During the days when Zhou Qiongyue had a high fever, the Empress Dowager looked at the Emperor with stranger eyes.
Finally, one day, after the Emperor had dinner with the Empress Dowager, he couldn't help but ask his puzzled question, "Mother, why have you been looking at me, hesitant to speak, lately?"
The Queen Mother didn't want to go back at first, for fear of bringing disaster to Yue'er.
But Yue'er started to fall ill after the burial of the retired emperor, and her condition was so serious that the empress dowager found it very strange.
The Emperor was puzzled by the Queen Mother's expression. "Between you and me, mother and son, is there anything we can't talk about?"
The Queen Mother looked at the Emperor solemnly, "Is it you, Your Majesty, who is responsible for Yue'er's incident?"
The emperor, who had been sitting casually, suddenly sat up straight. He was genuinely surprised: "What do you mean by my doing?"
The Queen Mother just looked at the Emperor without saying anything.
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"Mother, what do you think of me? You don't even mention the friendship between me and my cousin, who grew up together. You just say my cousin is a woman who only wants to play.
Why did I attack her?"
The emperor was extremely excited. He felt that his mother was doubting his character.
The empress dowager carefully observed the reaction of the emperor's son, and when she saw that the emperor's behavior was indeed unlike his own, she breathed a sigh of relief.
After the Queen Mother figured out the matter, she finally felt like drinking the tea in front of her. "That's good."
The Queen Mother's calmness only made the Emperor even angrier: "No? Mother, you don't believe me? Do you think I'm such a cruel and ruthless person?"
The Queen Mother was not afraid of the Emperor's condition. She had been thinking of excuses for several days.
"Isn't this your true love who died? She and Yue'er didn't get along when she was alive. What if she had a dying wish or something..."
"Please take a rest, mother! I will take my leave!"
The emperor felt that his mother's answer made him more angry than saying that he was cruel and ruthless.
Could it be that in his mother's heart, he was a tyrant? The emperor bowed angrily and left.
Nanny Qin, the empress dowager's confidant, smiled and comforted her, "The emperor hasn't been this angry in a long time."
"Let him be! Yue'er is sick, and I don't have time to take care of him. When Yue'er recovers, I will go back to live in the other courtyard.
Living in this palace, there are so many troubles every day, and there is no peace and quiet."
The Queen Mother lived in the palace mainly because she didn't want to see these dramas in the harem every day, and she didn't want to get involved in these troubles in the harem.
The people around the Queen Mother could not respond to this, and the Queen Mother did not intend for them to respond. She just complained.
After three days of high fever, Zhou Qiongyue finally stopped having it, but she started coughing again.
A small number of the palace doctors lived in Prince Fu'an's mansion. They checked for all kinds of poisons and even added half a bowl of Zhou Qiongyue's blood.
All the common poisons in the palace were tested, and finally several imperial doctors confirmed that it was a cold, and everyone breathed a sigh of relief.
As for why it is a relief, it is because many people died from colds in this era.
When Zhou Qiongyue was lying in bed feeling weak and having a splitting headache, she especially missed the medical conditions of her previous life.
If she had the same symptoms in her previous life, she would have just had a blood test and been prescribed some medicine for two days.
It’s not like now. Zhou Qiongyue feels pain all over her body. She drinks bitter medicine every day and doesn’t want to eat.
Generally, when persuading people to take medicine, it is Cheng'en Hou Zhou Wencan who personally brings it to them.
Mainly because Yuan Bohua, Yuan Chaochang and Yuan Chaokang tried to persuade her, but Zhou Qiongyue would make all kinds of excuses and act like a spoiled child, not finishing a bowl in half a day.
He is simply unreasonable and not at all easy to talk to as usual.
Zhou Qiongyue really didn't want to drink that medicine. It was too much, bitter, and tasted weird.
Marquis Cheng'en's style of persuading people to take medicine was different. His expression changed, "Yue'er, drink it while it's hot! If you don't drink it, and if anything happens to you, don't worry, your mother and I will let you go."
Fortunately, both of your brothers are married, so your mother and I don't have to worry about anything anymore."
Zhou Qiongyue looked at her father's back which was beginning to hunch over, and she really couldn't bring herself to say no.
Zhou Qiongyue took the bowl and drank it in one gulp, not forgetting to complain about Cheng Enhou. "Dad, next time you persuade me to take medicine, can you change your words? What do you mean by if anything happens to me, you and Mom will be my scapegoat?"
Marquis Cheng'en cheerfully took the empty bowl and placed it aside, then took a plate of sweet pastries and handed it to his daughter: "Don't worry about whether I change my words or not, just drink the medicine.
You! You're so old now, but you still make a fuss when taking medicine like when you were a kid.
When you were a kid and you were sick, your eldest brother, fifth brother, and your mother tried to get you to take medicine, but you refused. Your mother and brothers were so anxious that they kept crying.
Zhou Qiongyue flipped through the original owner's memories and felt quite happy. "Back then, Dad, you forced me to drink. You weren't gentle at all. When Mom saw it, she cried even harder."
Marquis Cheng'en didn't care about his daughter's complaints at all. Instead, he earnestly warned her, "You must take good care of yourself this time. You scared your parents this time."
Zhou Qiongyue looked at the fatigue and dark circles under her father's eyes and responded obediently, "I'll listen to you, Dad."
Zhou Qiongyue felt sorry for her father, who was so old and still had to worry about her. Seeing his daughter's bad face, Marquis Cheng'en felt bad too: "Be good, you just drank the medicine, get some sleep! Dad will wait until you fall asleep before leaving."
Zhou Qiongyue was not sleepy at first, but maybe there was a drowsy ingredient in the medicine, and she fell asleep after closing her eyes for a while.
After Zhou Qiongyue fell asleep, Marquis Cheng'en did not leave immediately. Instead, he waited until Yuan Chaokang arrived before he went down to rest.
Now, Marquis Cheng'en personally supervises the preparation of Zhou Qiongyue's medicine every day, for fear that someone might tamper with it.
When Zhou Qiongyue woke up again, the brothers Yuan Chaokang and Yuan Chaochang were sitting by her bed. Yuan Bohua was watching over Zhou Qiongyue at night, and they took turns doing so.
As for the maids, they are so ill that I can't feel at ease unless I look after them myself.
As soon as Zhou Qiongyue woke up, Yuan Chaokang noticed her and immediately reached out to help Zhou Qiongyue lean against the head of the bed and tucked the quilt under her.
Yuan Chaochang asked with concern, "Mother, are you hungry? Do you want to eat something?"
Zhou Qiongyue shook her head. She felt a bitter taste in her mouth and didn't want to eat anything.
Seeing his mother shaking her head, Yuan Chaochang said, "Then, mother, are you feeling unwell? I'll call the imperial physician for you."
Seeing the worry in her two sons' eyes, Zhou Qiongyue comforted them, "No need, I feel much better, really. Cough... cough..."
Yuan Chaochang turned around and ran outside, shouting, "Doctor, call the doctor!"
Zhou Qiongyue originally reached out to grab Yuan Chaochang's sleeve to tell him not to call the imperial physician, but she failed.
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