The decoction that had cooled completely, in the end, was ingested by Qin Yi.
Imperial Physician Wang was overly frightened, he fell ill that very afternoon upon returning home, running a high fever incessantly, uttering nonsense, loudly begging for mercy, as if possessed by demons.
After three days of muddled sleep, he finally regained full consciousness. Recalling everything that had happened, thoughts of resigning and returning to his hometown crossed his mind, but upon considering the consequences of such actions, he could only swallow the bitter pill in silence.
Qin Hao's funeral was handled by the Ministry of Rites. Since Qin Hao no longer held an official position, after reporting to His Majesty, the funeral was to be conducted in a simplified manner. The thin coffin was placed at the Ministry of Rites for three days, then, before dawn, it was quietly taken out of the city gate on a Cow Car, to be buried in an anonymous hillock thirty li outside the city.
