Chapter 329 - The Two Groups Act Separately
Every time the imperial physicians on duty came 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 medicine he had taken and at what time, the size of his meal, and so on.
Uncle Yu had told her that the emperor was extremely 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 Mengya, 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 medical skills, but since it’s a matter of great importance, we should think it over before we act.”
Lin Mengya 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 Mengya 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 Mengya never played by the rules.
“Then—let’s go together, Your Highness.”
“Is he still struggling to turn the tables?”
Lin Mengya asked Baisu to take the medical 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 name, Qiu Yu, in the medical records. Is he in the imperial palace now?”
Lin Mengya pretended to mention Qiu Yu unintentionally. Hearing that, Su Tong was a little surprised. After all, since Lin Mengya came 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 immediately objected. After his favorite disciple’s death, he had always been dissatisfied with Lin Mengya.
No matter whether Liu Yi had been killed by Lin Mengya 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 medical 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 Mengya soon gave in.
It made Su Tong become 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 Mengya’s side.
But since Lin Mengya 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 Mengya 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 seemed to remember something.
“Oh, I’m too old to remember! My disciple went out to purchase medical 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 Mengya. However, he had to follow Su Tong’s words and go with her.
He nodded and picked up his own medical kit reluctantly, looking both respectful and distant to Lin Mengya. It seemed that he was going to keep a proper distance from her.
Lin Mengya didn’t seem to mind who would go with her.
She asked Baisu to hold the medical kit and then walked out the Court of Imperial Physicians with Qiu Yu.
The three walked silently. Lin Mengya didn’t look back, but she knew that there were many people lurking around watching them.
Although they were heading for the same place, Qiu Yu followed behind Lin Mengya 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 Mengya 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 Mengya’s red jacket was extremely 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 me come out with you?”
Now Qiu Yu was walking ahead of Lin Mengya. His lips moved slightly and his voice was so faint that only Lin Mengya could hear it.
Lin Mengya showed nothing special on her face and she still looked proud and cold as usual, but she was speaking in an extremely 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 me, it would be a double gain for him. He knows that the people behind me are powerful, so he wouldn’t ask his disciple to come with me. Otherwise, he might get himself in trouble. That old fox is too cautious!”
From the emperor’s medical records, Lin Mengya could tell that there was something wrong.
She knew that Qiu Yu had always been with the emperor to take care of him.
However, every time he came back, he had only reported something like a normal pulse. Besides, he had used the same medicines as his predecessor.
However, in the past half a month, other people’s names seldom appeared on the medical records.
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Almost all the records were signed by Qiu Yu.
No matter how stupid she was, Lin Mengya could guess what this meant.
“It’s normal that they want to get rid of me 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 me seriously,” Qiu Yu said sarcastically.
Lin Mengya 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 medical nerd.
However, a medical 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 someone is pretending to be weak for the moment and will crack down on those extremely powerful people at the right time.”
Lin Mengya hinted and then stopped talking.
Qiu Yu looked at her meaningfully. “Maybe she is right.”
Both Lin Mengya 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 Mengya 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 Mengya and Baisu themselves, but they asked the palace maids to search them carefully before letting them in.
It was Lin Mengya’s first time 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 Mengya saw a three-legged incense burner engraved with various beasts and decorated with gold.
She immediately smelled a trace of refreshing medicinal fragrance.
The automatically activated Shen Nung System quickly analyzed the aroma she had smelled. Its ingredients contained several valuable spices, but they were non-toxic.
The maids of the inner palace immediately came 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 come 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 Mengya.
However, they were a little puzzled when they saw Lin Mengya holding a medical 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 came here to visit His Majesty. Princess Yu is very skilled in medicine and she will do the checkup on His Majesty with me today. You should remember what she looks like, because she will often come to take care of His Majesty in the future.”
It seemed 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 immediately became respectful to her.
Lin Mengya became even more curious about Qiu Yu’s background.
Soon, someone brought her a soft chair.
Lin Mengya sat down gracefully without saying a word, but only watched Qiu Yu dealing with the various problems that the palace maids and eunuchs reported.