Chapter 1055

Active Imagination

Sun Qi was only an imperial physician, and the Imperial Health Hall had never openly participated in the matters related to the imperial harem. Moreover, the Empress did not interact too much with this Sun Qi, yet he actually said such a sentence so directly. The Empress’ heart immediately went “Ba-dump” and a bad feeling rose up in her, causing her to shudder once.

But Sun Qi clearly had not finished talking, he seemed to be very satisfied after seeing the Empress’ reaction and immediately spoke again: “Currently, the Emperor is favouring concubines again, since Imperial Concubine Gui can gain favour again, then as the Empress, as long as you want to, you naturally can do so.”

The Empress frowned and asked him: “Why does This One need to gain favour? As the imperial palace’s Empress, my position is here, why do I need to compete for favour with the concubines?”

“But right now the Emperor is not favouring any normal concubine, she is already Imperial Concubine Yuan Gui, by just taking two more steps forward, it would be the Empress’ position. Your Highness, could it be that you plan to give up this position? This lowly one will advise you, only in this position can you influence the politics and make yourself more useful. If you lose the Empress position one day, someone might be unhappy.”

After saying this, he kowtowed towards the Empress, then stood up, picked up his medicine box and left. Leaving the startled Empress behind, as well as the maid Fang Yi, who came after hearing those words.

The Empress only came to her senses after Sun Qi left Jing Ci Palace, asking Fang Yi: “Could it be that their people have finally come?”

Fang Yi thought so as well and could not help but sigh: “This day will come sooner or later, wasn’t Your Highness prepared for this a long time ago? We just did not expect that the person on their side would be planted in the Imperial Health Hall. This imperial physician Sun Qi was also introduced into the palace by Princess Yu. This Servant had thought he should be someone from Princess Yu’s side, until when something happened with Noble Lady Liu before, Sun Qi actually recommended the Liu family to have Princess Yu enter the palace to examine Noble Lady Liu, that was when This Servant felt something was not right.”

“That’s right! This is strange, the person Feng Yuheng sent in does not actually share her ideals and he actually moved to that side…… say, is it possible that Feng Yuheng is aware? She already knew which faction that Sun Qi is in, yet followed her plan and sent him in. The purpose is to wait for him to apply pressure on This One and then obtain some hidden clues from This One?”

The Empress analysed Feng Yuheng until it started to resemble a conspiracy theory, but when Fang Yi heard it, she felt it was reasonable. After all, Feng Yuheng’s thoughts were well-hidden and she had come up with many scheming plots, this was something everyone knew. However, they really wronged Feng Yuheng this time. With regards to Sun Qi, Feng Yuheng only had partial knowledge on him. She wanted to investigate him after being implicated by him once, but with so many things happening one after another, she was unable to think about it and forgot about this matter.

This morning, Feng Yuheng also entered the palace, the reason was because of the task she asked for during the imperial banquet yesterday, to examine Imperial Concubine Yuan Gui and make adjustments to her physical health so a dragon seed can successfully be conceived.

At this moment, she was currently walking on the road leading to Cun Shan Palace with Wang Chuan. The palace was still in lockdown, but because she had the Emperor’s personal approval yesterday to carry out an important task and it was related to Imperial Concubine Yuan Gui, the people at the palace gates allowed her to enter. While walking, she met up with Sun Qi, who was returning to the Imperial Health Hall from Jing Ci Place, she called out to him and asked: Which direction did you come from?”

Sun Qi bowed towards her respectfully and replied: “Replying the Princess, This lowly one just conducted a routine examination of Her Highness the Empress’ pulse and am returning to the imperial health hall.”

“Examining Her Highness the Empress’ pulse.” She nodded and asked: “How is the health of Her Highness the Empress? Are there any major issues?”

“There are none.” Sun Qi was still respectful, “It is just a routine pulse examination, other than being a little heaty, Her Highness the Empress does not have any other hidden ailments.”

“Un.” Feng Yuheng looked at this person and suddenly asked: “It’s the New Year, did you visit your Master Song Kang?”

This Sun Qi was the disciple of that medical maniac Song Kang. The reason Feng Yuheng said this was only to point out his identity. This person had pushed the events of the past to the back of his mind after entering the palace, not only did he not do anything for her side, he secretly obstructed them. This was not an issue with his character, Feng Yuheng felt that it probably had something to do with his identity. But with regards to Sun Qi’s true identity, she did not know much about it.

Once Song Kang was mentioned, Sun Qi said: “There were plans to go during these few days, but the Emperor gave orders to examine the pulse of the various concubines and noble ladies in the palace, and it must be done. The imperial health hall became busy because of this and This lowly one does not have a chance to leave the palace.”

“I see!” Feng Yuheng did not ask anything else, and only reminded him: “A teacher for one day is a father for life! You should remember how you entered the palace and your identity before you entered the palace. Sun Qi, don’t blame me for not reminding you, you did some things and thought it was undetectable, but do not think you can truly hide it such that no one will know. I don’t care about your true purpose for entering the palace, but since the path you walked in to enter is via ours, then you have to understand, once you go against us, I can also throw you out of here anytime.”

After saying this, she did not loiter and continued walking towards Cun Shan Palace together with Wang Chuan. Leaving Sun Qi standing in the snow alone, watching both their backs, half a beat later, he showed a dark smile. Master of his Master? Bullshit, I was just borrowing your influence to make contact with the center of authority in Da Shun, did you really think you were my backing? And look at the situation within the palace now, once a ruckus happens, would an insignificant Princess Yu matter?

Inside Cun Shan Palace, the Emperor woke up at a very late time. When Feng Yuheng arrived, he had just finished washing up and getting dressed, with Wu Ying attending to him. Once he saw Feng Yuheng come, the Emperor was a little delighted and quickly greeted: “Old Ninth’s wife is here! We have been thinking that Imperial Concubine Yuan Gui’s body should be managed as soon as possible, the earlier the preparation is completed, the earlier We can get a cute princess.”

Feng Yuheng approached and bowed in greeting, then said: “Be rest assured, Father Emperor, Ah-Heng will definitely do all I can.”

The Emperor liked girls, because his Xuan family did not have many daughters, there was only one Xuan Tiange, and he did not have any. So he was hoping for Imperial Concubine Yuan Gui to give him a daughter for his life to be considered complete. And this was the reason why the Emperor agreed to Feng Yuheng’s request to help Imperial Concucinbe Yuan Gui adjust her constitution. He approached Feng Yuheng and asked in a slightly crazed manner: “Old Ninth’s wife, they say you are a divine doctor, do you have any way to make Imperial Concubine Gui have a daughter?”

Feng Yuheng said with a smile, “Father Emperor, logically, it is considered a god thing to have a prince.”

“Ah!” The Emperor swung his arm widely, “I don’t want a prince, We have so many princes, and are already sick of them. In addition, We have already decided who to pass on the throne to, there is no need for another one. We want a princess, a daughter, you should think of something.”

Feng Yuheng nodded, “Do not be anxious, Father Emperor, if Her Highness Imperial Concubine Gui’s body can be adjusted well, Ah-Heng will naturally help Father Emperor think of something to make Her Highness conceive a daughter successfully.”

“Good! We knew that you will definitely have a way. When a princess is born, We will definitely reward you well! After the Emperor said this, he laughed out loud and even hugged Imperial Concubine Yuan Gui next to him, then he started walking out of Cun Shan Palace, speaking as he walked: “We have to make a trip to Zhao He Hall, beloved concubine, go over in the afternoon and have a meal with Us!”

Under Imperial Concubine Yuan Gui’s lead, everyone in Cun Shan Palace sent the Emperor off, and when the Emperor was far away, they stood up. Before Feng Yuheng could turn around, she heard Imperial Concubine Yuan Gui say to her in a soft voice: “Remember this, This One wants a prince, not a princess.”

Turning around and seeing Imperial Concubine Yuan Gui’s determined gaze, she asked in confusion: “Your Highness already has a prince, could it be that you want to add another one to fight the Eighth Prince for the throne?” She did not hide anything when speaking and this sentence stabbed straight into Imperial Concubine Yuan Gui’s heart, “Do not blame me for not reminding Your Highness, the fight for the throne does not consider if they are blood related brothers, once the child grows up, he will definitely have some thoughts about that seat. Even if he does not have thoughts about it, after the Eighth Prince ascends the throne, he will always guard against this young brother. With this young age, it is possible that he could fight with the Eighth Prince’s future son for this country.”

Imperial Concubine Yuan Gui shivered and prompted by Feng Yuheng’s words, she seemed to see a scene of the brothers killing each other many years later, and it was even blood related brothers killing each other. And she, as the empress dowager of the nation, with both of them being her sons, she did not know who to help. Her imagination was also a little active, she even thought that she might be biased towards her young son, and that Xuan Tianmo would kill both mother and son in a fit of anger.

As she thought of this, Imperial Concubine could not help but jolt, but immediately she thought of what the Gu Master in the bathroom said and thought of the true reason why she wanted to give birth to another son. And all of this, was it not because of Xuan Tianmo’s illness? She was doing this just in case, once Xuan Tianmo could not be cured, she could at least have her own young son ascend the throne. And this would be much better, she could listen to the politics behind a curtain, making it no different from her having a grasp on the court politics. The young Emperor can also be cultivated into a puppet by her, such that he would listen to her for everything.

With such thoughts in her heart, Imperial Concubine Yuan Gui no longer thought about the brothers fighting and only turned around to walk towards the main hall, speaking as she walked: “Weren’t you going to examine This One’s pulse, then come in! This One wants to see how good you are as a divine doctor, if you can adjust This One’s body well and can successfully make This One conceive a prince, This One will be generous and grant you some rewards.”

Feng Yuheng followed behind, saying with a smile: “If so, then Ah-Heng will thank Your Highness Imperial Concubine Gui in advance.”

Imperial Concubine Yuan Gui thought she reached an agreement with Feng Yuheng like this. She had heard about Feng Yuheng’s medical skills in the past and still acknowledged her medical skills. After all her achievements were all laid out, if she was not a true divine doctor, then she would not have that many people praising her in the capital. Currently, Xuan Tianmo was in trouble, she needed to prepare herself for both eventualities. Yesterday, during the imperial banquet, she was very against Feng Yuheng coming to adjust her physical health, now she was not as resistant. But she was still a little wary, she thought, when Feng Yuheng entered the palace in the future, she needed to choose a side hall to receive her and not meet her in this main hall. After all, the main hall was the bedroom and she was hiding a person in the bathroom connected to her bedroom. Though that bathroom was secure and Feng Yuheng would not end up touching that area, but in the end, she was uneasy because she kept such a secret and always harboured a worry about it.

As Imperial Concubine Yuan Gui thought this, her gaze followed her thoughts and looked towards the direction of the bedroom on reflex. But with just this one glance, Feng Yuheng caught that slight wariness and worry in her eyes……