I insist

Chapter 277: Fawning over Consort Li

Song Miqiu had only taken a few steps when a voice suddenly called out to her.

She looked up in confusion, following the sound, and saw a palace maid standing in front of her.

Looking at the other person's appearance, Song Miqiu felt that she was somewhat familiar. Before Song Miqiu could ask about the other person's background, the palace maid spoke first, "Please come with me, Physician Song. My lady wishes to see you."

Upon hearing that familiar voice, Song Miqiu instantly realized that the palace maid in front of her was someone who served Consort Lin.

Her scalp tingled, and she had absolutely no desire to go to Consort Lin's palace.

Song Miqiu's impression of Consort Lin was still stuck on the time when she went to look for Consort Lin, when Consort Lin hid herself in her palace and threatened her with her own life to make her work for Consort Lin, while also treating her infertility.

But now that the person was right in front of him, Song Miqiu knew he had no choice but to go, otherwise he would make another enemy in the palace besides the Empress Dowager.

She sighed helplessly, looked up at the other person, and said, "Let's go, I'll go with you to see your mistress."

Song Miqiu wanted to see what the other party wanted from her.

The two quickly arrived at the palace. However, as soon as they stood in the corridor, Song Miqiu heard Consort Lin's furious voice, which made her subconsciously stop in her tracks.

Seeing this, a palace maid glanced at Song Miqiu, frowned, and urged in a low voice, "Hurry up and catch up! If you keep Consort Lin waiting too long, you'll bear the consequences!"

Song Miqiu instantly recalled the scene when Consort Lin had miscarried and she had taken leave from the palace. The consequence of making Consort Lin wait was that a royal physician was executed on the spot.

Thinking of this, Song Miqiu shivered. She gritted her teeth, mustered her courage, and followed behind the maid.

The two stood at the door, with the palace maids urging them on.

As soon as Song Miqiu pushed open the door and walked in, she saw Lin Fei glaring at her angrily, which made Song Miqiu look at her with some confusion.

"Are you pretending to be stupid?" Consort Lin sneered, and before Song Miqiu could react, she picked up the teacup on the table and threw it heavily in Song Miqiu's direction.

This startled Song Miqiu. Holding the medicine box strap in one hand and her clothes in the other, she quickly dodged to a safe place.

Her gaze fell on the spot where she had just been standing, where a pile of broken teacups lay scattered on the floor.

Seeing this, Song Miqiu ground her teeth, smiled somewhat awkwardly, and looked up at the other person, completely unsure of how she had offended this young lady in front of her.

"You still dare to hide?!" Consort Lin angrily threw a teacup at Song Miqiu again.

Song Miqiu then realized that Consort Lin was trying to intimidate him.

She suddenly remembered that when she went to take the emperor's pulse earlier, she did feel someone following her, but she didn't react at first.

Now it seems that it was Consort Lin who sent a palace maid to investigate.

Thinking of this, Song Miqiu found it somewhat amusing; she hadn't expected Consort Lin to have fallen to such a state.

But now that he was in Consort Lin's palace, and right in front of him, if he didn't want to be punished, he had no choice but to quickly admit his mistake.

Song Miqiu rolled her eyes, her survival instinct driving her to move at top speed.

She quickly dragged her medicine box off her body and gently placed it aside. She bowed her head and hurriedly bowed to Consort Lin, pleading, "Your Majesty! Please spare this humble subject. This humble subject really doesn't know what happened."

Seeing Song Miqiu's appearance, Consort Lin finally felt relieved. She let out a heavy sigh, lifted her skirt, strode over to the wooden stool, and plopped down on it.

"I ask you now, what exactly happened to Consort Li?"

The palace maid who had been dodging Consort Lin's thrown teacups walked up to Consort Lin with her head down and quickly poured tea for her. Then she got up and returned to Song Miqiu's side, squatted down and carefully cleaned up the teacups on the ground.

Song Miqiu glanced at the palace maid out of the corner of his eye, which annoyed Consort Lin.

She slammed her hand heavily on the table, with great force and a loud thud, which immediately drew Song Miqiu's attention back to her.

Song Miqiu looked at Consort Lin again and realized that she had been distracted by watching the palace maids clean up the broken glass. She slapped her thigh in annoyance and was slightly surprised by Consort Lin's repeated question.

She hadn't expected the news to spread so quickly. Even though Consort Lin had sent people to monitor the Emperor's palace, the news of what happened inside had reached her so quickly.

It hadn't even been ten minutes since she left the palace!

Thinking of this, she truthfully told Consort Lin about what had just happened, "I suspected that Consort Li was pregnant, so I dared to ask Your Majesty to let me examine Consort Li, and it turned out that Consort Li was indeed pregnant."

"His Majesty was very pleased and ordered the chief eunuch to fetch the gifts for me."

Hearing this, Consort Lin was even more furious. Song Miqiu was clearly helping Consort Li!

If Song Miqiu hadn't said those words, the Emperor would certainly have been unaware of the situation. Judging from Consort Li's attitude, she herself was probably unaware as well.

If something were to happen along the way, Consort Li would have no one to blame but herself for not discovering she was pregnant sooner.

Thinking of this, Consort Lin was filled with rage. She slammed her hand on the table and said angrily, "I think you just want to curry favor with Consort Li!"

"If you hadn't spoken up, you could have come back and told me if you had noticed! Why did you have to say these things so openly in front of the Emperor and Consort Li!"

At this point, Consort Lin's chest heaved with anger. She glared at Song Miqiu and said sharply, "Now that you've said that the Emperor favors Consort Li even more, there's no way for the other concubines to get close to him. What am I supposed to do?!"

Looking at Song Miqiu's appearance, Consort Lin narrowed her eyes slightly and questioned in a deep voice, "Song Miqiu, can I understand that you think I am useless and want to get rid of me, so you approached Consort Li to try to get her attention in front of Consort Li? Am I right?"

Song Miqiu quickly looked up at the other person, shaking his head and hurriedly trying to prove himself, "Your Majesty, you are wrong. My heart has always been with you, and I have never had the intention of currying favor with Consort Li."

"Besides, Consort Li must also dislike me. When I was treating her today, she gave me a feeling of exclusion and dislike."

"But actually, the root cause of this matter is His Majesty, Your Majesty. As you can see, His Majesty loves beautiful women, and he falls for every one he sees."