Seeing the little face that sneaked into his dreams every night re inches away, Qin Yi exhausted his willpower to force himself not to touch her.
This detestable little woman had the audacity to think of pushing him toward other won; if he didn’t teach her a lesson, she might well end up selling him!
Thinking this, Qin Yi’s complexion turned noticeably uglier.
Su Pan’er got up, "I understand. I will arrange for soone to offer condolences and also send so practical items their way."
The Qin Family’s Mansion had nothing at the mont, and although the funeral arrangents were handled by the Ministry of Rites, they still needed things for hosting guests.
She also thought of Qin Shuan’er. With such an incident, it was feared that her marriage plans would be put on hold for a while. Fortunately, she didn’t have soone she was fond of yet; otherwise, wouldn’t it have delayed the child’s prospects?
"That’s good. I’ll leave these matters to you then."
Qin Yi said calmly, with a deanor of strictly attending to official duties.
Su Pan’er didn’t say much more, found an excuse, and left Chuigong Palace Hall without looking back.
Qin Yi watched her departing figure, so angry that he imdiately smashed a paperweight!
Eunuch An, who was waiting on him, was trembling all over. His Majesty’s temper had really been too volatile lately.
"Summon Imperial Physician Wang to see Us."
Just as Eunuch An tried to avoid His Majesty’s wrath, Qin Yi suddenly issued the order.
Eunuch An didn’t dare to neglect the summons and quickly sent the ssage. Before long, Imperial Physician Wang appeared in the Chuigong Palace Hall.
It was now the First Geng of the night, and Imperial Physician Wang, upon being summoned to enter the palace, thought that so nobleman had suffered a mishap and didn’t dare delay his arrival. But to his surprise, after he entered the Chuigong Palace Hall, His Majesty dismissed everyone else, leaving him alone with the emperor.
"Your Majesty, perhaps the dragon body is unwell; would you allow your humble servant to take your pulse?"
Seeing His Majesty silent for a long ti, Imperial Physician Wang spoke cautiously.
Qin Yi looked up, a flash of light crossing his eyes, "Imperial Physician Wang, do you possess a decoction that, after a man consus it, he will never have offspring again?"
"Wha—, what?"
Imperial Physician Wang thought he had heard a hallucination, so startled that he plugged his ears, thinking he hadn’t heard clearly.
"Well, is there such a dicine or not?"
His Majesty furrowed his brow and stared at Imperial Physician Wang with a threatening look in his eyes.
It jolted Imperial Physician Wang back to sobriety, and he imdiately broke out in a cold sweat.
Without concerning himself with anything else, he promptly knelt on the ground, banging his head repeatedly, "Your humble servant deserves death, your humble servant committed a grave offense! Your humble servant deserves death, your humble servant committed a grave offense! Your humble servant deserves death..."
"If you knock your head again, I will have your head off today, and I’ll exterminate your entire Wang Family!"
Qin Yi’s threatening words ca once more. The warning in his voice was intense, leaving Imperial Physician Wang unsure whether to continue bowing or to stop.
"Avoid asking any other questions; you only need to tell Us whether it exists or not."
It exists or does not exist...
Imperial Physician Wang, shivering, struggled to speak for a long ti.
"Hmm?"
Qin Yi was clearly becoming impatient and let out a cold snort.
Frightened, Imperial Physician Wang fell prostrate to the ground and hurriedly kowtowed, "It exists, it exists... Your Majesty, please spare my life! Your humble servant has elderly above and children below; I truly dare not have any other thoughts..."
"Rest assured, I have no interest in your head."
Qin Yi casually waved his hand, "Since there is dicine, go and prepare it. To outsiders, just say it is for my body’s conditioning. Understand?"
"Understand, understand!"
Imperial Physician Wang hurriedly nodded his head, received permission, and did not dare to delay as he hastily retreated.
He had always served beside His Majesty, and knew better than anyone the state of His Majesty’s dragon body. To say nothing of impregnating a woman, even ten would not be a problem.
But today, His Majesty actually sought that kind of dicine—how could such dicine be that easy to consu?
But now that the arrow was on the bowstring, he could not refuse.
His heart trembling, he went to the Imperial dical Bureau in the middle of the night, locked himself in a room to think for half the night, and only when the sky began to brighten did he rub his weary eyes and get up. He carefully took out the dicinal ingredients needed from the prescription, concocted a dose, carefully wrapped it up, and then hurried out. He personally watched over the dicine jar as it stewed the decoction, not daring to let it pass through a second person’s hands.
Once he had finished stewing the decoction, he poured it into the dicine jar and, holding it in his hands, personally delivered it to the Purple Zen Hall.
Inside the Purple Zen Hall, Qin Yi had already attended the morning court session.
The matter of Qin Hao’s unexpected death also ca to light during the morning court. Qin Yi repressed the unexpected emotions inside and dealt with the matter before swiftly leaving the court session.
"Your Majesty, Imperial Physician Wang has been waiting outside the hall for quite so ti."
Eunuch An held back his words.
He was able to serve so close to His Majesty precisely because of his ticulous and attentive nature. But today, Imperial Physician Wang’s complexion looked very wrong. Usually stable in his work, he now stood there, his legs shaking uncontrollably and his forehead covered in cold sweat. If one were to say there was nothing suspicious, he would pluck out his own eyes and use them as balls to kick.
However, His Majesty had spent a great deal of ti alone with Imperial Physician Wang in the hall yesterday, and what happened during that ti, and what instructions His Majesty had issued, he had no way of knowing.
Especially regarding that decoction, he had tried several tis to take the dicine but was rebuffed by Imperial Physician Wang for various reasons.
After all, he, Eunuch An, was highly favored in front of His Majesty. Even if one lent Imperial Physician Wang ten tis the courage, he wouldn’t dare to snub him like this; it seed that...
His heart sank, and as His Majesty left the court, Eunuch An reported Imperial Physician Wang’s waiting outside the hall.
"Oh? Send him in quickly!"
One could hardly miss the apparent joy on Qin Yi’s face.
But Imperial Physician Wang was not happy. It was no longer appropriate to describe him as rely unhappy. His entire body felt light and airy, and his legs faltered as he walked. In September’s weather, the breath he exhaled in the morning of Shengjing ford a mist, but Imperial Physician Wang’s whole body seed as if he had been pulled out of water, drenched in sweat.
During the wait, he thought of no less than ten plans—should he pretend the ratio of dicinal ingredients was incorrect? Or pretend to spill the decoction? Or feign illness on this very day?
All sorts of excuses went round his head, but he eventually discarded them all.
His Majesty was no fool. Under the gaze of those eyes, he felt completely exposed and unable to conceal anything.
"Your subject, greets Your Majesty."
Imperial Physician Wang shuffled forward until he was ten steps away, knelt down, and, holding the dicine bowl above his head, deeply bowed.
"It’s my dear subject Wang, rise."
Qin Yi said nonchalantly as he washed his hands in the copper basin brought by the eunuch, then carefully wiped them with a towel before settling down on the dragon throne.
"So, the decoction is ready? Bring it here quickly."
As soon as he saw the dicine jar in his hands, Qin Yi gave the order.
"Your subject, obeys the decree..."
Imperial Physician Wang, shivering, placed the tray to one side, took the dicine bowl, and began pouring the decoction from the dicine jar. Whether out of a guilty conscience or for so other reason, most of the decoction spilled outside the jar.
Still, there was more than half a bowl left, enough for one dose of dicine.
Trembling, he lifted the dicine bowl and presented it to Qin Yi, "Your Majesty, please."
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