Chapter 22 Sickness

After drinking the sweet soup, the little face finally stopped wrinkling and no longer felt hot to the touch. Xie Jingyu asked Awu and the servants to go and rest.

I slept in my clothes beside Wei Qingcheng.

In the middle of the night, the person next to me suddenly groaned.

Xie Jingyu put his hand on his forehead:

“It’s so hot!”

He stood up, ordered Jia Yi to call the imperial physician, and asked the servants to bring cold water. He then quickly wiped Wei Qingcheng's face.

The imperial physician saw that he was also sleeping in his clothes, and he came soon.

"Your Majesty, the princess urgently needs to dissipate heat. I will prescribe some antipyretic medicine. Please have someone wipe the princess' body, especially her armpits and soles, but try to avoid her abdomen. Otherwise, given her constitution, she might get a cold and suffer from abdominal pain...

If it doesn't work, I will give you acupuncture. I will wait outside."

After saying that, the imperial physician left. Xie Jingyu dismissed the servants and undressed Wei Qingcheng. This was really a test for him, but now he had to suppress all distracting thoughts.

The body was very hot, and the cold cloth touched it, and the heat immediately rose up. He held the limp person and wiped Wei Qingcheng's back.

He felt so distressed that he wished he could suffer for him. He rubbed it three or four times before it didn't feel too hot to the touch. The fever subsided temporarily, and Xie Jingyu closed his eyes.

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The next day, the imperial physician came to see her and said that she was fine, so she was released back to the palace.

"Your Majesty, what's wrong with me?" Wei Qingcheng looked out the dimly lit window.

"You have been running a fever since last night. I gave you some more water. You have had a fever twice, so you must be dehydrated."

Pour hot water into the bowl and let it cool down a bit, then take the spoon to feed him. Wei Qingcheng was so shy, she was not a child anymore, and she was being held in someone's arms and fed water...

But he was so weak that it was difficult for him to raise his arms, so he could only follow him and let Xie Jingyu feed him water.

"Have a bowl of porridge later and then take a rest. You have taken a leave of absence today and you don't have to go to court. I will stay with you."

Wei Qingcheng looked at the bruises under his eyes, thinking that he hadn't slept well all night, and felt guilty: "My Lord, you should also come up and rest for a while."

Xie Jingyu was grabbed by the sleeve, and looked at him with wet eyes. He had just drunk some water, and there was a layer of water on his lips, which was moist.

"Well," he took off his coat as if possessed by some mysterious force, and lay down on the bed with Wei Qingcheng.

Half a quarter of an hour later, he fed him porridge again. Seeing Wei Qingcheng sleeping soundly, he was also infected and fell asleep.

…

Wei Qingcheng was awakened by the bloating in her abdomen. She felt weak all over. Seeing that Xie Jingyu was fast asleep, she did not want to wake him up.

I called Awu softly and helped myself to go to the toilet.

After he came back, he asked Awu to help him wash up, and then he sat at the table in a daze.

"Brother! Are you feeling better?"

Su Cheng trotted into the room.

"Shh! I'll come to you after my brother gets better, okay? Uncle is asleep, let's not disturb him." Wei Qingcheng was afraid that he would disturb Xie Jingyu's rest. She was also feeling very uncomfortable. She might catch a cold if she went out for too long.

He could only send the child out first. Speaking of the title of "uncle", he remembered the day when Xie Jingyu pestered him for candy, just like a child.

I walked slowly to the bed, drew aside the curtains, climbed up gently, and pulled the quilt closer to myself.

"This quilt is so small,"

Wei Qingcheng murmured, blushing as she leaned towards Xie Jingyu and tucked in the quilt for him.

I found a comfortable position next to him and fell asleep.

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Fengqi Palace…

The emperor had not come for a long time. Finally he came. The queen was overjoyed and asked the palace servants to prepare the meal.

She looked at the majestic man. Since the birth of Si'er, the emperor rarely came to the palace. She was worried, but she had to maintain the generosity and dignity of a queen and could not act like a spoiled child like those concubines.

"Your Majesty, I asked the kitchen to prepare braised shark's fins. Please have some here." She saw that the people had been here for a while but no one spoke, so she tried to find a conversation.

But the emperor still had no intention of speaking, as if he was immersed in some memories.

After a long time, the queen felt that her back was sweating, and she knelt down hurriedly.

"Did I do something wrong?"

After a long time, she gave birth to a child for him. Ruan Qingyi thought she could occupy a place in his heart. The look in his eyes today reminded her of the tragedy in the harem a few years ago.

She was so frightened that she trembled all over: "I know I was wrong!" She knocked her head to the ground, leaving a bloody mark on the floor that the palace maid had just wiped clean.

"I shouldn't have summoned him to the palace, shouldn't have made him kneel for so long, shouldn't have humiliated him,"

He sat high above her, without saying a word, and Ruan Qingyi was frightened into confessing everything.

"You are wrong. You really shouldn't have done that. But it has nothing to do with Wei Qingcheng. This matter is that you shouldn't have insulted Princess Hexuan and humiliated the emperor's face. Do you understand?"

His expression did not change, as if he was just stating a fact, but Ruan Qingyi knew that he was very angry, but she was unwilling to do so. She was unwilling to be a humble servant for so many years, and she was unwilling to continue to be a humble servant now that she was the mother of a country...

These unwillingness gave her the courage to say, "Royal son? Your Majesty, Si'er is also your royal son, isn't he?"

"It seems you don't quite understand. You're tired. Si'er, let someone else take care of you."

The light words seemed to have taken away Ruan Qingyi's soul. She knelt down, moving her knees forward, trying to retain the heartless man.

"Your Majesty! Your Majesty!! Don't take Si'er away! Your Majesty! I was wrong, I know I was wrong!!...

A heart-wrenching sound came from behind him. The emperor paused, then continued walking forward without looking back...

The maid wiped the blood off the floor. Ruan Qingyi slumped down on the floor, staring at the floor in silence.

"Wei Qingcheng...

Xie Jingyu..."

After the two woke up, Wei Qingcheng felt her stomach growling, her body was limp, and her legs were like noodles. She didn't care about her face anymore, so she just lazily put herself in Xie Jingyu's arms and went to the front hall to eat.

He ate whatever Xie Jingyu picked up for him, not bothering to pick up more. He seemed to know himself well, picking up only the food he liked.

"I want to eat the spicy one,"

Normally, I often serve Xie Jingyu meals. Now that I am sick, it is okay for me to order him around. Good friends should take care of each other.

"Eat it in a few days. Eat light food today."

Xie Jingyu looked at him lovingly. He really enjoyed Wei Qingcheng's behavior of acting like a spoiled child to him.

"No, I want to eat it today, hurry up and give it to me," Wei Qingcheng felt that her brain must have been damaged by the fever, which was why she was so difficult to deal with.

"I won't give it to you. If you want to eat it, pick it up yourself." Seeing his coquettish look today, Xie Jingyu wanted to tease him.

"Then I won't eat it," he turned his head away angrily. Xie Jingyu was really annoying. He wanted to expel him from the friendship. He was sick but he didn't obey him.