Upon hearing these words, Lady Zhang’s face immediately darkened, and she sternly questioned, "What are you doing? You’ve been inside for so long, why haven’t you applied medicine to the Old Master yet? Didn’t you see how much pain he’s in? How can your hearts be so cruel!"

The Imperial Physician was also somewhat displeased, and said coldly, "We do wish to apply the medicine, but the Heavenly Master keeps moving around, what can we do? Lady Zhang, you must understand, our medicine is very precious, with many ingredients hard to find. If it gets knocked over by Celestial Master Zhang, and the nobles in the Imperial Palace get injured, there will be no medicine to treat them. We cannot disregard the lives of all the nobles because of one Celestial Master Zhang, right?"

With such serious words from the Imperial Physician, Lady Zhang was left speechless, and could only anxiously pace in circles.

Upon seeing this, the Fourth Prince said, "Two Imperial Physicians, how about this? Find a few young, strong men in the household to hold down Celestial Master Zhang to prevent him from moving, and then you can apply the medicine."

With the Fourth Prince intervening, the expressions of the two Imperial Physicians immediately changed, and they nodded with a smile, saying, "The Fourth Prince’s solution is good, let’s do it this way!"

Upon hearing there was a way to alleviate the Old Master’s pain, Lady Zhang immediately instructed the steward to choose a few young and strong servant boys in the household to hold down Celestial Master Zhang, who was tossing and turning on the bed.

Just like that, everyone expended great effort and finally managed to apply medicine to Celestial Master Zhang.

Indeed, the medicine from the Imperial Palace was extraordinary. As soon as it was applied, Celestial Master Zhang stopped howling and lay down on the bed for a while before declaring he was hungry and asking the servants to prepare food.

The steward immediately ordered the maid to bring over millet porridge and a few small dishes, items he had long prepared, fearing that Celestial Master Zhang might get hungry at any time and need them readily available.

With the maid’s help, Celestial Master Zhang devoured two bowls of porridge, and just as he swallowed the last mouthful, he turned hostile, kicking the table over, and angrily rebuking the maid, "Who told you to feed me? Do you think that without you, this Heavenly Master cannot eat?"

The maid was terrified, not knowing what she had done wrong, why Celestial Master Zhang was suddenly upset after being fine just now, and she hurriedly knelt on the ground, repeatedly kowtowing to beg for forgiveness, "Heavenly Master, please calm down, the maid understands her mistake, and will not dare to do it again next time."

In this dynasty, the servants were truly pitiful, having no personal freedom and no human rights, regardless of whether they made a mistake, admitting fault was always the right course.

Lady Zhang observed this clearly from the side, realizing that the Old Master was in a bad mood and was deliberately venting his anger on the maid!

So, she discreetly gestured to the maid to leave the room for now.

The maid was almost moved to tears, feeling that Lady Zhang was far too kind to her, practically like her own parents reborn. Yet, because the Heavenly Master was still in a rage, the maid dared not even stand, and crawled out on her knees.

"Old Master, since the matter has already occurred, don’t be angry anymore, rather think about what we should do in the future?" With only the couple left in the room, Lady Zhang asked worriedly.

Previously, although Lady Zhang was very sad and distressed, the occasional comments from the officials still reached her ears. They said that with Celestial Master Zhang’s hands crippled, the Emperor surely wouldn’t favor him moving forward.

The Old Master’s future was closely tied to hers, whether she could become a noblewoman depended on the Old Master’s abilities. Naturally, Lady Zhang was very concerned that he might never receive imperial favor again.

Celestial Master Zhang lay back on the bed, looking despondent. After a morning of chaos, he was exhausted and deeply uneasy, not knowing what to do in the future.

Lady Zhang: "Old Master?"

Celestial Master Zhang lay on the bed and closed his eyes, as Lady Zhang tentatively called out.