On hearing this, Sherry immediately put down her chopsticks and asked her maid, "Did anyone call the imperial physician when
Her Majesty fainted?"
"My Lady, I don't know. Nancy is disheveled, her eyes red and swollen, and she looks extremely upset. The Sleek Palace may
be in a mess now," Minna said gingerly.
Sherry looked at the emperor who had already put down the chopsticks and said, "Your Majesty, Her Majesty fainted. I'm afraid
the situation is rather serious. Why don't you come along with me and see her?"
When he saw Sherry pleading like that, the emperor couldn't refuse her. What was more, the empress had fainted and he didn't
know if she was well now. The empress was his only wife, and she had responsibility for all the concubines in the palace. He
couldn't brush her aside. So he ordered at once, "Well, guards, get ready to the Sleek Palace."
Sherry followed the emperor and looked at her maid, Minna. Minna nodded modestly at her mistress. There was a glint in
Sherry's eyes, but her expression showed great concern, as if she was worrying about the empress.
It was a total mess in the Sleek Palace. The empress was unconscious, and the chief maid Nancy came to Sherry's palace. The
Sleek Palace was in a total mess with no authoritative leaders, but now that Nancy had come back with Sherry and the emperor,
everyone was relieved.
The emperor had doubted that the empress was pretending to be sick. But when he saw the pale and weak empress lying on the

bed, he believed that she was really sick, and even suffering from a serious illness.
"Where is the imperial physician?"
With red-rimmed eyes, Nancy said anxiously, "Your Majesty, I have sent for the imperial physician, but he hasn't arrived yet. Her

and reflecting on her mistakes in the small prayer room every day, but she refused to let me call for an imperial physician even if she got sick. Your Majesty, Her Majesty..." "Well,

there's no need to be ceremonious. Come here and check the empress's condition," the emperor said with steady calmness. "Yes, Your Majesty." The imperial physician quickly got up, knelt down by the bed, took out a handkerchief, and covered the empress's wrist. Then he began to feel her pulse. But after feeling her pulse, he looked thoughtful, and opened his mouth to say

The imperial physician was somewhat uncertain about his first judgment. He felt the empress's pulse by checking her other
hand. After a long while, he looked at the emperor and replied, "Your Majesty, Her Majesty has had a cold for many days. Also,
she has had much mental stress and suffered from loss of both vital energy and blood, which is why she passed out."
"Is her condition serious?"
"Her Majesty is very weak. She needs good treatment, or else..." The imperial physician looked at the emperor, and then at Lady
Sherry. "It's likely to become a chronic illness."
"Take good care of the empress."

the emperor was present, everyone attended to their tasks more briskly. When the physician's assistant arrived with the medicine, Nancy fed it to the empress. After a short while, the empress woke up. When she saw the emperor sitting by the bed, her eyes rolled slightly. She quickly struggled to sit up, and saluted him, "Your..." "All right, just stay in

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