Empress with no Virtue

Empress With No Virtue – Chapter 69
JANUARY 4, 2016 ~ LAMLAM1990
Happy New Year Everyone!! I wish everyone will have a blessed and prosperous new year ahead ~~~~

Sorry to keep you guys by the cliff for so long 😉

Answers ahead!! And I must say, some of you were detectives or something.. I was resisting so much not to answer to your comments from the previous chapters.. hehehe!!

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It was impossible to use words to explain what Ji Wu jiu is feeling right now. Holding on to his willpower to not strangle Doctor Sun, he called Doctor Tie over.

The moment Doctor Tie entered, he saw his own disciple kneeling infront of the emperor, sweating non-stop, the dark blue robe that he is wearing has been thoroughly drenched by the sweat, not to mention the layer of sweat formed on his forehead.

Doctor Sun was Doctor Tie’s primary disciple, although this disciple was not so bright, but he was a very good person, so he likes him very much. After giving his greetings to Ji Wu Jiu, he took a look at the paled face Doctor Sun, and another look at Ji Wu Jiu, who also does not seem to be in a good mood.

Who knew what that little rascal said that made the situation so tense.

“Your good disciple here” Ji Wu Jiu gave a look at Doctor Sun and turn back to Doctor Tie to continue “Just now claimed that my pulse indicates pregnancy”

Doctor Tie was just only standing up, but upon hearing those words, his knees immediately fell back to the ground, “I did not teach properly, I deserve to die!”

“Not being able to differentiate between a guy and a girl, has everyone in the imperial clinic died? Even this type of blind person can be sent out from there?”

“Your majesty you are right, this type of person should not be allowed in the imperial clinic, after this I will send him back to his hometown to farm!”

Doctor Sun remains quiet, but his sweat did not stop, the layer of sweats are now forming large drops, dripping down one by one to the floor, slowly forming a pool of sweat by his knees.

Looking at his reaction, Doctor Tie could not help but to shout at him “Quickly bid your appreciation towards the emperor for not killing you!”

With a depressed face, Doctor Sun can’t help but murmurs, “but.. the emperor’s pulse really shows that he is pregnant….”

“You!” If they weren’t infront of the emperor now, Doctor Tie really wanted to knock his head. He raised his head and took a look at Ji Wu Jiu, and found his face as dark as ink. Doctor Tie still wanted to help ask for forgiveness for Doctor Sun, then he have a sudden thought, even though Doctor Sun might not be bright, but his skills is still good, actually the best amongst his disciples, a simple pregnancy pulse, he won’t mistook it so easily right?

Forget it, let’s see how, strengthening his heat, Doctor Tie said “Your majesty, I am sorry to offend, but allow me to personally check your pulse”

Ji Wu Jiu patiently, stretched his arms forward.

Doctor Tie checked both his wrist in detail, frowned and said, “It really is the pregnant pulse,” and seeing Ji Wu Jiu showing signs of bursting soon, he immediately said, “Your majesty, recently did you eat anything different?”

Ji Wu Jiu’s anger dissipated, “I really want to know, what type of food can make a person pregnant upon eating”

“What I meant was, perhaps your majesty ate something, that could have caused the pregnancy pulse, but not actually pregnant”

Ji Wu Jiu closes his eyes in thought.

Doctor Tie started to sweat himself, while waiting for his reply.

JI Wu Jiu suddenly said “If you want to confirm someone.. a women, on whether they are pregnant or not, besides taking the pulse, is there any other methods?”

“There is”

“Follow me to Kun Ning Palace”

“Understood”

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“This is Chuan Xiong powder made from Ai Grass, if Niang Niang is really pregnant, after drinking it, she might feel a little uncomfortable, however please don’t worry, I have controlled the portion properly”. Doctor Tie asked Doctor Sun to bring over a medicine bowl.

Su Yue took the medicine bowl, and stirred a little with a silver spoon, Ye Zhen Zhen looked at the medicine and asks “After drinking this, how do you confirm whether or not I am pregnant?”

“Niang Niang, after drinking it, try to feel your lower stomach area, if there is some sort of movement, then it means that there is a fetus, if there is not, it means that there were just some irregularity with your menstrual.”

Ye Zhen Zhen followed his instructions.

Ji Wu Jiu was looking from the side, anxiously. After a while seeing Doctor Tie nodding, he quickly asks Ye Zhen Zhen, “how is it?”

Ye Zhen Zhen shook her head “No feeling”

Ji Wu Jiu felt his body relaxed.

Doctor Tie knew that the both of them would need to talk after this, so he pulled Doctor Sun and left. After leaving Kun Ning Palace, the both of them did exactly the same thing, which was pulling their sleeves to wipe their sweat.

Inside Kun Ning Palace, Ji Wu Jiu was sitting next to Ye Zhen Zhen, not speaking a word.

Ye Zhen Zhen places her head on his shoulders, and holds his hands.

JI Wu Jiu returns the hold, and said “Zhen Zhen , I thought I was going to be a father” Yesterday night, he was so happy that he couldn’t sleep properly, thinking about names after names for the baby.

“Your Majesty, how did you find out? Ye Zhen Zhen asks.

“…….” He will never tell the truth.

“But, it seems like all this happenings can be linked together” Ye Zhen Zhen sat up straight, “first, rumours about me getting sullied by the enemy, then rumours about me being pregnant, it would then mean that this baby’s origin would not be clear, even if it was yours, and if everyone says that it isn’t then it would be adding salt to the wound, making it seemed like I was really raped and got pregnant by other men. That time, no matter what I say, it would be useless. If not another scenario would be saying I purposely delay the pregnancy matter to lie to the royal family, claiming that the baby is yours. Then that time, it would be linked to me lying to the emperor, and even worst implications will come out. Everyone would be afraid if the next emperor would not be of royal blood and in the end the emperor would put the blame all on me.”

As though as to reply to her, the mynah who was sitting on it’s perch suddenly said “The empress is not pregnant with the dragon seed, but a bastard seed!”

“See, even it knows” Ye Zhen Zhen laughed, “I guess that night when he went out, it could have heard some great things. As well you, not being able to perform in bed, was also said by him, looks like this point was also calculated by them. You can’t, and the empress is pregnant, if really pregnant, then it must be a bastard’s child, if fake pregnancy, then it would be slapping your face, no matter real or fake, it will still make you lose face, then you will definitely not forgive me easily. That would be the third scenario”

Ji Wu Jiu did not say anything, but his hands were clenching harder and harder, making Ye Zhen Zhen pain.

Ye Zhen Zhen finally concluded with a smirk “Each step is clever, and cruel. Such a big act, it was just a waste that no matter how they calculated in the end they still overestimated themselves”

Ji Wu Jiu looked at her seriously “Zhen Zhen, no matter what happens, I will not betray you”

Ye Zhen Zhen who was suddenly looked up by him with such serious and intense gaze, she could not help but to look down.

“Zhen Zhen, think back properly, in this recent day, was there anything suspicious that you have eaten?”

Ye Zhen Zhen thought for a while, and shook her head, “I only eat and drink in my own palace, even at the Empress Dowager’s place, I wouldn’t even drink a sip of tea. Kun Ning Palace’s kitchen is very clean, there should not be any mistakes”

“Then have you eaten things gifted by other people?”

“Only eaten the pastries sent by Zhuang Concubine’

Ji Wu Jiu thinks inside, Right!, He has also eaten Zhuang Concubine’s pastries, “Looks like the problem came from the pastries”

“It shouldn’t be” Ye Zhen Zhen felt it was weird “ Zhuang Concubine lacks the motive… furthermore, how can you be so sure, your majesty? Also, how did you find out that my pregnancy was not real?”

JI Wu Jiu however, did not answer, and ordered Feng You De to summon Zhuang Concubine.

“I will only give you one chance, to tell us personally, what did you do wrong towards the empress!” Ji Wu Jiu said the moment Zhuang Concubine reached.

Zhuang Concubine did not understand what happened, but seeing Ji Wu Jiu’s face, and the empress looking at her calmly, she was still very unsure. Zhuang Concubine was not stupid, and seeing that the environment was quiet, then most probably she was framed by someone, so she answered “Replying to your majesty, to the empress, the heaven and earth can be my witness, I have not been rude to the empress at all, most probably there is some sort of misunderstanding, I beg your majesty and empress to investigate properly”

Ye Zhen Zhen said “Has anything abnormal happened in your palace recently?”

Zhuang Concubine gave it a thought, and answered “Empress, there was nothing abnormal in my palace, but only one thing. A palace maid from Han Guang Palace, passed away 2 days ago, for accidently dropping into the Tai Ye Lake, there was someone that already checked the corpse, and the corpse has been buried. But because it was not something big, so I did not report it to you, I beg for forgiveness”

“The person who passed away, what was her main job?”

“She was the head palace maid in my kitchen, because she was nimble, so I will let her help me while making pastries…” when she spoke till here, suddenly she stopped, and her eyes opened wide to look at Ye Zhen Zhen, unconsciously she covers her mouth and said shockly, “niang niang, are you saying.. the pastries I made…”

Ye Zhen Zhen nodded.

Zhuang Concubine’s face changed, she immediately went to Ye Zhen Zhen, holding on to her legs, “Your majesty, and empress please investigate properly! I swear, both your majesty and empress treats me very well, I will never and have never done anything against the empress!” Tears rolling down while she was speaking, “the pastries were made by me, that is true, but I really don’t know anything!” She paused for a while, seeing that the both of them still did not speak, she continued crying “Though the pastries was indeed carried over by me, I have place my trust on the wrong person, to have harm the empress, I deserve to die!”

Ye Zhen Zhen held her arm, “First, stand up, I did not say I do not believe you”

Zhuang Concubine stood up and used her handkerchief to dry her tears, “Thank you niang-niang for your trust, I will definitely investigate and find out the mastermind behind this, and to properly give you an answer”

Ye Zhen Zhen and Ji Wu Jiu looked at each other, and found out the same intention from this gaze.

Zhuang Concubine was the number 1 person under the empress, no matter from which angle, there was no reason for her to harm the empress, it does not benefit her at all.

Unless she chose to help another party, but at this point of time, to suddenly betray the empress and to choose another side, would be something that would be done by a blind person.

This time Zhuang Concubine is used by someone else, that is also because that person could not find any loopholes in Kun Ning Palace, and could only use other people.

As for who was the mastermind behind all of this…. Hehe..

Although Xian Concubine was smart, but whatever she does, it will still have a hint of her personality, allowing others to know easily who did it, like bamboo scaffoldings, although it appears to be well built , however each intersection is it’s weakness, once one part is damaged, the entire thing will collapse.

She thought that she has calculated very well, however, to compare her intelligence with Ji Wu Jiu’s, the difference can be told easily.

But of course, the empress dowager was a good sword, so as long as she is there to block the front, Xian Concubine will only need to provide the idea. Even if anything were to happen, it will not fall onto her.

This pair of person really makes people headache. Ye Zhen Zhen thinks inside, one was the birth mother of Ji Wu Jiu, another was the daughter of his most trusted and loyal minister, both was not possible to be punished heavily. But if not even a little punishment was given to them, this 2 person might come back to bite when they feel like it.

“Zhen Zhen, how do you think we should settle this matter?” Ji Wu Jiu asks

As the direct victim of this case, Ye Zhen Zhen would of course love to punish them severely, but this was not realistic. No matter how much she wants to put those two person on the floor and to be bashed by her shoes, she still has to consider Ji Wu Jiu’s feelings, he shouldn’t be placed in between. To be the emperor it was not easy, if even the inner palace was not peaceful, then it would be worst for him.

Therefore Ye Zhen Zhen sighed, and answered “You decide yourself, there is no need to consider me. I am a hard stone, not afraid of these small matters”

JI Wu Jiu pulled her into an embrace tightly and said “There are some people, thinking that I don’t understand them, but it is because I can’t understand them. Tell me, with this type of people, how can I place importance in that relationship?”

Ye Zhen Zhen felt the sadness and helplessness tone from his sentence, she hugged him back and consoled him, “ You.. don’t be sad..”

“I am not sad, I still have you.” Only you.

Note: I want a Ji Wu Jiu in my life… anyone want to line up? Hahahahhaha