I was sold when I opened my eyes! My sick and disabled husband comforts me every night after he wake

Upon hearing the Empress point directly to her number, the seventh palace maid trembled with fear and stepped out of the crowd, immediately kneeling before the Empress.

"Your Majesty, I am the seventh palace maid."

"Snapped!"

The Empress suddenly raised her hand and slammed the diagnosis sheet heavily onto the table.

"This is outrageous! How dare you wreak havoc in the harem? Tell me, whose child is it?"

Upon hearing this, the seventh palace maid turned ashen-faced with fright and hurriedly tried to explain.

"Your Majesty, please spare me! How could this servant dare to do such a despicable thing? Please, Your Majesty, investigate thoroughly."

"Hmph! The doctor and the imperial physician's diagnoses are exactly the same, how could they be wrong? Guards, drag her away, give her twenty lashes, and then give her a bowl of abortion medicine..."

The seventh palace maid suddenly turned her head, glared fiercely at Lan Zhi, and questioned her through gritted teeth.

"We have no grudge against each other, why do you want to harm me?"

Lan Zhi was speechless; she had no reply.

She never imagined that her haphazardly written diagnosis would cause the palace maid to be punished.

She quickly got up and pleaded with the Empress for mercy.

"Your Majesty, please calm your anger. My diagnosis just now may have been wrong. Please allow me to take the pulse of the seventh palace maid again."

The Empress immediately waved her hand impatiently.

"No need, your diagnosis is very accurate. You can wait outside first, and then go to the Longevity Palace to see the Empress Dowager."

At this point, Lan Zhi was certain that the Empress's selection of skilled physicians for the Empress Dowager was just a pretense; she actually wanted to select mediocre physicians who were incompetent at treating patients.

Thinking of this, she secretly gasped. Luckily, she had just prepared a backup plan, otherwise she would have been sent out of the palace long ago, and this trip would have been in vain.

When she arrived outside Fengxian Palace, she saw the seventh palace maid being dragged out. Upon seeing her, she questioned her fiercely.

"Why would you want to harm me? You don't know how to take a pulse at all; you're a fraud."

She quickly moved closer to her and whispered a reminder.

"You'd better shut up. Don't you understand the saying 'trouble comes from the mouth'?"

"But I'm not pregnant. I've never even held a man's hand. What makes you think I'm pregnant? What makes you think that?"

Lan Zhi sighed helplessly, and then saw the seventh palace maid being dragged a short distance away by the two other palace maids in preparation for execution.

She caused the trouble; she can't just watch her get beaten to death.

"Xiaoxin, let her suffer less."

After Xiao Xin's eyes flickered a few times, a silver light that no one could see emanated from the necklace. Immediately afterwards, the eunuch's board seemed to fall weakly, and it didn't hurt the seventh palace maid even when it hit her buttocks, which surprised her.

Lan Zhi smiled slightly and turned to look at the entrance of Fengxian Palace.

A short while later, the other four selected physicians left Fengxian Palace and, together with Lan Zhi, were taken to Changshou Palace.

On the way, Grandpa Tian whispered a reminder,

"It's a good thing that Dr. Lan was chosen; you'll be able to sigh about it for the rest of your life."

Lan Zhi gave a bitter smile.

"I just don't know if I'll make it out alive!"

Her words made Eunuch Tian pause for a moment, then he quickly changed the subject.

"When you see the Empress Dowager later, do not ask too many questions or say too much. After taking her pulse, write a prescription and then leave. But you must not leave the capital. The Empress Dowager will test your prescriptions one by one. Whichever one works will be summoned to the palace. Whoever can completely cure the Empress Dowager's illness will receive a reward."

Eunuch Tian's words made her feel sorrow for the Empress Dowager.

The Empress Dowager had been ill for a year. Every few days, five selected doctors would come to her to examine her pulse and prescribe medicine, and then she would try the medicine. This process was repeated. It was truly remarkable that she had survived until now.

She truly couldn't understand how that seemingly kind empress could treat an elderly woman so harshly.

When she arrived at the Longevity Palace with the crowd, she was once again stopped in her tracks.

An old man called out from the front:

"This is the Crown Prince. Everyone, kneel down and pay your respects."

Upon hearing this, everyone immediately knelt down, none daring to look up at the high-ranking crown prince.

Lan Zhi knelt among several senior doctors, quickly attracting the attention of Crown Prince Wei Jian'an. He narrowed his phoenix eyes, pointed at her, and questioned her.

"Are you the goddess doctor of Binjiang Town?"

She quickly bowed and replied:

"Your Highness is too kind. My medical skills are still very limited. How could I dare to call myself a miracle doctor? That was just a joke told by the local people."

"Oh? I've seen countless doctors, but this is the first time I've seen a female doctor. Raise your head."

Lan Zhi tightened her hands in her sleeves, gently raised her head, and only then could she see the Crown Prince in front of her.

He was tall and wore a blue robe. He had a handsome face, and the cinnabar mole between his eyebrows was particularly noticeable.

When Wei Jian'an saw Lan Zhi's face clearly, he was stunned for a moment.

He had seen and slept with countless women, but he had never met one as fresh and refined as the young woman before him, with a gaze that commanded respect.

Even his crown princess, who was known as the most beautiful woman in the Great Wei Kingdom, paled in comparison to this female physician.

He immediately pursed his lips slightly, nodded slightly, and murmured to himself.

"Such a woman should only exist in heaven; how often can one hear of such a thing in the mortal world!"

"Your Highness..."

His attendant called out to him, and he immediately came to his senses.

"The Empress Dowager is seriously ill and urgently needs a good remedy. Now, you will enter the hall in order to examine the Empress Dowager's pulse and prescribe medicine."

At this point, he pointed to the doctor kneeling at the very front.

"You're the first one in!"

The doctor immediately got up and, led by the old woman, walked towards the Longevity Palace.

While waiting, Lan Zhi kept thinking, if the Empress didn't want to cure the Empress Dowager's illness, what about the Crown Prince?

The Empress is his biological mother. How could he not know what she wants to do? Could it be that he, like the Empress, doesn't want the Empress Dowager's illness to be cured?

If that's the case, after she takes the Empress Dowager's pulse, should she prescribe a medicine to treat the illness or a medicine that doesn't?

If she cures the Empress Dowager, she will surely offend the Empress, and it will be difficult for her to leave the palace alive.

But as a doctor, she would feel uneasy if she had to pretend she couldn't cure a disease she clearly could and neglect the patient.

It seems that the affairs within the harem are indeed as Mo Ning said, unpredictable and unfathomable.

She suddenly felt a pang of regret. If she had known this would happen, she should have found a way to leave when she was at Fengxian Palace.

But it's too late to say anything now. She's already standing here, so she can only bite the bullet and play it by ear.

At this moment, Wei Jian'an slowly walked to her side, looked her up and down, and asked softly,

"The blue angelica grows amidst fragrant blossoms, its scent filling the air with a gentle breeze. The blue angelica grows alongside the wild angelica, elegant and refreshing, truly living up to its name, a sight to behold!"

Her parents in her previous life named her after the first two lines of poetry. It's truly unexpected that this prince knew the meaning behind her name.

She bowed slightly.

"The Crown Prince is learned and talented, which I admire greatly."

He suddenly raised his hand, wanting to rest it on her chin, but she quickly stepped back, causing his fingers to miss.

"This humble woman is already married. Your Highness, please show some respect."