Emperor Ming's shrewd eyes stayed on Concubine Hui's hands that clenched the handkerchief tightly because of nervousness.
"The Queen Mother is in critical condition. I wonder why the Emperor is still hesitating?"
The eldest princess sneered: "Can this kind of thing be judged by appearance? Can it happen to my royal children?"
"Back then, I was only fifteen years old, and I was already fighting on the battlefield with a spear. At that time, why didn't anyone say that I, because I was young and inexperienced, shouldn't go into battle to kill the enemy?"
Concubine Hui said anxiously: "The eldest princess is a heroine, how can she be compared to Princess Ling?"
"But my life was saved by Princess Ling." The eldest princess knew in her heart that if the Queen Mother wanted to survive today, Su Qingyu would have to take action.
"At first, this girl didn't let me tell the story, for fear of bringing trouble to Yun Cheng. Now, if I don't tell the princess, I'm afraid the Queen Mother will die at the hands of you selfish fools today. Got it!"
The eldest princess did not scold her by name, but she seemed to scold everyone in the dormitory who opposed Su Qingyu's treatment for the Queen Mother, including Emperor Ming.
Emperor Ming's face looked ugly, but if he really followed what the eldest princess said, he would really become the 'idiot' that the eldest princess said.
Lu Yuncheng, who was outside the screen, sighed softly and said: "Father, my son is seriously ill and dying, and it was Qingyu who cured me. With her medical skills, I can guarantee my life."
"How much is your life worth? Who cares..."
"shut up!"
Emperor Ming seemed very tired. He pinched the soft flesh between his eyebrows, closed his eyes and said, "Princess Ling, do your best to save the Queen Mother."
Su Qingyu didn't hesitate anymore and immediately took out the silver needle from her sleeve to give the Queen Mother first aid. Emperor Ming's next words were still in her ears.
"If the queen mother is cured, I will absolve you of the crime of deceiving the king."
After hearing this, Su Qingyu didn't even shake her hands.
She understood what Emperor Ming meant: if she cured the Queen Mother, he would be free of the need for the antidote she had just fabricated to get away.
But if the Queen Mother's illness is not cured...
Even if Emperor Ming didn't explain it clearly, Su Qingyu knew it in her heart.
The emperor's face is not something that everyone can challenge.
Emperor Ming could tolerate the indifference of the Queen Mother and the cynicism of the eldest princess, but there was no reason to tolerate an ant like her who could easily be crushed to death.
After Su Qingyu inserted the silver needle into the corresponding acupuncture point, she saw that the hospital administrator and the imperial doctors were all staring at her acupuncture technique.
Su Qingyu was in trouble immediately.
It wasn't that she was worried about these people stealing from her, but that she needed to inject the Queen Mother next.
Subconsciously, she cast her eyes on Huo Jiao behind the eldest princess.
Huo Jiao's eyes lit up and she raised her chin towards her.
"I think we should wait outside."
"Why?" Yuan Zheng was looking very excited, but suddenly he was about to be kicked out, so he subconsciously spoke before Emperor Ming.
Huo Jiao continued: "When Princess Ling became an apprentice to learn martial arts, she promised her master not to pass on some unique secrets. With so many of us standing here staring, how can she treat illnesses?"
"Unique secret book?" Emperor Ming's eyes were filled with suspicion.
The eldest princess nodded: "Princess Ling did clear the place when she was treating my sister."
King Qi outside immediately grasped the situation: "Father! Princess Ling is so sneaky when treating an illness. We can't let her stay in the inner room alone with the imperial grandmother!"
Huo Jiao was furious and cursed at the screen: "You open your mouth and keep talking all day long! You haven't done anything serious, and you are thinking about how to antagonize others all day long!"
"You are so capable, why don't you come and treat the imperial grandmother!"
"I...Huo Jiao! Don't go too far!"
After Emperor Ming's eyes stayed on the eldest princess for a long time, he finally turned and left.
So everyone except Su Qingyu followed him out of the inner room.
Su Qingyu immediately took the medicine from the space and injected it into the Queen Mother...
Outside the screen, Emperor Ming looked at the messy room and suddenly became irritable.
He looked around at his sons one by one, but when he saw Lu Yuncheng, he remembered what Su Qingyu had said.
She said that Lu Yuncheng was in poor health and would be assassinated every once in a while...
It's not that he didn't know about many things that happened outside the palace over the years, he just didn't want to care about them.
After all, confrontation between strong men has always been the inevitable path for those in power, and he has no reason to interfere.
"The bride is marrying by mistake, and she will make a mistake. Are you unwilling to do so in your heart?"
Emperor Ming suddenly spoke to Lu Yuncheng quietly, and what he asked was a relatively sensitive question between father and son.
Lu Yuncheng shook his head: "Father has also seen it, Qingyu is really good. She snatched my son's life back from the Palace of Hell, and the wrong marriage was a big deal to him. A blessing."
Emperor Ming raised his eyes and glanced at Lu Yuncheng's face.
Among so many princes, Lu Yuncheng five years ago was the most colorful, high-spirited and arrogant one. Although he is proud, he does have the confidence to be proud.
He once thought that after that battle, Lu Yuncheng would soon be defeated by the knot in his heart, and eventually trapped in his own palace, but he did not expect that he would have such a peaceful day.
From this point of view, he is not necessarily a waste.
Although his legs are useless and no longer qualified for the supreme position, they can be used as a sharp sword for him to temper those who have the opportunity to climb up...
"I'm very relieved that you can think so. When your imperial grandmother gets better, come and see her more often."
Emperor Ming's words caused all the people in the dormitory to have various thoughts in an instant.
Especially King An, who was extremely shocked by Emperor Ming's sudden change of opinion towards Lu Yuncheng, but did not dare to show it on his face.
Lu Yuncheng lowered his eyes. To outsiders, he seemed flattered. Only he knew how difficult it was to feel angry at this moment.
After Concubine Hui had the pale Su Qingxue taken away, she turned around with a smile on her face: "Seeing that Your Majesty and Yun Cheng have settled their differences, I am very happy!"
"When the Queen Mother recovers, why not hold a family banquet on September 9th. At that time, all the princes will bring their princesses and princesses, and their consorts, and have a reunion dinner together."
The eldest princess said coldly: "Concubine Hui is indeed the person in charge of the harem. Everything you say will taste bad when it comes out of your mouth."
Concubine Hui innocently said: "Eldest Princess, what do you mean? Is there something I didn't do well, so did I offend you?"
"You know what you have done, so there is no need to pretend to be kind here to disgust people! As for the family banquet you mentioned, I will not go there."
"I'm afraid that after I go there, looking at your disgusting face, I won't be able to help but overturn the table on the spot!"
If she wasn't worried about Su Qingyu and his wife, every inch of the harem would remind her of the scene where her best friend was brutally murdered.
Concubine Hui concealed the pride in her eyes and wiped the corners of her eyes with a handkerchief: "Eldest Princess, do you still care about what happened back then? But Yun Cheng has already let go of this child. Why do you just refuse to believe that I am innocent?"
