The old woman and the servants tried to coax Bao Ge'er to go back but he refused to go, and kept saying that there was a ghost in Liuxu Garden, which caused another round of trouble.

In the end, Ruhua made the decision, telling the court doctor to go back and write a prescription before returning. The servant took Bao'er to the front yard to see if Fu'er had finished school, hoping to let the two brothers play for a while. He then sent his nurse to report to the old lady. After all this hassle, less than half an hour had passed.

She didn't dare to go look for the prince. His face must be gloomy and scary today. Although Ruhua didn't go with him today, she just found out that it was the legitimate wife who proposed it herself. In ancient times, this was quite shameful for a man. Only a desperate man would dare to provoke him when he was angry.

Aunt Liu's face was really scratched quite badly. Not to mention the child, even Ruhua would feel that she would have a nightmare like Baoger if she saw it. Aunt Liu must have wanted to cover it up and hide it from the prince.

Ruhua hurriedly led the court doctor to Liuxu Garden, and she didn't dare to stop for a moment as if there was a dog chasing her, but she knew it was too late.

As expected, when she entered, Madam Xiang slapped her hard in the face: "Where have you been, you little bitch? It takes until dark to find a doctor."

In fact, Nanny Xiang had just returned from eating melons outside. She saw that almost everyone in the courtyard had run away, and Concubine Liu was in the same situation. She was also scolded a few times, so she was very angry. She didn't want to blame herself and just wanted to find a reason to vent her anger.

Ruhua didn't dare to argue, but knelt down straight away. She didn't dare to keep the truth secret, so she explained in a low voice: "The young master fainted from fright. The palace doctor saw the young master first."

Xiang Ma was making indirect accusations, naturally dissatisfied with the late arrival of the court physician. Court physician Song was also frightened and trembled, stammering, "Auntie... Madam! What's wrong?"

"Go in and take a look." Nanny Xiang was anxious and pushed the court doctor directly into the house without caring about the differences between men and women.

Aunt Liu took a cold bath for almost an hour, and the cold water was changed twice, but she refused to get up. As soon as she got out of the bucket, she started scratching again in less than half a cup of tea. She only felt comfortable when she was not in the bucket. She even had to ask Ruxiu to scoop water on her head to stop itching.

But in this late autumn season, a soak in cold water would make the pores shrink, the skin turn pale and wrinkled, the lips turn black, and you look like a completely unrecognizable person.

When the doctor entered, he saw Concubine Liu lying on the bed, her hair disheveled and her breathing weak. He felt her pulse, and it was chilling. It was like a waterlogged corpse he had seen. If Madam Xiang and two maids hadn't been in the room, or if it was the middle of the night, he, a sixty-year-old man, would have run for the door. He suddenly realized who the ghost the young master had been talking about was.

Just after ordering the bed bedding, pillows and curtains to be changed, Aunt Liu dared to lie down on the bed. Even after covering herself with two thick quilts, she was still shivering from the cold.

"Auntie, did you catch a cold from falling into the water? Did you make some ginger soup?" The Song family physician took her pulse, but he couldn't confirm. He had never seen such a cold and dull pulse in his decades of medical practice. He could only ask cautiously, tentatively. "Isn't someone soaking wet a drowning ghost?" He also suspected the wound on her face was probably scratched by water plants. After being rescued from the water, they usually had to drink ginger soup, otherwise it would be serious.

"Doctor, please take a look. Has the concubine been bitten by a poisonous insect? What kind of insect bit it? Is there an antidote? Madam has been complaining about itching all over her body, so she took a cold bath." Ruxiu could only tell the truth. Madam Liu was in such a state now that if she didn't tell the truth, the doctor probably wouldn't know how to treat her. If it were any other time, she would definitely not show her face to anyone. But she was in such a dangerous situation just now, and now she was lying on the bed naked without a single piece of clothing. She didn't care about her appearance at all. She must have suffered a great blow, and she was too lazy to even talk to the doctor.

Aunt Liu was already exhausted after venting her anger by beating and smashing things. After soaking in a few buckets of cold water, she was almost out of breath. How could she have the strength to reply? Only the eyes on her face were moving.

That wasn't a fall into the water. Finally, the court doctor took her pulse again and carefully examined the marks on her face, but couldn't figure out what had happened. He could only write her an anti-inflammatory prescription, based on a venomous insect bite, along with two bottles of facial ointment. He also instructed that all used clothing and bedding be burned and sulfur be spread around the house to deter the insects. Only then did he retreat.

It wasn't until the lights were turned on at night that people in Diecuiyuan realized that Bao'er had been frightened. Because Old Liu had told her not to be disturbed before she went to bed, the wet nurse didn't even see him when she went.

Now that she knew something was wrong, Old Mrs. Liu had Baoger sent to her courtyard. This little grandson was her precious baby, and she would be heartbroken if he was scared.

As for Xiao Liu, when she knew that she was bitten by a poisonous insect, she just asked Nanny Chang to send a servant over to investigate. She also specifically instructed the people who went there not to touch anything there to avoid being infected.

Seeing that Concubine Liu had fallen asleep after taking the medicine and no longer complained about being itchy, Nanny Xiang simply concealed the matter and told others that she had been bitten by a poisonous insect and her skin was a little red and swollen, but it should go away in a few days.

As soon as it got dark, Baoger started to stir up trouble in Diecui Courtyard again. He insisted that the maids light seven or eight lamps in his room and that all the servants, maids, and wet nurses be present. Otherwise, he would keep saying there were ghosts. He tossed and turned for most of the night and finally fell asleep, but he kept having nightmares and screaming, "Ghost, ghost!" It made the guards feel terrified.

Even so, the situation did not subside. As dawn approached, Baoger's whole body became hot and he had a high fever.

Diecuiyuan spent the whole night calling for a palace doctor and boiling medicine, and they were busy until dawn. Palace doctor Song was also trembling with fear all night, tired and hungry. When he finally got to dawn, he was scolded by Old Liu along with the maids and old women.

Just as he left the Jade Courtyard, Ruhua came to the door again, waiting for him: "Hurry up and go to the Willow Catkins Courtyard. Madam's face... Madam's face..."

This was bad news. The court doctor hadn't slept all night and had to rush over hungry. He was also unhappy: What kind of Madam is this? When the real Madam was around, how could she be so flustered?

In the past, even if the old lady was sick and asked this old guy to go and see her, the Crown Prince's wife who was taking care of him would sympathize with his hard work and ask the servants to cook him a bowl of porridge or noodles to warm his stomach. How could she let even the servants yell at him like this and not even give him any face?

As expected, an aunt is an aunt, not presentable at all. This face must have been deliberately made by God because he couldn't stand it.

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