The lights in Zhaoxi Garden of Prince An's Mansion stayed on all night. Lu Xiaoyun, Zhu Yu, and the others did not sleep. After having a simple dinner, they stayed in the next room to keep watch.
Zhu Dan also really wanted to come, but he had too many official duties piled up and couldn't find the time.
In the middle of the night, Lu Yucheng still had a fever. Lu Yuyan immediately brought him fever-reducing medicine, but he was delirious from the fever and his injuries were too severe to swallow it on his own.
If the fever continues like this, Lu Yucheng won't last more than two days. The fever and infection stage is extremely important and also the most dangerous.
Qi Wanting was stronger than any of them had imagined. She wiped away her tears and said to Lu Yuyan, "Give me the medicine."
She couldn't believe that Lu Yucheng had really left her like that.
She picked up the medicine, took a big gulp herself, and then leaned down to slowly feed it into Lu Yucheng's mouth.
Everyone watched quietly, and no one thought there was anything wrong with what she did.
It took about half an hour to feed him the bowl of medicine, on and off.
Qi Wanting hadn't eaten a single grain of rice for dinner. She was heartbroken and distressed. She had been bending over and feeding the medicine to Qi Wanting through her mouth. When she stood up, she felt dizzy and collapsed to the ground.
Lu Xiaoyun quickly stepped forward to help him up and handed him over to Qi Yu.
"Mrs. Lu, I'll stay here. Go and get something to eat," Lu Yuyan said to her.
Qi Wanting shook her head at Lu Yuyan, her voice hoarse: "I'm not hungry. I want to stay with him until he wakes up." Tears rolled down her face again. "I just want to ask if he's really so heartless as to abandon me."
Lu Xiaoyun said to Qi Wanting, "I'll have someone bring the food over. You should eat some. Otherwise, if you get sick, Ayan will have to take care of you."
Qi Wanting did not speak.
Zhu Yu snorted coldly and immediately administered a strong dose of medicine: "Sister-in-law, are you trying to transfer your illness to Brother, worsening his condition? Brother is already in critical condition; if he catches a cold or something, it could kill him. That way, there's no need for Ayan to go to such lengths to save him. If you want to become a widow sooner, feel free to do so!"
His words were direct and harsh enough that Lu Xiaoyun couldn't help but pull him back.
Zhu Yu glanced at her sideways, thinking, "Will a few words of persuasion be enough to stop this fussing?"
Qi Wanting wiped away her tears: "I was confused. My sister is right. I need to take care of myself first before I can take good care of him."
She bowed to Lu Xiaoyun again: "Thank you, Your Highness. I will not be willful anymore. I will eat well and rest well. Before he wakes up, Mr. Lu and I will take turns watching over him."
Lu Xiaoyun smiled slightly at her. Her sister-in-law was really good. The old emperor had done a good deed by accident.
Zhu Yu gave a haughty snort.
Qi Wanwan wiped away her tears and smiled, "My sister has a sharp tongue but a soft heart, as my sister-in-law knows."
Zhu Yu raised his eyebrows proudly at Lu Xiaoyun, looking like he wanted praise.
Qi Wanting ate a full bowl of noodles and felt energetic again. When she returned to the room, she found Lu Yucheng covered in sweat, which meant his fever had subsided.
She and Lu Yuyan wiped his body down and changed him into a clean set of undergarments.
Qi Wanting told Lu Yuyan to go and rest, as the fever should subside by the second half of the night.
Having been carried by Feng Yan all the way back to Shengjing, then rescuing Lu Yucheng, using the Nine-Turn Soul-Returning Needle, and worrying about Lu Yucheng's fever, she was indeed very exhausted by this time. Lu Yucheng didn't say anything, but told Qi Wanting a few words to go back and rest.
Over the next three days, Lu Yucheng continued to have intermittent fevers, but it was not as dangerous as on the first day. However, for some reason, he just couldn't wake up.
Lu Yucheng had a very long dream. In the dream, a woman called him Cheng'er and stroked his face.
He knew that this was his and his sister's mother.
She was so beautiful and gentle; Lu Yucheng really wanted to stay in his mother's arms and never be separated from her again.
My mother's embrace is so warm, and her eyes are so loving.
He was very attached to his mother; he didn't want to leave her.
However, his mother pushed him away forcefully, telling him to leave and insisting that she didn't want him and that he should stay far away from her.
He chased after it, crying loudly, but he couldn't catch up with it no matter what he did.
Suddenly, the younger sister appeared. She said she was so scared, it was so cold here, and begged her brother to save her and not leave her. She said she could take him to their mother.
But he didn't think so. His mother had told him to go back, and he felt he should go back.
There are too many important people waiting for him to return; he can't just go with his sister like this.
But his sister held onto his hand tightly and wouldn't let go, and he couldn't bear to let go of her either. However, this sister was very different from the sister he had been with for the past six months, and he couldn't tell which one was his real sister.
Lu Yucheng was trapped in his own dream and could not wake up.
Lu Xiaoyun, Zhu Yu, and the others were also anxious and didn't know what to do.
Consort Duan had Chunfang bring her over. Looking at Lu Yucheng, who lay unconscious on the bed, she felt a pang of heartache. Lu Yucheng was a good boy; the Zhenguo Duke's family was utterly loyal to the Great Zhou. Such a good child couldn't be allowed to suffer any harm.
"Chunfang, go to my room and bring me the other half of my thousand-year-old Ganoderma lucidum for Ayan to use in medicine for Prince Lu."
Chunfang stared in astonishment. Not to mention thousand-year-old Ganoderma lucidum, even hundred-year-old Ganoderma lucidum is rare. Most of the ones on the market are a few years or a dozen years old. Those over fifty years old can sell for exorbitant prices.
Now, this one, which might even be the last one left in the world, is down to only half. And now, the Imperial Concubine actually wants to give this last half to Prince Lu!
Chunfang was reluctant to give it up, as it was too precious. She whispered, "Your Highness, you gave half of this thousand-year-old Ganoderma lucidum to Mr. Lu last time, so he could use it to make pills to nourish Miss Lu. Now we only have this last half left. If you take it again... then we won't have any more."
Last time, when the Imperial Concubine injured her leg, she wanted to use it. All that was needed was to lightly scrape a layer off the surface. The Imperial Concubine couldn't bear to part with it and asked her to put it away.
"Stop babbling! You've been talking too much today!"
Chunfang quickly shut up. Although she spoke very softly, Qi Wanting still heard her.
She dared not accept it and hurriedly declined, saying, "Your Highness, this is too precious. I cannot accept it. If my husband knew that you had given him something so valuable, he would blame me."
"Furthermore, Your Highness has already given half of it to my sister. How can we possibly take your things? That would be absolutely unacceptable."
Consort Duan's face hardened: "Nonsense, no matter how precious something is, it's not as important as life. Chunfang, go and get it quickly."
Chunfang hesitated. It wasn't a matter of whether this thing was precious or not; it was something that money couldn't buy. She really couldn't bear to part with it.
Consort Duan was extremely angry, her face turning cold: "What, now you won't even listen to me? Is it that I can't use you anymore!"
Chunfang quickly admitted her mistake: "This servant wouldn't dare, this servant will go get it right away."
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