Appointing a General as a Concubine: Where Can General Xiao Escape?

Chapter 215 Reaching Consensus

Xiao Mo looked at him with a half-smile and made a gesture of invitation: "Doctor Li, please go first."

Imperial Physician Li hesitated and withdrew his hand, taking a half step back. "General Xiao, please go first."

Xiao Mo expected him to refuse, so she took advantage of the situation and walked up to Wu Zhaoyi: "Then I will present my humble opinion."

Wu Zhaoyi turned her eyes away with disdain, half-lying on the couch and stretching out her hand.

Xiao Mo sat on the stool beside the couch and carefully took her pulse for a long time.

As she expected, someone had put a large amount of musk into Wu Zhaoyi's medicine to recuperate her body, which was difficult to detect.

If her guess was correct, the person who gave the drug should be the Imperial Physician Li in front of her.

Because he used other Chinese medicines to blend the taste of musk and intensify the effect of musk.

Xiao Mo gave Wu Zhaoyi a meaningful look, frowned, and asked, "Your Majesty, your period is already past mid-term. Is your body still bleeding?"

Wu Zhaoyi raised her eyebrows in shock: "The imperial physician said that I am weak, this is normal."

"Well, Your Majesty is indeed weak, but it's probably because of the medicine she took given by the imperial physician to recuperate."

Xiao Mo exposed him directly in front of Imperial Physician Li.

Wu Zhaoyi frowned, sat up and glared at her: "Nonsense, I asked you to take my pulse for Zhaoning's sake.

Imperial Physician Li was personally appointed by the Emperor for this palace. How could he possibly know which medicines can and cannot be used?

Imperial Physician Li was already feeling extremely guilty, but when he heard Concubine Wu speaking in his favor, he instantly became stronger.

"Although General Xiao understands medicine, he is not an imperial physician. He is only proficient in battlefield matters and naturally does not understand the principles behind this."

"Is that true? That's easy." Xiao Mo sneered and turned to look at him.

"I will petition the Emperor to invite a few more imperial physicians of different ranks to examine Empress Zhaoyi's pulse again and see which of us is more reasonable."

Imperial Physician Li turned pale at her words.

She is now a favorite of the emperor, and the emperor will agree to her requests as long as they are not too excessive.

Wu Zhaoyi stared at Li Yuyi's face and stood up suddenly after noticing his reaction.

"Is this what the emperor wants?" She was waiting for his answer.

Imperial Physician Li glanced at Xiao Mo and suddenly knelt on the ground: "It was your humble servant, your humble servant did not understand clearly at the moment, so, so..."

He stuttered, not knowing what to say.

Xiao Mo chuckled softly, "It's okay to be wrong once or twice, but this has been going on for a month. Imperial Physician Li, your explanation is hard to convince anyone."

Wu Zhaoyi stepped forward with her heart beating faster, her eyes full of disbelief: "It was the Emperor, was it the Emperor who asked you to do this?"

Imperial Physician Li slowly raised his head and glanced at Xiao Mo with a hesitant look, wanting to say something.

Xiao Mo stared at him intently: "Which is more serious, framing the emperor or revealing the mastermind? I believe that Imperial Physician Li should know it very well."

Imperial Physician Li swallowed, hesitated for a moment, and suddenly bent down and kowtowed several times to Concubine Wu.

"Yes, it was the Imperial Concubine. It was the Imperial Concubine who threatened me with my family, so I had no choice but to obey her."

Xiao Mo nodded and looked at Wu Zhaoyi jokingly.

"Your Majesty, if I hadn't come today, you would have been killed. Maybe someone would have tried to sow discord between you and the Emperor."

Wu Zhaoyi looked at the kneeling Imperial Physician Li with hatred in her eyes and called the palace maid: "Go and invite the emperor, go quickly."

"Wait!" Xiao Mo called out to the palace maid who responded and walked towards the door, and then turned to look at Wu Zhaoyi.

"Your Majesty, this action will not only fail to help you obtain justice, but may even make you disliked by the Emperor."

She gave her a look, turned around and looked down at Imperial Physician Li at her feet.

"If you're afraid of the Imperial Concubine's revenge, you can pretend you haven't been here today."

Wu Zhaoyi understood the look in her eyes and turned aside impatiently: "Back off."

Imperial Physician Li agreed repeatedly and retreated as quickly as possible.

After he left, Wu Zhaoyi immediately changed her expression and walked to Zhaoning.

"Zhaoning, Empress Wu wants to talk to General Xiao alone. Can you go out and play for a while?"

After watching the show just now, Zhao Ning had already guessed some of the situation.

She wanted to join in, but just as she was about to speak, Xiao Mo held her hands.

"Be good, I'll take you out to play next time, okay?"

Zhao Ning frowned and pouted at the two of them: "I'm not a child, there's nothing I can't listen to."

"If you really want to join in the fun, then I have no choice but to leave." Xiao Mo replied imitating her tone.

Zhao Ning snorted, turned around and walked out of the room without looking back.

Because they had something more important to discuss, Wu Zhaoyi dismissed everyone else in the room and brought Xiao Mo into the inner room.

The look in her eyes when she looked at Xiao Mo no longer had the initial hostility, and she even extended her hand and politely made a gesture of invitation to her.

"I have wronged you. Please take a seat."

Xiao Mo smiled and shook her head, then sat down on the stool: "If it weren't for Zhao Ning, I wouldn't know."

"Zhao Ning?"

"I just sat in her palace for a while, and when she talked about you, I felt something was wrong.

During the conversation, I told her that you might have been assassinated, and she said that she knew medical skills and asked me to come and see you.

Xiao Mo said this deliberately to lower Wu Zhaoyi's vigilance.

Wu Zhaoyi really believed it and sighed softly: "The princess's biological mother died early, and in the harem, she has the best relationship with me and Concubine Su."

"The princess is innocent, but she has to be born into such a sinister harem. It's really sad."

Xiao Mo also sighed with her.

Wu Zhaoyi withdrew her thoughts and looked at her sharply: "I'm really sorry, I wasn't very nice to you just now."

"I understand your concerns, but please rest assured, I can be anyone's, but I will never be Concubine Liang's."

Xiao Mo expressed her attitude directly, and Wu Zhaoyi's pupils changed slightly when she heard it.

"But you and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince..." She thought about it and asked the question in her heart.

Xiao Mo moved closer to her and lowered her voice again.

"I just can't help it. Her power is too great now. I can't do anything on my own."

Wu Zhaoyi understood the meaning behind her words and her expression suddenly changed: "So you... Then why didn't you let me invite the emperor over?"

Xiao Mo took a deep breath and sat back: "There are only two possible outcomes if the emperor comes.

Either order the death of Imperial Physician Li, or give Concubine Liang a small punishment. If Concubine Liang takes the next step, you will most likely fall from favor."

Wu Zhaoyi narrowed her eyes and thought carefully about what she said, and found that it seemed to be true.