But even Mr. Yao hadn't expected that after ten days of daily medication, the old general showed no sign of waking up. Furious, he moved into the Xu residence and frantically flipped through the vast sea of medical books, unable to figure out what was wrong with him.
"Dr. Yao, your reputation is in jeopardy. It's been ten days. Even the emperor knows that my father has been poisoned and hasn't woken up yet, so he has sent the imperial physician here." Xu Yixing stood outside the window of the house where Mr. Yao lived and spoke sarcastically to the inside.
She was not worried about whether her father would wake up. In fact, during these ten days, she still had a glimmer of hope that her father would remain in a coma forever, so that she would not have to choose between her mother's death and her father's kindness in raising her.
With a bang, the window was opened from the inside. Mr. Yao looked anxious: "What did they say?"
"It's similar to your diagnosis. I've also prescribed some medicine. Try it first."
Mr. Yao's face turned grim upon hearing this. He frowned slightly and put down the book in his hand. "Madam, I have something to say to you."
Xu Yixing waved his hands and asked the maids and servants behind him to step back, making sure that their words would not fall into the ears of others: "Is my father not going to wake up?"
Seeing a strange hope flickering in Xu Yixing's eyes, Mr. Yao did not understand the meaning for a moment, but just said truthfully: "On the contrary, according to my diagnosis of General Xu, he is no longer in danger. As for why he hasn't woken up..." Mr. Yao cast his eyes on the medical book that had just been thrown away, and suddenly became angry.
"I don't know what you are doing. I, Yao, have a lot of things to do and won't play games with you anymore!" After saying that, he picked up the book fiercely, quickly packed up his bag and medicine box, and left the house without looking back.
"Hey! What do you mean? You're running away because you can't cure it? What's wrong?" Xu Yixing didn't know what was wrong with this great doctor Yao, and he really left.
Seeing that the two of them had suddenly turned on each other, Siqin stepped forward and asked, "Madam, should we chase Mr. Yao back..."
"Let him go!" Xu Yixing was still angry and naturally didn't listen to Siqin's words. It would be better if he left. Letting Dad stay in a coma is exactly what I want!
Turning into the main courtyard, she saw Madam Zuo still guarding her father's bedside. She suddenly felt a little emotional: it seemed that Madam Zuo really loved her father.
She worked hard for ten days and was suspected by me, but she didn't complain at all. There was really a sense of harmony between us.
Oh, Dad is so lucky, he always has many admirers around him.
Just as she was at the gate, lost in thought, she heard someone hurrying up behind her. It turned out to be Li Shi, who said, "Your Highness, the Queen Mother has sent a message asking you to come in and have a seat."
"Now?"
"Exactly."
Xu Yixing fixed her loose hair. She had been very busy at home these days and had not dressed up properly. She definitely could not go out like this.
"Please wait a moment, sir, while I go change my clothes."
"No need," the strong man stepped forward and pressed forward, unlike other strong men who were gentle and docile. "The Queen Mother wants to see you immediately, so please don't make things difficult for us, the messengers!"
This was very strange. Xu Yixing frowned and immediately changed the subject: "My father is still ill. Let me tell my mother about my whereabouts. Do you still have time?"
The strong man did not try to intimidate them too much. He bowed his head and stood at the gate of the courtyard, as if he was watching them.
Xu Yixing turned and entered the courtyard, with Ying Wu following behind her. When she came out of the main room, there were only her and Siqin, and Ying Wu was not with them.
"Let's go." Xu Yixing followed the strong man into the carriage and slowly drove towards the palace. He felt something was wrong. When had the Queen Mother ever been so hasty and unreasonable in summoning people? Could something have happened in the palace?
But that's not right. Even in the worst case scenario, such as the emperor suddenly died, the other princes should be summoned to the palace. The reason they are so anxious to see me is probably because my father was poisoned.
He was thinking about the words all the way and unknowingly entered the palace. Xu Yixing abandoned the carriage and switched to a sedan chair. When he arrived at his destination, he found that it was not the Empress Dowager's Yi'an Palace, but the Yixiao Pavilion he had visited last time with Lu Anyuan.
"here?"
"Your Highness, the Empress Dowager is unwell and may not be able to see you today. Therefore, I have specifically instructed you not to rush out of the palace and to stay here for a few days."
Xu Yixing rolled his eyes, calmly got off the sedan chair and entered Yixiao Pavilion. He saw that the room had been specially cleaned. He thought it was not a sudden decision, but must have been arranged in advance.
"These are the maids specially ordered by the Queen Mother to serve you." Li Shi clapped his hands, and four young maids came in from outside. They were all young and unfamiliar maids. When they saw Xu Yixing, they just followed the rules. It seemed that they had never served nobles before, so they were a little nervous.
"Thank you, does the Queen Mother have any other instructions?"
"No, I'm leaving now. Your Highness, have a good rest."
Xu Yixing saw the strong man leave, and then glanced at the four people in the hall. He didn't want to make things difficult for them, so he let them go as well.
"Madam, what do you mean? The Queen Mother was so anxious to summon you to the palace, how could you just disappear like that?"
"The Empress Dowager is old and suffering from many illnesses. She may really pass away suddenly." Xu Yixing smiled with relief and sat in front of the mirror, asking Siqin to come and re-comb his hair.
She looked in the mirror and observed her surroundings carefully. No other concubines lived near Yixiao Pavilion. Aside from the four maids, the entire palace should be empty. There were no guards posted outside. Furthermore, the strong man had closed the outer gate when he left. If she wasn't careful, no one in the palace would know she had arrived in Yixiao Pavilion.
This is imprisonment!
Just like how the Second Prince was trapped, no, even worse than the Second Prince. At least back then, everyone in the palace knew about the Second Prince and Concubine Ying's family. But today, with the closed palace gates, the sudden summons, the furtive arrangements, and even the four maids outside who looked like newlyweds, was this an attempt to not let everyone know that Concubine Xiaoyi was in the palace?
Sure enough, something happened.
But Xu Yixing still couldn't be sure whether something had happened to the emperor or to Lu Anyuan.
As Xu Yixing was thinking this, he heard Siqin complaining as she started to work: "Even if we stay in the palace for a few days, we should at least tell the mansion, right? You and Madam Zuo didn't say anything just now. She didn't even know whether we were going to the palace or back to the mansion."
"The Empress Dowager will naturally find someone to report to the palace regarding her arrangements."
Siqin curled her lips and thought to herself, you clearly said you were going to tell your family, but you just took a look in the main room and came out. What does that mean?
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