Hu Qianyue fell ill, even seriously ill. She lay unconscious on the bed and her face was almost as pale as a dead man. If her chest had not heaved slightly, Mo Xuetong would have thought that she was dead. Feng Yuran did not allow her to come, afraid that Hu Qianyue's fever would infect her.
However, Mo Xuetong insisted on coming. Hu Qianyue had not yet left King Xuan's Manor, so she, the hostess, had to care about her. She must not let anyone think that she, Consort Xuan, treated the envoys of the Southern Barbarian Lands too badly. She had never come to see her on the pretext of illness before, but now, since she could get up, she had to come to visit her.
