Dr. Li's words exploded like a thunderclap.
Everyone's expression was one of stunned disbelief.
Lu Wei's reputation and word-of-mouth had long made them believe her words without a doubt, so Dr. Li's sudden denial was truly shocking.
Lu Wei looked at Doctor Li with a panicked expression. Why would he say such a thing? Could it be that Mu Chenshuang had threatened him?
"Doctor Li, His Majesty is here today. You saved the Empress Dowager. You can tell the truth. There is no need to worry about anything."
Lu Wei's words were clearly meant to tell Doctor Li to disregard any threats and to make him tell the truth.
Feng Guche glanced at Doctor Li and said in a deep voice, "Divine Physician, speak the truth. If anyone is threatening you, I will not let them off lightly."
Upon hearing this...
Lu Wei and Mu Yazhi breathed a sigh of relief. With His Majesty's words, what was there to fear from Mu Chenshuang's threat?
Doctor Li bowed and said, “Your Majesty, I am telling the truth. I have no grudge against the princess, so how could there be any threat? That day, Madam Lu came to me and asked if I had been threatened by the princess. I was puzzled at the time and did not know why Madam Lu would say that. I was also at fault for not explaining it to Madam Lu clearly at the time.”
Lu Wei and Mu Yazhi were both taken aback, staring at Doctor Li in astonishment. Why was this happening?
Mu Yazhi suddenly looked at Xue Jiajia and said excitedly, "Jiajia, you can testify that your sister and Doctor Li did have a conflict that day. In order to please you, she threatened Doctor Li with the gold medal."
Xue Jiajia immediately said aggrievedly, "Yazhi, don't slander me. I never said such a thing. Don't wrong me. Besides, Miss Mu is a princess. Does she need to flatter me? You gave me the beauty pill and treated me as a friend. I also treat you sincerely. You can't slander me."
Mu Yazhi's face turned pale instantly, her body trembled, and she stared at Xue Jiajia with eyes full of astonishment and resentment.
She was the one who said it.
Why won't she admit it?
Upon hearing this, Fenglian frowned. "Jiajia, what beauty pill?"
Girls who haven't reached the age of marriage are forbidden from taking elixirs or similar substances, which is why Xue Jiajia hadn't dared to tell Feng Lian before.
Xue Jiajia took out a pill from her bosom in a daze, and looked at Feng Lian with a frightened expression. "This is it. Ya Zhi said it was given to me by the alchemist of the Divine Doctor Sect. I had pustules on my face before, and the medicine didn't work, but this helped. I just stopped taking it for a while, and now it's relapsed. I didn't dare to tell you, Mother, so I went to see Doctor Li."
Feng Lian reached out and took the medicine, staring at it intently. Then she stepped forward and walked to Doctor Li, respectfully asking, "Doctor Li, may I take a look at this medicine? Is it truly from the Divine Physician Sect?"
Mu Yazhi panicked completely. Even the Carefree King could tell that this medicine was not from the Divine Doctor Sect, let alone Doctor Li.
But she could only watch helplessly as Doctor Li reached out and took the pills. Lu Wei was the same; she could barely stand, her pupils constricted, her fingers clenched, and a terrible premonition welled up inside her.
Doctor Li reached out and took the pill, examined it carefully, and his expression instantly became serious.
"Dr. Li, is there something wrong with this medicine?" Fenglian asked anxiously.
Doctor Li replied, “Miss Xue, you ate something you shouldn’t have. I noticed the problem when I took your pulse that day. This is not a medicine from the Divine Physician Sect. All the pills from the Divine Physician Sect are engraved with unique characters. This pill contains the Illusionary Beauty Grass, which can indeed solve skin problems, but the price is infertility.”
The moment the words were spoken.
Fenglian's legs went weak.
"mother."
Xue Jiajia was so frightened that she quickly reached out to steady Fenglian.
Dr. Li then explained, "However, I have already prescribed medicine for Miss Xue. As long as she takes it on time, the toxins in her body will be gradually cleared away and will not affect her future fertility."
Upon hearing this, Fenglian took a breath and regained her balance.
Xue Jiajia comforted her, "Mom, Doctor Li said I'm fine, so you don't need to worry."
"Mu Yazhi, you have committed a heinous crime by framing someone for infertility," the Empress rebuked sternly.
Mu Yazhi was already terrified and completely lost her composure.
She didn't understand why Xue Jiajia suddenly brought up the pills. She had clearly said she wouldn't pursue the matter and that they had made up. Why would she say something like that?
The Empress's rebuke made her tremble violently, and she couldn't utter a single word of explanation.
Lu Wei immediately knelt down, "Your Majesty, please forgive me, there must be some misunderstanding."
"Misunderstanding? Madam Lu, you just said that Shuang'er was preventing the physician from treating the Empress Dowager. Shouldn't you explain that as well?"
The Empress's questioning made Lu Wei break out in a cold sweat and feel terrified. Out of the corner of her eye, she caught a glimpse of Xue Jiajia's smug look and Mu Chenshuang's calm, spectator-like expression throughout the entire ordeal.
In an instant.
She understood something.
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