After traveling through time, I became the aunt of the loyal dog emperor

"Ru Fei, what's wrong with you? Come in and change your clothes."

Wan Ning pulled Concubine Ru into the room. Seeing this, Wan Tao closed the door and went to the closet to pick out a clean dress. Concubine Ru's eyes were red and her face was wet with rain. She couldn't hold back any longer as soon as she entered the room. Her pale face was full of anxiety, and her lips trembled slightly as she begged, "Princess Le Yan, please save Concubine Xia! If there was no other way, I would never come to disturb you."

"Empress Xia? What happened to her?" Wan Ning held Concubine Ru's hand and urged anxiously.

"Just a few days ago, Xia Fei accidentally fell into the water while fishing alone in the pond. The water was cold in winter and her thick clothes absorbed water and became very heavy. Unfortunately, Xia Fei was not a good swimmer and could not get out by herself. When we found her, she had already choked on water and was unconscious. After being rescued, she had been running a fever."

"Have you asked the imperial physician to come and see?" When Wan Ning heard that the situation was so critical, she turned around, took her cloak and prepared to go out.

"After taking several doses of medicine prescribed by Concubine Yu, she felt better during the day but had a fever again at night. Her consciousness has not recovered and she has been mumbling nonsense. She needs a professional doctor to see her, but when they heard that she is from the Wuming Palace, no one was willing to come. I'm here to ask the princess for help." Concubine Ru was so anxious that she was crying.

The situation was critical and there was no time to think about so much. Wan Ning explained, "Madam Ru, you don't need to say so much about the relationship between Xiang Wanxuan and Wuming Palace. We have no choice but to do it. Now Concubine Xia has been having a recurring fever. If we delay like this, she might develop pneumonia. Wan Tao, accompany Concubine Ru to change clothes first, and then go to Wuming Palace to wait for me. I will personally invite the imperial physician and bring him here today."

After saying that, Wan Ning rushed out with an umbrella. Shuiyue, who was passing by, was worried that the princess was alone, so she followed her silently.

In a blink of an eye, the two of them arrived at the Imperial Hospital, which was filled with the aroma of herbs. The people inside were very polite when they saw Princess Le Yan coming to visit. Wan Ning was invited to sit in the hall, but she drank cup after cup of tea, but no one came to receive her. If she asked, the answer she got was just: "Doctor Hu is giving a lecture and will come over later. Please have a cup of tea and wait patiently."

Wan Ning was getting anxious waiting, but the Imperial Hospital was completely empty. After waiting for a long time, she could not see anyone except the servant who came to serve tea. At this time, a young apprentice came over with a plate of cakes. He bent over and raised the cakes above his head and respectfully presented them to Wan Ning, greeting her very respectfully: "Princess, you are hungry. You can try the special Fuling cake made by the Imperial Hospital."

"Put it down. Is Doctor Hu back?"

The apprentice shook his head and remained silent.

Wan Ning asked angrily, "Are there any other doctors in the Imperial Hospital? Do all the patients need to be treated by Doctor Hu alone? He is too busy to handle it!"

The apprentice immediately knelt on the ground and begged the princess for forgiveness. Seeing that he could not get any useful information from him, Wan Ning did not want to embarrass him, so she changed her tone and asked in a more relaxed tone: "You don't have to be nervous. I just want to ask if there is a doctor in the Imperial Hospital that the princess can call?"

"Of course the princess can be called, but no one dares to treat the illness of the nameless palace."

"How do you know that I am asking the imperial physician for Wuming Palace? I came here because I am not feeling well. Is it not okay for you to treat me?" Although the real purpose of this visit has been exposed, Wan Ning pretended to be calm and insisted that she was the one who came here to treat herself.

Unexpectedly, when these words came out, the apprentice almost cried and kowtowed hurriedly. He didn't dare to disobey the princess, nor did he dare to disobey his master, so he had to ask, "Your Highness, Concubine Ru just came to ask for the imperial physician but failed. It hasn't been long since you came. This imperial hospital really has rules and cannot treat the deposed concubine. Please don't embarrass me."

The apprentice looked frail, about thirteen or fourteen years old, and Wan Ning felt pity for him and let him leave. At this time, Shuiyue on the side introduced gossip about the Imperial Hospital: "It is said that the Imperial Hospital all listens to Doctor Hu. Although Doctor Hu is a bit pedantic, he has superb medical skills, and more importantly, he is narrow-minded. It is said that if anyone does not follow his arrangements and treats patients privately, he will remember it and will not give him a chance in the future. But it is said that Doctor Hu was promoted by the Queen Mother and obeys the Queen Mother's orders. Princess, do you want to ask the Queen Mother for help?"

Wan Ning pondered for a moment and felt that it was inappropriate: "No, the Queen Mother doesn't like the people in Wuming Palace. She wants them to fend for themselves. Now that they are in trouble, I'm afraid she will be even happier. She will definitely not help us. Just now, who did you say the Imperial Hospital listen to?"

"Doctor Hu!" Shuiyue repeated with some doubt, "But the princess and the others said that Doctor Hu is giving a lecture. Who knows when he will come back?"

Wan Ning looked around silently, then set her eyes on the teacup and snacks beside her, and asked cunningly: "It's obvious that this old man doesn't want to help us. Do you know what the scholar is most afraid of?"

Without waiting for Shuiyue to answer, Wan Ning stood up and threw the tea and snacks beside her to the ground. The teacup immediately broke into several pieces, and several pastries rolled everywhere. She continued to pretend to be angry and paced back and forth in the middle of the hall, and finally stopped at a beautiful vase: "Such a beautiful vase, it's a pity to break it."

The apprentice had not gone far yet and was hiding at the doorway peeking inside. He was surprised to hear the princess say that and asked, "Princess, it hasn't broken yet."

Wan Ning smiled and looked at it, then let go of the vase and it fell from a height with a crisp sound: "Isn't it broken? Go and tell Doctor Hu to come and see me as soon as he finishes his lecture. If he's late, I'll tear down the hall of his hospital. If it delays the treatment of some important person, it will be more trouble than gain!"

Seeing this, the apprentice ran away in panic with the food tray and soon disappeared. In order to maintain the tense atmosphere, Wan Ning continued to pace back and forth in the hall, holding other more exquisite vases in her hands.

After the "right medicine" was given, the effect was soon apparent. A round man with a white beard like a potato appeared, followed by five younger youths. When they came closer, Wan Ning was able to see the leader's appearance clearly. She always felt that he looked familiar, as if she had seen him somewhere before, but now she couldn't remember where.

At this time, the leading "Little Potato" bowed politely and apologized, "Mr. Hu is late for the lecture, please forgive me, Princess. But why are you doing this, Princess? Don't you like the decoration of my Imperial Hospital?" As he said that, he took the precarious vase from Wan Ning's hand, walked to the windowsill and put it back in its original place.

Wan Ning refused to admit defeat and asked, "It's because Doctor Hu is too hard to hire, so Le Yan had to find another way. Doctor Hu, please rest assured that I will take care of today's losses. Please, for the sake of your kind heart, please go and see the patient?"

Doctor Hu stroked his beard and said nothing. He turned his head to look at the five young men behind him, then turned to Wan Ning and said, "Princess, you don't know that, except for teaching, I am not allowed to practice medicine without the Queen Mother's order. If I am caught, I will inevitably be punished severely. It's not that I don't want to treat patients, I just can't do anything."

"There is more than one Imperial Physician Hu in the Imperial Hospital. You just need to appoint another Imperial Physician?"

Doctor Hu bowed and said, "No, the Queen Mother has ordered that no doctor can treat the concubines in the cold palace."

"They are the Wuming Palace, not the Cold Palace!"

"Princess, the same idea."

Wan Ning was stunned. Although she knew that Wuming Palace was not valued, she felt it deeply now. Wuming Palace was a cold palace where people had no freedom to fend for themselves. Even if they were sick, they could only bear it. Even if they died, no one would care.

"Doctor Hu, is there any other solution?"

"There is a way. As long as they are not imperial physicians, they are not under my control." Imperial Physician Hu quietly turned sideways to reveal the five young men behind him and introduced them, "They are the students participating in this lecture. They are not imperial physicians yet. If the princess can persuade one of them to go with you, I will not be able to control them."