On the fifth day of the twelfth lunar month, at the hour of the monkey, frost flowers bloomed on the window lattices of the Warm Chamber in the Marquis's Mansion. Jiang Wan lay in bed, clutching a handkerchief in her fingers and allowing Lüluo to apply a wet towel to her forehead. The bronze mirror reflected her pale complexion, which looked even more haggard than it had the day before.
"Miss, the Marquis is here," Lüluo whispered as a reminder, while simultaneously hiding the aconite powder from the nightstand into a drawer.
The Marquis, Li Chongshan, walked in quickly, followed by a servant carrying ginseng soup. He reached out to test Jiang Wan’s forehead and frowned. "How did you get such a high fever? Did the physician not prescribe an antidote?"
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