Chapter 968 Medicine

Shang Ruyi said, "That's exactly right, that's why it's so bad."

"Why?"

"Because if Aunt Hui takes care of him, no matter what Yuangan does wrong, the responsibility will fall on her. Even if she is an old servant left by Madam Dong, Father Emperor cannot tolerate someone who harms the eldest grandson. She herself has to consider her actions carefully."

Tushe'er thought for a moment and said, "What the princess means is that she dares not make any rash moves."

Shang Ruyi nodded and said, "That's right. Besides, with Father Emperor by her side, even if she were to go all out and try to do something, it wouldn't be so easy for her to succeed."

Tushe'er also came to her senses and looked at Shang Ruyi in a panic: "What the princess means is that if Madam Chu takes the young prince to her side, they will dare to really make a move, and if something really happens to the young prince, then the responsibility will be entirely on Madam Chu!"

"good,"

Shang Ruyi nodded heavily, and gritted her teeth as she said, "No wonder. They used so many methods, but only confined me for this period of time. They wanted to take advantage of this time to make a move against Yuan Gan, and then drag Madam Chu into it as well."

This time, Tushe'er was completely panicked. If Shang Ruyi's safety was what she cared about most, then the second thing must be the Crown Prince Yuangan. After all, he was Shang Ruyi's first child and the Emperor's most beloved eldest grandson. If something really happened to Yuangan, not to mention how sad she would be, and what kind of consequences they would suffer, Shang Ruyi would be devastated!

Shang Ruyi said, "If we really let them succeed, it will not only harm Yuan Gan, but also Madam Chu!"

"Then what should we do? Should we quickly remind Madam Chu?"

As Tushe'er spoke, she tried to walk out, but after taking two steps, she stopped. In her impulsiveness, she almost forgot that they were still here under house arrest and could not leave Chengqian Palace at all.

Tushe'er was frantic and at a loss: "Your Highness, what should we do? How can we remind Madam Chu?"

"..."

Although Shang Ruyi was initially shocked by the news, she calmed down at this moment, staring at her feet—even though she was calm, she noticed that the lichen that had grown in the corner of the wall due to yesterday's rain had been crushed to pieces. Shang Ruyi let out a long breath and slowly said, "Madam Chu's decision to bring Yuangan to her side wasn't entirely wrong. If she can truly take good care of him, it's still safer than leaving him with Aunt Hui. I don't want Yuangan to suffer any injustice."

"..."

"What we can do now is not to remind her. She's not stupid. She knows how dangerous it is to bring Yuangan to her side at this time. She made this decision after careful consideration, so we don't need to remind her anymore."

"..."

"What we need to do is to clear my name as soon as possible and leave Chengqian Palace as soon as possible!"

Upon hearing this, Tushe'er felt a chill run down her spine. Although Shang Ruyi had figured out how Han Yuhui and the others had set the trap yesterday, they were now confined to Chengqian Palace with no evidence and only conjecture, which was absolutely insufficient to clear their names.

So he said, "But we have no evidence at all."

Shang Ruyi lowered her head and remained silent for a long while before finally taking a deep breath and saying in a low voice, "Not necessarily..."

Just as the master and servant were gradually calming down, chaos broke out in the Golden Jade Garden on the other side.

Since Jiang Chongen's accident, Chu Ruoyan had been sleeping poorly at night. She even had to ask the Imperial Medical Bureau to give her some calming medicine to help her get through the night. This time, she encountered such a thing again, and coupled with the fear she had felt the day before, she drank half a bowl of medicine before going to sleep. Finally, she slowly fell asleep in the quiet.

Even so, there is no peace in the dream.

But just as she was drifting off to sleep until the next morning, she was suddenly awakened by a strange palpitation. When she opened her eyes, she heard a faint sobbing coming from the backyard.

It was Yuan Gan who was crying.

Chu Ruoyan felt dizzy and confused. She thought that it was normal for a baby to cry a little when he woke up in the morning, and that the baby would stop crying as soon as the wet nurse fed him. But after a while, the crying not only didn't stop, but became louder and louder, and the baby was almost out of strength. Chu Ruoyan finally realized that something was wrong and hurriedly got out of bed. Just as she was about to go out, she saw Pan Qing come over to her in a panic and say, "Madam, the little prince's condition is not good."

Upon hearing this, Chu Ruoyan immediately said, "Quickly bring the child over, let me see what's wrong."

A short while later, Nurse Feng brought Yuan Gan over and saw that Yuan Gan's little face was red from crying in his swaddling clothes, but his lips were a little pale, as if he couldn't breathe.

Changwan and Woxue, who were standing to the side, also looked anxious.

Chu Ruoyan asked, "What's wrong? Why is he crying? He was fine last night."

The wet nurse, Feng, said, "After taking his medicine last night, the young prince did feel a bit better, but around midnight, I noticed he wasn't sleeping well. However, it's common for children to wake up at night, so I thought it was nothing. But just as dawn broke, he suddenly—"

"..."

Chu Ruoyan frowned as she took Yuan Gan from the baby. The child cried incessantly, even gagging and convulsing. Chu Ruoyan was terrified and hurriedly said, "Quickly go to the Imperial Medical Bureau and ask someone to come and examine Yuan Gan!"

Wo Xue immediately replied, "This servant will go right away!"

She returned shortly afterward with someone; it was still the same imperial physician, Ding Yao, from yesterday.

Yesterday, after Yuan Gan took his medicine, he was supposed to come and check on him again today as usual. However, he was startled when Jin Yuyuan came to call him early in the morning. He rushed over in a panic and saw the young prince crying like this. He quickly went forward to massage and comfort him. Yuan Gan cried for a long time and finally slowly stopped crying. He closed his eyes slowly with tears still on his face, but his hands and feet were still twitching slightly, obviously showing no improvement.

Everyone around was terrified.

Ding touched the child's forehead, then looked at his nose and mouth, and his brows immediately furrowed into a knot.

Chu Ruoyan asked anxiously, "Imperial Physician Ding, what's wrong with Yuan Gan? He wasn't like this before."

After a moment of hesitation, Ding asked Chu Ruoyan cautiously, "Madam, are you sure the young prince drank all the medicine I prescribed yesterday?"

Pan Qing immediately became agitated upon hearing this: "Of course I drank it! What do you mean by that?"

Changwan and Woxue exchanged a glance and said, "Doctor Ding, apart from the fact that the Madam tasted a sip herself and the young prince spat it out because he found it bitter, we served him the rest of the medicine you prescribed."

"Yes, we can all guarantee that."

Ding Yao frowned even more deeply and muttered, "That's strange."