Chapter 23 Three Days and Three Nights
"So... how is Your Highness feeling now? Are you experiencing dizziness or discomfort?" Xian Ling stepped forward and took Mu Xi's right wrist. "Let me take Your Highness's pulse..."
"No...no need..." Mu Xi instinctively dodged.
It is said that some highly skilled doctors can tell whether a person is male or female by examining their pulse, which is why the original owner only had Doctor Luo by his side all year round.
Xian Ling tried to scoop it up but failed.
Mu Xi's actions were abrupt, and she didn't know how to explain them.
Fortunately, Physician Luo had somehow appeared on the altar and came to his side: "The young master is already weak. Now that he has returned to life, he shouldn't be exposed to the wind and sun here. May I ask the Imperial Preceptor, is the soul-summoning ceremony over? If it is, I will have someone send the young master back."
When Doctor Luo spoke, Madam Gao remembered that she still had to play the role of a virtuous wife and loving mother, and she also said, "Yes, yes, the young master has just woken up. Someone... quickly open an umbrella and bring a curtain to shelter the young master from the wind and sun."
“Alright…” Xian Ling hesitated for a moment before stepping aside. “Please escort the young master back. I will then personally prepare a bowl of talisman water for him, which will ensure his safety.”
"Thank you, Imperial Preceptor." Doctor Luo clasped his hands in thanks and then beckoned his servants to come and carry the person.
Mu Xi hadn't forgotten the sorceress in the blue robe from earlier, and turned to ask, "Grand Preceptor, is that your disciple? Is she alright?"
"I am ashamed that Your Highness is so concerned..." Xian Ling said lightly, "My little apprentice Wei Yu is not very skilled and has not been around for long. I think she made a mistake because she was not focused enough when she was chanting the incantation."
"Alas, the Imperial Preceptor's disciples must all be outstanding..." Mu Xi secretly noted down the name "Wei Yu".
The two female disciples beside Xian Ling are definitely extraordinary.
Many witches are trained from a young age. Once they officially become "servants of God," they are forbidden from marrying for life in order to ensure the purity of their communication with God.
Even so, it generally takes at least ten years of practice to become a deputy priest on the altar.
Both of these deputy priestesses were in their early twenties, in the prime of their lives, and it was clear that they had been trained as priestesses since childhood.
The man in the crimson robe, named Xianjin, was exceptionally handsome, even surpassing his teacher in looks.
As for the woman in the blue robe, "Wei Yu," she was quite pretty, but her surname "Wei" proved that she had a family connection and was not an orphan, making it easier to investigate.
Now, Wei Yu has a calming talisman stuck to her forehead, making it impossible to see her whole face. She seems to have woken up, but she is still not very clear-headed, with a pale face and disordered breathing.
Mu Xi silently memorized the outline, and said aloud, "It seems that this witch Wei vomited blood because she put in a lot of effort to summon my soul. How can I feel at ease with that? Perhaps I should send someone to deliver some tonics to her another day."
"Thank you for your concern, Your Highness." The Imperial Preceptor bowed slightly, seemingly not refusing the request.
Afterwards, four servants carried the cot, and Tao'er and Zhelan came up to hold umbrellas, carrying Mu Xi all the way back to the east courtyard of the Jun Mansion.
Mu Xi returned to the inner room of the East Courtyard.
Once only Doctor Luo, Tao'er, and Zhelan remained, Doctor Luo spoke first: "Let me take the young master's pulse again."
Mu Xi assessed herself and felt refreshed and in great spirits, but Doctor Luo frowned, looking extremely worried.
Thinking of how she had revealed her gender in the brothel last night, and still wondering how things had turned out, she tentatively asked with some concern as she extended her wrist, "Dr. Luo, what's wrong? Have you heard what happened?"
While taking his pulse, Doctor Luo shook his head: "What could be wrong? It's just because you were unconscious for three days and three nights..."
Mu Xi's mind went blank for a moment: "What? You mean I was unconscious for three days and three nights?"
"Sigh, I've tried everything I could for the past three days to wake you up, but I still can't find the cause in your pulse." Doctor Luo didn't respond and continued talking to himself.
Mu Xi wasn't listening to what Doctor Luo was saying: "How could I have been unconscious for three days and three nights? How did I get back? Was I carried back drunk?"
Doctor Luo then took Mu Xi's other wrist to continue taking her pulse: "I didn't expect that you would actually be awakened by the sorcerer who was summoning spirits. It's not that I don't believe in gods and ghosts, but I'm worried that there might be something wrong with your body that I can't see. How is it such a coincidence that you woke up just as the sorcerer came?"
Unable to get a response, Mu Xi looked up and asked Tao'er and Zhe Lan, who were standing to the side, "How did I get back?"
Just as Tao'er was about to answer, a series of hurried footsteps came from outside, followed by Mu Xun's anxious voice: "Young Master... Young Master has woken up?"
"Yes, I've woken up." Mu Xi also had a lot of questions to ask, so she quickly sent Tao'er and Zhe Lan to open the door.
"Brother, you've really woken up! You've been unconscious for three days and three nights, thank God..." Mu Xun, dressed in a light green wide-sleeved robe, drifted in like a gentle breeze, his eyes filled with joy, but his words turned to worry halfway through. "Is the cinnabar mark on your forehead real, brother? I just heard someone report that you were 'possessed' by a spirit? You were really 'possessed' by a spirit?"
Whether it's about spirit possession or not, Mu Xi doesn't understand, and now is not the time to care about that.
Just as he was about to ask the question he wanted to ask, Doctor Luo scoffed, "Hmph, who can say for sure about matters of gods and ghosts? Who says that goddesses can only descend upon women and not men?"
So that's what Mu Xun was worried about.
Mu Xi didn't care and asked, "I was unconscious for three days and three nights? How did I get back? That brothel..."
When it comes to the Green Pavilion, one has to hesitate to speak further.
By this time, Doctor Luo had finished taking the pulses of both hands, but still couldn't find anything wrong. So she stood up and said, "The young master has just woken up. It's not advisable for him to go out for the next few days. He needs to rest and recuperate for a few days to calm his nerves and calm his nerves. I'll go and get some calming medicine for you to brew and drink now."
"Ah... Doctor Luo..." Mu Xi was about to suggest, "If you're not sick, you don't need to take the medicine," but she still had a hundred questions in her mind, so she gave up and sent Tao'er and Zhe Lan away as well. "Tao'er, Zhe Lan, one of you go with Doctor Luo to brew the medicine, and the other of you go to the door to keep watch. Don't let anyone else come in and disturb us."
"Yes." The two replied and followed Doctor Luo out.
Mu Xun watched everyone leave, his worried expression undiminished: "Ever since you came back drunk the night before last, I thought you'd wake up once the effects of the alcohol wore off, but you just wouldn't. Doctor Luo tried many methods, but in the end, it was the Imperial Advisor who..."
"Let's not talk about the Imperial Preceptor for now. Let me ask you first..." Mu Xi couldn't help but stand up and ask the most important question first, "That night at the brothel, I was drunk. Did I do something unreliable... uh... 'absurd'? Have you already taken care of it?"
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