The next morning, Wen Qingcheng and Wen Liang took a carriage to the palace gate. There was already a eunuch waiting at the palace gate. When they saw Wen Qingcheng and Wen Liang getting off the carriage, they came over and said, "My Lord, Doctor Wen, you are here. The Queen Mother asked us to wait here early in the morning."

"Thank you, eunuch." Wen Liang secretly stuffed silver into the hand of Eunuch Li, who worked in the Empress Dowager's palace. Eunuch Li became more enthusiastic towards Wen Qingcheng and quietly told her things to pay attention to in the palace along the way.

Wen Liang was an outsider and could not enter the palace without being summoned. Wen Qingcheng followed Eunuch Li into the palace alone and came to the Empress Dowager's Shoukang Palace.

"The Queen Mother is well and safe." Wen Qingcheng's clear voice echoed in the hall.

The Queen Mother looked very surprised to see Wen Qingcheng.

"I originally thought you were a genius in medicine, but I didn't expect you could also do acupuncture." The Queen Mother laughed. When Concubine Xian saw that Wen Qingcheng was so young and her main job was still a pharmacist for the He family, she was a little disappointed.

The virtuous concubine originally thought that Wen Qingcheng was a famous doctor. She heard that she cured the old lady of the Marquis's Mansion from having a stroke, and Jin Jiarou also strongly recommended her. She said that she was so miraculous, so she had high hopes for her. However, she didn't expect that she was actually a pharmacist and an amateur female doctor.

Wen Qingcheng told him the truth. If he felt that she was not professional, he didn't need her to treat him. "Your Majesty, my family was poor when I was young. My mother was seriously ill and had no money to treat her. So I had to teach myself acupuncture and treat her."

"Self-taught?" The Queen Mother's facial expression was a little complicated. She asked, "What disease did your mother have at that time?"

"It's milky rock." Wen Qingcheng said.

The Queen Mother and Consort Xian showed shocked expressions on their faces. Consort Xian couldn't help but ask, "Is your mother still alive?"

"My mother is safe and sound."

Ruyan is breast cancer, which is a terminal illness in the Great Qi Dynasty. Wen Qingcheng's mother had the disease when she was young, and she is still alive now, which shows that Wen Qingcheng is indeed good at it. Hope rekindled on Concubine Xian's face.

The Queen Mother seemed to have made some kind of decision and called Wen Qingcheng to her. Wen Qingcheng walked forward slowly, and the Queen Mother sighed softly, "Pharmacist Wen, I need you to swear that you will not tell anyone what you saw and heard today, including Jing Hong."

The Queen Mother's words made Wen Qingcheng's heart tense instantly. She knew that this matter was not that simple. It would not involve any royal secrets. There were no secrets between her and Mo Jinghong. If she hid it from Mo Jinghong, could she handle it alone in this treacherous palace?

"Queen Dowager, who are you treating?" Wen Qingcheng's eyes flashed with confusion. Wen Liang clearly said that she was treating the Fourth Prince, and she also found the imperial physician and asked for the Fourth Prince's prescription. It was just tuberculosis, why was she being so mysterious? Unless the Queen Dowager asked her to come, it was not to treat the Fourth Prince.

"I am a pharmacist and acupuncture is just my hobby. I am afraid that I would be failing the Empress Dowager's trust." Wen Qingcheng declined politely.

"There is no other way now. You have saved the old lady of the Marquis' Mansion and cured your mother's breast disease. You should give it a try."

Wen Qingcheng saw that she couldn't refuse, so she swore a poisonous oath at the Queen Mother's signal. The Queen Mother nodded and took Wen Qingcheng to walk through half of the palace. The Queen Mother's phoenix carriage stopped at a remote palace. Outside the palace, there were only a few old eunuchs in old eunuch uniforms sweeping the snow.

The Queen Mother got off the sedan chair and was supported by the palace maid and the virtuous concubine. Wen Qingcheng saw the three characters "Baoning Palace" hanging on the door. As soon as she entered, she saw towering ancient trees and piles of snow beside the steps.

When the maids in Baoning Palace learned that the Queen Mother had arrived, they all came out to greet her and Consort Xian. "Where's the princess?" Consort Xian asked.

"Your Majesty, the princess is in the bedroom," the maid replied.

Wen Qingcheng's eyes turned. Princess? Does Concubine Xian have a princess? She had heard Mo Jinghong chatting about the palace before, and had a certain understanding of the situation in the palace. Princess Anle and the crown prince were born to the previous queen, the second prince was born to Concubine Cao, the third prince was the son of the current queen, and the fourth prince was 12 years old this year, born to Concubine Xian. It is said that this Concubine Xian also had a daughter, but it is rumored that she died when she was 4 years old.

Could it be that she is not dead? Is she hiding in this deep palace?

Wen Qingcheng followed him into the bedroom. When they reached the door, the Queen Mother suddenly stopped and said, "Pharmacist Wen, remember the oath you made."

Wen Qingcheng nodded solemnly, and the maid opened the door and invited the Queen Mother and Consort Xian to come in. "Princess, the Queen Mother and Consort Xian are here to see you." The maid reported.

"Royal grandmother, mother-in-law..."

I could only hear the voice but not see the person. I could only hear the sweet voice of a little girl coming from the inner room.

The Queen Mother's expression instantly became kind.

Concubine Xian's eyes were full of love, and she kept staring at the direction where the voice came from. The Queen Mother and Concubine Xian walked in, and Wen Qingcheng followed closely with a medicine box. She saw a little girl about 10 years old coming out of the room. She was wearing pink clothes and was very pretty. However, with every step she took, her body was dancing uncontrollably. Although she was very excited to see the Queen Mother and Concubine Xian, and wanted to walk to Concubine Xian as soon as possible, she had difficulty walking and her legs were bent and limping.

The Queen Mother and Concubine Xian looked at Wen Qingcheng at the same time, thinking that Wen Qingcheng would look at the princess like a monster, but unexpectedly, Wen Qingcheng had an indifferent expression, and a hint of regret flashed in her eyes.

"Dear Yue'er, the Royal Grandmother is here to see you." The motherly love of Concubine Xian overflowed from her eyes.

"Grandmother..." Princess Yanyue called out in a tender voice. Standing in front of the Queen Mother, her frail body was still twisting.

The Queen Mother touched Princess Yanyue's face and said, "My dear Yue'er, the Royal Grandmother is here to see Yue'er."

The Queen Mother turned to look at Wen Qingcheng and introduced, "This is Princess Yanyue. You have seen her situation."

Princess Yanyue has been locked up in Baoning Palace and not allowed to go out since she could remember. Apart from meeting the Emperor, the Empress Dowager, her biological mother, the Concubine Xian, and these palace maids and eunuchs, when she suddenly saw Wen Qingcheng, who had a gentle face and a faint smile, Princess Yanyue looked at her curiously with her bright black eyes blinking.

"I, the commoner Wen Qingcheng, pay my respects to the princess." Wen Qingcheng bowed.

The moment she saw Princess Yanyue, she had made up her mind. The Queen Mother and Concubine Xian had forced her to swear an oath and brought her to this remote palace. She had prepared herself mentally along the way. She didn't expect that the princess just had chorea. In her previous life, she had seen several such cases.

Princess Yanyue raised her little face and looked at Wen Qingcheng, "Sister, you are so beautiful, like a fairy in a painting."

"The princess looks like a fairy in a painting." Wen Qingcheng couldn't help but praise Princess Yanyue when she saw her beautiful face and her skin as smooth as a baby's.

Princess Yanyue rarely heard people praise her beauty, so she was ecstatic. Seeing Wen Qingcheng's calm face and not screaming that the princess was possessed by a demon, Concubine Xian liked Princess Yanyue's appearance very much and smiled more deeply at Wen Qingcheng.

The Queen Mother's expression also eased, and she said with a smile: "Yue'er, come here, let your sister take a look at you."

The group entered Princess Yanyue's bedroom. Princess Yanyue sat down with the help of two palace maids, her body still twitching uncontrollably.

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