The prince longs for me every night after mastering thought-reading
Chapter 329 - 328: Arriving Just In Time, The Body Is Very Important

Chapter 329: Chapter 328: Arriving Just In Time, The Body Is Very Important

Shen Chuwei rose from her couch upon hearing the words and went straight to the door, where she could see the situation at Xiaoxiang Pavilion’s entrance.

In her radiant phoenix robe, the Empress shone brightly wherever she went, attracting everyone’s attention.

Looking at the Imperial Guard’s stance at the door, it seemed they were not allowing the Empress to enter.

Daring to stop the Empress, they had guts!

Meanwhile, at Fengyi Palace,

No sooner had the Empress left than the Emperor arrived, only to find not the Empress but Yuyu in the bedchamber.

Xiao Jinyu, seeing the Emperor arrive, stepped forward to greet him, "Father Emperor."

The Emperor asked, "Where is your mother empress?"

"Mother has gone to Xiaoxiang Pavilion in the East Palace," Xiao Jinyu did not dare to deceive the Emperor, as it would be easily exposed.

"What is she doing in the East Palace? Doesn’t she know that there is a plague raging here?"

Having said that, the Emperor stormed out of Fengyi Palace.

"Proceed to the East Palace."

Xiao Jinyu watched his father’s angry departure, belatedly realizing that he seemed to have done something wrong.

The Empress had always moved freely within the Imperial Palace; being stopped for the first time left her somewhat displeased.

"Make way."

The Imperial Guard bowed his head deferentially, "Empress, the Emperor has decreed that no one is permitted to enter the inner court of the East Palace."

Thinking of the damned Emperor, the Empress couldn’t help muttering a few curses in her heart, "Then can you be certain that the people inside are alright?"

The Imperial Guard replied, "To respond to the Empress, everything inside is normal."

"Empress, why have you come here?"

Suddenly, the cold voice of that damned Emperor came from behind, and turning around, the Empress saw the Emperor, dressed in his bright yellow dragon robe, striding towards her.

The Empress stepped forward and curtsied, "Your Majesty."

The Emperor approached in a fury and immediately scolded, "Empress, how can you not understand the gravity and urgency of the situation? To come to the East Palace at this time, are you unaware of the plague here?"

The Empress replied, "I was merely coming to see Lady Shen, who has been confined for over three months."

"Why concern yourself with others? Don’t you understand how important your own condition is?" The Emperor stepped forward, took the Empress’s hand, and quickly led her away.

The Emperor’s strength was not small, forcing the Empress to keep up with his pace. She paused as she looked at the redness in the Emperor’s handsome face.

Only after they had left the East Palace by a long distance did the Emperor slow down his steps and his tone softened somewhat, "It’s a critical time now, can you not come to Xiaoxiang Pavilion?"

In recent days, the Empress had been running to Xiaoxiang Pavilion every few days, but he had never seen her visit his place with such frequency.

The Emperor could easily learn of any news within the palace, it all depended on whether he wished to know.

The Empress murmured discontentedly, "I was just coming to look; was it necessary for you to become so angry?"

Even if her voice was soft, the Emperor heard it and could not help being angry, "Do you still think of yourself as a naïve girl of ten and six? Need I remind you?"

Upon hearing this, the Empress was stunned. In recent days, the damned Emperor had shown nothing but disdain for her at every turn, as if afraid she didn’t know she was already in her forties.

His tenderness before was indeed just a pretense.

No, it was because he had a new favorite concubine, and now nothing about her was right anymore.

The Empress had had enough and forcefully shook off the Emperor’s hand, "Your Majesty, I am well aware of my advanced years and do not need constant reminders. I am clear about it, as if it were reflected in a mirror."

The Empress curtsied, "I take my leave now."

Having said that, she walked away quickly, waving her handkerchief.

In her heart, she cursed the Emperor a hundred times over!

The Emperor too was left dazed with anger; he was genuinely concerned for the Empress. Could a barren Lady Shen possibly be more important than you, the Empress?

Watching the Empress walk away heedlessly, and considering that she was pregnant, how could she leave like this?

The Emperor quickly caught up, "Empress, slow down...."

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The originally noisy entrance suddenly quieted down.

Chun Xi turned her head to look at Shen Chuwei, "Young Mistress, the Empress has left."

"I was hoping to rely on the Empress to bring the medicine to Concubine Xu, but now that’s not going to happen," Shen Chuwei fretted as she returned to the inner chamber.

Chun Xi reassured her, "Young Mistress, don’t worry. Concubine Xu is a lucky woman with heaven’s protection; she will definitely be all right."

Shen Chuwei suddenly asked, "Is Lady Tao doing well?"

"This servant doesn’t know. At the moment, not a single piece of news can be obtained," Chun Xi replied.

When night fell,

Xiaoxiang Pavilion received an unexpected visitor, a man dressed in black.

Shen Chuwei stared at the man who had suddenly appeared, tall and straight, clearly someone not to be trifled with.

She instinctively reached behind her, where there was a flat-bottomed frying pan that she hadn’t taken away after using it to grill pancakes during the day.

She gripped the handle of the flat-bottomed pan tightly, ready to unhesitatingly smash it on the black-clad man if he dared approach her!

"Lady Shen, are you all right?" The person was Qin Xiao, who had to enter this way because the East Palace had been sealed.

Fearing that Shen Chuwei wouldn’t recognize him, Qin Xiao pulled down his black mask.

Upon seeing the handsome face beneath the mask, Shen Chuwei discreetly let go of the handle, "Qin Xiao, you finally arrived. I’m fine."

"That’s good, now I can rest easy as well," Qin Xiao said with a sigh of relief.

But Shen Chuwei was still concerned about Concubine Xu, wanting to get the Spiritual Spring Water to her.

"By the way, who’s in charge of treating the plague?" she asked.

"Treating the plague is a hot potato; no one in the Imperial Medical Bureau dares to take it on. It’s all been dumped on Imperial Doctor Wen, who’s been exhaustively busy thinking up treatment prescriptions and is at his wit’s end," said Qin Xiao.

Upon hearing this, Shen Chuwei immediately thought of a good way to help Concubine Xu treat the plague—have Imperial Doctor Wen concoct a prescription for treating the plague so no one would suspect a thing.

"I have a medicinal liquid for treatment. Help me take it to Imperial Doctor Wen," she said.

Qin Xiao looked surprised, "Lady Shen, you have a way to cure the disease?"

"Of course." Shen Chuwei turned and went into the inner chamber, took out the previously prepared Spiritual Spring Water, and to avoid suspicion, she also wrote out a prescription. She then turned back to Qin Xiao.

"Give these two things to Imperial Doctor Wen. Use the water in this bottle to brew the medicine; it can cure the plague."

Qin Xiao looked at the water in the bottle with some curiosity, this water was so miraculous?

Having been told by Shen Chuwei, Qin Xiao went on to do just that.

Carrying the items, Qin Xiao left Xiaoxiang Pavilion and headed straight for the Imperial Medical Bureau.

Before he left, Shen Chuwei gave another instruction, "Make sure to let Concubine Xu take it first. If Lady Tao has also been infected, make sure she’s treated immediately."

In the past two days, the Emperor had issued a command ordering Imperial Doctor Wen to come up with a plague treatment prescription within two days, or else face punishment.

At this moment, Imperial Doctor Wen faced immense pressure, and while he was at his wit’s end, Qin Xiao arrived without invitation.

Imperial Doctor Wen belonged to the Crown Prince, so their conversation was straightforward.

"Guard Qin, what brings you here?" Imperial Doctor Wen asked, staring at Qin Xiao’s heavy dark circles that seemed to indicate he might fall asleep any second.

Qin Xiao strode in with a relaxed tone, "Of course, I’m here to help Imperial Doctor Wen solve a difficult problem."

Qin Xiao didn’t know medical arts, which Imperial Doctor Wen was well aware of.

"Guard Qin, to come up with a prescription to treat the plague in two days, do you have a solution?"

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ps:

In what follows, it will be revealed that the female lead is pregnant. Everyone can look forward to the Empress’s reaction~