Chapter 357 - Offending Parties (1/2)
Ah Jin cleared her throat and pushed aside her discomfort and tried to move the focus of the room away from her. So she turned to the Imperial physician and asked, ”Would you have prescribed this if she was pregnant?”
The Imperial physician started, ”That -... Well, it may be strong but it still wo-”
”Can you say for sure that it would not have affected the child - if, she happened to have become pregnant yesterday -” She caught herself again, her eyes darted to Lei Xing and she quickly added, ”Or the day before or the day before th-”
”We get it.” Lei Xing flatly interjected with a frown, ”Honestly, just say recently...” She mumbled under her breath, holding her reddening ears as it dawned on her that they were in fact, so matter of factly too, discussing her s.e.x life. Seeing this old physician's face turning red too made it even worse.
Ah Jin awkwardly nodded and then glared at the Imperial physician, who frowned and awkwardly said, ”Well... It would also depend on the situation, but I'm sure it wou-”
”Then that is enough, one should always err on the side of caution. This body is already very weak and being pregnant makes it even more so.” Ah Jin uncharacteristically scolded, ”The Empress should be treated with extreme care as if she were already pregnant as we can never know when it could be yesterday- I mean, know the time it could be that she conceived. It could be anytime... not just yesterday.” Ah Jin awkwardly finished, cold sweat sliding down her reddened face.Find authorized novels in , faster updates, better experience, Please click for visiting.
The three people stared at her with curious eyes until finally, Lei Xing cleared her throat and awkwardly said, ”Um... something lighter then - Actually, nevermind. I'll sleep it off. You can go.” She said to the Imperial physician, who quickly bowed and nervously retreated with his offending medication.
Ah Jin let out a sigh of relief, feeling completely drained as she turned to Lei Xing and continued to scold, ”Your majesty, you need to be more careful in your actions... and you Xiao Ruo, you should also ask questions. Your role is to advise, not just to serve.”
”I -” Xiao Ruo protested and then turned to Lei Xing with an extremely aggrieved expression. She had tried but Lei Xing never listened to her.
Lei Xing lightly cleared her throat and looked Ah Jin over with a skeptically raised eyebrow, ”You... Are you sure you're alright? I've never seen you talk to so much of your own volition before. If somethi-”
”I'm perfectly fine!” Ah Jin loudly exclaimed, causing Lei Xing and Xiao Ruo to jump. Before they could say anything more, Ah Jin bopped her head, ”I'll go pack now.” She hastily said as she rushed out of the room and all the way back to her own room, where she sat at her bed and fanned her heated face.
This was all Doctor Lou's fault, he just had to have dragged her along with him to Lei Xing's room last night for what he called a ”learning experience”. To be fair, Doctor Lou had no idea - or so he said, one could never truly be sure when it came to him - that they would find Lei Xing and the Emperor so… ”tangled.”
Even Doctor Lou had been temporarily stunned by the scene and when Ah Jin threw him an accusatory glance, he announced ”I am NOT a pervert.” as he directed blankets to bury the two. Before he went over and shoved the Emperor off Lei Xing, with a banket swiftly redirecting itself to cover Lei Xing's body. Doctor Lou then crouched down in front of the bed and waving Ah Jin over and telling her to learn ”well”.
At that point, Ah Jin was not sure exactly what she was supposed to be learning here. But after he fished out a glowing gem from his sleeve, she quickly figured out what he was doing.
Honestly, at that point, she began to worry that she might be doing something that was not allowed. After all, capturing souls for personal use, human or otherwise, was expressly banned. But her master, the great Doctor Lou waved away her concern by indignantly saying ”We are simply righting a past wrong in this case - nothing to worry about! Nothing at all! Don't worry, Shifu will protect you!”
He had quickly covered up that slip-up, but Ah Jin had not missed it nor its implication - there were other souls he had captured and stored like this. But she pretended she did not understand and focused on the ”lesson”.
Even though it was worrying, she trusted that her Master was a good person. If he did something, then there was a good reason for it, no matter how bizarre. Moreover, it was not like she would actually report him. Even though he did not officially adopt her as he did with Xiao Ying, he had still done a lot for her.
Moreover, she knew that the reason he had not adopted her was because unlike Xiao Ying, when he found her, she knew who she was and he probably always believed that she would have eventually made her way back home when she was ready to. He asked no questions and simply took her in and well, tried his best to raise her.