I insist

Chapter 416: Forced

The palace maids glanced at Song Miqiu with trepidation, but in the end they accepted the medicine she offered them.

"Thank you very much, Physician Song."

Song Miqiu nodded slightly and returned to her seat to continue doing what she was supposed to do.

The palace is the place where nothing can be kept secret. The news that the wicked concubine was disliked by the Empress Dowager quickly spread throughout the entire palace.

Liuli was initially very dissatisfied with being the emperor's woman, but after hearing about the demon concubine, she suddenly calmed down a lot.

"It seems there's still something bothering you. In that case, I'll add fuel to the fire."

A sinister smile curled at the corner of Liuli's lips.

She had already accepted her fate of being the emperor's woman, so for the next period of time, Liuli often found trouble to deal with the evil concubine.

Although the wicked concubine handled the matter with ease, she still found it utterly disgusting.

"Does she have nothing better to do? She just has to disgust me." The concubine sat in her chair, her face extremely unpleasant.

The palace maid stood aside and whispered, "These few things are nothing but trivial matters. They were clearly done on purpose, deliberately trying to upset Your Highness."

"Because of this trivial matter, nothing I do is quite right. She deliberately tries to annoy me. Since that's the case, then she won't have an easy time either. I'll annoy her back."

After the demon queen finished speaking, she sent people to do their work, including to annoy Liuli.

In order to make her life in the palace easier, Liuli knew that she only had one way to go: to please the emperor.

So she directly challenged the demon concubine to a duel.

Everyone in the palace knew that the newly appointed Jieyu was competing with the evil concubine, so to avoid being implicated, everyone else kept their distance.

As for Song Miqiu, she spent her time eating melon seeds and listening to operas. She wasn't a concubine, so the emperor's favor was none of her concern.

But before Song Miqiu could be happy for even a few days, a palace maid appeared at the Imperial Hospital.

Upon seeing the palace maid, she turned and walked towards the Imperial Hospital without a second thought.

As the palace maid saw Song Miqiu leave, she called out, "Imperial Physician Song."

Now even if Song Miqiu wanted to leave, she couldn't. She stiffly forced a smile, turned to look at the palace maid, and nodded slightly.

"Your Highness is not feeling well today. Please have Physician Song come and take a look. Physician Song, would you please come with me?"

The palace maid looked at Song Miqiu with an impeccable smile on her face.

Hearing the palace maid's words, Song Miqiu knew that this matter would not be easy to resolve, and could only sigh: "I'll go get the medicine box."

The palace maid nodded slightly: "Please ask Physician Song to hurry, lest Consort Jieyu have to wait too long."

To prevent Liuli from causing trouble, Song Miqiu quickly took the medicine box and followed the palace maid to Liuli's palace.

Song Miqiu knew that Liuli had sent the palace maid to find her to cause trouble, but she wasn't afraid now. No matter how much the Emperor doted on these women, he knew that health was the most important thing.

"Your Majesty, Imperial Physician Song has arrived," a palace maid said to Liuli.

"Your humble servant Song Miqiu greets Consort Jieyu."

Even though Song Miqiu was unwilling, she could only kneel on the ground and pay her respects to Liuli, because Liuli was now a Jieyu.

Liuli seemed not to hear, picked up her teacup, took a sip of tea, and didn't even glance at it.

Having no other choice, Song Miqiu knelt on the ground, thinking to himself, "As expected, the show of force is about to begin."

Seeing Song Miqiu kneeling on the ground, Liuli felt extremely pleased. She put down her teacup, turned to the palace maid beside her, and asked, "Have all the things His Majesty bestowed upon me been put away properly?"

"Your Majesty, we have placed them carefully. Please rest assured," the palace maid replied.

Liuli nodded in satisfaction and then turned her gaze to Song Miqiu, who was kneeling on the ground.

She said this to let her know that she was a favored concubine, and that if she wanted to contradict her, she would have to think twice.

Song Miqiu naturally understood what Liuli meant, so she could only continue kneeling on the ground.

Seeing Yu Zi kneeling on the ground, Liu Li felt extremely pleased. She stared at Yu Zi with fierce eyes, realizing that her current state was entirely because of her.

She was still not satisfied with just making her kneel there; she wished she could tear her to pieces.

After an unknown amount of time, Liuli spoke softly, "Imperial Physician Song, I'm so sorry, my memory isn't very good, I forgot about you."

If Song Miqiu weren't now a royal physician, she would have killed her long ago.

Song Miqiu said with a forced smile, "It's nothing. May I ask what's wrong with Your Majesty's health?"

"I feel unwell everywhere. Physician Song, please get up. I would appreciate it if you could examine me, as I still have to serve His Majesty," Liuli said with a smile.

Song Miqiu bowed to Liuli and said, "Yes."

Song Miqiu originally wanted to stand up, but unexpectedly, Liuli stood up from the chair at this moment. There was nothing she could do but continue kneeling.

Liuli was quite satisfied with Song Miqiu's current appearance and said softly, "Imperial Physician Song, I'm getting tired of sitting. I need to stand up and walk around. It might take a while. Why don't you go back first?"

Although Song Miqiu really wanted to go back, she knew that given the current situation, Liuli would definitely not let her off so easily.

If she were to fabricate some more baseless accusations, she wouldn't be able to explain herself even if she had a hundred mouths.

"Your Majesty's best interests are our priority. Your humble servant will wait here." Song Miqiu lowered his head, his voice muffled.

Liuli, supported by the palace maid, walked step by step to her, her eyelids lowered as she looked at Song Miqiu, and let out a soft hum.

"I summoned you here to take my pulse, not to kneel down. If someone with ulterior motives finds out, they might think I'm punishing the imperial physician."

Liuli returned to her chair and sat down, speaking calmly before giving the palace maid a look.

The palace maid nodded slightly and said to Song Miqiu, "Imperial Physician Song, please rise and take Her Highness's pulse."

Song Miqiu's legs had lost all feeling. She slowly stood up, swayed, and almost fell.

Seeing this, the palace maid not only didn't help, but also mocked, "Imperial Physician Song, I didn't expect you to be so useless. You can't even stand up after kneeling for a while?"

Song Miqiu looked up at the palace maid, said nothing, gritted her teeth and stood up.

"Imperial Physician Song, you must stand properly, otherwise people will think that the Empress has punished you. Even if the Empress had hundreds of mouths, she wouldn't be able to explain herself. Please don't wrong the Empress."

The palace maid spoke in a voice that was neither humble nor arrogant.

Song Miqiu sighed, frowned slightly, and then walked step by step to Liuli and stopped: "Please extend your hand, Your Majesty, so that I may take your pulse."

"Oh dear, I suddenly feel much better. I don't feel uncomfortable at all. I'm sorry that Physician Song made a wasted trip."