Chapter 523 I Can’t Bear to Leave Her
The imperial physician arrived quite quickly and his diagnosis was that Concubine Xie had liver qi stagnation, which caused phlegm and fire to disturb her heart and make her mind unconscious.
In short, there are indeed signs of madness.
Doctor Wu said, "Madam Xie is suffering from nightmares all the time, and her eyes are red. If she is not treated promptly and allowed to continue, she may become irritable and uncontrollable, her mind may become confused, and she may not recognize her parents."
If you don’t even recognize your parents, then you are completely crazy.
Xiao Jingfan frowned and asked, "How should I treat it?"
"In my humble opinion, we must proceed step by step," said Imperial Physician Wu. "I will first prescribe some liver-soothing and qi-regulating decoctions for Concubine Xie. Once your mood has improved, I will then use acupuncture with golden needles to eliminate the underlying problem."
"If Concubine Xie can sleep well at night, her illness will be mostly cured. From now on, she only needs to take a soothing pill when she feels depressed."
Having said this, he paused, glanced at the emperor, and then continued, "Madam Xie's madness is a mental illness. If it is not cured, even if it is cured now, it will relapse in the future."
What that means is that mental illness is the root, and getting rid of mental illness is the only way to cure the root cause.
Chu Liuzheng: “…”
[Xiepin's biggest worry is me, a vixen. If she wants to stop going crazy, she has to get rid of me first.]
[I didn't ask her to do anything, yet she blames me for getting sick.]
Xiao Jingfan glanced at her and asked the imperial physician, "The hot springs in Muxu Palace can warm and replenish vital energy. Will they be beneficial to Concubine Xie's illness?"
Imperial Physician Wu considered the matter briefly and nodded, "The quiet environment of Muxu Palace is suitable for resting the mind and will benefit Concubine Xie's condition. If Concubine Xie can soak in the hot springs for a quarter of an hour every day, the symptoms will improve faster."
"Since it is beneficial, then go." Xiao Jingfan ordered Zhou Yuande to go to Lanju Pavilion to convey the order, and ordered Doctor Wu to recommend a doctor to accompany him.
[Everyone else who went to Muxu Palace was pretending to be sick, only Concubine Xie was truly ill.]
After Imperial Physician Wu left, Chu Liuzheng looked at the Emperor and said, "Your Majesty, it's better to treat the disease sooner rather than later. Concubine Chun and Concubine Dou are also going on a trip the day after tomorrow. If Concubine Xie goes with them, she'll have someone to talk to and relieve her boredom along the way."
Xiao Jingfan looked at her: "You don't like Concubine Xie?"
"It's not that I dislike her." Chu Liuzheng said, "I just simply hate her."
[Don't worry about whether she's truly crazy or just pretending to be. Xie Bin is a ticking time bomb to me. She might chop me down with a knife at any moment. Of course, the sooner she's sent away, the better. Who wants to keep a violent lunatic around?]
[Besides, maybe if she can't see me, Xiepin's illness will be cured without any medicine.]
She glanced at the expressionless emperor and said, "Are you heartbroken or are you reluctant to let him go? If you can't bear to let him go, it's not too late. He hasn't..."
"No." Xiao Jingfan was just distracted for a moment. Who would have thought that he would hear these words? He denied it immediately without thinking.
"Oh~" Chu Liuzheng said in a long tone as he stood up, "Since you don't feel reluctant, then I can go ahead and make the arrangements."
"Come back." Xiao Jingfan reached out and grabbed her arm, pulling her into his arms. Their eyes met, and he asked in a deep voice, "Don't you know who I can't bear to part with?"
"Ahem." Chu Liuzheng cleared his throat, his eyes darting around. "To speculate on the emperor's will is punishable by death. I dare not."
Xiao Jingfan hugged him tighter, "I allow you to speculate."
Chu Liuzheng's eyes rolled, "Then I'll just guess."
Xiao Jingfan: "Yeah."
Chu Liuzheng: "Is it... the eldest daughter of the fifth house from the entrance of South Sixth Lane?"
Xiao Jingfan, who was expecting to hear a name, frowned, "Who?"
"You don't know him?" Chu Liuzheng asked in surprise. He raised his hand to smooth the wrinkles between his brows, a faint smile in his eyes. "Think about it again?"
Hearing this, Xiao Jingfan thought carefully and suddenly remembered that the Chu family's grocery store was the fifth store from the entrance of Nanliu Lane.
That so-called "elder girl" was just that—a beautiful figure was reflected in her deep black eyes. Xiao Jingfan smiled and nodded seriously, "You guessed right. I've been fond of her for several years and I can't bear to part with her."
After saying this, he sighed softly, his long eyelashes drooping, "But I don't know if she treats me the same way I treat her."
Chu Liuzheng, who had lifted a rock and dropped it on his own feet, said: "..."
She cleared her throat, cleared it again, and cleared it again. Looking at the enchanting face in front of her, which she had never gotten tired of looking at for several years, but instead felt was becoming more and more beautiful, it was really difficult to say "no" against her will.
【嘤~ I am the frog in the warm water. 】
She closed her eyes and nodded as if ready to die. "Same."
Xiao Jingfan raised his eyebrows and asked, "How are they the same?"
[Hey! You're pushing it even further!]
Chu Liuzheng angrily held the handsome face close to him, lowered his head and kissed the thin lips.
[Ask a ball of yarn, would I be shy? ]
Hearing the inner voice, Xiao Jingfan let out a chuckle and gripped the slender waist tightly in his palm, instantly becoming the host.
Chu Liuzheng originally wanted to fight, but later found that the enemy was too strong, so he quickly opened the city gate and lay down.
The Wenhua Palace was in the midst of spring. On the other side of the mountain at the Mountain Resort, the empress dowager, who had finally received the news, was struck by lightning. She was so angry that she almost fainted and immediately took her people back to the palace.
Xiao Jinshu tried to persuade him for a while but failed, so she had to tell her trouble-making brother that she could no longer hide it, and the emperor had to solve the problem himself.
On the third day after Xiao Jingfan received the letter, the empress dowager's carriage had arrived in the capital. There was not even a ceremonial guard or a message to welcome her.
The Queen Mother brought Nanny Zhao directly to the Wenhua Palace, but found nothing.
The emperor is out of the palace inspecting the capital camp and is not here.
The Empress Dowager turned to attack the Yangxin Palace, but again found nothing.
Chu Liuzheng left with the emperor and is not here either.
The Queen Mother who couldn’t find anyone:!!!
She left a message and returned to Wanshou Palace with a gloomy face, waiting for the emperor to come to her.
Outside the palace, in the garden of the Chu Mansion, Xiao Jingfan, who had just returned from an inspection, was accompanying Chu Liuzheng to look at the flowers and plants planted by the Bai family.
Under Bai's careful care, the flowers and plants grew well and didn't wilt even under the scorching sun.
Chu Liuzheng stared at it, "Why do I remember that the plants planted here before weren't roses?"
Xiao Jingfan: "You remembered it wrong."
Chu Liuzheng turned to look at him: "Just bought it?"
Xiao Jingfan: "...Yeah."
Bai wanted to grow flowers, but he had no luck with flowers. If he planted ten flowers and one survived, he was lucky. If he came across a difficult-to-grow flower, he would not be able to grow any.
It was a rare opportunity for the eldest daughter to bring her son-in-law, the emperor, back to her parents' home. She didn't want to make a fool of herself in front of her brother-in-law, so she asked someone to buy some flowers and plants to make up for the lack of money. She also wanted to make her daughter look good in front of her brother-in-law.
Chu Liuzheng, not knowing what his mother was thinking, muttered quietly, "The vegetables my mother grows are the most beautiful in the village. Everyone who sees them praises them. Why can't she grow flowers well?"
Xiao Jingfan can appreciate flowers but doesn't know how to take care of them, so he really can't answer this question.
Zhou Yuande glanced at his Majesty and said sympathetically, "Too much fertilizer will burn the roots, and too much water will damage the roots. Madam Chu is taking care of them too carefully."
Chu Liuzheng: “…”
The price of a flower seedling is equivalent to that of a hundred vegetable seedlings. Given her mother's frugal nature, how could she not be careful?
I should find a chance to talk to my mother about growing flowers like vegetables. It doesn't matter if they bloom or not, at least they'll survive.
At this moment, a dark figure appeared out of nowhere, knelt down and reported: "My Lord, the Queen Mother did not see you and Miss Chu after returning to the palace. She has already returned to the Wanshou Palace."
"Yeah." Xiao Jingfan replied softly, then turned to Chu Liuzheng and said, "It's time to go back to the palace."
(End of this chapter)
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