Chapter 147 - Good Deed Credit

Doctor Lou knit his brows in thought, "Hmm...longevity? Perhaps, among other things...It was Dong royalty's closely guarded secret passed down through generations to the succeeding heirs. Although I do know how - But it's not me, I didn't do it! Really!" Doctor Lou quickly defended when the Emperor narrowed his eyes at him, "I would tell you if I did...I like to get credit for my good work. I doubt your doctors could have figured out the Seyu, very few have knowledge of it. You're very lucky to have me. You should be happy."

The Emperor ignored Doctor Lou's ramblings and frowned in thought.

{...Could it be possible?... I guess there's no reason for it to be impossible...But how could we have missed them? And what do they hope to gain from doing this to Xing er'?... Revenge? Isn't this too petty? At most what I would lose would be a consort, one I like but still, one woman, and as long as I don't kill her, the Lei family would be grateful and remain loyal...This is quite minimal in effect for revenge...

...As for my brother...While I can see a possibility for a civil war, I could end him now if I choose to, his troops are nowhere near the capital and if he's dead none of them would continue the fight...Regardless, I have an entire battalion stationed outside the capital right now, he wouldn't dare to...Although now it's becoming clear that he is a lot more daring than I thought...But is there something else here?...}

The Emperor frowned down at the unconscious Lei Xing, annoyed at the thought of Prince Yi touching her and also at the fact that the whole thing still did not make sense to him.

Doctor Lou then cleared his throat and the Emperor glanced up at him to find Doctor Lou smiling at him, "Since your wife is high on an aphrodisiac, I thought it wise to call you, her husband so you can res-"

"Can't you make an antidote?" The Emperor cut him off with a frown.

{...This is not the way it's supposed to happen...}

Doctor Lou pursed his lips and looked off to the side, "No, I don't...If you don't want to, she can just go through the agonizing pain for a few days and then maybe she'll be fine or she might just die in the end, who knows..." He shrugged and then continued, "...She's only seems fine now because of those needles, but if left there for too long she won't wake up again. I told you, sensitive..."

The Emperor knit his brows in thought for a bit and then got up, "Remove the needles, I'm taking her back."

Doctor Lou pouted and mumbled, "Why doesn't anyone listen to me?" He then sighed and loudly said, "If I take it out, she'll be all over you or worse, your men and maybe even me as you leave..." He shivered, "How do you want to explain that? Also if you knock her out again, she might just not wake up again, I might have hit a bit too hard the first time..." He mumbled the last line, looking down and then perked up, "Don't worry, I can lend you this room. I don't use it and I like Xing Xing..."

Then he looked the Emperor over and added, "...And you too...So I'll allow it. You can happily take your time and have fun. This room is also soundproof too so don't worry." He finished and went to remove the needles.

The Emperor then stopped his hands and said, "Wait."

Doctor Lou frowned and watched as the Emperor went outside the room to speak to Commander An for a bit. Then he came back in and said to Doctor Lou, "Give the man outside a full description of the three men you mentioned earlier, be sure to be deta-"

"Don't worry I remember very well, to the last detail...Can I remove them now?" Doctor Lou asked with a bright smile. The Emperor tightly knit his brows and nodded.

Doctor Lou happily nodded back and then removed the needles then clapped his hands and turned back to the Emperor, "She will be waking up soon." Then he headed for the door and then stopped, "Ah, I heard you have been looking for me since my visit to the palace. I will clarify now, that I truly had nothing to do with your mother's condition that day, I myself was very shocked. Her screams almost stopped my old heart, you know i-"

"Then why did you run?" The Emperor asked with a raised eyebrow.

Doctor Lou went wide-eyed and blinked, "Run? Who? Me? I was just very busy, I had some boring business elsewhere and as I said I like to get credit so I would tell you if I did." Doctor Lou then grinned and continued, "Regardless, I did nothing wrong and I saved the love of your life here so I deserve some credit s- "

Lei Xing groaned and he immediately stopped talking as both he and the Emperor glanced at the bed to find Lei Xing knitting her brows. She was about to wake up so Doctor Lou glanced at the Emperor and smiled, "Have fun." Then he left the room and quietly closed the door with a smile as he watched as the Emperor go to sit down on the bed next to Lei Xing.

Doctor Lou then happily turned to leave only to jump when he saw Commander An standing there, he blinked and then squinted at him, "They need privacy, follow me."

Commander An frowned at the door and went to protest, "But-" 

"Seeing how serious you look..." Doctor Lou cut him off as he looked him over and then shook his head, "I would have never thought you were a pervert..."

Commander An blinked and then scowled feeling insulted but before he could open his mouth, Doctor Lou continued, "I said the young couple needs privacy and yet you want to stay, if it's not that you're a pervert then what is it?... Stop dawdling here and go catch the criminals." Doctor Lou ordered.

Commander An blinked and quickly understood his meaning and looked down feeling slightly embarrassed. Doctor Lou chuckled and then pat his shoulder and started walking, "I'll even draw their faces for you. You might not know this, but I'm very, very good at - ...Hmm, well...at most things so you're definitely in good hands."

Commander An quickly followed behind him, although a bit begrudgingly. Doctor Lou was still a highly suspicious figure in his eyes. They had searched high and low for him in this city and outside but found nothing. For him to suddenly show up like this with no warning or notice made him even more questionable. 

Meanwhile, inside the room.

Lei Xing slightly opened her eyes to see the figure of a man sitting next to her. She squeezed her eyes shut again and then turned her body to try to stand up but was finding it a bit hard as her limbs felt wobbly. Her breathing was also back to being labored. She frowned and opened her eyes to see her hands reaching for her and immediately panicked and the adrenaline gave her the energy she needed. She immediately sat up and shoved the hands away as she scurried to the end of the bed until she hit the wall as she barked, "I said don't touch me!" 

She braced herself up on the wall and frowned squeezing her eyes shut again as she took deep breaths. The irritating feelings were starting to bubble up again. Her body not only felt like it was burning but now it was starting to ache as well.

The Emperor frowned and remembered the hooligans who had tried to assault her and thought she must be traumatized by the event. So he slowly stretched out a hand towards her and tried to reassure her and softly said, "Xing er', it's m-" But before he could finish his words, Lei Xing whipped her head back and brought it forward to bash it against the wall.

He quickly moved and put his hand out to protect her head. Lei Xing was completely unaware of this and thought she had been successful in her wall bashing and left her head there as she tried to control her mind. While the Emperor looked at her with worried eyes. With her behaving like this, it looked like he would have to force her, but then thinking of how she would react after, he could not bring himself to do it.  

{...I really can't, not when she's like this...She might truly come to hate me then...}

He understood it needed to be done for her sake, but also felt it could not be done for her sake as well. 

He lightly stroked her hair, not wanting to frighten her and softly said, "Xing er', calm down. I won't touch you...Remember, I promised. You're safe here so calm down." 

Lei Xing went rigid and then stayed still for a while. After taking a few deep breaths, she removed her head from what she still thought was the wall and the Emperor immediately brought both his hands down.

Lei Xing held her head for a bit then shook it a few times trying to clear her mind. Then she squinted at him trying to make out who he was. After a few seconds, she came to