Eunuch Qing was so startled he almost cried out.
After a moment of stunned silence, the Emperor suddenly erupted into a violent coughing fit.
This time, he even spat out blood.
Terrified, Eunuch Qing and the imperial physicians scrambled, rushing to take the Emperor’s pulse, apply needles, and rewrite his prescription!
“Traitorous… scoundrel! That wench, how dare she poison me!”
The Emperor, finally managing to gasp for breath, roared, “Guards! Seize Chu Qianli for me, I will kill her myself!”
“Your Majesty, please calm your anger!”
The imperial physician sighed softly, his expression helpless. “Her Majesty the Empress’s prescription, while not exactly beneficial, can indeed alleviate Your Majesty’s pain.”
“This is actually one of the temporary relief methods. After all, if Your Majesty cannot bear the pain, this is the only way… however…”
“So, the imperial physician means that Miss Chu did not truly intend to harm Your Majesty, but was simply out of options?”
Upon hearing this, Eunuch Qing felt an indescribable complexity of emotions.
Even Chu Qianli had no solution?
But hadn’t Chu Qianli herself said before that this was not a serious illness, and with long-term rest and timely medication, she could recover?
Indeed, when the Emperor had been taking the medicine, his health had improved, and he seemed much more energetic.
However, Chu Qianli had been gone for several months. When the medicine ran out, there was no immediate issue, but later, the pain slowly began to return.
She had said she could cure it, yet now she resorted to the most extreme measure, treating the symptoms but not the root cause. What was she thinking?
“Qing De.” The Emperor, supported by Eunuch Qing, sat down and waved for the imperial physician to withdraw.
He looked at Eunuch Qing, his expression peculiar. “Don’t you think Chu Qianli is very different this time since her return?”
“Your Majesty has noticed it too?”
Eunuch Qing frowned, recalling Chu Qianli’s demeanor in the hall earlier.
He whispered, “Her arrogance is gone this time. Instead, she has been deliberately trying to please Your Majesty.”
“This servant believes she wants to reconcile with Prince Xuan, and naturally, she needs to win Your Majesty’s favor…”
“When she wanted to be with Xuan before, she never did anything to curry favor with me!”
In the Emperor’s impression, Chu Qianli was a troublemaker.
Someone who would not easily yield.
Could it be that, just to marry Feng Yexuan, the dignified Empress of a nation had to bow to him?
The national strength of Long Teng was in no way inferior to Bei Ming.
“I just feel… something is not right with her.”
“Your Majesty, should we send someone to investigate?”
“Investigate what?”
The Emperor’s question left Eunuch Qing momentarily speechless.
Yes, investigate what? Was it to check if the woman who came just now was Chu Qianli?
What a joke! That was clearly Chu Qianli! Even the most skilled disguise artist in the world couldn’t create such an identical and flawless face.
Not to mention, she was now living in Prince Xuan’s mansion, surrounded by her old friends.
If it were a disguise, wouldn’t anyone be able to tell?
It was impossible.
“But she… doesn’t seem to be able to treat Your Majesty’s illness after all.”
Eunuch Qing knew his words would displease the Emperor.
But they were the truth.
“When I looked at her just now, Your Majesty, her eyes clearly lacked any confidence, a stark contrast to the expression she had before going to Long Teng when she said she could cure Your Majesty!”
The Emperor pondered for a long time. The pain in his abdomen was becoming unbearable.
Did he really have to take that medicine that would further deteriorate his health?
After an unknown period, he suddenly said, “Summon Fú Lóng. I want to ask him personally what Chu Qianli experienced in Long Teng.”