Si Jiuyue took a brief nap during a lull in her busy schedule. Her chin rested in her hand, and her head bobbed to the side every so often. Every random noise would jolt her awake, only for her to drift back into a doze; she couldn't bring herself to open her eyes.
Watching this, Jiaohong and Lianhua'er felt a pang of heartache. Lianhua'er caught Jiaohong’s eye and signaled her. Jiaohong nodded, and Lianhua'er slipped away to instruct Baozhu and Wuer to brew some restorative herbal soup for their mistress, as she had been looking increasingly frail of late. The sight of her exhaustion filled them all with anxiety.
Upon receiving Lianhua'er’s instructions, Baozhu and Wuer hurried to find Wang Bing to gather the necessary ingredients for angelica and red date black-bone chicken soup. When Wang Bing learned the soup was intended solely for the leader, he shook his head vigorously.
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