That Consort Li from the Marquis Guangping Mansion, who had married into Prince Yu's Mansion three years ago and was rumored to have been ordered to commit suicide after the Princess Consort's death, was not dead. She was sick.
She had contracted the same illness as the Empress.
Her whole body was covered in festering sores, her mouth and tongue were ulcerated, her bones felt weak and soft, and she was paralyzed in bed.
Even the head of the Imperial Hospital could not diagnose the cause. Famous physicians from all over the land were summoned, but not one could determine its origin.
However, Consort Li had been sick for three years, while the Empress had only been ill for one.
And now, everyone in the Capital City was saying it must be because the Marquis Guangping Mansion had committed some heinous deed, provoking divine punishment from the heavens. How else could the two most noble young women to come from their house both be afflicted with such a vile disease?
