Chapter 21. Fever disease
Xiangzhu wandered back and forth anxiously at the gate of the Prince's Mansion, constantly looking around, the pain in her knee from time to time, and a thin layer of sweat on her forehead, despite this, she was still reluctant to go back to the room to lie down.
Niangniang has been missing for a day and a night, and according to Vanilla's recollection, before Niangniang disappeared, she had issued an order that she was not allowed to enter the dormitory. At noon today, she was worried about her mother, and shouted outside the door for a long time, but there was no movement in the dormitory. Worried about her master, Xiangzhu risked being punished and entered the dormitory, only to find that the house was empty.
The brocade quilt on the bed was neatly folded, and the candle flame that had just been changed yesterday morning was still intact, without a trace of burning. The subordinates who have seen Niangniang have a unified voice, saying that the last time they saw Niangniang was in the garden.
I rummaged through the garden, and finally on the big tree in the bamboo forest, I saw a rope hanging from the tree. Xiangzhu had a faint bad feeling in her heart, and she always felt that her mother had escaped from the prince's mansion by this rope.
Xiangzhu didn't dare to make a noise, so she had to stand at the gate, praying in her heart that her mother was just playful, and she escaped from the prince's mansion to play on the streets, and she would come back when she had had enough.
This stop is to stand until the night rises.
The uneasiness in my heart spreads and amplifies in the bottom of my heart. Xiangzhu could barely hold back and wanted to go out to look for herself, but the soldiers guarding the door stood at the gate like a human wall, and she was not allowed to step out of the gate.
At this moment, there was a sound of horses' hooves from a distance, and when she saw the person clearly, Xiangzhu wanted to hide, but found that there was a woman lying on the horse's back.
"Mother!!" Xiangzhu ran over in surprise.
Le Zhengfan helped the person lying on the horseback with a cold face, but the other party's body was soft and had no support point. Sensing that something was wrong, he turned Ji Yue's cheek to himself, only to find that her eyes were closed, her breathing was short, her face was crimson, and the skin she touched was extremely hot.
"Ji Yue!" shook Ji Yue's body, but there was no response, and a trace of panic surged in Le Zhengfan's heart, "Quick, pass on the imperial doctor!" ”
Seeing this, Xiangzhu couldn't help but panic, regardless of the knee injury, turned around and ran quickly to find the imperial doctor.
The imperial doctor hurried to the Mingyue Palace, and as soon as his hand caught Ji Yue's pulse, Le Zhengfan's slightly nervous voice was heard.
"How's it going?"
After a while, the condition was confirmed, the imperial doctor's face was solemn, and Le Zhengfan's heart sank to the bottom little by little.
"Returning to His Royal Highness, the crown princess Niangniang is suffering from a severe fever, if the internal heat is not removed in time, the internal organs will be severely traumatized and blinded, and even worse... Yes, yes..."
The latter words did not dare to be spoken, and a low air pressure formed around His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, which made him breathless, his legs were weak, and he involuntarily knelt down.
"What are you still doing! Go and list the prescriptions for this palace and use the best medicine! A deep and cold voice came from above, and the Imperial Physician retreated as if he had received a pardon.
This qiē all fell into Li Ruomeng's eyes, Yingying's eyes crossed with a trace of anger, her hands were clenched, and her long nails sank into the flesh of her palms without realizing it.
His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has always been indifferent to the woman in his backyard, but now, he sees in his eyes that he cares about Ji Yue, is he emotionally attracted to this woman?
Li Ruomeng sneered inwardly, she was too naïve before, she only thought about how to grasp the heart of His Royal Highness the Prince, and did not put this useless princess of the dead country in her eyes, she never thought that this woman was so scheming!
This slut!!
She must wipe out His Highness before he falls in love with her completely!!
Li Ruomeng thought in his heart, but his face frowned, and his face was worried.
"Your Highness, my sister will be fine."
Li Ruomeng slowly walked to Le Zhengfan's side, stretched out his hand to touch, but was swept by Le Zhengfan's sharp gaze, and the hand stretched out in mid-air froze in mid-air, and then naturally retracted, his face was as usual, and his heart had already slashed the unconscious woman with a thousand knives.
"Stand down." Le Zhengfan said to Li Ruomeng.
"Yes." Li Ruomeng lowered his head in response, but when he turned around, his face became extremely hideous.
The woman on the bed was flushed, her eyes were closed and she was sweating profusely, and she seemed to be in pain. Xiangzhu hurriedly brought a basin of cold water, soaked the handkerchief and wrung it out, folded it into a square and put it on Ji Yue's forehead.
She reached halfway through her hand, but the wet handkerchief was intercepted and took it.
Xiangzhu saw that it was His Royal Highness the Prince, and consciously retreated to see if the medicine was decoctioned.
Le Zhengfan sat on the bed, wiped the sweat from Ji Yue's forehead with a softness that he couldn't even notice, and his eyes drifted to his plump and pale lips.
The fingers paused, involuntarily moved down from the forehead and gently swiped along the lip flap, the soft touch came from the fingertips, and the heart throbbed inexplicably.
Le Zhengfan remembered the tingling feeling he had never felt before when his lips melted in the water.
Since he was a child, he has been the target of bullying in the palace, although as a noble prince, the treatment is not necessarily very good, even the low-ranking people in the palace look down on him, not to mention the ministers of the court who are willing to marry their daughters to him. When it was time to get married, his father seemed to have forgotten that he had such a son and only cared about other princes. After becoming the crown prince, all the courtiers saw the wind and steered, and they all wanted to sacrifice their daughters. In order to consolidate the position of the crown prince, he set up the daughter of Li Shu, a victorious general who held the power of one side of the army, as his side concubine, but he had never been close, let alone knew this feeling of lips touching lips.
"Grandma... Grandma..."A low dream pulled Le Zhengfan's thoughts back, and when he looked over, the woman on the bed still closed her eyes, it turned out to be a dream.
"Grandma, Yue'er misses you..."
"Grandma, where are you going, don't go... Yue'er wants to be with grandma... Don't, don't!! ”
Ji Yue suddenly cried like a child, her hands suddenly fluttering in the air, as if she was about to grasp something, and her tone was full of helplessness and pleading.
"Grandma, please, don't leave Yue'er !!"
A pair of big palms held the hands waving wildly in the air, and the sleeping woman was a little quieter, no longer so hysterical, but there were still low and vague words reaching Le Zhengfan's ears.
"Don't don't don't !!" The poignant voice suddenly sounded, and Ji Yue, who had her eyes closed, suddenly sat up, her eyes wide open, as if she had seen something terrible, and her appearance was very terrifying.
"Ji Yue?" Le Zhengfan shouted tentatively, but the person in front of him slowly closed his eyes, and as soon as his body was weak, he was about to fall, Le Zhengfan reacted quickly and sat on the edge of the bed and caught the petite body that had fallen.
Looking at the woman who was sleeping with tears in her arms, Le Zhengfan couldn't help frowning, an indescribable complex emotion rose from the bottom of his heart, I don't know if it was curiosity, distress, helplessness or something else.