86 Chapter 27: Imperial Dr. Yen, A Sad Truth or A White Lie (2/2)

The inner palace was always shorthanded on court physicians. The quack doctor was doing as much as he could in his current position to continue to stay. It was unnecessary to expressly become a eunuch while holding the special position of a court physician.This was what happened to clumsy Luo; he was probably gently pressured to become one.

”Wasn't the unfortunate thing being that it overlapped with the birth of the emperor's younger brother? Because of where the scales tipped, Consort Yahui's child-birthing was postponed,” Yen said.

At the end of a difficult birth, the child was born with no issues, but Consort Yahui's womb was lost.

Although in the same way as the previous poisonous face powder incident, it was questioned whether Consort Ah Duo made her child pass away due to that.

”Does Fong-sama feel responsible for that? At that time, the one who assisted on behalf of the Consort Yahui who was weak after childbirth should be you.”

”You know anything. You're just the daughter of the quack who couldn't even help Yahui-sama.”

”I guess so.”

”I was sure that quack prohibited the use of face powder that contained mercury. Because of that, the intelligent you did not let the babies die,” Fong said.

Yen opened the small bottle that was in the letter box. The viscous honey sparkled as she put the red flower that was in it in her mouth. It tasted like sweet honey. She held the flower, twirled it around with her finger.

”A lot of flowers have poison like Aconite and Renge Azalea. There is poison in their honey,” Maomao said.

”I know,” the head maid said.

”I thought so.” It wasn't strange for her to have that knowledge if her family were beekeepers. She wouldn't give poison that would cause poisoning symptoms to adults to a baby. ”It was fine even when you tasted for poison. You never thought that the medicine you gave to nourish the baby would completely backfire on you.”

At the time, her father who used to be the court physician, Luo, was banished from the inner palace due to his frequent mistakes, together with the treatment at the time of childbirth. As a physical punishment, the bone of one of his knees was extracted.

”You didn't want her to know. Consort Yahui.” Her gaze became a little deadly ”That's why you wanted to make Consort Hui disappear.”

Consort Hui had become emotionally attached to Consort Yahui, who was the older daughter-in-law, during the era of the previous emperor. Consort Yahui was affectionate to Consort Hui. A young girl who was far from home, and a woman who couldn't have children. It created a type of co-dependency.

However, suddenly, one day, Consort Hui was rejected by Consort Yahui. No matter how many times she came to see her, she was chased out by Fong. And so, just like this, the previous emperor died, and Consort Hui retired into religion.

”Consort Hui told you that there was poison in the honey, right?” If Consort Hui continued to visit, she might talk about that. The inquisitive Consort Yahui might notice something from those words. Fong just wanted to avoid that. The girl who retired to religion, and never thought she would meet a second time, appeared back in the inner palace again.

This time as the same high-ranking consort. This time with the position to drive off Consort Yahui. And yet, that shameless young girl came to meet Consort Yahui as if to seek a mother. A young girl who couldn't read the atmosphere, who was ignorant of the ways of the world. That's why she thought to make her disappear.

The gentle, helpful head maid wasn't there. Instead, a woman faced her with a chilling stare. ”What do you want?”

”I don't need that kind of thing.” Yen felt a tingling sensation on the back of her neck.

On the shelf behind Fong was the knife she had used to cut the bread before. She only needed to stretch her arms out to reach for it.

”Anything is fine,” the head maid said.

Yen smiled ”Don't worry. I'll disappear. Your Consort will never know the truth.”

”Huh?” Fong said confused. At that moment Yen had grabbed with forced and cut the head maid throat. All of it happening in an instant as the maid dropped dead. Yen had wiped the blood from her face and slightly smirked.