Chapter 300 – Memory Fault, Was There Any Remnant Of That Medicine?
Looking at the corner of that palace in the distance, Jin Ling staggered and suddenly stepped on air, falling to the ground with a plop.
“Jin Ling…” Wei Yuewu shouted anxiously from inside the sedan. “Carriers, please stop.”
The two eunuchs also saw Jin Ling fall and they immediately stopped. Wei Yuewu hurriedly came out of the sedan and asked, “Jin Ling, how are you feeling?”
“Miss, I… am fine!” Jin Ling stood up with her hands on her waist with difficulty. Everyone could see that her condition was not very good and one of her legs was a little lame.
“How could you be fine? Try taking a few steps!” Wei Yuewu had a worried expression.
Jin Ling limped two steps at Wei Yuewu’s order. They, she crouched down, covering her foot with one hand.
“How are you feeling? Were you hurt?” Wei Yuewu became more and more anxious.
“Miss, I… I can’t move for a while!” Jin Ling raised her crying face.
“Does it hurt much?” Wei Yuewu asked anxiously.
“It’s not that… painful. It hurts for a while… I might have to take a break before I can walk!” Of course, Jin Ling could not really say that she had hurt her leg.
“Carriers, you can go back first. I will accompany Jin Ling to rest for a while. Then, we will go back by ourselves!” Of course, Wei Yuewu couldn’t leave Jin Ling alone here. She turned around and said to the eunuchs who didn’t know how to deal with the situation.
The two eunuchs looked at each other and one of them said, “There… there is still quite a distance to Chu Xiu Palace!”
“It’s fine. When Jin Ling’s foot recovers, we can go back by ourselves. It’s still early now!” Wei Yuewu looked at the sky. In fact, it was almost dusk at this time, but she had to say so.
“Miss, you go back first. I will walk back slowly later!” Jin Ling refused with a touched face.
Wei Yuewu shook her head. This time, she had calmed down and ordered the two eunuchs, “No need. It’s decided then. Carriers, thank you very much for taking the trouble!”
Seeing that Wei Yuewu had made up her mind, the two eunuchs no longer tried to persuade her. After bowing to Wei Yuewu, they carried the soft sedan and left.
After the two eunuchs left, Jin Ling stood up with the help of a tree trunk. She attentively turned her ankle and then walked to a small pavilion on the side with the help of Wei Yuewu and sat down.
Looking from afar, it was just a minor accident in which a maid twisted her foot. Worried about her maid, who was her most trusted servant, the mistress deliberately stayed to accompany her.
“Miss, is it this palace?” Jin Ling, who was sitting in the pavilion, blinked as she looked at a palace over there. From this angle, she could see more clearly.
A moment ago, only a corner of the palace was revealed. Now, more than half of it could be seen here.
It was actually quite a distance away from here. Although different palaces could not be so close to each other, it did not seem too far away from here when looked from this angle.
Wei Yuewu’s gaze quietly fell on the palace. She knew that this was not the best time to go over and check. They were now in the imperial palace. If she acted recklessly, she would definitely attract others’ attention.
So, for the time being, she could only bide her time.
She pressed her hand against a corner of the table and squeezed the hard and cold stone under her hand. Her heart beat wildly as if it would jump out of her body. Somehow, she had an illusion that there was something inside her heart, and she only needed to open it slightly to see the past. However, although the gauze that separated her heart was thin, it was very solid and difficult to lift.
Although she knew that palace was the place in her memory, she could not remember it for a while.
She bit her lips tightly. For some reason, she felt a sense of loss and fear. It was as if she had returned to the place where she used to be when she was still a little girl…
“Miss, what’s wrong?” Jin Ling finally noticed that something was wrong with Wei Yuewu, who was sitting at the side. She hurriedly reached out and grabbed Wei Yuewu’s hand.
“I… I’m fine!” Wei Yuewu said with difficulty.
At that moment, everything around her seemed to have completely disappeared. There was only the sound of her rapid breathing, her violent heartbeat, and her indescribable fear and panic. Did she experience the same feeling when she was a child?
“Miss… what is that place?” Jin Ling looked at the palace in the distance and asked in confusion.
She didn’t understand why such a simple palace would cause such a great ripple in her wise young lady.
The hand that she was holding was stiff and cold.
“There… I went here when I was a child…. There was once a little elder sister who cared about me… and she was dead!” Wei Yuewu answered almost subconsciously. Her heart suddenly ached. The sharp pain made her hold her chest tightly. She could hardly breathe.
“Miss, Miss…” Seeing Wei Yuewu droop her head in pain, Jin Ling instinctively felt something was wrong with her. She anxiously held Wei Yuewu and called out in a low voice.
“I… I…” Wei Yuewu was in so much pain that she couldn’t speak. One of her hands was tightly covering her chest and the other was tightly holding Jin Ling’s hand. That kind of pain almost ran through her entire chest. Her face was as pale as snow and her entire body was convulsing.
“Miss, I will take you to see the imperial doctor!” At this time, Jin Ling could no longer pretend to be injured. She reached out and picked up Wei Yuewu, ready to run.
“Don’t… don’t go!” Wei Yuewu bit her lower lip tightly, and a faint trace of blood appeared at the corner of her lips. With that feeling of pain, she maintained her last bit of consciousness and said with great difficulty, “I… I’m feeling a little better now!”
It was true that the bone-piercing pain that gripped her was slowly fading away quickly. When she finished speaking, the pain had already receded like a tide, and it was even less noticeable than the pain at the corner of her lips.
Everything just now seemed to be an illusion…
“Jin Ling, I’m fine!” Although Wei Yuewu’s face was pale, there was a determined look in her eyes.
“Miss, are… are you really alright?” Although Jin Ling saw that Wei Yuewu’s expression had become natural, Jin Ling was still worried and asked. Meanwhile, she felt Wei Yuewu’s hand which she was holding also became soft and warm.
“I’m fine!” Wei Yuewu withdrew her hand and wiped the blood from the corner of her lips with a handkerchief. In order to stay awake, she had bitten the corner of her lips so hard that it broke and bled.
Jin Ling could tell that it was because of that palace that Wei Yuewu had suffered such a huge fluctuation in her mind and she advised, “Miss, let’s go back. You can’t go over there now in your current conditions!”
“I will sit here a little longer!” Wei Yuewu nodded and said concisely, her eyes still fixed on the palace.
That should be the place that haunted her childhood memory. If she could remember the past, she might be able to know what happened at that time.
At that time, was her mother still alive?
Who was that little elder sister? She had a strong feeling that if she could find out about that little elder sister, she would definitely be able to find some secrets about herself and her mother.
Did something that was of extreme importance to her happen there?
“Miss, let me go over to check. You can sit here and rest!” Seeing that Wei Yuewu had slowly calmed down, Jin Ling suggested. “I am only a maid. Nobody would pay attention to me!”
“Don’t go over there. There should be a river or some other building over there. Otherwise, the two palaces would not be so close!” Wei Yuewu shook her head and looked at the palace that was closer to the previous palace they saw. From her angle, it seemed as if the two palaces were in the same place.
However, there was quite a distance between different palaces in the complex of palaces. It was impossible for two palaces to be so close.
“Jin Ling, let’s go!” After taking another look, Wei Yuewu decisively stood up. She had just entered the Palace. No matter what, she should not attract the attention of others at this time.
After all, the young ladies who had just entered the Palace were rarely seen walking around. Although everyone felt curious about the Palace, they were not familiar with it, so they would not walk around casually.
After a few days, the young ladies would become familiar with the Palace, and there would be more young ladies walking around.
As she walked back, she could remember this route. There were chances for her to come here later on…
“Alright, Miss. Are you really feeling well?” Looking at Wei Yuewu’s pale face and slightly broken lips, Jin Ling was worried and reached out to support her.
“Nothing much, just a little tired!” Wei Yuewu’s face was pale as she shook her head. Although her legs that became sore and numb due to the protracted kneeling in the Buddha Hall had recovered a little, she had just experienced a strong pain. Now, she felt that her legs were getting heavier and heavier. Her entire body was pretty feeble.
She felt as if the pain just now had drained most of her strength.
“Then, shall we rest for a while longer?” Looking at the gradually darkening sky, Jin Ling suggested.
“No need. Let’s go back!” Wei Yuewu shook her head firmly. It was already high time they should be back. Although they could use Jin Ling’s accident as an excuse, they could not go back too late.
Seeing that Wei Yuewu insisted, Jin Ling could only nod. She reached out to support Wei Yuewu and the two of them walked forward slowly.
The two of them supported each other while they walked. Seeing from the back, however, nobody could tell exactly who was supporting whom…
Because Jin Ling was worried about Wei Yuewu, her attention was completely focused on Wei Yuewu. She did not even notice that there was a person standing on the opposite side of the road. He had been quietly watching them for a long time. He saw Wei Yuewu clutching her chest in pain, and he also saw the wound on the corner of Wei Yuewu’s lips!
He frowned and stared at Wei Yuewu’s slender back.
“Your Highness…” A fat eunuch reminded him in a low voice.
“That… medicine… is there any remnant of that medicine?” The Third Prince said with difficulty.
The eunuch immediately understood. He was shocked and looked in the direction in which Wei Yuewu had left. “Your Highness, you mean that Sixth Miss Wei is also…”
The Third Prince seemed not to hear the eunuch at all. He retracted his gaze and furrowed his brows. “Is there any remnant of that medicine?”
“There should be none. It has been so many years. Even if there is still some of it, its effect may have…” The fat eunuch shook his head.
“Let’s go to the Institute of Imperial Doctors!” The Third Prince turned around and said.
“Your Highness, it’s… it’s been so many years… I’m afraid it’s not easy to find it out!” The fat eunuch took two steps forward and caught up with the Third Prince.
“It doesn’t matter. Those recipes wouldn’t be casually discarded!” The Third Prince shook his head and strode forward.
“But, it has been so many years…” The fat eunuch felt uncertain.
“We have to go there and take a look!” The Third Prince said in a determined voice. No matter what, he must go there and take a look. A wisp of bitterness suffused the corners of his curved lips!
Having witnessed one girl suffer like that, he couldn’t afford to see another one…
He had thought that he could really turn a blind eye to it, but it seemed that he couldn’t…
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