Within an hour, Zheng Yeheng fell ill.
He had a fever since early in the morning, and then he ran out to catch Wang Yi. Now he had multiple illnesses and fell on the couch, sometimes drowsy and sometimes awake, in a daze.
The princess has been there for a long time, taking care of the prince, constantly changing towels, and cooling him down physically.
The imperial physician Bai Shisheng had been waiting by the side, taking the patient's pulse and administering medicine and acupuncture, but the high fever did not subside and was mixed with heat and poison. The condition was more complicated than ever before and he was helpless.
"Princess, please take a rest and let the servants come." Yun'er served carefully. The princess had been taking care of the prince for a long time. She was not the person to do such a thing. Now, sweat was oozing from her forehead and her palms were white from blisters.
"I will stay with you until the prince's fever subsides. Yun'er, there's no need to persuade me. Where's Yue'er? Hasn't she come back yet?"
"He came back with a big bump on his head. He said he fell outside and passed out."
No one knew what the princess was thinking as she wiped the prince's forehead, her emotions unrecognizable.
"Doctor Bai, why hasn't the prince's fever subsided yet?"
"The prince's condition is complicated. If the fever and toxins are not relieved, any minor injuries or illnesses in the future will trigger a toxic fire. This time, he was treated like this. If the prince's fever does not go away, I am afraid that this old man will be unable to save him."
Bai Shisheng said in a low voice and sighed helplessly.
He can only cure people's illnesses, but the poison here is unconventional. If he could detoxify it, he would have helped the prince do it ten years ago.
The princess' eyes turned red and tears rolled down, hitting the back of Zheng Yeheng's hand, hot and wet.
"Why are you crying? I'm not dead yet."
Zheng Yeheng suddenly spoke, his tightly closed eyes trembling slightly, and his voice was weak.
"Your Majesty, I just feel sorry for you."
"If you care about me, please don't do these messy little things. Do you really think I don't know that your brother has withheld military rations?"
The princess immediately put down her towel and knelt down: "Your Majesty, calm down!"
"Just sit in your seat honestly. If you dare to interfere with my affairs, don't blame me for disregarding the children's dignity."
"I, my concubine, will tell my brother to take his leave when I get back."
“It’s long overdue.”
The princess' eyes were red. Although they were husband and wife, they had long been strangers. She sat in this position like a puppet high above. Others looked at her glory and her family enjoyed the benefits. She had indeed done some unclean things.
In fact, the prince must have been tired of her for a long time.
"Report to the prince! Mrs. Li Wang has brought the medicine."
The personal guard Hong Jiu came in outside the door to deliver the message.
Who is Li Wangshi?
Bai Shisheng looked at the princess. Why had he never heard of a medical officer named Li Wangshi? Where did this woman come from?
The princess remembered what her maid said in the morning, that the prince had left home before dawn and brought back a group of refugees.
Is he from the refugee group?
It was said that they had come out of the bandit’s lair together, and he had just returned yesterday and went to look for the donkey-riding woman in a big way.
But she had just been scolded by the prince, so she couldn't say anything. Yun'er helped her sit on the chair next to her.
Before anyone entered, Wang Yi's voice came from outside: "Prince, the medicine is ready for you!"
She carried the tray and placed it on the low table beside her. When she turned around, she saw the princess sitting next to her.
"Madam?" Wang Yi pretended to have just discovered something and spoke in panic.
"It's you?" The princess was really surprised. She never expected that the bold commoner woman she met yesterday was the donkey-riding woman that the prince kept mentioning.
"Greetings, Princess. I apologize for any offense I caused you yesterday."
Wang Yi saluted formally, and the princess raised her hand: "Stand up."
"Do you know each other?"
The princess turned around and saw that the prince had sat up at some point. The sickly look he had just had was gone, and he seemed to have suddenly become more energetic.
"Your Highness, why are you up? Lie down quickly!" She hurriedly tried to help the prince lie down, but the prince pretended to be calm and coughed dryly.
"The king is fine." The prince glanced at the imperial physician Bai Shisheng beside him. Bai Shisheng had already taken out the silver needle swiftly and was going to test the poison in the bowl of medicine.
A figure rushed in hurriedly. It was Ding Sanshun. When he saw that the prince was awake inside, he immediately stopped and lowered his head to apologize. Then he ran to stand behind Bai Shisheng with his head hung down, and was glared at by his master.
"How can you be in such a hurry? Didn't I tell you to take care of the pharmacy? How can anyone go in and make medicine?" Bai Shisheng said in a low voice, and Ding Sanshun had a hard time saying it.
"If something goes wrong, you take the blame."
It's so unfair. He was knocked unconscious as soon as the woman came in, and now there's a swelling on the back of his head.
Ding Sanshun looked upset and almost cried.
"Your Highness, this medicine is non-toxic. However, the medicine is complex, and I don't know the formula. I also don't know if there are any substances that may counteract it, so I can't say for sure if it is truly harmless."
The old imperial physician immediately shifted the blame and looked at Wang Yi secretly.
"Your Highness, it's better not to drink it. We don't know the identity of this woman. If the medicine she brought is poisonous, it might not be safe for Your Highness, who is already a thousand years old." The princess had already looked Wang Yi up and down.
Although this woman was dressed like a migrant farmer's wife, she had long eyebrows, a melon-shaped face, bright eyes, black hair and fair skin, and she looked extraordinary.
How did you get entangled with the prince?
He said that the man was his savior who rescued him from the rebel camp, but the two of them were tit for tat. It didn't seem like they were grateful for the man's life-saving grace, but rather they were arguing with each other.
It seems like they have a very good relationship.
The princess' heart was completely devoted to Zheng Yeheng. Whenever she saw a woman, she would always think of her in that direction. She especially reminded her of Yue'er.
The princess no longer allowed Yue'er to serve her, and she was magnanimous enough not to secretly throw her into the well.
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