Chapter 799 - Chapter 799: Serious
Chapter 799: Serious
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“You keep calling me Empress Dowager. Do you really not acknowledge me as your grandmother?”
Xuanyuan Ye suddenly looked up and opened her mouth. She thought of something and shook her head repeatedly. She endured the tears that were about to fall from her eyes and bit her lower lip. “My mother has committed a grave sin, I wouldn’t dare to.”
It wasn’t that she didn’t want to, but she didn’t dare to.
At the mention of Madam Yu, Empress Dowager Zhou’s face darkened. She said sternly, “You’re you, and she’s her. I watched you grow up. As long as you have a clear conscience, why wouldn’t you dare?”
Xuanyuan Ye was stunned for a moment. She could no longer hold it in and threw herself into Empress Dowager Zhou’s arms. Large tears fell. “I thought that Imperial Grandmother didn’t want me anymore. I’m afraid…”
“Silly child.” Empress Dowager Zhou stroked Xuanyuan Ye’s cheek with heartache, and her eyes turned red.
They hugged each other and cried. Nanny Gao and Eunuch Yu, who were guarding outside the attic, did not dare to breathe loudly.
“Your Majesty!” Eunuch Wu called out softly.
“Let’s go back.” Xuanyuan Qi sighed. “There’s no need to tell Mother that I was here.”
Nanny Gao and Eunuch Yu complied respectfully.
Eunuch Wu glanced at the two of them and quickly followed Xuanyuan Qi.
After leaving the Longevity Palace, Xuanyuan Qi suddenly paused. ‘Wu
Zhengde. ”
‘Your Majesty.”
“Get someone to pay more attention. If the princess… Xuanyuan Ye really doesn’t have any other intentions, let her be. Mother is old. I don’t want her to be sad again.”
Eunuch Wu looked up in surprise and quickly agreed.
Actually, His Majesty couldn’t bear to do it himself. After all, one would still have feelings for a dog or cat after raising it for more than ten years, let alone a living person.
However, he only dared to curse in his heart.
As soon as the master and servant returned to the Yuqian Palace, the people in the prison came to report that Eunuch Xing and Eunuch Qian had confessed.
The two of them were working for Madam Yu. Eunuch Qian was doing it for money, but Eunuch Xing was doing it to repay her kindness.
It turned out that when the aristocratic families persecuted the Xing family, Madam Yu secretly alerted them, so Mrs. Xing had swapped the newborn baby with a servant’s child in advance, allowing the Xing family to maintain a bloodline.
Xuanyuan Qi sneered. “He confessed so readily. He calculated that I wouldn’t touch that child.”
Eunuch Wu was silent. His Majesty wouldn’t touch the descendants of the Xing family.
At the Benevolence Hall.
Ji Luo frowned. “When did fever, cough, and vomiting start?”
“In these two days.” Sitting opposite her was a red-faced woman. The person who answered was the middle-aged man standing beside the woman.
The middle-aged man looked furious, but he did not dare to flare up because of the soldiers. “Because my wife caught a cold, she lost her appet.i.te. The day before yesterday, she fell asleep after drinking the medicine. She started to heat up in the middle of the night, so I didn’t think too much about it. The next day, I brewed two sets of medicine for her. Unexpectedly, not only did her condition not improve, but she even started coughing and vomiting this morning. If this isn’t a problem with the medicine they prescribed, what is it?” Ji Luo said indifferently, “The medicine is fine.”
“How is there no problem? Are you in cahoots with this black-hearted medical center? Let me tell you, if you don’t treat my wife, I’ll report you to His Majesty even if I have to risk my life.” The middle-aged man’s eyes turned red with anger.
The woman couldn’t help but cry. “I won’t die, will I?”
“You keep blabbering on. What are you talking about?” The middle-aged man scolded sternly, but his eyes were clearly filled with worry and fear.
Why was he afraid? Was he afraid that his wife’s words would come true? Ji Luo lowered his eyes and retracted his hand from the woman’s wrist.
The middle-aged woman sobbed. “I’m not blabbering. The w.a.n.g family next door also perished.”
“How are you the same as them?” The middle-aged man clearly did not have the confidence to say this. He grabbed his hair anxiously. “Don’t think too much. The child is still waiting for you to cook for them at home.”
Ji Luo stood up and was about to leave when she paused. “When did the w.a.n.g family pa.s.s away? Did they have the same symptoms as you?”
“It’s different.” The middle-aged man waved his hand repeatedly, as if the woman was hopeless if he admitted it.
Ji Luo looked at him quietly.
The middle-aged man was defeated by her gaze. “They died one after another in the past two days.
“That family went to the countryside province to get married a while ago. For some reason, they all came back sick.”
“However, their symptoms are really different from my wife’s. When they left, their faces were covered in pustules and their bodies were festering. It was terrifying.” Thinking of the death of that family, the middle-aged man cowered.
Ji Luo asked, “Did they return on the 20th
Both husband and wife were shocked. “How did you know?”
Ji Luo did not answer and looked at Xuanyuan Ziming. “Let’s leave first.” Xuanyuan Ziming was puzzled, but he still followed her instructions. The middle-aged man panicked. “Hey, you can’t leave. What will happen to my wife if you leave?”
He wanted to pull Ji Luo, but the two soldiers pulled out their swords, scaring him so much that he quickly retracted his hand.
In the blink of an eye, all the people Xuanyuan Ziming brought, including the four imperial physicians, had left.
“Why did they leave?”
“That’s right. Didn’t they say that they were sent by the imperial court?” The patients in the clinic instantly became excited.
“Are we going to another medical center to take a look?” Xuanyuan Ziming asked.
Originally, he was prepared to bring his men to every medical center. Benevolence Hall was the first one.
Ji Luo shook his head. “No need.”
Xuanyuan Ziming’s eyes lit up. “Madam, you’ve found the reason?”
“It’s the plague.”
Xuanyuan Ziming gasped.
“What nonsense are you talking about? I’ve just checked the patient’s pulse. He’s clearly suffering from a cold,” the thin Imperial Physician Chen reprimanded.
The other three did not say anything, but they clearly had the same thoughts as him.
Ji Luo sneered. “Since it’s a cold, why didn’t it work after taking the medicine?”
These imperial physicians usually treated illnesses for the n.o.bles. In Ji Luo’s opinion, most of them were not as skilled as common doctors.
Of course, there were also people who were truly talented. Clearly, these four people were not included.
Imperial Physician Chen choked. “Maybe the medical center prescribed the wrong medicine.”
He didn’t believe it himself. How could everyone make the same mistake?
However, if this was really a plague…
“I have to go to the palace immediately to report to Father.” Xuanyuan Ziming felt that Ji Luo would not joke about such a thing. He took two steps and came back. “No, no. I entered the medical center just now and came into close contact with the patients. What if I get sick too?”
If he entered the palace again, wouldn’t he be bringing the plague into the palace?
“Go find a place to change your clothes. To be safe, I’ll prescribe something else for you,” Ji Luo said.
“Will that do?” Xuanyuan Ziming was still worried.
“Then do you still want to enter the palace?”
“Yes!” How could he have the guts not to report such a big matter? Ji Luo couldn’t help but roll her eyes just like Shen Yijia. “Then it’s fine..”