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In the end, Lei Xing's restlessness could not let her be. So she got up and headed for the Imperial pharmacy to check on the situation while hoping that the stupid Head physician made himself scarce so she does not get tempted by murder. 

Unexpectedly, just as she was nearing the building, an exhausted eunuch ran up from behind and halted her. Through ragged breaths, he informed her that the Emperor wanted to see her urgently.

Lei Xing's heart jumped and she froze in place.

{...That stupid - he wouldn't have... right? O_O) Is he not scared?! I could really kill him! - Okay, let's calm down, let's not get ahead of ourselves. No one said anything about that...yet...}

Lei Xing let out a breath she was not aware she had been holding and calmly asked, "What is it about?" After all, there was a lot going on in the palace right now, it could be something else...she hoped. She was not ready to have that conversation with him yet.