Su Feiling and Su Huiyan kept bothering him, and Xuan Yuanpeng was already extremely impatient. He said coldly, "You resisted Hang Yuqing taking your pulse in every way. Does that mean this child is really not yours?"
Xuan Yuanpeng's casual question made Su Feiling feel extremely guilty. She stammered, "The child... the child is of course born to me. However, I have a special constitution and recover very quickly, so the imperial physicians may have made a mistake when examining my pulse."
Hearing this blatant attempt to cover up his misunderstanding, Xuan Yuanpeng scoffed, "How the imperial physicians examine the pulse and what the results are will be clear in a moment. There's no need for you to say more!"
As soon as Xuanyuan Peng finished speaking, Hang Yuqing stepped forward and began to examine Su Feiling's pulse.
Su Feiling strongly resisted Hang Yuqing, but with so many people watching, if she resolutely resisted Hang Yuqing taking her pulse, it would be no different from admitting guilt without being asked.
Su Feiling had no choice but to grit her teeth and wait for Hang Yuqing's result, while thinking of an excuse to use later.
Su Huiyan was equally nervous, because this child was not only related to Su Feiling's fate, but also to whether Yu'er could escape from this incident of plotting to harm Xuan Yuanpeng.
They could have used the child to soften Xuanyuan Peng's heart, and perhaps Xuanyuan Peng would have spared Yu'er.
But if Xuanyuan Peng knew that this child was also fake, he probably wouldn't let Yu'er off the hook then.
Su Feiling and Su Huiyan both looked unwell, but the Imperial Physician Liu was even more nervous than them, his whole body trembling uncontrollably.
Heaven knows how serious the crime of a royal physician confusing the bloodline is; his entire family probably wouldn't be enough to warrant execution!
Hang Yuqing examined Su Feiling's pulse for a long time before getting up to report to Xuan Yuanpeng: "Your Majesty, according to Consort Su's pulse, she does not have anemia or weakness from childbirth. In fact, Consort Su's constitution is rather cold, making it difficult for her to conceive."
The moment Hang Yuqing's diagnosis was announced, the court officials were in an uproar.
"Just now, Physician Liu said that Consort Su had just given birth and was weak and anemic, needing to rest well. But now Chief Physician Hang says that she hasn't given birth and doesn't have any signs of anemia or weakness. What's going on?"
"Consort Su's constitution is cold, making it difficult for her to conceive. So how did she get pregnant?"
"So Consort Su never got pregnant, let alone gave birth, is that right?"
"Who's telling the truth?!"
Su Feiling was anxious to explain, but Xuan Yuanpeng didn't give her the chance: "Continue to examine the pulses, examine all the imperial physicians one by one!"
"Yes." The imperial physicians responded and stepped forward to take Su Feiling's pulse one by one.
Xuanyuan Peng stared at Su Feiling with a sinister look.
He believed in Hang Yuqing's findings and had other imperial physicians conduct follow-up examinations, not wanting to give Su Feiling a chance to argue.
He really didn't expect this woman to dare to confuse the royal bloodline!
But if what Ya'er said is true, then wouldn't Xuan Yuan Yu be...?
Xuanyuan Peng's sinister gaze swept over Xuanyuan Yu, and his face instantly turned green with anger.
If Xuanyuan Yu isn't his biological son either, then how incredibly stupid must he be to have been harmed like this by an outsider?
And that damned Su Huiyan, she actually dared to play tricks on him even about the imperial heir!
At this moment, Xuanyuan Peng was already suppressing his thunderous rage!
After each imperial physician examined Su Feiling's pulse, they all gave the same diagnosis as Hang Yuqing.
Even the two imperial physicians who were bribed by Su Huiyan gave the same diagnosis as Hang Yuqing.
Unexpectedly, neither of her two imperial physicians helped Su Feiling, and Su Huiyan glared at them angrily.
But none of them dared to meet Su Huiyan's gaze.
It's not that they don't want to help, it's just that they can't do something that confuses the royal bloodline!
Especially since so many imperial physicians have said that Consort Su has not given birth, if they insist that Consort Su has just given birth, wouldn't they also be implicated?
Didn't you see that Physician Liu was trembling like a leaf? If it weren't for the fact that Physician Liu had handled everything from Consort Su's pregnancy to childbirth, he probably wouldn't dare to lie in this situation. Now he's in a bind.
Having learned from Physician Liu's example, why would they make the same foolish mistake again?
After all the imperial physicians had given their diagnoses, Xuanyuan Peng slammed his fist on the dragon throne in a fit of rage: "Su Feiling, how dare you! You were not pregnant, yet you dared to pretend to be pregnant and then pretend to give birth! What a terrible crime it is to obstruct the royal bloodline!"
Startled by Xuan Yuanpeng's words, Su Feiling immediately knelt down and explained, "Your Majesty, I didn't! This child really was born to me. As I just said, my body is special; no matter how weak I am before, I recover faster than others..."
Su Feiling's lies came out so easily that Xuan Yuanpeng was so angry that he shouted again, "You just gave birth, less than a day ago, and you've already fully recovered? Do you think I and all the officials are fools?"
Upon hearing this, the assembled officials all looked at Su Feiling with disdain.
At this point, what's the point of her still making excuses? Even a fool knows what's going on, and her attempts to argue won't change anything.
Su Feiling's words of defense were caught in her throat by Xuan Yuanpeng's sharp shout.
Xuanyuan Peng then glanced at Physician Liu, who was trembling like a leaf beside him: "Now all the imperial physicians have diagnosed Su Feiling, and their results are different from Physician Liu's diagnosis. Physician Liu, what do you have to say?"
The imperial physician Liu, who was suddenly called out, was so frightened that his legs went weak and he knelt down immediately: "It is this humble subject who deserves to die, this humble subject who deserves to die!"
Doctor Liu didn't say anything else, just said "you deserve to die" and kowtowed, until his head was cracked open.
Seeing Physician Liu's appearance, everyone understood what was going on and couldn't help but whisper among themselves.
"Does this mean that Physician Liu is admitting to falsifying documents for Consort Su?"
"This Consort Su has some nerve! She actually dares to fake something like this!"
"Yes, she wasn't pregnant at all, yet she dared to have a child. She's really bold!"
"By distorting the royal bloodline, I'll at least have your entire family executed, if not your nine generations!"
"I never imagined that what the Dowager Consort said was true. This child is truly a bastard."
Xuanyuan Peng had no patience to listen to what Physician Liu was saying about deserving to die. He slammed his hand on the dragon throne again and roared, "Speak! What exactly happened?"
Physician Liu trembled again, his body covered in cold sweat, and said, "It was...it was Consort Su who made me fake it..."
Su Feiling was shocked that even Physician Liu had betrayed her, and immediately retorted angrily, "Liu Songming, you've gone mad!"
Physician Liu dared not help her conceal the truth any longer. Without even glancing at Su Feiling, he forced himself to speak quickly: "It was Consort Su who was anxious because the Holy Princess was pregnant. She asked me to take her pulse, but her constitution is cold, making it difficult for her to conceive. So she asked me to help her fake it and pretend to be pregnant. I deserve to die, please forgive me, Your Majesty!"
Physician Liu said quite a lot, but it was far from enough.
Bai glanced at him coldly: "Doctor Liu is really good at avoiding the important issues. Why don't you just say that you are the biological father of this child!"
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