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The imperial physician was brought into the study by Liu'er.

Chen Jie stood in front of the window with his hands behind his back. He turned around when he heard the voice and asked, "How is Madam's injury?"

The imperial physician bowed and said, "It's just a sprain, nothing serious. I'll prescribe two prescriptions for you to apply externally and internally, and you'll be fine in a few days."

Chen Jie nodded, "It's troublesome." He thought again, "Madam has always been in poor health. She fell into the water and caught a cold today. Will it have any impact on her offspring?"

The contraceptive prescription two years ago was also written by this imperial physician. The imperial physician pondered for a moment, "Madam's contraceptive medicine has lost its effect, and her physical condition is not good. She needs to continue taking tonic medicine. Since you fell into the water today, I have prescribed a decoction to dispel the cold and warm your body. But please be careful, Madam may have a fever at night."

Shen Jie wrote them down one by one and thanked him, “Thank you for your hard work.”

"Your Excellency is too polite." The imperial physician bowed and said goodbye, and Liu'er escorted him out of the house.

At night, just as the imperial physician had predicted, Du Yaoyao felt burning all over, with sweat on her head. She curled up in the quilt, with her cheeks flushed red from the heat.

In ancient times, there were different from modern times. There were Western medicines for reducing fever that worked very quickly, and if that didn’t work, you could just give your buttocks a couple of injections. Here you can drink the Chinese herbal medicine soup to reduce fever, and you have to rely on yourself to fight it.

Yin Ye put a cold wet cotton towel on her forehead and helped wipe her sweaty body from time to time.

Du Yaoyao groaned in discomfort. Not only did she feel dizzy, but her body was alternately hot and cold, as if she was wandering between ice and fire. If she moved inadvertently, her injured waist would ache.

"How is Madam?" I heard a concerned voice in the dim light.

Yin Ye reported back, "I have taken the medicine. I don't know if the fever will go away in a short time. Madam is not feeling well and can't sleep well."

"Go and make a pot of strong tea. I'll stay with the madam." Chen Jie sent Yin Ye away.

Du Yaoyao heard it clearly while lying on the couch. He scolded her so harshly during the day, and now he is pretending to be a good person.

She faced the inside of the bed with her eyes tightly closed.

Chen Jie sat down beside the couch and probed the temperature of her neck with his slightly cool fingers. Seeing her eyelashes fluttering and her breathing becoming heavier, he reached down and maliciously pinched one of her breasts.

Du Yaoyao groaned in dissatisfaction, "I'm sick..." Don't think about eating meat!

"Will you try to be so stubborn next time?" Chen Jie leaned over and straightened her face.

"My cousin fell into the water, I can't just stand by and watch her die, right?" Du Yaoyao opened her eyes and said aggrievedly.

"What I mean is that next time you have something to say, you should tell me in advance." Chen Jie emphasized every word and said in detail, "Like this time, when you found that Qiuyue was not right, you should have ordered someone to find me quickly instead of going out alone."

Du Yaoyao met his sincere eyes, stammering and unable to speak.

Chen Jie stroked her face, "I know you will have some dreams, I believe you." He lowered his eyes, revealing a little sadness, "You may have your secrets, I don't want to get to the bottom of it, when you want to tell me, you will tell me naturally."

For example, this time, Chen Jie had already investigated and found that Du Yaoyao never knew how to swim, but she suddenly jumped into the lake to save people and was able to stay in the water for so long.

It's really unbelievable.

Chen Jie thought helplessly: Maybe she learned it in those dreams.

Or, he had a bolder guess: she now was not the same person as the original Du Yaoyao.

The rumored resurrection of the dead.

He asked the doctor who treated Du Yaoyao and tried the ladies who served her personally. Du Yaoyao had never died, so where did her body and soul come from?

As for dreams, they are barely reliable.

Du Yaoyao knew that Chen Jie was suspicious, and as they got along, his doubts would grow. I'm really afraid that one day when there are too many of them, people will mistake her for a monster or a demon and execute her on the spot.

She whimpered to divert his attention, "I have a fever and feel uncomfortable..."

Chen Jie poured her a glass of water and threatened her, "If you don't obey me in the future, I'll lock you up." He pressed half of his chest against her back and bit her fair earlobe, "You really scared me to death this time!"

The moment Du Yaoyao sank into the lake, Chen Jie's mind went blank. He had never been afraid of anything in his life, but at that moment he felt deeply powerless in the face of separation between life and death.

Du Yaoyao pinched his fingers and said coquettishly, "I feel sleepy... I feel uncomfortable and can't sleep..."