WFWC Chapter 19

The Whole Family Went Crazy After Reading My Mind Chapter 19: The Imperial Concubine Invites You

 

Not long after dinner, Xiuhe hurried into Wutong Courtyard and said, “My Lord, Madam, someone has come from the palace. They asked Madam to enter into the palace.”

 

Ji Hua’s brows were tightly furrowed.

 

[Why would someone from the palace come to pick up my mother? Could it be that the Emperor has invited her? That’s not right, there’s no such passage in the book.]

 

The four of them realized that the daughter/sister’s ability to predict the future came from a book.

 

They calmly suppressed their surprise and all looked thoughtful.

 

If the Emperor has an invitation, it is not just Madam Ji and Lord Ji who are invited, but everyone in the family who are invited.

 

Is it a blessing or a curse?

 

The four of them tilted their ears at the same time, hoping to get something useful information from Ji Hua. They didn’t want to end up making things worse like they did yesterday.

 

[It should be that the Imperial Concubine heard about how mother brought Zhao Xue back to life yesterday, so she invited mother to the palace, hoping that your mother could treat the Third Prince.]

 

[The book does not clearly state whether the Imperial Concubine knew about the Third Prince pretending to be sick, but regardless of whether she knew about it or not, knowing that there was hope of saving the Third Prince but not taking any action would certainly arouse the emperor’s suspicion. If the Third Prince is cured this time, then he will have a chance to compete. The emperor will also indulge him because the Third Prince sacrificed his life to save him before.]

 

This was also the content of the book, but the person who cured the third prince was not Madam Ji, but the heroine Lu Yiyi.

 

[Right now, since we cannot cure the Third Prince, we will try to delay it for as long as possible.]

 

Listening to her daughter, she can’t cure the third prince this time.

 

Madam Ji was stunned. It seemed that she herself could not cure the Third Prince. The title of miracle doctor was also given to her by outsiders.

 

This was a bit like destroying her father’s reputation.

 

Mrs. Ji was at a loss whether to laugh or cry.

 

Lord Ji and Ji Yushu seemed to be thinking about something, while Ji Linfeng stared at the tea in front of him in confusion.

 

This, this, this, this is too complicated, right?

 

It turns out that the poisoning of the Third Prince was really a fake. However, It has been six years since this happened, and the people involved have long been killed and buried. There is no evidence to prove it.

 

As his younger sister said, they can only let the Third Prince continue pretending.

 

“Let’s go. Don’t let others think that I’m making fun of them.” After changing her clothes, Mrs. Ji picked up Ji Hua and walked out.

 

At the door, a palace maid was waiting.

 

When she got closer, the maid smiled amiably and introduced herself, “I am the steward of Jinhua Palace. My surname is Li. I am honored to meet the Madam.”

 

Jinhua Palace was exactly the residence of Concubine Qin, her daughter guessed it correctly.

 

Madam Ji politely replied, “Nanny Li, you don’t have to be so polite. I wonder what the Imperial Concubine wants me to do?”

 

Nanny Li still smiled in a friendly manner: “Madam Ji, please get on the carriage first, and we will talk on the way.”

 

Madam Ji nodded and went about to carry Ji Hua to the carriage. ” “Madam Ji, the child should not go. You can leave her to the nurse.”

 

Nanny Li looked at Xiuhe, obviously mistaking her for Ji Hua’s wet nurse.

 

[My mother loves me so much that she won’t let anyone else feed me.] Ji Hua looked proud and her pouting mouth was very cute.

 

“The child is being raised by me personally, so she cannot stay in the mansion.” Knowing that the baby swap was closely related to the Imperial Concubine’s affair, Madam Ji wanted to show her displeasure to Nanny Li, but after thinking about it, she gave up. At this moment, she must not alert the enemy.

 

After hearing this, Nanny Li was surprised, then she smiled and said, “Madam Ji really loves Miss Ji. All right, get in the carriage.”

 

There are rumors in the streets that the Marquis dotes on his wife very much, and that they are inseparable and supportive of each other, which is a compliment to the love between the two.

 

Now it seems that this was really the case. The carriage moved forward slowly, and Nanny Li’s voice came from outside. It was nothing more than explaining the reason why the Imperial concubine invited Madam Ji.

 

Ji Hua guessed correctly. The reason why the Imperial Concubine invited Madam Ji was because she had heard about her medical skills in treating Zhao Xue.

 

Ji Hua blinked her eyes and stared at the ceiling of the carriage with a sharp gaze. It was really rich, it was even inlaid with gold.

 

The book did not mention the Imperial concubine’s summons, so Ji Hua did not know what danger was waiting ahead. But it is always right to take precautions.

 

“What is Bei Hengjin doing today? Will he show up in the palace? That guy has a good relationship with the Crown Prince, so I think he will be in the East Palace.”

 

“In four days, something will happen to Princess Xian. He will be so sad that he will be desperate. Yes, he has changed since the moment Princess Xian got into trouble. He became very cold-blooded and killed people without blinking an eye, like a little devil.”

 

The carriage stopped at the palace gate, where a sedan chair was already waiting. Madam Ji took the sedan chair and headed to Jinhua Palace.

 

Unlike a carriage, the sedan chair was only covered with thin white gauze. When the cold wind blew, the white gauze fluttered in the wind. Fortunately, there was a thick quilt inside the sedan chair to keep out the cold.

 

When the gauze was blown by the cold wind, Ji Hua saw many maids in palace costumes doing their duties without looking around. Even if someone passed by, they would not dare to look up.

 

The southern city of Shengjing was not like the northern city where it snows all day long.

 

Even if snowflakes occasionally appeared on the ground, they would be immediately cleared away by the palace servants.

 

Seeing her daughter’s nose tip was red from the cold, Madam Ji quickly pulled the quilt over her. This scene was somewhat ambiguous in Nanny Li’s eyes.

 

Madam Qin was right. The daughter brought up by Madam Ji will never be wronged. It’s just a pity.

 

Come to think of it, the Qin family’s young lady’s child has been born about twenty days ago, right?

 

After getting off the sedan chair, Mrs. Ji lifted the quilt, revealing Ji Hua’s dark eyes.

 

“Madam Ji, be careful.” Nanny Li reached out to help Madam Ji get off the sedan chair. Xiu He, who was following behind, hurriedly put a white fox fur cape on Madam Ji.

 

After all, they were legitimate daughters and maids from official families. How could they be so timid when they arrived at the palace?

 

Madam Ji held Ji Hua in her arms and followed behind Nanny Li.

 

Compared to the cold outside, the Jinhua Palace was filled with warmth. There was a stove every three steps, and beside each stove there was a palace servant who was responsible for adding charcoal.

 

In the room, besides Concubine Qin, the sickly Third Prince was also present. When the two saw Madam Ji coming, they both had kind smiles on their faces.

 

Both of them have a Tang Pozi¹汤婆子(tang pozi) or the traditional hot water bottle. It is basically the same thing as modern hot water bottles made out of rubber or PVC but was made out of pottery or metal with good heat retention properties such as copper.in their hands.

 

Madam Ji held Ji Hua in her arms and bowed to the Imperial Concubine Qin and the Third Prince, saying, “Greetings, Imperial Concubine, and His Royal Highness the Third Prince.”

 

“Madam Ji, there is no need to be polite. Please sit down.”

 

“Cough cough cough” Concubine Qin looked at the coughing Third Prince with a distressed look on her face, then turned to Madam Ji who was sitting down and said, “I think Madam Ji has guessed the reason why I asked you to come to the palace. Although I was not present at the incident with Zhao Xue yesterday, I heard from Yuan’er that Madam Ji’s medical skills were amazing, and she actually resurrected the dead Zhao Xue.”

 

“Although Zhao Xue died later, her resurrection is a fact. Madam Ji is undoubtedly a miracle doctor, so I would like to ask Madam Ji to treat Yuan’er as well. Is that okay?”

 

After saying that, Bei Hengyuan covered his mouth with his fist and started coughing. Even so, he still remained noble and elegant.

 

The Third Prince really has a good appearance, his face is like the moon in the Mid-Autumn Festival, his skin is like the flowers in the spring morning, and his eyes are like water. No wonder Lu Yiyi fell in love with him at first sight.

 

[What a beautiful appearance, but a pity that the heart is as vicious as a snake and scorpion’s.]

 

Madam Ji knew that the snake and scorpion her daughter was talking about was the Third Prince. His mother was also beautiful, but the sharpness between her eyebrows made people dislike her.

 

 

 

 

 

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EmpressYue Corner

 

This is the Tang Pozi for those wondering.