Chapter 145 This Is a Heart Problem

"Don't worry. I now have the ability to ensure that you won't suffer even the slightest grievance." Qi Tai almost swore by pointing to the sky. In his eyes, besides certainty, there was also the kind of resoluteness that an emperor ruling over the whole country should have.

Pan Yueqing raised her eyes and met Qi Tai's gaze. She read the emotions behind these eyes. Qi Tai was clearly not looking at her, Pan Yueqing, but at her mother, Su Lan! She remembered the Consort Shu in the Changping Palace whose expression was so similar to her mother's. Suddenly, her heart palpitated, and a deep chill filled her. Suppressing the pain in her chest, she smiled self-deprecatingly: "Then isn't it a grievance to keep me under house arrest here without a word, not allowing me to take a single step outside easily?"

Qi Tai opened his mouth: "I can allow you to walk around in the palace freely."

Pan Yueqing originally thought that Qi Tai would at least be angry, if not feel guilty. But unexpectedly, he actually agreed so easily: "No need. If I go out and meet some concubine, I'm afraid it will cause unnecessary trouble."

Qi Tai: "I have already given you the right to walk around freely."

This meant that it was enough. After all, Qi Tai was an emperor. Pan Yueqing might have caught him on a small point, but he would never be completely defeated. Pan Yueqing smiled faintly and nodded in agreement. She finally understood that in fact, the most important thing that His Majesty the Emperor of the Northern Qi Dynasty should be obsessed with was power. Beauties were just decorations for the country. Qi Tai's words were filled with indulgence: "If you are smart, you should understand that you shouldn't feel wronged in front of me."

But to Pan Yueqing's ears, it sounded like a threat. Pan Yueqing turned her head away and refused to make any expression contact with Qi Tai. She suddenly realized that she might have said something wrong just now. She clearly saw Qi Tai's gaze become somewhat ambiguous. She stood up calmly on the surface: "I'm tired, Your Majesty. Please go back."

Just as she stood up, Ping Shang was very observant and stepped forward to help her. But Pan Yueqing avoided her hand. Looking at Qi Tai, she said to the eunuch in charge of the punishment: "Please ask an imperial doctor to come." Then she slowly walked up to Eunuch Wei and said apologetically to the palace maids and servants in the room who had been beaten because of her: "I will definitely make sure you all recover."

Unexpectedly, Eunuch Wei struggled to climb down from the stool and knelt down to kowtow to Pan Yueqing: "This servant thanks Miss Yue for your kindness! But this servant and others are lowly. How can we deserve the treatment of an imperial doctor? Please don't worry about us..."

Pan Yueqing suddenly remembered that the hierarchy in the imperial palace of the Northern Qi Dynasty was very strict. Servants were not allowed to be treated by imperial doctors because imperial doctors served the nobles. If it was discovered, it would be considered an act of overstepping. So she said indifferently: "Don't worry. I've been having heart palpitations recently."

Qi Tai couldn't tell whether it was true or false for a moment. As the saying goes, when one cares too much, one gets confused. He asked Pan Yueqing anxiously: "You're so young. When did you get such an illness?" Then he quickly gave an order to Eunuch Xu beside him: "Hurry up and invite Chief Imperial Doctor Zhen. Tell him to come and check my pulse for good health."

Pan Yueqing curtsied gently towards Qi Tai. Originally, Chief Imperial Doctor Zhen should be the one who specifically treated Qi Tai. It would be an act of overstepping if an ordinary concubine used his service: "Thank you, Your Majesty. But I'm not worthy of the treatment of Chief Imperial Doctor Zhen, a master of national medicine." But she also understood that Qi Tai was unlikely to change his mind. So she didn't insist and just asked Ping Shang and others to take good care of Eunuch Wei and the others. She still sat under the corridor and watched two white cranes strolling leisurely under the osmanthus tree hung with lovesick red silk, as if they were not affected by the commotion just now.

Pan Yueqing saw that Qi Tai was still standing behind her and turned her head: "Aren't you leaving, Your Majesty?"

"Are you driving me away?" Qi Tai didn't move. His face was a bit gloomy, as if he was finally unwilling to tolerate the defiance of the person in front of him.

Pan Yueqing raised her hand and adjusted the tassel earrings by her ear: "I'm tired."

The intention of driving the guest away was very obvious. She even looked up fearlessly and met the emperor's gloomy gaze, almost showing an unyielding and undeniable look. A trace of anger flashed in the eyes of the Emperor of the Northern Qi Dynasty. But this anger had just emerged in his eyes when it was suppressed by an unknown emotion.

Qi Tai was like a rooster that had lost its momentum. He turned around indifferently and said: "I'm leaving. You have a good rest."

"Take care." Pan Yueqing sat where she was and said indifferently, almost impolitely. In this battle of turning the tables, there was no winner. The crisis facing Pan Yueqing became more and more severe. She frowned and had countless thoughts in her mind. She thought that since she was brought in without any clear reason, she couldn't leave without any clear reason either. But if she wanted to leave here unharmed, she definitely needed help... But now she couldn't even rely on her great-aunt, Empress Dowager Su.

She was irritated.

"Miss Yue?"

"Miss Yue, this servant has brought Chief Imperial Doctor Zhen."

When she raised her eyes, she saw Eunuch Xu and Chief Imperial Doctor Zhen, who was carrying a medicine box, walking shakily in the courtyard. Chief Imperial Doctor Zhen respectfully saluted Pan Yueqing. But now the identity of the person in front of him was really awkward. After thinking for a while, Chief Imperial Doctor Zhen said calmly: "Greetings, Miss Yue."

"Come with me to the room." Pan Yueqing stood up, just nodded, and slowly walked towards the main door.

Pan Yueqing stretched out a fair wrist, and the double-ring bracelets on her hand made a few jingling sounds. Chief Imperial Doctor Zhen took her pulse and pondered for a few breaths before asking: "Have you been having nightmares at midnight these days and couldn't catch your breath when they occurred?"

She nodded. Since she was reborn, she often dreamed of the scene of being given poisoned wine in her previous life at night. It tormented her day and night like an incurable disease, so much so that every time she saw Qi Sicheng, she hated him to the core. But since five days ago, she didn't just dream of Qi Sicheng. She also dreamed of Qi Tai, who had a cold face in front of the palace gate and brought her into the palace without explanation. The fear was like a tide that almost drowned her.

She smiled lazily: "It's an old problem. I usually just take some ginseng pills. I don't know why, but it's been even worse these days."

"You have a heart problem, Miss." Chief Imperial Doctor Zhen frowned: "For your long-term health, you'd better not think too much in the future."

Pan Yueqing laughed bitterly: "Are you comparing me to Xi Shi? I'm not that precious. Besides, what do I, a girl, have to think about?"

Eunuch Xu sighed slightly: "Miss, you'd better listen to Chief Imperial Doctor Zhen. This is not something to joke about." He had served nobles for many years and had risen from a little eunuch to a chief eunuch. All of them were shrewd people. Although Chief Imperial Doctor Zhen's words were euphemistic, those who understood knew that he meant that Miss Yue was probably thinking too much and her lifespan might not be long!

After Chief Imperial Doctor Zhen prescribed the medicine and Eunuch Xu left, the smile on Pan Yueqing's lips slowly faded. She had already noticed that her body was not as strong as in her previous life, but she didn't expect it to be so bad...