Chapter 268
She had only been thinking about the goddess with the young lady, and hadn't mentioned that the young lady wasn't ill. She also hadn't expected the young lady to speak to the Empress Dowager and even suggest calling a doctor...
The Empress Dowager glanced at Xiaoju before continuing to ask Xiao Shenxi, "Oh? How come you suddenly fell ill?"
She knew that Xuan'er had been taking care of Shen Qingnian's health these past few days, protecting her like the apple of her eye, so how could she suddenly fall ill?
"Xiao Xi doesn't know either. Maybe it's because Mother and Father ate too much barbecue last night and caught a chill, which is why she got sick," Xiao Shenxi said in her childish voice, offering her guess.
Last night, when she and Xiaoqing went to wash up, her mother and father were still eating. They probably ate that cold roast meat, which is why they felt unwell today.
The Empress Dowager frowned: "Your father and mother stayed up very late together?"
“Yes, yes, until Father left this morning, Mother couldn’t get up when he left. She must have caught a cold last night,” Xiao Shenxi nodded vigorously.
After she finished speaking, she tugged at the Empress Dowager's sleeve and said pitifully, "Grandmother, Father has gone to court. Please fetch a doctor for Mother. Being sick is so painful..."
When my mother was in Jiangnan, she would take a long time to recover from each illness, and she would be very weak, sometimes even unable to get out of bed.
The Empress Dowager hugged little Shen Xi back into her arms and gently comforted her, "Little Xi, don't worry, the Empress Dowager will help."
Xiao Ju knelt down beside her, and said tremblingly, "Your Majesty, His Majesty stayed overnight in Miss's palace last night..."
The words were spoken cryptically, but the meaning was self-evident.
The Empress Dowager felt somewhat helpless, yet also found it rather amusing.
The way the little girl came running to ask for help was both adorable and hilarious.
She couldn't help but hug the little girl in her arms tighter and whispered, "Xiao Xi, don't be sad. Your grandmother will send some medicine to your mother's palace. She will feel better after she takes it."
Xuan'er loves Shen Qingnian. Judging from Xuan'er's appearance, it will be difficult for her to enter the harem in the future. Fortunately, Shen Qingnian is a well-behaved person, so it would be good to let her give Xuan'er some more children.
When the Empress Dowager was still the Empress, she was the sole favorite of the Emperor, so she could accept her son's behavior.
When Xiao Shenxi heard her grandmother say this, a smile finally appeared on her face: "Grandmother is the best! Xiaoxi likes Grandmother the most!"
She knew that her grandmother would definitely help her.
The Empress Dowager immediately ordered a maid to fetch some ointment to reduce swelling: "Send it to the Golden Palace immediately, and also send the snail-shell eyebrow pencil from my makeup box. Considering that she is ill, I will exempt her from copying every day."
After Shen Qingnian returned to the palace, she did not take advantage of Xuan'er's affection to entice Xuan'er to indulge in nightly revelry, which shows that she was quite sensible.
Inside the Golden Palace.
Shen Qingnian, who had just gotten up, was deep in thought as she looked at the plaster for reducing swelling and bruising that the Empress Dowager had sent.
How could news of last night's events have reached Yongshou Palace so quickly? Could it be that the Empress Dowager has been monitoring me all along?
The old nanny smiled and said, "The young lady is very worried about Miss Liu, and she went to ask the Empress Dowager for medicine early on."
Shen Qingnian: "......"
Rebellious daughter.
After seeing the nanny off, Shen Qingnian looked at the ointment on the table with a helpless expression.
At this moment, Zhu Lan walked in: "Miss Liu, it's Eunuch Xia from His Majesty's side."
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