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n“Consort Wen, Prince Sui, why don’t you go to the imperial hospital and invite a few imperial physicians over to treat him? I really can’t find any injuries in Prince Sui’s arm.”

n“Why can’t you find any?”

nPrince Sui was furious and was about to jump up and hit him. However, he gasped when he moved his hand. It hurt too much.

n“Old fart, did you even examine me carefully? Did someone in the palace bribe you to embarrass me?”

nImperial Physician Hao was so frightened that he knelt hurriedly.

n“Your Highness, you have good judgment. I would never dare to do something so disgraceful. Perhaps… Perhaps my medical skills are limited, so I really can’t locate the injury in your arm.”

n“You…” Prince Sui was furious.

n“Don’t be anxious, Sui’er.” Consort Wen quickly comforted her son after noticing his anger.

nShe glanced at the palace maid behind her. The palace maid understood her and immediately took out a bag of silver from her pocket. She took two steps forward and stuffed it into Imperial Physician Hao’s hand.

n“Imperial Physician Hao, Prince Sui’s arm hurts a lot. He feels terrible, so he said some unpleasant things. I hope you won’t take offense. This money is a token of appreciation from Consort Wen to treat you to tea.”

n“You’re too polite, Consort Wen. I’m useless. It’s only right for His Highness to scold me.” Imperial Physician Hao quickly kept the money and smiled politely.

nEverything would be fine if there was money. The imperial physicians who worked in the palace were aware of this.

nIt was common to be scolded or even beaten a couple of times.

nImperial physicians like them had always been tight-lipped and would never go out and spout nonsense. After all, their heads were at stake if they did not keep their mouths shut.

nOf course, the most important thing was that they had to earn money to support their families. How could their government salaries suffice? They had to rely on the harem’s consorts and concubines to supplement their income.

n“Sui’er, Imperial Physician Hao is a senior imperial physician from the imperial hospital. If he can’t find the cause of the injury, then it must be difficult.”

nConsort Wen realized An Jiuyue had to be no pushover for Qian Jiyun to bring her back with him. She could not help but scold her son.

nWhy did he provoke that woman for no reason? Not only was he injured, but Qian Jiyun might even hate him.

nShe was already unfavored in the harem. If she provoked Qian Jiyun too, her life would be even more difficult.

nBut she kept her complaints to herself and only comforted her son gently.

nShe instructed the palace maid beside her, “Dong’er, relay my orders. Go to the imperial hospital and invite two imperial physicians to treat Sui’er to find out what that woman did to him.”

n“Yes, Your Highness,” Dong’er replied and hurried to the imperial hospital.

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nOutside De Yuan Academy…

nThe gatekeeper chased An Jiuyue out shortly after she brought the two children in. A middle-aged man dressed as a teacher followed.

nQian Yiyun, who was waiting outside, was dumbfounded. She did not know what had happened.

nShe hurried forward and asked, “What’s going on?”

nAn Jiuyue was also dumbfounded.

nIs this what schools in the capital are like? I haven’t even said anything, but they chased me, Zheng’er, and Rong’er out?

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