For a split second, Mu Fengqie only wanted to use the silver needles in her hand to take the life of that despicable emperor. But suddenly, the face of Jing Xunche flashed through her mind.
Her hand involuntarily covered her lower abdomen. Feeling the little life inside her belly, she suddenly changed her mind.
The despicable emperor deserved to die, but it wasn't the right time yet. Moreover, letting him die so easily would be too good for him. She wanted to torture him severely, let him be tortured to death bit by bit, and let him taste the feeling of living in hell.
Mu Fengqie concealed the harshness in her eyes, then turned around and put on that professional fake smile. "Your servant is here to feel Your Majesty's pulse. Please stretch out Your Noble Hand."
The emperor's eyes had been lingering on Mu Fengqie. At this moment, fantasizing about what was going to happen later, he naturally did whatever Mu Fengqie said.
Mu Fengqie tried her best to suppress the disgust in her heart and pretended to feel the emperor's pulse nonchalantly. Then, when the emperor wasn't paying attention, she quietly scattered the powder in her hand on the emperor.
She deliberately showed a surprised look, slightly parting her thin lips and looking at the emperor as if she had something to say but hesitated. Even though the emperor was full of lust, his mood was interrupted by Mu Fengqie's current appearance.
"Your Majesty... this... this..." Mu Fengqie opened her mouth but stammered and couldn't say a complete sentence for a long time.
The emperor also sensed something was wrong. In the face of life and death, desire was nothing. He lost his interest and only wanted to know what was wrong with his body.
He asked anxiously, "What exactly is wrong with my body? Why are you looking at me like this, Imperial Physician Mu?"
The emperor was extremely worried. Cold sweat kept breaking out on his body, afraid of hearing something bad from Mu Fengqie's mouth.
Mu Fengqie lowered her head and the corners of her mouth twitched slightly, with contempt written all over her face. Then she looked up with a worried expression. "In reply to Your Majesty, Your Majesty has been poisoned..."
"Poisoned?" The emperor stood there stunned, as if struck by lightning. "How could I be poisoned? Am I in any danger? Will it be life - threatening?"
In a hurry, he grabbed Mu Fengqie's hand. Where was the determination of an emperor? Mu Fengqie was really puzzled how such a person could make the ministers submit. Didn't anyone ever start a rebellion?
Mu Fengqie sighed and then said, "Judging from the pulse, Your Majesty's poison is not life - threatening. You may suffer a bit. You just need to expel the poison."
"How to expel it?" The emperor immediately asked upon hearing this.
He heaved a sigh of relief. His expression looked much better. He liked Mu Fengqie even more. What he lacked around him was a beautiful woman with excellent medical skills. If Mu Fengqie were to stay by his side in the future, wouldn't he have to worry about his health?
"Actually, the toxicity of this poison is not strong. For an adult, you just need to drink two doses of medicine. But you will have diarrhea, and Your Majesty may have a stomachache."
Mu Fengqie explained it lightly. She didn't give the emperor a very strong poison. She just wanted to punish the emperor for what he had done today. Of course, the tricks she played were so subtle that even the imperial physicians couldn't detect them. She just wanted to make the emperor bed - ridden for three days!
The emperor's hanging heart finally dropped. A stomachache was nothing. He didn't take it seriously, and that lewd expression appeared on his face again.
Mu Fengqie rolled her eyes silently and reminded, "Your servant will go and write a prescription for Your Majesty right away. If this poison cannot be detoxified quickly, even if the toxicity is mild, it may take half of one's life."
Sure enough, upon hearing this, the emperor's expression changed greatly. He took the prescription from Mu Fengqie and left her palace. She bowed and watched him leave with a cold glint in her eyes.
The large crowd in the courtyard left with the emperor. Xiao Qing also heaved a sigh of relief. She and Zhu Fei entered the palace at the same time and then checked Mu Fengqie from every angle.
Mu Fengqie's eyes twitched constantly. She was both helpless and touched. She was like a rattle, being turned around by Xiao Qing and Zhu Fei. These two little girls almost made her dizzy.
"Alright, alright. I'm fine. Don't worry. That despicable emperor can't do anything to me for now." Mu Fengqie sighed helplessly.
Only then did Xiao Qing feel relieved. Thinking of what had just happened, she still felt a lingering fear. "Miss, when can we leave this damned place? You don't know. Just now, the emperor's eyes were like he wanted to eat you. He stared at you all the time. It made this servant so angry!"
The emperor knew that Mu Fengqie was a married woman but still looked at her like that. In Xiao Qing's eyes, this was the behavior of a lecher and a hooligan. It was really shocking to see such an expression on the emperor.
Zhu Fei also pursed her lips and casually said something astonishing, "I'll go and gouge out that despicable emperor's eyes tonight."
Mu Fengqie spat out all the water in her mouth and laughed heartily without any grace. This Zhu Fei was really a tomboy. She usually kept silent and would rather take action than argue. She was definitely the leader of the action - oriented people.
The news that the emperor had gone to the Jianjia Palace spread throughout the harem overnight. Mu Fengqie also attracted the jealousy of many concubines. However, Mu Fengqie, the person involved, still knew nothing about it.
She went to bed early and got up early to give the Empress Dowager acupuncture. But when she arrived at the Cining Palace, she found that the Empress Dowager didn't treat her like she did yesterday. Instead, her attitude was even colder than when they first met.
"Your servant pays respects to the Empress Dowager. May the Empress Dowager enjoy good health and long life." Although Mu Fengqie was puzzled, she still bowed.
But the Empress Dowager didn't tell her to get up as usual. She even closed her eyes and let the maids massage her head. Mu Fengqie knelt on the ground in confusion. After about half an hour, the Empress Dowager still showed no sign of letting her get up. Her knees were about to give out.
Considering the child in her belly, no matter what happened, she couldn't keep kneeling. So she had to take a risk and speak...
"Empress Dowager... it's time for the acupuncture..." Mu Fengqie said softly.
The Empress Dowager slowly opened her eyes and glanced at Mu Fengqie kneeling on the ground. Mu Fengqie was overjoyed, but the Empress Dowager still didn't tell her to get up. This made Mu Fengqie frown and become even more confused.
The Empress Dowager waved her hand and dismissed the maids in the palace. Seeing Mu Fengqie's pale face and confused expression, she finally felt a bit of pity. "Get up."
"Your servant thanks the Empress Dowager for her great kindness!"
In this unfair era, one even had to thank for being allowed to kneel. Mu Fengqie suddenly felt a bit homesick. She, a famous lady, had never suffered such grievances before.
"Do you know why I punished you to kneel?" The Empress Dowager looked at Mu Fengqie coldly, with a hint of disgust in her eyes.
Mu Fengqie didn't understand why the Empress Dowager's attitude towards her had done a 180 - degree turn overnight, but there must be a reason.