The Empress Arrives: Rebirth of Concubine Hua

Chapter 22 Questioning the Guards
When Ulanara woke up, it was already bright, and Qiu Mei helped her get up.

While washing her face, Ulanara scolded the maid on duty for not waking her up earlier.

Qiu Mei said, "Master, don't worry. The prince's fever has subsided at 1:00 pm. But he is still unconscious. Concubine Jin came to take care of him early in the morning."

When Ulanara went to see Yinzhen, Nian Shilan was using chopsticks dipped in water to moisten Yinzhen's lips.

He had been in a coma for a day and a night, had not eaten or drunk anything, had a high fever, and his lips were pale and dry.

"Greetings to Fujin."

Nian Shilan saw Ulanara come in, put the bowl in her hand on the low couch beside the bed, stood up and waved her hand casually.

Ulanara asked calmly.

"Is my sister all right now? I heard that she had a headache last night."

"Thanks to Madam Fu Jin, I still feel a little uncomfortable after getting up early, but I am worried about my master, so I rushed here to take care of him. Madam Fu Jin, since you are tired, please go and rest first, I will stay here."

Nian Shilan was wearing a goose yellow Manchu dress today, which made the room look much brighter.

She had several delicate pearl flowers on her hair and a pair of pearl earrings on her ears.

Although her face was covered with a veil, it was hard to conceal her beauty and temperament.

He looked radiant and radiant, without any trace of fatigue or discomfort.

Ulanara ignored Nian Shilan's words and instead called the imperial physician to ask about Yinzhen's condition.

"I took your pulse this morning. Your Majesty is young and healthy, and the poisoning has been cured. But the epidemic is tricky, so please allow me to prescribe a prescription." The imperial physician bowed.

Before Ulanara could say anything else, Su Peisheng came in to report to her.

Two of the young eunuchs who served the prince closely in the front yard yesterday suddenly fell ill this morning.

Ulanara took a breath, the thing she worried about finally happened.

But I didn't expect the disease to spread so quickly. Two people were infected in just one day.

I dare not think about what will happen if this continues, for I am afraid that everyone in the palace will have to be carried out.

Ulanara looked around and saw that everyone had their faces covered with scarves, and the smell she smelled was the sour smell of boiling vinegar.

We have taken protective measures, so how can it spread so quickly?

But she didn't have time to think about it. Ulanara ordered the two sick eunuchs to be moved to an empty courtyard and threw medicine and food into the courtyard.

The poor eunuch was just an object in the eyes of the dignitaries, and he had to boil medicine and cook for himself despite having a high fever.

Nian Shilan was a little anxious, and she didn't know how the matter she had entrusted her parents to do was going.

In her previous life, she remembered that the prescription for curing the epidemic was developed by Wen Xianqing from the medical family.

Later, Wen Xianqing was invited by Ulanara to the palace to cure Yinzhen. She must find this person before Ulanara.

Nian Shilan was thinking about something when she heard Ulanara instructing Jiang Fuhai to pass a message to her mother's family.

She asked her mother's family to find a famous doctor for her, so that she could go to the mansion and work with those imperial doctors to study prescriptions for treating the epidemic.

Nian Shilan was just about to pick up the bowl to continue moistening Yinzhen's lips, but she saw Yinzhen's face turn from pale to an abnormal flush.

She reached out and touched Yinzhen's neck, and found that he had a high fever again, just as they were talking.

The imperial physician hurried forward to check the patient's pulse and spoke after a long while.

"Why is the prince's fever getting worse? It seems that this prescription can only stop it temporarily. Once it strikes back, it will be even worse than before."

Yinzhen began to twitch at this time. The wounds on his chest and thighs had been bandaged, but now they began to bleed again as he twitched.

Ulanara exclaimed.

"Imperial Physician! Hurry up and ask all the imperial physicians to treat the prince!"

Su Peisheng was so anxious that he was about to cry. He had followed the prince since he was a child.

He always went wherever the prince went, and he had never seen the prince suffer such serious injuries.

How come this happened after my trip to Henan?

The work in Henan has not been completed yet. The breach has been blocked, after all, it is not the flood season yet. However, many people died in the villages that were flooded.

As spring grew warmer, an epidemic broke out among those who had died but had not yet been buried, and the virus spread to the living people around them.

The prince personally took care of everything every day, supervising the flood control and epidemic prevention matters. Someone came with the message that the emperor summoned Prince Yong back to the capital.

The visitor was a young eunuch who looked unfamiliar, wearing the palace uniform.

It was said that the Emperor had given an oral order that Prince Yong must return urgently due to important matters in the capital.

The prince gave instructions on how to deal with the disaster and then rode back to the capital at full speed with a dozen of his personal soldiers.

Unexpectedly, when they were almost reaching the capital and were just waiting for the city gates to open in the morning to enter the city, the group was ambushed.

The personal guards of Prince Yong's mansion were either killed or injured, but they risked their lives to protect the prince.

When the soldiers guarding the city saw them from the lookout tower.

Only then was he escorted back to the palace to treat the prince's injuries.

Su Peisheng is a eunuch, and it would be inconvenient for him to follow him out for a long time.

He could only angrily ask about the specific circumstances of the last two surviving bodyguards.

(End of this chapter)