She had no idea that her father actually had such an ulterior past.
"You don't have to believe it, but I believe your father will give you an answer." Chu Yunfei smiled lightly, "But once the news is leaked, Miss Liu should be able to imagine the consequences."
The laws of Chu State have always protected the rights of the first wife, especially the wife who was married when the man was poor.
The wife of chaff does not go to court.
A man cannot divorce the wife he married before he became a high-ranking official in the future, let alone abandon her easily. Once violated, he will be dismissed from his position, or beaten to death with a stick in the worst case.
This is also the reason why Chu Yuanzhong didn't like his wife but still didn't dare to divorce her.
But Imperial Physician Liu happened to break this law.
Liu Qingxi felt cold all over, and her heart was filled with fear and uneasiness.
"I have no enmity with you, and I have no reason to make things difficult for you." Chu Yunfei said in a gentler tone, "As long as Miss Liu behaves, I will keep your Liu family safe."
Liu Qingxi was flustered, and her face turned pale: "Slave... I just came here on orders, others... I don't know anything else..."
"Do you think I believe it?" Chu Yunfei smiled playfully, "Actually, it doesn't matter to me whether you tell me or not. I can find out by myself, but I can't guarantee whether the Liu family can be saved."
Liu Qingxi's voice trembled slightly: "What does the princess want me to say?"
"I just asked Miss Liu to tell a few lies in front of the noble concubine. There is nothing more excessive." Chu Yunfei smiled indifferently, "Compared to the lives of the Liu family, this shouldn't be difficult, right?"
Liu Qingxi bit her lip, feeling in a dilemma.
She has seen how the imperial concubine handles people. She can neither survive nor die. She is even more worried that Chu Yunfei is deliberately trying to fool her. She has never heard of the fact that her father has a wife in her hometown...
"If Miss Liu doesn't believe me, you can leave right now." Chu Yunfei stood up and was about to leave. "Tomorrow morning, the papers to impeach Imperial Physician Liu will be presented to the imperial court. By then, I'm afraid it will be too late for you to regret it."
"Wait!" Liu Qingxi was frightened and called out to Chu Yunfei urgently, "I... I promise the princess."
Chu Yunfei turned to look at her, her eyes cold and ruthless: "Then please, Miss Liu, tell me, what did you add to the soup you cooked for the prince last night?"
Liu Qingxi was shocked and her pupils suddenly shrank: "Princess Mingjian! This servant is only ordered to boil medicine for the prince, and does not dare to do anything else. Even if I lend ten of my courage, I will not dare to murder the prince——"
Chu Yunfei didn't speak, just looked at her without saying a word, his eyes as sharp as a knife, as if he wanted to pierce Liu Qingxi's internal organs.
Liu Qingxi felt chilled all over, and a chill ran up his back from the soles of his feet.
She didn't know why Chu Yunfei asked this, let alone what she knew. She didn't dare to answer rashly, nor did she dare to deny it easily. She could only try her best to delay time.
However, she didn't know that the guilt and panic in her eyes had already revealed everything.
"If Miss Liu is not sincere, I think there is no need for us to continue talking." Chu Yunfei said in a cold tone, "You can go back and recover."
Liu Qingxi knelt on the ground stiffly, not daring to move.
She can guarantee that if she enters the palace at this time and tells the imperial concubine all this, the imperial concubine will definitely use a hundred ways to deal with Chu Yunfei, making her life worse than death, making her speechless, and making her unable to be the war princess again. .
But she was not sure whether Chu Yunfei had any way to protect himself.
It was really ridiculous that the daughter of a third-grade minister who had always been ignored by her before now actually made her feel terrible.
He even finally realized that Chu Yunfei might not be as harmless as he appeared on the surface.
What on earth does she want to do?
If what she said is true, the lives of the Liu family are in her hands, and even the imperial concubine may not be able to save them.
After serving in the imperial concubine's palace for several years, Liu Qingxi was most aware of the imperial concubine's ruthlessness, and would not even frown when abandoning the chess piece.
Liu Qingxi tried her best to suppress the panic in her heart. After weighing it again and again, the fear of death finally outweighed her loyalty to the imperial concubine.
She compromised.
"The medicine that the slave cooked for the prince contains analgesic ingredients." Liu Qingxi kowtowed slowly, his face as white as paper, "The imperial concubine said that the stick wound was very painful, and she felt sorry for her son, so she asked the slave to secretly add some analgesic to the soup. Hibiscus for pain.”
Aphron?
Chu Yunfei's eyes were cold: "What will happen if you use it too much?"
Liu Qingxi did not dare to hide it anymore: "This is an addictive drug. After taking it many times, you will form dependence and you can no longer live without it."
Chu Yunfei turned her head and glanced calmly behind the screen partition. Her voice was so calm that it was almost ruthless: "Even if the injury heals, you still can't leave?"
"yes."
"What will happen if I stop taking the medicine?"
"Your Majesty is very determined and will not--"
Chu Yunfei turned back suddenly with a sharp look: "Let me ask you, what will happen if you stop taking the medicine?"
"It will... make people irritable and unable to control their temper. The greater the addiction, the more severe the pain, and the greater the destructive power when an attack occurs." Liu Qingxi's voice was trembling, "Unless you continue to take medicine to comfort you."
Chu Yunfei's expression was cold, and there seemed to be a layer of frost covering her eyebrows: "The imperial concubine is the biological mother of the King of War, why did she do this?"
"I...servant has a humble status, I'm not sure..."
"Liu Qingxi, a word is a word, and a word is a word." Chu Yunfei's voice was cold, "Since I asked today, you should know that it doesn't make much difference if you say more or less. If you cooperate with me, I will Not only can I guarantee that your whole family will be fine, but not even a single word of what you said to me today will be leaked."
Liu Qingxi was already extremely panicked. Hearing this sentence, he could only tell everything he knew as much as possible: "I heard a few words by chance before, the noble concubine... the noble concubine wanted the king of war to assist the king of Chen in the fight for the crown prince, but the warlord The king has been staying at the border all year round, has no interest in the affairs of the court, and does not want to follow the imperial concubine, so the imperial concubine came up with this method."
At the end of the sentence, she was obviously frightened to the extreme and tried desperately to avoid responsibility: "Slave... this slave is just following orders. Please forgive me, please forgive me!"
"You just said that worry-free can make people more irritable." Chu Yunfei's voice was cold, "Rong Cang has led the army for many years and has developed a calm and calm temperament. It is impossible to lose control of his emotions easily, let alone be irritable for no reason. , this little medicine alone can make him unable to control himself?"
Liu Qingxi shook his head: "I don't know what the noble concubine said or what I heard. I don't dare to ask more questions on weekdays. Even if I have questions, I can only keep them in my heart. I beg the princess to understand. I have said everything I need to say without hiding anything."
"I believe you, but..." Chu Yunfei frowned, as if he didn't understand, "Both King Chen and King Zhan are the biological sons of the imperial concubine. Why do the imperial concubines treat them so differently?"
Liu Qingxi said in a trembling voice: "I don't dare to inquire too much about the imperial concubine's affairs."
"How many years has your father been admitted to Tai Hospital?"
"Two... more than twenty years."
Chu Yun's eyes were dark and she was silent for a long time, then she said calmly: "Go back to the palace at a good time in the evening and meet the imperial concubine. Do you know how to reply?"
