Dong Huiying’s purpose was quite clear.
Since arriving in the capital, she had only one goal — to enter the Imperial Palace, et the Ninth Princess, avoid the Eighth Princess’s spies, and undo the curse Miao Qing placed on the Ninth Princess!
Huh? This seems like not one but four goals, right? Oh well, never mind, the first step is to enter the palace. The reason she ca to the Prince ng Mansion was to see if she could enter the Imperial Palace through Prince ng.
But after staying in the mansion for a few days, she gradually discovered so things.
For example, the mansion kept many incompetent doctors. People like her and Imperial Doctor Li, who had real skills, were the minority; most were incompetent doctors who only knew a little about dical skills. This group of people ate and lived off the mansion without producing anything, and they were allowed to stay at the mansion because they used a few ho redies as a stepping stone.
It was these ho redies that turned those incompetent doctors into guest physicians of the mansion.
Dong Huiying was sowhat curious about Prince ng, but she noticed that both the butler and Imperial Doctor Li were very loyal to Prince ng. She didn’t dare ask too many questions to avoid arousing their suspicion and causing any unpleasantness.
She patiently waited until the sixth day of the twelfth lunar month. That morning, Dong Huiying was holding a piece of white jade, patiently filing it. Since losing all her teeth and becoming a toothless old lady, she felt terribly sad.
Mainly because she could only eat liquid food; there were so many delicious things she couldn’t chew. Even to eat at, she could only eat minced at, or else just taste the flavor by licking so broth.
In short, she was utterly pitiful.
Thinking "live one day, count as one day, living one more day is a gain," she thought maybe tonight when she closed her eyes, tomorrow they might not open again, guaranteeing she’d die at any ti. She felt it was necessary to cherish the little life she had left. Then, most importantly — she must improve her life!
First, to satisfy her appetite, this piece of white jade was large, and she planned to make dentures out of it!
She worked all day, and outside, it started snowing again, but the room had two charcoal braziers, so it was warm, not at all cold.
It was then that Imperial Doctor Li ca running, braving the howling wind early in the morning, losing a shoe along the way.
Bursting through the door, he rushed in: "Elder Sister Huixin, co on, co on, the Prince is ill again, quickly follow to have a look!!"
Dong Huiying, who was squatting on the ground working on her dentures: "ow ow ow?"
Before she could react, she was yanked up by Imperial Doctor Li and hurriedly, gasping for air, rushed to the Prince’s residence.
The Prince’s residence was located in the main courtyard, called ngzhu Garden.
Dong Huiying, with her old arms and legs, usually moved like an old turtle. Even more so now, being dragged by Imperial Doctor Li as if in a hundred-ter sprint through long corridors. She felt that if they kept running like this, she might et her end before reaching ngzhu Garden. So she promptly freed herself from Imperial Doctor Li: "No, I can’t go on. I need to rest. Let catch my breath!"
She leaned on her knees, sweat streaming down her face, her body was exceedingly weak.
"Oh dear!!" Imperial Doctor Li stomped anxiously, then an idea flashed in his mind, "You two, quickly pick up Huixin and follow !"
He called over two servant girls. Surprisingly, they obediently listened. One of them slipped her arms under Dong Huiying’s armpits, holding her upper body, while the other grabbed her legs, and they dashed off with Imperial Doctor Li toward ngzhu Garden.
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