"In that case, wouldn't the Empress Dowager be living in unknown dangers every day?" the Emperor said, his brows furrowing slightly.
Ye Qingcheng opened her mouth but didn't reply.
At this moment, the Empress seized the opportunity and quickly spoke up: "Your Majesty, in my opinion, this vixen probably has other purposes, and is deliberately prolonging Mother's illness so that she doesn't want Mother to get better!"
Upon hearing this, the Emperor looked sharply at Ye Qingcheng and asked, "Divine Physician Ye, is it truly as the Empress said?"
Ye Qingcheng glanced at the Empress and began to explain.
However, at this time...
The Empress Dowager rebuked her angrily.
"How dare you, Your Majesty! Physician Ye rushed from outside the palace to save my life because of my illness, and you dare to question my savior like this?"
"Your daughter-in-law wouldn't dare, but your illness is so severe that even the imperial physicians can't cure it. However, she can wake you up as soon as she arrives and stop your headache."
It's fair to say her medical skills are exceptional; if that's the case, why couldn't she cure you completely in one go, instead of keeping you in a precarious condition?
"Hmph, as you said yourself, even the imperial physicians couldn't help, but as soon as Physician Ye arrived, I felt much better."
"You're questioning Doctor Ye right now, are you trying to persuade him not to treat me?"
Upon hearing this, the Empress immediately knelt down.
"My daughter-in-law wouldn't dare? But..."
"Hmph, alright, Empress, you probably just want me to die sooner!"
"Daughter-in-law is innocent! How could daughter-in-law have such thoughts?"
At this moment, the Crown Prince also knelt down and said, "Yes! Grandmother, Mother is also concerned about you."
"snort."
The Empress Dowager snorted coldly, then said to the Emperor, "Your Majesty, Physician Ye has rendered meritorious service in saving me and should be richly rewarded."
Upon hearing this, the Emperor frowned slightly: "Empress Dowager, Physician Ye did indeed perform a great service in reviving you, but..."
At this point, the Emperor looked at Ye Qingcheng again, "Divine Physician Ye, my mother's illness truly cannot be completely cured."
Ye Qingcheng sighed: "Currently, apart from craniotomy, there is indeed no way to completely cure it."
However, Your Majesty, rest assured, although I am unable to completely cure the Empress Dowager's illness.
But the woman will find a cure as soon as possible after she returns home.
Of course, before I find a cure, I can enter the palace regularly to give the Empress Dowager acupuncture to better control her condition.
Furthermore, the Empress Dowager needs to maintain a cheerful and pleasant mood every day, so as not to trigger the spread of the tumor in her brain.
After hearing this, the Emperor nodded: "In that case, we will leave the Empress Dowager's illness to Physician Ye."
"Yes, Your Majesty, I will do my utmost."
"Alright! Very well, Physician Ye has rendered meritorious service in saving the Empress Dowager. Now, tell me! What reward do you desire?"
Ye Qingcheng shook her head: "Thank you, Your Majesty, but I do not need any reward."
"Oh! You don't need a reward? Then what do you want?"
"Your Majesty, I need nothing."
"No, girl, you saved me, how can you not be rewarded?"
When the Empress Dowager heard Ye Qingcheng say she didn't want any rewards, she immediately became anxious for her.
"That's right, Doctor Ye, you'd better think this through. My word is my bond."
"I know, but I did this to save the Empress Dowager willingly. If I were to ask for a reward, wouldn't my intention to save her be distorted?"
"Good, good, hahaha! Doctor Ye is indeed as rumored, a doctor with a benevolent heart."
Upon hearing this, the Emperor laughed heartily, praising Ye Qingcheng highly.
However, the Empress Dowager insisted on rewarding Ye Qingcheng.
Ye Qingcheng couldn't go against the Empress Dowager's wishes and could only accept the Emperor's reward in the end.
The Emperor originally intended to appoint her as the Chief Director of the Imperial Medical Academy, but Ye Qingcheng refused.
In the end, the emperor appointed her as an assistant physician in the Imperial Medical Academy, rewarded her with a thousand taels of gold, and gave her a token that allowed her to enter the palace at will.
Although the Empress Dowager was very dissatisfied with the reward given to Ye Qingcheng, she let it go since Ye Qingcheng did not want too much reward.
"Alright! You may all leave! I am tired."
"Yes, Your Majesty, your daughter-in-law, your grandson, your granddaughter-in-law, your servants, and this commoner, take our leave."
Everyone in the room, including Ye Qingcheng, responded.
Then.
Everyone withdrew.
The Emperor then arranged for a carriage to escort Ye Qingcheng out of the palace.
This way.
After Ye Qingcheng left.
The Emperor summoned Physician Fang to the Imperial Study.
"Mr. Fang."
"Your humble servant is here," Physician Fang said, kneeling down.
"Get up and answer!"
"Yes, thank you, Your Majesty."
"Doctor Fang, is this person truly the Divine Physician Ye?"
"Your Majesty, it is indeed Physician Ye. I personally went to the Ye Family Medical Clinic to invite him."
After hearing this, the Emperor nodded: "Very well, you may leave."
"Yes, Your Majesty, I have something else to report." Physician Fang knelt down and said he was about to take his leave, but halfway through his sentence, he seemed to remember something and said, "Your Majesty, I have something else to report."
"What is it?"
"On our way back to the palace, Your Majesty and Physician Ye were ambushed by more than a dozen men in black."
"What? Do you know who it is?"
"Your Majesty, I do not know, but I suspect that someone is trying to prevent her from entering the palace to treat the Empress Dowager."
"Hmph, what audacity!" said Eunuch Yin.
"Your servant is here."
"Issue an order to have a thorough investigation conducted."
"Yes, Your Majesty."
"Your Majesty, there is one more thing."
"explain."
"Your Majesty, when I went to the Ye Family Medical Clinic, I saw a child who looked a lot like the Seventh Prince."
"What? What did you say?"
“Your Majesty, I think he looks a lot like the Seventh Prince when he was a child.”
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