Chapter 194 Clues
Zi Su still didn't quite believe it, but seeing her young mistress's firm expression.
After gritting his teeth, he finally ran out.
Zi Su ran all the way to the Imperial Medical Bureau, and only stopped when she saw the gate of the imperial physician's office, panting.
"Sister Zisu." Zisu had just stood at the door of the Imperial Hospital for a short while when a familiar-looking pharmacist came over to say hello.
Zi Su is the head maid of Hehuan Palace. Who in the palace doesn't know that Concubine Shen of Hehuan Palace is favored?
Since Concubine Shen was favored, although the fact that she was pregnant with a child had not been exposed, the imperial physician had been requested to the Hehuan Palace many times in recent days.
After going there so often, some medicine boys became familiar with Perilla frutescens, and would subconsciously go up to her to curry her favor when they saw her.
"Miss Zisu, why do you come to the Imperial Hospital today?" The medicine boy bent over, forced a smile on his face, and nodded and fawned on her.
"But is there anything wrong with Miss Jieyu's body?"
Shen Fu's fetus was specially kept under the watchful eye of His Majesty. Not to mention the people in the harem, even in the Imperial Hospital, very few people knew about it.
Zi Su thought of the young lady's instructions when she came here, looked at the smiling eunuch in front of her, and swallowed nervously: "It's like this, I feel a little unwell, I want to find an imperial physician to take my pulse."
"this……"
The medicine boy was suddenly in a dilemma. It was true that Concubine Shen in the Hehuan Palace was favored. With the favor of His Majesty, even the status of the servants in the Hehuan Palace was higher than that of the servants in other palaces.
But even so, the imperial physician only treated the masters, and there has never been an example of an imperial physician treating a palace maid.
"These imperial doctors..."
The young eunuch looked hesitant and stammered, not knowing how to start.
But Zi Su understood it instantly.
She thought of what the young lady had said, and reached out her hand to touch her belly covertly. Then he took out a purse from his sleeve and stuffed it into the medicine boy's hand.
"Father-in-law, please help me." Zi Su pleaded with difficulty:
"I'm really not feeling well, just find a doctor to take my pulse."
"Yes, if that doesn't work, you can call a young doctor who has just joined the Imperial Hospital."
When the medicine boy heard this, he forced a smile on his face. He quickly put the purse into his sleeve.
"Miss Zisu is right." Imperial physicians are hard to find because they are arrogant. But young imperial physicians who have just entered the palace are easy to find.
As long as you say nice words and sound sweet, you will be visited by imperial physicians.
"Miss Zisu, wait a minute. I will go get you a doctor right away."
The little medicine boy took the purse with a smile on his face and went forward. After a while, he found a young doctor who was about sixteen or seventeen years old.
"Miss Shiso, let's go."
Zi Su led the young imperial physician into the Hehuan Palace. A layer of dark clouds floated under the setting sun overhead, and soon a light drizzle began to fall.
When we arrived at the Hehuan Palace, it was already raining heavily outside.
The crabapple blossoms in the corner were wilted by the rain, the window sills were half-open, and the rain outside the window poured into the house from time to time.
Zi Su sat on a half-worn red lacquered square chair, and her eyes couldn't help but glance at the screen behind her.
The half-worn rosewood screen looked simple, but through the thin layer of white paper, one could vaguely see a blurry figure inside.
Zi Su looked at the blurry shadow for a few seconds, then looked at the imperial physician in front of her, gritted her teeth and stretched out her arm.
"Please ask the imperial physician to take a look at this servant."
"Excuse me, young lady, where do you feel uncomfortable?" This imperial physician had just been admitted to the Imperial Medical Bureau this year.
She was about seventeen or eighteen years old, still looking very young. She sat down facing Zi Su and took out a handkerchief from the medicine box while talking.
"Miss, are you feeling unwell?"
Now Zi Su was in a dilemma.
The young lady just asked her to call a royal physician to take a look, what could she say without him?
Zi Su didn't even dare to look at the imperial physician, her eyes flickered: "I... I, I have a stomachache."
"Abdominal discomfort?" The doctor muttered, and then stretched out his hand: "Miss, please stretch out your hand so that I can feel your pulse and find out what's going on."
Zi Su looked at the imperial physician in front of her and stretched out one hand to him. She lowered her eyes to her belly, obviously still in disbelief.
You must be overthinking it. She just gained weight. How could it be her belly...
Zi Su felt uneasy, and her outstretched arm was even trembling slightly.
The imperial physician who was taking her pulse opposite her obviously saw it.
His eyes just flashed, and his fingertips still rested on Zi Su's wrist.
Time passed by minute by minute, but the imperial physician opposite remained silent. Zi Su and the others were panicking. Looking at the imperial physician in front of them, they wondered whether they should speak or not.
"Doctor, what is the reason for my condition?"
The imperial physician's hand holding the pulse paused, he looked up and his relaxed expression just now turned into a thoughtful one.
"Excuse me, young lady, have you often had an upset stomach these days?"
No, she has a good appetite and enjoys everything she eats.
Most of the supplements and soups that the young lady didn't eat went into her stomach.
Didn’t you see that her waist has gained weight in just two months?
Zi Su shook her head like a rattle: "No, there is nothing wrong with my diet."
A trace of doubt flashed across the eyes of the imperial physician. He glanced at Zi Su's expression and then asked, "What about the sleeping situation?"
"Do you feel tired, lack of sleep, or even often fall asleep and forget to wake up?"
No, not really.
Zi Su muttered to herself that her sleep time recently was almost the same as usual.
"I..." Zi Su was about to speak, but her expression changed rapidly when she thought of something.
She turned her head and glanced quickly at the screen. Zi Su's face turned gray.
She doesn't have these symptoms, but the young master does. The young lady has everything the imperial physician has mentioned.
"Doctor... Doctor, have you noticed anything?"
Zi Su was filled with fear and trepidation, while the imperial physician opposite him looked embarrassed.
He lowered his head and pondered for a moment before speaking: "Miss, this is a happy pulse. It means you are pregnant."
"Bang..." After being stunned for a while, Zi Su stood up from the chair.
He didn't even have time to care about the pillow he had just used to take the pulse that had fallen to the ground.
"Tai...Taiyi, what do you mean?"
Zi Su looked at the imperial physician in front of her, then lowered her head to look at her own abdomen. She was almost stunned and couldn't speak for a long time.
"I..." Zi Su's hands fell on her lower abdomen, and she stepped back repeatedly.
"I'm pregnant?" How could she be pregnant when she doesn't even have a man?
"Yes." Seeing her like this, the imperial physician showed a little sympathy in his eyes.
In the harem, there are eunuchs and guards. It is not uncommon for many palace maids to become entangled with the guards when they reach a certain age.
However, the palace prohibits private transactions between palace maids and guards. If discovered, and if the maid is pregnant, she would most likely die.
The imperial physician looked at Zi Su with sympathy, packed up his things and left quickly.
Waiting for the door to pass, Shen Fu, who was hiding behind the screen, finally came out.
"My lady..." Zi Su covered her stomach with both hands, her tone full of grievance.
Shen Fu withdrew her gaze from the door and fell on Zi Su, saying lightly: “Don’t cover it, there’s nothing in your stomach.”
What's in her belly is fake, and what's in Zisu's belly is definitely even more fake.
All this was just because of the medicine she took, she was not really pregnant at all.
"But, but, my belly." Zi Su looked at her slightly bulging belly.
She previously thought that she had gained weight due to overeating, but now she found out that it was because she had been drugged.
Zi Su looked anxious and said, "The doctor is so young, but he can take the pulse accurately."
Seeing that she still looked unconvinced, Shen Fu said, "If we ask Xiao Songzi to take your pulse at this time, the imperial physician will definitely say that you are pregnant."
Zi Su thought of Xiao Songzi's belly, and then thought about what would happen if the news got out that he, a eunuch, was pregnant.
The whole body trembled subconsciously.
"My lady, how did we fall into this trap?" Zi Su was not stupid. She immediately guessed that someone was trying to frame her.
"These symptoms are exactly the same as when Shen Qingru was pregnant." Shen Fu smiled.
"Of course I took the medicine and put it in my tonic soup, waiting for me to drink it."
Wait until she thinks she is really pregnant, and then reveal the news of her fake pregnancy.
His Majesty was already furious about Shen Qingru's fake pregnancy.
Now she is also faking pregnancy.
The same thing happened, and the same girl from the Shen family had false pregnancies exposed again and again.
Even if His Majesty knew that she was framed, what would he do if the same thing happened again to annoy him?
Zi Su also thought of the horror of this matter, her heart was beating in panic, and she asked her: "My lady, who is harming us?"
If the person behind this is not found out, there will be endless troubles in the future.
"What happened today cannot be known to others." Chen Fu glanced at Zi Su behind her, who immediately nodded.
If this matter were to get out, it would probably alert the enemy.
The famous imperial physicians in the palace are all skilled people.
Since someone wants to harm her, Chen Fu cannot guarantee which imperial physicians are normal, and some of them have masters behind them.
In order to avoid this, Chen Fu specially asked someone to find the new imperial physician.
These imperial physicians had just been admitted to the Imperial Medical Bureau. They were young and had not yet made their mark. Most importantly, they were unknown in the Imperial Medical Bureau and were therefore not someone that could be hired by a little palace maid like Zi Su.
"You should go to the Imperial Hospital again tomorrow." Chen Fu turned her head and faced Zi Su.
"Go find the imperial physician."
Zi Su didn't know what the young master was going to do, but looking at the young master's expression, she nodded and said, "What is the young master going to do?"
Chen Fu looked at the dripping rain outside the window, her expression unprecedentedly calm: "The mantis stalks the cicada, unaware of the oriole behind."
Naturally, she wanted to see who was behind this.
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In the past few days, people from Hehuan Palace have been sent to the Imperial Hospital to invite imperial physicians.
There is no need to investigate this matter. As soon as Zi Su left, the news reached Concubine Rong's palace.
It rains a lot in autumn, and it just rained at noon. Under the dark green eaves, raindrops fell.
Concubine Rong was sitting on the beauty couch, with Li Mingjiang, deputy chief steward of the Imperial Household Department, kneeling below her.
"Your Ministry of Internal Affairs has prepared quite a few things for Concubine Shu's birthday this time."
After Concubine Rong said just two words, Li Mingjiang, who was kneeling on the ground, seemed to lower his body.
He knelt on the ground, his shoulders bent into the carpet. The whole person curled up: "Yes, yes..."
When Shu Guipin was a favored concubine, everyone in the Imperial Household Department followed her lead. As the deputy general manager of the Imperial Household Department, he naturally received a lot of benefits from Concubine Shu.
Now that it is Concubine Shu’s birthday, they naturally still show their filial piety as before. But I didn't expect that the imperial concubine would intervene.
Li Mingjiang knelt on the ground, too nervous to raise his head, and said stumblingly: "Slave..."
He didn't even dare to look at the imperial concubine, and his head was covered in sweat due to nervousness.
Concubine Rong cast a smiling look on him and stared at him until Li Mingjiang was trembling with fear.
Only then did she withdraw her gaze, like a cat teasing a mouse, and said calmly: "Forget it, I didn't say anything."
Concubine Rong lazily closed the book in her hand and said, "Your Majesty said that Concubine Shu's birthday this year is no different from previous years. You can do whatever you want with the Ministry of Internal Affairs."
As soon as he finished speaking, the letter fell towards Li Mingjiang.
The hard folder hit his body and it hurt. Li Mingjiang knelt on the ground, not daring to show any surprise on his face, and picked up the booklet with rapid hands.
"Yes, I obey your command." Li Mingjiang walked out quickly, and he was so agile that he didn't dare to stop for a moment.
Only after Li Mingjiang disappeared did Concubine Rong look at the maid who delivered the message: "What's the matter?"
The nanny grumbled in her heart for a moment, then immediately stepped forward with her waist bent: "My queen, the people in Hehuan Palace have started to call the imperial physician."
Living in the Hehuan Palace is Concubine Shen, the most favored concubine in the entire palace, so Concubine Rong will naturally send someone to follow her.
Zi Su's figure had just disappeared from the Hehuan Palace and went to the Imperial Hospital, and was naturally discovered by people in Concubine Rong's palace.
"Did you call the imperial physician?" Concubine Rong paused holding the teacup and immediately turned her head to look down.
"Which doctor did you call?"
"He seems to be a young doctor who has just joined the Imperial Medical Bureau." The nanny replied with half-closed eyes.
"I went to inquire about it myself and heard that the maidservant next to Concubine Shen was feeling unwell, so I went to call the imperial physician."
After hearing this, Concubine Rong felt relieved for the time being.
"Chen Fu treated the maid next to her very well. If something happened to that maid, it would be normal to send someone to call the imperial physician."
After hearing this, Concubine Rong was able to feel relieved for the time being. She had known before that Chen Fu treated the palace girl she brought from outside the palace differently from ordinary people.
"The most important thing to distinguish in the harem is the class distinction. It's no wonder that Chen Fu is so stupid and dull that she still talks about sisterly love at this time."
Concubine Rong looked disdainful, but the nanny at the side had something in mind.
"It's just that Miss Zisu has been going to the Imperial Hospital so often these days, which is a bit too frequent..."
The nanny couldn't help herself: "I'm afraid Concubine Shen has discovered something?"
When Concubine Rong heard this, she stopped holding the teacup.
She lowered her head and said thoughtfully, "It has been raining a lot recently, and I have a headache."
"Which doctors did Hehuan Palace summon? Ask them to come over and take a look at me."
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