Chapter 51: Isn’t He a Bit Too Arrogant?
After returning from Xihe Hall, Li Xuanyue didn’t even have time to sit down and catch her breath before Yin Xin ran over and whispered in her ear that Yao Guang had fallen into a coma due to a high fever.
Shock flashed through Li Xuanyue’s eyes. “Wasn’t he fine at Father Consort’s Xihe Hall this morning?”
“How could he develop such a high fever and faint in just the span of a morning?”
Is this Consort Yao’s body made of paper? The kind that shatters at the slightest touch?
A conflicted look appeared on Yin Xin’s face. “I heard that after Consort Yao fell into the lake two days ago, he caught a chill but never summoned an imperial physician to take a look.”
“His body was already deficient this morning, and then he was summoned by the Empress Consort to Xihe Hall early in the day. His body likely couldn’t withstand the strain, so after returning from Xihe Hall, he developed a high fever.”
Li Xuanyue: “…”
“Have you summoned an imperial physician?”
A high fever was no small matter. Especially since he had already fallen into a coma. It sounded quite serious.
Yin Xin lowered her head. “Divine Doctor Liu has already gone over.”
“Princess, do you want to… go and see him personally?”
As Yin Xin spoke, she didn’t forget to observe the expression on Li Xuanyue’s face, fearing she might show signs of displeasure.
Fortunately, Li Xuanyue’s face remained expressionless.
Only then did the heart hanging in Yin Xin’s throat finally settle back down.
“Let’s go.”
Li Xuanyue lowered her eyes, patted her knees, and stood up briskly under Yin Xin’s gaze.
She spoke in a relaxed tone, “It just so happens that This Princess has nothing to do today, so I will go to Yaohua Hall myself.”
She might as well offer her condolences.
After all, when Yao Guang fell into the water two days ago, Li Xuanyue had been so focused on dealing with Zhao Chuan that she hadn’t sent anyone to check on him.
Thinking back now, if she had been a bit more attentive then and sent an imperial physician to check on him in time, perhaps he wouldn’t be suffering like this today.
“Cough, cough!”
At this moment, inside Yaohua Hall, Yao Guang woke up tossing and turning. Looking at the anxious He Zhao, he cleared his dry throat with a light cough.
Only then did the dry itching sensation in his heart find some effective relief.
“Young Master, you’re finally awake!”
Seeing Yao Guang slowly waking up on the bed, He Zhao’s eyes finally filled with excited relief.
“Do you know you almost scared me to death?”
He Zhao’s words were filled with deep sorrow and worry.
He knew his Young Master had always been in poor health.
But he hadn’t expected that no sooner had they left Xihe Hall than Yao Guang would return to his own palace and faint dead away.
If He Zhao hadn’t reacted quickly and sent someone to fetch a physician in time, Yaohua Hall might have descended into chaos by now.
The corners of Yao Guang’s lips curled into a nonchalant smile. “I’ve made you worry.”
His body had always been like this.
It couldn’t withstand cold or heat; he would get sick and feverish at the slightest provocation.
Sometimes, Yao Guang truly envied those who possessed strong, healthy bodies.
If he were like them, healthy and robust, perhaps he wouldn’t have been arbitrarily chosen to come to the Phoenix Clan for a marriage alliance.
To the side, Divine Doctor Liu retracted the hand he had been using to take Yao Guang’s pulse and spoke calmly, “Being frail and sickly is an illness in itself.”
“What’s more, this Consort Yao’s constitution has been poor since he was in his mother’s womb. It is already not easy for him to have survived until now.”
A glint of darkness, difficult to detect, flashed through Yao Guang’s grey eyes.
“The old gentleman seems to understand my condition quite well?”
His meaningful gaze scrutinized Divine Doctor Liu, the hidden killing intent within it self-evident.
Today, Divine Doctor Liu was dressed in grey robes.
Although Li Xuanyue had given him plenty of good food and fine clothes after his arrival in the Phoenix Clan, he still hadn’t changed his sloppy habits.
His white hair was casually tied behind his head with a grey ribbon.
A pale blue sachet hung at his waist, which, when paired with his grey robes, looked somewhat nondescript and out of place.
But this did not affect his ability to treat patients.
“Hmph!”
He glanced at Yao Guang with disdain.
“This old man has been treating patients since I was three years old. Do you think I couldn’t see a congenital deficiency carried out from the womb like yours?”
If he didn’t even know that, he might as well give up his title of Divine Doctor to someone more worthy.
“But rest assured, this old man will not save you.”
Divine Doctor Liu said with a smiling face.
Hearing this, He Zhao nearly vomited blood from anger.
“Wait… since you can save our Young Master, why won’t you save him?”
Don’t they say healers have benevolent hearts?
How could this physician just leave him to die?
Yao Guang seemed to understand why the other party could save him but was unwilling to act.
His brow darkened slightly. “Is the old gentleman refusing because of this junior’s rudeness just now?”
Aside from that, Yao Guang couldn’t think of any reason why this old gentleman would refuse to treat him.
Divine Doctor Liu gave him a look that said, At least you have some self-awareness.
“This old man has traveled north and south for hundreds of years. You are the first person who has made me feel very unhappy.”
Yao Guang: “…”
Should he feel honored?
“That this old man is willing to come and take a look at you for Princess Xuanyue’s sake is already your good fortune.”
Divine Doctor Liu said indifferently, “The rest is up to you to endure yourself.”
He had no desire to treat such an ingrate.
He Zhao could only watch helplessly as the man left.
“No… Young Master, isn’t this Phoenix Clan physician a bit too arrogant?”
He Zhao grumbled dissatisfiedly, “He speaks as if we gained some great advantage just by him coming to look at you. Since when did the Phoenix Clan’s physicians become so hard to hire?”
Yao Guang lowered his eyes and did not speak immediately.
His gaze remained fixed on the direction Divine Doctor Liu had just left.
After a long while, he finally recovered and spoke, “He probably isn’t an Imperial Physician of the Phoenix Clan.”
“An Imperial Physician of the Phoenix Clan wouldn’t have that carefree, unfettered temperament this old gentleman has.”
“Nor would they have that kind of overflowing confidence.”
“He doesn’t belong to the category of ordinary imperial physicians!”
“Huh?”
He Zhao was dumbfounded. “Then who is he?”
“Who did you send to invite this old gentleman?”
Yao Guang couldn’t guess accurately for the moment, so he had to ask He Zhao who he had sent.
He Zhao thought for a moment. “When you fainted, Young Master, this subordinate remembers running into Yin Xin, Princess Xuanyue’s maid, on the road. She happened to be on her way to the Imperial Hospital, so I told her about your high fever and coma.”
A glint of sharp light flashed across the bottom of Yao Guang’s eyes. “That adds up.”
This old gentleman must be the Divine Doctor Liu that Li Xuanyue had invited from outside the palace some time ago.
Just now, Yao Guang had been constantly speculating and suspecting in his heart.
But without confirming the other party’s situation, he naturally wouldn’t speak of the man’s identity lightly.
First, he was afraid of being wrong; second, very few people knew about this matter.
If he rashly asked aloud, it would inevitably arouse the other party’s suspicion.
The best way was to pretend he knew nothing.
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