Dressed as a villain's stepmother, I use spiritual springs to raise cubs

Everyone's eyes were once again thrown to Li Chen's head.

The emperor's cold eyes swept away.

A thin layer of sweat immediately oozed from Li Chen's forehead - it seemed that the fifth prince really wanted to drag him into the water, and wanted him to cover up what he did.

Powder, notes.

How to explain it.

Inside the screen, the Empress Dowager felt breathless again when she heard this, but this time she just slowly let go of Xia Bai'an's hand, took the veil and coughed lightly twice, the fragility in her eyes was put away again, The spine that was bent due to age is slowly straightening.

Xia Bai'an hesitated and frowned deeply.

It seems that as long as King An said something wrong and was reprimanded by the emperor, the Queen Mother would stand up for him.

Xia Bai'an couldn't help but hold his breath, his eyes flicked across the gaps in the screen, watching the changes in the front court.

Li Chen walked out from his seat, and in just a few steps, his mind was spinning rapidly.

You have to find a reason to pick yourself out.

But he didn't know exactly what Li Cong did, and how to get it right?

He closed his eyes and pondered for a moment, and finally spoke.

"Reporting to the emperor, those medicinal powders were indeed requested by Concubine Xu and the fifth prince, but they were actually for my concubine."

Concubine Xu's eyes flashed with surprise, but she slowly relaxed.

It's not in vain that she also helped Li Chen a little bit before.

Sun Taiwei noticed something was wrong, and first asked: "Concubine An is not feeling well, isn't there a doctor who is always by her side? Do you need Concubine Xu to see medicine for her in the palace?"

After finishing speaking, Sun Taiwei looked straight at Princess An next to her, as if she wanted to ask Princess An to join the game.

Xu Yingjun felt chills in his heart, and knelt down beside King An tremblingly.

"This concubine is indeed seriously ill, and I wrote a letter from my family and sent it to Jingzhong to inform Xu's family and sister..."

"No need to elaborate."

However, Li Chen suddenly held Xu Yingjun's hand, narrowed his eyes and said, "Reporting to the emperor, this matter is indeed my omission. I only thought that the imperial physician in the imperial palace in the capital would be the most useful, so I ordered someone to secretly ask Concubine Xu for help to verify the situation. It's a recipe, but I didn't expect to drop the talk."

The emperor raised his hand: "Medical materials, imperial physician."

The eunuch hurriedly bowed and saluted, and not only asked people to bring the known medicinal materials, but also ordered Tao Ji to come over.

At this time, the emperor looked at the screen again.

"Ask Xia Bai'an and Tao Ji to write down the medicinal properties of these medicinal materials one by one, and don't talk to each other."

"Yes!"

The eunuch nodded, and fetched a screen and two tables to separate the two.

Xia Bai'an came out from the queen mother's screen, and saw the black people kneeling on the ground, Li Chen, Sun Taiwei and Xu Concubine were staring at him.

If she wrote that the medicinal material was quite poisonous, Li Chen and Concubine Xu would die.

If she wrote that the medicinal materials are not poisonous, Sun Taiwei and the Seventh Prince's identification is wrong and needs to be re-investigated.

and……

She raised her eyes to look at the silent emperor beside her, but found that she couldn't see the emotion in his eyes clearly.

It's just that the emperor deliberately separated her from Tao Ji, because he suspected that they would be bought by Concubine Li Chen and Xu, or... the emperor also doubted the relationship between himself and Li Chen because of the previous incident. .

The latter is more likely.

Guessing this, she rolled up her cuffs generously, sniffed the medicinal materials one by one, and after confirming, she compared and wrote down the names and properties of the medicinal materials one by one.

Tao Ji was only halfway through writing, and Xia Bai'an had already written the entire paper densely, but there was not even a single ink stain on the wide sleeves. .

"Except for the blindness of medicinal materials, there is no clear conclusion in medical books, let alone the principle of mutual restraint, it is difficult to determine, so I wrote down the medicinal properties that I used and discovered before."

"Ah."

The emperor raised his eyebrows slightly, and the eunuch hurriedly handed over the prescription.

It is densely packed with all kinds of small characters, but they are all written in great detail.

After a while, Tao Ji finished writing in a hurry, his hands were covered with sweat, and when he dropped the pen, the sweat from his forehead rolled down his chin, dripping onto the paper.

The eunuch persuaded: "Doctor Tao needn't be so nervous, the emperor is just confirming the medicinal materials."

"Yes."

Tao Ji nodded slightly, but did not dare to look at the emperor at all.

Seeing that he was so nervous and cowardly, the emperor felt puzzled.

He originally thought that Xia Bai'an was the one with a guilty conscience. After all, the matter between Xia Bai'an and Li Chen was probably true. These two people should have colluded secretly... This time, Xia Bai'an might not be able to escape the matter with Concubine Xu. open relationship.

Unexpectedly, Tao Ji was the one who was really nervous.

After Xia Bai'an saluted, he actually looked at the emperor very seriously, waiting for a result.

Could it be that Xia Bai'an really has no problem?

The emperor withdrew his gaze and compared the two pieces of paper.

It was actually Xia Bai'an's that was more detailed, and what he wrote was almost the same.

These medicinal materials can indeed cure diseases, and they can also be used as poisons.

Plus Tao Ji for comparison.

It can be seen that Xia Bai'an did not lie to others.

The emperor asked: "Doctor Xia, can these medicines really cure Princess An's body?"

Xia Bai'an turned back to look at Princess An who was kneeling on the ground: "I don't know. Princess An was ill several months ago, and she came to the capital to reunite with her family after a long journey. It can be used as medicine, so it is difficult to identify whether Princess An's previous illness needs these medicinal materials."

The emperor said again: "Physician Xia's medical skills are outstanding, but I didn't expect that he couldn't see Princess An's illness."

Xia Bai'an said respectfully, "I am not talented, please forgive me, Your Majesty."

Silence again.

The emperor stared at Xia Bai'an coldly for a long time, as if he still suspected that she might have told a lie.

"Your Majesty." Another female voice came suddenly, "I, I want to try to diagnose the pulse of Her Royal Highness Princess An."

Only then did the emperor look away and look at the person who made the sound.

Xia Bai'an followed suit.

The person who spoke was actually Qin Yaoyao from Jishitang.

Qin Yaoyao's face was flushed red, when she was kneeling on the ground, she glanced at the Seventh Prince and Taiwei Sun frequently from the corner of her eye - it seemed that she came out after following their instructions.

Xia Bai'an almost couldn't hold back his laughter.

In her opinion, all the evidence now does not seem to be true, and people from all sides identify each other for their own interests.This Qin Yaoyao, as the prince's concubine, dared to volunteer, maybe the Seventh Prince would learn from Sun Taiwei and act in a play.

The emperor raised his eyebrows: "Physician Xia's medical skills are outstanding, but he still can't diagnose the disease, you little girl, can you really detect the disease?"

"I was born in a medical family, Jishitang. I have studied medicine since I was a child, and I want to try it. After all, this matter is closely related to the distress of His Royal Highness the Seventh Prince. I am very worried." Qin Yaoyao kowtowed heavily.

Ji Shi Tang.

This name is naturally known to everyone in the capital, and everyone knows it.

Apart from the Royal Hospital and Xia Bai'an, only the doctor from Ji Shitang is trustworthy.

But the emperor looked at Xia Bai'an: "What does Imperial Physician Xia think?"

Xia Bai'an bowed: "I also want to see the medical skills of the Seventh Prince's concubine. If it is really outstanding, I would like to ask for advice."