Zhao Defang's road to the virtuous king

The medical officer looked at the imperial doctor, then at Defang, and slowly knelt down, "My lord... Your servant..."

"What happened to the princess? Did you know something from the beginning?" Defang asked

"My lord...my lady...everything my lady does is for my lord..."

"So...you have known about your mother's illness three years ago. In the past three years, you have been helping her to hide this matter and giving her constant medication, haven't you?"

"Yes... my lord..."

"You bastard!" Defang pushed the medical officer down. "Do you know that you will kill the princess! Do you know that she and the child will lose their lives together!"

The medical officer knelt and prostrated himself on the ground, "I'm guilty of the crime, but the empress wants to keep the child for the sake of the prince. How dare I refuse the empress's request? What's more, the prince was ordered to go out of Beijing, and the empress only learned about it after writing a letter to the prince. It is not suitable to conceive. The official once asked the empress to abort the child for herself, but the empress said that the prince should not lose the child because of herself, and the prince is responsible for guarding the gate and building the city. Once he finds out that he is seriously ill and the child cannot be saved, he must be anxious , if something goes wrong because of this, I will become an unforgivable sinner, so if the empress wants to step down from office, no matter what method she uses, she must keep the child, even... even if it takes her own life..."

"Ma'am..." Defang's eyes were full of tears, "Medical officer... Could it be... Could it be that the princess... can't have any more children in the future?"

The medical officer is also unwilling to say these things, but until now, he can no longer hide it.

"But...but Madam didn't suffer from any serious illness after giving birth to Ling'er."

"In order to be able to feed the little princess by herself, the empress has been using food tonic, and sometimes she will vomit and faint because of it, but the empress insists on herself. If she is really unwell, she will ask Ke'er to come to Xiaguan to make some soup. For the body of the little princess, the princess asked the nanny to feed the little princess for three days after drinking the medicine, but the prince never knew what the queen did."

Defang thought that ever since she had Ling'er, she had rarely been close to Concubine Di. She hugged her daughter to tease her every day, and didn't pay attention to Concubine Di's situation. But... Madam is not feeling well, but this king doesn't even know... Royal doctor, medical officer, is there nothing you can do now? Is it true that the princess... really won't have any more children?"

The two looked at each other and shook their heads. Defang's mood at this moment was as heavy as the bottom of Mount Tai. He clenched his fists and shook his head in pain, "No... the princess, she won't If so... there must be a way...you are imperial physicians and medical officers, so there must be a way!"

"My lord," said the imperial doctor, "I can only try my best to keep the princess alive, but... but I'm afraid of pregnancy..."

"Imperial doctor!" Defang supported the imperial doctor's arms, "You must have a solution! You must have it, right?"

The imperial doctor shook his head, "My lord, there is nothing I can do." Defang grabbed the medical officer again, "Medical officer, if you can help the princess keep Ling'er, there must be a way to cure her, right?"

The medical officer also shook his head, "I'm an official... I'm incompetent..."