Three days had passed quietly. The wound on Shangguan Xuanyi's body had already formed a scab, and the itching indicated that it was nearly healed.
However, in the evening, he started a high fever. Xiao'er noticed his flushed face, and his forehead was alarmingly hot to the touch.
Upon seeing Shangguan Xuanyi's fever reach a point of delirium, Huang Wei anxiously asked, "Should we summon the imperial doctor, Countess of Rui'an?"
"No need. Possibly the smallpox has begun to take effect. You would do well to stay out of this room," Xiao'er gave him a medicinal pill to swallow and applied a wet cloth to his forehead to cool him down.
"But..." Shouldn't the onset of smallpox justify the summoning of the imperial doctor?!
"Enough, trust me. He will be fine. Now leave! No one is to enter!" Xiao'er snapped at them, her tone stern for the first time.
