flstandardbreds Chapter 182 Embarrassment
Chapter 182 Embarrassment
At the same time, on the other side of the mountain path, Aunt Qinxin was supporting the Empress Dowager and walking slowly. Both of them looked miserable. Their faces were no longer as rosy as when they just left the palace. Now they were much darker and thinner. They were hungry and thirsty, and their lips were dry.
Seeing that the empress dowager was also tired, Aunt Qinxin said: "Empress Dowager, please take a rest first. We should be arriving in the capital soon. I just asked an old farmer, and we have arrived in Taohua County. If we go through the city gate, we will be in the capital."
The Queen Mother responded weakly.
Aunt Qinxin carefully placed the empress dowager under a big tree to cool off. Seeing that the empress dowager looked unwell, Aunt Qinxin touched her forehead and said in surprise: "Empress Dowager, you have a fever. What should we do?"
Oh my God, there is no village in front and no shop behind. How can she take the empress dowager out in this situation?
She tried to get the Queen Mother to drink some water to relieve her symptoms, but the water in the kettle had long been finished.
As time passed, the Queen Mother's condition seemed to be getting worse. She began to talk nonsense and her body kept shaking. Aunt Qinxin held the Queen Mother's hand tightly, her heart filled with helplessness and fear.
At this moment, the sound of horse hooves came from afar. Aunt Qinxin looked up in surprise and saw a girl in pink riding a horse past. Nanny Qinxin ran forward and called for help, "This girl..." Before Aunt Qinxin could finish her words, Chen Manli, who was also in pink, glanced at Nanny Qinxin with disdain and rode away on her horse.
Aunt Qinxin recognized her. She was the girl who slapped her a few days ago.
However, Chen Manli, who rode over on horseback, did not recognize her. She thought that there were more and more beggars nowadays, and some of them even dared to stop her horse. If she was not in a hurry to participate in the competition, she would definitely teach this pariah a lesson.
So Aunt Qinxin watched the woman leave, and no one passed by after her.
The Queen Mother had already fallen asleep leaning against a big tree, and the temperature was getting higher and higher. What should she do? She was worried about leaving the Queen Mother here alone, but if she dragged her, she would not be able to walk more than a few steps.
But the Queen Mother can't just drag it on like this. If the high fever is not treated, it can be fatal.
Time passed minute by minute, but still no one passed by. Aunt Qinxin gritted her teeth and used all her strength to carry the empress dowager on her back. Then she took heavy steps and walked towards the government office with difficulty, hoping to get help.
With every step she took, sweat would slide down her cheeks and drip onto the ground. She walked and stopped like this for an unknown amount of time before finally arriving in front of the Taohua County government office. However, her feet had already been rubbed with blisters.
Aunt Qinxin gently placed the semi-conscious empress dowager next to the big stone lion at the entrance of the county government office, then turned around and wanted to enter the government office to look for the county magistrate. However, the two yamen runners guarding the gate stopped her.
Aunt Qinxin was extremely anxious and said quickly, "I am the old nanny beside the Queen Mother, and that is the current Queen Mother! Please be kind and let us in to see the County Magistrate!"
At this moment, Constable Han Guang led a group of his men out of the yamen. Hearing the noise coming from the door, he turned around and asked the gatekeeper, "What's going on? Why is there so much noise?"
A yamen runner replied, "This old woman claims to be a nanny from the palace, and she even says the old woman next to her is the empress dowager!"
Constable Han Guang looked the old woman up and down and saw that she looked disheveled, wearing linen clothes and with messy hair.
But out of caution, he asked: "Do you have a token?"
When Aunt Qinxin saw the visitor, she thought he looked quite honest and should be a good person. She said weakly: "No, our things have been stolen."
Han Guang laughed immediately and shouted, "You are the nanny and the queen mother. Get out of here, get out of here." Then he pushed the nanny and threw her to the ground.
The constable behind him also laughed at him, "Some of them are empress dowagers, and I am the emperor, hahahaha."
Several constables laughed out loud, "Hahahaha".
Constable Han Guang shouted: "If you don't get away from here, I will put you two old women pretending to be royal family into the Sky Prison."
When Qin Xin heard this, she looked at the constable deeply, but finally sighed helplessly, dragged her feet that were worn and covered with countless blisters, and carefully carried the empress dowager on her back.
Although Qin Xin was exhausted, she still insisted on moving forward because she could clearly feel that the empress dowager's body was getting hotter and hotter, like a burning stove. The situation was becoming more critical and she had to find a clinic as soon as possible.
However, when they finally entered a clinic, they were ruthlessly kicked out because they were penniless. Aunt Qinxin felt extremely desperate and helpless. She was exhausted and could no longer walk. At this time, she didn't know who to turn to for help.
No matter how she begged, the people around her ignored them. Only some kind-hearted people who passed by would give her a few copper coins, but this amount of money was far from enough to pay for the expensive medicine and was just a drop in the bucket for them.
Aunt Qinxin's heart was filled with anxiety and pain. She felt that she was in a desperate situation. She didn't know how to save the empress dowager, and she didn't know what to do in the future.