Helian Duo stepped forward and kicked the old woman hard in the chest, sending her wailing in the rain. "Is this how Prime Minister Cheng disciplines his servants? Even a lowly servant dares to overstep the master?"
Seeing this, another old woman quickly said, "Your Highness, please calm your anger. It's our negligence. Please calm your anger, Your Highness. From now on, we'll take better care of the young lady."
Helian Duo coldly scanned the servants and said in a stern voice, "All of you kneel in the rain for this king. You can only get up when Cheng Xiran allows you to."
The servants were so scared by Helian Duo's look that they didn't dare to move. Zuo Yan quickly stepped forward and kicked the leading servant. "Are you all deaf? Can't you hear what His Highness said? Do you have to have your legs broken before you'll kneel?"
Hearing this, no one dared to stand anymore. They all knelt in the rain with their heads down, not daring to say a word.
Helian Duo turned around and walked into the room. Zhuque followed him in. Seeing her young lady in such a state, she couldn't help but have red eyes.
Cheng Xiran's thin body was curled up in the quilt. Her face was flushed, and her black hair was wet and scattered on the bed. Faintly, one could hear her weak sobs.
Zhuque bit her lips and held back her tears. "I don't know what's wrong with the young lady. She just won't rest and keeps crying, saying someone's dead and came back asking her to save them."
Helian Duo bent down and touched her forehead. It was scalding hot. Just as he was about to order someone to call the imperial physician, he heard her choke out a name, "Helian Duo..." His heart suddenly trembled, as if being tightly grasped by a hand.
"I'm here." Helian Duo squatted beside the bed and reached out to straighten her face so she could sleep more comfortably. But she reached out and grabbed his finger, resting her face in his palm.
"Save Jiang Yulang..." she sobbed softly.
"Okay, I'll save him." Helian Duo didn't pull his hand back. Then he sat on the edge of the bed and picked up the handkerchief beside him to wipe her wet hair.
"I want to go home. I don't want to be in ancient times. There's no phone or computer here. There's nothing." Cheng Xiran murmured softly.
But Helian Duo didn't understand what she was saying. What were a phone and a computer? He couldn't help but sneer. She was really delirious from the fever.
Cheng Xiran kept mumbling about going back to the modern era. Helian Duo coaxed her one by one. By the time Zuo Yan came back with the imperial physician.
Now that Cheng Xiran was sick, she seemed as fragile as a young girl. The arrogant look from before was completely gone. She was like a little crybaby, holding his hand and crying non - stop. Hearing her say she saw a ghost, she cried even harder.
Helian Duo couldn't help but smile. He didn't expect that Cheng Xiran would actually believe his joke. So he gently comforted her, "There are no ghosts here, and no one has ever lived here. Those words were just to deceive you."
Cheng Xiran still kept muttering. Helian Duo patiently responded to her words one by one. After coaxing her for a while, she finally stopped crying.
Zhuque waited on the side, ready to serve. Although she couldn't hear clearly what they were saying, she sighed at how gentle the prince was. The prince she usually saw was not like this.
After Zuo Yan brought the imperial physician, Helian Duo left. Afraid that those thoughtless servants would spread nonsense, he specifically ordered that anyone who dared to gossip would have their tongues cut off.
Back in the study, Helian Duo summoned Zuo Lin. He wrote down all the nonsense Cheng Xiran had said when she had the fever and asked him to find out what those things were.