Chapter 861: Chapter 652: Making Her Sick
The Old Lady’s coughing frightened the nannies and maids around her. So imdiately fetched water for the Old Lady, while others patted her back!
“Old Lady, have a sip of water, don’t be angry. Rest assured, those people will definitely be found. Our people have already spread the net.”
“Old Lady, did you catch a cold? Let the guard find a doctor to take a look at you.”
The Old Lady was indeed furious, which also made her cough. She had a hard ti catching her breath, which caused the coughing, and she felt a bit dizzy!
It wasn’t only the anger. In the past two days of traveling, the weather was cold, and the carriage was chilled by the cold wind even with the stove, it remained quite cold!
Fatigue combined with the cold, breathlessness, previous health issues not fully recovered, all left her very weak, with a risk of fainting, and accompanying other symptoms!
At this ti, the Old Lady couldn’t speak much and was also afraid of falling ill in this foreign place. This was not her hotown or the General Mansion where she had lived for over twenty years. Falling ill while traveling put her in a bad mood, and originally she was already in a bad mood, incapable to even sit steadily.
The maids and nannies beside her, seeing her condition, quickly helped her lie on the bed. This bed was still a kan, and the Old Lady wasn’t used to the external quilts, so the maids and old woman brought in her luggage from the carriage, especially the quilt!
With the Old Lady feeling unwell, of course, soone was sent to fetch the doctor, but it hadn’t arrived yet.
The nanny massaged her, comforting her gently.
Ye Shiqi noticed the Old Lady was sick from anger, feeling quite pleased. But then, she thought, if the Old Lady falls ill here and stays longer, she would also have to stay here, which might not be good. Should she hope for her to fall ill, or not?
A nanny instructed the guard to fetch the doctor. By this ti, it was already dark, and the doctor had already been preparing to rest. Being called out for a consultation on a winter night was not delightful.
Still, the nanny instructed the guard to give more consultation fees to ensure they could bring back a good doctor!
The guard did his duty, considering they were the Pri Minister’s people, and this old lady was his sister. The Old Lady was returning to the Capital City, fell ill on the road, and if they failed to protect her, they would bear significant responsibility!
The guard knocked “dong dong.” A maid ca out to open the door and led the old doctor inside.
The Old Wet Nurse placed a stool in front of the Old Lady’s bed for the doctor to sit, then laid a handkerchief on the Old Lady’s hand for the doctor to feel the pulse.
During the pulse-taking, the old doctor asked so questions. He learned it was from fatigue and then observed so other health issues in the body and caught a cold. These are minor chronic illnesses that elderly people often have. Coupled with a bad mood and ntal stress, the fatigue and travel worsened the condition!
The old doctor, having taken the pulse with both hands, explained so precautions, prescribed dicine, and instructed them to get it themselves!
“Doctor, does our madam have a cold?”
“Your madam is exhausted, angry, has so ntal stress, and there are minor bodily ailnts, plus a bit of a cold. Bodily ailnts are easy to treat, but ntal stress is harder to alleviate, so try to relax!”
The old doctor hinted and wrote down the prescription, passing it to the nanny. He further explained how many tis the dication should be taken and the thod for decocting the dicine, being quite responsible!
“Doctor, will our Old Lady be better tomorrow? Can she travel tomorrow?”
The old doctor paused montarily and spoke aningfully, “As people age, these ailnts may not be cured with a single dose or overnight. It depends on the body and symptoms. Nothing serious, but my advice as a doctor is for the Old Lady to rest a few more days before continuing the journey. If you must travel, try to relax, keep warm, and rest more.”
After giving the consultation fee and seeing the doctor off, soone had already gone to get the dicine and was decocting it. The Old Lady, not yet dicated, drifted in and out of sleep!
As for the doctor’s words earlier, she seed to hear them yet remained sowhat dazed!
It was a mix of illness and fatigue; upon lying down, she fell asleep!
With the Old Lady ill as the host, it troubled the people around her. They needed to stay up at night and continuously watch over her, having traveled long distances, sitting in the carriage all day!
The younger maids managed better, but the elderly nanny suffered!
They decocted the dicine for the Old Lady. She needed to take it once at midnight as well.
Ye Shiqi, however, was leisurely in her space, unbothered by the external chill and spared from the fatigue of long journeys.
In her space, she did as she pleased, sleeping when needed, eating when hungry, spending idle ti reading books. The fields in the space were harvested every few days, using re thoughts without physical labor.
Yet, she hadn’t stopped practicing martial arts and yoga. After so many assassinations, she realized having formidable physical skills was essential.
Currently, she relied on her space’s abilities to combat enemies. Without this space, her skills alone couldn’t fend off the nurous adversaries, especially with the perilous return to the capital!
Ye Shiqi never anticipated entering a book, rely wishing to change a farr girl’s fate, slowly turning into house fighting and power sches!
Ye Shiqi wasn’t foolish, but neither was she raised in an environnt of political intrigue; faced with current problems, she had to tackle each one as they ca!
The next day after sunrise, under the support of the maids and old woman, the Old Lady still set off on schedule!
Ye Shiqi remained on top of the Old Lady’s carriage, within her space, feeling no discomfort even on the carriage’s rooftop!
Days passed by, and the Old Lady received continual reports from her subordinates, never finding the “old hag” or “little hag”, her mood worsening. With each day of travel and exhaustion, she grew more haggard, her face becoming more aged and pale!
The nanny accompanying her ensured, at each town or county stop, especially the regions, to call doctors for pulse-taking and prescriptions for the Old Lady!
Ye Shiqi overheard much of the Old Lady’s curses yet chose to ignore them, refraining from retaliating to avoid drawing attention, given they had yet to travel half the distance. The Old Lady’s journey was relatively smooth, not swift but without delays!
As for their malicious words, she regarded them as barking dogs.
Over these days, Ye Shiqi noticed that those asleep in the space, both humans, and horses, only needed water without food, not waking yet unhard!
For instance, her grandmother’s complexion improved inside the space, avoiding long travels in such freezing weather had indeed many benefits!
Ye Shiqi’s only worry was how to explain afterward?
This wasn’t the first ti she did this; she decided to address it upon reaching the Capital City!
Doing so was far better than being anxious at each stop, worried about an assassin’s attack!
A fortnight later, they reached Deep Blue Island, nearing the Southern region, negating the need for snow carriages!
Moreover, entering the pier from here required traveling by water!
They stayed at an inn and inexplicably returned to the Capital City after a month.
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