For several days, the stomach cramps continued to recur, and even after drinking a large bowl of bitter Chinese medicine every day, there was no improvement. I tossed and turned in bed, wanting to beat myself to death for drinking the poison that day.
"Long live the emperor." Xiao Cui's voice came from the yard. I quickly tucked in the quilt that I had kicked open, closed my eyes and lay flat on the bed.
"Miss Mu." A clear voice came from above my head. I pretended to have just woken up and was about to get up to greet her, but Song Heng held my shoulder and said, "No need."
"Doctor Jiang." Song Heng called out, and a man in white clothes as white as snow and with a handsome face came forward carrying a medicine box.
Doctor Jiang? Could it be the humble and gentle second male lead, Jiang Chen, from the book?
At that time, the Empress Dowager's leg disease relapsed, and the Emperor issued a notice to seek famous doctors all over the country. Doctor Jiang used a few needles and with a wave of his skillful hands, the Empress Dowager's stubborn disease disappeared and her face became radiant. He was then rewarded with numerous rewards and entered the Imperial Medical Bureau.
Later, the heroine fainted due to confinement, and was taken away by the emperor to recuperate her body.
As fate would have it, Doctor Jiang, who was supposed to fall in love with the heroine, was assigned here to treat me, a person who had taken poison.
Jiang Chen's slender knuckles rested on my wrist. The sun was shining through the window. His eyelashes were like wings and his brows were slightly furrowed.
Completely different from Song Heng's coldness, he seems to have a soft glow. Perhaps this is the natural manifestation of a doctor's benevolence.
"Your Majesty, Lady Mu is indeed deeply poisoned." He paused, "But I am confident that I can eliminate the root cause, it just takes time."
"Okay." Song Heng nodded.
"Then I will go back to the Imperial Medical Bureau to prepare medicine." Jiang Chen moved forward and backward gracefully, and I was distracted for a moment and didn't even hear the emperor calling me.
"Mistress Mu?" His tone seemed to rise a little. I turned my attention and said, "Your Majesty?"
His eyes were as dark as ink, and he must be still wondering why I didn't act according to the plan with the Queen, or maybe he was suspicious of my recent indifference?
Song Heng has been on the throne for two years, and all the concubines currently in the palace were brought into the palace when he ascended the throne.
The female supporting character entered the palace at the age of 15. Her father, a royal censor, was loyal to his duties and had earned the emperor's trust. As a result, she dared to act arrogantly in the harem and teased the emperor in various ways: pretending to meet by chance, pretending to fall, and blocking the emperor's sedan chair...
She used all kinds of low-level means... She was able to become a fourth-rank beauty because of her hardworking father's face.
"I remember you haven't left the palace in two years." He said in a flat tone as if he was talking about today's weather.
My heart skipped a beat. Yes, the man in front of me was already famous in Beijing for his poetry and martial arts at the age of 10; at the age of 15, he followed his father to fight in Beisi and beheaded the enemy leader; at the age of 18, he was the supreme ruler of the world; two years later, he would stir up a bloody storm in the court and eradicate the remaining troubles of the previous dynasty cleanly and efficiently.
How could I get away with just a few excuses from him?
But I didn't harm the woman he'd been dreaming of, so what else could he possibly want? I rolled my eyes internally. Suddenly, my stomach churned, and I vomited all the Chinese medicine I'd taken that morning.
He seemed to be frightened by my reaction, so I simply closed my eyes and pretended to be weak and fainted again.
Xiao Cui just came in with some clean clothes at this time. Seeing the filth on the ground, she ran over to apologize. In the darkness, I heard Song Heng say "take good care of Lady Mu" and then nothing else. After a while, the eunuch outside the courtyard shouted loudly, "Get up!"
I quietly opened one eye and saw Xiao Cui and another maid, Xiao Tao, cleaning the dirt on the floor. The smell of rotten herbs in the room made me feel guilty. I stood up and said weakly to them: I'm in trouble.
They both looked up suddenly, both with flattered expressions.
"My beauty, please lie down and have a good rest!" Xiao Cui's eyes were filled with tears: "During the days when you fainted, I didn't know how I would live without you! Fortunately, fortunately..."
Xiao Tao was also quietly wiping away tears. I knew they were both loyal to me. I endured the pain and forced a smile: "As long as I am alive, I will protect you and make sure you live well."
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