When Concubine Jin heard Qianwei's tactful message, she was afraid that the matter would become a big deal, so she quickly agreed.
"Your Majesty, something happened to my sister. I only found out about it now. I'm so sorry! I'll go out and take a look..."
"Yao'er, take care of yourself first, I'll be out soon."
Xie Yanci was also worried about his son. What Concubine Wen saw as a "cold visit" was actually because he felt too guilty and didn't dare to look at the premature little prince for too long. That was all.
If he hadn't favored Concubine Jin and agreed to let Concubine Wen leave the palace, she wouldn't have encountered the assassin and the child wouldn't have been born prematurely...
Every time he stood in front of the rocking cradle, he felt complicated and resented his momentary confusion.
"Where is Lady Wen? Why isn't she outside?"
Qian Wei pointed at the palace gate and said, "Your Majesty, I have tried my best to persuade the young lady, but she just refuses to come in..."
The emperor strode out and saw the petite figure kneeling on the ground. Her hair was disheveled, one of her shoes was missing, and she was holding the swaddled baby, lost in the evening breeze. His heart ached.
In addition to being Qu Wenhe's daughter, she is also his concubine and the mother of His Highness.
"Yuexi, why are you kneeling here? Get up quickly!"
"emperor."
She raised her head, and the smile on her face was extremely strange.
She thought she would be worried and frightened because the prince was sick, but she didn't expect to see such a face. Xie Yanci became more and more uneasy.
"Yuexi, quickly follow me to the main hall. The imperial physicians are all here..."
"Your Majesty! Our child no longer needs a doctor." She smiled foolishly and reached out to touch the little prince's forehead. "On the way here, I felt like he was going to burn the quilt. But now, he's very cool, and the fever has obviously subsided."
Xie Yanci stopped, reached out in disbelief, and tentatively touched the little prince's face.
It feels cold.
Not quite like...human temperature.
He walked closer and looked down at the little face. It seemed that the little face had stopped breathing, and its fingers were frozen in place!
"Yuexi!" "Hmm?" "I..."
"Your Majesty, you also think what I said is right, don't you?" Noble Lady Wen hugged the child tighter. This was their first intimate contact in their lives. "I am a strong-willed person, and so is the child. He just doesn't want to make me worry. Even without the help of a doctor, his fever has subsided on its own. How wonderful!"
Xie Yanci looked at the unconscious woman in front of him and hurriedly hugged her, his hands holding the swaddling clothes trembling.
When exactly did this happen?
He suddenly had a high fever, why didn't he hear anything about it?
How long had it been since their child died?!
A series of questions made it difficult for him to breathe.
Yang Mingrui noticed something unusual not far away and immediately came over: "Miss Wen, it's windy outside, and it's not good for the young prince. Why don't you go into the main hall and rest for a while?"
"OK!"
She responded sweetly, smiling for the first time at the eunuch she looked down upon, and continued to limp inside.
Xie Yanci hurried after her, watching her suddenly fall and faint on the gravel. The swaddling clothes were thrown aside, and the child's body slipped out of them, but no cry was heard.
Eunuch Yang quickly picked up the little prince, and the moment he touched him, he looked at Xie Yanci in surprise: "Your Majesty, this..."
"Call the Imperial Physician!"
The death knell rang in Chengqian Palace.
Jing Ning rubbed his head, thinking he was still asleep: "My lady, is something wrong with Concubine Jin?"
"Pah, pah, pah! You're talking nonsense again, girl!" Jing An interrupted her, "If this gets to the ears of the Imperial Concubine, be careful you'll be taken to the Ministry of Punishment!"
"Then...then she has nothing to do but seek trouble in her own palace?"
Wei Shuyi also heard the unusual noise. He looked around the room and didn't see Wen Yu, so he knew that she had gone to investigate.
After a while, Wen Yu came back with a lunch box and closed the door.
"Miss, the eldest prince has passed away!"
“Ah?!” “What?!”
Wei Shuyi was not surprised: "So, something happened in Chengqian Palace?"
"I don't know the specific circumstances. I heard that Concubine Wen fainted in Chengqian Palace and hasn't woken up yet. The Emperor couldn't bear to leave his eldest son's body there, so he invited the Imperial Master to perform a ritual and pray for the immediate burial!"
"So urgent?"
She thought Qu Yuexi would find a way to link the prince's illness to Concubine Jin. However, she never imagined that this person would find another way and actually bring forward his death and plant hidden dangers in Chengqian Palace.
Wen Yu saw that she looked unhappy and followed her into the inner room: "This servant sees that the young lady seems unhappy?"
"Yes, I don't want him to die in our hands. The medicine you used isn't lethal, so why..."
"Miss, I assure you that I absolutely did not change the medicine midway! It's just that Lady Wen didn't care about this child at all. Whether he died of illness or some other reason, I think we need to further investigate."
Wei Shuyi came to the incense table and began to burn incense skillfully.
After all, she was also involved in the little prince's death.
This is a sin that cannot be shirked.
The other side.
Concubine Wen finally woke up from her coma, and the first thing she did was to tell everyone the good news: "Where is my eldest sister? Why isn't she here? I've already told the emperor about this, and I need my eldest sister to hear it too!"
Concubine Jin walked out from the back helplessly, but she didn't dare to step forward: "Sister, do you have something to say?"
"Yes! My eldest sister had a stomachache last night and called away everyone in the Imperial Hospital. I sent Mu Tao to beg for mercy all the way, but no one came back. I was so anxious at the time! Holding the child, I didn't know what to do! So, I kept telling him to learn from mother. When he was a child, he had a high fever that wouldn't go away, and he had to force himself to get through it several times. Don't let such trivial things hold you back! Guess what? He understood me! As soon as I held him and walked to the door of Chengqian Palace, his fever subsided. My eldest sister, he is very smart, isn't he?!"
No one spoke.
She looked at Xie Yanci blankly again: "Your Majesty, where is our child? Hurry and bring him here. I will continue to coax him. Usually, he is very noisy and cries for a long time before he falls asleep. Every time, I need to coax him tirelessly before he will fall asleep. Where is he? If you don't bring him here soon, I won't be able to coax him when the time comes!"
"Yuexi..."
"Hmm? Your Majesty, what's wrong?"
The emperor's eyes were filled with sorrow as he whispered the bad news: "Our child has passed away due to illness."
"..." Noble Lady Wen was stunned for a moment, then smiled again: "Your Majesty, you rarely come to the Yanxi Palace. How come you have learned to tell jokes in my eldest sister's Chengqian Palace? But I don't think this is funny!"
"Yuexi."
"Your Majesty, do you know? He is very well behaved. Although he was born early and looks rather scary, he never causes me to worry at all. I...I..."
Having said this, her eyes were red, her throat was choked with sobs, and she could no longer say anything else.
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