I was given the contraceptive soup and became the emperor's white moonlight

"Madam, I have brought Qi Zhongyuan here." Xiao Ye looked around the room and saw that Nanxing was nowhere to be found. After thinking for a while, she asked, "Madam, should we keep Doctor Qi's affairs a secret from Nanxing?"

"Hmm?" Su Minglang felt her gaze and knew that she had misunderstood something, so he explained, "There's no need to hide it, but I don't know what kind of person this Doctor Qi is, so I don't want to get involved too much."

"Yes, I understand." Xiao Ye nodded and asked, "Shall I bring Doctor Qi in now?"

"Well, go ahead." Su Minglang nodded and said.

When Xiao Ye came out again, he saw Qi Zhongyuan still standing straight at the door, with his head held high and his chest puffed out even with the heavy medicine box on his back. From a distance, people might misunderstand that he was a guard who had gone to the wrong place.

"Doctor Qi, the Queen wants you in." Xiao Ye stood at the door and made a gesture of invitation. Qi Zhongyuan nodded, tightened the medicine box on his back, and walked in. Xiao Ye followed and closed the door.

"Your servant Qi Zhongyuan pays homage to the Empress!" Qi Zhongyuan had just walked in and bowed before he even saw anyone. Because he had not been in the palace for long, he could not tell the three palaces, six courtyards and seventy-two concubines in the harem apart. He only knew that it was never wrong to call all concubines "Empress".

Su Minglang looked at him for a few times. Judging from his appearance and the way he walked, his injuries should no longer be a problem. He looked a little stronger than when he saw him on the mountain, and his face had a little more color, making him look more like a pale scholar.

Both of them looked like scholars. Su Minglang couldn't help but compare him with Li Zhao. However, compared with Li Zhao's slightly evil look, the man in front of him could be called a real scholar. Just like the male protagonists in the storybooks, he seemed weak and useless.

"Get up." Su Minglang finally spoke.

"There are no outsiders in the room, Doctor Qi, don't be too restrained."

Qi Zhongyuan is not yet qualified to be an imperial physician, so Su Minglang subconsciously did not use the title of imperial physician. Instead, he adopted the folk name, which should be more intimate.

"Yes, thank you, Your Majesty." Qi Zhongyuan staggered to his feet. He was not used to this kind of life where he had to kneel down at every turn.

"Then let's begin." Su Minglang was sitting behind the tent and could not see clearly. He only saw the figure inside move and reveal a piece of arm. Xiaoye placed the pulse diagnosis pad under the wrist, with a silver thread hanging on it.

Diagnosing pulse with a hanging needle is a compulsory course for imperial physicians. In today's world, the strict separation of men and women is already a major issue, not to mention the harem. How can the emperor's women be allowed to be touched by anyone?

Therefore, this ability is also a major basis for assessing imperial physicians. After all, the emperor is the only man in the entire harem, and the rest are all women.

This was obviously Qi Zhongyuan's first time to diagnose a concubine, but it was not his first time to go out for a consultation, so there was no chaos or disorder.

However, Qi Zhongyuan did not dare to say that he was not nervous at all. After all, the palace was different from the ordinary people. The rules were complicated and required caution in everything. Fortunately, he had made sufficient mental preparations and his fingers pressed steadily on the silver wire.

The room was quiet for a long time. Qi Zhongyuan stood up and said, "My lady, although your body is a little weak, as long as you persist in taking supplements slowly, you will be able to recover to 70% within a year."

"I haven't found any acute illness. I wonder where you feel unwell?" Qi Zhongyuan frowned. In fact, what he wanted to say was that Su Minglang was not sick at all, and there was another meaning in calling him here.

"Heh!" Su Minglang chuckled. Xiao Ye stepped forward and folded the gauze curtain. The person behind the curtain finally revealed his true face.

Although Qi Zhongyuan had guessed it, he still couldn't help being surprised when he really saw his benefactor. He immediately knelt on the ground and kowtowed three times to the person sitting upright. Before he could say any words of gratitude, Xiao Ye had already taken his arm and was trying to help him up.

"I am in good health and don't want to accept such a great gift." Su Minglang said teasingly and motioned him to sit down.

The moment Qi Zhongyuan saw Su Minglang's true face, he started to get nervous. He sat stiffly on the chair with his back straight, staring at the cracks in the bricks in front of him without moving.

"You really didn't disappoint me." Su Minglang said with a smile.

"I dare not disappoint the queen!" Qi Zhongyuan stood up again. "The queen's kindness is beyond my ability to repay. If the queen needs me in the future, I will never refuse even if it means my death!"

"I want you to enter the palace, not to die." Su Minglang raised her eyebrows and pointed at Xiaoye beside her and said, "This is Xiaoye, the senior maid beside me. I treat her like a sister. If I need to find you in the future, I will let her go find you."

"You should have seen it when you came here. I live in Linglong Palace. I am the only one here. If nothing unexpected happens, you should have heard my name when you entered the palace." She paused and continued, "Su Minglang, Zhaoyi."

"Yes, Your Majesty!" Qi Zhongyuan nodded, his body still very stiff.

"I saved you because I value your ability, but I am not a master who can bring you a bright future. It is up to you to decide whether you want to be used by me or not."

Su Minglang pondered for a moment, looked up at Qi Zhongyuan and said, "No matter what decision you make, I will never regret saving your life, and I will not ask you to repay me for anything."

"I have some understanding of you, I know your purpose, and I know your wish. To achieve these, it is better for you to go to the person in Taiji Palace to surrender, which will be more convenient than surrendering here with me." Su Minglang stated his position without concealing it.

"I wonder if I can ask you a question?" Qi Zhongyuan did not express his loyalty immediately, but lowered his head and asked in a deep voice.

"I feel that Your Majesty has never worried about my failure in the exam, but I know very well that I have never met Your Majesty."

"I am not worried, but I am not worried about you." Su Minglang glanced at him and continued, "I am not worried about the good reputation of the Qi family in the past."

"The Qi family used to serve as imperial physicians for generations, and it has only been three generations since they fell into decline. I don't believe that the Qi family's medical skills have been lost. Now that you are standing here, doesn't that mean that I was not wrong?"

Qi Zhongyuan suddenly raised his head and saw the woman in front of him looking at him with a smile. He suddenly felt a sour feeling in his nose. If he could say such words to his grandfather, the old man would not have blamed himself for his incompetence before he died.

Qi Zhongyuan was very clear about what he was carrying, but all his efforts had been in obscurity. Suddenly one day, a person whom he deeply respected told him in person that she recognized everything he had done. This feeling was far more precious than vanity.

Qi Zhongyuan said nothing, but stood up and bowed respectfully, and Su Minglang nodded in response.