Chapter 329 The Two Groups Act Separately
Every ti the imperial physicians on duty ca back to the Court of Imperial Physicians, they would write down all the details of the emperor’s condition.
For example, his pulse rate, what dicine he had taken and at what ti, the size of his al, and so on.
Uncle Yu had told her that the emperor was extrely weak now, but according to the report from Su Tong and other imperial physicians, his pulse rate was normal.
If these imperial physicians had hidden the truth from her on purpose, they would be exposed soon.
Looking at Lin ngya, Su Tong intended to sound her out. After all, he was not sure how much she had known about the emperor’s status.
“It’s inappropriate. Princess Yu, I’m not doubting your dical skills, but since it’s a matter of great importance, we should think it over before we act.”
Lin ngya looked at Su Tong, half-smiling.
“Hmph! What a loyal and patriotic official! Since he is the director of the Court of Imperial Physicians, it’s his duty to keep the emperor safe and sound, but now, the emperor almost dies under their ‘intensive care’!” she thought.
“I see nothing improper. Doctor Su, don’t worry. No matter what happens, I’ll take responsibility.”
Since Su Tong wanted Lin ngya to take all the responsibility, he had to agree to follow what she said. Therefore, now he couldn’t protest to her anymore.
In the end, Su Tong failed to reach his goal because Lin ngya never played by the rules.
“Then—let’s go together, Your Highness.”
“Is he still struggling to turn the tables?”
Lin ngya asked Baisu to take the dical kit with them with a graceful smile.
“Lord Su, you said just now that the servants’ injuries must be treated as soon as possible. You’re experienced and highly skilled, so it would be better for you to stay here to treat them. By the way, I saw an imperial physician’s na, Qiu Yu, in the dical records. Is he in the imperial palace now?”
Lin ngya pretended to ntion Qiu Yu unintentionally. Hearing that, Su Tong was a little surprised. After all, since Lin ngya ca to the imperial palace, she had never been found to have any contact with Qiu Yu, even at the Court of Imperial Physicians.
“But why—”
“No way! Princess Yu, Lord Su, although Qiu Yu is outstanding among the young physicians, I’m afraid that he is not up to the task!”
He Tian imdiately objected. After his favorite disciple’s death, he had always been dissatisfied with Lin ngya.
No matter whether Liu Yi had been killed by Lin ngya or not, if this woman hadn’t insisted on coming to the Court of Imperial Physicians, Liu Yi wouldn’t have died.
“The reason I chose Doctor Qiu was because most of the emperor’s dical records were signed by him. Using common sense, he must be the person who knows His Majesty’s condition the best. If all of you don’t agree, you can choose another one. But Doctor Su and Doctor He, you both are highly respected doctors, so I think you’d better stay here to treat the wounded.”
Instead of sticking to her ideas, Lin ngya soon gave in.
It made Su Tong beco suspicious.
The reason why he opposed it was that Qiu Yu was indeed not that experienced.
What’s more, he was worried that Qiu Yu might be on Lin ngya’s side.
But since Lin ngya had made concessions so easily, it was more likely that she had picked Qiu Yu at random.
A cunning look suddenly crossed Su Tong’s thoughtful eyes.
Pretending that he had thought it over, he said, “Well, Princess Yu, how about I ask my disciple to go with you?”
Lin ngya readily agreed without even thinking about it.
Now Su Tong was more certain that Qiu Yu had nothing to do with the woman in front of him.
Su Tong didn’t suspect them anymore. Suddenly, he seed to rember sothing.
“Oh, I’m too old to rember! My disciple went out to purchase dical materials three days ago, so I’ll have Qiu Yu go with you. Princess Yu, you’re right. Although Qiu Yu has just entered the imperial palace, he’s served His Majesty more than anyone else. Actually, he knows His Majesty’s condition better than the others. Qiu Yu, go with Princess Yu and do a checkup on His Majesty.”
Qiu Yu frowned slightly.
Apparently, he didn’t seem to want to work with Lin ngya. However, he had to follow Su Tong’s words and go with her.
He nodded and picked up his own dical kit reluctantly, looking both respectful and distant to Lin ngya. It seed that he was going to keep a proper distance from her.
Lin ngya didn’t seem to mind who would go with her.
She asked Baisu to hold the dical kit and then walked out the Court of Imperial Physicians with Qiu Yu.
The three walked silently. Lin ngya didn’t look back, but she knew that there were many people lurking around watching them.
Although they were heading for the sa place, Qiu Yu followed behind Lin ngya and Baisu, keeping a proper distance from them.
From the Court of Imperial Physicians to the emperor’s resting palace, the three of them didn’t even look at each other, let alone talk.
Wearing a garnet cotton-padded jacket embroidered with flowers, a white pleated skirt, and a pair of rabbit-hair embroidered shoes, Lin ngya looked like a noble lady portrait in motion while walking in the plain-colored palace.
Except for the empress and the four concubines, nobody in the imperial place was allowed to wear bright-colored clothes.
Therefore, Lin ngya’s red jacket was extrely eye-catching.
Those spies didn’t have to get too close to them because they could watch her every move by keeping an eye on her clothes.
“You are so bold! Weren’t you afraid that Su Tong wouldn’t let co out with you?”
Now Qiu Yu was walking ahead of Lin ngya. His lips moved slightly and his voice was so faint that only Lin ngya could hear it.
Lin ngya showed nothing special on her face and she still looked proud and cold as usual, but she was speaking in an extrely low voice secretly, just like Qiu Yu had done.
“He is useless to the Court of Imperial Physicians now. If he can take advantage of you and get rid of , it would be a double gain for him. He knows that the people behind are powerful, so he wouldn’t ask his disciple to co with . Otherwise, he might get himself in trouble. That old fox is too cautious!”
From the emperor’s dical records, Lin ngya could tell that there was sothing wrong.
She knew that Qiu Yu had always been with the emperor to take care of him.
However, every ti he ca back, he had only reported sothing like a normal pulse. Besides, he had used the sa dicines as his predecessor.
However, in the past half a month, other people’s nas seldom appeared on the dical records.
Almost all the records were signed by Qiu Yu.
No matter how stupid she was, Lin ngya could guess what this ant.
“It’s normal that they want to get rid of after I have done my job. Anyway, to them, I’m only a powerless imperial physician. Even though my family is kind of rich, they won’t take seriously,” Qiu Yu said sarcastically.
Lin ngya was suddenly curious about Qiu Yu.
Wearing the white uniform of the Court of Imperial Physicians plus his furrowed brows made Qiu Yu really look like a dical nerd.
However, a dical nerd would never climb on other people’s walls at night.
If, as Qiu Yu had said, his family was rich and he didn’t have to work outside, why was he willing to be the scapegoat after going through so many hardships and becoming a physician of the Court of Imperial Physicians?
Qiu Yu was either a fool or he had an ulterior motive.
“Powerless? I’m afraid that even Su Tong, the old fox, judged wrongly. Maybe soone is pretending to be weak for the mont and will crack down on those extrely powerful people at the right ti.”
Lin ngya hinted and then stopped talking.
Qiu Yu looked at her aningfully. “Maybe she is right.”
Both Lin ngya and Qiu Yu were very familiar with the way to the emperor’s resting palace.
However, if they wanted to enter the palace, they had to be repeatedly questioned and examined by the guards.
Even though Lin ngya was Princess Yu, those guards who were in charge of the emperor’s safety treated her no differently from others. They didn’t search Lin ngya and Baisu themselves, but they asked the palace maids to search them carefully before letting them in.
It was Lin ngya’s first ti to enter the emperor’s resting palace.
Compared to the solemnity of the empress’ palace and the splendor of Concubine Xian’s palace, the emperor’s resting palace was plain but imposing.
As soon as she walked into the inner palace, Lin ngya saw a three-legged incense burner engraved with various beasts and decorated with gold.
She imdiately slled a trace of refreshing dicinal fragrance.
The automatically activated Shen Nung System quickly analyzed the aroma she had slled. Its ingredients contained several valuable spices, but they were non-toxic.
The maids of the inner palace imdiately ca over when they saw the three of them.
Obviously, they were acquainted with Qiu Yu.
“Lord Qiu, here you are finally! The spices in the incense burner are about to run out. And His Majesty’s bathing herbs are almost used up. If you didn’t co soon, we wouldn’t know what to do.”
These servants had been locked up here to serve the emperor for the past year.
Therefore, they knew nothing about Lin ngya.
However, they were a little puzzled when they saw Lin ngya holding a dical kit. Without any hesitation, Qiu Yu began to prepare the items for the emperor.
It took him almost an hour to get everything ready.
“This is Princess Yu. She specially ca here to visit His Majesty. Princess Yu is very skilled in dicine and she will do the checkup on His Majesty with today. You should rember what she looks like, because she will often co to take care of His Majesty in the future.”
It seed that both the palace maids and the eunuchs followed Qiu Yu’s lead.
Nobody had taken her seriously just now. However, after hearing what Qiu Yu said, they imdiately beca respectful to her.
Lin ngya beca even more curious about Qiu Yu’s background.
Soon, soone brought her a soft chair.
Lin ngya sat down gracefully without saying a word, but only watched Qiu Yu dealing with the various problems that the palace maids and eunuchs reported.
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