Chapter 305 We must nip it in the bud.
"Ningning!" the Empress exclaimed.
Yu Hai was so frightened that he rushed over.
Jiang Wan Ning subconsciously closed her eyes.
The next moment, I felt myself being embraced by a large, warm hand.
"ah--"
When Jiang Wan Ning opened her eyes, she saw Pei Yan Chuan holding her tightly in his arms, while Physician Han was already eight meters away.
Blood kept gushing from his mouth, which shows how hard Pei Yanchuan kicked him.
Emperor Xiao Yu also rushed over.
"Greetings, Your Majesty!" The Empress led everyone forward to pay their respects, and Song Zhuran, who had been lying in the room, also came out and quickly bowed.
"No need for formalities," said Emperor Xiao Yu.
"What's going on?" Xiao Yu asked coldly.
The Empress briefly explained the situation, and Emperor Xiao Yu glared at Physician Han, furious. "Who ordered you to do this?"
Physician Han was being controlled and refused to speak.
Xiao Yu continued, "If you reveal the real culprit behind this, I may grant you a complete corpse."
Knowing he had no way out, Physician Han said, "Your Majesty, no one instructed me. It was all my own doing. I hate the Song family to the core."
"We want to completely eradicate the Song family's influence in the harem."
“Your Majesty, I never intended to let Princess Langya go. If she hadn’t repeatedly thwarted my plans, I would have succeeded long ago. So all of this was done by your own actions and has nothing to do with anyone else.”
"I only beg Your Majesty to spare my child." After saying this, Physician Han bit his tongue hard before Xiao Yu could ask any more questions.
When Yu Hai went forward to check, the person had already stopped breathing.
"Sister, are you alright?" Song Zhuran hurriedly went to Empress Song Zhuyi's side. "It's all my fault. I thought he was a great doctor and recommended him to you."
"I never imagined that he deliberately approached me, wanting to harm my sister and me."
"Your Majesty, you must do justice for us, especially for my elder sister," Song Zhuran said to Emperor Xiao Yu. "My elder sister was almost killed by that Imperial Physician Han."
"If it weren't for Sister Jiang protecting my older sister in front..."
"At the time, I was weak and still inside the room, and there was no time to react. Thinking about it now, I'm really scared." As Song Zhuran spoke, she tightly covered her chest with one hand, leaned her body against Emperor Xiao Yu's chest.
Xiao Yu asked with concern, "What's wrong?"
Song Zhuran shook her head. "It's nothing. I was just poisoned by Physician Han, but the poison has been neutralized now."
"I still have to thank Sister Jiang. If it weren't for Sister Jiang, I'm afraid I would be a corpse today."
"Consort Song should rest well. If it were me, how could I have dealt with a beast in human skin for so long?" Pei Yanchuan said coldly.
“Your Highness is right.” Song Zhuran pretended not to understand. “This Physician Han is so vicious, we must not leave any future trouble.”
"Your Majesty, for my sister's safety, Ranran begs you to eliminate this threat completely."
As Song Zhuran spoke, she knelt down with a thud. The Emperor helped her up and said with concern, "Don't worry, I will definitely stand up for you."
"Who else is in Physician Han's family?"
"Your Majesty, Physician Han currently only has a seven-year-old child in his family, and there are no other relatives within three generations."
When Emperor Xiao Yu heard this, his heart softened a little, especially when he looked at Pei Yanchuan. What could a seven-year-old child know?
“Your Majesty, if you don’t cut the weeds at the root, they will grow back in the spring. That child is ignorant now, but what if he seeks revenge when he grows up? Dealing with the Song family is a small matter, but if he also harbors resentment towards Your Majesty.”
"Keeping it around will only cause trouble in the long run."
Emperor Xiao Yu was shocked that Song Zhuran, who was always gentle and kind and would not even step on an ant, could say such a thing.
On second thought, what she said made sense. If we let him grow up unchecked, we might turn our anger on him later.
Just like Pei Yanchuan, he has never forgotten revenge and has been searching for the truth behind the murder of the Duke of Ying.
"I..."
“Consort Song, Physician Han even brought out his family’s secret medicine for you. If he really poisoned your Song family, why would he save you?” Jiang Wan Ning interrupted the Emperor.
"Sister Jiang, didn't you see that he took out the pills because he was afraid of having the poison he was carrying on his person? Otherwise, why didn't he take them out in the first place?"
“The things his wife had him carry on his person when she was alive were family heirlooms. He must have remembered them all the time. How could he not remember them for a moment?”
"After all, it's a family heirloom, and it was entrusted to me by my late wife. It's understandable that I'm reluctant to part with it," Jiang Wanning said calmly.
"After all, it was Consort Song who introduced Physician Han to the palace. Consort Song should have neither gratitude nor hatred towards Physician Han. If she hadn't controlled the toxins in your body, how could we have waited for this humble servant and Her Majesty the Empress to come?"
"It's possible that the assassin on the road to the underworld wasn't Physician Han, but Consort Song."
“Your Majesty,” Jiang Wanning said to Xiao Yu, “Judging from all the things Physician Han has done, it doesn’t seem like he intends to kill Consort Song and Her Majesty the Empress.”
"They didn't even think of calling her Empress at first. If the Empress hadn't come in person, this matter wouldn't have had anything to do with her at all."
"The most likely explanation is that someone wants to use Physician Han to frame my master, Yu Hai."
"It seems that Physician Han was threatened and had no choice but to do this, hoping that the person behind him would spare his child."
Emperor Xiao Yu pondered for a moment, "According to what Princess Langya said, the person behind this must be the one most afraid of being exposed?"
"Naturally, he's also the one we most want to eliminate completely?"
Jiang Wanning remained silent, tacitly agreeing.
Emperor Xiao Yu scrutinized Song Zhuran with his gaze, then looked at Empress Song Zhuyi, and asked, "What does the Empress think?"
Empress Song Zhuyi said softly, "Your Majesty, I think the Princess Consort of Langya is right."
"No matter what, I still beg Your Majesty to spare Physician Han's child. Your Majesty is a benevolent ruler, and the child is innocent."
The Empress's eyes held a gentle yet resolute expression. "Your Majesty, I implore you to spare that child."
"Spare that child's life."
"If we are afraid that the child will retaliate in the future, we can simply exile him to the place farthest from the capital, and forbid him from becoming an official or participating in the imperial examinations for the rest of his life. He can only live as an ordinary citizen, get married, and have children."
The Empress knew the Emperor's temperament; although he was extremely suspicious, he was also a benevolent ruler.
The Empress lifted her skirt and knelt on the ground, performing a deep bow to Emperor Xiao Yu.
Song Zhuran said anxiously, "Sister, what if doing this causes trouble in the future?"
"How can a great nation be afraid of an orphan who wanders around without parents? If that were the case, wouldn't His Majesty have to exterminate them every time such a thing happens?"
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