CHAPTER 1238: CHAPTER 1233: A CONSPIRACY

"It’s really troublesome." King Jin muttered, but it was because of Gu Youyou’s calmness that much awkwardness was dissolved.

He said, "The one who stabbed me was not the cousins from the Ducal Residence, but a talented young officer under my uncle’s command. He is an orphan, picked up by my uncle and raised by his side, also highly skilled in martial arts.

The cousins were all defeated by him within three moves, and at that time, I was young and arrogant, so I didn’t believe in such rumors and went to compete a few moves with him. Unexpectedly, I was injured, and in such an embarrassing place."

Gu Youyou’s heart skipped a beat, sensing a conspiracy brewing.

She quickly asked, "Then how many moves did you withstand?"

"After so many years, I can’t remember clearly, probably about a dozen moves!" King Jin said with a touch of pride. But seeing Gu Youyou’s odd expression, he suddenly froze and then looked shocked, asking, "You couldn’t be suspecting..."

Gu Youyou candidly told him, "Yes, I suspect it was done on purpose."

"You..."

Gu Youyou swiftly lifted the clothes covering his body and grabbed a place that can’t be described, seriously saying, "Look here, and here, do you know what these two wounds mean?"

"What?" King Jin seemed to have thought of something, but that outcome was too cruel; he dared not admit it, just foolishly pretended to be dumb.

Gu Youyou said, "The severing of these two tendons means that you have lost the ability to procreate. Have you thought it through, were these two places indeed injured?"

"No... not..." King Jin’s body trembled slightly. At this moment, all his embarrassment and unease vanished; he just saw the person opposite him as a doctor, and himself as the doctor’s patient desperately awaiting treatment.

At such a time, who cares about the differences between men and women?

He flipped over a spot below his abdomen, where there was still a pale scar, which had been covered by thick hair and not seen by Gu Youyou.

He said, "I was injured here, it’s not those two places..."

"Then what’s the matter with these?" Gu Youyou asked in shock.

"Here, these two places..." King Jin’s shivering slowly intensified, his voice becoming somewhat hoarse as he said, "I fainted from fright at that moment, and when I woke up, it turned out like this. My maternal grandfather told me that he had called a doctor who already treated me with medicine, saying it wouldn’t cause any issue."

"Ah? Did you not notice the two extra cuts?"

"The doctor said I was frightened, and if bleeding wasn’t done at these two spots, later I would become... impotent..."

Gu Youyou: "..." This naive child.

"Being injured in such a place is hard to speak about. Afraid of my father and mother learning about it, I conspired with my maternal grandfather to recover from my injuries in the Ducal Residence before returning to the palace. We declared publicly that I was merely playing with the cousins for a few days..."

Thinking of those days, King Jin was so shocked that he was drenched in cold sweat.

Back then, he was young with not a hint of cunning, plus it was such an embarrassing event, after recovering, he gradually forgot about it.

Over the years, he didn’t have any problems in that regard, so he didn’t think too much of it.

But now, hearing Gu Youyou’s words... he vaguely felt a huge conspiracy had been brewing for many years.

Initially, Imperial Physician Cui had examined it. He also spotted these two wounds and mentioned infertility. The empress behind the screen, panicked, rushed in and interrupted his words.

Imperial Physician Cui died too early.