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Xuanming Hall.
Shen Wei lay dazed on the bed, her forehead burning hot and her cheeks an unhealthy red. She vomited after drinking the cold medicine sent by the Imperial Hospital, and her stomach felt extremely uncomfortable.
She lay there drowsy, and in her daze she even felt her body become very light, as if her soul had left her body.
After lying in bed for three days, Shen Wei's illness did not improve. On the afternoon of the third day, Shen Wei regained consciousness. She leaned weakly on the soft pillow, opened her mouth and drank two sips of bitter Chinese medicine, and asked Cai Lian: "Is this the medicine prescribed by Doctor Mo?"
Cai Lian shook her head: "Master, Doctor Mo is also sick. Maybe it's because the weather has turned cold in the past few days, and Doctor Mo likes to stay overnight at Qiuliang Palace, so he caught a cold."
Chen Wei rubbed her brows and ordered in a hoarse voice: "You and Cai Ping go visit Doctor Mo every day... take good care of her."
Cai Lian said, "Master, rest assured. I and Cai Lian go to see Doctor Mo every day to take care of you. Rong Ma and Yu Fei manage the palace affairs together, and there is no trouble in the harem. The Queen Mother and several princesses and princes are very worried about you. They came to visit you this morning, but you were asleep at that time."
Shen Wei drank half a bowl of medicine with difficulty and lay back on the bed to rest. Shen Wei stared at the bed curtains and suddenly found that something was wrong with them: "Cai Lian, where is this?"
Cai Lian said, "My Lord, this is Xuanming Palace. The Emperor was concerned about your illness and felt that Yongning Palace was far away, so he brought you back to Xuanming Palace to recuperate."
Xuanming Hall was the palace where the emperor rested alone. It was next to the Chang'an Palace where the emperor worked, and concubines were not allowed to stay overnight. Li Yuanjing has been busy dealing with the mess of the Xie family recently, and he was thinking about Shen Wei, so he took Shen Wei to his side to recuperate.
Shen Wei closed her eyes in confusion: "So that's how it is..."
She was too lazy to think about how much truth was hidden in Li Yuanjing's behavior. She just felt that this illness was too strange.
She has been exercising for a long time, has an excellent physique, and seldom gets sick.
Why did you suddenly fall ill?
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In the afternoon, in Chang'an Palace, Li Yuanjing and a group of confidants discussed how to deal with the Xie family.
The Xie family has deep roots, like a centipede that cannot be broken, and it is difficult to uproot them in a short period of time. Li Yuanjing planned to gradually deprive the Xie family of their land and taxes, then demote Xie Ji to another state and take back several important official positions occupied by the Xie family.
Gradually losing power and money, the Xie family will definitely collapse completely within three to five years.
The trusted minister took his leave.
Li Yuanjing put his index finger on his forehead and asked Deshun, "Is Concubine Chen feeling better?"
Deshun lowered his head and said, "Your Majesty, Concubine Chen is still the same. She can't drink the medicine and her high fever won't go away."
Li Yuanjing's heart skipped a beat.
He has been busy dealing with the Xie family these days, and he is always uneasy. Whenever he has a little free time, he thinks about Shen Wei's condition. Many concubines and princes in the palace had been ill before.
Only Shen Wei's illness this time made him feel confused and even a little panicked.
"Let's go to Xuanming Palace." Li Yuanjing stood up.
Soon we arrived at Xuanming Hall.
The Xuanming Hall was filled with the smell of medicine, and the palace maids stayed in the room cautiously. Shen Wei hadn't woken up yet. She lay sickly on the bed, her face looking thinner.
Li Yuanjing opened the curtain and went in, and immediately saw Shen Wei's obviously sick face.
Li Yuanjing asked the palace maid: "Did the imperial concubine drink the medicine?"
The maid replied tremblingly: "Your Majesty, the master woke up today, drank half a bowl of medicine, and vomited it out. The imperial physician came to see the master, and said that the master had symptoms of a cold and was very ill. The newly prescribed medicine is still boiling."
Li Yuanjing sat on the bed and held Shen Wei's cold hand. He didn’t like Shen Wei’s cold hands very much. The coldness seemed to be able to penetrate the skin and get into Li Yuanjing’s heart.
So much so that his heart turned cold.
Li Yuanjing felt uncomfortable. He stared at Shen Wei's tightly closed eyes and whispered, "Weiwei, open your eyes quickly."
Shen Wei couldn't open her eyes, her brain was floating in the ocean, she felt sick and uncomfortable, and she was mumbling something. Li Yuanjing bent down and leaned close to Shen Wei's lips to listen carefully.
Shen Wei was murmuring – “Go home” “Go home”.
Li Yuanjing's heart trembled slightly. He didn't quite understand where Chen Wei meant by "going home". Maybe it was Chen Wei's hometown in the south, but that place had been eroded by war and floods and he could no longer go back.
He could only hold Shen Wei's cold hand: "I am here."
Half an hour later, the prepared cold medicine was brought up. The maid wanted to feed Shen Wei medicine, but Li Yuanjing held Shen Wei in his arms.
Outside the curtain, Eunuch Deshun said, "Your Majesty, Shu——"
Li Yuanjing interrupted him: "Shut up."
Eunuch Deshun had no choice but to shut up in disappointment.
Through the beaded curtain, Li Yuanjing picked up the medicine bowl, first tested the temperature with a spoon, and then brought a spoonful of warm and bitter medicine to Shen Wei's lips. Shen Wei drank a few sips in a daze, then felt uncomfortable in her stomach and vomited again.
The medicine stained Li Yuanjing's black dragon robe.
Li Yuanjing patted Shen Wei's back, as if coaxing a child to drink medicine, and said in a soft voice: "Drink more."
Shen Wei leaned her head in Li Yuanjing's arms, subconsciously opened her mouth, and slowly drank half a bowl of medicine.
Shen Wei was awakened by the bitterness of the medicine, but she had not yet regained consciousness.
She pushed the medicine bowl away irritably, mumbling, "I don't want to drink it anymore...my head hurts...I'm almost burned to death..."
The medicine bowl fell to the ground, and most of Li Yuanjing's clothes were wet.
Shen Wei looked sickly, staring at Li Yuanjing with a pair of red eyes. Li Yuanjing touched her face and said, "Be obedient. When you are well, I will take you to ride a horse."
Chen Wei leaned in Li Yuanjing's arms: "No, I don't want to ride a horse..."
Her voice was weak, her breath was uneven, and every word she said sounded sickly. Li Yuanjing said patiently: "If you don't ride a horse, then what does Weiwei want?"
Shen Wei opened her mouth, her pupils were out of focus, as if she was looking at Li Yuanjing, but also as if she was looking at another world. Two hot tears fell from her eyes: "I miss home..."
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