This scene was truly enough to make one choke with tension.
Why had he insisted on studying medicine in the first place?
Was there nothing else he could have chosen?
Was a scene like this something a lowly imperial physician like himself could possibly control?
"Rise."
How could Li Feng fail to see Imperial Physician Fang’s nervousness? It wasn’t just the physician who was anxious; even she, the Phoenix Emperor sitting high upon her throne, felt a sense of trepidation in her heart. Although Imperial Physician Fang had previously told her that Li Xuanyue was merely putting on an act—that she had lied about her difficulty in conceiving simply to avoid their reproach—now, looking at her face, which was as pale as a ghost's, even Li Feng could not help but harbor doubts.
Chapter 26