She pondered deeply, but Xia Ruqing could not figure out what was amiss, so she drank the brown sugar water anyway.
Come dinnertime, she also ate a bowl of braised lamb. The steaming hot lamb was still delicious. While eating, she didn't sense anything wrong.
However, half a Shi Chen after she finished, she felt an unbearable pain in her abdomen, as intense as if it were on fire. After drinking two bowls of plain boiled water to no effect, Zi Yue called for the Imperial Physician.
Imperial Doctor Zhang hurried over for a diagnosis and, after taking her pulse, he declared, "This is an acute surge of internal fire! Noble Consort, you are still in your confinement period. You mustn't get angry about anything!"
What?!
Xia Ruqing was completely flabbergasted. "I have not been angry!"
