Chapter 54b: Slowly Taking Shape
However, after thinking about it again, Imperial Consort Song was Nangong Chen"s mother. Last night"s matter exploded into such a big deal, it"s normal for the son to come and see his mother.
"Greetings to Your Highness Imperial Consort. I"ve come late and hope that Your Highness don"t blame me."
Imperial Consort Song had been hoping that Luo Qing Luan would come, how could she be angry? She replied at once, "Xuancao, grant her a seat."
"Miss Luo, please." The personal maid, Xuancao, immediately fetched a brocaded low stool. After helping Luo Qing Luan to sit down, she brought a pot of newly steeped biluochun tea before standing by the side to wait upon them, keeping silent.
Finally recovering his wits, Nangong Chen smiled in embarra.s.sment and spoke to Luo Qing Luan. "Mother has been waiting for Sister Qing Luan to come. Just now, I was merely speaking without thinking. Please don"t take offense."
Imperial Consort Song pretended to glare at Nangong Chen with displeasure. "My child Chen, look at you, if you think about it, Qing Luan is your sister-in-law and is a relative. Qing Luan is naturally more conscientious when examining me than those imperial physicians. Moreover, if it wasn"t for Qing Luan last night, I, your imperial mother, would have already lost my life. You actually don"t believe in her, this is truly……"
"Sigh, forget it. Qing Luan, don"t you mind him. Come and give me a proper examination." Extending her hand quite voluntarily, Imperial Consort Song spoke smilingly.
Reaching towards Imperial Consort Song"s wrist, Luo Qing Luan carefully felt her pulse for a moment. Last night, she already discovered Imperial Consort Song"s health condition, who indeed suffered from excessive internal heat, that"s all. Originally, there had always been imperial physicians inside the palace who performed routine health checkups for all of the consorts and cared for their health at all times. However, it"s very likely that Imperial Consort Song was a bit careless and didn"t place any importance on their advice, especially in regards to exerting self-control over her diet. Therefore, a little cough continued to produce phlegm which had never gone away.
After a moment, Luo Qing Luan stopped and said emotionlessly, "Your Highness, your illness truly is not severe. Even though your cough has lingered for some time, as long as you nursed your health with care, you"ll get well very quickly."
Seeing that her words were exactly the same as those which the imperial physicians routinely spoke, Imperial Consort Song was somewhat unconvinced as she said, "But I have already coughed for many days, and have taken no small amount of medicine. Why have I still never gotten better?"
Nangong Chen also but in and said, "Sister Qing Luan, we can be considered a family. If you truly know medicine, then you need to properly diagnose my mother."
It"s at least better if he didn"t speak. Once he spoke, his pair of eyes also fixedly stared at her, making Luo Qing Luan feel uncomfortable all over. If imperial Consort Song wasn"t also present at the scene, she truly would not be able to hold back from slapping him, so that his pair of eyes could stop wandering improperly.
Restraining her fiery temper, Luo Qing Luan smiled yet did not smile as she looked at Imperial Consort Song. "Has Your Highness truly nursed your health carefully the way the imperial physicians has prescribed?"
As she spoke, she looked at the plates of fresh fruits on the table by their side. "Your Highness, did the imperial physicians say that you need to pay attention to the foods you ordinarily eat. Even longan, or mangoes, you need to refrain from eating these kinds of fruits as much as possible."
"This……" Imperial Consort Song immediately became embarra.s.sed as her voice also softened a few notches. "Qing Luan, I didn"t do this on purpose. The fact is that it doesn"t matter if I eat a bit less of them, right?"
These longans and mangoes on the table were all tributes recently presented during these last few days. They came from the southern distant lands of Nanyue. She ordinarily liked them anyway, but already hadn"t been able to eat them for half a year. Therefore, as soon as His Majesty bestowed them to her, she couldn"t stop herself and ate quite a bit everyday.
"Whether you eat more or less will affect your condition in the end. If Your Highness wants to recover quickly, and prevent what happened last night from happening again, then you need to abstain from them." Without dwelling too much upon it, Luo Qing Luan merely reminded her lightly.
Only as a physician with the caring heart of one did she earnestly give Imperial Consort Song these suggestions. Otherwise……merely the consort"s ident.i.ty as Nangong Chen, this nauseating person"s mother, was enough for her to not say even half a word.
"This……then alright." In the end, she still had lingering fears, so Imperial Consort Song didn"t dare to eat more.
She had the palace maids remove these beloved fruits then asked again if she could get well quickly. She"d been coughing for so many days and actually could no longer bear it for a moment more. If Luo Qing Luan were to leave and she flared up again like last night, then how would she not lose her life?
"If Your Highness would like to get well as quickly as possible, you should take medicine."
Luo Qing Luan replied faintly. Even if she had a way to allow Imperial Consort Song to recover instantly, this kind of method was unavoidably too astonishing and was truly inadvisable to reveal. This originally was her life"s greatest ability and was her trump card. If others discovered that her medical skills were so outstanding, wouldn"t some astute people be able to figure out something?
Moreover, she still wanted to investigate her mother"s true cause of death. At least before the investigation concluded, she should not expose herself completely.
As far as the empress was concerned, she would have a way.
She was somewhat disappointed, but Imperial Consort Song could not force the other in the end, so she just asked her a few more things casually. Interest coming to an end, she sent Luo Qing Luan home. "Chen"er, send Qing Luan off."
"Yes, Imperial Mother." Nangong Chen wished for nothing more as he quickly answered.
They hadn"t taken many steps out of the door to the palace hall when Luo Qing Luan turned around. "Thank you Fifth Prince for your trouble. The Imperial Consort"s health is unwell. You don"t need to send me out. Why don"t you go back to take care of her."
Continually sensing his gaze fixed on her body, which seemed as if it wanted to see through her, she just started to turn around when she discovered Nangong Chen"s completely infatuated expression focused on her face again. How could she possibly still want him to see her off? She couldn"t wait for him to immediately scram as far away as possible.
Not able to feel Luo Qing Luan"s disgust in the slightest, Nangong Chen was grinningly sticking to her. "Sister Qing Luan, no need to be courteous. Imperial Mother already asked me to send you off, so I naturally have to do this. However……"
He looked at the time of day and smilingly said, "It"s still early right now. How about you make a visit to my mansion? Yesterday, Qing Shuang even mentioned you and said that it"s been awhile since she"d seen you. If you go, she"ll surely be very happy."
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