"Miss! What happened to our Miss?!" Chun Tao was about to cry and ran after Xiao Rongyan and Bai Qingyu, "Miss!"
"Quick! Quickly carry Doctor Hong to the side hall! Hurry!" Wei Zhong loudly instructed the nearby imperial guards. He followed for a few steps, then turned back and said, "Go and invite Imperial Physician Director Huang too! Quick! Quick! Quick!"
The incident of the Empress of Zhou fainting while meeting with Mr. Xiao and the Rong masked Prince quickly spread throughout the Imperial Palace.
Mrs. Dong was with the Bai family’s second lady Mrs. Liu, third lady Mrs. Li, and fourth lady Mrs. Wang, as well as the fifth lady Mrs. Qi, together teasing Xiao Ba. They were also discussing with Mrs. Dong the news from her family being sent frequently these days, and the matter of sending students to the girls’ academy.
Upon hearing about Bai Qingyan fainting in the grand hall, she was so frightened that she let go of the teacup in her hand, spilling water all over herself.
"I told you not to let Kid overwork! Kid can’t overwork! Kid’s health has been weak before!" Mrs. Li, the third lady, said anxiously, her eyes reddening. She turned to the nanny beside her and said, "Go! Bring those hundred-year-old wild ginseng sent by the family before, they might be useful!"
Mrs. Dong was scared, her face losing color, yet she managed to remain composed and asked, "Did Doctor Hong go over?"
"Eunuch Wei has already sent someone to fetch Doctor Hong and Imperial Physician Huang!" The little eunuch who came to report said with a trembling voice.
She put down the teacup, standing up with her sweaty hands holding onto Nanny Qin, "I’ll go check first!"
"Sister-in-law, I’ll go too!" Mrs. Liu, the second lady, said hurriedly, standing up, clutching a handkerchief tightly.
The fifth lady Mrs. Qi also handed Xiao Ba to her personal nanny and said, "I’ll go have a look too!"
Mrs. Dong was worried about Bai Qingyan’s heartache and didn’t stop them... holding onto Nanny Qin’s hand, lifting her dress hem and heading out, with the second lady, third lady, fourth lady, and fifth lady following suit.
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Xiao Rongyan, without caring about the blood flowing from his arm, placed Bai Qingyan on the soft couch. With his blood-drenched hand, he reached to feel Bai Qingyan’s pulse on her neck, and could sense Bai Qingyan’s pulse strong and powerful, but... too fast!
Could it be... poisoning?!
Xiao Rongyan remembered when his elder brother was ill, the pulse was extremely fast!
Bai Qingyu turned and instructed, "Open all the windows! Quickly!"
Turning around, Bai Qingyu saw Xiao Rongyan reaching to unbutton Bai Qingyan’s collar, and Bai Qingyu immediately grabbed Xiao Rongyan’s wrist, his expression dark.
"I’m saving someone, not being indecent!" Xiao Rongyan shook off Bai Qingyu’s hesitant hold and swiftly, enduring the pain, slightly unbuttoned Bai Qingyan’s collar.
Chun Tao knelt beside the soft couch, unable to help, feeling at a loss, suddenly saw blood from Bai Qingyan’s back collar. Chun Tao cried out loud in shock, holding Bai Qingyan’s legs in panic, "Blood! Miss’ back neck is covered in blood! Miss! Miss... what’s to be done now!"
Chun Tao turned her head, crying as she looked toward the door, then back at Bai Qingyan, crying out in distress, "Doctor Hong! Why hasn’t Doctor Hong come! Doctor Hong, save us! Please come save us!"
"Kid! Kid!" Xiao Rongyan called Bai Qingyan softly, resenting why he didn’t understand medicine himself.
Doctor Hong, with his old bones, lay on the back of the imperial guard, sprinting all the way to the side hall. As soon as he got off the gasping imperial guard’s back, he rushed inside.
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