As soon as the Empress and Quincy arrived, they saw a few eunuchs drag a palace maid from the water frantically.
That palace maid was Summer Snow, Quincy's personal maid. She had stumbled and fell into the water; her clothes were soaked. After she got out of the water, she laid on the ground, motionless with her eyes closed tightly.
"Summer!"
Quincy panicked as she shouted desperately.
However, Summer did not respond to her. Her face was chalk-white, and her situation looked quite alarming at first glance.
"Quick!" Qianyu was anxious. She ordered the eunuch, "What are you doing? Go get an imperial physician!"
Summer had been Quincy's personal maid for more than ten years. She was someone very dear to Quincy. Quincy was heartbroken when she realized that Summer had drowned.
"Yes! I'll go get the imperial physician!" The eunuch dared not hesitate; he left quickly.
The atmosphere was tense.
After a while, a few imperial doctors finally arrived hurriedly with their medical boxes on their shoulders. The imperial physician who headed the group was an old man in his seventies. His sideburns had turned white—he was the Head of Imperial Physician, Doctor Soros.
The Empress smiled with joy when she saw Doctor Soros. "Doctor Soros, please take care of Summer."
Even though Summer was Quincy's personal palace maid, she was a well-behaved and kind lady. The Empress liked her very much—she did not want Summer to die like that.
Whoa!
Everyone breathed a sigh of relief when they saw Doctor Soros.
Doctor Xue was skillful—everyone had confidence that Summer would recover with him there.
The doctor walked up to Summer, crouched and checked on Summer's pulse. He muttered, "She probably fainted because she panicked!"
As he spoke, Doctor Soros took a silver needle from the medical box and pierced it into Summer's Tan Zhong acupoint!
Tan Zhong acupoint was one of the most sensitive acupoints in the human body. One would wake up when the acupoint was stimulated!
Quincy was shocked; she said anxiously, "That's impossible. Summer has only been in the water for a short time. Why did you say that she had been in there for too long?"
Quincy had rushed to the scene with her sister, the Empress, as soon she heard that Summer had fallen into the water. How could she not survive it if she had only been in the water for a short while?
Doctor Soros was embarrassed; he scratched his head and said, "Well, maybe it's because Summer is physically weak."
Doctor Soros had learned medicine for decades; he would never be wrong. Summer had respiratory failure, and she did not respond to the Tan Zhong acupoint stimulation. No one would be able to help her.
"Summer!"
Quincy was distraught; she looked at Summer with teary eyes. The Empress looked sorrowful, woo. She went to comfort Quincy. "Sister, life is impermanent. You must take care of yourself."
Then, the Empress gave an order to the eunuchs. "Prepare for Summer's funeral!"
"Yes, Your Majesty!"
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