldn't speak a word. She put her hand on Long Yi's arm and motioned him to ask.
Long Yi's face turned pale, and he said in a deep voice, "Doctor Lu, please tell me everything in detail. If you dare to omit anything, I will punish you severely."
Lu Tongfu lay on the bench and spoke with pain, "The Empress Dowager was only 20 at that time, and I was also in my early twenties. She said she liked my youth and strength."
The meaning of this statement is clear.
The Empress Dowager was about twenty years older than the old Emperor.
There were already many women in the harem, and when the old emperor was unable to handle it, the empress dowager, who was still very young at the time, probably had some demands in that regard, so she found a man of similar age.
There were very few young adult men to be found in the palace.
Except for the guards who occasionally patrolled, the guards were affiliated with the Imperial Guards or the Forbidden Guards, both of which were directly under the jurisdiction of the emperor.
What's more, the guards patrol in groups, and if anyone falls behind, it will immediately arouse suspicion from others.
Therefore, the only ones who could walk around the palace with justification were the imperial physicians.
"You're full of lies!" the Empress Dowager snarled. "Lu Tongfu, who are you, and who am I, to be worthy of your respect?"
Lu Tongfu retorted, "Have you forgotten, Empress Dowager, that you once said you liked my technique and that I, after all, was an imperial physician and understood things that others didn't?"
"What can you do with just your words?" the Empress Dowager shouted coldly.
"There's a booklet hidden in the study of this guilty minister. It records every moment of our lovemaking. To win your favor and improve my rank, I even noted your preferences. I was on duty at the Imperial Hospital today, and I had no idea I'd be summoned here, much less that what happened back then would be exposed." Lu Tongfu smiled. "So that booklet is evidence. I figured it might be useful someday."
This way, his Lu family can be saved!
After a slight pause, he continued, "Also, your relationship with Huan has never been what I want."
What he meant was that he had always been reluctant.
The Empress Dowager was furious when she heard this. Her lips were shaking and she pointed with her index finger, she was extremely angry.
First, Gu Zhong's identity as a fake eunuch was exposed, and now Lu Tongfu turned against him, which made her furious.
Long Yi raised his hand and ordered Pang Gaozhuo: "Send someone to search."
Pang Gaozhuo clasped his fists and said yes, then turned his head and whispered a few words to the person following him.
The guard immediately nodded and left.
At this moment, the Empress Dowager slammed the tables and shouted, "Ling Li, there's a man named Gu Zhong inside, posing as a eunuch, constantly serving you, making love to you every night. And then there's Lu Tongfu, what other methods are you using? You've been so disrespectful, truly despised. At this point, what else do you have to say?"
It made her feel extremely sick.
The Empress Dowager said nothing.
Hearing this, Lu Tongfu tilted his head to look at Gu Zhong, who was lying on another bench beside him, and sneered, "I don't know what she said to you, but she told me that I was the man she loved the most."
Gu Zhong always comforted himself by being able to stay by her side, and comforted himself that he must protect her when the time came.
After all, I am a lonely person.
Sacrificing himself to save her was a profitable deal, he had always thought.
But--
Despite being with her for decades, he was not as good as the previous man who could only make love with her occasionally by taking her pulse.
She did say that she had wronged him in this life.
When she was young, before she entered the palace, she also said that she liked him, but never said she loved him.
My heart felt like it was hit by someone, and with a snap, it fell to the ground and shattered.
crushed.
When the wind blows, they scatter immediately.
He immediately raised his hand to indicate that he wanted to speak, and Pang Gaozhuo immediately reset his jaw.
"Gu Zhong, stop talking nonsense!" the Empress Dowager warned.
"Speak!" the Queen Mother said in a deep voice.
Gu Zhong said, "Before Ling Li entered the palace, we were childhood sweethearts. Later, she was chosen by the Ling family to be a concubine. Because of her naturally charming appearance, she was quickly chosen by the old emperor."
"You and her have been childhood sweethearts?" asked the Queen Mother.
Gu Zhong said, "Yes, but not really. I'm a child of the Ling family and have been a servant since birth. The Ling family sent Ling Li to the palace, and they also arranged for me to be there with them."
Fu Beimo frowned. "Men who enter the palace to serve others must be castrated. How did you escape the knifemen in the purification room?"
Gu Zhong replied, "The Ling family bribed the assassin, so I stayed by her side as a eunuch."
The Empress Dowager sneered, "So, the child Ling Li gave birth to back then was yours and hers?"
"No." Gu Zhong shook his head. "That child was indeed born to the old emperor and her. Before she gave birth to the prince, she had never done anything out of the ordinary with me."
The Empress Dowager frowned. "You mean, she had that kind of relationship with you after she gave birth to the prince?"
Gu Zhong nodded: "That's right."
He lay on the bench and moved his aching body slightly.
Seeing Gu Zhong also begin to recite the Empress Dowager's crimes, Lu Tongfu was afraid that if he said less, his guilt would be greater. He twisted his neck and looked at Long Yi: "Your Majesty, I am guilty and deserve death. However, my family is unaware of the dirty deeds I have done, so the crime does not extend to them. I hope Your Majesty will not punish my family. I will tell you everything I know about what happened back then."
"Yeah." Long Yi still had a stern face.
Yan Funing and Fu Ciyi looked at each other.
What happened to these three people is really uncomfortable.
They are juniors and it is not convenient for them to ask about this issue.
The two of them looked at Concubine Yun in tacit understanding.
Concubine Yun understood and said, "Gu Zhong, Lu Tongfu, you two started having affairs with Ling Li around the same time." Turning to look at the Empress Dowager, she said, "That's because you wanted to have another son."
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