The most beautiful lady in the harem

Chapter 51

Naturally, the Queen could not go to Famen Temple to pray because of her poor health. The tiring journey back and forth would probably take half her life.

Qin Liuse put on her clothes, tied her hair into a simple bun, and without putting on much makeup, she hurriedly went straight to the Queen's Palace.

There were not many people in the Queen's Palace, but as soon as you walked in, you could smell a strong smell of medicine.

It wasn't the smell of cooking medicine, but the smell had been lingering in the palace for so long that even the walls seemed to be smelling of medicine.

It's not the calming smell of medicinal herbs in a drugstore, but a murky, dusky smell, as if it hasn't seen the sun for a long time.

Concubine Xiao De was already sitting beside the Queen's bed, frowning tightly. When she saw Qin Liuse come in, she knew that she was under house arrest, but she didn't say anything.

He just glanced at her, smiled slightly, and went back to dealing with the queen's personal maid and the imperial doctors.

Qin Liuse asked a few questions with concern. It turned out that the Queen was greedy yesterday and ate too much fishy meat soup. She felt hot and stuffy in the room, so she took off her outer robe, stood by the window, and was blown by the cold wind. This aggravated her condition when she woke up this morning.

At this time, the queen was lying on the bed, covered with a thick quilt.

The floor heating in the room was burning very hot, so hot that Qin Liuse felt like it was summer.

But the queen's face still had little blood color, and she closed her eyes as if she was sleeping but not really. She was mumbling something in her throat, and she looked very uneasy.

Qin Liuse shook his head in his heart. Even eating meat... his body was really about to lose all its strength.

Qin Liuse counted the days in her mind. It seemed that the queen of the previous life would die in these few days, and there was not much time left.

However, Concubine Xiao De was rarely seen on weekdays, so Qin Liuse couldn't help but look at her a few more times.

Concubine Xiao De was thinner than Concubine Ning Shu, and better looking than Concubine Dong Xian, but not as charming as Concubine Ning Shu, and had a cold and aloof temperament.

Concubine Xiao De also had a princess, but she seldom mingled with the other concubines in the harem. She wasn't very talkative and seemed to have a rather cold personality.

However, she had the impression that Emperor Yongjia loved her. But for some reason, Qin Liuse felt that Concubine Xiao De did not like getting along with Emperor Yongjia.

When the other side had almost finished talking, Qin Liuse asked anxiously, "Madam Defei, what happened to the Queen?"

Concubine De has a cold personality, but she is not the type who looks down on others. Instead, she is gentle in her coldness, she told Qin Liuse.

"The Queen can't stand anything. She throws up everything she eats. She has barely eaten in the past few days. She only drinks porridge that is thinner than water. She ate some meat yesterday, and thought she could finally eat, but it turned out to be even worse."

Qin Liuse asked, "What did the imperial physician say?"

Concubine Xiao De sent the imperial doctors away and shook her head, saying, "The imperial doctors can only use medicine to keep him alive. The emperor just gave me a thousand-year-old ginseng as a reward, and I have just ordered someone to stew it for consumption."

Qin Liuse knew that the imperial physician meant that there was no hope and that they could only delay it day by day.

Nowadays, the harem is without a master these days, and many things have to be decided by Concubine Xiao De. The palace ladies from various departments are lining up to see Concubine Xiao De.

Qin Liuse saw that Concubine Xiao De was busy, so he said to her, "Why don't you go and do your work, Concubine De. I'll help you here. The imperial physician has left, so there shouldn't be anything serious here now."

Concubine Xiao De looked at the empress lying on the bed. The imperial physician had just given her acupuncture, and now the empress didn't seem to be in so much pain and had fallen asleep.

After thinking about it, he nodded to Qin Liuse, "Thank you for your help, sister. I will be back when I am done."

Qin Liuse nodded.

After Concubine Xiao De left, while the Queen's maid was busy, Qin Liuse found a gap where no one was around and asked Zijin quietly, "Is there any way to make the Queen feel better?"

Although these imperial physicians were skilled in medicine, they followed the royal rules and many of them dared not speak out even if they had a solution.

Because in front of a dying person, many methods are risky and there is no way to guarantee that they will be foolproof. They have been working as imperial physicians in the palace for so many years and are afraid that they will lose their jobs.

Therefore, many imperial physicians would not tell anyone even if they knew there was a way to try.

After all, in their eyes, this is a dying person. What difference does it make if they go earlier or later? Rather than handing over a method with no guarantee of the effect, it is better not to try.

People will go eventually, so it’s better to pretend you don’t know and just save your hat.

Zijin shook her head and whispered in Qin Liuse's ear, "The Queen is on the verge of death. It depends on when the people over there will take her in."

Qin Liuse sighed and looked at the ground, feeling a little lost. She thought about the past year or so, during which she was not favored in the palace, but she was not bound by too many rules either.

Otherwise, if a queen is in a bad mood, she has plenty of ways to make these concubines unhappy. The Queen and the Ninth Princess are kind-hearted.

Zijin glanced around the Queen's Palace and said, "But I think there is a way to get Her Majesty the Queen to eat something."

Qin Liuse was stunned, and nodded as he listened to Zijin's suggestion.

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After hearing this, Qin Liuse thought that this method was worth a try, but her position was not high, and she did not have the power to issue orders in the Queen's Palace.

There is still some self-knowledge.

So he could only find the Queen's personal maid and discuss it with her.

The head maid was a little surprised after hearing Qin Liuse's words. Having served the queen for many years, she was used to big scenes. Even if she disagreed, she would not refuse directly, and she would not use her status as queen to pressure others.

He just smiled and said, "What Concubine Qin said makes sense, but one of the Queen's symptoms is that she is afraid of the cold and can't eat or drink. How can we open the window and lift the quilt?"

Qin Liuse knew that these words were a bit scary, so she said, "I'm not opening the window or lifting the quilt. I just saw that this room is stuffy and the queen is uncomfortable smelling the odor in here. I mean to ventilate the room."

As soon as he stepped into the door, the turbid air that hit him in the face made Qin Liuse feel a little unbearable.

"My aunt has been staying in here the whole time. She may not have noticed that the air and smell in this room are really thick. I wonder if I should get some fresh air. The queen's face doesn't look pale even with such a thick quilt covering her. I guess it's because she hasn't eaten for a long time."

If you can't eat, big problems will naturally arise. Humans are not gods.

Qin Liuse racked her brains to explain, but because she didn't want to expose the fact that Zijin knew medicine, she could only try to make it sound more popular and like a folk remedy.

Although she wanted to make the Queen feel better, she would not be stupid enough to push Zijin, a good chess piece, out for this reason. She had to keep her for herself as her days in the harem were still a long way off.

Seeing that the maid looked hesitant and thoughtful, Qin Liuse said, "She has nothing in her stomach, so she naturally looks bad. Besides, the strong smell here will make her dizzy if she stays in it for too long. When she feels better, she will naturally feel hungry. If she knows she's hungry, then it will be easy to deal with."

The eldest aunt looked embarrassed. She knew what Qin Liuse meant, but even the imperial physician was helpless. If she really did that and something went wrong, who would be responsible?

But on the other hand, she had served the Queen for many years and really didn't want to see her suffer like this. Thinking about last night, when the Queen took a bite of meat, she hadn't been so happy in a long time.

The eldest aunt felt sorry for the queen. Just as she was hesitating, she heard someone behind her say, "Just do as this noble lady wishes!"

It was a unfamiliar voice. Qin Liuse and her aunt turned around at the same time and saw that it was the Emperor Yongjia's biological mother, the Empress Dowager Cixi.