"You are the best age to have a child. Also, Muhou has a secret medicine. If you take it, you will definitely give birth to the Crown Prince. If you have the Crown Prince, you can rest easy."
It was true that the secret medicine could give birth to the Crown Prince. It was also true that she could rest easy with the Crown Prince. But the problem was that these benefits did not belong to Jiujiu, but to the Empress Dowager.
Giving birth to a boy or a girl was a random matter, especially for a girl. She did not have the right to choose. But the secret medicine could make a choice. There were no free benefits in the world. If she wanted to give birth to a boy, someone had to be sacrificed. And that person had to be Jiujiu, who would bear the secret medicine.
The secret medicine could give birth to a boy, but in order to give birth to a boy, the mother would have to endure pain dozens of times more severe than normal pregnancy. When the child was born, the mother would be drained of all her nutrients and die from blood loss.
If she was lucky enough not to die, then it would be even more fun. With the Empress' bowl of poison, it would be hard not to die.
The Empress' mouth was full of sweet words for Jiujiu. But in the end, the benefits were all hers, but the pain was all Jiujiu's.
Being able to rest easy was just a joke wrapped in honey.
If Jiujiu really agreed to her nonsense, then she would have seen a ghost.
Jiujiu frowned and looked at the Empress with an expression as if she was moved.
Seeing this, the Empress immediately held her breath and waited for Jiujiu to agree. But before she could wait for Jiujiu to agree, her other trusted palace maid, Furong, stumbled in and whispered a few words in her ear.
Just these few words caused the Empress' expression to change. She did not care about persuading Jiujiu to agree to her request and turned to leave.
On the way back, the Empress' face was ashen. She gritted her teeth and said, "Is this true?"
"It's absolutely true. He said it himself."
The Empress could play as she wanted in Ci Ning Palace, but the prerequisite was that she could not become pregnant.
Now that Emperor Wu of Han had left the palace to travel, there were no men in the palace. If she was pregnant, it would be a serious crime. Even if she was the Empress Dowager, she would not have a good ending.
Therefore, the men who came to serve her were all drugged by her. It was impossible for them to have children in their lifetime.
And the reason Furong ran over just now was because one of the men was bragging to the others, saying that he didn't drink the medicine the empress gave him at all. He even said that he had been serving the empress for the past few days and that the empress might already be pregnant with his child.
These words were like a spark falling into a pile of dry firewood, instantly causing the pot to explode. After Furong had people suppress the man, she immediately ran to inform the Empress.
Furthermore, because she was afraid that the man was spouting nonsense, Furong specially had someone examine the man. Naturally, the result was positive.
That man didn't drink any medicine at all.
After receiving a positive answer, the Empress' face was ashen and ashen. When she arrived at Ci Ning Palace, she gritted her teeth and said, "Bring him over for aijia."
After seeing that the person who came was her most beloved man, the Empress' face turned ashen. She almost closed her eyes and accepted her fate as she said, "Bring imperial physician Li over for this one. Just say that aijia has a headache."
"Yes ~" Furong knew that the Empress was afraid that she was pregnant and immediately personally went to call the imperial physician.
The Empress stood up and looked at the man who was pressed to the ground like a dead dog. Her eyes were fierce like a demon that had crawled out of hell. She viciously glared at the man on the ground for a long time.
Just when everyone thought that the Empress would spare the man's life, the Empress closed her eyes and waved her hand, saying, "Deal with him for aijia. Remember, do it cleanly."
This meant that she was going to kill this man.
During this period of time, the Empress doted on this man. The man thought that he would be fine now that the Empress had returned. However, when the Empress wanted someone to drag him out to deal with him, he instantly revealed an expression of disbelief. Then, he immediately begged for mercy, "Your Highness, this servant really knows his wrongs. Please spare this servant's life. In the future, this servant will do whatever you want this servant to do. Your Highness …"
The man's voice was very loud. However, before he could finish, his mouth was covered by a cloth and dragged away.
Not long after, someone replied to the Empress, "Reporting to the Empress Dowager, he has been dealt with."
"If he has been dealt with, then leave. Aijia wants some peace and quiet."
A moment later, Furong walked in with imperial physician Li.
The Empress immediately had imperial physician Li take her pulse.
Imperial physician Li found a handkerchief and placed it on the Empress' wrist. Then, he placed his finger on it.
A moment later, imperial physician Li's face was filled with shock. Then, he had the Empress change her hand and take her pulse again.
However, this time, the result was still the same. Imperial physician Li's forehead was instantly covered in cold sweat. His heart was trembling incessantly.
Emperor Wu of Han had left the palace for three months. However, the Empress was already more than a month pregnant. Furthermore, the only remaining man in the palace, Jiujiu, was a fake man. The origin of this child …
Thinking of this, imperial physician Li's forehead was once again covered in cold sweat. Even though he was kneeling on the ground, his knees could not stop trembling. His teeth were also chattering due to fear.
Imperial physician Li did not speak. However, the Empress could tell what was happening to her from imperial physician Li's reaction.
After confirming this thought, the Empress closed her eyes in resignation. If that man had not already been dealt with by her, she would definitely cut him into a thousand pieces.
The Empress lowered her eyes and said in a sinister voice, "Imperial physician Li, Aijia has a headache. I need to rest for a month. Prescribe some medicine."
"Yes."
Everyone present was well aware of what this medicine was.
Imperial physician Li almost crawled to the desk and wrote down a prescription. Then, he wrote down a prescription for recuperating the body and handed it to Furong.
Furong took the prescription and looked at it. Then, she looked at imperial physician Li and said expressionlessly, "The Empress Dowager is too worried. She needs to rest for a month. Imperial physician Li, don't forget."
Imperial physician Li raised his hand to wipe the sweat on his forehead. He repeatedly said, "This one will wake up."
This was a scandal of the imperial family. Even if it was a small matter, it was still a serious crime. He was not that stupid.
Moreover, the Empress Dowager and Jiujiu were mother and daughter. If he really told Jiujiu, the person who would die might be him. Imperial physician Li still had this bit of insight.
After threatening imperial physician Li, Furong quickly went to boil the medicine.
When Furong brought the bowl of black medicine to the Empress Dowager, the Empress Dowager's hand holding the bowl of medicine suddenly paused. Her eyes flashed and an idea instantly appeared in her mind.
"Furong, Aijia will not drink the medicine first."
"But?" Furong looked at the Empress Dowager's belly with some worry.
The Empress Dowager was already old. If the abortion was delayed, she might not be able to keep her life.
Sensing Furong's gaze, the Empress frowned in displeasure and said in a louder voice, "Aijia said I will not drink the medicine."
"Yes." Furong saw that the Empress Dowager was a little angry. She quickly took the bowl of medicine and left.
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