Chapter 876: 405 Slap in the Face (Two Chapters Combined) Chapter 876: 405 Slap in the Face (Two Chapters Combined) Princess Xinyang preferred tranquility, and there were not many servants in the Courtyard. Moreover, they generally stayed in the front courtyard, with only Yujin and the Dragon Shadow Guard having the privilege to enter the inner courtyard.
Yujin was originally the legitimate daughter of a wealthy family, distinct from the female officials who ca from palace maid backgrounds. She had earned her position in Princess Xinyang’s Residence through her own abilities.
After bidding farewell to the Crown Princess, Yujin turned and returned to Princess Xinyang’s room.
Princess Xinyang had slept until evening before waking up, feeling a tightness in her chest upon awakening.
Yujin approached, and noticing her discomforting complexion, gently lifted her jade hand to take the Princess’s pulse, asking with concern, “Princess, your pulse seems rather irregular, shall we have so dicine first?”
Yujin was not a dic, but given Princess Xinyang’s prolonged illness, she had been compelled to learn so dical knowledge.
Princess Xinyang did not object. With Yujin’s assistance, she sat up, and Yujin fetched a pillow to support her back.
As Yujin was about to fetch the dicine, she hesitated.
There were two bottles on the table, one was the Protecting Heart Pill she had bought from a Yan Country pharmacist, and the other was the Hundred Flowers Pill personally delivered by the Crown Princess just a mont ago.
The Hundred Flowers Pill was exceedingly rare, even rarer than the Protecting Heart Pill from the Yan Country pharmacist; it was said to cure all manner of diseases.
Yujin inford that the Crown Princess had co by and brought the Hundred Flowers Pill.
“Let see it,” said Princess Xinyang.
She had seen the Protecting Heart Pill before, so naturally, she wanted to see the Hundred Flowers Pill that the Crown Princess had brought.
Yujin picked up the bottle of Hundred Flowers Pill from the table, “Eh?”
“What’s wrong?” asked Princess Xinyang.
“Why is there a cloth strip on the bottle? There are words on it, too.”
Gu Jiao had used a fine charcoal pencil to write, which was not as unpleasant as a brushstroke, though still not particularly elegant.
To soone like Yujin, who ca from a scholarly household, honestly, such writing was sowhat sore to the eyes.
However, what really puzzled Yujin was not the writing itself.
Princess Xinyang looked at the bottle in her hand and asked, “Was there no cloth strip before?”
“I rember there wasn’t, or did I rember it wrong?” Yujin frowned and looked up, “Long Yi.”
Long Yi leaped down, landing a distance of three steps away from them.
Yujin faced him and asked, “Did anyone co by earlier?”
Long Yi remained silent.
“Never mind, why do I ask you.” Yujin shook her head, reminding herself that with Long Yi guarding inside the room, it was impossible for soone suspicious to enter.
So perhaps it was indeed her own mory mistake, or she had missed it; the bottle might have always had a small cloth strip on it.
With a laugh, Yujin said, “It must have been written by the seller of the Hundred Flowers Pill,” because the Crown Princess’s handwriting was not this peculiar.
With this distraction, Princess Xinyang did not imdiately take the Hundred Flowers Pill but instead took two of her usual Protecting Heart Pills.
In the middle of the night, Princess Xinyang started to run a high fever and experienced severe chest pain.
“Princess!” Without even putting on an overcoat, Yujin rushed to the bedchamber in her nightgown, pulled open the curtain, and saw Princess Xinyang on the bed, looking dreadfully pale, her lips devoid of all color, and felt frantic with worry!
Princess Xinyang’s heart condition was not congenital; it had developed over the past few years. The death of the young master had been too much for her; she, a perfectly healthy person, seed to have collapsed overnight.
The initial effect of the Protecting Heart Pill was indeed not bad, but as the illness worsened, the dicinal effect of the Protecting Heart Pill had beco increasingly insignificant, and today, it finally could no longer suppress the symptoms.
Yujin thought of the Hundred Flowers Pill that the Crown Princess had sent and poured out one.
The pill was white, but as Yujin had never seen a genuine Hundred Flowers Pill before, she couldn’t imdiately tell sothing was amiss.
She prepared so warm water, and helped Princess Xinyang swallow the pill.
The dicine took effect quickly; about two quarters of an hour later, Princess Xinyang felt much better, the palpitations and chest pain gradually subsiding.
Later in the night, she had a good sleep, and upon waking found that her high fever had completely subsided.
As Yujin wrung out a washcloth to wipe her forehead, she said with relief, “Who would have thought the effect of the Hundred Flowers Pill could be so miraculous, had I known earlier, I should have sought it for the Princess sooner.”
Princess Xinyang replied, “Do you think the Hundred Flowers Pill is sothing you can just obtain whenever you wish?”
Yujin smiled, “Indeed. The formula for the Hundred Flowers Pill has always been the secret of the Bai family in Zhao Country, only one batch is produced each year, and acquiring it is all down to luck. The Crown Princess is quite considerate.”
“Mhm,” murmured Princess Xinyang in agreent.
Yujin continued, “One should take two Hundred Flowers Pills a day, since the Princess is awake now, please take one quickly.”
The previous night’s discomfort had been too severe to care about what the Hundred Flowers Pill looked like, but upon closer inspection now, she realized it looked quite different from the ones described in the rumors.
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