Chapter 90 [Depressed to Death]
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Qi Yun relayed Emperor Qingning's original words: "Your Majesty's illness has healed, proving the medicine is effective. You can go with me."
"I am a criminal. Without the Emperor's decree, how could I dare to leave the cold palace easily, let alone go out of the palace with you to the Chengyang Marquis's residence."
Xin Yingshu stood up and said, "Besides, I'm in such a mess with my hair now. If I go to the Chengyang Marquis' Mansion, wouldn't that be a disgrace to the royal family? Sir Qi, please take the prescription and leave!"
Qi Yun glanced at Zhou Jushan.
"I will go and report this great joyous event to the Emperor and the Empress Dowager right now!"
Zhou Jushan quickly took the young eunuch back to tell the emperor the message.
He returned to Shoukang Palace breathlessly: "Your Majesty, Empress Dowager, Concubine Ying's epidemic is truly cured!"
"She also handed over the recipe!"
The Queen Mother's face lit up when she heard the latter part of the sentence. She then heard Zhou Jushan say, "However, the medicine in her prescription is too strong. She used only the herbs on hand to make it up. Although she has been vomiting and having diarrhea for half a month, she will not be able to recover after detoxification."
"If it is used for other patients, it needs to be improved and modified according to the patient's physical condition."
Emperor Qingning: "Then let her discuss it with Imperial Physician Qi. Didn't I give the order?"
"Your Majesty, Imperial Concubine Ying said that it is not convenient for her to leave the palace with Imperial Physician Qi now." Zhou Jushan repeated Xin Yingshu's words.
Emperor Qingning fell into deep thought upon hearing this.
The Queen Mother was beginning to lose control of her anger. "The Emperor was already showing respect by sending Chief Eunuch Zhou to invite someone. What else does she want?"
The Empress Dowager's niece, Princess Wendie, was also present. She hurriedly pleaded with the Empress Dowager, "Aunt, my father simply can't endure this torment of vomiting and diarrhea. Please have Imperial Concubine Ying come out and discuss the perfect prescription with Imperial Physician Qi!"
"Time is precious now! Aunt! Cousin! Just consider this as Wen Die begging you!"
Emperor Qingning made the final decision: "Forget it. I will draft an edict to move Concubine Ying out of the cold palace and restore her rights as a concubine."
The Queen Mother sighed and said, "Qingzhu, go and get eight skilled palace maids to help Noble Concubine Ying with her hair and toilette!"
The chief palace maid Qingzhu nodded and hurried back to call for people.
Emperor Qingning: "Zhou Jushan, have the Imperial Household Department prepare the proper attire and ceremonial guards for Imperial Concubine Ying."
Zhou Jushan: "I obey your command!"
The news that Concubine Ying could cure the epidemic spread like wildfire.
After Xin Yingshu handed over the prescription, he returned to the house. Many people left without watching the fun.
However, two quarters of an hour later, eight palace maids dressed in the clothes of second-class palace maids lined up in two rows and hurriedly entered the gate of the cold palace.
In their hands they also held gilded wash basins, ivory combs, and jade teacups for washing.
The last group of palace servants who heard the news all stopped in their tracks. "Eight maids to wash and groom? Imperial Concubine Ying, are they about to be released from the cold palace?"
"Looking at the specifications of the utensils in the hands of these palace maids, could it be that Concubine Ying is about to regain her favor?"
"That's impossible. The Xin family has been exiled..."
"However, the imperial edict clearly states that anyone who can cure the epidemic will be rewarded with 10,000 taels of gold and be appointed a fifth-rank official. Although Imperial Concubine Ying cannot be appointed an official due to her status in the harem, it is absolutely inappropriate for her to stay in the cold palace."
As they were whispering, another group of people arrived!
The eunuchs from the Imperial Household Department filed in one after another, carrying trays filled with jewelry, pearls and jade head ornaments, imperial concubine's clothes, rouge and powder...
Jiang Lili watched through Qi Yun's perspective as the palace servants carried valuables in and out. It was a lively and grand scene. She was stunned and was really looking forward to the moment when her aunt would come out of the cold palace again.
Qi Yun was standing in the courtyard of the cold palace. It was inconvenient for him to stay inside while the imperial concubine was washing up, so he "studied" the prescription given by Xin Yingshu. A young eunuch with good eyesight brought him a throne.
On the other side of the yard, several deposed concubines living in the cold palace had been drawn out by the noise.
After Xin Yingshu was banished to the cold palace, almost all the deposed concubines in the cold palace came to humiliate Xin Yingshu.
Now, seeing the Imperial Household Department sending gifts one after another, they were extremely envious but also a little scared.
"How is this possible? Not only did she walk out of the cold palace, but she also regained her status as a noble concubine!"
"If I rescue Marquis Chengyang, won't I be promoted to Imperial Noble Consort?"
While these concubines were trembling, Xin Yingshu had already finished washing up.
“Squeak—”
The shabby and dim door of Xin Yingshu's room opened, and Xin Yingshu, who had dressed up, appeared, making the deposed concubines gasp!
Her hair was combed meticulously, and the gorgeous pearls and jade adorning her body brightened up this dilapidated cold palace.
A crimson-purple imperial concubine's dress embroidered with peony, coupled with Xin Yingshu's graceful face, is a beauty of nature.
Xin Yingshu's peach blossom eyes seemed as gentle as before, but when her gaze swept over this group of deposed concubines, it frightened them.
This look is like a needle hidden in cotton.
The deposed concubines quickly knelt down and said, "Congratulations, Your Majesty! Congratulations, Your Majesty!"
Yun agreed to beg for mercy and kowtowed, saying, "Your Highness, we have offended you greatly before. I hope you will forgive our mistakes!"
Linpin followed up, "Yes, it's us who are blind!"
"You are now a high and mighty imperial concubine. We are worlds apart. Please don't take us, a bunch of scoundrels, seriously."
"It's so noisy—"
Xin Yingshu rubbed his brows and interrupted the concubines' pleas for mercy.
These three words silenced the crying deposed concubines.
Xin Yingshu didn't even look at them. She walked out of the cold palace gate with a brisk pace and calmly got on the imperial concubine's sedan chair.
Just when the deposed concubines saw that Xin Yingshu was disdainful and ignored them, they breathed a sigh of relief.
Xin Yingshu's unhurried voice drifted from the doorway: "Ningzhi."
Xin Yingshu called her personal maid.
"I'm here." Ningzhi lowered her head and nodded, tears flashing in her eyes. The day when the master and servant walked out of the cold palace came so quickly.
Xin Yingshu: "These days in the cold palace, you must pay back everything they've done to me and you!"
"yes!"
Ningzhi has been tortured badly by those crazy women in the cold palace these days, and now it is finally time for her to vent her anger!
Then, Xin Yingshu waved to the eunuch.
The eunuch shouted: "Lift the sedan chair——"
The moment the sedan chair was lifted, Xin Yingshu looked at Qi Yun deeply.
Jiang Lili, who was secretly observing from Qi Yun's perspective, happened to receive Concubine Ying's gaze, which seemed to say, "I will always remember this kindness."
Xin Yingshu sat in the imperial concubine's sedan chair and headed towards the palace gate. Along the way, many people saw her sedan chair and were shocked at first, then quickly knelt down to salute, trembling with fear.
The palace maids who had received favors from Xin Yingshu cried with joy when they saw Xin Yingshu coming out of the cold palace in such a grand manner.
The news that Xin Yingshu had come out of the cold palace quickly spread to other palaces, causing panic among the people.
Concubine Rou, who was currently pregnant, almost fainted when she heard the news: "What kind of luck did that bitch Xin Yingshu have?!"
The palace maid she sent to inquire about the news told her the whole story.
After hearing the whole story, Concubine Rou was extremely depressed. "In other words, if I hadn't asked Zhou Jushan to give the sachet to Xin Yingshu, Xin Yingshu wouldn't have been able to cure the epidemic?"
She asked a young eunuch to take the sachet from the body of a patient who died of the plague, but it took a lot of effort, and the young eunuch is now also in quarantine.
And after all her efforts, she ended up becoming Xin Yingshu's stepping stone?!
So angry! So angry!
"Ah, my stomach hurts!" After Concubine Rou's emotions fluctuated greatly, she began to feel abdominal pain. "Quick, go find Doctor Jiang!"
The palace maid panicked: "Your Majesty, Imperial Physician Jiang is now at the Marquis Chengyang's residence!"
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