Harem Daily Life

Knowing that Concubine Tao would definitely be concerned about Wen's affairs, Chief Steward Li sent someone to inform her as quickly as possible. Before dawn the next day, Tao Yanyan received the news.

"Your Majesty, the eunuch who came to deliver the message is still waiting outside. Do you have anything to say to him?" Qingfeng asked.

He Linzhang stayed with Shu Fei and her son in Yongning Palace last night. Tao Yanyan slept all night in worry. When he heard the news that Wen was temporarily safe, he finally felt relieved.

She thought for a moment and said, "Although Imperial Doctor Liu has temporarily controlled her condition, he also said that it is still not very good. I have already informed His Majesty last night that I want to take the princess to meet her biological mother. Let's go today. It's a good opportunity to ask Imperial Doctor Liu in person why Wen Shi had such an acute illness."

Tao Yanyan thought that the weather was not too cold, and Wen lived in a nunnery, where few people would come and rarely come into contact with the flu virus. How could he suddenly fall ill? He was so sick that he vomited blood.

"Go and get the newly made, unused thick bedding and thick jacket and take them with you. Ask Caiyun to make some snacks and wake the eldest princess up in a while." Tao Yanyan gave the instructions while getting up and washing up. He couldn't sleep anyway.

Xiao Jinan and He Yue were sent to elementary school by Mingyue and her friends, while Tao Yanyan took He Xuan and her servants out of the palace.

He Xuan seemed to sense something and was a little depressed in the carriage. Tao Yanyan tightened her cloak and comforted her, "Don't worry, your mother is under the care of Doctor Liu and is much better now."

He Xuan looked at her with red eyes: "Mother Tao, my mother is still young, only 25 years old, she won't die, right?"

Tao Yanyan touched her head and said, "Human vitality is very strong. As long as your mother still has the desire to live, she will definitely survive. Don't worry, I have asked Doctor Liu to treat your mother. He uses good medicine. You can go there today and spend more time with your mother and encourage her to overcome the disease and get better, okay?"

He Xuan nodded with a firm look in her eyes, trying hard to hold back her tears.

"Okay, we still have more than two hours on the road. You got up early in the morning, so you should sleep for a while first, so that you can go to see your mother in good spirits." Tao Yanyan coaxed the person to sleep, looked out the window and fell into deep thought.

Today, He Linzhang had to attend the court early in the morning, so he did not accompany Tao Yanyan, and sent Yingyi to escort them. When they were almost at Jingci Temple, Yingyi rode over to check around before returning to pick them up.

"Your Majesty, everything is normal in the nunnery. The people led by Manager Li are here. Our guards will be waiting outside in a while, but I will accompany you inside without leaving your side." Ying Yi instructed.

Tao Yanyan woke up He Xuan, then got off the carriage, holding the child's hand and walked into Jingci Temple.

When she came here half a year ago, it was still chilly in spring. She was abducted by the Demon Cult that time and was gone for half a year. When she came again today, Tao Yanyan took a look at the courtyard where Concubine Li lived, thinking that if she had time later, she would at least meet the woman who had asked the original owner's mother to go out to watch the lanterns.

There had been no connection between them before. She had only heard of her but had never actually met her. She wanted to take a look at who exactly was Concubine Li, who had made the Empress Dowager angry for half her life!

After walking for a short distance, the two stopped in a remote courtyard, from which they could hear a woman coughing from time to time.

Li Zongguan came out and said with a heavy face, "I didn't expect the queen to come so soon. Let's go in and take a look."

Tao Yanyan took He Xuan into the yard. The desolate atmosphere in the yard made people feel a chill.

It is late autumn now, and the yard is full of fallen leaves, with no one cleaning them up. Tao Yanyan looked at the house and saw that it was in the shade. He was afraid that there was little sunlight getting in all year round. It would be strange if people didn't get sick in such a cold and gloomy place.

When he pushed the door open, he saw Doctor Liu boiling the medicine himself. There was not even a servant around Wen Shi. Tao Yanyan frowned. He thought that Wen Shi should live a hard life, but he didn't expect it to be so hard.

If it weren't for Manager Li who came to check on me from time to time, I'm afraid no one would know I had died of illness here.

She sighed in her heart. Concubine Wen, who had once dominated the harem and was a proud daughter raised in the family of the Grand Tutor, probably never thought that one day she would live such a miserable life.

He Xuan was obviously also shocked by the environment her mother lived in. She clearly remembered that the last time she came, her mother had a maid taking care of her.

"Mother, mother, what's wrong with you? Are you okay?" He Xuan couldn't help crying and fell in front of Wen's bed.

Wen's face was pale, her lips were bloodless, and she was weak all over. The quilt she was covering herself with was only a thin layer. Tao Yanyan glanced at Qingfeng, and Qingfeng immediately stepped forward and replaced Wen with the thick quilt he had brought. He took the old thin quilt outside to a sunny place in the yard to dry it in the sun.

Looking at her plump and fair daughter, Wen couldn't help shedding tears and said to Tao Yan incoherently, "Thank you... you took good care of Xuan'er... Thank you!"

Tao Yanyan tucked her in and asked, "How long have you been sick? How come there is no one around to take care of you?"

Wen smiled bitterly, coughed a few times, and then calmed her breath and said, "I am just a commoner now, how can I be qualified to be served by others? Cui'er has been sent away by me, so let me stay here and fend for myself."

"Mother, please don't, don't let yourself perish, you have to live well, Xuan'er is not grown up yet, you can't abandon me!" He Xuan couldn't stop crying, Tao Yanyan quickly wiped her tears: "Xuan'er, please stop crying, okay? Your mother will get better."

Tao Yanyan patted Wen's arm, signaling her to be strong in front of the child.

Wen nodded slightly and said to Xuan'er, "Xuan'er, don't cry. I will take the medicine well and try to get better." Doctor Liu, who was boiling medicine on the side, sighed silently in his heart. Looking at the mother and daughter, he really couldn't bear to tell them the truth.

The medicine jar was still steaming and the smell of medicine filled the entire room.

Wen coughed again, and Tao Yanyan asked Qingfeng to pour her a cup of hot water.

"You are not a good person. I will leave a maid with you today. Without someone around, you can't even drink a cup of hot water."

Wen wanted to decline politely but was stopped by Tao Yanyan: "The eldest princess won't be at ease seeing you like this, so just leave her here without worry." So Tao Yanyan appointed a maid who served the eldest princess to stay here to take care of Wen.

When Liu Taiyi had prepared the medicine, he poured it into a small bowl and brought it over. The maid hurriedly took it. He Xuan wanted to feed the medicine herself, and Tao Yanyan did not stop her. He asked the maid to help Wen Shi up and lean her against the head of the bed so that it would be easier for He Xuan to feed her.

Tao Yanyan gave Doctor Liu a look, and while the mother and daughter were drinking the medicine, he went out. Doctor Liu followed closely behind to report the situation.

"What's the matter with her illness? Is there anything strange?" Tao Yanyan asked directly.