Chapter 115

The little palace maid Qingdai brought over was Fu'er, who had hit a pillar and tried to commit suicide yesterday!

Although she had washed up and her hair wasn't as messy, the wound on her forehead from hitting the pillar was still shocking!

As soon as Fu'er saw Xi Pin, whose eyes were red with anger, she shivered like a frightened quail!

Her eyes were full of terror, remembering the fear of being pinned to the ground by Xi Pin yesterday!

After what happened yesterday, she knew early on that her little life was more valuable dead than alive!

But she had been saved, and not only was she alive, she had been brought before Xi Pin!

Xi Pin's combat power, let alone being a leader among women, even if she were put in a military camp, she could probably kill dozens of enemies!

Now Xi Pin probably couldn't wait to tear her apart! She must have even more terrifying ways to torture her!

"Greetings, Xi Pin Niangniang..." Fu'er trembled like chaff, completely losing her arrogant demeanor from yesterday. She could only kneel and kowtow, not even daring to raise her head!

"Imperial Physician Lin, what is the meaning of this?" Seeing Fu'er, Xi Pin was very dissatisfied. She pounded the table and turned her eyes to Lin Jiaojiao, "Didn't you say she was already dead yesterday?"

Lin Jiaojiao was drinking tea, trying to soothe her throat which had been stung by the hot and sour soup just now, but her voice was still a bit hoarse when she spoke, "Yesterday, I saw she still had a breath, so I took the liberty of saving her behind your back and Yu Fei Niangniang's. Don't worry, the Emperor agreed to this matter."

Xi Pin's eyes widened, "How could the Emperor agree to this!"

"Reporting to Xi Pin Niangniang," Qingdai spoke first. She bowed to Xi Pin and stepped forward to explain, "After I woke Fu'er up last night, I treated the wound on her forehead and asked about the reason why she added safflower to Xi Pin Niangniang's food."

"Oh? Then tell me and let me hear it?" Xi Pin leaned halfway against the chair and rested her hand on her lower abdomen to prevent the fetus from being harmed again, "If you have half a lie, I will have someone drag you to the mass grave to feed the wolves and dogs!"

Fu'er seemed to have lost her arrogance from yesterday. Especially hearing that she would be dragged to feed the dogs, she kowtowed in a hurry, wishing she could kowtow to death right here!

"Xi Pin Niangniang, spare my life! This servant knows she did wrong, I only beg for death!"

"Yesterday's matter was indeed not done by Yu Fei Niangniang. It was really this servant who was blinded by lard, thinking that as long as you miscarried, the Emperor would no longer favor you and would only love Yu Fei Niangniang!"

Xi Pin sneered: "You are indeed loyal, but you are a fool. Even dogs wouldn't eat someone this stupid!"

"Not feeding the dogs is fine too. I see she is strong; she couldn't even die after hitting the door pillar," Lin Jiaojiao drank her tea and chuckled, "Keeping this little life to test medicine for me can be considered a good deed."

"What is testing medicine...?" Fu'er looked at Qingdai with a tentative look.

Qingdai explained kindly, "Fu'er, haven't you heard of testing medicine? Testing medicine is using thousands of medicines, pouring them down one by one to see if there is any toxicity. Using herbs is fine, but I heard that people who test medicine also need to swallow poisonous insects alive, centipedes, poisonous snakes..."

Fu'er turned pale with fright, her lips trembling, "Please don't use Fu'er to test medicine! Fu'er is stupid. That day when I was punished by Yu Consort at Yonghe Palace, I accidentally heard the words of Sister Duruo and Sister Caifu..."

"Duruo and Caifu...?" Lin Jiaojiao and Xi Pin exchanged a glance and quickly understood the crux of the matter!

Rather than saying the royal fetus would affect Yu Fei's struggle for favor, it was more likely that the royal fetus would threaten the Crown Prince's position!

Xi Pin frowned and asked, "What did they say at the time?"

"They said... Xi Pin Niangniang is pregnant. Once she gives birth to a prince, being named a concubine is just around the corner. In the harem, Ningfei Niangniang has the Crown Prince as her support, but Yu Fei Niangniang, who has no offspring, is afraid her status will be hard to guarantee..."

"So, so this servant came up with this bad idea to get rid of Xi Pin Niangniang's royal fetus, in order to protect Yu Fei Niangniang's status and favor!"

Xi Pin curled her lips into a cold smile: "You really are a fool. You couldn't even see that this was a trap set for you by that smiling Buddha, Ningfei!"

"I originally thought it was Yu Fei who was making things difficult for me, a concubine, but I didn't expect this matter to have anything to do with Ningfei Niangniang!" Xi Pin's eyes suddenly burst with anger, her eye sockets almost widened, and she was about to move to settle the score with Ningfei!

Lin Jiaojiao grabbed her, "Xi Pin Niangniang, don't be anxious. Fu'er's identity in the palace now is a dead palace maid. Her words cannot be used as evidence, and besides, Ningfei is in the dark..."

Speaking of this, she fell into deep thought, "She came to find me this morning and specifically told me about Miss Rouyi... I guess she also has other purposes."

Xi Pin felt a trace of curiosity in her heart and couldn't help but ask, "Who is Rouyi?"

"Rouyi is the woman the Emperor loves deeply." Before Lin Jiaojiao could explain, Qingdai was the first to answer this question!

Lin Jiaojiao was instantly stunned on the spot, "You know Rouyi?"

Qingdai nodded slightly, "When I served the Emperor in front of the Imperial presence, I often heard him muttering this name, so I knew this woman must be the person the current Emperor misses day and night. Sometimes he would even call out this name in his sleep."

Xi Pin asked back, "Since he likes Rouyi so much, why doesn't the Emperor find her and take her into the harem?"

"This Miss Rouyi is probably long gone." Lin Jiaojiao was slightly distracted. She told Xi Pin what Ningfei Consort had said, but Xi Pin was even angrier after hearing it!

She slammed the table, "This dog of a man! He couldn't even protect the woman he loved! It can be seen that the person he loves is not Rouyi; the person he loves is clearly himself!"

But just at this moment, Eunuch Gao's voice came from outside Qingju Pavilion, "Is Imperial Physician Lin there? The Emperor has an edict, summoning you to court!"

"Summoning me to court?" Lin Jiaojiao and Qingdai looked at each other.

Xi Pin stated her speculation: "Perhaps your case has made progress, so he is summoning you to court to testify and clear your name."

"If that's really the case, then I should go to court!" Lin Jiaojiao said, getting up. Qingdai hurriedly stepped forward to tidy her appearance.

Afterwards, Qingdai and Xi Pin sent Lin Jiaojiao out of Qingju Pavilion, and under Eunuch Gao's guidance, she walked towards Taihe Hall.