He then stood up and bowed to the Queen: “Your Majesty, the lady is weak and cold, with blocked meridians. This is a condition of yin deficiency and cold.”
“Explain further.”
“Yes,” Master Sun looked at me again. “The lady’s constitution is special. I’m afraid she may find it difficult to conceive a child.”
My mind went blank.
The Queen turned around, approaching me with a sympathetic expression. “No wonder Lady An has been married to Lord An for over two years without a child. Please be at ease, I will have Master Sun prescribe some tonic to help you recover soon.”
I stood there like a wooden chicken, nodding slightly. “Thank you, Your Majesty.”
The Queen and the physician left the side hall, leaving me to rest. However, I took the opportunity to walk out to the garden, pacing back and forth in distress.
I was troubled not because the physician said I was infertile, but because I realized I had been too clever and fallen into a trap, with no way to explain myself.
Previously, Doctor Liu had checked my pulse, and I had always been healthy. Where did this cold condition come from? But now that the imperial physician had spoken, it was set in stone and irrefutable. If the Queen insists you are ill, how dare you say otherwise?
The question was, what was her purpose in forcing this infertility diagnosis on me?
I immediately thought of the Seventh Princess. Could she be creating a reason for the Seventh Princess to marry An Jin by having me divorced? But I quickly dismissed this thought. The marriage alliance with Western Liang was imminent and could not be called off at this time.
Even if this wasn’t the reason, it certainly wasn’t good news. It seemed that the cup of wine was likely meant to make me faint, providing an excuse to examine my pulse. I hadn’t expected my spontaneous fainting to save them the trouble of the wine.
Oh, An Jin, I’ve ultimately let you down… But why couldn’t you have explained things more clearly?
Frustrated, I tugged at my ear and walked several rounds, only to run into someone standing very straight, smiling coldly.
“Seventh… Princess?” I was stunned.
She smiled sweetly. “My lady, I’ve been waiting for this opportunity for a long time.”
