She could actually tell that the Empress Dowager had shown signs of having given birth in the past few years!
The former Emperor was dead, and the Empress Dowager had given birth in these past few years?
Her eyes immediately darkened.
Seeing that Yun Shu did not answer and was still taking her pulse, the Empress Dowager felt even more that Yun Shu was relying on her beauty and some strange methods learned from who knows whom to swindle people, having no medical skill at all.
At that moment, she felt that after not seeing the Night King for several years, he had actually developed some affection for Yun Shu, whom he had once detested. Truly, he was not as discerning as he was a few years ago!
It was also possible that Yun Shu had deceived the Night King with her so-called superb medical skills.
Finally, the Empress Dowager's patience wore thin. Frowning, she said in a deep voice, "Are you done yet?"
"Recently, several imperial physicians must have taken the Empress Dowager's pulse for well-being, right?" Yun Shu calmly raised her hand and asked without any unusual tone.
The Empress Dowager said with a cold face, "Yes."
Whether outside the palace or inside, she was always accompanied by imperial physicians; this was no secret.
"The Empress Dowager's health is robust, and with the daily care of the imperial physicians, she is even healthier." Yun Shu said slowly.
Upon hearing this, the Empress Dowager's expression turned uglier, "You couldn't tell anything? Then why do I feel weak all over?"
As expected, it was deceptive medical skill!
Yun Shu smiled faintly, "It is already night, and it's not just the Empress Dowager who feels weak all over; I do too. A night's sleep will cure it."
Speaking of which, the Empress Dowager was not without other ailments besides having given birth in the past few years.
If her diagnosis was not mistaken, the Empress Dowager must have taken all sorts of strange medicines in recent years, drugs that could make her forget herself completely.
Indeed, she was Geng Yufei's aunt.
There were some similarities.
Tonight was certainly not a wasted trip to the palace.
The Empress Dowager was rendered speechless by Yun Shu's words, and the reprimand and punishment were on the tip of her tongue but did not come out.
Yun Shu before her, with a face of unparalleled beauty, showed no flaws.
Her words were also watertight.
After several years, a fool had become so clever!
A block of air suddenly pressed down on her chest, and she stared coldly at Yun Shu, as if she wanted to bore a hole through her.
Yun Shu guessed the Empress Dowager's intentions and asked with a smile, "Does the Empress Dowager have any other instructions?"
"Whom did you learn your medical skills from?" the Empress Dowager asked after a moment of silence.
"I taught myself from medical books," Yun Shu casually lied.
The Empress Dowager narrowed her eyes in anger, "Do you know the consequences of deceiving me? Do not use your petty tricks on the Emperor in the future! If the Emperor is ever in mortal danger, I will absolutely not let you off!"
Yun Shu sneered in her heart.
Was she summoned to the palace in the middle of the night just to be lectured a few words?
And then to test her medical skills?
"By the way, what is going on between you and the Night King? Now that it's just you and me, tell me everything about your current situation with the Night King." The Empress Dowager asked again in a deep voice.
This time, it was about the real matter.
Yun Shu sensed that Jiang Luoxi, who was hidden in the dark, seemed to be holding her breath.
She lowered her eyes and said slowly, "As for the matter between the Night King and me, it is as everyone in the imperial garden knows. What else does the Empress Dowager wish to know?"
"Did the Night King say he would marry you!" The Empress Dowager pursed her lips, feeling drowsy, and did not want to waste any more time. She asked directly.
The fact that Yun Shu had given birth to three children for the Night King had completely disrupted her plans.
Furthermore, the Night King's attitude towards Yun Shu today was unusual. Based on her understanding of Zhan Tianye, he was by no means a man who pitied the weak or interfered in other people's affairs, yet today he had intervened multiple times and publicly protected Yun Shu, which truly surprised her!
Because too many things had happened, the matters she intended to handle today had been put on hold!
Beneath Yun Shu's lowered eyelids, her eyes were sharp and cold like arrows, her entire being exuding a frosty chill. The Empress Dowager's habit of meddling truly needed to be corrected. She parted her red lips and said slowly, "Regarding marriage, it is by the decree of parents. I obey my father."
"Answer me directly! Did the Night King personally say he would marry you?" Seeing that the more the Empress Dowager became angry, the more she wanted to know the answer, Yun Shu smiled inwardly. "I cannot control the Night King's decision."
"Yun Shu, how long do you think your father can protect you? Do you really think the Night King will protect you?" The Empress Dowager suddenly lowered her voice, her tone threatening, her gaze fixed on Yun Shu with terrifying malevolence and calculation.
The older the ginger, the spicier it is. Although Yun Shu had become clever, trying to contend with her was completely overestimating herself.
Immediately.
The Empress Dowager believed she already knew the answer.
"Remember what I said today. You may leave the palace," the Empress Dowager waved Yun Shu away expressionlessly.
After Yun Shu left, Jiang Luoxi emerged from the darkness and came to the Empress Dowager's side, gently stroking her head.
Massaging the acupoints on her head.
She said softly, "Empress Dowager, Miss Yun Er is not someone to be underestimated. After observing her today, I increasingly feel that she is more than she appears."
"If you had met her five years ago, you would know she is not 'more than she appears.' She has simply suddenly become clever, and even more annoying than before. Did you hear her answers just now? What do you think?" The Empress Dowager closed her eyes, the headache that had been about to explode was much more comfortable now with Jiang Luoxi's massage.
Jiang Luoxi did not rush to answer the Empress Dowager, but after thinking for a moment, she said, "I believe the Night King has not yet spoken of marrying Miss Yun Er. The events of that year were not as simple as they claimed; there must be other hidden reasons. However, that is not the most important thing. The most important thing is that the Night King will likely marry Miss Yun Er into the King's Mansion for the sake of the three children."
"You absolutely cannot let Yun Shu marry into the Night King's Mansion. Even if she is to marry into it, it must be after you. Luoxi, have you thought about what to do next since this afternoon?" the Empress Dowager said meaningfully.
Jiang Luoxi gently shook her head, "What happened today was beyond my expectations and caught me somewhat off guard."
Most importantly, she could not fathom Yun Shu.
The Empress Dowager frowned, "You have always been intelligent. You must quickly figure out how to make the Night King look at you differently. I will find an opportunity in a few days to bestow you upon the Night King."
Jiang Luoxi's eyelashes fluttered, and she softly replied, "Yes, Empress Dowager."
...
Yun Shu immediately encountered Zhan Tianye as she came out of the Empress Dowager's palace.
In the deep palace under the night sky.
Zhan Tianye, sitting in a wheelchair, slightly raised his eyes to look at Yun Shu.
Moonlight spilled all around as she walked slowly, her face gradually becoming clear.