Chapter 85 The Queen Mother Summons
Gu Huan curled up on the bed in pain, sweat all over her head.
Shen Li felt her pulse and said angrily, "You are simply ruining your body. On one hand, you take medicine that accelerates the ripening of the uterus, and on the other hand, you take medicine that causes extreme cold and damages the uterus. This causes irregular menstruation, and it hurts like hell every time!"
Recently, Chen Li has been trying his best to adjust her body, but her foundation has been completely destroyed.
Gu Huan was speechless.
She didn't want to do any of this.
In her previous life, she was surprised to get pregnant after being bullied by Mu An.
Aunt Pei nourished her body to be able to seduce men, which also caused her menstruation to come very early.
On the other hand, she was given countless amounts of strong contraceptive soup.
Her body was tortured by alternating cold and heat, which caused irregular menstruation. Sometimes she didn't have a period for several months, and sometimes it came for half a month without stopping. Every time it came, it could take half her life.
Chen Li quickly prescribed a bath soup recipe, and Dong Hua hurriedly prepared it. After two injections, Gu Huan drank a bowl of hot soup and hugged the soup bottle, she finally felt better.
Seeing several girls surrounding her, Gu Huan's eyes turned red.
Dongqing saw a maid from the front yard coming in through the gate, lifting the curtain and going out. The two of them talked in a low voice, and Dongqing walked in with a sullen face.
"What's wrong?" Gu Huan had a bad feeling.
"Someone from the palace is here to summon the young lady to the palace."
Gu Huan was stunned: "Send me to the palace?"
She never thought in her two lifetimes that she would have the chance to enter the palace.
"She can hardly get out of bed now, how can she enter the palace?" Shen Li was dissatisfied.
Dong Qing said helplessly: "It was the Empress Dowager's personal attendant who came to summon us. The carriage to enter the palace is waiting at the door. We must leave immediately without delay. Miss Shen, is there any way to stop the girl's pain quickly? Donghua, let's dress the girl quickly."
Shen Li frowned, stamped his feet, and hurried to prepare the medicine.
Gu Huan endured the pain and got out of bed, cooperating with Dong Qing and the others to change her clothes and dress her.
She knew very well that the Empress Dowager summoned her because of Jiang Ruoxi.
"I'll go see if the master is here." Donghua couldn't help but ran out.
Gu Huan thought it was useless.
Even Mu Junyan cannot disobey the order.
Jiang Ruoyun was arranged to be married, so Mu Junyan had to marry her even if he didn't want to.
In his previous life, Mu Junyan did not marry Jiang Ruoxi, probably because he returned to the battlefield very quickly and died in battle three months later, so it was too late.
In this life, she had this accident.
Jiang Ruoxi couldn't stand it.
She knew very well that Mu Junyan was using her to ward off evil spirits, so she would do her best to do so.
Even if he gets hurt, he will still think of me. This kind of substantial mutual help is more sincere than the romantic affairs between men and women.
As expected, Donghua came back breathlessly: "The Lord has also been summoned to the palace by the Emperor."
Gu Huan knew in her heart that the Empress Dowager had announced that she would be married to Jiang Ruoxi.
Jiang Ruoxi suffered such a great injustice on the old lady's birthday. Will the Empress Dowager save her face or force Mu Junyan to accept the arranged marriage?
She didn't know, but at least she would have a hard time today.
Before Gu Huan was about to go out, Chen Li brought her a bowl of medicine and asked her to drink it, and then stuffed a pill into her mouth: "Take it when you are in a lot of pain, but you will feel dizzy and sleepy after taking it, so try not to take it. And don't eat raw or cold food, and don't touch cold water."
"Okay." Gu Huan nodded obediently.
The Empress Dowager came to summon her personally and did not allow her to bring her maid with her, so Gu Huan had to get on the carriage alone.
I don't know what the carriage is used for. It has a pungent smell, and the seats are made of bare wooden boards, and there is wind blowing in from all sides.
Fortunately, Donghua gave her a thick cloak.
Gu Huan held the cloak tightly.
The carriage was running very fast, shaking her so much that she almost fell apart. She was already feeling unwell and after drinking two large bowls of medicine in a row, her stomach was churning and she wanted to vomit.
The carriage finally stopped. Gu Huan couldn't hold back her vomiting any longer. She quickly covered her mouth with her cloak and vomited all over the place.
She didn't dare to dirty the palace carriage.
However, the cloak is no longer usable.
The eunuch saw her holding her cloak, walking out of the carriage with a pale face and trembling, with a look of disgust on her face.
"What's wrong with you?"
Gu Huan smiled apologetically: "I'm not feeling well. I just vomited."
The eunuch frowned, pinched his nose and signaled the coachman to take the cloak from her hand.
Fortunately, the cloak was very thick and there was no dirt on my body.
"Let's go."
He looked up at the plaque.
Right Ye Gate.
Gu Huan frowned slightly.
Even if you have never been to the imperial palace, you have seen the palace layout maps sold in the market, and you naturally know that Youye Gate is the side door next to Xuande Gate at the front end of the palace.
The Empress Dowager lived in Baoci Palace deep in the harem. If she had not been given a sedan chair, her legs would probably have been broken from walking.
It seems that the Queen Mother was deliberately torturing her.
Right now, no one will come to help her, so she can only grit her teeth and deal with it.
The eunuch pinched his throat and said, "Miss, hurry up and leave. If you delay the Empress Dowager's appointment, you will never be able to leave the palace."
Gu Huan had no choice but to follow.
This walk took a full half hour.
Gu Huan's legs were already stiff, but she dragged herself along with great determination.
I vomited up all the two bowls of medicine I had drunk. My stomach was empty and the piercing pain in my lower abdomen started again.
Gu Huan felt that she might not be able to leave this world today.
The eunuch led her into Baoci Hall, walked around two large halls, and came to the rockery behind the flower-viewing waterside pavilion.
There were yellow curtains fluttering around the waterside pavilion, with three or four women sitting inside, and bursts of laughter could be heard.
Gu Huan recognized that one of them was Jiang Ruoxi.
"Wait a moment, I will go and report."
Gu Huan hid her body in the rockery and bowed respectfully.
The eunuch had been gone for two quarters of an hour but hadn't come to call her. Gu Huan held her stomach and wanted to squat down. Her lower abdomen was in so much pain that her whole body was shaking and cold sweat was pouring down her forehead.
She bit her lip tightly, trying hard to stay awake.
She couldn’t bring shame to Mu Junyan, she had to hold on.
The eunuch finally came over and glanced at her: "Do you understand the rules?"
Gu Huan tried to smile: "I understand."
"If you are disrespectful in front of the palace, you will be beaten with ten boards." When the eunuch saw her condition, his brows were furrowed so tightly that they could kill a mosquito.
"I will always abide by the rules."
Gu Huan tried hard to straighten up.
Stepping into the flower-viewing pavilion, Gu Huan lowered her head, knelt down and bowed politely.
"Your humble servant pays respect to Her Majesty the Queen Mother."
After a long while, she was not called, so she had to continue lying on the bluestone floor, listening to the Empress Dowager and Jiang Ruoxi chatting and laughing, as if she didn't exist.
Gu Huan felt dizzy and her legs were almost numb when she heard a voice: "Raise your head."
Gu Huan looked up obediently, with her eyes lowered, not looking directly at the noble empress dowager.
"She really has a seductive face. How did the Marquis of Wenchang raise such a daughter?"
The Queen Mother spoke in an unfriendly tone.
Jiang Ruoxi looked at Gu Huan with a vicious look in her eyes, and smiled: "She is just a concubine brought by my brother-in-law and his daughter-in-law. She is a womanizer, so it is understandable that she is coquettish. But if she seduces men as soon as she sees them, she deserves death."
Gu Huan suddenly raised her eyes and said, "Reporting to the Queen Mother, I am not a concubine. I followed my elder sister into the Duke's Mansion to learn about domestic affairs. Duke Yong asked me to stay in the Duke's Mansion to copy the late Madam's manuscripts because my name resembled hers."
The Queen Mother's smile faded: "Did I allow you to speak? You don't know the rules!"
Jiang Ruoxi looked aggrieved: "Grandma, she dared to laugh at Ruoxi in public for being illiterate and ignorant of etiquette. Ruoxi was taught by you personally since she was young, so aren't you saying that Grandma doesn't understand etiquette?"
This is the little devil who dared to hinder her marriage to Mu Junyan!
The Empress Dowager showed a stern look: "How audacious! Come, give him fifty slaps in the face!"
Jiang Ruoxi straightened her back proudly.
Judging from her sickly appearance, she probably can't withstand a few slaps.
After she fainted, they threw her into a remote deep well, and said that she accidentally fell in when she was leaving the palace, and then they dealt with her completely.
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