Harem Daily Life

Tao Yanyan didn't expect Shu Fei to be so seriously ill. She hasn't recovered for more than ten days. She has had repeated fevers and feels drowsy.

"The clothes are wet with sweat again. Wipe Shufei's body and change her into another piece of clothing. Where is the imperial physician? When will he come?" Tao Yanyan touched Shufei's forehead, which was about thirty-nine degrees.

The palace maids who had been taking care of Shu Fei had been exhausted for more than ten days and looked very haggard.

"The imperial physician was called away by His Majesty's men early in the morning. They said there were many patients in the south of the city and they were short of staff, so he went to treat the patients." Zi Ling replied.

Tao Yanyan frowned and said, "Not even one imperial physician is left?" He cursed the bastard again in his heart.

Zi Ling shook her head with red eyes.

"Bring me the prescription that the imperial physician wrote before." Tao Yanyan had no choice but to continue taking the previous medicine.

Fu Xin brought out the prescription. Tao Yanyan took a look at it but couldn't figure out what it meant. However, she knew about Tripterygium wilfordii and Glechoma longituba, which were all medicines for clearing away heat.

"Continue to boil the medicine according to the prescription." After saying that, he handed over the prescription: "There are some acupuncture points on the human body. I will press them for you to see. You two can massage Shu Fei from time to time. If the blood circulation is smooth, maybe the temperature will drop."

After that, she began to massage: "This is the Hegu point, press it like this, and massage it two hundred times at this speed."

Fuxin and Ziling watched carefully from the side, imitating Tao Liangyi's gestures.

"This is the Quchi acupoint. Same as above. Massage it 200 times." After massaging, he turned the patient slightly to the side and said, "This is the Dazhui acupoint. Also massage it 200 times."

After Tao Yanyan finished the massage, Shu Fei sweated a little, and Tao Yanyan wiped her dry with a towel.

"Okay, feed her the medicine later and give her another massage."

Tao Yanyan did not leave either, and continued to direct people to wipe Shu Fei's body.

Not long after, Fu Xin brought up the warm medicine and fed it to Shu Fei spoonful by spoonful. However, Shu Fei spat out most of the medicine after drinking half of it, and could only eat one third of the bowl of medicine.

"How can this be possible? How can the disease be cured if the patient cannot even take the medicine?" Tao Yanyan stood aside, frowning.

Zi Ling knelt down quickly and said, "Liang Yi, please forgive me. I really can't feed it!" She wiped her tears as she spoke.

"Oh!" Tao Yanyan was helpless, looking at the people serving Shu Fei, who were indeed exhausted.

"Let me do it." Tao Yanyan took the medicine bowl and said, "Fuxin, lay Concubine Shu down a little bit. Yes, that's it."

Then she began to feed her patiently, one spoonful at a time. After each mouthful, she helped Shu Fei to calm down and let her drink it slowly. It took her nearly half an hour to finish the whole bowl of medicine.

Tao Yanyan was extremely tired, so he patted his arms and asked Fu Xin to put the person down.

"Okay, let Shufei take a nap, and leave someone here to continue wiping her body with warm water. Remember, just wipe these joints and forehead, and then give her a massage like I did just now. I'm going to go back first and come back later."

"Farewell, Tao Liangyi." Shu Fei's people respectfully saw her out.

"Zi Ling, Tao Liangyi is such a nice person that she even takes care of our queen personally." Fu Xin sighed.

Zi Ling also felt that Tao Liangyi didn't seem to be acting. She had just done it herself, and the look of worry in Shu Fei's eyes was real.

"When the queen gets better, we will tell her about these things, and then we can give Tao Liangyi a gift to express our gratitude."

"Well, if you ask me, a friend in need is a friend indeed. When we were kidnapped in the Shu Mansion before, Concubine Shu sent Concubine Zhao to deliver a letter, which saved her once. I didn't expect that our Concubine has been ill for such a long time, and she hasn't come to see us once. I heard that she fainted yesterday when she heard that His Majesty was washed away by the water. In fact, Xiaodie in her courtyard is from the same hometown as me. Xiaodie said that she didn't faint at all, but was just afraid of trouble, so she pretended to faint and hid. After His Majesty returned safely, she sent Xiangcao to invite His Majesty, but was stopped by Eunuch Zhang. Last night, she lost her temper in the courtyard again and took it out on Xianglan and Xiangcao." Fuxin whispered.

Zi Ling nodded at her: "Don't talk about these. We just need to know who is good and who is bad. Now that the queen is ill, we must be more careful. We must be careful about what we eat and not give others an opportunity to take advantage of us. We should not have the intention to harm others, but we must be on guard against others."

Fu Xin was startled, and remembering the story that Shu Fei had told them before about the infighting among the concubines in the palace, she could not help but shudder and quickly agreed.

Tao Yanyan came over after dinner. After careful care and massage, Shu Fei really broke out in sweat and her temperature gradually dropped.

"Well, it's good. There are signs of improvement. It's not hot today, but it's raining and humid. Remember to make sure Shufei wears dry clothes and change them when she sweats. The quilt doesn't need to be too thick to let the heat from her body dissipate. Massage is effective, so keep doing it. You also need to find a way to feed the medicine. By the way, when she wakes up, try to let her drink some meat porridge, or you can crush a boiled egg and mix it into the porridge. Let her eat more nutritious food so that her body can enhance resistance and fight the virus."

A group of people listened to the new words coming out of Tao Liangyi's mouth, and no one dared to ask what they meant.

Tao Yanyan did not explain and watched Shu Fei drink half a bowl of porridge before leaving.

He Linzhang came back very late that night. He hugged Tao Yanyan and talked about the patients in the south of the city. "There are mostly slums over there, and the terrain is low. The houses have collapsed seriously. Many families have died. Today, I asked people to move all the survivors to the north of the city, but there is no place to live. It is not easy to manage the people who are crowded in simple shacks. The people are short of food and clothing, and they have lost their homes due to the disaster. I feel really bad. But the rain is still falling, and there is no sign of improvement. I don’t know how Qi Yizheng is doing. There are still eight days before the ten-day appointment. I hope he can be quick. I’m afraid Mengcheng can’t be saved."

Tao Yanyan stroked his stubble with his hand. His handsome face had become increasingly slovenly recently, but he was still handsome. "The rain can't keep falling. It will be fine if we keep going for another eight days. By the way, Concubine Shu is feeling better today. Concubine Zhao and Fan Liangyi are also doing well. I think starting tomorrow, I'll take a team to the shack to distribute porridge. Your Majesty is so busy every day, and I want to do something to help your Majesty."

He Linzhang lowered his head and kissed the corner of her mouth: "I am very pleased that my little Liangyi is willing to share the burden with me. But it is raining, what can we do if we get wet? Let others go, you stay here obediently, there are many people outside, and those people are also sick, so don't let the sickness come to you."

Tao Yanyan propped himself up and looked down at He Linzhang: "Your Majesty, don't treat all women in the world as greenhouse flowers. Sometimes women can also hold up half the sky."

He Linzhang laughed and stroked her face gently: "Yan Yan is indeed different. His heart is filled with not only love but also the people."

Tao Yanyan chuckled: "You don't have to flatter me like that. I just think there are things I can do, so I'll do them. That's all."

When Concubine Zhao heard that Tao Liangyi was going to show up in public and give porridge to the poor people, she was very disdainful of her.

"As the emperor's concubine, she actually does such a thing, and doesn't she think it's beneath her status!" Concubine Zhao said disdainfully.

Xiangcao and Xianglan dared not utter a word, for fear that if they said one more word they would provoke Concubine Zhao to beat them again.