Jiang He said, "Si Jiangzhi, even if you are eloquent and say a lot, that's no reason for you to betray His Majesty. Since you've married into the palace, you should be loyal to His Majesty with both body and soul. You should uphold the virtues of a man and a husband. Wrong is wrong. Go before His Majesty and admit your mistakes now. For the sake of Duke Liang, I can plead for leniency on your behalf."
Jiang He's entire attention was focused on Si Jiangzhi in front of him. He didn't notice that Doctor Wang had secretly walked around behind him and smashed the inkstone in his hand hard on the back of his head.
Blood immediately gushed out from the back of Jiang He's head. He felt dizzy and fell to the ground, completely losing consciousness.
Si Jiangzhi looked at Doctor Wang in horror, "What are you doing?"
Doctor Wang's eyes were filled with sternness. "He discovered our affair, so he must die. We must now come up with a reason that will justify his death."
Si Jiang subconsciously shook his head and denied it, "Jiang He didn't commit a crime so serious that he deserved death. We can't just kill him like this. That would be too much of a sin."
Doctor Wang ignored Si Jiangzhi. She squatted down and tapped the back of Jiang He's head a few more times with the inkstone. Her voice was extremely sinister. "If he doesn't die, then we will die. Jiangzhi, we must not be too merciful at this time."
Si Jiangzhi snatched the inkstone from Doctor Wang's hand. He reached out to feel Jiang He's breath and said with great relief, "Jiang He is still breathing. Fortunately, he is fine. Fortunately..."
Doctor Wang couldn't help but raise his voice. "Si Jiangzhi, what are you doing? You just heard it. He's not willing to let you go. So why are you still being kind to him?"
Si Jiangzhi's voice trembled as he said, "I don't know... I've never killed anyone..." He was a noble young man, so aloof that he didn't care about the mundane world. He had never imagined that his hands would one day be stained with blood. Moreover, deep down, Jiang He had never done anything wrong to him and had always been considerate of him. He didn't want to kill Jiang He.
Si Jiangzhi grabbed Doctor Wang's arm and said, "Linxuan, I really don't want Jiang He to die. I know you must have a way. You must have a way to have the best of both worlds. You can save you and me, and keep Jiang He. Right?"
Doctor Wang looked at the man beside him. He was the legitimate son of the high-ranking Duke of Liang, a renowned talent and beauty in the imperial capital.
She had been secretly in love with Si Jiangzhi from a long time ago, but he looked down on her as a doctor with no background. Just when she thought she would never be able to touch Si Jiangzhi, Si Jiangzhi accepted her because he was lonely in the deep palace.
Si Jiangzhi was like the white moonlight in the sky, and also like the cinnabar mole on her chest. Si Jiangzhi had already begged her like this, so how could she refuse?
Although he knew that doing so was extremely dangerous, Doctor Wang could not refuse Si Jiangzhi's request.
Next, Doctor Wang took out a silver needle from the small medicine box he carried with him and inserted it into the acupuncture point on the back of Jiang He's head. "After I give Jiang He acupuncture, he will forget the memories of the past few days or months. However, to be on the safe side, I increased the force of the needle. Because if he uses too much force, he may become a fool."
Si Jiangzhi asked, "Are you saying that Jiang He might become like Her Royal Highness?"
Doctor Wang nodded. "You understand correctly. There's a high probability that Jiang He will become as foolish as Her Highness the Crown Princess."
Si Jiangzhi seemed to suddenly remember something. He grabbed Doctor Wang's hand and said, "Since you can use acupuncture to turn a good Jiang He into a fool, can you also cure the princess's dementia?"
Doctor Wang said, "I haven't diagnosed the princess since she became ill, so I'm not sure if I can cure her."
Doctor Wang was born into a poor family. When she was young, her family was so poor that they couldn't even afford to eat. By chance, her talent for medicine was discovered by the Right Court Judge of the Imperial Hospital, who took her in as his disciple.
As a young girl, Imperial Physician Wang was hailed as a prodigy by many. However, as she entered adulthood, her medical skills stagnated, and she even made frequent mistakes, showing a downward trend. The Right Court Judge was deeply disappointed, and her colleagues at the Imperial Hospital mocked her, saying, "A brilliant child may not be a perfect adult." But only she knew she had been hiding her true abilities.
The reason she did this was all because of Si Jiangzhi. Si Jiangzhi was a courtier who was not favored by His Majesty. If she had a high position in the Imperial Hospital, she would have been sent to serve those favored courtiers. So, in order to see Si Jiangzhi often, she would rather be regarded as an ordinary person with low medical skills for the rest of her life.
Si Jiangzhi gripped Doctor Wang's hand even tighter, staring at him without blinking, his tone extremely serious, "Linxuan, can you please go and treat Her Highness?"
Doctor Wang asked in confusion, "Why do you suddenly bring this up?"
Si Jiangzhi lowered his head. "His Majesty dotes on Empress Lu. If you can cure the Crown Princess's dementia, Empress Lu will surely regain her spirits, and His Majesty's mood will improve. Consider it atonement for our betrayal of His Majesty."
Doctor Wang refused to agree. "No, if I cure Her Highness the Crown Princess, I will definitely be transferred to Chenyou Palace to treat Her Highness the Crown Princess or Empress Lu. If that happens, I may not see you for three to five months. Jiang Zhi, I can't live without you. If I can't see you often, I'll be no different from being dead."
Si Jiangzhi had indeed overlooked the key point in Doctor Wang's words, and his voice was filled with surprise. "Does this mean that you can cure Her Highness?"
Doctor Wang nodded hesitantly. "The five-year-old son of the Dali Temple's Junior Official fell from a tree and subsequently became a delirious idiot. I prescribed him some medicine and treated him for six months, and his idiocy was cured. I have some successful experience treating brain diseases."
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