Chapter 1166 - 1160: Everyone is Up
"This..." King Jin said awkwardly, "Mother, weren’t you suspecting that the problem might be with me?"
"Then have you slept with them?" Asking such a private question, the Empress was both embarrassed and angry.
King Jin, even more embarrassed by the inquiry, hesitantly replied: "Indeed I have, I believe I have no issues, but I just don’t know why they can’t get pregnant."
"Merely saying you’re fine doesn’t settle the matter. Just yesterday, I went to Gu Youyou’s place intending to oppress her with the issue of surrogacy, but instead, she turned the tables and even brought up your infertility. The emperor became angry upon hearing this and said that he should have been informed about your condition earlier. But how could I bring myself to speak of such a situation?"
King Jin felt as if struck by lightning. Stunned, he asked: "How could you let Father Emperor know about this?"
The Empress said helplessly: "It wasn’t me who told him, it was Gu Youyou who told your Father Emperor that you are infertile."
"Why would she suddenly talk about this?" King Jin said through gritted teeth, finding Gu Youyou utterly despicable.
"Ah, she herself can’t bear children, so she thought of surrogacy. I had solid evidence, but couldn’t match Gu Youyou’s craftiness. She had already fooled the Imperial Physician and the Emperor, making her body appear as though she’d had a child, leaving me no room to argue my case..." The Empress sighed with frustration, adding, "Just talking about yesterday’s incident makes me angry, Momo Li, you tell the rest."
The Empress had never suffered such a defeat, and now she didn’t even want to mention it.
Momo Li still remembered the important matters, and said to the Empress and King Jin: "Let’s not worry about yesterday’s matter for now. Gu Youyou’s medical skills are formidable, and we have suffered silently. Let’s just deal with the Imperial Physicians first."
"Imperial Physician?" King Jin looked bewildered.