Chapter 47 The Little Prince is Sick
Emperor Jingming acted quickly and ordered the Jingzhao Yin to thoroughly investigate the assassination of Ji Yunshu that same day.
At the same time, he secretly asked his trusted aides to investigate the matter in Yama's Palace.
The emperor would only think of more than what Ji Yunshu could think of.
In fact, it was already very unusual that Yama Palace dared to attack Ji Yunshu in the suburbs of Beijing.
It is not appropriate for the imperial court to take direct action against underworld organizations, but there are other ways.
The news that the wife of the Crown Prince of Changxing Marquisate was assassinated in the suburbs of Beijing spread throughout the capital within just a few days. In addition, the emperor ordered the Jingzhao Yin Dali Temple and the Ministry of Justice to investigate the case together. At once, many old cases related to the Hall of Hell were dug up.
People were shocked to find that in the past few years, several court officials of the third rank and above had died at the hands of assassins in the Hall of Hell.
Killer organizations like the Yama Palace were already unpopular, and now they have become something that everyone wants to kill.
No matter how bustling things were outside, life in the palace was still very boring.
The Queen is still in confinement after giving birth, and the Queen Mother is busy taking care of all the affairs in the palace.
Ji Yunshu had no choice but to find something to do on his own.
The assassination attempt finally served as a wake-up call for her.
No matter how many experts she has around her, she has to rely on herself at critical moments.
She increased the time for martial arts training from one hour to two hours.
Seeing that she got up early every day to practice martial arts, Lu Ru felt so distressed that she worked even harder to prepare delicious food for her.
Ji Yunshu's food was upgraded to a higher level. He did not lose weight despite practicing martial arts every day, but instead looked much more energetic.
The empress dowager, who was originally quite dissatisfied with her martial arts training, had nothing to say.
That day, after Ji Yunshu finished his breakfast, he went to see the Queen Mother, and heard from the people around the Queen Mother that the little prince had been feeling unwell for the past two days.
The Queen Mother looked a little dissatisfied and said, "I said she is young and has never raised a child, so how can she take good care of him?"
Ji Yunshu walked in and said with a smile, "Children are naturally fragile, so it's inevitable that they'll get sick. As a mother, how could the Queen not be considerate?"
The Queen Mother said, "Young people are always prone to negligence. How can I let my grandson suffer in vain? It would be better to bring him to me."
Although I can understand the Queen Mother's feelings of loving her grandson, the Queen will definitely not agree if I really bring the prince over.
It would be fine if the little prince is fine by then, but if anything happens to him, the relationship between the empress dowager, the queen and even the emperor will be over.
Although many people were cleared out of the palace because of the last incident, a place like the imperial palace is not short of spies planted by all parties.
Absolute safety cannot be guaranteed in the Empress Dowager's palace.
Thinking of this, Ji Yunshu felt a chill down her spine. She consoled him, "The Queen is unable to manage affairs now, and you have so much to do here. I've been in the palace for a few days now, and you haven't had the time to spend with me properly. How can you find the time to take care of the child? It would be better for the little prince to be with his mother than to let the maids take care of him."
She really couldn't understand why the Queen Mother liked to find things to do so much?
If she were the queen mother, with such a high status, she would definitely be able to lie as flat as possible.
Whoever wants to get involved in the mess in the palace can do so.
The Queen Mother glanced at her and complained, "Now you are speaking for her."
Ji Yunshu advised earnestly, "I do feel sorry for you. Look at you, you have no free time all day long, and you have to worry about the affairs of the entire harem. Aren't you exhausted? And yet you still want to take care of the child. Once you bring the child over, you'll be blamed for it, no matter how good it is. Why bother?"
The Queen Mother thought about it and agreed. "But the little prince is always sick at the Queen's place. The imperial physician has been called several times in the past two days. What should we do if this continues?"
Ji Yunshu knew that the Queen Mother just wanted to see her grandson, but she was too embarrassed to go find the Queen herself.
So he smiled and said, "Why don't we go and take a look? I should have paid my respects to the Empress when I entered the palace, but I didn't go because I thought she was in confinement and couldn't see anyone. Now I'm going to visit the sick little prince."
The Queen Mother nodded. She knew that if she really proposed to bring the child to him, the Emperor would not be able to say anything on the surface due to filial piety, and he would definitely not be willing in his heart.
There is no need to provoke that suspicion.
As soon as the two arrived at the door of Fengyi Palace, they heard the heart-wrenching cry of a child coming from inside.
The Queen Mother immediately ignored everything and walked in quickly, seeing the Queen sitting on the bed holding the child and coaxing her.
But the child couldn't stop crying.
The Queen Mother quickly stepped forward to take the child, but the child cried even harder.
She quickly hugged the child and coaxed him, "My dear, what's wrong? Why are you crying like this?"
The Queen was also very anxious and wanted to pay her respects to the Queen Mother. Ji Yunshu stepped forward and pushed her back to the bed: "Your Majesty, please rest well. Your aunt heard that the little prince was ill and came to see him."
The Queen looked even uglier than the day she gave birth, extremely haggard. She held back her tears and said, "The little prince hasn't been feeling well these past few days. He vomits whenever he feeds and cries all the time. The imperial physician said there's nothing wrong with him. If this continues, I don't know what to do."
Ji Yunshu was afraid that the Queen Mother would impulsively say that she wanted to take the little prince back to Ningshou Palace to be cared for, so she quickly comforted her, "Don't worry, Your Majesty. It's common for children to get sick. He will get better."
The Queen Mother sweated profusely while trying to coax the child, but it was of no use.
Seeing the little child crying until his face turned red and his voice was hoarse, Ji Yunshu couldn't help but ask, "Is he hungry? How long has he been drinking milk?"
The maidservant beside the queen replied: "The little prince just drank milk, but he vomited it all."
The Queen Mother heard this and said, "Children get hungry easily, and crying like this is even more tiring. Let the wet nurse come and feed them."
The maid wanted to say something but stopped herself. The queen shook her head at her, so the maid had to go and call the wet nurse.
Seeing the exchange of glances between the two, Ji Yunshu pondered for a moment and asked, "Does the little prince vomit every time he feeds?"
The Queen said, "Since three days ago, he has been vomiting whenever he drinks milk. The doctors from the Imperial Hospital have come to see him, but they can't find anything wrong."
Ji Yunshu thought this was a bit strange. Children would never cry for no reason, let alone spit up milk.
While they were talking, a palace maid came in with a wet nurse.
She was a young woman, plump and fair-skinned.
She lowered her head slightly and walked forward respectfully to pay her respects to the Queen Mother and the Empress.
Bai Ling, who was standing behind Ji Yunshu, suddenly leaned over to her ear and whispered, "Madam, there's something wrong with this wet nurse."
Ji Yunshu looked back at her in surprise.
She actually thought that there might be something wrong with the person serving her.
But the queen had finally given birth to such a prince, so she was naturally extremely cautious.
If something goes wrong with a child, the first person to be suspected is definitely the person who is taking care of the child, especially the wet nurse.
Since the queen didn't notice anything wrong, she couldn't speak rashly.
Bai Ling said, "Look at her nails."
Ji Yunshu looked up and saw the wet nurse's hands hanging by her side, which were as white as jade. But when he looked closely, he found that her nails were white and a little blue.
Just as she was about to take the child from the Queen Mother's arms and feed him, Ji Yunshu quickly stopped her, "Wait a moment."
As soon as she opened her mouth, the wet nurse, perhaps out of nervousness or for some reason, suddenly reached out to hold the child in the empress dowager's arms.
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