Deep Palace Pet Peach Blossom Flawless

After examining both hands, Nie Wushuang frowned slightly and replied, "Your Majesty, your Excellency's spleen and stomach have been weak for years. You eat little and your nutrition is insufficient, which is why you are weak. This can only be treated slowly. No medication is needed. Long-term medication will irritate the stomach and intestines and is even worse for it. I can prescribe some dietary prescriptions for you to follow for the first half of the year, and then make adjustments."

"However," Imperial Physician Nie paused, "Your Excellency has a slight chill in your body, so even in summer you can't drink iced drinks. You can take medicine for ten days to remove the chill, and then it would be better to eat medicinal food."

Emperor Shenwu's face darkened slightly. "Go get the medicine first."

After Nie Wushuang left, Emperor Shenwu's cold gaze swept across Ruping and Ruhan. The two had already knelt on the ground. The pressure at that moment made Ruping sweat coldly. She now cared about her master's preferences, but forgot to take her own body into consideration. She secretly groaned in her heart.

All I heard was Emperor Shenwu saying, "You have been serving her like this for several years. So..."

Lan Qingwu grabbed his sleeve and looked up at him, a pleading look in her eyes. She wanted to eat, but she wanted to punish them.

Emperor Shenwu looked at her for a moment, his eyes cold, "Kneel outside."

The two men stepped out and knelt at the entrance of the hall as if they had been pardoned.

Emperor Shenwu lifted Lan Qingwu's chin and said calmly, "Why? Do you like eating so much?"

Lan Qingwu heard the anger in his voice: "It's just that the weather is too hot. I only ate it for a few days and didn't realize I caught a cold..."

Lan Qingwu looked at his expression and lowered his head and said softly: "I really don't know..."

Emperor Shenwu held her in his arms and said nothing more. Lan Qingwu leaned on his chest, secretly groaning in her heart, and taking Chinese medicine again. When she heard these two words, her heart and liver were bitter and her stomach was churning.

After that, the medicine was ready. Nie Wushuang personally came in with the medicine bowl, knelt down and placed it on the table. Then Ru Ping and Ru Han came in, each holding something in their hands.

Nie Wushuang said, "Your Majesty, I heard that Your Excellency has a strong reaction to Chinese medicine, so I have made some preparations. Miss Ruping has the hawthorn soup, which can alleviate the nausea you feel when taking the medicine. Miss Ruhan has the orange fragrance I made myself, which can reduce the bitterness of the medicine."

Emperor Shenwu said directly: "Use them all."

Li Xiang hurriedly stepped forward and knelt before Emperor Shenwu, holding the medicine bowl with both hands next to Emperor Shenwu so that the emperor could reach the medicine spoon. Ruping also knelt on the other side holding the hawthorn soup. Ruhan lit the orange incense next to Lan Qingwu, and the smoke curled up. Lan Qingwu smelled the sweet and sour aroma of the orange, and indeed felt much better.

Emperor Shenwu reached out and took the medicine spoon to Lan Qingwu's mouth. Lan Qingwu had no choice but to open her mouth and drink it obediently. After drinking it, she felt nauseous and wanted to vomit. The emperor hurriedly fed her a mouthful of hawthorn soup, and she did not vomit it out.

After drinking half a bowl of medicine like this, Lan Qingwu had reached her limit. She leaned in the arms of the Shenwu Emperor, her stomach churning, her face pale and weak, tears welling up on her eyelashes. She said softly, "Your Majesty..."

Emperor Shenwu was not satisfied, so he gently rubbed her stomach, frowned slightly, and asked Nie Wushuang: "If this is the case, the medicine is not effective enough, is there any other way?"

Nie Wushuang hurriedly said, "Your Majesty, the only option is to extend the time it takes to drink the medicine."

Emperor Shenwu decisively said, "Then drink it for twenty days."

Emperor Shenwu asked the four of them to leave. Ruping and Ruhan knelt at the door again, and Li Xiang stood guard outside the door.

Emperor Shenwu carried Lan Qingwu back to the bed in his bedroom. Lan Qingwu was completely exhausted and lay quietly in his arms. Emperor Shenwu gently stroked her black hair. Emperor Shenwu kissed her between the eyebrows and said, "Drink the medicine well. It's not good for a woman to have cold in her body."

Lan Qingwu said softly, "Okay."

After that, Emperor Shenwu summoned Concubine Li to his bed regularly every month, more than ten times a month. Except for Concubine Wen who stayed one day, Concubine Yi who stayed two days, and Concubine Li who stayed two days, Emperor Shenwu would also spend the night in the old lady's palace. Somehow, the peerless Concubine Li's hand was lifted up by His Majesty. Some concubines privately speculated that Concubine Li must have offended His Majesty accidentally.

On this day, Concubine Li was in the emperor's bedchamber again. Late at night, Emperor Shenwu went to Suowu Palace again.

On the bed, Emperor Shenwu hugged Lan Qingwu and asked, "But the medicine doesn't make you feel good?"

Lan Qingwu glanced at him and said, "My mouth is bitter." In fact, she felt that her whole body was smelling of Chinese medicine.

Emperor Shenwu looked at her seriously and said, "Then I'll try it..."

Time passed quickly and the Mid-Autumn Festival was approaching. At this time, good news came from the harem.

In Suowu Palace, Ruhan reported the news: "Noble Lady Wen is already one month pregnant, Concubine Lin is two months pregnant, and Concubine Bai is two months pregnant. I heard that the Empress Dowager was very happy and gave away many gifts."

Ru Ping glanced at Lan Qingwu and said, "Master, I have selected some things to give to Lin Cairen and Bai Shuren as rewards."

Lan Qingwu nodded. Ru Han said, "Now, the noble lady Wen is definitely even more arrogant." With a good family background, her initial title is quite high. If she gives birth to an imperial heir, she'll definitely be the mistress. How many women in the harem have gritted their teeth, never achieving the position of concubine in their entire lives?

Lan Qingwu had not met Concubine Wen many times, and every time she met her, she would say a few sarcastic words. It was no wonder that, as the two newcomers had the same status, Concubine Wen was not as favored as her, which must have made her, who was so proud and arrogant, uncomfortable.

The Emperor naturally bestowed gifts, doubling the reward for Consort Wen. The three concubines also received numerous supplements and accessories. The Emperor assigned three imperial physicians to attend to the three of them until the birth of the heir. He himself made no special visit.

Late at night, Lan Qingwu rose from her bed and walked barefoot to the window, peering through the half-open window at the moon. The moonlight was bright. Though it wasn't even the fifteenth day of the lunar month, the unique beauty of August still made it appear exceptionally beautiful. She remembered the words she'd told herself as a child: "I'll never be assimilated by the etiquette of this place." Yet, unknowingly, she had become a qualified woman of the Great Sheng Dynasty. A flicker of sadness crossed her eyes. She felt a deep loneliness, a loneliness that came from the depths of her soul.

As Mid-Autumn Festival approached, the Emperor Shenwu bestowed rewards upon the various imperial palaces. In Suowu Palace, Ruping gazed upon the various gifts, her lips twitching for a moment. She went inside to report to Lan Qingwu, "Master, the various gifts have been sorted. Among them are two large boxes..." She pondered how to phrase them.

Lan Qingwu looked at her in confusion. Ru Ping continued, "Two large boxes... of gold and silver, one box of gold melon seeds, and one box of silver peanuts and gold ingots. They're all for rewards."

Lan Qingwu was silent for a few breaths: "Now I can save myself money." It's a pity that she doesn't want such favoritism.

Ru Ping quickly said, "I'll make arrangements right away."

During the Mid-Autumn Festival, Emperor Shenwu held a grand banquet for his ministers at noon, followed by a family dinner. Emperor Shenwu, along with his concubines and relatives, first performed a moon worship ceremony, followed by moon offerings, moon appreciating, and mooncake eating. Finally, the banquet began in the Qiulu Hall.