The moment Mo Qinghuan stepped into the Queen's palace, Gu Qinglan chased after her.
"Mo Qinghuan, stop right there, you bitch!"
Before she even arrived, everyone in the main hall heard her insulting Mo Qinghuan.
The Queen looked embarrassed. The eldest prince got up and walked outside. Just as Gu Qinglan was about to step in, he grabbed her and pulled her out.
"Cousin, what are you pulling me for! I'm going to settle the score with that bitch Mo Qinghuan!"
As she said that, she tried to rush in again, but the eldest prince gently pulled her down the steps.
Standing on the steps, the eldest prince looked at Gu Qinglan with a gloomy face. "Mo Qinghuan came to the palace to treat your cousin's illness. I will never allow you to cause trouble!"
Gu Qinglan stood below the steps and didn't dare to make a scene. In her impression, she had never seen her cousin like this before. All along, her cousin had always seemed easy to get along with.
However, just at that moment, his look in the eyes actually made Gu Qinglan feel scared. She even forgot that her arm was still itching terribly.
Coming to her senses, Gu Qinglan started scratching her arm again. "Cousin, it's not that I'm causing trouble. It's Mo Qinghuan who poisoned my arm. I'm so itchy that I could chop it off right now."
As she said that, Mu Shengze had already turned around and entered the main hall.
Mo Qinghuan knew that Gu Qinglan must have told Mu Shengze about her arm. So as soon as Mu Shengze came in and before he could say a word, she directly threw a medicine bottle over.
"Let her take this."
After Mu Shengze caught the medicine bottle, he didn't say a word and walked out.
Min Feiyan had also heard what Gu Qinglan said just now. She looked at Mo Qinghuan awkwardly.
"Sister - in - law, Qinglan has been spoiled by the Queen Mother since she was a child. Don't take it to heart. She doesn't have any bad intentions."
Mo Qinghuan just gave a faint "um" and then motioned for Zhi'er to untie Min Feiyan's clothes.
After finishing the acupuncture, Mo Qinghuan sat in a daze at the table. Thinking about this morning, she felt that Mu Yanming, Bai Ke and Lu Zixiu were all acting strange. Had something important happened that she didn't know about?
Min Feiyan saw that Mo Qinghuan was in a daze and not saying a word. She thought that it was because she had just spoken up for Gu Qinglan and made Mo Qinghuan angry, so she didn't say a word during this time.
The silence was finally broken when the Queen led Gu Qinglan in.
Gu Qinglan followed behind the Queen, looking extremely reluctant.
Seeing this, the Queen grabbed her arm and gave her a push. "Apologize right now!"
Gu Qinglan was pushed in front of Mo Qinghuan, but she just couldn't swallow this humiliation. So she turned her head away, gritted her teeth and said nothing.
Mo Qinghuan was sitting at the table. She lazily lifted her eyelids, and a look of disdain flashed in her eyes. At the beginning, at the flower - viewing banquet, when they were competing in poetry, she actually admired this somewhat talented woman.
However, later on, all of Gu Qinglan's targeting of her was because of Mu Yanming. At that moment, she suddenly felt that such a woman was not someone she would even look at twice, not to mention being friends.
She played with the extremely short plum - blossom needle in her hand. "Your Majesty the Queen, apologies are unnecessary. However, if Miss Gu insults others again next time, the poison won't be on her arm."
Gu Qinglan tightly clenched her fists, and her silver teeth were almost ground to pieces.
Hearing Mo Qinghuan say that apologies were unnecessary, she didn't feel relieved. Instead, she felt disdainful.
"Humph, I never intended to apologize to you anyway. Don't flatter yourself."
The Queen looked at Gu Qinglan at this moment. She didn't look like a gentle and well - bred young lady at all. Seeing her jealous of Mo Qinghuan for marrying Mu Yanming and regarding her as an enemy, the Queen shook her head in frustration.
On the contrary, Mo Qinghuan's confident and unruly appearance, and her calmness of not putting anyone in her eyes, doomed Gu Qinglan to be a loser.
After removing the acupuncture needles for Min Feiyan, Mo Qinghuan picked up her medicine chest and walked out.
The eldest prince personally escorted her outside the main hall and humbly expressed his gratitude.
But as they were talking, Mo Qinghuan suddenly noticed the herpes on Mu Shengze's lips.
"Your Highness the eldest prince, could you please open your mouth so that I can take a look at your tongue?"
Mu Shengze didn't know what was going on, but he obediently opened his mouth.
After the examination, Mo Qinghuan went back into the main hall.
"Your Majesty the Queen, there is something that I think I should report to you."
The Queen saw Mo Qinghuan looking so serious. She thought something was wrong with Min Feiyan's illness and quickly asked anxiously, "What's going on? Just tell me."
"There has been a small - scale outbreak of a herpes disease in the capital recently. I just found out that His Highness the eldest prince has also contracted this disease. So I'm reminding everyone to be careful and avoid getting infected."
As soon as she finished speaking, the eldest prince very consciously took several steps back, raised his hand to cover his mouth and said, "Sister - in - law means that this disease may be contagious?"
"The source has not been found yet, and the possibility of human - to - human transmission cannot be ruled out. So, Your Highness the eldest prince, please do take good precautions."
As she said that, she took out some medicine from her medicine chest. There were also the instructions for taking the medicine that she had written down before.
The eldest prince was afraid of infecting others and stood far away. Seeing Mo Qinghuan's outstretched hand, he turned his head and motioned for the person beside him to go and take the medicine.
The Queen stood up and walked towards Mu Shengze, but he dodged. "Mother, what are you doing?"
"Come here. Let mother take a look." The Queen suddenly remembered that when she had lunch with the emperor yesterday, the emperor had also said that his mouth felt uncomfortable. She had to take a look to confirm whether even the emperor had contracted this disease.
Mo Qinghuan felt that something was wrong and said, "Your Majesty the Queen, the symptoms of this disease are red herpes in the mouth and throat. The surface is a smooth and transparent blister. Once it breaks, the fungus inside will infect the intact skin until it is completely ulcerated."
Hearing what Mo Qinghuan said, Mu Shengze froze on the spot. He didn't even notice when the Queen walked up to him.
The Queen raised her hand and gently pinched Mu Shengze's chin, forcing him to open his mouth.
"Your Majesty the Queen, are you suspecting that there are others who have also contracted this disease?"
The Queen pondered for a while. It was no small matter that the emperor was ill. It couldn't be publicized widely, otherwise it might shake the court.
Thinking of this, she raised her hand to cover her face. "It's me." She forced a smile. "Please prescribe a dose of medicine for me too."
Mo Qinghuan felt that the Queen was acting strange, but since the Queen intended to hide it, it meant she didn't want her to know. So she didn't act smart and expose the matter. Instead, she obediently took out the medicine from the medicine chest and put it on the table.
"Your Majesty the Queen, please take good care of yourself. I've written down what you should avoid and what is suitable. Also, everyone, don't panic. Although this disease is contagious, it is not incurable."
Hearing this, the Queen nodded repeatedly. "That's good! That's good!"
She picked up her medicine chest and walked out. Before she left, she heard Mu Shengze say, "Mother, there has been neither drought nor flood recently. How could there be an outbreak of an infectious disease?"