Chapter One Hundred and Thirty Eighth
"The imperial doctor is here." The palace maid announced at the door.
"Please invite the imperial doctor to come in quickly," the eldest princess of Jiashan said hurriedly.
The imperial doctor checked Mrs. Luo's pulse and found out that she was indeed suffering from heat stroke. "The weather is hot and more and more people are suffering from heat stroke. I have been given some Xiaoshu pills, just take a few pills and it will be fine."
"Great, thank you, sir." The eldest princess of Jiashan said politely.
"This is the responsibility of the lower officials." The imperial doctor was waiting aside.
The palace maid gave Mrs. Luo some medicine, and after a while, Mrs. Luo woke up. Everyone breathed a sigh of relief, as long as she wakes up.
Mrs. Luo's heat stroke was just the beginning. In the next few days, older ladies began to faint from heat stroke.
Just when the queen was thinking about whether to ask the queen mother to allow a lady over forty not to enter the palace to mourn, it was the turn of the female family members of the Jin Dynasty to enter the palace to mourn, so she immediately gave up the idea.
In the early morning, Jiang Changning followed the concubine into the palace. When he arrived at the mourning hall, he first offered incense and sprinkled wine to pay homage, and then took a stack of ingot paper and knelt beside the brazier to burn it.
This morning, the emperor did not appear, but Jiang Changning did not relax his vigilance.
A dog cannot change its habit of eating shit. Even if it stops eating for a while, it will still eat it later.
During lunch, Jiang Changning made a mistake and didn't see the concubine.
A palace maid with a strange scent approached her, which proved that the emperor was just a dog that could not change!
Jiang Changning knows how to mix perfume and is very sensitive to fragrance. When he smelled the fragrance, he realized something was wrong and immediately covered his mouth and nose, "The fragrance on your body is so incense, stay away from me."
With that said, he quickly walked towards Zeng Zhaofu and said, "Zeng Zhaofu, I'm a little dizzy, please stay with me."
Zeng Zhaofu hurriedly supported her and said, "Let's sit over there for a while."
"Well, okay." Jiang Changning half leaned on Zeng Zhaofu and followed her.
The palace maid hesitated for a moment, but finally did not dare to follow.
With Zeng Zhaofu here, even if Jiang Changning is stunned, she cannot be taken away.
After a while, the concubine came back and saw Jiang Changning sitting in the corridor, "Where have you been?"
"I've been here all this time. I'm a little dizzy. Zhao Fu is with me." Jiang Changning stood up in surprise, "Concubine, where have you been?"
"As soon as the palace maid said you were looking for me, I went over, but I didn't see you..." The concubine came back to her senses at this time, knowing that she had been deceived, her face darkened.
As someone who has experienced the difficulties of Chenglong, she is very aware of the intrigues in the palace.
The palace maid tricked her into going out and nothing happened, which showed that the incident was not about her, so it was about Jiang Changning.
"You've been fine all morning, why did you suddenly feel dizzy?" the concubine asked.
"There was a palace maid who had a very strong fragrance. When I smelled it, I felt dizzy." Jiang Changning frowned.
The concubine's eyes were slightly sharp, she thought of Mixiang!
The palace lady is stunned by Jiang Changning, what does she want to do?
It is not just the female family members who enter the palace to mourn.
Thinking of this, the concubine smiled at Zeng Zhaofu and said, "Thank you for accompanying her."
"Your Majesty, you are so polite. Changning and I are friends. She is not feeling well, so I should take care of her." Zeng Zhaofu said with a smile.
"I'm feeling better. Concubine, let's go in." Jiang Changning saw that everyone was going to the mourning hall.
"It's stuffy in there, are you really okay?" Zeng Zhaofu asked.
"No problem, just bear with it and it will pass." Jiang Changning didn't smell much of the incense, so he wasn't affected much and had already recovered.
"That's right, it's only been half a day, and there will be a funeral the day after tomorrow." Zeng Zhaofu stretched out his hand to support Jiang Changning, "Your body is still too thin, you can practice martial arts with me from now on."
Jiang Changning's mouth twitched slightly, "Okay."
In fact, she knows women's grappling skills, but she hasn't used them for too long and is a bit rusty.
"Hey, hey, I said to recruit a lucky heroine, don't catch people, teach them martial arts. Chang Ning is not like you, she is a graceful lady, with ice muscles and jade bones." Princess Changshan happened to come over and overheard.
"If you don't want to learn, don't hinder us. Changning has already promised me." Zeng Zhaofu pushed Changshan Crown Princess away and hugged Jiang Changning's arm tightly, "Changning, you must do what you say and you can't go back on it."
"I won't regret it." Jiang Changning said seriously.
Princess Changshan curled her lips, "How can there be such a person who buys and sells by force?"
Zeng Zhaofu glared at her, "What does it mean to buy and sell by force? What I mean is convincing people with reason."
After all, it was inappropriate to play around in the mourning hall. The two bickered for a few words and then stopped talking.
The concubine did not go to burn paper with Princess Changshan and the Duke of Sui Dynasty, but stayed with Jiang Changning.
The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law burned paper quietly without talking to each other.
"Ouch, Mrs. Sui Guoguo fainted!" Princess Changshan just finished her words.
"No, Mrs. Qi fainted."
"Mrs. Renyi Bo fainted."
Three ladies fainted at once, and one lady was the queen's mother. The mourning hall became a mess.
Everyone was busy carrying the three ladies to the side hall. The weather had been getting hotter and hotter these days, and even the cooling pills provided by the Taiyuan Hospital could not prevent people from fainting from the heat.
The three ladies fainted at the same time without arousing anyone's suspicion.
Jiang Changning thought this was normal, but another palace maid approached her and quickly handed her something.
People are curious and want to see what is written in the paper.
But Jiang Changning suppressed his curiosity. The concubine was deceived into leaving for a trip, but she could come back safely. But if she was deceived into going out, she might not be able to come back.
Jiang Changning calmly placed the paper ball under the paper money and threw them into the copper basin. He watched the paper ball being swallowed up by the fire and turned into ashes, and he sighed slowly.
The palace maid who stuffed the paper ball was staring at Jiang Changning. Seeing that she didn't look at the paper ball, she was secretly worried.
She didn't notice Jiang Changning put the paper ball under the paper money, threw it into the brazier and burned it.
After waiting for half an hour, I saw Jiang Changning burning paper.
The palace maid couldn't hold herself back, and when Jiang Changning accompanied the concubine to the side hall for tea, she deliberately went to serve tea.
Jiang Changning didn't see clearly who stuffed the paper ball into her, but she was somewhat wary of every palace maid.
As soon as there was any movement on the palace maid's hand, she noticed it and quickly ran away, avoiding the water thrown by the palace maid.
"Did I offend you in some way? I asked you to pour such a large cup of tea on me!" Jiang Changning asked in a calm tone.
"Princess, please forgive me. I got caught by my skirt. I accidentally fell down and lost control of my hand, so I spilled the tea. I didn't mean to do so. Please forgive me, Princess." The palace maid knelt down and said.
"You are an errand in the palace. I am just the princess. I have no right to punish you, let alone spare you. I will report this matter to the Queen."
The palace maid kneeling on the ground had a snicker on her lips.
As long as Princess Jin goes to Qiyuan Palace, she will be alone, and others can take care of things.
However, Jiang Changning's next words broke her assumption, "I am the person involved, so I can't leave. I'd like to thank the palace maid." She pointed to the palace maid waiting aside, "Go and invite the queen to come and have a look. Needless to say.
, it’s clear at a glance.”
Jiang Changning saw the expression of gloating on the palace maid's face, and knew that she would not find any reason to refuse if she was asked to go.
Chapter completed!