Ling Yunzhou was taken back to the Princess's residence, where the Princess took meticulous care of him every day, and whispered ambiguous stories about the past in Ling Yunzhou's ear.
Physician Ke was the one who restored Ling Yunzhou's memory by pricking his blood with golden needles. At this moment, he was summoned by the Eldest Princess to prick Ling Yunzhou's acupoints while the Eldest Princess spoke to Ling Yunzhou in his ear.
But three days have passed, and Ling Yunzhou still shows no signs of waking up, which infuriates the princess.
"Does my word have no effect on him at all?" the princess said angrily.
“Your Highness, the General’s health is perfectly normal. As for why he hasn’t woken up, I really don’t know. Perhaps… perhaps…” Physician Ke said hesitantly.
"Or what?" the princess immediately asked.
"Or perhaps it's someone the General truly cares about!" After saying this, Physician Ke knelt down, fearing that the Princess would order him to be beheaded at any moment.
The eldest princess was furious. Did she really want Tao Wanniang to come?
"Imperial Physician Ke, I only summoned you because of your ability to restore Ling Yunzhou's memory. You should know that I can replace you with any of the many doctors in the Imperial Hospital!"
Imperial Physician Ke did not approve of what the eldest princess had done, but he had no choice but to cooperate.
"Your Highness, I am not capable enough and fear I will fail your trust," Physician Ke said, kneeling on the ground in distress.
The eldest princess angrily told Imperial Physician Ke to get out, and then looked at the unconscious Ling Yunzhou. She ran her fingertips across Ling Yunzhou's cheek, suppressing her anger and resentment.
"Yunzhou, open your eyes and look at me! I regret it. I've only ever loved one person, and no matter the cost, I want you to be with me. Even if you're bedridden forever, you'll still be mine!"
The soldiers from Lingyun Prefecture did not return together; instead, they remained in the East China Sea to fight the pirates alongside Xiao Yi and others. However, the people of the Grand General's Mansion naturally knew that Lingyun Prefecture had been detained by the Eldest Princess.
That day, Tao Wanniang was busy at the Zhaixing Tower when the steward of the General's Mansion came to find her.
"Steward Zhao, what do you want me to do? I have long since divorced your General, so I have no right to come to the Princess's residence to demand someone."
After Zhao Guangliang explained his purpose, Tao Wanniang flatly refused, saying, "Besides, your general is in trouble, and the princess has lent a helping hand. Shouldn't you be grateful?"
Zhao Guangliang was furious at Tao Wanniang's cold tone, even though the general was so eager to reconcile with her.
"Manager Tao, we are very grateful to the Princess for saving the General, but the General is all alone in the Princess's residence, and we are worried about his safety!"
"What are you worried about? Are you afraid your general will be eaten by the princess? Well, your general needs to wake up first!" Tao Wanniang teased.
Zhao Guangliang looked at Tao Wanniang with a complicated expression, but still pleaded, "Manager Tao, please go and see the General, considering that you and the General have conceived two children together!"
"Steward Zhao, do you think the Princess will let me in?" Tao Wanniang retorted. "The Princess is deeply in love with your General, how could she possibly let me into the mansion to visit him?"
"As long as Manager Tao agrees, we will take care of luring the Princess out of the Princess's residence," Zhao Guangliang said solemnly. "Imperial Physician Ke said that the General is still unconscious and needs someone he truly cares about to wake him. Manager Tao, the General needs you!"
Tao Wanniang got goosebumps all over. Ling Yunzhou didn't need her. She was almost forty years old. Who was indispensable to whom?
"Since you are so loyal to your master, I will give it a try. But I'll make it clear beforehand: no one knows if I can succeed." Tao Wanniang just wanted to see whether Ling Yunzhou was dead or alive; she felt she had no other intentions.
Having received Tao Wanniang's agreement, Zhao Guangliang immediately took his leave. It was easy to say, but in reality, it would require the cooperation of many people.
About three days later, Zhao Guangliang came to see Tao Wanniang again. Tao Wanniang simply handed over her work to Wang Hongyu and left with Zhao Guangliang.
"Are you sure the Princess isn't in the residence?" Tao Wanniang couldn't help but ask after being led into the Princess's residence by the female guards of the General's Mansion.
"Don't worry, Manager Tao, the Princess has been summoned to the palace by the Emperor." The female guard, Chen Yan, had already figured out everything about the Princess's residence and easily led Tao Wanniang into the room where Ling Yunzhou was.
Seeing that Chen Yan had knocked out the guard, Tao Wanniang couldn't help but voice her question.
"Since you can come and go from the princess's residence so easily, why not just take Lingyunzhou back with you?"
“It would be troublesome for the Princess to ask for more people, mainly because the General is currently unconscious. The Princess should take extra care of him.” Chen Yan said expressionlessly, “I will keep watch outside. Manager Tao, hurry up.”
Hurry up, what can she do faster?
Tao Wanniang looked at Ling Yunzhou lying on the bed, his cheeks sunken, looking pitiful.
"Hey, Ling Yunzhou, I've come to see you. I don't know what's wrong with you, but your steward said that the imperial physician diagnosed you as fine. But why can't you wake up?"
Looking at the unconscious Ling Yunzhou, Tao Wanniang wondered if she should give him an adrenaline injection. Tao Wanniang only had a superficial understanding of medicine, but since the imperial physician said that his body was fine, he guessed that he just needed a stimulus.
Taking advantage of the fact that no one was around, Tao Wanniang bought a needle from the system at a considerable price and then swiftly inserted it into Ling Yunzhou's body.
"Ling Yunzhou, don't say I'm heartless. If you wake up, you don't need to thank me." After Tao Wanniang finished doing everything, she heard Chen Yan's reminder from outside and immediately put the syringe back into the system.
"Someone's coming, let's get out of here!" Chen Yan warned.
“I’ve said everything I needed to say. If he still doesn’t wake up, there’s nothing I can do,” Tao Wanniang replied.
Chen Yan disregarded everything else and immediately left the house with Tao Wanniang.
Behind him, Ling Yunzhou suddenly opened his eyes and saw Tao Wanniang's departing figure, but his long-term weakness prevented him from speaking.
While resting in bed, Ling Yunzhou heard the door open, followed by the Princess's furious voice.
"I knew this was a trap. Wake him up."
"Get up! What happened? How did you serve the General? You're lying on the ground!"
"This servant...this servant was knocked unconscious, this servant doesn't know..."
"Drag him away and beat him to death with sticks!" the princess gritted her teeth and went straight to Ling Yunzhou's bed. She only breathed a sigh of relief when she saw that Ling Yunzhou was safe and sound.
"Yunzhou, you are mine, and no one can take you away from me!"
Ling Yunzhou remained motionless, letting the princess hold his hand. He was terrified, but he managed to keep his composure.
After Tao Wanniang was taken away from the princess's residence, Zhao Guangliang rushed forward.
"Manager Tao, how is our General?"
Tao Wanniang felt that her needle prick would wake up those who were supposed to, but if the Princess was present, would she let them go?
"You could find some high-ranking and powerful people to go and visit him," Tao Wanniang suggested. "What if he wakes up? He won't be able to run around!"
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