The Queen Mother felt upset when she thought about Cui Mingyue's mischief a few years ago, but Princess Rongyang meant something to her that was different from that of others, as she was raised together with Emperor Jingming.
Seeing the Queen Mother nod, the trusted nanny winked at the eunuch.
The eunuch immediately invited Princess Rongyang in.
Soon the pearl curtain moved slightly, and a beautiful woman walked in, holding a brocade box in her hand.
"Mother, are you feeling better?" No matter how arrogant Princess Rongyang was in front of others, she still acted like a little girl in front of the Queen Mother.
The Queen Mother raised her eyelids and said indifferently, "He won't die."
Princess Rongyang pursed her lips.
The Queen Mother is still angry. She is angry at Mingyue for not being self-disciplined and for not disciplining her daughter well.
Princess Rongyang placed the brocade box on a small table beside her, smiled and took the Queen Mother's hand: "Mother, Rongyang is very sad when you say that. You must live well, otherwise what will happen to Rongyang?"
The Queen Mother glanced at Princess Rongyang and laughed unhappily, "What do you mean? Your children are about to get married, and you still say such useless things. How can you be so disrespectful?"
Princess Rongyang lowered her eyelids, her eyelashes trembling slightly, and her expression suddenly became lonely: "Mother, you know that Cui Xu...he has never taken me seriously. If you don't care about me, then I will really..."
"You." The Queen Mother sighed, and her anger dissipated quietly.
She had no children in her life, and in her heart, Princess Rongyang was no different from her own flesh and blood.
Seeing that the time was almost right, Princess Rongyang reached out to open the brocade box on the small table and took out a white porcelain bowl with a lid.
The Queen Mother took a look at the bowl and said, "This is——"
Princess Rongyang opened the lid and found amber soup in the bowl.
"I have invited a famous doctor to prescribe a folk remedy, which he said is very effective for your illness. Mother, would you like to try it?"
The Queen Mother frowned and took another look at the bowl of medicine.
Oddly enough, unlike the medicine I drink every day, this medicine actually emits a faint fragrance.
"Mother..." Princess Rongyang called out with anticipation in her eyes.
The Queen Mother hesitated for a moment and nodded.
Immediately a palace maid came forward, picked up the silver spoon and took a small sip of the soup.
Princess Rongyang was not surprised at all.
Even for the Queen Mother's closest people, any food brought in from outside the palace had to be tested for poison by palace maids.
In fact, bringing food from outside the palace into the palace is a taboo and an unwelcome thing to do, but for the Queen Mother's health to recover, she took the risk.
After a while, the palace maid nodded slightly, and then two palace maids helped the empress dowager take the medicine.
"What do you think, mother?" Princess Rongyang was relieved when she saw the queen mother took the medicine, and asked carefully.
The Queen Mother opened her eyes and smiled a little: "It seems to be a little better."
Princess Rongyang was delighted: "That's good. I heard from the doctor that taking this medicine will make you sleepy. You should have a good sleep first. Maybe you will feel better when you wake up."
The Queen Mother naturally didn't believe it could be so miraculous, but she still smiled and nodded: "You are thoughtful."
Princess Rongyang stood up and said, "Then I won't disturb you from resting."
Just as Princess Rongyang said, the Queen Mother soon felt sleepy and slept until early the next morning.
Emperor Jingming was furious: "Call Princess Rongyang to the palace! How dare you bring food from outside the palace to the Queen Mother!"
A group of palace maids were kneeling in the Cining Palace, all of them pale, and they dared not utter a word as they listened to Emperor Jingming getting angry.
A palace maid rushed over and said, "The Queen Mother is awake! The Queen Mother is awake!"
An imperial physician followed the palace maid out with a strange look on his face.
"How is it?" Emperor Jingming asked as he walked inside.
The imperial physician hurriedly said, "Congratulations, Your Majesty. The Queen Mother is much better now."
Emperor Jingming suddenly stopped and stared at the doctor: "Really?"
The imperial physician seemed to be dreaming at this moment, nodding his head repeatedly: "I just checked the Queen Mother's pulse, and she is really getting better. May the Emperor be blessed with great fortune—"
Emperor Jingming didn't care to listen to the imperial physician's nonsense and walked in quickly.
The Queen Mother was being helped down from the bed by a palace maid.
"Mother, why are you up?"
The Queen Mother rarely showed a relaxed smile: "The Emperor is here."
Emperor Jingming walked over quickly to support the empress dowager.
The Queen Mother took a few steps and sighed, "I thought it would fail this time, but luckily for Rongyang..."
Emperor Jingming smiled awkwardly and asked, "How do you feel now?"
The Queen Mother held onto the armrest of the chair and slowly sat down: "I feel much lighter, as if all my meridians are opened. By the way, where is Rongyang? Send Rongyang to the palace quickly. I want to ask her which miraculous doctor she invited to prescribe such a miraculous medicine."
Emperor Jingming nodded: "Yes, such a miracle doctor should stay in the palace. Don't worry, Rongyang will be here soon."
As soon as he finished speaking, the eunuch shouted loudly: "Princess Rongyang has arrived——"
"Let her in quickly!" Emperor Jingming and the Queen Mother said in unison.
Princess Rongyang came in quickly, and upon seeing Emperor Jingming, she knelt down and apologized: "I don't know what I have done wrong, please tell me clearly, my brother..."
The Queen Mother looked at Emperor Jingming in confusion: "Your Majesty, what is going on?"
Emperor Jingming coughed lightly and said to Princess Rongyang gently: "Get up quickly, who said you made a mistake? I asked you to come to the palace because my mother is much better. It is said that she took the medicine you brought yesterday..."
Princess Rongyang seemed to have just noticed the Queen Mother sitting there, and said with a look of joy, "Mother, are you really well?"
The Queen Mother smiled and said, "You look so surprised. Didn't I get better after taking the medicine you sent me?"
Princess Rongyang's eyes immediately turned red and she wiped the corners of her eyes with a handkerchief.
"What's going on?" the Queen Mother asked concernedly.
Now that the Queen Mother recovered from her illness, she became even closer to Princess Rongyang.
Princess Rongyang came over and fell on the Queen Mother's lap, saying with a sense of relief: "I am relieved that my mother is getting well. Although the miracle doctor said that he could cure my mother's illness, I have been worried that if it backfired, I would be dead..."
As she spoke, Princess Rongyang choked up.
The Queen Mother was even more moved after hearing this.
Her illness came suddenly, and she took countless medicines but it didn't get better. So many doctors were helpless. Rongyang dared to take risks for her illness at this time, which shows his filial piety to her.
"Thank you so much. By the way, where is the miracle doctor? I have to thank him very much."
Emperor Jingming then said: "Not bad, I will reward such a great doctor!"
Princess Rongyang hesitated for a moment, then smiled and said, "If that's the case, I'll send someone to call the miracle doctor into the palace."
Not long after, an old man with a white beard appeared in front of Emperor Jingming and the Queen Mother.
Emperor Jingming was very pleased and wanted to keep the genius doctor in the Imperial Medical Bureau.
The old man declined, saying, "I am used to being a vagrant and old, and it is difficult for me to take on the important task of being a doctor. Besides, the Queen Mother's disease is not difficult to treat. The key is that the medicine is hard to find."
"What medicine?" Emperor Jingming asked curiously.