Sheng Fang led Wang Yiyao to the Queen Mother's palace, "The Queen Mother has brought her here."
"Okay, come in."
Wang Yiyao and Sheng Fang entered the room together. The Queen Mother was already sitting on the phoenix chair, drinking tea and waiting for them.
"Queen Mother"
Wang Yiyao did not salute, but nodded politely. After all, their Xining country is so small, and they pay tribute to Western Qin a lot every year.
She would not stoop down and salute the Queen Mother of Xining.
"How come I heard from Pharmacist Sheng that you must meet King Donglin before you agree to our conditions?"
Wang Yiyao nodded, "Yes, if you don't meet my prince, I will not agree to any of your requests."
The Queen Mother was also very annoyed by such a general, just like the Prince Regent was as annoyed last night.
"You woman, you just want to negotiate terms with us just because you have some medical skills. Do you really think that we in Xining can't survive this plague without you?"
Wang Yiyao's face was cold, she had no expression, and she did not look at the Queen Mother. Like Feng Minyi, she seemed to ignore the Queen Mother's existence.
"Queen Mother, you misunderstood. I don't think that my medical skills are invincible. It's just that I have more experience with plague than others. After all, I was the one who cured the plague in Western Qin."
The Queen Mother did not expect Wang Yiyao to reply to her with such words. The meaning of these words was obviously to tell her that no one in Xining is confident that this plague can be cured.
"You woman, have you forgotten the pain after the scar healed? It seems that the punishment used last time was not severe enough. Since you are so rude to the Ai family, don't blame the Ai family for being rude. Come here,
Give me torture."
The punishments imposed by the Queen Mother are basically aimed at women, such as pinching fingers, acupuncture, and slaps on the face.
It's painful anyway.
As soon as the Queen Mother finished speaking, several nuns came, holding various torture instruments in their hands. Wang Yiyao didn't recognize any of them except the one who pinched her fingers.
"Give it to this princess and let her experience our palace torture in Xining. It can be regarded as the Ai family's painstaking hospitality."
Sitting aside, Sheng Fang was dumbfounded when he saw the torture instruments. He kept winking at Wang Yiyao, meaning to ask her to beg for mercy quickly, but Wang Yiyao ignored him at all.
"Mr. Sheng, if you have nothing to do, go back. I will have a good chat with the princess alone in a while."
After the Queen Mother asked Sheng Fang to leave, she started to ask all the ladies to do it. First, they pinched their fingers. Wang Yiyao's fingers had just been swollen, but now it happened again, which was really painful.
"Ah, ah, ah..."
Wang Yiyao restrained herself from screaming, but she didn't expect that after the finger pinching, there would be acupuncture.
In this acupuncture torture, needles as long as a finger are used to prick every part of the body, so that there is no good place on the body, and one cannot stand or sit.
Especially when she was stabbed in the stomach, it hurt Wang Yiyao so much that she gritted her teeth to prevent tears from flowing out.
Wang Yiyao didn't even want it. She would experience these ancient tortures personally. This time traveling through time was really hard enough.
After this acupuncture torture was completed, the face was slapped with a plank made of bamboo. This kind of punishment was unique to the imperial palace and was intended to disfigure a person's appearance.
The Queen Mother of Xining liked to use this method very much. When she was the queen, she used this punishment to ruin the faces of many concubines in the harem.
"Princess Donglin, this slap will ruin your face. You still have a chance to regret it now. I can let you think about it carefully. But if your face is ruined, what do you think about Donglin?"
Will the king still like you as usual?"
Wang Yiyao snorted coldly with tears in her eyes, "Humph, the prince only likes beautiful people."
The Queen Mother burst out laughing when she heard Wang Yiyao's words. She believed that all men in the world were attracted by women's faces.
"Hahaha, I didn't expect you to be so naive. Since you think so, the Ai family won't be polite. Give me a hard beating without mercy."
After the Queen Mother finished speaking, she hit Wang Yiyao on the face with the paddle. Soon her face turned red, and then it became swollen. After a few more blows, blood came out, and the skin and flesh burst open.
His facial features were completely unclear, leaving only a face that was blurred with blood and flesh.
"Queen Mother, she fainted and is almost dying."
The Queen Mother got up from the chair, came to Wang Yiyao, kicked Wang Yiyao twice, and found that there was no reaction.
"Hey, wake up, wake up."
After confirming that Wang Yiyao was not faking, the Queen Mother sent word to send Wang Yiyao back to the courtyard.
"Okay, that's it for today. You are tired of beating her. Send her back."
Cui'er and Lengfeng started circling around the room anxiously when they saw that Wang Yiyao hadn't come back after being gone for a long time.
"Sister Lengfeng, sister, why hasn't she come back? I'm so worried."
It had been a long time since Wang Yiyao was beaten last time, so Cui'er was very worried and her hands began to shake.
"It's okay, Cui'er, don't worry, we'll wait."
As soon as the two of them finished speaking, they heard the door open with a bang, and then Wang Yiyao was carried in and thrown to the ground.
"Princess, princess."
"Sister, sister, why were you beaten like this?"
Seeing the bloody Wang Yiyao, Cui'er and Lengfeng were all spread out on the ground.
Lengfeng also shed tears. After a few minutes, Lengfeng calmed down.
"Tui'er, don't cry now. Let's move the princess to the bed as soon as possible."
Lengfeng and Cui'er vigorously lifted Wang Yiyao and moved her to the bed. At this time, Wang Yiyao still didn't wake up.
When Leng Feng was in the palace, he also saw Wang Yiyao treating other people's wounds.
So she wanted to try to help Wang Yiyao treat the injury on his face.
"Tui'er, go get some hot water."
Lengfeng first found Wang Yiyao's small cloth bag, then dipped the cotton cloth inside into clean water and helped Wang Yiyao wipe his face clean.
Then use the cotton swab in the cloth bag, dip it in the disinfectant liquid, and disinfect all the wounds on the face.
In the end, she searched for a long time and only found Yunxi Baiyao. She remembered that this was used to stop bleeding, so it should be used on the face.
"Tui'er, help me hold the princess's face, and I'll help her apply the medicine."
Cui'er gently held Wang Yiyao's head, and the cold wind carefully sprinkled Yunxi Baiyao on the wound on Wang Yiyao's face.
"Okay, let's check if there are any other wounds on the princess's body."
After speaking, the two began to lift Wang Yiyao's clothes and search for wounds.