Chapter 966 What he eats, I eat!

Although she had made a solemn vow to Yuwen Yuan, she had never actually given birth before. Apart from playing with her younger brother when she was little, she had almost no experience in taking care of children. Therefore, Chu Ruoyan was still somewhat at a loss when she first brought Yuan Gan to her side.

When her child cried, she panicked and became completely at a loss: "What should I do?"

Instead, upon arriving at the almost entirely unfamiliar Jin Yu Yuan, the previously cautious wet nurse, Feng, approached with a forced smile and said, "Your Highness must be hungry. Please, Madam, arrange a room for me. I would like to—"

"Oh, okay, sure."

Chu Ruoyan hurriedly turned to Pan Qing and asked, "Is the room ready?"

Pan Qing immediately said, "It's all ready, it's in the backyard. Aunt Feng, come with me."

Feng, the wet nurse, bowed to Chu Ruoyan, then picked up the crying little Yuangan and followed Panqing outside. After taking only two steps, she stopped and looked back at Chu Ruoyan, who still seemed a little dazed, and said softly, "Madam."

Chu Ruoyan immediately looked up at her: "What's wrong?"

After hesitating for a moment, Nurse Feng said, "Since the young prince was frightened last night, he seems to have a slight fever, but it's not obvious, and he's also having severe shortness of breath. I'm worried that this might be whooping cough in the child."

"pertussis?"

"Yes, my child is..."

Hearing her say that, Chu Ruoyan thought back for a moment and realized that Chu Chengfei had also suffered from a similar illness when he was a child, but because she was very young at the time, she didn't remember how it was treated. So she asked, "What should we do?"

The wet nurse said with a wry smile, "I'm afraid we'll have to ask someone from the Imperial Medical Academy to take a look."

"Oh, right!"

Chu Ruoyan nodded hurriedly, finding it somewhat laughable that she had panicked. She probably realized she had taken on a hot potato, so she was too scared to handle important matters. She immediately said, "Okay, you go down and feed Yuangan first. I'll have someone go to the Imperial Medical Bureau to invite the imperial physician over in a bit."

The wet nurse, Feng, said, "Thank you, Madam."

After saying that, he turned and left.

As soon as she left, Changwan and Woxue walked in from outside. They had received news that Chu Ruoyan had brought Yuangan to Jinyuyuan and asked the two of them to come and take care of him. As soon as she left, they immediately bowed to Chu Ruoyan in the main hall of Jinyuyuan. Changwan said softly, "Thank you, Madam."

Chu Ruoyan shook her head and said, "I was just worried that His Majesty was too busy with state affairs and might not be able to focus. Yuan Gan would be mistreated if he stayed there, so I brought him here. But you are the ones who know how to take care of him. You need to be more alert these days."

The two immediately replied, "We will definitely take good care of you."

Chu Ruoyan nodded and then said, "Woxue, Mama Feng just said that Yuangan's symptoms seem to be whooping cough. Go to the Imperial Medical Bureau and ask a physician to come and take a look at him later. Don't delay."

Wo Xue said, "This servant will go right now!"

After saying that, she turned and ran outside. In the time it takes to drink a cup of tea, she returned with a royal physician.

Chu Ruoyan stood up to greet her: "And this is—"

The imperial physician was about fifty years old, with graying hair and beard. He entered and bowed to Chu Ruoyan, saying, "Your humble servant Ding Yao greets Your Highness. I heard that the young prince is unwell, so I have come to examine him."

Upon seeing this, Changwan immediately pulled Woxue aside and asked, "What's wrong with you? Don't you usually invite Physician Su?"

Wo Xue said in a low voice, "I wanted to invite Physician Su, but when I got to the Imperial Medical Bureau, I found out that Physician Su had caught a cold a few days ago and had been recuperating at home for the past few days. I had no choice but to ask him to come."

"Can--"

Wo Xue said softly again, "It wasn't him. There was another person on duty, the same Physician Du from before."

Hearing her say that, Changwan could only give up. Just then, Nurse Feng finished feeding Yuangan and came out, patting his back. The child was still a little drowsy after eating, and he was silently nestled in the Nurse's arms with his big, dark eyes wide open.

Chu Ruoyan said, "Mother Feng, bring Yuangan over here so that Physician Ding can take a look at him."

The wet nurse, Feng, hesitated for a moment before bringing Yuangan over, not recognizing him. Doctor Ding stepped forward, touched Yuangan's forehead, then opened his little mouth to examine his tongue, then his nostrils, and finally stroked along his earlobe to his chubby chin. His movements were very light and gentle, but little Yuangan suddenly started crying.

Nanny Feng hurriedly picked him up and gently coaxed him, but Xiao Yuangan cried harder and harder, his little face turning red. Suddenly, he vomited up all the milk he had just drunk.

Everyone panicked and rushed forward to help him tidy up.

Chu Ruoyan also became anxious and immediately asked, "What's going on?"

Na Ding frowned as he looked at Xiao Yuangan's flushed face and said, "Reporting to Madam, although His Highness does not have any symptoms of coughing or wheezing, I noticed that he has some slight nosebleeds and his palms are a little hot, which may be the early symptoms of whooping cough in children; moreover, he must have been really frightened last night, which caused these symptoms."

"How should it be treated?"

"Since the young prince is not yet one year old, the remedy is no longer suitable. I need to prepare a new prescription and then submit it to the madam for review. If the madam permits, I will have the servants prepare the medicine and send it over."

Chu Ruoyan thought for a moment and said, "Okay, you go."

Ding nodded and took his medicine box downstairs. Chu Ruoyan looked at Yuan Gan on the other side and said softly, "Take Yuan Gan downstairs and clean him up, then feed him something. If he needs to take medicine later, his stomach can't be too empty."

The wet nurse nodded, picked up the child, and went downstairs. Changwan and Woxue followed her out.

Only Chu Ruoyan and Pan Qing remained in the hall. Pan Qing's forehead was covered in cold sweat. After everyone had left, she anxiously brought a cup of tea to Chu Ruoyan and said softly, "Madam..."

Chu Ruoyan looked up at her and said, "You still don't agree to me taking care of Yuan Gan?"

Pan Qing hurriedly replied, "How dare this servant!"

Chu Ruoyan picked up the teacup, blew on it gently, and said, "So, you're worried that I'll be implicated?"

Pan Qing hesitated for a moment before saying, "Madam has already brought the young prince over, so it's too late to say all this. I'm just worried that it's already difficult to get medical treatment for such a young child, and since Madam doesn't understand medicine, even if someone tampered with the prescription or the medicine, neither Madam nor I would be able to tell."

"..."

"What if something really happens—"

Chu Ruoyan didn't speak, but lowered her head and took a sip of tea.

Whether it was the stimulation of the bitter taste of the tea or the calming effect of its aroma, after taking a sip, she looked up again, her expression more composed, and said, "It's alright. From now on, whatever medicine Yuangan takes, I will take too!"