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Chapter 108

Zhou Zhilan also entered the palace, dressed in equally magnificent attire.

"Get up, everyone! No need for formalities. Summon the imperial physician to examine Miss Shen's injuries."

When the imperial physician arrived with his medicine chest, Shen Ling glared at him resentfully, saying, "Thank you for your trouble, Imperial Physician."

"Your Majesty, Miss Shen's face looks like it's due to a skin allergy. Does Miss Shen have any allergies to?"

Shen Ling said, "No! My face turned like this because I used this rouge powder."

"The imperial physician can examine some of this bottle of rouge."

Physician Song took it, opened it, and sniffed it. "This bottle of rouge seems to be poisoned, but the injuries on Miss Shen's face are not caused by the poison in this bottle of rouge at all."

Shen Ling's expression changed slightly, and she hurriedly said, "Impossible, check again carefully, it must be this bottle of rouge that ruined my face."

"Is Miss Shen questioning my medical skills? If you don't believe what I'm saying, then please have someone else come and examine you."

Shen Ling looked at Shen Zhou Shi with a hint of panic, "Mother..."

What on earth is going on? Wasn't everything supposed to be arranged? Is it unusual that no one was sent to the Imperial Hospital to make arrangements?

"Imperial Physician Song, have you really examined me thoroughly?" Madam Shen asked in a deep voice.

She had subtly given Physician Song a warning.

Imperial Physician Song knelt down and said, "Your Majesty, I can assure you that Miss Shen's facial injuries were not caused by rouge, but by an allergic reaction to a certain food. For example, some people cannot eat peanuts; if they do, they will develop rashes, itching, and skin ulcers."

Madam Shen was both angry and anxious. She didn't know why Imperial Physician Song had suddenly changed his mind. They had clearly agreed that as long as Imperial Physician Song cooperated, he would definitely be able to get Yun Xiyue to confess her guilt in front of the Empress Dowager today.

"Imperial Physician Song, if you can't do it, then find someone else."

Being questioned about his medical skills is unbearable for anyone. Imperial Physician Song immediately sneered: "Your Majesty, before I came to Funing Palace, the Shen family sent someone to give me an ingot of gold, saying that as long as I cooperate with Madam Shen to identify that the rouge from the Yun family's Beauty Hall is problematic and has poisoned Miss Shen, I can get more gold."

He then presented a gold ingot, saying, "Please, Your Majesty, be wise; I have not uttered a single falsehood."

“Miss Shen’s face has nothing to do with this bottle of rouge.”

“Otherwise, the Shen family would not have sent silver to bribe me. I concealed this matter and pretended to agree at first, just to expose the Shen family’s despicable behavior in front of the Empress Dowager.”

Madam Shen's expression changed, and she immediately retorted angrily, "You're talking nonsense! It's clearly your medical skills that are lacking, yet you dare to turn the tables on me!"

"Madam Shen, there's no need to be in such a hurry to sever ties."

As he spoke, Physician Song had a young eunuch brought over. "I also have a certificate; this gold ingot was given to me by this young eunuch."

Madam Zhou hurriedly said, "This is just a eunuch from Funing Palace. How could he possibly bribe you with gold? Do you think the Empress Dowager is behind this?"

Yun Xiyue smiled and said, "Madam Zhou, please be careful with your words. Neither the little eunuch nor the Empress Dowager said a word, so how could they possibly have instructed him to do this? Besides, why would the Empress Dowager do this?"

“That’s you,” Madam Zhou said with a stern face.

Yun Xiyue glanced at the young eunuch. "That's even more impossible. This is my second time at Funing Palace, and I can't even find the gate. I don't know who this young eunuch is or what his job is. How could I possibly bribe him to do something like this?"

"Besides, doesn't Madam Zhou think it's far-fetched to say that? Just now, Physician Song said that it was Madam Shen who sent someone to bribe him to say that there was something wrong with the rouge in my rouge shop."

"If I had bribed and instructed Physician Song to do this, it would have been to make him say that there was nothing wrong with my rouge."

Madam Zhou's five fingers clenched tightly beneath her cloud-like sleeves.

His eyes were dark and sharp, as if he wanted to tear her to pieces.