The Empress Arrives: Rebirth of Concubine Hua

Chapter 23: Talking in Dreams
The imperial doctors gave Yinzhen a prescription and used acupuncture to stop his convulsions.

Seeing that the prince's condition had stabilized, they gathered together to study the prescription for treating the epidemic.

Another day passed after all this trouble.

The prince was still in a coma, and the two young eunuchs who had fainted earlier were too sick to get up, and the medicine they took was ineffective.

Two more sick people were carried out from the front yard, one was a eunuch and the other was a maid who had previously served and washed the prince.

The imperial doctors advised Ulanara and Nian Shilan not to stay in the house, lest the two of them fall ill again before the prince recovers, and then there would be no one to take charge of the palace.

Ulanara had no choice but to go to the study next door. She was the mistress of the palace and she could not fall down.

Nian Shilan refused to leave, she wanted to stay by the prince's bedside.

She sent away all the maids, even Songzhi.

Ulanara let her go, after all, the prince was now unconscious and needed someone to take care of him.

Nian Shilan repeatedly used a towel soaked in warm water to cool Yinzhen down. She was so tired that she lay down on the edge of the bed and took a nap.

After all, a young lady who was brought up in pampered condition had never done such physical work as taking care of a patient.

But lying on the edge of the bed was not comfortable, so Nian Shilan heard Yinzhen's mumbling in a daze.

When she heard Yinzhen's mumbling, she felt relieved at first, but when she heard the content of his mumbling, she sighed helplessly.

Yinzhen called out in a confused manner: "Yunxi, wait for me..."

In her previous life, Nian Shilan knew that Yinzhen already had a legitimate wife before she entered the palace.

But she died of childbirth complications, and later Ulanara Yixiu became her successor.

The first wife and the second wife are sisters, and are the daughters of General Fei Yanggu.

However, Yixiu was born out of wedlock, and Yinzhen was just the inconspicuous Fourth Prince at that time. It is said that Yixiu and Yinzhen were quite affectionate when she entered the palace.

But due to her status, Yixiu was only a concubine.

Yinzhen had promised that once she gave birth to a son, he would ask the emperor for permission to make Yixiu his legitimate wife.

But later I heard that when Yixiu was pregnant, her elder sister came to the mansion to visit her, and happened to meet Yinzhen who had just returned from court.

The two fell in love at first sight. Despite the opposition of his biological mother, Concubine De, the Fourth Prince asked for the title of Concubine Yixiu's elder sister to be his wife.

However, this legitimate wife was unlucky and died during childbirth.

After that, Yinzhen never doted on any woman again, and he always thought of his first wife.

Defei advised him to make Yixiu his wife, and he did so obediently. In the previous life, he favored Nian Shilan after she entered the mansion. Nian Shilan thought she was different in his heart.

The Yunxi he is calling now should be the legitimate wife who died young.

In her previous life, Nian Shilan often heard him mention the deceased woman.

Later, after Yinzhen succeeded to the throne, he posthumously named her empress, gave her a posthumous title, and missed her all his life.

Nian Shilan lowered her head and smiled self-deprecatingly, "You see, after starting over again in this life, I'm still no different."

But in this life, Nian Shilan will no longer feel heartache.

She will no longer cause trouble for the whole family because of jealousy with other women.

Nian Shilan sat there for a while, and felt that Yinzhen had a fever again.

So she went back to her busy work of cooling him down with a wet towel.

Before dawn, Ulanara sent someone in to bring food to Nian Shilan.

Clear porridge with side dishes, four dishes and one bowl.

The young eunuch put the food on the table, and when he received Nian Shilan's instructions to leave, he immediately bent his body and walked out.

Nian Shilan had no appetite. She stirred the bowl of lily porridge and put the spoon back into the bowl.

My eyes inadvertently glanced at Yinzhen, and suddenly I found that his hand moved.

Nian Shilan walked over quickly to check carefully, but Yinzhen did not move again, just lying quietly like before.

Su Peisheng said while standing outside.

"Concubine, you have endured a whole day and night. You should go back and rest. There is water in the left wing. You can take a bath and change clothes before going back."

Nian Shilan didn't say anything, but after a while she smiled and said, "Then I'll have to trouble Eunuch Su."

She lifted the curtain and looked into the yard, where Ulanara was sitting at a stone table drinking tea.

Several imperial doctors were busy flipping through books and preparing medicines.

The palace sent people to inquire every day, but they were not allowed to enter the palace gate.

For three days in a row, there were servants who fell down every day, and even the imperial physician fell down.

The life of this palace seemed to be being sucked away bit by bit.

(End of this chapter)