October is already early winter, the weather is getting colder, all the trees are withering, and there is a bleak scene everywhere.

Ding Guoguo was wearing winter clothes, lying on the chaise longue, looking out the window.

It had been several days since she was sunk in the pond that day. Fate was to pick it up, but she choked in the icy muddy water for a long time, injured her lung lobes, and contracted the wind chill.

According to Pomegranate, it was the eleventh prince who called for someone to save her that day.

Pomegranate also said that when she was dragged up from the water that day, her face was dead white and she had lost her breath. It was the Seventh Prince who didn't give up, and kept carrying her feet and hanging upside down, so that he rescued her. The imperial doctors all said that she could come back to life, because she was blessed with a great life and a great creation.

And the palace slave who took her away that day, after checking, she never found it. The emperor was furious and threw all the palace slaves and palace maids who served in the Wan'an Palace that day into prison.

The emperor also came to ask her, but she remembered what the palace slave looked like.

She only said that she was so frightened that she couldn't remember anything.

The emperor asked her to recuperate with peace of mind, and said that he would give her an explanation in the future.

"Doctor Ding, it's windy outside, why did you open the window again?" Pomegranate came in and saw the window wide open, and hurried over to close it.

Ding Guoguo didn't say anything.

"Doctor Ding, the slave maid brought you fish fillet porridge, do you want to eat some?"

"Don't eat it."

"Okay then." Pomegranate handed the tray to the other little palace maids and took it away, but she stood aside, stirring her hands and biting her lip.

"Tell me something." Ding Guoguo glanced at her and knew that she had something to say.

"Doctor Ding, you are a good person. Please, do well, and save the slave's sister. The pomegranate fell to her knees, fell to the ground, and slammed her head against the ground.

"Your sister?" Ding Guoguo was stunned.

"Sister slave is the palace maid who poured wine for you in the Wan'an Palace that day." Pomegranate cried, "The slave's sister will definitely not harm Doctor Ding, Doctor Ding, you must believe in the slave." ”

It's her! How could she forget the delicate and lovely little palace maid who smiled at her.

"You get up." Ding Guoguo reached out and pulled her.

"Xie Ding's divine doctor's great grace!" Pomegranate kowtowed three more times before she stood up, sobbing and wiping away her tears with a handkerchief.

"Although I promised you, I may not be able to save it, don't have too much hope." Ding Guoguo got up to get the medicine box, asked Pomegranate to sit down, and said while giving medicine to her broken skin and bleeding forehead.

"The slave understands." Pomegranate nodded, and burst into tears again.

Ding Guoguo sighed and didn't speak again. Pomegranate didn't ask the Seventh Prince, but came to her. She didn't think that her face was so big that she could speak in front of the emperor. But things started because of her, and she couldn't let hundreds of lives cushion her.

The emperor will be furious, partly because of her, and partly because of her, and partly because it happened on the Thousand Autumn Festival and lost the royal face. Everyone knows that it is forbidden to kill during the Thousand Autumn Festival.

Of course, these were all her guesses.

Before the medicine was finished, the Seven Princes suddenly came.

Ding Guoguo turned his back to the door and just blocked the pomegranate, so neither of them paid attention to the Seven Princes who had already arrived at the door.

"Uh-huh!" Fushun reminded him with a light cough by the door.

"Master." Pomegranate was startled, and hurriedly stood up and bent down to salute.

The Seventh Prince waved her back down.

"Are you feeling better today?"

After sitting down, Pomegranate served tea and withdrew, and then the Seventh Prince asked.

"Prince Xie Qi cares, it's much better today."

"That's good." The Seventh Prince fiddled with the tea bowl, as if thinking about something. After a long time, he raised his eyes to look at her again, "Why do you dress like this, do you not like the style of clothes I gave?"

Ding Guoguo was wearing the coarse blue clothes he wore on the day he entered the palace today, and his hair was just pulled up casually.

"It's not."

"Why is that?" The Seventh Prince frowned slightly.

"I'm a doctor, and it's too cumbersome to wear, it's inconvenient." Ding Guoguo always felt that since that day in the small garden, the eyes of the seven princes looked at her a little strangely. But what was strange, she couldn't tell.

"That's right." The Seventh Prince chuckled, his eyes rolling.

Ding Guoguo's heart was beating wildly, and he hurriedly lowered his eyes and stared at his toes. The corners of his slightly curved mouth, the beautiful curvature, and the glowing eyes all made her feel very uncomfortable!

The Seventh Prince sat for a while before saying that he still had something to do and left.

Ding Guoguo is inexplicable, I don't know why he came, he can't just come to see her, right?

It was noon in a flash, and after lunch, Ding Guoguo went to the imperial study surrounded by a group of people.

Since the sinking pond, she has lost the right to move freely. The Seventh Prince said that it was for the sake of her safety, and she was also afraid of what happened that day, so she didn't refuse.

Every afternoon, the emperor would take a break in the imperial study to review the recitals, and today is no exception.

"I'm not in Liuliju, I'm looking for me, what's wrong?"

After kneeling and bowing, the emperor glanced at her, and the movements of his hands did not stop.

Ding Guoguo had a feeling that the emperor had already guessed why she came. She hesitated slightly, then knelt down again, explaining her intention.

Sure enough, after hearing this, the emperor looked indifferent and did not frown.

"That's how you want to save those minions?" The Emperor threw away the pen in his hand and looked at the man on his knees.

"Ask the emperor for mercy." Ding Guoguo lowered his head and fell to the ground.

"If you can kneel here for three days and three nights, I will promise you."

"Thank you for the emperor's kindness, long live the emperor, long live, long live!" Ding Guoguo was happy in his heart, isn't it just kneeling for three days and three nights, what's so difficult about this!

"Your Majesty..." Gonggong Li, who had been standing with his head hanging to the side, suddenly spoke, but closed his mouth under the emperor's eyes.

It's already cold on October nights, not to mention the empty and unpopular Imperial Study.

The door was closed, but a cold wind came in through the crack.

In the imperial study, except for Ding Guoguo, who was kneeling in place, only the little palace slave who was responsible for lighting the lamp and changing the candle remained.

The cold white marble floor tiles, no matter how long you kneel, you can't cover the heat. She reached out to hammer her already numb leg, and after only a few hours of kneeling, her knee was painful.

Hungry, tired and sleepy, she pinched her thigh hard, and the pain made her much more sober.

"Doctor Ding, are you hungry?"

The little palace slave who was standing at the entrance of the hall quietly moved to her and asked in a low voice.

"Not hungry." As soon as Ding Guoguo finished speaking, her stomach gurgled, and her stomach was more honest than hers.

"Here you go." The little palace slave took out two rose cakes from his sleeve and brought them to her eyes.

Ding Guoguo looked at it and didn't answer.

"It's not poisonous. Xiao Gongnu seemed to be afraid that she would not believe it, so he pinched a small piece and swallowed it.

Of course, Ding Guoguo knew that it was not poisonous, and if she wanted to kill her, a doctor who had no power to restrain the chicken, she could just stab her, so why bother to poison her.

"Yes, you're not used to this." Seeing her turn her face, Xiao Gongnu said stupidly.

Ding Guoguo turned his head and saw him stuffing the pastry back into his sleeve, and almost wanted to reach out to grab it, but he couldn't hold back. Who knows if the emperor is trying her, or forget it.

It's okay if you don't eat or drink for a few days, but you can't go to the toilet. At night, Ding Guoguo walked by himself to finish, and when he came back, he knelt in place again.

On the first night, she survived straight.

The next afternoon, when the emperor came to review the recital, he only glanced at her and ignored her.

At night, Xiao Gongnu brought her half a drunken chicken.

Ding Guoguo closed his eyes and didn't even look at it.

Seeing her like this, the little palace slave stood for a while, and then retreated to his original position.

Seeing him walk away, Ding Guoguo opened his eyes. This little palace slave is not small!

"What an idiot!"

At night, Ding Guoguo was dozing off little by little, when someone suddenly sighed softly in his ear.

She was startled and suddenly sober. looked around, except for the little palace slave who was dozing, there was half a figure there.

Is it a hallucination? Sticking out her tongue and licking her chapped and bleeding lips, she closed her eyes and straightened her back. My legs had long since lost sensation, and I couldn't feel any pain, but my stomach was hungry and uncomfortable.

She hadn't eaten anything for two days, hadn't taken a drop of water, and her stomach was empty.

On the afternoon of the third day, the emperor arrived as scheduled. After reviewing the recital, he also summoned several ministers in front of Ding Guoguo.

"Your Majesty, if this continues, I'm afraid that Doctor Ding's life will be gone." The emperor finished his office and was about to leave. Gonggong Li chirped at Ding Guoguo, who was already crumbling, and said softly.

"If she dares to intercede on behalf of others, she should have thought about what the consequences would be. I didn't cut off her head, enough to save face. The Emperor didn't stop at his feet, and he didn't even look at her.

"The Emperor's 。。。。。。" Gonggong Li still wants to persuade again.

"So much to say, be careful that I cut your tongue."

"The slave is guilty."

When the people walked away, Ding Guoguo, who had been unfocused, pulled the corners of his mouth and showed a wry smile. It's because she didn't see it clearly, she couldn't even protect herself, and she wanted to save others. It's she who overestimates herself!