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She laid on the bed for four days straight, and did not see anyone from Prince Yanbei's Mansion ask about her condition. Ji Yunkai thought that she would just lie there until she died, or even until she had the strength to get out of bed to look for medicine. But on the fifth day, the Steward suddenly appeared and brought a doctor and maidservants along with him.

"Doctor? What happened?" Ji Yunkai forced herself to sit up and looked at the Steward.

*Cough! Cough!* A hint of awkwardness flashed across the Steward's face, but he quickly regained his composure. "The Infanta offended the Grand Imperial Concubine in the palace. The Grand Imperial Concubine has summoned you into the Imperial Palace."

"No wonder." Ji Yunkai laughed at herself and closed her eyes, but did not say anything.

There was no need for her to say anything, she could only do as she was told.

Doctor Zhuge was young, but his medical skills were very good. After diagnosing Ji Yunkai's illness, he silently fed her a medicine and wrote a prescription. He then said to the Steward, "The Princess' internal organs are bleeding, and although the broken bones have been reattached well, they have not been recovered. She should not move around."

"Go make the medicine." The Steward did not bother to look at the prescription, and only handed it over to the person behind him. As for the doctor's suggestion that it was not suitable for her to move, he pretended not to hear.

"Yes." The maidservant agreed, with a respectful posture, but the respect was not directed to Ji Yunkai.

One could say that, on the day of the wedding, the maidservant wasn't sure about her mistress's intentions, but she would at least give Ji Yunkai some face. Now, she did not even regard Ji Yunkai as the Princess Consort.

What kind of Princess Consort, who is disregarded by her husband and who does not have the support of her family, is fit to be called as such?

Ji Yunkai only had an empty title in Prince Yanbei's Mansion.

The maidservants quickly cleaned the rooms, set up the screens, took out incense and brought the bathtub... Doctor Zhuge glanced at Ji Yunkai, and wanted to remind her of something, but when he opened his mouth, he did not say anything.

He knew that whatever that he said or did was useless.

After the Steward finished ordering about, he followed Doctor Zhuge out, leaving behind four maidservants to help Ji Yunkai bathe and change her clothes.

As for the injuries on Ji Yunkai's body, if it were not suitable for her to move, what about not getting them wet?

Who would care about that? They did not need to care about Ji Yunkai's life, all they needed to do was to clean up Ji Yunkai's in the shortest amount of time possible and let her enter the palace to clean up the Infanta's mess.

Ji Yunkai was very cooperative, she had wanted to take a bath for a long time and as for the matter of entering the palace? It was inevitable that she would have to face it.

Regardless of whether it was the cup of swallow blood or the bowl of medicine, they were both just right in temperature. Ji Yunkai did not act pretentiously as she immediately drank from the bowl, not caring about her appearance at all.

"Let's go." Without waiting for the Steward's signal, Ji Yunkai got up and walked out.

Her body was still weak, her lungs were bleeding, and her broken ribs had not recovered yet. Every step she took was excruciatingly painful and her legs felt like they weighed a thousand pounds. Every step forward was very strenuous, but Ji Yunkai did not show it, and continued to walk forward step-by-step as if nothing had happened. Although she walked slow, she was steady.

The Steward had already been waiting outside for a long time. When he saw Ji Yunkai coming out with an indifferent expression, he was stunned for a moment, but quickly recovered his wits and handed over the mask in his hands. "Esteemed Princess Consort, after you!"

It was not a beautiful gold mask, but a normal bronze mask. It was not light, and it was not even suitable for her face. The heavy and painful wounds on her face hurt, but Ji Yunkai did not say anything, she just quietly adjusted the mask and continued to walk.

Right now, she was not qualified to be picky in Prince Yanbei's Mansion.

It was not a long distance from the courtyard where she lived to the door, but to the current Ji Yunkai, this road had almost taken her life.

She did not know how she managed to walk out. When she reached the side of the carriage, she did not even have the strength to stand, and her face was covered with sweat. Every breath she took was painful; however, the maidservant by her side acted as if she did not see anything.

For a moment, Ji Yunkai wanted to laugh.

How shameless were the people of Prince Yanbei's Mansion?

What right did they have to ask her to go to the Imperial Palace and clean up this mess for their Infanta after treating her like this?

Why did they think that she would sincerely clean up this mess for the Infanta?

Before getting on the carriage, Ji Yunkai finally could not hold back her laughter.

The horse carriage was huge and very comfortable, so Ji Yunkai stayed on the low couch as soon as she got on the horse carriage, not daring to move.

Pain, a heart-wrenching pain. Even breathing was painful.

Closing her eyes, Ji Yunkai wanted to rest before entering the palace, but she could not calm her erratic heart. She did not know why her spirit was so excited, her body was obviously extremely weak, but her spirit was very high, just like... just like… she took a stimulant.

"Medicine!" Ji Yunkai knew that it was what happened, and she immediately thought of the medicine she had taken previously.

In order to allow her to have the spirit to enter the palace, they had actually drugged her with some type of stimulating medicine. The people of Prince Yanbei's Mansion were truly ruthless.

Didn't they know that all those drugs were harmful?

They probably knew about it, but so what? Would the people of Prince Yanbei's Mansion care about her life?

"It looks like they don't have to worry about my not being able to hold on." Her body was in pain and she was tired, but her spirit was high and she was alert. Ji Yunkai knew that this was the effect of the medicine.

The carriage moved quickly, and in less than half-an-hour, it reached the city gate. The maidservant by her side gave Ji Yunkai face, and helped her off the carriage.

Ji Yunkai did not refuse, there was no need for her to get off by herself with her body's condition.

"This servant pays his respects to Prince Yanbei's Wife. Esteemed Princess Consort, Grand Concubine Jing invites you." The eunuch politely saluted Ji Yunkai. He was neither friendly nor haughty.

The Imperial Palace was very big. After walking for fifteen minutes from the palace gate to the residence of Grand Concubine Jing, Ji Yunkai felt excruciating pain and wished that she was dead. She wished that he could faint, but she could not!

Not only that, her spirit had become even more excited.

One could imagine how heavy doses of the medicine given to her by the Little Doctor was.

The two of them bowed slightly, and without waiting for Ji Yunkai to speak up, they stood up, and said with a dark face, "Prince Yanbei's Wife, the Grand Imperial Concubine has orders: the eldest sister-in-law is like a mother and the Infanta has destroyed a bestowed gift, and you, Prince Yanbei's Wife, will take the punishment on her behalf."

"She broke the gift?" Why did she stir up such a big mess?

As expected, Prince Yanbei's Mansion's medicine was very expensive, and she could not afford to drink it.

"That's right. Infanta Shiqing was shocked and fainted, but this matter can't be forgotten. The Grand Imperial Concubine has ordered me to ask Prince Yanbei's Wife to kneel here for six hours to atone for her sins." Two mama stepped forward, blocking Ji Yunkai's way, and prevented her from having the chance to turn around and leave.