After Transmigration, I Snag a Stunning Bigwig as My Husband-Chapter 888 - 884: Inquiry
If the Empress is truly falsely pregnant, the Imperial Physician who knows such a big secret would surely be dead long ago.
The fewer people who know about this matter, the safer it is.
Su Jin went to investigate, also to indirectly verify whether what the palace maid said was true.
She still couldn’t believe her own father would be so negligent.
A false pregnancy, hidden for ten months without discovery, is too far-fetched.
However, frequent visits to the palace are bound to arouse suspicion, so Su Jin spent the morning in the small kitchen making pastries.
She packed the pastries in a food box and went to the palace to deliver them to the Emperor.
Hmm.
Su Jin merely used the pastry delivery as a pretext, but it moved the Emperor deeply.
Even though the pastries didn’t look that good, and were even a bit ugly, and tasted inferior to those from the Imperial Kitchen by several streets, they were still the most fragrant pastries the Emperor had ever eaten.
He ate three pieces in one breath, and Eunuch Fu was worried that the Emperor might get an upset stomach.
The Emperor wanted to reward Su Jin and asked her what she wanted. Su Jin said, "Your daughter wishes to select a few medical books from the Imperial Hospital."
With such a small request, how could the Emperor refuse?
Su Jin’s medical skill surpasses those of the Imperial Physicians, yet she still went to the Imperial Hospital to look for medical books, unlike those Imperial Physicians who stick to their old ways as they age. 𝚏𝐫𝚎𝗲𝕨𝐞𝐛𝕟𝚘𝐯𝚎𝗹.𝕔𝐨𝗺
After Su Jin left, a little eunuch led the way to the Imperial Hospital.
The Imperial Physicians who saw Su Jin arrive were somewhat uneasy.
"Why has the Princess come to the Imperial Hospital?" asked Director Li of the Imperial Hospital.
Su Jin swept her gaze around and said, "Just taking a walk, no need for you all to be nervous."
"No, not nervous...," Director Li hurriedly said.
Su Jin had a face full of black lines.
Still claiming not to be nervous, but couldn’t even speak clearly.
The Imperial Hospital has a dedicated library filled with medical books.
Su Jin wasn’t there to read medical books, but since she used that as an excuse to come, she had to put on a show.
Flipping through a medical book, Su Jin asked, "Are my mother’s medical records still kept?"
Director Li hesitated, then said, "They’re all here. If the Princess wants to see them, I can have someone fetch them."
"No need, I’ll go myself," Su Jin replied.
Director Li led the way, and Su Jin went to the archive where the medical records are stored.
As soon as Su Jin stepped out, several Imperial Physicians started whispering among themselves.
Su Jin suddenly coming to the Imperial Hospital and asking to see Consort Yun’s medical records clearly suggested she suspected something was amiss with Consort Yun’s death.
However, no Imperial Physician was nervous. The incident with Consort Yun occurred sixteen years ago, and not many Imperial Physicians have served in the palace for sixteen years. Over half never even saw Consort Yun and didn’t know what she looked like.
The archive wasn’t far away. After Director Li opened it, he said, "Princess, please."
Director Li searched for a while before finding Consort Yun’s medical records and handed them to Su Jin.
Su Jin sat there reading them while Director Li stood by waiting.
Seeing this, Su Jin said, "Director Li, you can go about your business. I can’t read with you watching me like this."
Director Li then took his leave.
Although Su Jin didn’t come for Consort Yun’s medical records, since she had them in hand, she decided to look through them.
Reading the records, she discovered that before having her, her mother Consort Yun was pregnant once and miscarried at four months. The Imperial Physicians took more than half a year to nurse her back to health. Later, she was drugged, and it was only after a long time of not being able to conceive that the problem was discovered. Eventually, the Emperor got angry and confiscated the property of an Imperial Physician, and in less than three months, she was pregnant with Su Jin.
Her pregnancy had complications but not serious ones. After that, there were no more records.
Because Consort Yun died from "difficult labor" while giving birth to her...
Su Jin put down the medical records, and Xingxing had already found the Empress’s medical records.
A year’s worth of records in each book, a total of eighteen.
Su Jin started reading from the first book, which contained precise dates, who diagnosed the Empress’s peaceful pulse, and whether there were issues with the pulse.
If there were problems, what prescriptions were given and in what dosage, all were clearly recorded.
Su Jin flipped to the year when the Empress was pregnant with the Second Prince.
She saw records of Doctor Zhao diagnosing the Empress’s peaceful pulse, and not just once. Su Jin’s brows furrowed tightly.
Although Doctor Zhao wasn’t considered one of Xie Jingchen’s people, he once helped Xie Jingchen conceal the detoxification issue. He shouldn’t be the Empress’s person; otherwise, he wouldn’t have been able to hide it from Princess Nanzhang.
When the Empress was six months pregnant with the Second Prince, there were complications. Judging by the prescription, the situation was serious then, and any carelessness would have led to a miscarriage.
In the following three months, there were no records of Doctor Zhao diagnosing the Empress. They were all done by an Imperial Physician named Feng Wenle, whose prescriptions were all focused on fetal stability.
After the Empress gave birth to the Second Prince, within six months, it was also Doctor Feng helping with diagnostics, and the prescriptions were for body recovery, with nothing unusual.
