Chapter 34: Disease Enters the Du

  Zhou Song and Xiū Niáng walked into the room one after another. As soon as they entered, their eyes all gathered on the bed.

  "Cough!"

  Zhou Song was startled and hastily bowed respectfully to Xia Jingting: "Zhou Song has seen General Xia." Xiuniang followed behind him, also bowing.

  "What brings General Zhou to our humble abode?" Xia Jingting's attitude was still decent, but his tone was unpleasant.

  Zhou Song didn't find it strange, "Your Highness is worried about the queen's illness, so he specially sent his servants to attend to her and also brought medicine prescribed by Qing Ming Gongzi for the queen."

  Qingming, a divine doctor who cannot be invited with a million gold coins. Xia Jingting was somewhat skeptical and couldn't help but feel moved. Turning his head to look at Xia Yang, he had already heard about Xia Tian's experience in the Ling Wang Fu, and at this moment, he was indeed hesitant.

  Xiūniáng walked towards the bedside, bent down and softly called out: "Wángfēi, your servant is Xiūniáng. Wake up, the prince... he's very worried about you."

  "General Xia, this is the green jade ointment, which has a miraculous effect on external injuries. Also, Qing Ming Gongzi entrusted me to give the queen a medicinal soup to drink, please assign someone to go with me to decoct the medicine." Zhou Song said opportunely.

  Taking over the small green porcelain bottle, Xia Jingting's face changed several times, as if she had swallowed a mouthful of anger and yet seemed to have obtained some comfort. Without making a sound, she only glanced at Madame Jiǔ.

  Madam Ji nodded in agreement and hastily stretched out her hand to lead Zhou Song on the way: "General Manager Zhou, I'll go with you."

  "Thank you, Mrs. Jiǔ."

  Lying on the bed, she closed her eyes tightly and breathed so lightly that it was almost inaudible. Xiū Niáng worriedly raised her head and asked, "The princess was fine when she left the palace, how did she become like this? Feng Liè, how did you take care of her?"

  Feng Lian habitually lowered her head and didn't dare speak a word.

  Xia Yang had been watching coldly from the side, and now she snorted in disdain, saying: "If you want to ask why Tian Er has become like this today, you shouldn't ask Feng Lian, but rather ask how the Ling Wang Fu treated Tian Er."

  She slowly exhaled, and Jing Xi's heart calmed down a bit. Perhaps she was too sensitive, but he was tense around Xia Tian only because he pitied her for suffering grievances in the Ling Wang Fu.

  Xiū Niáng also didn't argue, expressionlessly taking over the handkerchief from Feng Lì's hand to replace the one on Xià Tiān's forehead.

  The sky gradually darkened, and the summer heat still lingered, with occasional incoherent murmurs. Zhou Song and Madame Jiou had already administered the medicinal soup to her, but her condition remained unchanged, or even worse.

  Xia Yang's gaze towards Zhou Song and Xiuniang became increasingly sharp, while Xia Jingting's face didn't look much better.

  Suddenly, a sound came from Xia Tian's throat.

  Everyone rushed up.

  Her complexion got worse and darker, her body moved, and she suddenly fell on the bed and vomited violently.

  "Oh heavens!"

  "Your Highness!"

  "Miss!"

  Everyone was flustered at once.

  The summer heat brought on non-stop vomiting, and all the medicine she drank came back up. It wasn't until she had nothing left to vomit that it finally subsided. Looking at her face again, it was deathly pale, with large beads of sweat rolling down her forehead, her breathing as thin as a thread, as if she might stop breathing at any moment.

  He grasped Zhou Song's neck with one hand, Xia Yang's anger reached its peak, his eyes blazing with fury: "I'll kill you!"

  "General, calm down!" Xiū Niáng hastily grabbed his arm and anxiously said: "Qīng Miǎo Gōngzǐ instructed that once the princess reacts to the first dose of medicine, she must immediately take the second dose."

  Zhou Song's neck was stuck and he was choking, his face turned bright red. At this moment, he couldn't speak and could only nod desperately.

  "Let go of the child!" Xia Jingting was even more calm and solemn, saying: "Zhou Gongguan, you may be a person of the Third Prince, but if Tian'er has any accident due to the medicine you brought, this general will absolutely not let it go. Zhou Gongguan, do you want to give this medicine to Tian'er or not? This general wants to hear your words."

  The meaning of Xia Jingting's words was obvious, and Zhou Song couldn't help but understand. If Wangfei really had any mishap, not to mention that he and Xiuniang would lose their lives, even the prince might be implicated. He touched his neck and looked at Xiuniang, silently praying that Qingming Gongzi wouldn't harm the prince, and loudly said: "General Xia, please rest assured, Zhou Song doesn't have a hundred guts to dare hurt Wangfei. If this medicine is ineffective, don't bother General Xia taking action, I will immediately take my own life."

  "Good." Xia Jingting nodded and turned to Jiufuren and Jingya, instructing: "You two go get the medicine and give it to Tian'er to take."