Counterattack of the Cannon Fodder Chambermaid

Untitled Part 133

"Hurry and get up, Imperial Physician Zhou. His majesty calls you inside." Zheng Hai Quan said softly, and helped him up. Seeing this elderly man being tormented by his majesty's affairs to the point he wanted to die, Zheng Hai Quan still felt some sympathy.

But it was at most sympathy, because he knew he wasn't any better off himself!

Imperial Physician Zhou entered the inner hall and didn't come out for a long while. After he came out, he couldn't help but wipe some sweat off his brow.

He finally managed to get through it all!

But as he thought of what was to come, Imperial Physician Zhou couldn't help but laugh bitterly.

***

Time continued to pass like a flowing river, without making any great waves.

Everything seemed to be the same as before, but something was different.

The crown prince was extremely silent recently, as though his violent behavior from before was just an illusion. As for the Jin Prince, he remained in his estate quietly recuperating, but only a few people knew what he was up to in private.

On this day, Emperor Xi fainted in court, shaking everyone.

Zheng Hai Quan instructed people to carry Emperor Xi back to the Violet Imperial Hall via his royal carriage. Before long, Empress Xiao and the crown prince hurried over.

By the time Senior Concubine Xu and the Jin Prince caught wind of it, the imperial physician had already finished his treatment. Empress Xiao sat beside the royal bed, her tears flowing unceasingly and her expression sorrowful.

"Majesty, what's happened to you—"

With a howl, Senior Concubine Xu sprawled beside the bed and started crying, her voice sad and beautiful, like raindrops on a pear blossom.

Empress Xiao gave her a glance of disgust and felt like throwing up, "What are you crying for? His majesty hasn't died yet!"

"This servant concubine is just too worried about his majesty...."

The Jin Prince stood anxiously on the side, "Where are the imperial physicians? Empress, what did the physicians say?"

"The imperial physician said that due to your father consuming pills in his youth, the harmful side effects built up and were never cleansed. Things flared up this time and the situation isn't good."

"Then why isn't father waking up?"

"The physician said that after fainting his royal body is overly frail...."

The Jin Prince was going to speak further but was interrupted by Empress Xiao's gesture.

"His majesty needs some time to recuperate. How is he supposed to do so when one is crying and one is pressing for answers?! Why don't you take your leave?"

Senior Concubine Xu gave the Jin Prince a glance. The two of them turned around and left.

Once they returned to the Chunluan Palace, the Jin Prince said: "This prince gets the feeling father's flare up this time isn't quite right. Does mother concubine know which physicians diagnosed him?"

Senior Concubine Xu knitted her willow brows, "It was still that Imperial Physician Zhou. The empress says that his majesty trusts him, and he has treated your father's royal body by himself for a while without being switched off."

The Jin Prince's prominent brows also furrowed, and he paced back and forth within the hall before saying: "We can't leave things this way. How can father's royal body be left to a single imperial physician to treat? Mother concubine, have your subordinates investigate. We also need to find another trusted imperial physician to treat father along with Imperial Physician Zhou."