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"Elder sister really has the limelight."

Gu Zixian raised his hand to support his abdomen, then walked to Gu Liuyan's side and sat on the stairs.

"What is it? It's been a long time, is it not enough for you to win the prince's favor? "

Gu Mingyan's smile disappeared. After that tense treatment, she had regained some spirit. She glanced at Gu Zixian beside her and smiled: "If you don't treat me as your sister, then I will never help you in the future."

"With just you? Your Highness is even more concerned about me than you are now that you're in such dire straits. " Gu Zixian sneered, "On the other hand, you already have no children yet you're still so arrogant. If it weren't for the fact that we're both father's daughters, I definitely wouldn't have come to remind you."

"Remind me what?" Gu Liuyan was curious.

"I remind you not to make enemies. In the future, if you make people target the Residence of Prince Jing or the Prime Minister, it will be of no use to you." Gu Zixian's words carried a hint of threat.

Now that she had finally climbed up to the position of imperial concubine with great difficulty, if the Prime Minister's Estate or Duke Jing were regarded as a thorn in her side, then it would still be considered as a failure.

Gu Daiyan nodded casually, pretending to be deep in thought.

In his heart, he felt that his impudent actions today were not bad.

If those officials really wanted to target the Residence of Prince Jing or the Prime Minister, that would be a good thing. Moreover, she had embarrassed the son and daughter of the assistant minister of the Department of Revenue, so there were naturally many complaints against the Residence of Prince Jing. It would be a good thing if they continued to sow discord.

The door to the palace was pushed open as the old imperial physician took out a prescription and handed it over to Gu Daiyan. "Your Highness Crown Prince Jing, this prescription conflicts with the prescription the empress dowager used before …"

"Let me see." Gu Liuyan got up from the stairs and carefully modified the prescription. He followed the imperial physician to the Imperial Hospital to help with the concocting of medicine. Although this was a good medicine, the amount of medicine used here was different.

She carefully examined the herbs here, only to find that there were people in the palace who were eyesore. She had no choice but to come in person and simmer for six whole hours, until the emperor dismissed the ministers and their women. Only then did she bring the piping hot soup to the empress dowager's bedroom.

Her Majesty's chamber was still overcrowded.

Luckily, Duan Chengxuan was able to protect her, so he stood by her side and followed her in.

After feeding the empress dowager quite a bit of soup, her complexion clearly improved. As for Senior Servant Gui, she quickly took the soup from Gu Daiyan's hands and said, "Princess Jing, you're really considerate."

"However, this is something that should be done. I'm afraid that I won't be able to return to the palace tonight, so I'll wait here. If the empress dowager is still unwell, just call me anytime." Gu Liuyan nodded. After receiving the empress dowager's approval, she went to a side hall in the palace and took a seat.

The palace maids and eunuchs had arranged a soft couch for her, with a thick blanket over it.

Gu Danyan only waved his hand as he looked at the palace maids strangely: "I wonder if I can read the medical books in this hospital?"

"Since you've treated the empress dowager today, your servant will ask the emperor to bring the medical records over for Your Highness. I just don't know what type of medicine Your Highness would like to look at." The palace maids in the empress dowager's palace, on the other hand, were all mischievous and adorable.

Gu Zuoyan specifically mentioned a few rare and remote categories, but he wanted to see if there were any ancient books in the hospital that he had never seen before.

"You really are a bookworm." A familiar voice sounded from beside the door, and the Fourth Prince, Duan Chengyu, walked in helplessly. "Imperial Uncle wants to be busy with the things you've said today, so he asked me to come over and urge you to drink the medicine and go to sleep. About that, don't take the medical books, just some Calm Incense and you can take it from my mufei's list."

"This …" The palace maid was momentarily put in a difficult position.

Duan Chengyu could only wink at his for a short while before the palace maid finally understood and left.

The doctors that came to invite them all said that since Grandma Huang was able to live up to fifty years, she was already considered lucky. Now, Grandma Huang has already lived up to sixty years, and even Grandma Huang could have let it go. Duan Chengyu's voice sounded.

Only then did Gu Danyan remember that this sickness was not something that could be solved in this era.

However, she couldn't care so much. Healing the patient was the right path, and only asked curiously, "I can see that the prince has an average relationship with the empress dowager, so why is the emperor's relationship with the empress dowager so good even as a blood brother?"

"The empress dowager was actually as good to royal father as royal uncle. It's just that at that time, imperial uncle returned to the palace after his master passed away and boldly requested for Su Yu Wan to be brought back. After causing a disaster and causing Big Sister Ling'er to lose her life, imperial uncle thought that the empress dowager instigated the assassination that day."

"Then what is it?"

"In reality, it was all because royal father disliked Su Yuwan not having any family to help royal uncle that he came up with this plan. Big Sister Ling'er is deeply loved by royal father, but behind his back, there's still Royal Granny, which is why his heart is so precious. It's also because of Big Sister Ling'er's death that there's quite a gap between the three of them …" As he spoke up to this point, Duan Chengyu sighed repeatedly.

However, Gu Liuyan felt that things weren't as simple as he thought.

Duan Ling'er had always lived within the words of the crowd, but only the dead could cause one to feel nostalgic, and it was not enough to move one's blood and kinship. Duan Chengxuan's cold and detached attitude towards the empress dowager was probably due to an even deeper reason.

However, for the time being, she had no time to pay attention to them. When the Calm Incense arrived, she was already drowsy and was unable to hear any secrets of the Imperial Family from Duan Chengyu.

He fell into a deep sleep for four hours before he woke up covered in sweat.

A nervous palace maid was kneeling beside the soft couch. The court ladies and eunuchs in the room were kneeling down as they tried to snatch the floor with their heads, but no one knew what had happened.

Gu Liuyan was confused, but before he could say anything, the palace maid in front of him started crying: "Your Highness, no matter how I call you, you won't wake up …" "If we do not serve well …"

"It's fine. It's just a nightmare. Why are you all kneeling?" Gu Liuyan felt sticky on her body. She lifted the quilt and got off the bed. The trembling palace maid quickly helped her put on her shoes.

"It was in your dreams that you said you would punish everyone …"

It seemed like he couldn't casually dream this dream. The rules of the palace were too scary. Even the servants had to obey the words she said in her dreams. This wasn't what Gu Daiyan wanted.

She'd only arrived at the main hall after being meticulously served by someone else and changed into luxurious clothes like the empress dowager. The empress dowager had yet to wake up, while Senior Servant Gui said that the empress dowager had woken up several times during the night.

"I have quite a few medicinal pillows in the courtyard. Senior Servant Gui can help me get in touch and have someone bring them over. I'll add some herbs to help the empress dowager sleep." Gu Danyan said with a smile.

"Of course it's good. Your servant will send someone over right away." Senior Servant Gui was overjoyed as she hurriedly instructed.