"Who is gossiping again? I'm fine!" The empress dowager said with a smile, letting her niece close the letter and put it aside.

Guan Gongling, who was waiting by her side, breathed a sigh of relief. The Queen Mother was clearly unwell, yet she was still busy attending to state affairs, and the servants around her could not persuade her. Only when the princess came did the Queen Mother listen.

"No one is gossiping. Qing'an and my aunt are mother and daughter, and we are very close!" Zhu Qing'an smiled as she knelt beside her aunt and asked the Palace Master Guan who was waiting beside her, "Palace Master Guan, has the imperial physician come to check my pulse? How is my aunt's health?"

Palace Commander Guan quickly bowed and said, "The imperial physician has come to check the Empress Dowager's pulse both morning and night. He said her pulse is weak and thready, indicating a blood deficiency and insufficient Qi and blood. He has already prescribed a prescription for herbal medicine!"

"But was it Doctor Wen who diagnosed your pulse?" Zhu Qing'an asked.

In this harem, one could lose one's life if one is not careful, so the imperial physicians of the Imperial Medical Bureau serve different masters. However, Imperial Physician Wen is the head of the Imperial Medical Bureau, so his medical skills are naturally impeccable. He is also the Empress Dowager's man. Over the years, the Empress Dowager's health has been diagnosed by Imperial Physician Wen.

Logically speaking, Zhu Qing'an shouldn't doubt Doctor Wen, but in her previous life, her aunt's illness was so severe and she died suddenly, which made Zhu Qing'an have to doubt.

"Yes!" Palace Master Guan nodded, instantly understanding Zhu Qing'an's question, "Did the princess notice anything wrong with Doctor Wen?"

Speaking of this, Guan Gongling's expression froze. They had never doubted Doctor Wen, but they had to admit that in this harem full of intrigue and deception, betrayal was commonplace.

"I didn't find anything wrong, but since it concerns my aunt's health, we should be cautious. Could you please ask Palace Master Guan to find a trustworthy imperial physician to check my aunt's pulse again?" Zhu Qing'an said politely.

"My princess is in a serious condition. I will go right away!"

The Queen Mother was both relieved and heartbroken to see her niece, so worried about the situation, and she had always been well-protected by her. Although she was a bit domineering, she was actually very gentle and had no scheming. But now, it seemed as if she had grown up overnight.

"Look at you, why are you so nervous? I just feel a little unwell, don't make a fuss!" The Queen Mother stroked her niece's head.

"Qing'an is just frightened. She wants her aunt to be healthy and stay with her for a long time!" Zhu Qing'an started to act coquettishly.

She was really afraid that something bad would happen to her aunt just like in her previous life.

After hearing this, the Queen Mother couldn't help but smile heartily. She had experienced so many intrigues and traps around her, but she could only be so happy when her niece was by her side.

"Okay, I will stay with you!" The Queen Mother agreed with a smile.

At this moment, a palace maid walked into the hall carrying the decocted medicine. Zhu Qing'an stood up and took it, scooped up a scoop of the black medicine juice, and waited until the temperature was right before presenting it.

"It's hard for you to be so considerate. The palace servants will do these things, so you don't have to bother yourself!" The Queen Mother drank the bitter medicine in one gulp and took the tea handed to her by her niece to rinse her mouth.

"Qing'an is willing to do whatever she can for her aunt. Qing'an just regrets that she didn't study well with her aunt since she was a child, otherwise she could share her aunt's worries!" Zhu Qing'an handed the medicine bowl to the palace servant and sighed like a little daughter.

At this moment, Palace Master Guan brought the imperial physician into the palace.

The imperial physician was young, but his medical skills were decent. He had been informed by the palace maid before coming. After greeting the empress dowager, the imperial physician hurriedly took the empress dowager's pulse.

Zhu Qing'an knelt aside, holding his breath and concentrating.

When she heard that what the imperial physician said was exactly the same as what Imperial Physician Wen said, she didn't know whether to breathe a sigh of relief or become even more nervous.

"I've said it's okay! Are you relieved now?" The empress dowager straightened her sleeves and wanted to take another memorial, but her niece hugged her arm.

"How can it be okay? The imperial physician has already said that you need to recuperate. These political affairs won't be delayed for a day or two!" Zhu Qing'an said, and ordered, "Come here, clean up this princess's bedroom!"

"Princess, are you going to stay here? That's great. Only with you by the Queen Mother's side will the Queen Mother listen to you!" Palace Master Guan happily went to arrange the bedroom himself.

Because Zhu Qing'an has lived in the palace since she was a child, she has her Yongfu Palace in the palace. Even though she doesn't live in the palace very often now, the palace servants serving in Yongfu Palace and all the arrangements are still there.

"Let me help you rest first!" Zhu Qing'an supported his aunt, and only then realized that the aunt who he thought was omnipotent when he was a child had actually become very thin. Thinking of this, Zhu Qing'an's eyes were sore.

In this life, she is determined to make her aunt live a long life.

Zhu Qingan lived in the palace and accompanied her aunt for three meals a day. She really did as she said, taking care of her aunt all day long, forcing her aunt to have a good rest.

Three days later, the Queen Mother's condition had improved.

"Your complexion looks much better now, Queen Mother. You still have to have the princess accompany you!" After hearing the imperial physician's diagnosis, Palace Master Guan smiled with relief.

"No, Qing'an, if you stay with me any longer, I will just have to lie in bed all day long. I'm so bored!" The Queen Mother was helpless.

During these three days, she had no chance at all and could not handle those government affairs at all. She spent the whole day either recuperating or accompanied by her niece to the Imperial Garden to bask in the sun.

Come to think of it, she hasn't had this much free time for a long time.

"Aunt, do you dislike Qing'an?" Zhu Qing'an couldn't help asking as she came in with the pear juice freshly made from the imperial kitchen.

"Of course I dislike you. You are at the right age. You should go out for a walk and have fun. Why do you have to accompany an old man like me all day long?" The Queen Mother took the pear juice and drank a few sips.

Zhu Qing'an still couldn't bear to leave. She wanted to accompany her aunt every day, but she was also afraid that her aunt's health would have problems without her knowing.

"I heard that your mother went back to her parents' home?" The Queen Mother drank the pear juice and asked about the affairs of the Marquis Wen'an's Mansion.

Zhu Qing'an was not surprised that his aunt knew about the affairs of the Hou Mansion. The power in his aunt's hands was so complicated that nothing could be hidden from her.

"Yes, do you think Qing'an has gone too far?" Zhu Qing'an said nervously. After all, she and her mother are blood relatives.

"Silly child! I'm glad that you can see clearly. Some family affection cannot be forced. It's best if you can let it go. You are much better than your father. He has been confused for so many years, and I'm too lazy to talk to him!" The queen mother was also very angry when she thought of her brother.

"Father is just sentimental, and now he has figured it out!" Zhu Qing'an spoke well of his father.

She knew that her aunt was very concerned about her father and mother's affairs, but after all, her aunt had been married for many years and it was not easy for her to interfere in her brother's affairs in the backyard.

Zhu Qing'an stayed with her aunt for lunch before leaving the palace.

After leaving the palace, Zhu Qing'an prepared to return home. The carriage was driving slowly on the streets of Ancheng. When she heard a voice outside the carriage mentioning her, she asked the coachman to stop the carriage.

"What Princess Yongfu? She's lucky to have a good aunt. She wishes Qing'an's mother will not be pleased, and her future mother-in-law will not be happy. She will have a good life in the future!"

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