The emperor ordered the eunuchs around him to escort the imperial physician back.
On the way, the eunuch asked, "Have you remembered all the things His Majesty instructed you to do?"
The imperial physician said, "Her Majesty's pregnancy is indeed not very stable. It is normal to announce it after it has stabilized. I will keep it a secret."
The eunuch smiled slightly and patted his shoulder: "That's good. His Majesty is doing this for the Empress. After all, it takes several years of marriage to have a child. If she miscarries, everyone's joy will be in vain, won't it?"
"That's natural."
"You may walk the rest of the way on your own, my lord. This old servant must hurry back to His Majesty's side."
The imperial physician stopped, gestured for the eunuch to proceed, and bowed slightly, saying, "Then you should hurry back; there was no need for a farewell."
The imperial physician smiled again, thinking he was very sensible.
The imperial physician was abducted shortly after he left.
"Waaah!" The imperial physician tried to pry his hands off, but the man was too strong.
"Shut up, or you'll be dead in the next second," Yuan Ruo threatened him.
Then the imperial physician nodded frantically.
After Yuan Ruo released him, the imperial physician glared at him angrily: "Whose servant are you? How dare you be so bold! Aren't you afraid I'll kill you?"
"I'm afraid you'll leave before that."
The man's lips twitched: "Don't try to threaten me!"
Upon hearing this, Yuan Ru snorted coldly and grabbed his neck directly: "It's easy to control you. I only have one question for you, and you just need to answer it honestly."
The imperial physician began nodding frantically again.
"You went to treat the Empress just now, did you find anything during the examination?"
The imperial physician, without batting an eye, said, "Her Majesty was overwhelmed with worries and became too exhausted, which is why she fainted. She is fine now."
Yuan Ruo sighed softly, then shoved him to the ground, squatted down and patted his face: "You lost so much blood, and you're telling me it's because you fainted from overwork? I think you're just living too hard."
The imperial physician was on the verge of tears upon hearing this.
"Then just kill me. If word gets out, I'll be dead too!"
"Don't worry, I'm just curious about things in the palace. I won't tell anyone even if I find out. You'll be fine."
How can I trust you?
"It's fine if you don't believe me, but if I find out from someone else, do you think you'll be able to save your life? Do you think the eunuch who gave you the money would protect you?"
The imperial physician was stunned for a moment, and upon thinking about it carefully, it seemed to make sense.
"If you can save me, I'll tell you."
"Go ahead and tell me."
Then the imperial physician told the whole story.
Is there anything else?
The imperial physician waved his hand: "There are none left."
Seeing that Yuan Ruo's expression had softened, the imperial physician asked timidly, "May I get up now?"
Yuan Ruo got up and left, and only then did the imperial physician sit up, brush the dirt off his clothes, and mutter, "What bad luck!"
"What did you say?" Yuan Ruo walked over again without anyone noticing.
The imperial physician was startled and took two steps back before waving his hand and saying in a trembling voice, "I didn't say anything."
Yuan Ruo turned her hand and twisted her neck; the man was so frightened that he had wet his pants.
Yuan Ruo chuckled, "My lord, you should hurry back and tidy yourself up, it's too embarrassing." After saying that, Yuan Ruo left.
Then the person quickly packed their things and left.
After returning home, Yuan Ruo wrote the message again and prepared to send it away, just as Yi Zexuan's message arrived.
"Explore again?" Yuan Ruo asked, puzzled.
Yuan Ruo did not hesitate and went again when the moon was dark and the wind was high. With the experience from last time, this time it went much more smoothly.
Yuan Ru lit a lantern to illuminate the way inside, and after searching for a long time, she finally found a dark room. Just as Yuan Ru was trying to figure out how to open it, she heard someone say, "You've finally come. I've been living in this dark and gloomy place for several days now. I didn't expect you to actually dare to come."
Yuan Ruo became vigilant and prepared to fight.
"Who are you? Why are you following me?"
"Who I am is not important. What's important is that today is our final battle."
"In such a dark place, no one can see anyone else. How can we fight? Even if we do fight, as people of the martial arts world, we can arrange a time and place to fight then."
The man twisted his wrist and said, "Forget about finding another time, let's use sound to pinpoint the location. Isn't it more exciting to fight like this?"
"Locating sounds isn't my forte. Are you trying to bully me here? Besides, you should know the terrain well, right?"
The man shrugged: "What you said makes sense, but have you ever seen anyone secretly plotting to harm you and then telling you beforehand? Now that I've made my own statement, I've already taken a big step back. You can't hide from me anymore unless you admit defeat, or you'll have no choice but to fight."
"Then let's go."
Then the two started fighting in that narrow space...
Over here, Lin Ziwen and the other man had already returned from catching crabs, and then set up a barbecue grill to prepare skewers.
When Su Lixia learned that she had been invited to eat barbecue skewers for a late-night snack, she couldn't help but stomp her foot: "I just finished eating braised food! I don't have any room left. I'm not going."
So Xiaolian went and refused.
"Hey? Wait a minute!"
Su Lixia called out to her.
"Just tell her I'll be there later."
Xiaolian covered her mouth and smiled, knowing what she meant.
"Princess, rest assured."
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