Ye Jingchen couldn't help but roll his eyes inwardly.
Now he finally understood how the original owner developed such an overbearing and reckless personality!
The emperor spoiled them all!
"I didn't think that much at the time. I just felt that she was bullying my fifth brother. We can't leave him in Changchun Palace, otherwise she will continue to bully him!" Ye Jingchen said indignantly.
"Knowing how to care for his younger brother, Chen'er is a good older brother!" the emperor continued to praise, then asked curiously, "What happened next?"
"Your subject took the Fifth Prince back to the East Palace and had breakfast together. Everything was fine at first, but the Fifth Prince suddenly went mad and looked like he was in great pain. Even Physician Zhang was helpless and could only use acupuncture to put the Fifth Prince to sleep."
"Because Physician Zhang could not determine whether the Fifth Prince really had epilepsy, I asked Lin Zhongquan to go to the Imperial Hospital to invite the physician who treated the Fifth Prince, Tao Zhi. He was the one who treated the Fifth Prince's illness. I found him very suspicious, so I threatened him with the crime of plotting to harm the imperial heir, saying that I would cut off his head and exterminate his entire clan. He was so scared that he confessed everything."
The emperor pondered for a long time before asking, "Why do you find him suspicious?"
"The Fifth Prince is Father's child, my own brother, of noble birth and blood. How could he possibly have epilepsy, such a shameful disease? Isn't that suspicious?" Ye Jingchen asked with an air of self-righteousness.
He couldn't very well tell the emperor it was because he had a God's-eye view, could he?
The emperor was stumped by his question and remained silent for a long time.
He wanted to say that people getting sick has nothing to do with whether they are of noble blood or not, but it is normal for children to have such naive ideas. It was precisely because of this naive idea that Ye Jingchen accidentally found the real culprit who hurt Ye Jinghe.
"Did that person say anything before he died?" the emperor asked.
A royal physician wouldn't harm a prince without a reason, unless someone was instigating it!
"He said there is no antidote for the Fifth Prince's poison. The Fifth Prince will be affected by this poison for the rest of his life. He will be irritable and easily angered, and he will go crazy from time to time. Father, the Fifth Prince is still so young. You must find a way to save him!" Ye Jingchen looked at the Emperor with teary eyes.
The emperor was heartbroken and, disregarding the search for the true culprit, immediately issued an order.
"Zhang Shunde, post an imperial edict to summon renowned doctors from all over the land. Anyone who can cure the Fifth Prince will be rewarded with a thousand taels of gold!"
"Father is so kind! I thank you on behalf of my fifth brother!" Ye Jingchen said happily, his sorrow turning into a smile.
The Great Abyss is so vast, and it is full of talented people. With this imperial edict and the temptation of a thousand taels of gold, a master doctor who can cure poison might appear soon. Perhaps Ye Jinghe will no longer have to suffer like the characters in the novel.
"Jinghe is also my child. Do I need you to thank me for saving him?" The emperor glanced at him and said irritably, feeling a little jealous.
Wasn't he the closest father to Chen'er? Chen'er actually thanked him for Jinghe's sake?
When did Chen'er and Jinghe become so close?
Ye Jingchen, unaware of what the emperor was being awkward about, grinned at him and showered him with sweet words as if they were free.
"My father is the best father in the world!"
"Your son is especially fortunate to have such a wise and mighty father!"
"Your Majesty, I love you the most!"
...
If there truly is such a thing as a potion of infatuation, this is probably it.
The emperor was so flattered that he was completely disoriented. It was only when he saw Ye Jinghe's beautiful face enter and report that Ye Jinghe had woken up that the emperor regained some of his senses.
"Father, let's go see Jinghe, my little brother!" Ye Jingchen was overjoyed and pulled the emperor along quickly toward the palace.
Inside the bedchamber, Ye Jinghe was still lying on the bed, but his eyes were open, and his dark eyes looked particularly confused.
"Imperial Physician Zhang, come quickly and take a look at the Fifth Prince's condition," Ye Jingchen said to Imperial Physician Zhang.
The old physician immediately stepped forward to take his pulse. After examining him, he frowned and looked puzzled.
"What's wrong? Is Jinghe's health alright?" Ye Jingchen asked hurriedly.
"Your Highness, the Fifth Prince is in good health and everything is normal," the old imperial physician said respectfully, bowing deeply.
Are neurotoxins really that powerful? And you can't see anything when you're awake?
Ye Jingchen walked to the bedside and waved his hand in front of Ye Jinghe. The child finally reacted, his eyes following Ye Jingchen's hand.
"Jinghe, are you feeling unwell anywhere? Do you have a headache?" Ye Jingchen asked with concern.
Ye Jinghe didn't say anything, but he stretched out his hands to Ye Jingchen, as if asking for a hug.
Ye Jingchen skillfully picked him up and walked to the emperor. "Jinghe, look! Your father has come to see you!"
Ye Jinghe wrapped his arms around Ye Jingchen's neck, rested his head on Ye Jingchen's shoulder, and looked up at the emperor with curiosity.
The emperor was greatly surprised to see this.
It's both strange how Ye Jingchen holds the child so skillfully and strange how Ye Jinghe is so attached to Ye Jingchen.
Yesterday in the Imperial Garden, Ye Jinghe looked wary and afraid when he saw Ye Jingchen.
It's only been one night.
Did something happen between them that he doesn't know about?
Looking at the quiet Ye Jinghe, the emperor suddenly thought of Ye Jingning, who would cry as soon as he hugged her, and his hands felt a little itchy.
Ye Jinghe isn't an infant in swaddling clothes, so he probably wouldn't cry if he held her.
The emperor didn't hold children much in the past. To be more precise, apart from the princesses and crown princes born to the empress, he never held any children.
Yesterday, at Ye Jingchen's request, he hugged Ye Jingyu and found it quite novel. So when he saw Ye Jingning this morning, he reached out to hug him without thinking, but the child started crying as soon as he was in his arms.
Although crying is a child's nature and they can't control it, the emperor was still somewhat unhappy.
Seeing the seemingly well-behaved Ye Jinghe, the emperor's desire to hold the child rekindled.
"Jinghe, do you want your father to hug you?" the emperor asked, reaching out his hand.
Ye Jinghe remained silent, but he turned his head away from the emperor and tightened his grip on Ye Jingchen's neck, his entire body screaming "rejection."
The emperor's empty hands immediately made him look particularly awkward.
"Father, please don't be angry. Jinghe is sick!" Ye Jingchen quickly tried to smooth things over.
"Why isn't he saying anything?" The emperor withdrew his hand, looked at Ye Jinghe with a scrutinizing gaze, and asked with a frown.
Ye Jingchen was somewhat taken aback.
He belatedly realized that Ye Jinghe did indeed not seem to have said anything.
He had read the book and knew that Ye Jinghe was not mute, so even though Ye Jinghe had not spoken, he did not think much of it and assumed that the child was frightened and that was why he had not spoken.
But when the emperor asked him that question, he realized something was wrong.
Ye Jinghe is being far too quiet.
Physician Zhang was waiting nearby. Ye Jingchen quickly carried Ye Jinghe to him and said, "Physician Zhang, please take a look."
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