Xiaoman was in the pharmacy and had no idea what was happening here. Because of what an imperial physician said, the emperor actually put the queen under house arrest, with the empress dowager standing by.
Watching the emperor and the queen quarreling, after the queen left, the queen mother sighed and looked at the emperor: "The emperor has the right to make up his mind now, and an old woman like me has no right to speak."
"It's better to go back to the palace first, so that I won't become an ally of the Queen. Ma'am, please go, or we will be confined to our rooms next."
The emperor's expression changed and he looked at the empress dowager as if he wanted to say something, but the empress dowager had already left without even giving him a chance to explain.
Just as the Queen Mother left, Xiaoman came in with a bunch of medicine boxes, walked into the Imperial Concubine's room, picked up the Imperial Concubine and brought her to a wooden basin filled with cold water.
He threw the imperial concubine in at once, causing Lianzi to scream, "County Lady, what are you doing?"
Xiaoman rolled her eyes at Lianzi and said, "You are here to detoxify your master. I think your master is really desperate to keep her favor. She even gave up the baby in her belly. Tsk tsk tsk tsk."
Hearing this, Lianzi's eyes widened: "County Master, what do you mean? My mistress is pregnant?"
Xiaoman nodded: "Yes, your mistress is pregnant, but the pregnancy is still short, only about 50 days, but unfortunately it is useless, it can't be saved."
Just as he was about to throw the medicine into the tub, Lianzi suddenly rushed out and knelt in front of the emperor: "Your Majesty, please save the queen and the little prince."
The emperor ignored Xiaoman when he came in just now and was a little unhappy. Now when he heard that the little prince showed up again, he couldn't help feeling depressed.
"What little prince? What happened to the eldest prince?"
It has to be said that the emperor has only one son now. Whenever someone mentions children, the first person she thinks of is the eldest prince. Lianzi is a little helpless.
"Your Majesty, I am not talking about the Queen's eldest son, but the little prince in the Imperial Concubine's belly. The county lady refused to help the Imperial Concubine keep the little prince, please save the little prince."
Hearing Lianzi's words, the emperor frowned: "What's going on? Explain clearly, you dare to wrongly accuse the county lady, do you also want to be beaten to death?"
Although he also cared about the so-called little prince, the emperor still subconsciously protected Xiaoman because he didn't believe that Xiaoman would not save a child.
No matter how evil the rumors outside say about Xiaoman, in the eyes of the emperor, Xiaoman is still that kind girl, although her words are a little vicious.
The noise outside was neither loud nor soft, just loud enough for Xiaoman to hear. She stopped her hand, which was about to throw the medicine in, and walked out directly, looking at the emperor.
"Your Majesty, I plan to leave the palace."
Hearing Xiaoman's words, the emperor was stunned for a moment and looked at Xiaoman: "How is the imperial concubine?"
Xiaoman curled her lips and said, "What does it have to do with me? Didn't the maidservant beside the imperial concubine say that I refused to treat her? She was right. I didn't want to save her at all."
"Anyway, I've been charged with this crime whether I fight or not, so Yongxi will just confirm this crime. Your Majesty, how are you going to punish me?"
"Are you going to strip me of my title? Or are you going to ban me from entering the palace? It's all fine. Or you can punish me by exile or beheading me. It's all fine. It's up to you!"
All the imperial doctors were shocked by Xiaoman's arrogance. She was openly challenging the emperor. They had always heard that this county lady was bold, but they didn't expect her to be so bold.
The emperor frowned tightly and said, "Xiao Man, please stop making trouble. For the sake of my child, can you save her?"
Seeing the emperor so serious, Xiaoman also sighed: "I really can't save the child. She is courting death. We are just doctors, not gods."
"Do you know why she got sick? Her current condition is not as simple as soaking in cold water all night. She also took poison."
"This kind of poison, in fact, won't have any effect on the adults. It will just make her fever more severe. Then she can take the antidote or soak in the water again to get rid of it."
"In other words, don't underestimate the Imperial Concubine's situation. It may seem dangerous, but in fact, there is nothing wrong. Of course, she is so brave."
"I'm afraid there are people here who are cooperating with her. Otherwise, she herself probably doesn't understand the properties of the medicine. I'm afraid the child won't be in any danger if she just soaks him in cold water overnight."
"If you use this drug, the baby will be aborted 100%, so let the person who gave her the poison save her himself. I can't afford to save such a person."
Lianzi, who was listening nearby, was also anxious: "It's impossible, County Lady, please don't wrongly accuse our queen. How could our queen harm her own child?"
"If our queen was really poisoned, it was someone who poisoned her. You can't wrongly accuse our queen just because you are the queen's man."
Xiaoman was still confused for a moment: "Does this matter have anything to do with the Queen?"
The emperor pursed his lips and looked at Xiaoman: "Just now, the imperial physician said that it was the queen who arrested his family and threatened him not to prescribe medicine for the imperial concubine. I have punished the queen by confining her to her room for a month."
Xiaoman listened to the emperor's words, turned to look at the imperial physician, and then asked curiously: "You are the one who confined the queen?"
The emperor nodded, and Xiaoman burst out laughing, looking at the imperial physician: "What about your family? The queen is under house arrest, why don't you ask the emperor to save your family."
Hearing Xiaoman's words, the imperial physician's face turned pale instantly, and the emperor's face also turned red. He didn't even think of such a simple thing. He looked at the imperial physician.
"How dare you, imperial physician, deceive me and wrongly accuse the queen."
The imperial physician knelt on the ground and said, "Your Majesty, everything I said is true. The reason I did not beg for mercy must be because Your Majesty will send someone to save my family."
Xiaoman curled her lips and said, "I don't think you need to save your family. If your family members were really captured, I'm afraid they are all dead now and can't be saved."
The doctor sat down on the ground, muttering to himself, "Impossible, this is impossible. I am still useful to them. They can't possibly kill my family."
Xiaoman laughed: "It seems that you know where your family is? If so, why don't you tell us now? Maybe we can still save one or two of them!"
When Lianzi heard these words, a hint of cruelty flashed in his eyes. Does this county lady like to meddle in other people's affairs? The imperial physician was also in a state of panic at this time.
Looking at the emperor, he knelt down and said, "Please, Your Majesty, save my family."
The emperor frowned and said, "Save your family? Then tell me the address and I will send someone to go there."
Soon someone in the palace went to rescue them. After they left, the emperor looked at Xiaoman and said, "Xiaoman, you should save them first."
Xiaoman snorted, "No, I can't save her. The older one won't die anyway, so there's no need for me to save her. But I don't have the ability to save the younger one."
As he said this, Xiaoman's eyes flashed with sarcasm, and he looked at the imperial physician kneeling on the ground: "Don't you check the imperial concubine's pulse every month?"
"How come you didn't see it? Is the Imperial Concubine pregnant? It's been more than 50 days, about two months, you must have been able to see it."
The imperial physician looked at Xiaoman blankly and said, "To answer the county lady's question, the queen was frightened last time, and her pulse was disordered. I was a little unsure, so I didn't tell the imperial concubine."
Xiao Man looked at the doctor with a half-smile, "You are doomed. You know, he is the prince, a life, so precious. I didn't tell you because you didn't allow me to."
"You didn't even bother to warn the Imperial Concubine. Even if you survived, you couldn't escape the Imperial Concubine's pursuit. Tsk, tsk, tsk! How pitiful."
The doctor's expression did not change, and he still looked wooden: "If all my family members died because of me, then there is no need for me to live."
Xiaoman was speechless, but Lianzi looked at Xiaoman with hatred, and then looked at the emperor: "Your Majesty, please get someone to save our queen."
"The county lady threw our queen into the cold water. Your Majesty, please save our queen."
Xiao Man shrugged indifferently when she heard this: "I was originally thinking of giving her some medicine to soak and let her get rid of the baby in her belly."
"You need to take care of yourself. You don't need to suffer any more. But I won't care about you now. The emperor wants to behead you or exile you. It's up to you. Anyway, I can't cure this disease."
The emperor was helpless, but he couldn't really kill Xiaoman, so he could only look at the doctors inside and say, "Are you all dead? Why don't you go in and save the imperial concubine?"
"As for that child, it may not be possible for the imperial concubine to have it."
The emperor believed that Xiaoman would not deceive him. Moreover, among the people here, apart from Xiaoman, Gu Xiangning had the best medical skills. However, the emperor would not ask Gu Xiangning to treat the imperial concubine.
I'm afraid that Gu Xiangning will speak more directly at that time. The director of the Imperial Hospital stood up helplessly and said, "Excuse me, county lady, do you want to throw all the medicine you brought from the pharmacy into the wooden barrel?"
Xiao Man smiled and said, "You are the director of the Imperial Hospital. If you ask me, it's probably the same. It's not that you don't know how to treat it, but you all don't dare to do it."
"The emperor is very fond of this. If he can't be cured, he will be beheaded. The medicine is inside. You will know when you go in and take a look."
Anyway, Xiaoman refused to do anything, so the Imperial Hospital's director turned around and went in helplessly. Xiaoman looked at Lianzi and said, "Why don't you go in and guard your master?"
After that, Xiaoman looked at the envoy with a strange look in his eyes, but he said nothing. The people who went to rescue him returned to the palace soon.
But the news he brought back was not very good: "Your Majesty, when I went there, the house was empty except for the family of this imperial physician."
"They are all dead. I have had their bodies brought back. They are outside the palace gate."
When the imperial physician heard this, he rushed outside like crazy.