Chapter 1223 The Misfortune Doctor Qiu
Doctor Qiu had always been the busiest doctor. He worked from the Mansion of the Prime Minister to Marquis Xing’s Mansion, and then to Prince Zhou’s Mansion before he finally entered the Imperial Palace. However, he didn’t do well in the Palace.
On the one hand, there were too many rules in the Palace, which made him very uncomfortable. On the other hand, the imperial physicians in the Palace did not like him very much.
The imperial physicians had their own systems, and the doctors who newly entered the Palace would also become imperial physicians. Only Doctor Qiu was different. He was sent by Prince Zhou to help nurse the Empress. He was different from those doctors who had entered the Palace in the past. No matter why those doctors entered the Palace, they would inevitably be included in the branch of imperial physicians.
When Prince Zhou sent Doctor Qiu to the Palace, the former once said that Doctor Qiu would only stay there for a period, which meant that he would eventually go back. Originally, it would be a few days, so the imperial physicians in the Palace did not care about it.
But Doctor Qiu’s stay had been prolonged infinitely because of the Empress.
This made the imperial physicians increasingly displeased with Doctor Qiu, who seemed to be an outsider, and his behavior made people feel that he was a sneaky person. Previously, he was protected by the Empress, so no one dared to say anything ill about him. Now the Empress could barely keep herself safe, so how could she protect him?
Doctor Qiu had a hard time in the Palace. Not only did the imperial physicians dislike him, but even the imperial concubines wanted to target him because of the Empress.
Doctor Qiu was very smart. He made a mistake and was sent back to Prince Zhou’s Mansion after being beaten.
Since he got what he was asked to do done, it was unwise for him to stay in the Palace. Compared with the Palace, Prince Zhou’s Mansion was the safest place for him. A small beating would not kill him.
Doctor Qiu knew things very well. The Empress couldn’t keep herself safe, and she was very low-key now. Even if something happened to him, she would not help him. It was better for him to save himself.
Moreover, he succeeded in doing that.
A small palace sedan sent him out of the Palace. Doctor Qiu was half-lying in the sedan. Although he couldn’t turn around at will, he was very proud and in a good mood.
The sedan suddenly stopped, and Doctor Qiu was slightly surprised. “We shouldn’t have arrived at Prince Zhou’s Mansion by now.”
He frowned and was about to speak when the door of the sedan was suddenly lifted. The light from the outside came in, making it impossible for Doctor Qiu to see the person’s face clearly for a moment. He only felt that it was a man, and then everything went black, and his whole body was covered with a black bag.
“Who… who are you?” Doctor Qiu was shocked and struggled desperately.
The bag was very big, and the man was very agile. After getting Doctor Qiu in the bag, the man pulled the bag down and wrapped Doctor Qiu in it, who then was hit heavily on the head and fainted.
When Doctor Qiu woke up, he moved his hands and feet with difficulty, which were tied up, and he couldn’t move at all. He was even injured, and the pain became more and more intense.
He gritted his teeth and looked up at this place. It was an ordinary room, but he couldn’t tell where it was.
Who was it that wanted to target him? Did that person work for the Palace?
In fact, there were not many people who dared to hurt Doctor Qiu after knowing that he worked for Prince Zhou, but he couldn’t afford to offend any of them. Doctor Qiu was in a panic.
“You’re awake?” A voice came from behind a screen in front of Doctor Qiu. Footsteps came from behind the screen. A guard came out and looked him up and down with cold eyes.
This kind of coldness didn’t just emit from the guard’s face. Doctor Qiu was experienced. This coldness came from evil Qi. Since that guard had such strong evil Qi, it meant that he was surely not ordinary. The guards with such evil Qi were all unusual. At least, Doctor Qiu had never seen a guard with such strong evil Qi around Prince Zhou.
Doctor Qiu shivered and asked with a pale face, “Who… who are you?”
The guard looked down at him and asked, “Tell me who you are.”
“I… I’m an imperial physician from the Palace. No… no, I’m a doctor sent by Prince Zhou to the Palace to treat the Empress.” Doctor Qiu did not understand what the guard meant and answered in a trembling voice.
“You work for Prince Yue, don’t you?” The guard sneered, took out a soft whip from his waist, and whipped it on the ground.
“No… No. I work for Prince Zhou.” Doctor Qiu was very scared, but he didn’t dare to say anything inappropriate.
Some inappropriate words would kill him. Although he had got several people killed, it did not mean that he was not afraid of death. In fact, he was more afraid of death than anyone else, so he got a powerful backer. Otherwise, if he was discovered that he got someone killed because of his treatment, he would be beaten to death.
“I heard that you are a relative of the cousin Miss of the Mansion of the Prime Minister. Was she who recommended you to Marquis Xing’s Mansion?” The guard ignored him and stood with his back to the light, with an unclear meaning in his eyes.
“Yes… yes…” Doctor Qiu stammered. He was not afraid of being investigated for that matter.
“You killed Miss Wang of Marquis Xing’s Mansion, didn’t you? Who asked you to do that?” The guard changed the topic, which seemed to have nothing to do with the previous topic.
Doctor Qiu felt his heart beat faster. “Someone is investigating Wang Yishu’s incident again? Since Wang Shengxue is dead, why would someone investigate the matter of Wang Yishu again?”
“About this…” Doctor Qiu said.
The guard said slowly, “If you want to lie, I’ll break one of your hands. This whip has killed a lot of people, but I’ll just use it to smash your hand!”
There was even a hint of a smile on his face, but it made people feel cold from the bottom of their hearts.
“It was… it was Madam Jiang’s order.” Doctor Qiu gritted his teeth and ratted Madam Jiang out. Anyway, Madam Jiang was dead now, so it didn’t matter if the truth was revealed.
The guard fiddled with the whip in his hand and said, “What’s the use of Madam Jiang having Wang Yishu killed?”
“She tried to frame Princess Chen and have her bear the responsibility of killing Miss Wang.” Since Doctor Qiu had started talking, it was not so difficult for him to say the rest of what happened.
“Even if the truth is found out, so what? The victim and the criminal are both dead. I’m just a doctor. Even if I’ve made some minor mistakes, Prince Zhou will protect him. And at this time, I have to tell the truth. Those who know the situation are wise. At present, it’s better for me to be obedient in order to keep myself safe!”
Doctor Qiu felt a little relieved when the guard merely asked that question.
“I heard that you have been studying some strange medicine many years ago. When did you develop the Fake Dead Medicine?” The guard suddenly changed the topic.
The topic changed too fast. When Doctor Qiu relaxed a little, he subconsciously felt that the next question would not be too hard to answer, so he hurriedly said, “More than a decade ago…”
At this point, Doctor Qiu stopped in astonishment, and he was so scared that his eyes widened.
“It has been developed more than ten years ago, hasn’t it?” The guard suddenly squatted down and looked at Doctor Qiu with a pair of cold eyes, which made him feel like being targeted by a poisonous snake.
“No… no, what do you mean by Fake Dead Medicine? I… I don’t understand what you’re talking about!” Doctor Qiu said. His pupils dilated, and he struggled unconsciously and tried hard to defend himself.
“You don’t understand?” The guard suddenly smiled and stood up. The whip in his hand fell hard on Doctor Qiu’s back. He screamed in pain and almost fainted.
When the whip fell on his wound, his heart-wrenching pain made him only scream for a while, and then he couldn’t even make a sound.
It hurt to the extreme.
“Tell me, what’s up with Shao Yanru? Why hasn’t she died yet? Why did she secretly go to see Marquis Xing?” The guard sneered and raised the whip in his hand high again, as if he didn’t want Doctor Qiu to say anything more and just wanted to find a random topic to kill the doctor once. The whip fell heavily on him.
It was another heart-wrenching pain.
Doctor Qiu was in so much pain that he almost couldn’t think straight, but his mind was extremely clear. “What does he want? Did he see Shao Yanru appear? Does he have the evidence?
“What did I say back then? I promised that she would never appear again. Shao Jing has promised me, and that woman has never shown up in public again for so many years.
“I thought that Shao Jing was trustworthy, so I helped Shao Yanru. Unexpectedly, I got discovered as soon as I left the Palace.
“Shao Yanru is really a good-for-nothing and is good at spoiling things.
“I shouldn’t have helped her at that time. This woman has a pair of ambitious eyes, and she is promiscuous. It’s obvious that she is not a good person.”
After the sharp pain subsided a little, Doctor Qiu endured the great pain and said loudly, “I… I’ll tell you…” “Since they all knew it, why should I hide the fact?”
He had said everything he could so that he could stall for time to get reinforcements.
The following things were much simpler. Doctor Qiu told the guard everything about Shao Yanru in detail, saying that someone in the Palace was helping Shao Yanru, but he didn’t know who it was. It should be someone with some power. Otherwise, they wouldn’t have come to him without letting him know while helping Shao Yanru plan.
The guard put down what Doctor Qiu knew on several sheets in total. By the time Doctor Qiu finished speaking, he was in so much pain that he fainted.
The guard took a look at the sheets and was quite satisfied. He asked someone to untie Doctor Qiu and give him something to eat. For the time being, he could not kill him.
The information disclosed by Doctor Qiu appeared on the desk of Chu Liuchen. Looking at the statements on these pieces of paper, Chu Liuchen slightly showed a faint smile. The Fake Dead Medicine, this medicine was developed by Mingqiu Nun and Qi Jue together. It was actually the Fake Dead Medicine, by which one could fake one’s death to escape. Shao Yanru was really not simple. She could even escape after entering the Palace.
Of course, Shao Yanru was not capable enough to make that happen alone. There were also Chu Liuyue and Chu Liuzhou, as well as Prince Cheng and another group of people.
When Chu Liuchen thought of that, his slender fingers tapped lightly on the table, and his beautiful eyes were filled with coldness.
“Did you ask about what happened more than a decade ago?”
“Your Highness, he didn’t talk about that. He only said that he just developed the medicine. He didn’t know what happened more than a decade ago, and he didn’t come to the capital at that time!” Xiao Xuanzi reported, “He passed out before I asked him more!”
“You’ll ask him after he recuperates for a period. He’d better recover from his injuries as soon as possible. After that, you’ll beat him up like this again. If he still refuses to talk, repeat this process,” Chu Liuchen said coldly.
If Doctor Qiu kept being beaten alone, he might be able to handle it. But if he was beaten again and again after repeated recuperation, he would not be able to take it.
By doing this, Chu Liuchen meant that he would not stop until he got the answer. Xiao Xuanzi secretly prayed for Doctor Qiu because he had offended Chu Liuchen. “Doctor Qiu is truly unlucky…”
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