Min Feiyan looked up at the eldest prince, then at the second prince, and finally lowered her head.
She didn't understand what the queen meant, but she knew the queen wouldn't let her violate the propriety between men and women. As a royal concubine, she could die, but she couldn't act in such a way.
Thinking of this, she sighed. But now she could only sit and wait for the doctor the queen had mentioned.
...
At the Regent's Mansion.
Bai Ke insisted on guarding by the bed regardless of Mu Yanming's scowling face.
Mo Qinghuan snorted and sat down in front of the desk, picking up a book to read. In fact, she was using the book to cover herself so that she could secretly watch the two people over there.
"Bai Ke, are you not even going to listen to this king's words now?" He covered his chest and gasped.
Seeing Mu Yanming like this, Bai Ke became even more worried. He knelt in front of the bed. "Your Highness, please forgive Bai Ke for not obeying. You are ill now, and Bai Ke must guard by your bed to protect you!"
Mu Yanming looked at Mo Qinghuan. Mo Qinghuan was holding a book and sitting back in the chair, pretending not to see the look Mu Yanming was giving her.
The situation was at a stalemate for a while. Mo Qinghuan yawned, shook her head, and looked in Mu Yanming's direction. She found that Bai Ke was still kneeling there straight.
She walked over there speechlessly, squatted in front of Bai Ke, and said, "Hey, you may not want to sleep, but I do. Could you please go out?"
Bai Ke stared at the ground without saying a word. He had made up his mind that no one could drive him away today. No, not just today. He would stay by Mu Yanming's side day and night until the king recovered.
Seeing that she couldn't persuade him, Mo Qinghuan went back to the desk and sat down. But just as she was about to pick up the book again, Dan'er stood outside the door, bowed her head, and said, "Your Highness, someone has come from the palace. They said that the queen is not feeling well and wants to invite the princess to the palace to see the queen."
Mu Yanming looked at Mo Qinghuan, and Mo Qinghuan was also looking at Mu Yanming.
She threw the book in her hand and walked to the bed. "The queen must have heard from Gu Qinglan that I know medicine."
Mu Yanming covered his chest and took a deep breath. "It's okay. Go ahead. She shouldn't do anything to you."
Mo Qinghuan looked at Bai Ke. "Now, you can guard your king properly." She snorted and went to get her medicine box.
"Bai Ke, go with her to protect her." Mu Yanming ordered in a deep voice.
Hearing this, Bai Ke immediately changed his expression. "Your Highness, this subordinate can't go. My duty is to protect you!"
"If you defy this order, this king will expel you from the mansion right now, and then you won't have to protect anyone."
Bai Ke's eyes were red. He turned his head away. "Yes, this subordinate obeys." Then he angrily followed Mo Qinghuan.
As soon as Bai Ke left, Mu Yanming was about to breathe a sigh of relief when his eyes fell on the shadow coming through the window lattice.
He covered his chest and got out of bed. His staggering steps really looked like he was terminally ill.
He walked to the table and poured a cup of tea. When he put down the kettle, it blocked the view of the person outside. He took the opportunity to flick the medicine in his fingernail into the cup of tea, then picked it up and drank it.
After that, he continued to stagger back to the bed.
The shadow outside the window saw that he just got out of bed to drink a cup of tea and didn't stay any longer, so it retreated.
...
Mo Qinghuan was led into the palace hall, while Bai Ke was left outside the courtyard.
After she walked in, the palace hall was brightly lit. The eldest prince and his wife were sitting on the left side, and the second prince and his wife were sitting on the right side.
The queen was sitting high on the middle throne, and an old maid was standing behind her.
She knelt on the ground respectfully and saluted the queen. The queen looked at her and, to Mo Qinghuan's surprise, sat down and helped her up in person.
"Qinghuan, do you know medicine?"
Mo Qinghuan nodded and directly asked, "Your Majesty, where do you feel uncomfortable?"
She had just observed the queen carefully and didn't find anything wrong with her.
"How dare you!" The old maid pointed at her and scolded. Mo Qinghuan lifted her eyelids and glanced at the old maid disdainfully.
"Cuiping, step back." The queen waved her hand. The old maid called Cuiping lowered her head and stepped back.
"To be honest, I invited you here today not for myself, but for my daughter - in - law." She walked up to Min Feiyan, took her hand, and said, "Qinghuan, come and take a look at her quickly."
Min Feiyan gave Mo Qinghuan a faint smile. "Thank you, sister - in - law."
She returned the faint smile, took out a pulse pillow to feel Min Feiyan's pulse, and actually silently activated the little doctor in her mind. "Little doctor, activate the scanning mode."
"The scanning mode has been activated. Scanning is in progress. Please wait..."
Several people were standing around Mo Qinghuan, waiting for the result. Min Feiyan was also staring at her own hand nervously.
"Don't look at her like this. She's so nervous that her pulse is all over the place." Mo Qinghuan said without even raising her head.
After she said that, she realized that these people were not ordinary patients but royal relatives. She should use honorifics, and she was no longer Dr. Mo but Mo Qinghuan, the princess of the regent.
"Scanning is complete. The patient has chronic myocarditis, and there is poison in her blood. She is severely poisoned. Please treat her as soon as possible."
Mo Qinghuan put away the pulse pillow. The eldest prince grabbed her wrist. "Sister - in - law, how is she?"
Mo Qinghuan originally wanted to prescribe medicine for her directly, but then she thought that she should go back and discuss with Mu Yanming whether to treat her normally or slowly. She withdrew her wrist. "She's fine. I'll prescribe some medicine for her first."
As soon as she said this, everyone was stunned on the spot. Even Min Feiyan stared at her in disbelief with wide eyes.
"She's fine?" Leng Nier stepped forward. But immediately she realized that her reaction was too intense. Then she put on a surprised smile and stepped forward to hold Min Feiyan's hand. "Sister - in - law, did you hear that? She said you're fine, which means your illness can still be cured."
Min Feiyan propped herself up and walked up to Mo Qinghuan, who was packing up her medicine box. "Sister - in - law, is my body really okay? You're not just saying this to comfort me, are you?"
Mo Qinghuan shook her head and smiled politely. With a thought, there was an extra bottle of medicine in her hand that was inside the box. "Take the medicine on time, but remember that you must not overwork, get overly emotional, or be extremely happy or sad." She looked at the eldest prince. "You must not engage in strenuous exercise."
The eldest prince thought she was warning him and nodded obediently. But actually, Mo Qinghuan didn't say explicitly that they should be even more careful during sexual intercourse.
She thought for a while and decided that it would be better for the queen to say it. So she walked up to the queen. "Your Majesty, may this subject ask Your Majesty to step aside and talk?"
The queen took Mo Qinghuan into the inner room. "Speak."
Mo Qinghuan didn't beat around the bush and directly told the examination result. "Your Majesty, please forgive this subject for speaking bluntly. As long as the eldest princess takes good care of herself, she won't be in life - threatening danger in a short period of time."
She paused and glanced at the queen's expression. She didn't know who had poisoned the eldest princess. But if, by any chance, it was the queen who wanted the princess to die soon so that she could arrange another marriage for the eldest prince, would it ruin the queen's plan if she said it...
So she didn't say it outside just now.