"The Empress Dowager is ill?"
Madam Wu was taken aback. "When did the Empress Dowager fall ill? How come I did not know?"
In Great Jin Nation, the illness of the Empress Dowager was a matter of great importance. Women of the second rank and above had to visit the palace to inquire after her health, while the potential concubines and princesses were obliged to serve during her sickness. Thus, if the Empress fell ill, it would be an earth-shattering event, even if it was merely a trivial case of wind chill!
Seeing Madam Wu suspicious, Liu Xi impatiently said: "It just happened a few days ago, but she did not wish to trouble everyone, so she let no one know!"
If the Empress Dowager is rumored to be sick when she is not, it would be considered a curse, a great sin and impiety. Consequently, no one would dare to concoct such a story. Hence, Madam Wu had no reason to suspect otherwise; she quickly gestured for Cui Wen to lift the bed curtains.
