Seeing that no one answered the door, Jiang Yuwei frowned and muttered to herself:
"Logically speaking, the princess's residence shouldn't even have a gatekeeper. How come no one has come to open the door after calling for so long?"
Thinking this, Jiang Yuwei stepped forward and pushed hard, but unexpectedly the door creaked open.
Jiang Yuwei turned to look at the princess.
The princess also found it strange; the princess's residence, which was usually bustling with visitors, was now completely deserted.
Princess Chang Le usually doesn't attend banquets or invite others to her residence for gatherings. She teaches classes every day without interruption. Today, the princess's residence is unusually quiet.
The princess looked at Jiang Yuwei with some concern and said:
"Why don't we go in and take a look?"
Jiang Yuwei nodded and led the way inside. There was no one in the front yard, but she seemed to vaguely hear someone shouting in the backyard.
"Quickly, quickly fetch the imperial physician! The princess is dying!"
Jiang Yuwei's expression changed upon hearing this. She turned and exchanged a glance with the princess.
The princess hurriedly waved her hand and said:
"Quick, let's go to the backyard and see if we can help!"
Jiang Yuwei nodded and hurriedly helped the princess walk towards the backyard, while Wang Ma held Ning Wan's hand and followed behind with Sixi.
When the group arrived at the backyard, they saw several maids and servants bustling in and out of the yard.
An older nanny, having already met Princess Jing, hurried forward to greet her upon her arrival.
“Princess Jing, what brings you here? Our princess is currently ill and I’m afraid I can’t entertain you. Please go back. I’ll talk to her about this later when she recovers.”
The princess asked with a concerned expression:
"What illness does the princess have? Has the imperial physician arrived?"
"Your Highness, we do not know what illness the princess has. She suddenly fainted while giving a lesson today and is still unconscious. We have already sent a servant to the palace to fetch the imperial physician."
The princess frowned and looked at Jiang Yuwei.
"Yuwei, can you help with this?"
Jiang Yuwei nodded.
"I'll give it a try. Right now, I need to take the princess's pulse to find out the cause of her illness, so that I can prescribe the right medicine."
Seeing that Jiang Yuwei said so, the princess nodded.
"This is Madam Jiang from the General's Mansion. She is quite knowledgeable in medicine. She has been helping to regulate my health. She even treated the Empress Dowager once when she went to the palace last time. I hear that the princess's illness is an emergency. Waiting for the imperial physician to come is too slow. Why don't we let Madam Jiang take a look first?"
The old woman bowed to Jiang Yuwei, then glanced back at the princess's room, gritted her teeth, and said:
"Since Your Highness has said so, then I would like to trouble Madam Jiang to go in and take a look."
Jiang Yuwei nodded and said to the princess:
"Your Highness, please wait for me outside with Wan'er."
Having said that, she followed the old woman into the house. As soon as Jiang Yuwei entered, she saw all the maids waiting inside and gave them her orders:
"You all go out first, just leave two people inside."
After saying this, Jiang Yuwei went to the princess's bedside to take her pulse. Soon, Jiang Yuwei knew the cause of her illness. She first took out silver needles and inserted them into the princess's armpits before looking at the nanny waiting beside her.
"Does the princess not usually like to eat meat?"
The old woman nodded hurriedly upon hearing this.
"Right now, the princess has heard that the border war is escalating, so every day after school she goes to the Buddhist hall to pray for the war effort. We are all worried that her health won't be able to take it, but she won't listen to our advice..."
As she spoke, the old woman began to wipe away her tears.
“Our princess is kind-hearted and cannot bear to see the people and soldiers suffer. She only wants to end this war as soon as possible. As a woman, she can't do much to help, so she eats vegetarian food and chants Buddhist prayers every day. She hasn't eaten meat for more than two months.”
Upon hearing this, Jiang Yuwei couldn't help but feel respect for Princess Chang Le.
"The princess is fine. She fainted today because of her unbalanced diet recently, coupled with her hard work day and night and her constant worry about the war. Her body couldn't take it and she fainted. I have already given her acupuncture, and the princess will wake up in a little while."
As she spoke, Jiang Yuwei got up and walked to the desk.
"Tell the kitchen to prepare a bowl of congee with preserved egg and lean pork. Feed it to the princess slowly after she wakes up. She has been eating vegetarian food for so many days, and she needs to get back to eating meat as soon as possible. But we can't rush it. If she eats too much greasy food at once, her stomach and intestines won't be able to handle it."
Jiang Yuwei picked up the pen and paper beside her and wrote down a prescription.
"This prescription is for calming the mind and nourishing the body. You should have someone prepare the medicine and decoct it for the princess once a day for seven days. The princess's health should improve somewhat."
After saying this, Jiang Yuwei put down her calligraphy brush and looked at the nanny waiting beside her.
"Right now, you must persuade the princess to stop. You must not let her continue to abuse her body like this. If the princess continues like this, I'm afraid even a celestial being couldn't save her."
The old woman took the prescription and nodded repeatedly.
"Thank you, Madam Jiang. I will have a good talk with the princess when she wakes up. If I can't persuade her, I will tell the Empress Dowager and let her speak to her personally."
"Granny Sun, who are you talking to..."
Upon hearing Princess Chang Le's voice, Granny Sun quickly turned and went to the bedside to check on her.
"Princess, you're finally awake! You fainted in the hall just now, it really scared us to death."
Jiang Yuwei also hurried to the princess's bedside.
"Princess, please lie down and don't move. I'll remove the needles for you."
As she spoke, Jiang Yuwei stepped forward and reached out to remove the silver needles stuck in the princess's body one by one and put them away.
Princess Chang Le, seeing that Jiang Yuwei was an unfamiliar face, asked in confusion:
"Granny Sun, and who is this?"
"Princess, this is Madam Jiang from the General's Mansion. She came to visit with Princess Jing just now. When she heard that you had fainted, she came in first to check on you. That's why you were able to wake up so quickly, thanks to Madam Jiang's acupuncture."
Princess Chang Le tried to get up, supporting herself on the edge of the bed, but Jiang Yuwei quickly pressed her back down.
“Princess Chang Le, you have just woken up, so you should lie down and rest for a while. There is no need to get up.”
Princess Chang Le gave Jiang Yuwei a grateful look.
"Thank you, Madam Jiang."
Jiang Yuwei smiled slightly at her, then turned to Granny Sun and said:
"Please, Granny, hurry up and bring up the congee with preserved egg and lean pork to feed the princess."
Upon hearing this, the old woman slapped her forehead.
"Oh dear, I was so happy to see the princess awake that I forgot all about this. I'll go right now."
After saying that, Granny Sun turned and left.
When Princess Chang Le heard that Granny Sun was going to get her some congee with preserved egg and lean pork, she hurriedly and weakly waved her hand, saying:
"No, I can't drink it. I'm still fasting right now and can't eat meat."
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