Chapter 386 Exposed
Or maybe, the time was even earlier, and she had already told the emperor since she gave her the sachet!
The more Concubine Duan thought about it, the more possible it was.
Otherwise, why did she wait until three days later to show up when the sachet she gave her clearly hinted that it was that day?
It was obvious that she wanted to have a fight with the emperor after she had told him the secret, catching turtles in a jar!
Compared to her determination, Song Shiwei could be said to be in a fog. As
soon as she separated from Concubine Duan, a little eunuch sent a message to ask her to come to the study.
After she came, the emperor just asked her to kneel down and didn't say a word.
"Ahem... go down and rest first."
The emperor looked at Song Shiwei and spoke. Song Shiwei's body reacted before her brain, and when she came to her senses, she had already left the palace.
In the study, the emperor looked down at the kneeling Concubine Duan, "Don't pretend to be crazy and stupid anymore. You know the consequences of deceiving the emperor."
His tone was calm, but Concubine Duan's back was soaked with cold sweat.
"Your Majesty," Concubine Duan's voice trembled, "I didn't commit such a serious crime on purpose. There was a reason..."
She swallowed her saliva, "Your Majesty also saw my miserable condition that day. If I didn't pretend to be crazy and stupid, how could I live to see Your Majesty now!"
She cried and even made a move to lift up her sleeves to show the emperor the scars on her body.
Concubine Duan thought that the emperor would pity her, but she never thought that the emperor's face changed and said coldly, "Are you blaming me for not disciplining you strictly?" Concubine
Duan was stunned.
"Or do you think I would condone the palace maids and eunuchs to kill my concubines? That's ridiculous!"
The emperor was furious, his eyes were as sharp as knives.
"Your Majesty, please forgive me. I have no such intention. Your Majesty, please forgive me..."
Concubine Duan begged for mercy, but she didn't realize that the moment she lowered her head, the anger on the emperor's face disappeared without a trace.
The emperor turned the ring on his hand, and when Concubine Duan's voice became hoarse, he said, "Since you are so worried, then go to the cold palace and don't come out again."
Concubine Duan raised her head suddenly and looked at him in disbelief.
"By the way, since you said that the palace maids and eunuchs want to harm you, then you don't need to bring anyone with you, just go by yourself." After
the emperor finished speaking, he no longer listened to Concubine Duan's pleas for mercy. He waved his hand and Concubine Duan was dragged away.
He always likes to do things once and for all. Today he beats this one, tomorrow he finds that one, which is very annoying.
With Concubine Duan imprisoned, Xiao Siyuan and Xiao Qingwu must be restless.
...
In the mansion of the Third Assistant Minister, Xiao Qingwu's maid had already found someone to pretend to be the imperial physician. Several people were still discussing the details, but the Third Assistant Minister came in with a happy face, followed by a man carrying a medicine box.
Xiao Qingwu thought it was someone the Third Assistant Minister had found outside, and fearing that he might be exposed, he said first: "Didn't you ask me to go to the palace to invite an imperial physician? This is Imperial Physician Gao. He has just taken my pulse. Don't worry."
The Third Assistant Minister's face lit up with joy, but the man carrying the medicine box suddenly said: "The princess said he is the imperial physician?"
Xiao Qingwu responded with a little impatience: "That's right. The imperial physician's medical skills are countless times better than those of you quack doctors. With the imperial physician here, you can go."
The Third Assistant Minister's face changed slightly.
Xiao Qingwu saw that the man not only did not leave in shame, but was still staring at her with anger on his face: "Why don't you leave? What are you looking at me for!"
Fearing that she would say something else, the Third Assistant Minister stretched out his long arm and covered her mouth: "This is the imperial physician that the emperor personally found to treat your body!"
Xiao Qingwu: "!!!"
Father, is he still worried about her?
Xiao Qingwu was excited about this, but on the other hand, he was also very nervous.
If the father found the person himself, he would definitely not lie for him.
If he said directly in public that she was not pregnant...
Xiao Qingwu shuddered suddenly.
"Princess, please stretch out your hand."
Xiao Qingwu's body trembled slightly, and he did not stretch out his hand, but hid it behind his body.
The imperial physician: “???”
The third assistant minister: “???”
“Princess?”
The imperial physician asked in confusion. Xiao Qingwu pretended to be calm: “He has already taken your pulse just now. There is no need to take it again. Wait until next time.”
The third assistant minister frowned slightly. The imperial physician said: “I wanted to say it just now. I have never seen him in the Imperial Hospital. What is your name?”
The man avoided his gaze and spoke tremblingly: “Gao, Gao Ping.”
“There is no one named Gao Ping in the Imperial Hospital. Who are you? How dare you pretend to be an imperial physician!”
Everyone was shocked. The third assistant minister shouted immediately. The servant outside the hospital hurried in and suppressed Gao Ping who was trying to escape.
"Pretending to be an imperial physician and practicing medicine for the princess, this is a capital crime."
Upon hearing the word death, the man was frightened and turned pale, stammering: "No, no, it was her! She was the one who found me!"
The man pointed at the maid with a trembling hand: "It was her, it was her, she brought me here!"
The maid opened her eyes wide, met the eyes of the Third Assistant Minister, and then looked away in panic.
Xiao Qingwu's heart almost hung in her throat. The Third Assistant Minister's eyes wandered over them. I don't know what he was thinking. After a long while, he raised his foot and kicked the man on the ground.
"You still don't repent when you are about to die! Drag him down and beat him to death, don't pollute other people's eyes!"
The servant replied yes, blocked the man's mouth begging for mercy, and dragged him away.
Before Xiao Qingwu could breathe a sigh of relief, the Third Assistant Minister whispered in her ear: "Since the man just now was a fake, then the pulse he took is not valid. Let the imperial physician take a closer look at you."
He emphasized the word "carefully".
Xiao Qingwu could almost hear the sound of her teeth chattering. The Third Assistant Minister pushed her to the table, forced her to sit down, and then put her hands on the table, pressing them tightly.
The imperial physician covered her wrist with a handkerchief and closed his eyes to diagnose her.
"How is it?"
The Third Assistant Minister's tone was full of expectation. After half a minute, the doctor withdrew his hand: "Excuse me, the princess is not pregnant."
The Third Assistant Minister's eyes were fixed, and the smile on his face seemed to be carved on his face. After a long time, he repeated in a low voice: "No pregnancy pulse..."
He grabbed Xiao Qingwu's hand with great strength, almost crushing Xiao Qingwu's bones. If it were in the past, Xiao Qingwu would never be so obedient.
But now, Xiao Qingwu endured the pain and did not dare to pull his hand out of his hand.
Especially after hearing the Third Assistant Minister muttered another sentence, he was so scared that he could not move, and dared not breathe.
But this kind of thing cannot be avoided by running away.
The imperial physician packed up the medicine box and said to Xiao Qingwu, "Princess, you should go to the palace as soon as possible and explain to His Majesty."
When the third assistant minister mentioned going to the palace, he finally woke up from a dream and let go of Xiao Qingwu.
Xiao Qingwu didn't dare to say anything. As soon as he let go, he ran to the corner and stood quietly with the maid.