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Helian Shan sat at the side and looked solemnly at Cen Xue, who was lying unconscious on the bed. How could something like this happen? Luckily, he didn't let her leave the palace to go up the mountain. If something were to happen midway, the consequences would be unimaginable.

The imperial physician frowned and stuffed a pill into Cen Xue's mouth from the medicine box. Lan Qi'er immediately poured warm water into the pill and fed it to Master, hoping that Mistress would take care of him and not get into trouble. He hoped that Bodhisattva would protect his master and be safe …

"How is the queen?" Helian Zhang looked at the imperial physician and frowned. Inevitably, he started to panic.

The imperial physician turned around and reported to the king, "The Queen is fine now, she only needs to rest and recuperate. Just now, she might have been affected by the excessive amount of walking time."

"Is that so? But why did you frown just now? " Helian Shan observed every detail, not sparing a single trace.

Hearing the king's question, the imperial physician's eyes flickered uneasily. He looked at the other people in the room, as if there was something he couldn't say.

Helian Lie looked at the expression in Li Yao's eyes. He was sure that Li Yao had something on Li Yao's mind. He pushed everyone down, and even Lan Qi'er had to leave temporarily. "All of you, back down!"

"Yes." At the order, there were only three people left in the room.

The imperial physician turned around and looked at the unconscious queen, gritting his teeth. This matter could not be hidden from the king. If he did not speak, he would die!

"What are you waiting for, speak!" Helian Shan saw that he was still hesitating and lost his patience.

"Your Majesty, please spare our lives …"

The imperial physician suddenly knelt on the ground, his entire body trembling...

"What's wrong with the queen? Quickly tell me, if you continue to stutter or hide anything, I'll slaughter your entire clan!" Helian Lie's words were ice-cold and merciless, as if the very next moment would take his life.

The imperial physician knelt down on the ground and tremblingly lowered his head to speak out the doubts in his heart, "When this old subject diagnosed the Queen's pulse, I realized … It's been six months since I discovered that the baby in the Empress's womb was born. "

Six months...

Helian Shan looked doubtfully at Cen Xue who was unconscious on the bed. That was not what Doctor Keser had previously said. It should only be five months. How could it be six months?

If Cen Xue was six months pregnant, she would be the child she had conceived while she was away from the palace. She would stay with Tengger until he attacked Tewa before bringing her back …

He frowned deeply as he looked at the old imperial physician kneeling on the ground and asked once more, "You said that the queen is six months pregnant, but why didn't you say that you were taking the Queen's pulse before? Why are you saying that now?"

"To reply your majesty, before this, it was Doctor Hu who had helped the Empress settle her pregnancy. Today, he has never come to the Imperial dispensary, so Eunuch Zhao sent people to tell me that something had happened to the Empress. This old official immediately rushed over, but before that, I have never given the Empress a wedding vein." The old imperial physician finished his words in one breath, afraid that he'd said it too slowly. In the next moment, his head would fall off.

The entire palace was aware of what had happened to the Queen, so when the old imperial physician learned that the Queen had been pregnant for six months, he broke out in a cold sweat. This was because it was very possible that the baby in the Queen's womb was not the king's own flesh.

Helian Shan's face became increasingly unsightly. He had to investigate this matter thoroughly, because he believed that Doctor Kessler would not lie to him, and Cen Xue would not carry him on her back to keep up with other men!

"You better remember this. If this matter gets out, you will be the head of a family. Just wait to move!" Helian Shan's emotionless eyes stared at the imperial physician kneeling on the ground. He believed that he was the most clear about what he should do.

"Yes, this old subject knows what to do. I will keep my mouth shut for sure!" The imperial physician was trembling from head to toe, but he still gritted his teeth and replied.

"Go down and prepare the queen's birth control medicine." Helian Lie said in a cold voice.

The imperial physician immediately left the palace as if he had been reborn. If he stayed any longer, he might even faint from the stress.

Everyone had left and Helian Lie sat on the edge of the bed, holding Cen Xue's soft white hands tightly. Looking at her pale white face, weak and unconscious, he felt an indescribable discomfort in his heart, his gaze moved from her cheeks to her protruding stomach. Normally, a five month pregnant woman would not be as big as her abdomen.

For a time, two complicated feelings intertwined in Helian Lie's mind. Should he believe her? Should this fetus in his stomach be Helian Shan's flesh and blood, or Tengge's?

The hand holding her hand couldn't help but tighten. Perhaps it was because of the pain, but it caused the unconscious Cen Xue to struggle.

Helian Shan looked at her pained expression. But now, who knew what kind of pain and suffering he was currently feeling? What was the truth?

"Xue'er, quickly wake up! Wake up and tell me what happened!" As long as you say that this fetus is lonely, I will believe you! " Helian Shan tightly held onto Cen Xue's hand. While she was unconscious, he uneasily asked her this question.

However, Cen Xue was in a coma so she couldn't hear a single word he said. How could she answer or tell him?

Dong dong … There was a light knock on the door. "My lord, the High Priest has come to see you, when she hears that the queen is well."

High Priest? An unfamiliar three words resounded in Helian Lie's ears.

After calming down for a moment, it turned out to be her.

"Let her in." He replied coldly.

A moment later, the door was pushed open from the outside. Zana, dressed in black, appeared in the room. She seemed to be out of place in this bedroom.

"Zana greets the king." Zana walked five steps away from the bed and bowed respectfully to the king.

"Are you here to visit the queen?" Helian Lie raised his head and looked at her. These past few months, he had purposely kept her by his side and secretly sent people to monitor her every move. For the time being, he had yet to discover that she had done something dangerous to Lou Lan Country.

"When Zana heard that the queen had gotten pregnant, she came here to visit. Although Zana's medical skills are not as good as Dr. Keser's, compared to the imperial physicians of the palace, she was still on par!"

Zana's sharp eyes landed on Cen Xue who was unconscious on the bed. Her face was pale and her heart was filled with joy.

Helian Lie was also well aware of Zana's capabilities. Suddenly, an idea struck him, and he said to Zana, who was a few steps away from him, "Since your medical skills are so impressive, then come forward and take the Queen's pulse."

"Understood …"

Zana stepped forward and Helian Lie pulled open Cen Xue's sleeve, allowing her to feel her pulse. He wanted to be verified by others.

Helian Shan did not speak, he only focused his attention on the unconscious Cen Xue. The gentle look in her eyes when she looked at the king beside her made her feel uncomfortable. Why was the king looking at her with such a cold and merciless expression?

"Your Majesty, the Empress's body is fine, he only needs to rest and recuperate. If his body is not recuperated, by the time the baby is born, the Empress will probably have a very difficult time giving birth!" Zana gently said those words, observing the king's expression from the corner of her eyes.

Helian Shan recorded every word that Zha Na said in her mind. It had been almost four months since the birth of the baby, which meant that the fetus was already six months pregnant!

"Alright, since that's the case, you can go back first. The queen needs to calm down and rest." Helian Shan's expression was even uglier than it was in the beginning. It was just that he had been suppressing it with great difficulty and had not released the anger in the depths of his heart.

This time round, he could not be as confused as last time. He could not rely on words alone to determine that Cen Xue had betrayed him. He had to endure it, he had to find out the truth.

"Yes, Zana will take her leave!" Since Zana had successfully accomplished her goal of coming here, there was no point in staying here. It would only make her angrier.

Just as she stepped out of Xing Qing Palace, a proud smile appeared on her face. Not long from now, the position of the Queen would be replaced by someone else. She imagined herself wearing a phoenix robe and snuggling by the side of the King, and her smile could be seen.

In order to wait for this day to come, if anyone tried to stop her from coming, the only result would be … Die!

With his back facing him, he returned to his previous ice-cold figure: "Xuanwu, immediately leave the palace and go outside to invite Elder Yuan Fang of the Myriad Kingdom Temple to come to the palace to treat the queen. Remember, you must not reveal this matter at all, and absolutely do not let the slightest bit of information leak out!"

"Black Turtle, get my orders!" Although he didn't know what the king's intentions were, this was the king's order, and he was just executing it.

After leaving the royal study, Black Turtle galloped out of the palace, heading for the Myriad Kingdom Temple outside of the city.

Helian Shan did not completely believe the imperial doctors, or even Zha Na's words, but he believed that the Buddhist people would never use their words. Thus, he ordered Black Turtle to go to the Myriad Kingdom Temple and invite the High Monk of the temple.

Everlasting Mountain...

With the medicinal herbs sent by Helian Qi, Hei Gu and Hei Gu Zi were highly skilled in medicine. Under the cooperation of the two of them, they quickly concocted a cure for the poison and had the soldiers in the camp take turns to boil the medicine for the villagers.

Helian Qi came to the temple and looked at the several hundred villagers who were stuck in the temple. Many of them had already been drunk to the point of death, their bodies being carried out by the soldiers to be cremated. These corpses could not be buried, but something like this would happen again in the future.

"Second Marquis, you have come all the way to Everlasting Mountain, I am tired." Seeing him walk over, Mu Yue stopped what she was doing and walked up to him to talk.

When Helian Lie saw that the person who had arrived was Elder Mu Yue, he immediately put on a fake smile and said politely, "Elder Mu Yue, where are you talking about this? These villagers are all citizens of my Lou Lan Country, and as the prince of Lou Lan Country, you should contribute a little to me, Lou Lan. This is nothing much.

"The Second Prince has probably never gone to the Sacred Moon Sect, right? "Since you've come this time, you must go to the Sacred Moon Sect to have a look." Mu Yue knew that he and Black Wood Zana were definitely colluding, so the king naturally knew about their relationship. Back then, it was Helian Qi who recommended Black Wood Zana as High Priest, and now, he was the one who separated them and sent him to deliver medicinal herbs.

One was in the Everlasting Mountain, and the other was in the palace. They hoped that by separating the two, they would be able to reduce some of the hidden dangers.