The Empress Arrives: Rebirth of Concubine Hua

When the simple old man heard this, he looked curious and said.

"Sir, please don't scare me! I am all alone and have no family.

But regarding what you mentioned, I would like to ask you one more question. I wonder what kind of illness your master has?
The old man wanders around the mountain all day long. He knows a lot of medicinal herbs and can cure some diseases that ordinary people cannot cure.

I just don't know if it matches your master's condition?"

The leader came here with a mission, so how could he take the country bumpkin's words to heart? He just snorted.

"Oh, old man, you are not answering the question. My master is noble,
How can an unknown person like you be qualified to treat patients? You should lead us into the mountains!

I must find that miracle doctor for my master."

The old man shook his head and stroked his beard, as if he disagreed.

“Sir, it’s not that I don’t want to lead the way, but I have never been to this mountain before.

I am afraid that not only will I be unable to lead the way for you, but I may even cause you to lose your lives, which would be terrible."

The leader raised his sword, pointed the tip of the sword at the old man's neck, and threatened.

"It's useless to talk about that. Today, whether you are willing or not,
You all have to come with us on this journey, otherwise do you think you can come back safely?
Stop talking nonsense and lead the way!"

Li Ke secretly clenched his fists. Looking at these people sent by Ulanara, he felt so angry that his teeth itched.

But he couldn't act rashly because he didn't know what these people were looking for.

Li Ke fumbled in his arms, found a pill and put it under his tongue, then took out a face towel and covered his mouth and nose, then followed the traveler into the mountain.

But before they had gone far, the group's horses began to hesitate and neigh.

Anyone familiar with horses knows that this is the horse's reaction when it senses danger.

The leader dismounted and tried his best to calm the horse.

The old man turned around and said helplessly.

"My Lord, please listen to what I have to say. I really don't dare to go any further.

This is the depth that I have never been to before.

I really don't know what's in this mountain.

I think he must be someone with great abilities, living deeper down."

The leader couldn't calm down and kept struggling to turn back, and the miasma ahead was getting thicker and thicker.

One of the people following behind whispered.

"We are just taking money and doing things for others, we are not assassins.

Why risk our lives?"

echoed another.

"Yes, my family is waiting for me to go back."

Seeing this, the others also started talking.

"Yes, boss, there might be monsters in this mountain."

"That's right. Even the horses don't want to move. How can we survive if we go in?"

"I don't want to die here. I only get a few cents."

The leader held the neighing horse with one hand, listened to his men's complaints, and suddenly said.

"Forget it! Since you don't want to die, just go back and shut up!"

Li Ke, who was not far away, was still feeling indignant before, but now seeing this scene, he could only be shocked and spat out the pill under his tongue that was used to protect against poison gas.

I don’t know where the Ulanara family found such a group of people.

Before Li Ke could think deeply, he saw that the team had already returned.

The old man walking in front had a smile on his face, but Li Ke always felt that something was wrong.

When Li Ke returned to the capital and found Nian Shilan to report, he told her everything that had happened. Nian Shilan just said calmly, "I know. You've worked hard this time, go and take a good rest."

Li Ke couldn't help it and said to Nian Shilan.

"Your Majesty, aren't you curious? What is the Queen looking for?"

Nian Shilan smiled.

“You’ve already said it once, doesn’t she want to treat her face?
This woman loves beauty. I think she dislikes the imperial physician.

It’s not a big deal to want some folk remedies to heal my face as soon as possible.

I just wonder why she, as the queen, would find so many low-class people to do this job.

You should check the background of those people when you have time."

Li Ke bowed and withdrew, thinking that this was right, Concubine Hua should be wondering about this matter, and he was curious as well, so he might as well take this opportunity to investigate.

There were wind wheels and ice cubes in the Qingliang Palace for cooling off all day long, but Nian Shilan still felt very hot inside, so she asked Xiao Linzi to call Wen Xianqing.

After Wen Xianqing greeted everyone, he was ordered to take Nian Shilan's pulse.

"Don't worry, Madam Queen. You are already over six months pregnant, and the dragon fetus is doing well in your womb.

I remember that when you were pregnant with the Fourth Prince, you complained of fever every day for six or seven months.

At this time, the dragon fetus is growing hair in the belly, so it will naturally feel hotter."

Nian Shilan said worriedly.

"I don't know why, but I always feel uneasy. I always feel that this time is hot and dry.

Unlike the last time I was pregnant, please examine me carefully again."

What Nian Shilan was embarrassed to say was that this heat always made her feel a little bit charming inside.

Hearing this, Wen Xianqing took Nian Shilan's pulse again, but after a while he still shook his head and said that Nian Shilan was fine.

When Nian Shilan heard this, she thought that her reaction was the same as last time and sent Wen Xianqing away.

Unexpectedly, when Wen Xianqing walked to the door, he bumped into a little palace maid who was hurrying in. The little palace maid was holding a copper basin full of water, which splashed all over Wen Xianqing.

The little palace maid knelt down hurriedly and said.

"Please forgive me, sir. I didn't mean it!"

Wen Xianqing didn't care about these things. Fortunately, it was July and the weather was very hot, so it was done in a short while.

"It's okay, you can stand up. You are the servant of the Imperial Concubine, how can you kneel in front of me?"

Li Dong heard the noise at the door and came out to see what was happening. He had no choice but to apologize to Wen Xianqing first, and then scolded the little palace maid kneeling on the ground.

"You little girl, you have been serving the master for so long and yet you are still so clumsy!

You have offended Lord Wen, why don't you kowtow and apologize to Lord Wen!"

The little palace maid was so panicked that she started to kowtow on the ground again, Wen Xianqing said hurriedly.

"Don't be angry, Miss Lidong. I'm fine. I'll probably do it when I get back to the Imperial Hospital."

Lidong then said to the little palace maid on the ground.

"Well, since Lord Wen won't pursue the matter, you are lucky today.

I really can't ask you to do anything, so I asked you to carry water for the past few days.

You have caused such a big disaster, go down and clean it up and get a new basin of water.

The master is still waiting to be washed. It is too hot today, the water must not be too cold.

Remember to mix it with warm water, and go down quickly."

When the young palace maid heard this, she felt as if she had been pardoned. She quickly kowtowed to Wen Xianqing again and took the copper basin away. (End of this chapter)