Chapter 56: Heart Medicine is Needed

Emperor Qingling stood up and looked at the Queen Mother coldly: "Madam, let's go, come with me to see the Fourteenth Old Man."

Even the Queen Mother couldn't help but be shocked by his look.

The Queen Mother wanted to refuse, but she couldn't say it.

She had to frown under the pressure and leave first. In the palace, Emperor Qingling looked at the pale Concubine Shugui on the bed and

said in a deep voice: "Doctor Zhao, I will give you one last chance to cure Concubine Shugui. If she has a scar on her body, I will kill you!" Doctor Zhao hurriedly said: "I obey your order."

After Emperor Qingling left, Doctor Zhao got up carefully and wiped the sweat stain on his forehead.

Then he walked to the bed and was almost scared to death.

Concubine Shugui on the bed had clearly woken up, with a pair of empty eyes, staring at the top of her head, silent.

Imperial Physician Zhao was surprised: "Your Majesty, you are awake!"

After the words fell, a line of tears passed through the corners of Concubine Shugui's eyes.

Her voice was ethereal and elusive: "How is the baby in my belly?"

Imperial Physician Zhao was frightened and knelt down and said: "Your Majesty, don't worry, the heir in your belly is fine, please rest assured, don't worry, I will prescribe two doses of pregnancy-protecting medicine for you, just take it."

Concubine Shugui looked at him sideways and said lightly: "You get up."

Imperial Physician Zhao nodded: "Yes."

He got up under Concubine Shugui's indifferent gaze, sweating profusely.

The voice of Concubine Shugui rang out again: "I want you to prepare an abortion pill."

Doctor Zhao raised his head suddenly, shocked.

He knelt down with a thud: "Your Majesty, think twice! The Emperor already knows that you are pregnant with the royal heir, and it is a bright future ahead of you. Why do you want to..."

He did not dare to say the rest.

The outside world thinks that Concubine Shugui is gentle and docile, but from what he has seen and heard in the palace during this period of time, he really can't see where Concubine Shugui's docility lies.

She knows best what she wants, and then she plans step by step. Although it is tortuous, she has achieved her goal.

She doesn't care about the process, but the result.

In his opinion, Concubine Shugui is very wise.

How come she is so confused now?

Concubine Shu Gui frowned: "Is the Empress pregnant?"

She had not forgotten that day when she asked Imperial Physician Zhao to keep an eye on whether the Empress was pregnant, but she had not had the opportunity to ask about it in the past few

days. Imperial Physician Zhao was shocked and said in a low voice: "Concubine Shu Gui is very good at predicting things. The Empress is indeed pregnant, but the pregnancy is unstable and has not been announced. In addition, the Empress is under house arrest and is taking care of the pregnancy. The Jingren Palace has a constant supply of supplements and donkey-hide gelatin cakes every day. Imperial Physician Lin has also prescribed a lot of pregnancy-preserving medicine for the Empress. I guess that the Empress will not be able to give birth to this pregnancy."

When these words came out, Concubine Shu Gui's eyes widened.

She frowned: "Do you know what is the crime of cursing the fetus in the empress's belly?"

Doctor Zhao immediately knelt down and kowtowed: "Every word I said is true. If you don't believe it, you can go and check it yourself. But, my lady, everyone in the palace knows that I am your side. If you ask other people, I am afraid it will cause unnecessary speculation, and it may even bring trouble to you."

Every word he said seemed to be considered by the concubine.

But the concubine knew that he was surrendering to her in disguise, telling her that in this palace, only he was trustworthy.

Concubine Shu Gui said calmly: "I know, you go and prepare abortion pills for me."

Doctor Zhao knelt on the ground and dared not stand up: "I dare not."

He thought Concubine Shu Gui had given up on this idea, but she brought it up again after going around in circles.

Concubine Shu Gui looked at him unhappily: "How dare you disobey me?"

This was the first time she used her status as a concubine to pressure others, so her voice was inevitably a little soft.

Unlike the previous way of threatening people by Concubine Chun, Concubine Shu Gui's voice was too soft.

But there was a gentle knife hidden in it.

It was as if if he really admitted that he didn't listen to her, she would order his head on the spot.

But even so, Doctor Zhao still didn't dare to let go, and only said: "Shu Guifei, you know better than me how much the emperor cares about you. If he knew that I prescribed abortion drugs for you, the emperor would definitely kill me. I hope that Shu Guifei will let me go and let the heir in your belly go." He knew better

than anyone that the baby in Shu Guifei's belly was healthy. If she took good care of the baby, the baby would be born safely after full term.

Thanks to the status of Shu Guifei and Princess Zhixin in the emperor's heart, the prime minister's family can be considered to have a firm foothold in the previous dynasty.

From now on, let alone Prince Heng, even the emperor will be polite to the prime minister.

But if the fetus is stillborn, the emperor will certainly conduct a thorough investigation. If he is found to be the cause, let alone staying in the Imperial Hospital, even his life would be a luxury.

Concubine Shugui lay on the bed, her heart dead, and said solemnly: "I also want to let him go, but who can let my Ying'an go?"

She was reluctant to close her eyes just now, not because she was really unconscious.

It was just that she didn't know how to face the emperor.

He was determined to put Ying'an in the cold palace, and even the empress dowager's intervention was of no use.

That was her and his only flesh and blood, how could he be so cruel!

If he knew that she was going to give up the child in her belly for Ying'an, would he let Ying'an go for her?

Even if she lost the emperor's favor, it would be more comfortable to release Ying'an from the cold palace and let her be raised by his side than to leave a two-month-old baby to live in the cold palace.

Whenever she thought of Ying'an crying in the cold palace, her heart felt like it was being cut by a knife. Wouldn't the emperor's heart be in pain?

Imperial Physician Zhao only then understood why Concubine Shugui pretended to be asleep and didn't want to wake up, and why she asked him for abortion pills. She was gambling, wanting to use the baby in her belly to buy a future for Princess Zhixin.

Although he didn't accompany her, he also heard about 70% of what happened outside the palace.

If even Concubine Shugui, the mother, gave up Princess Zhixin, then Princess Zhixin's life would be over.

He knelt on the ground and kowtowed, saying, "Your Majesty, I have a plan. Please listen to me."

Concubine Shugui looked at Doctor Zhao, her eyes full of scrutiny.

"You go ahead."

If he didn't say it well, or if he didn't hit the mark, she would just ignore him.

Doctor Zhao said, "Heart disease needs heart medicine. Your Majesty, you need to understand why the Emperor wants to keep Princess Zhixin in the cold palace. The truth is to treat the disease with the right medicine."

Concubine Shu Gui looked at Doctor Zhao meaningfully.

The palace was silent.

After a long time, she said, "I know. Go and prepare the pregnancy medicine for me."

Doctor Zhao breathed a sigh of relief and quickly withdrew: "Then I will go and make medicine for you. You should take a rest."

After leaving this sentence, he withdrew.

Concubine Shu Gui said, "Please call Nanny Chen in for me."

Doctor Zhao nodded, "Yes, your Majesty."

"Your Majesty, you called me?" Nanny Chen's eyes were red, as if she had just cried.

She walked in from outside the palace, wiping her tears. The air pressure around her was very low, and she looked unhappy.

Concubine Shugui frowned: "What are you crying about in the Yangxin Palace? Hold it back!"