The prince longs for me every night after mastering thought-reading-Chapter 76 - 75 Shen Chuwei’s Wishful Thinking Shattered
Chapter 76: Chapter 75: Shen Chuwei’s Wishful Thinking Shattered
Chapter 76 -75: Shen Chuwei’s Wishful Thinking Shattered
Shen Chuwei propped herself up on the soft couch and looked outside, only to see Xiao Jinyan stride in wearing a plain, light blue satin robe, his expression calm and stern.
Behind him followed an Imperial Doctor, carrying a medicine box, both walking with urgent steps.
Chun Xi wiped away her tears, “Your Highness has brought the Imperial Doctor, our young lady will be alright.”
Shen Chuwei looked at the tearful Chun Xi, how scared this child must have been, how many times has she cried already?
Xiao Jinyan was just about to step into the inner room when he was stopped by Liu Xi at the door, “Your Highness, you cannot go in.”
The Imperial Doctor also advised, “Your Highness, smallpox is extremely contagious.
Before a confirmed diagnosis, it is absolutely forbidden to enter, otherwise the consequences are unimaginable.”
Xiao Jinyan glanced at the several people blocking his way, looked inside for a few moments through the tightly closed door, saw nothing, and then withdrew his gaze to instruct, “Then you go in and take a look at her first.”
“This humble servant will take a look now,” said the Imperial Doctor as he took out a mask from his sleeve to put on before carrying the medicine box inside.
Shen Chuwei was still lying on the soft couch when she saw the Imperial Doctor come in, noticing a new face, rather handsome in appearance.
After entering, the Imperial Doctor greeted her with a bow, “Lady Shen, allow this humble servant to examine the symptoms on your face.”
“Mhmm,” Shen Chuwei lifted the mask from her cheeks, revealing the red spots on her face.
The Imperial Doctor looked at the spots for a few moments, which indeed resembled smallpox.
To further confirm the diagnosis, he said gently, “This humble servant will take your pulse, Lady Shen.”
“Alright,” Shen Chuwei extended her hand, pulling up the sleeve to reveal her slender and fair wrist.
Outside at this time, Xiao Jinyan paced back and forth, occasionally looking up towards the door of the inner room, wondering how things were going.
Liu Xi tried to reassure him, “Your Highness, Lady Shen is a lucky person, she will not succumb to this.”
Xiao Jinyan’s lips were tightly pursed as he raised his eyes to look at the little rabbit and asked coldly, “What exactly is going on here?”
“Reporting to Your Highness, Lady Shen was fine last night, but she turned out like this when she got up early this morning.” The little rabbit thought of what Shen Chuwei said this morning and added, “This servant heard that last night, Mrs.
Shen sent two plates of pastries to Lady Shen.”
Xiao Jinyan asked, “Did anyone else eat those pastries?
Did they show such symptoms?”
“It’s said Chun Xi had a piece with no symptoms, the rest were all eaten by Lady Shen,” the little rabbit replied.
Without mentioning it, he might have been fine, but now that it was brought up, Xiao Jinyan’s face turned gloomy, angry with the desire to scold her face-to-face, always eating!
Not learning her lesson!
The Imperial Doctor opened the door and walked out.
Upon seeing him, Xiao Jinyan stepped forward and asked, “How is she now?”
The Imperial Doctor replied, “Your Highness, Lady Shen’s symptoms are indeed very similar to smallpox, this humble servant dare not make a definitive statement.”
Hearing this, Xiao Jinyan became angry, “Aren’t you the Imperial Doctor with the best medical skills in the Imperial Medical Bureau?
How can you not even confirm whether it’s smallpox or not?”
The Imperial Doctor broke out in a cold sweat, “Your Highness, Lady Shen’s symptoms are indeed those of smallpox, it’s just that the pulse is somewhat irregular, this humble servant does not dare to assert.”
Xiao Jinyan isn’t an Imperial Doctor and naturally doesn’t understand as much as the Imperial Doctor, seeing him say so, it could only mean that Shen Chuwei’s symptoms were indeed peculiar.
“Then how should we treat it?” he asked.
“Your Highness, for now, we can only treat it as we would smallpox and see if it is effective,” replied the Imperial Doctor.
Actually, the Imperial Doctor was also puzzled, the symptoms looked quite like smallpox, but the pulse was not as weak, and he couldn’t diagnose it as any other disease.
Xiao Jinyan pressed, “What if it is not effective?”
“Then we will have to try a different method, only the treatment will take time.”
It was well known that smallpox was difficult to treat, had a low survival rate, and was highly contagious, making people fear its spread.
Xiao Jinyan knew this, which was why he was so careful about bringing Shen Chuwei close to the palace and keeping outsiders from knowing about her condition, to avoid causing unnecessary trouble and catastrophe.
It was a risk, but still, he had taken it.
A food-loving Shen Chuwei who never fought nor contested for anything, how did she contract such a disease?
After lying on the soft couch for a while and finding the restlessness unbearable, Shen Chuwei got up and went to the door, overhearing the two men talking.
She looked up at Xiao Jinyan and saw that he looked somewhat distressed, “Your Highness.”
Hearing her voice, Xiao Jinyan raised his head towards the door and saw Shen Chuwei standing behind it, half of her face showing, her ordinarily fair complexion now spotted with red, yet her clear eyes still shone brightly.
“The palace will not let anything happen to you, do not worry,” he reassured her.
Shen Chuwei knew that the problematic pastries could not kill and, in order to get the Shen Family to give up their ideas of her and Shen Mingzhu supporting each other and vying for favor, she had eaten all the pastries, hence the symptoms now.
Another reason was that if she hadn’t finished them, Chun Xi would definitely have eaten the leftovers upon seeing them.
Having these red spots on Chun Xi’s face would probably scare her to death…
There was still another reason; if Xiao Jinyan didn’t want her to enter the palace, she could justifiably indulge outside the palace walls and live comfortably.
But now, seeing how distressed Xiao Jinyan was because of this ordeal, she felt somewhat regretful about deceiving him.
“Your Highness, I’m actually fine,” she said. ƒreewebηoveℓ.com
Anyone informed they had contracted smallpox would probably be scared out of their wits.
Yet Shen Chuwei was comforting him instead, which touched Xiao Jinyan deeply.
“You’ll be fine, trust me,” he insisted.
Then, looking at the Imperial Doctor, he ordered, “Use the best medicine to treat her, sparing no cost.”
The Imperial Doctor nodded in acknowledgment, “This humble servant understands.”
Xiao Jinyan then turned to Shen Chuwei, his voice tender as he comforted her, “You focus on recuperating; leave other matters aside.”
Xiao Jinyan, as the Crown Prince, had numerous official duties every day and could not stay at Xiyun Pavilion all the time.
After reassuring Shen Chuwei, he left Xiyun Pavilion.
Though Chun Xi was also afraid and anxious, the hope instilled by His Highness’s words dispelled her fears.
“His Highness truly cares for the young lady, even offering comfort.
Lady Shen is blessed; she will surely recover safely,” Chun Xi remarked.
Shen Chuwei watched Xiao Jinyan’s retreating figure and sighed, she merely wanted to say that she didn’t have smallpox~
The red spots on her face weren’t from smallpox, but from a disease similar to smallpox that would fade on its own after some time.
Shen Chuwei lay back on the soft couch, touched her now empty stomach, and said, “Chun Xi, I want to eat crystal dumplings.”
Chun Xi, who always spoiled Shen Chuwei, was even more indulgent now that she was sick.
“This servant will make the crystal dumplings right away,” she asserted.
Shen Chuwei, remembering the vegetable-filled dumplings she had a few days ago, declared, “Make them with meat filling; don’t do vegetables, otherwise, it loses the spirit of crystal dumplings.”
“Don’t worry, Master; they will definitely be crystal dumplings with pure meat filling,” Chun Xi promised as she briskly got off the bed and headed to the small kitchen.
Tao Chenghui, hearing that Shen Chuwei had returned for a family visit, brought some delicacies to visit, but as he reached the doorway, he was stopped by the little rabbit.
“Lady Shen’s condition has worsened, His Highness has commanded, in these few days, do not allow the young masters to disturb Lady Shen’s rest.”
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