The maid said, "Last night, it seemed that after hearing the news of the young master's return, she fell ill. Madam hasn't slept all night, laughing and crying, pacing back and forth in the room throughout the night."
"She hasn't eaten anything all day today, either crying and laughing or talking to herself."
Lin Shuo was startled upon hearing this. He had been sitting in the pharmacy for a year and had seen many patients. From what the maid said, it sounded very much like hysteria, what Doctor Gu referred to as a mental illness.
He hurriedly asked, "Did you call the Imperial Physician?"
The maid nodded, "Early this morning, the butler invited the Imperial Physician over, and he prescribed some medicine."
"However, Madam smashed the medicine bowl and refused to take it, saying someone wants to harm her, that it's poison."
Lin Shuo closed his eyes, feeling immense pain in his heart.
