mtl008 Chapter 467 Who are the relatives?
Chapter 467 Who are the relatives?
The person who came to check the pulse of this group of people was naturally the old doctor Kong.
Wang Xifeng drove the girls to a side hall to drink tea and play, then she smiled and invited Emperor Chongzhao to sit down at the table to listen to the report from the old imperial physician Kong.
"The ladies all got pregnant at different times. Concubine De is nearly two months pregnant, Li Xuanyi and Geng Ronghua are about a month pregnant, and Shi Ronghua and Concubine Ran seem to have only been pregnant for a short time."
Doctor Kong paused at this point, with a puzzled look in his eyes: "Although the pulses show that the ladies should be pregnant, I still feel that something is wrong."
As he spoke, he bowed to Emperor Chongzhao and said, "I hope Your Majesty will check the pulses of the ladies again in one month to confirm the situation."
Wang Xifeng nodded and looked at Emperor Chongzhao: "I also think it would be better to wait a month and see. What do you think, Your Majesty?"
Emperor Chongzhao naturally didn't want to end up making a fool of himself, so he nodded in agreement: "I also think that it is better to be cautious."
Doctor Kong left another medical instruction, asking everyone to be careful about their daily diet and other matters, and then left.
Wang Xifeng waited for him to leave, and before the ladies came over, she hurriedly whispered to Emperor Chongzhao:
"De Fei and Shi Ronghua are not very tight-lipped. I am afraid that my warning will be useless. Please, Your Majesty, open your mouth and ask them not to tell anyone about this matter."
Emperor Chongzhao narrowed his eyes and looked at Wang Xifeng with some hostility: "Wang, it seems to me that you are sure that their pregnancy is a fraud?
"Could it be that in your eyes, I am not this... this vigorous and powerful?"
Hearing him say the words he had just used to tease her, Wang Xifeng was speechless and her face turned a little red.
After thinking for a while, he saw that the girls were already coming over here chatting and laughing. Wang Xifeng whispered a few words into Emperor Chongzhao's ear.
Emperor Chongzhao raised his eyebrows: "Did you eat them all?"
"Yes. I just asked Jingli to check the patient's pulse." Wang Xifeng sighed softly.
Emperor Chongzhao looked at her again: "Which imperial physician is it?"
"His surname is You. I checked carefully and found that his master is Li Wan'an, who seems to be a former judge..."
Wang Xifeng looked at Concubine De who had already walked five steps forward and stopped talking.
Emperor Chongzhao wanted to make the matter clear, so he raised his hand and pointed his folding fan directly at Concubine De and others.
Defei's face changed, but she had to stand there aggrieved, and even took three steps back.
"Li Wanan is in another palace now. Did you see him when you went there?" Emperor Chongzhao looked at Wang Xifeng inquiringly.
Wang Xifeng was bewildered: "Ah? I haven't seen him. Hasn't he stopped being a judge? Why is he still serving the Queen Mother?"
"I will let Chen Duo interrogate You." Emperor Chongzhao decided to strike first.
Wang Xifeng seemed to want to say something but stopped herself.
Emperor Chongzhao looked at her.
She could only smile and say, "I think that the prescription has not been verified. What if it is really a miracle drug? I will take the person to the inner temple...
"I have heard of Chen Duo's methods many times. He can always find something wrong during the interrogation..."
"I don't believe there is such a miracle medicine in this world." Emperor Chongzhao had a cold expression and waved his fan.
Jing Quan came closer: "Your Majesty?"
"Go and do it." Emperor Chongzhao said concisely.
Jing Quan bowed, turned around and left quickly.
Emperor Chong Zhao then opened his folding fan again with a snap, curled his lips, softened his voice, and asked everyone to come forward:
"Come here, I have something to tell you."
The girls came over gracefully, each with varying degrees of grievance on their faces.
"I heard that you all have poor appetite this summer?" Emperor Chongzhao smiled.
Everyone nodded in acknowledgment.
Concubine De was particularly smiling and spoke before everyone else: "I have not liked eating since July. No matter how much hawthorn water I drink, my appetite has not improved.
"In the end, I had to ask the imperial physician to prescribe medicine, and then I got better."
Emperor Chongzhao smiled and asked her, "Is it bitter?"
"A little bit at a time, but mostly sweet and sour, with an indescribable bitterness." Defei said as she recalled.
Shi Jincheng listened and came up curiously: "Huh? Did the Empress Defei also take that medicine? Me too, after drinking two bowls of that medicine, I started to like eating.
"Until the end of last month, I started to vomit everything I ate, so I asked the imperial physician to prescribe the same medicine for me again, but the imperial physician took leave again.
"I was just thinking of asking another imperial physician to follow my example and use that prescription to make me another bowl of medicine, but Li Xuanyi told me to wait..."
Everyone's faces began to look strange.
Because the process they went through was almost exactly the same.
Emperor Chongzhao's eyes became more and more stern: "That imperial physician took a leave? Do you know what the leave was for?"
“They said, at first it was just a stomachache, and then family members got sick too. After they were finally all healed, their father-in-law passed away.
"I heard that he will be able to come over the day after tomorrow to start his work." De Fei hurriedly said, "I just sent someone to invite him today, and I heard that."
Emperor Chongzhao frowned: "Father-in-law? Who is his father-in-law?"
How can you take leave even though your in-laws are gone?
Wang Xifeng then looked at Concubine De.
This time, Defei didn't know it. She glared at Wang Xifeng, closed her mouth and turned away.
"In reply to the emperor, the eldest daughter of Imperial Physician You married Jia Zhen of the Ningguo Mansion. His father-in-law is Jia Jing, a former Jinshi who refused a good title and chose to practice Taoism.
"Didn't Jia Jing take the golden elixir the other day in order to attain enlightenment?
"I heard it's gone." Wang Xifeng said softly.
Emperor Chongzhao's expression darkened completely: "So he is the relative of Ningguo Mansion."
Then it makes sense why Wang Xifeng always felt that there was something wrong with the medicine.
Friends, relatives, and old acquaintances must all be aware of Jia Jing's affairs.
Jia Jing was bound to die, so there was no way to plead for him.
After Jia Jing's death, no one could predict what would happen to the Rong and Ning mansions. But it was clear to the naked eye that the two mansions had reached their peak of wealth and splendor.
There is no guarantee that Imperial Doctor You would not use this as an excuse to make a fake pregnancy drug to disgust Emperor Chongzhao.
"Old Doctor Kong just said that you are still very young and we cannot be sure of your exact number of months. So, it is not advisable to publicize it."
Emperor Chongzhao let go of that topic and directly instructed everyone, "So this matter should be kept in Yinyu Palace, and don't spread it outside."
He pointed at Concubine De specifically and said, "Especially you, don't mention it, don't tell your family."
De Fei was so angry that she almost jumped up and down: "I was the first one to get pregnant, and at that time I hadn't started drinking that damn appetite-stimulating medicine yet!
“Your Majesty, I am sure it is true!
"If it's true, why can't you tell me?!"
Besides, she already said it!
But she didn't dare shout this out loud.
Emperor Chongzhao stood up and said: "The last person whose pregnancy was known to the whole world was Mei.
"How are her children?"
He walked away impatiently.
Defei burst into tears and sobbed: "Is that just my child? Isn't that your child too?
"How can a father talk about his own child like this?!
"I'm going to tell Aunt Duan!"
Ever since Mei Ruoqin left the palace, Nanny Duan has been in a depressed mood and has not come in. She just lives in her own house outside to recuperate.
What Defei said now actually meant that she wanted Nanny Duan to take care of her pregnancy.
Wang Xifeng looked at her and smiled.
She ignores her own mother and instead wants to ask the great god to come back. She is really thoughtful!