“Speak plainly, Fuma.” The people of the Princess’s Residence had already witnessed her medical skills. They were wary of her, but they also wanted to know what solution she had, especially with so many imperial physicians present to verify it.
Chun Gui did not want the princess to suffer any longer.
Chi Wan raised a hand and rolled up her sleeve slightly. “Xia Qu, brush and ink.”
Xia Qu gritted her teeth. “…”
It was only after Chun Gui gave her a look that she went to prepare the brush and ink.
Chi Wan wrote out a prescription. “Prepare the herbs listed here. Three days of medicinal baths, and there will be no lingering ailments.”
She proactively handed the prescription to Imperial Physician Liu for his inspection. At first, Imperial Physician Liu merely glanced at it, but the more he read, the more serious he became, his eyes glued to the paper, unwilling to look away.
Finally, he slapped his thigh. “Brilliant! It not only clears heat and detoxifies but also nourishes the body. It will allow Her Highness to recover from today’s depletion within three days. For patients who require strong medicine for detoxification, one would no longer have to worry about their bodies being unable to withstand it. The medicine could be administered directly. Fuma, this prescription… could it be an heirloom from the Marquis’s Residence?”
In many cases of severe illness, even when the treatment was known, physicians dared not prescribe the appropriate medicine because some patients’ bodies could not endure its potency. But this prescription administered medicine while simultaneously providing nourishment, ensuring the patient’s life was sustained until the treatment was complete. This greatly increased the chances of recovery.
Imperial Physician Liu quickly pushed the prescription back into Chi Wan’s hands. “For the Fuma to show such a prescription to this humble official is truly my honor. Fuma, rest assured, this humble official swears that I will never leak or use this prescription. If I break this oath…”
Chi Wan quickly interrupted his oath. “Imperial Physician Liu, there is no need for that. It is just a prescription. If it can save more people, what harm is there in it being leaked?”
Chinese medicine was great, but it was precisely this mindset of not passing down knowledge that led to the loss of many ancient prescriptions.
If she had the chance, she would definitely learn from the masters of the past and write a book, so that at least most ailments could find a method of treatment within its pages.
“The Fuma’s benevolence is admirable,” Imperial Physician Liu said, bowing deeply with tears in his eyes.
The expressions of the Princess’s Residence staff flickered. Chun Gui and Xia Qu exchanged a look, their meaning clear: Is this still the Fuma? So selfless and noble—she’s like a completely different person.
Xia Qu: Could she be plotting something?
Chun Gui shook her head, signaling for Xia Qu not to speak rashly.
Imperial Physician Liu and the two other imperial physicians decided to stay at the Princess’s Residence. However, they could not stand vigil by the princess’s bedside, and Chun Gui and the others did not trust Chi Wan to do so alone.
Chi Wan suggested, “Imperial Physician Zheng’s granddaughter, Zheng Yi, is a Kun Ze. She can watch over Her Highness with me. Besides, won’t you all be nearby?”
She knew Chun Gui would not let her be alone with Yu Jiuzhou, so she might as well explain the treatment method and let Zheng Yi carry it out. This would also compensate for her own lack of practical experience.
Zheng Yi had practiced medicine with her grandmother for many years. Even if her theoretical knowledge was inferior to Chi Wan’s, she certainly had experience.
Chun Gui considered it for a moment. “We will do as the Fuma says.”
Chi Wan had truly done her utmost to be able to stay by Yu Jiuzhou’s side.
Late at night, she lay on a soft couch that Chun Gui had someone bring in just for her. After all, her head and arm were wrapped in white bandages.
To avoid disturbing Yu Jiuzhou’s rest, only Chun Gui, Zheng Yi, and she remained in the room. Xia Qu and the other maids kept watch outside.
In the dead of night, even Chun Gui, who had the most stamina, could not fight off her drowsiness and closed her eyes.
Chi Wan was not one to have trouble sleeping in a new bed, but this new environment was not a hotel for a business trip or vacation. This was a new world, a world of feudal imperial power where a single word could decide life and death. Never mind the imperial family; even in the homes of the nobility, countless bodies were carried out each year.
Although she had transmigrated into a cannon fodder character who died a miserable death, her status in this world was top-tier. She was the daughter of a marquis, had an inherited official position, and was the Fuma. As long as she didn’t court death, she could live a life of wealth and honor.
But who could she blame but her predecessor for courting death and offending the great villain, Yu Jiuzhou? Her predecessor was truly a fool. The princess and the Fuma were one entity; did she really think she could harm the princess for the sake of outsiders and escape unscathed?
Chi Wan was speechless at her predecessor’s stupidity. The Marquis of Huai’an’s Residence had only managed to rise from obscurity and enter the emperor’s sight primarily because of the Grand Princess. Otherwise, while old noble families were few, they were not the only one.
Thinking about these things, Chi Wan could not sleep at all. She had no other choice but to tie her fate to Yu Jiuzhou’s. In history, Princess Taiping’s son sided with Li Longji and did so much for him, yet whether he died of depression or was murdered is still debated.
What’s more, she was just a Fuma, a scoundrel of questionable character who had backstabbed Grand Princess Yu Jiuzhou. At least for now, that was her image in everyone’s eyes.
Thankfully, her predecessor’s backstabbing hadn’t gone too deep yet. Her arrival had prevented Yu Jiuzhou from being crippled, which was a good start.
But the sheer hatred in Yu Jiuzhou’s eyes puzzled Chi Wan. Her predecessor had thrown her weight around outside using the Princess’s Residence’s name, so there was certainly disgust. But with Yu Jiuzhou’s temperament, it shouldn’t have reached the level of hatred. She would have just treated her like trash on the roadside.
Drugging her with an aphrodisiac today was indeed a vile act, but thankfully, she had remedied it in time. Yu Jiuzhou was fine and would recover after a few days of rest, so there were no severe consequences.
In that case, Yu Jiuzhou might feel disgust and loathing toward her, but to hate her enough to want to kill her, to not restrain her killing intent at all—that was unlike her aloof nature. Unless, of course, today’s events had truly crippled Yu Jiuzhou.
How much hatred would it take for a grand princess as cool and noble as Yu Jiuzhou to lose her composure and be unable to control herself?
Chi Wan recalled the novel’s ending. Before her death, Yu Jiuzhou had said, 【If I could live again, I would hold tightly to the power in my hands, and I would repay all who harmed me a hundredfold.】
The novel’s extra chapter was a personal story for Yu Jiuzhou. Because her popularity was so high, the author had hinted that she would be reborn, though she wouldn’t get her own separate book.
A wild idea suddenly struck Chi Wan: what if she had transmigrated into the world after Yu Jiuzhou’s rebirth? Because her predecessor had already done everything, Yu Jiuzhou still retained her hatred for her.
Chi Wan believed that regarding the drugging incident alone, Yu Jiuzhou would want to kill her whether it succeeded or not. But for her emotions to be so exposed was more like the rare two times Yu Jiuzhou’s defenses had broken.
One was when she learned she had been crippled, and the other was when her mother, the Empress, passed away. Even in defeat against Prince Bao’an, Yu Jiuzhou had never lost control.
Chi Wan was only suspicious and couldn’t be certain. But if she could transmigrate into this world, it wasn’t impossible for Yu Jiuzhou to be reborn.
“No, no!”
Hearing the voice, Chi Wan immediately opened her eyes and saw Yu Jiuzhou’s brow furrowed in pain, muttering something in her sleep.
She got up from the soft couch and leaned in to listen. She heard Yu Jiuzhou crying out “no,” her face etched with fear.
Chun Gui woke instantly at the sound. Seeing Chi Wan near Yu Jiuzhou, she felt a jolt of alarm and immediately got up and walked over.
“What is the Fuma doing?”
If she detected anything amiss, Chun Gui would draw her dagger and strike Chi Wan.
