“What’s wrong?” Meng Xuanling asked.

“Do you know about the fact that Imperial Doctor Liang was sent to prison by the Empress Dowager?” Bai Zhi asked back.

Meng Xuanling shook her head: “He was sent to prison? Yesterday, he checks this concubine’s pulse just like before.”

Bai Zhi sighed: “Right, how could I forget about this matter? Imperial Doctor Liang is the Empress’s person. The Empress’s person is also the Empress Dowager’s person. Regardless if he committed a crime.”

Whether it was not a big mistake, as long as the Empress said a few words, Imperial Doctor Liang can naturally get out.

Meng Xuanling asked: “You mean, it’s Imperial Doctor Liang who harmed this concubine?”

Bai Zhi nodded her head: “It’s basically the empress and Imperial Doctor Liang. The principal culprit and an accessory. No one else.”

Meng Xuanling’s face paled with anger. Her teeth were almost crushed by gritting.

“When did I, Meng Xuanling so deceiving? Whatever I suffered today, I, Meng Xuanling will return it twice.”

Bai Zhi said: “It can be seen that there are empress’s people here in the palace. We must find out the spies today.”

Meng Xuanling took a deep breath, stabilized her heart, and then nodded towards Bai Zhi: “This concubine understand. Today, I will clean up the Ruyi Palace. I wanted to keep you until dinner, but it seems it’s impossible now.”

Bai Zhi waved her hand: “You don’t need to trouble yourself. Just give me some of the poison you found in from Dong Ye, and let two more people take me out of the palace. If it’s done, I’ll see you again.”

Meng Xuanling felt relieved, stretched out her hand, and grabbed Bai Zhi’s hand. There was no longer the cold and alienation in her face before, and there was more closeness between her eyes: “Thank you, if this concubine can still give birth to the emperor’s son, it is all thanks to you.”

Bai Zhi lightly smiled: “I should thank niangniang first. Niangniang helps me, I will naturally help you. We help each other, so there is no need to say thank you anymore!”

Meng Xuanling nodded her and said nothing more. It was really easy to deal with such a thoughtful person.

After sitting for a while, Qiu Ying delivered what she found from Dong Ye’s residence to Bai Zhi’s hand. After Bai Zhi collected it, she immediately followed the two eunuchs to leave the palace.

That day, after Bai Zhi left, the Ruyi Palace’s gate was closed. Faint screams could be heard from time to time inside.

When the gate of Ruyi Palace was opened, nothing seemed like had happened. Everything seems as usual. It’s just the eunuchs and palace maids beside Concubine Shu have become a little less.

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In Qingan Palace

The Empress looked coldly at the Old Mama that was kneeling in front of her: “No news yet?”

The Old Mama didn’t dare to lift her head: “Answering back the empress, all, all contacts are cut off.”

“What are you talking about? All contacts are cut off? Nothing left?”

The Old Mama’s whole body trembled in fear.

The Empress was furious. She grabbed the teacup beside her and threw it over. Unexpectedly, the tea was freshly brewed and the tea was still hot. When she threw it, a large part of the tea was spilled on the back of her hand. The back of her was immediately burnt.

The Old Mama was no better than her. The tea poured over her head, making her scalp sore, and her head was full of green tea leaves. However, she could only grit her teeth. She didn’t dare to make a sound.

Seeing this, the eunuch hurriedly shouted: “Hurry up, quickly bring the Imperial Doctor here, and drag this old woman out.”

Imperial Doctor Liang rushed over quickly with the medicine box. At this time, blisters had formed on the back of the empress’s hand.

He hurriedly took out the best scald medicine and carefully applied it to the empress.

The empress endured the burning pain on the back of her hand, and asked Imperial Doctor Liang: “Will the medicine given to the Ruyi Palace be discovered?”

Imperial Doctor Liang, who was continuing bandaging the empress’s hand, had shown disbelief in his face: “Impossible. If it can be detected by someone, it would have been detected long ago. Didn’t the people in the Ruyi Palace also invited some doctors to check Concubine Shu’s pulse in the early years?”

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