I insist

Chapter 267: I Saved His Life

"Oh?" The Empress Dowager sneered. She narrowed her eyes and looked at Ming Taicheng. She slowly lowered her hand from the air, turned around, and looked at him with amusement. "Tell me, why can't I punish him?"

"Do you two intend to challenge me today?"

The chief eunuch stepped forward, bowed to the Empress Dowager, and smiled faintly, "Your Majesty, you are overthinking it. Neither Physician Ming nor I are qualified to oppose you, however..."

The chief eunuch's gaze fell on Song Miqiu, but only lingered for a few seconds before shifting away.

"However, the Emperor personally requested to see Song Miqiu. Even if she has offended you in some way, you will probably have to put up with it today."

Upon seeing the chief eunuch, the Empress Dowager recalled the scene in front of the Emperor's bedroom where he stubbornly refused to let her in. She snorted coldly, finding the chief eunuch's words quite amusing.

"So, according to you, I have absolutely no right to teach her a lesson?" the Empress Dowager threatened coldly. Now that the Empress, who posed the greatest threat to her in the harem, was gone, she had no reason to fear the people in front of her.

The chief eunuch shook his head and quickly denied it, "This servant never said that Your Majesty is not qualified to treat even a single imperial physician. However, His Majesty's health is at a critical moment right now, so please, Your Majesty, consider the priorities."

"Right now, there is indeed no one in the palace who can cure His Majesty's current condition. If you punish Song Miqiu, given her health, what if something happens to her? Are you going to take her place and treat His Majesty instead, Your Majesty?"

Upon hearing this, the Empress Dowager's expression instantly turned sour.

She glared at the chief eunuch. How could the Empress Dowager not realize that he was deliberately saying this to save Song Miqiu, clearly trying to scare her into letting him go?

But now the Empress Dowager's position with the Emperor is insecure. She gritted her teeth, feeling from the bottom of her heart that the other party was deceiving her, but she couldn't find any reason to say it.

She knew in her heart that if she didn't let the person go, it would be a small matter if the chief eunuch lied, but if the emperor really ordered Song Miqiu to come to him, then the wounds she left on Song Miqiu would be enough for Song Miqiu to complain and pretend to be wronged in front of the emperor!

"...Fine!" The Empress Dowager agreed through gritted teeth. She coldly glanced at the person beside her and snorted, "You got lucky this time, but don't let me catch you next time!"

Song Miqiu was overjoyed. She winked at Ming Taicheng and gave him a look of thanks, but hesitated for a moment when her gaze fell on Consort Can.

She knew that once Consort Can was thrown into Cining Palace, the Empress Dowager would vent her anger on Consort Can, which she had suffered from her! She had to find a way to take Consort Can away.

Just as the Empress Dowager turned her back, Song Miqiu immediately looked down at Ming Taicheng and pointed to Consort Can in front of her, indicating to him that she was not there.

Mingtai Cheng had no choice but to nod slightly, which was considered as agreeing.

Seeing this, Song Miqiu's smile deepened. She even found the Empress Dowager much more pleasing to the eye. She turned around, bowed to the Empress Dowager's figure, and said loudly, "Your Majesty, I'm afraid I should also take Consort Can with me."

"Take them away?!" The Empress Dowager turned around abruptly, her gaze sweeping over Song Miqiu, Ming Taicheng, and the chief eunuch. She clenched her fingers tightly, unable to contain herself any longer, and said, "Now that the Empress is not here, and there is no one to sit on the throne, this harem is in my hands!"

The Empress Dowager decides whether Consort Can lives or dies, not whether Song Miqiu can take her away at will!

The Empress Dowager turned her gaze to Song Miqiu and said sternly, "Don't go too far! The Imperial Physician Ming and the Chief Eunuch rescued you, not to let you continue to oppose me here!"

Song Miqiu glanced at the two of them and asked provocatively, "Is that so?"

Before the Empress Dowager could react, the chief eunuch took a few steps forward, smiled in her direction, and said, "Your Majesty, the Emperor is also aware of Consort Can's affairs."

As a result, the Empress Dowager could only watch helplessly as all the ducks she was about to teach a lesson flew away!

She stood there angrily, unable to say a word.

Seeing this, Song Miqiu knew she could take the person away. With a victorious smile on her lips, she walked to Consort Can's side and carefully pulled her up from the long wooden bench.

"Can you stand up?" Song Miqiu asked softly.

Consort Can glanced back at the Empress Dowager, and seeing that the Empress Dowager was staring intently at the two of them, she turned her head back and gently shook her head.

Upon seeing this, Ming Taicheng quickly summoned the people outside the palace who were carrying stretchers. He strode up to Song Miqiu and Consort Can and looked at Song Miqiu.

After all, Consort Chan was now playing the role of a madwoman in front of the Empress Dowager, so she naturally did not receive Myung Tae-sung's obeisance, a fact that Consort Chan was well aware of.

"Move Consort Chan onto the stretcher," Ming Taicheng ordered the people behind him in a deep voice.

When no one was paying attention to the two of them, Ming Taicheng whispered to Song Miqiu, "Are you satisfied now? We've saved everyone, and now we can leave?"

"Satisfied! How could I not be satisfied!" Song Miqiu smiled and gave Ming Taicheng a thumbs up; she was extremely satisfied.

She never expected that Ming Taicheng would be able to bring the chief eunuch. Heaven knows that Song Miqiu just now thought she was really going to be punished by the Empress Dowager.

"Cough cough!"

The two men were about to continue talking when they heard this sound, and they instinctively looked in the direction of the chief eunuch.

Looking into the other person's eyes, Song Miqiu gave a dry laugh, realizing that they had been talking too revealingly.

She scratched the back of her head, glanced at the Empress Dowager's face, which was as dark as could be, chuckled for a moment, and then turned and strode away from the place behind them.

The Empress Dowager watched with a sinister look as Consort Can was carried away on a stretcher, while the three of them escaped unscathed. She turned away in anger.

After they had all left Cining Palace, the chief eunuch turned to look at the two of them. He glanced at Song Miqiu, and finally fixed his gaze on Ming Taicheng. "Alright, the person has been saved, I should go now."

"Walk slowly."

Watching the chief eunuch's departing figure, Song Miqiu turned to Ming Taicheng with some curiosity and asked, "What is your relationship with the chief eunuch?"

"Whatever your relationship with him is the same as my relationship with him."

"Impossible!" Song Miqiu immediately retorted. "If that were the case, how could he possibly have come with you to deceive the Empress Dowager!"

Ming Taicheng shrugged helplessly and said softly, "That's because I once saved the chief eunuch's life, which means he owes me a life."

“I brought him here to rescue you, so this life is considered settled, and we are even now.”

Upon hearing this, Song Miqiu felt a pang of guilt. If she hadn't been in such a hurry, she probably wouldn't have wasted this favor on Xiaobai.

After all, it was a debt of gratitude owed to someone who had given him a life, and besides, the chief eunuch was a favorite of the emperor and held a very high position.