My Aloof Lord Ex-Husband Begs for Remarriage
Chapter 279 - 280: Dispute in Front of the Palace

Chapter 279: Chapter 280: Dispute in Front of the Palace

The medicine took effect quickly.

On the swaying carriage, Chu Nanli did not feel nauseous at all.

The Empress Dowager was clearly in a hurry and had Chu Nanli brought directly to her.

"Empress Dowager..."

"Dispense with the formalities. I asked you to come to the palace because of the Emperor."

It turns out that, half an hour before, the Emperor was in the Empress Dowager Palace to pay his respects.

He had just sat down when he fainted for no apparent reason, and the entire Imperial Medical Bureau was at a loss.

The Empress Dowager thought of Chu Nanli immediately.

She had cured the Princess Consort’s illness and alleviated her headache; perhaps she would have a solution.

"Before the Emperor fainted, did he touch anything?" Without the Empress Dowager’s description alone, Chu Nanli could not make an accurate judgement.

Suddenly fainting, could it be poisoning?

Yet, since the Emperor had fainted within the Empress Dowager’s palace, if it truly were poisoning,

The perpetrator would truly have malicious intent.

Such an act would not only cause a rift between the Empress Dowager and her son but could also throw the court into chaos.

However, the Empress Dowager shook her head: "To my understanding, it doesn’t seem like poisoning. The Emperor had just taken a sip of tea before he fainted. I had the tea cup and the tea leaves tested; there were no issues."

Moreover, having been Emperor for so many years, Ye Yunting was extremely cautious.

He wouldn’t have been harmed so easily.

If it wasn’t poisoning, combined with the Empress Dowager’s description, Chu Nanli actually had a vague theory.

However, as to the specifics, she would have to see the Emperor before making any conclusions.

Chu Nanli followed the Empress Dowager quickly to the outside of the Emperor’s bedchamber.

The Imperial Physicians from the Imperial Medical Bureau were in a commotion.

The Emperor’s symptoms this time were indeed peculiar.

He had suddenly fainted and had yet to regain consciousness, with no other symptoms apparent.

If something really happened to the Emperor, wouldn’t the entire Imperial Medical Bureau be doomed?

"The Emperor suddenly fainted, yet his pulse shows no abnormalities; perhaps, it is an invasion of evil spirits!"

"Symptoms of evil spirits invading the body are not so mild; ancient texts say that aside from fainting, the patient will definitely also have a high fever. The Emperor has always been healthy, and just now he simply fainted suddenly. In my opinion, the Emperor is merely overexerted!"

"The Emperor takes medicinal soups daily for nourishment; in my view, perhaps the Emperor has been struck by some strange poison this time! Otherwise, why would it happen so suddenly?"

After listening for a moment, Chu Nanli understood what the Imperial Physicians were discussing.

They had some reasonable points.

"Master!"

Zhuang Muyan, being young, had not joined the discussion. Instead, he was listening quietly in the background.

Seeing Chu Nanli, his eyes immediately lit up.

Zhuang Muyan’s voice drew the attention of the Imperial Physicians to Chu Nanli.

Ji Shen, following Zhuang Muyan’s gaze, remembered the last time Chu Nanli had treated smallpox in the palace, hoping again for her to make a difference.

"What does the Princess Consort think? These are the pulse readings we just took for the Emperor. You can take a look first."

After all, the prescription Chu Nanli had provided last time indeed cured the smallpox.

Perhaps a miracle could happen this time as well.

"Master, I’ll hold them for you!"

Zhuang Muyan quickly took the pulse readings from the senior physician and was just about to hand them to Chu Nanli.

"Hold on!"

Bai Wuheng’s voice suddenly sounded.

By his side was Ye Yunting.

Both of their expressions weren’t very pleasant upon seeing Chu Nanli.

Ye Yunting still remembered the discord from the day before and deliberately ignored Chu Nanli.

As for Bai Wuheng, due to Lin Fuying’s affair, his resentment towards Chu Nanli ran even deeper.

Chu Nanli simply couldn’t be bothered to deal with these two.

But Bai Wuheng was clearly targeting her.

"I admit, last time the Princess Consort did produce a remedy for smallpox, and it indeed worked,"

Bai Wuheng coldly looked at Chu Nanli; he didn’t think he was deliberately targeting her, he was just telling the truth.

The previously mentioned remedy, might not have been thought of by Chu Nanli at all.

Perhaps Chu Nanli found it in some ancient texts.

If Chu Nanli had truly stolen someone else’s credit, he would only despise her more.

"But I have been studying medicine for over a decade, and in the case of complicated and miscellaneous diseases, I should know much more than the Princess Consort."

Chu Nanli’s mouth twitched, but she didn’t speak.

She really didn’t know what Bai Wuheng was ranting about now.

"My master’s medical skills are much more formidable than some people!"

"Did someone forget that the last time they caught smallpox, it was my master who stepped in to save them?"

"If it weren’t for my master, where would you be now to talk here?"

Zhuang Muyan originally did not plan to speak.

In front of these elder imperial physicians at the Imperial Medical Bureau, his age and seniority were the least.

But what is Bai Wuheng spouting now!

His last statement really hit Bai Wuheng’s sore spot.

Last time was indeed due to his own arrogance that he accidentally contracted smallpox.

But that doesn’t mean his medical skills are flawed!

"Don’t you understand the reasoning behind ’a physician cannot heal himself’?" Bai Wuheng was triggered by Zhuang Muyan’s words, "Besides, I’m just curious how the Princess Consort has inconspicuously learned medicine--I’ve been in the Prince Residence for so long and didn’t even know!"

He had wanted to say this before.

Perhaps, Chu Nanli had only learned the basics, those prescriptions might have been taken from somewhere else.

This woman constantly lies; previously in the Prince Residence, she often quarreled with Yingying over trivial matters.

Bai Wuheng wouldn’t find it strange if she did such things.

And Bai Wuheng’s words also stirred Ye Yunting.

He found that he was increasingly unable to fathom Chu Nanli.

Even, there was a faint feeling of losing her.

"The Emperor’s health is still unclear right now, stop causing a fuss, let Wuhen go take a look at the Emperor first,"

His words seemed fair, but in fact, they outright dismissed Chu Nanli.

"My master should be the first to take a look!"

Zhuang Muyan stared directly at Ye Yunting with angry eyes.

He didn’t care about the other’s status at all.

"Enough!"

The Empress Dowager suddenly slammed the table, and the atmosphere in the side hall instantly became tense.

Bai Wuheng and Zhuang Muyan both shut up.

Neither dared to act rashly in front of the Empress Dowager.

"Both of you go in together, right now, the Emperor’s health is the most important thing,"

The Empress Dowager said, casting a glance at Bai Wuheng.

That look was full of warning.

The Empress Dowager was the Empress Dowager after all, with one look, she made Bai Wuheng cease his resistance.

He resentfully clenched his fists but had to enter the palace with Chu Nanli to treat the Emperor.

As the two stepped into the palace, Bai Wuheng couldn’t help but glare at Chu Nanli.

"No matter what you’re thinking, Yunting’s heart will always be with Yingying, don’t even think about it!"

"Since you have already moved out, just stay out obediently and don’t come to bother Yingying! Yingying has a kind heart and does not want to quarrel with you, but I won’t let you harm her!"