Yun Beiye ordered his men to carry Jin Jinzhi to a side hall to rest, and summoned the people from the Imperial Medical Academy to treat him.
Two hours later, the imperial physicians came out one after another with worried expressions.
"Your Majesty, the Prince of Jibei is too severely poisoned, and due to the lack of timely treatment, this old minister is powerless to help..."
"Your Majesty, it is already a miracle that the Prince of Jibei has survived!"
The imperial physicians knelt on the ground with mournful faces. They had exhausted all their knowledge but still did not know how to detoxify or cure the Prince of Jibei.
"It seems the Prince of Jibei's legs are beyond saving. From now on, from now on..."
"Even having offspring will be difficult!"
Yun Beiye gasped, looking at Jin Jinzhi with pity in his eyes.
This child served alongside his father in the northern frontier from a young age, and even after returning to the capital, he was never idle.
"It was I who pushed too hard and harmed this child. It's all my fault."
"Cure her for me! If you fail to cure Jinzhi, you will all be buried with me!"
Yun Beiye slammed his hand on the table and roared angrily.
The imperial physicians were so frightened that they knelt on the ground, heads bowed, not daring to look at him.
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, spare my life!"
"This old minister...this old minister is truly powerless to help..."
Jin Jinzhi's face was pale, but he curled his lips into a smile. "Your Majesty, the imperial physicians have done their best."
"Your Majesty need not worry about me."
"For the sake of Nanyang, I would gladly die ten thousand times."
"But poor Duoduo..."
Jin Jin sighed, regretting that she had dragged Yun Duoduo into this mess.
"Jinzhi, I will not let you die in vain!"
"Zhao Zhongquan! Go, go and invite Prince Ning back from Shu. Also, issue a royal proclamation: whoever can cure Prince Jibei's leg will be richly rewarded by me!"
"Also, you absolutely must not let Duoduo know about this."
Zhao Zhongquan had just stepped out when Yun Beiye called him back.
"If Duoduo knew, she would be very sad."
"Yes, Your Majesty, this old servant understands."
"You lot, use the best medicinal herbs to cure me!"
Yun Beiye uttered a single sentence, and the imperial physicians scrambled back to find medicine.
Two days later, the imperial physicians had used all the best and most precious medicinal herbs, but it was only a temporary solution. Seeing that his leg injury was not improving, Cao, the military advisor, suddenly remembered that perhaps the people in the Imperial Pharmacy had a solution.
"Your Highness, I'll go and fetch someone from the Imperial Pharmacy."
Before Jin Jinzhi could say anything, Military Advisor Cao had already headed towards the Imperial Pharmacy.
...
Inside the Prince of Jibei's mansion, Yun Duoduo prayed for Jin Jinzhi every day, counting down the days until he should return to the capital. Why was there no sign of him returning?
In the past, when Jin Jin went out to carry out missions and lead troops into battle, she would occasionally send messages to Yun Duoduo by carrier pigeon, telling her some interesting things.
Even when he wasn't by her side, she could always sense his feelings between the lines and know what he had been doing lately.
But this time, there was absolutely no news.
[How strange, why haven't we heard a single word from Brother Sumire?]
Should we write a letter?
Yun Duoduo hesitated. She wanted to contact Jin Jinzhi, but she was unsure if disturbing him so abruptly would disrupt his battle.
Just then, she heard a chirping sound coming from the window. Without turning around, she knew it was Jin Zhuangzhuang's quail.
"Oh, that lazy quail is here again."
"You really are just like your master, knowing where to find good food."
"Tell me? What did you hear from the corner this time?" Yun Duoduo walked to the window and looked at the increasingly plump quail.
"A spicy strip!"
"Oh, you're trying to bargain with me now?"
"All you do is eat all day long. Can you control yourself and lose some weight? If you keep getting this fat, you might not be able to fly in the future!"
Yun Duoduo stared at the quail carefully. The quail was very plump and well-fed, with short, colorful feathers.
She swallowed hard. "Your quail is so tender and fatty. It would be absolutely delicious to make a quail stew with cordyceps flowers."
"You, you're going too far!" the quail cried, flapping its wings.
"Oh ho, I did go too far, what can you do to me?" Yun Duoduo looked at the proud quail and found it more and more amusing.
"The message is about your husband!"
"About my husband?"
Yun Duoduo was taken aback, not expecting that this silly bird would have news about Jin Jinzhi.
"How did you get news about Brother Jinzhi? Did you fly to Jiangning? That's impossible!"
Yun Duoduo looked at it with suspicion; she absolutely did not believe that this lazy bird could fly all the way to Jiangning.
"Then tell me quickly, and I'll give you spicy strips! You can have whatever you want!"
Upon hearing this, Yun Duoduo quickly took out some delicious food from the cupboard, filled the table with it, and urged the quail to speak quickly.
"Tell me quickly, tell me, has Brother Jinzhi returned?"
"Did he kill all the traitors in Jiangning? Were any of them injured?"
"If he hasn't come back yet, when will he be back?"
Yun Duoduo misses Jin Jinzhi every day, and her face has become noticeably thinner.
Quail ate a spicy snack and said slowly, "Your husband is back, with a woman by his side. They're in the palace."
"What?!"
Upon hearing this news, Yun Duoduo immediately became furious. Jin Jinzhi is back? And still in the palace?
What's going on? There's a woman with him.
So, it turns out that her father and the emperor conspired to hide the news from her.
No wonder she felt that the maids in the manor were acting very strangely today. When she wanted to go out to buy some food, the maids all advised her not to go for various reasons, and some of them didn't even dare to look her in the eye.
No, I have to ask Uncle Fu and Qingdai; they might already have some information.
But why did Father do this? Why did Brother Jinzhi do this?
Yun Duoduo ignored the quail and let it lie on the table eating and drinking whatever it wanted.
As soon as Yun Duoduo stepped out of the room, she saw Qingdai rushing towards the pharmacy in the backyard, and she grabbed her arm.
"Qingdai, why are your eyes swollen?"
Her hair was disheveled, tears streamed down her fair face, her eyes were red and swollen, and the tip of her nose was also red. She looked extremely sad.
"Has the prince returned? The prince has returned, you should all be happy, why are you crying like this?"
"Could it be..."
Seeing the panic in Qingdai's eyes and her somewhat unkempt hair, Yun Duoduo's heart tightened: "Did someone bully you?"
If anyone in the household bullies Qingdai, she will absolutely not let it go.
"princess……"
"Qingdai, are you hiding something from me? Why are you stammering?"
"If anything happens, you must tell me, and I'll stand up for you!"
Qingdai could no longer hold back when she saw Yun Duoduo, and she burst into even louder sobs.
"Your Highness... Waaah..."
"Your Highness, it seems your leg is beyond saving. I was thinking of going to the pharmacy to get some medicine..."
Qingdai said, wiping away her tears.
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