Chapter 481 Is Mother Sick?
At this moment, the emperor suddenly woke up, sat up, and his clothes were soaked with sweat.
"Daughter...daughter..."
His eyes were vacant as he stared ahead, his hands gripping the blanket tightly, veins bulging.
The beautiful woman beside him asked, "Your Majesty, what's wrong?"
The emperor continued muttering listlessly, "Daughter...daughter..."
The beauty was completely confused. "Your Majesty, what daughter? Do you want a daughter?"
The emperor turned his head to look at the beauty, a hint of surprise gradually rising in his lifeless eyes. "I have no daughter. The empress and I have no daughter..."
The beauty had heard before that the deceased empress and emperor had three sons, and indeed had no daughters.
"Your Majesty, if we work harder in the future, we will have a daughter..." the beauty said shyly, hugging him.
The emperor shoved her away abruptly, his eyes blazing with anger. "Yes, the Empress and I have no daughter. Then who is the baby girl the Empress is holding? Is she her daughter? Where did she get a daughter? Who did she have a daughter with?!"
The emperor became more and more excited as he spoke. Although it was just a dream, it felt so real that he was somewhat unable to come back to his senses.
At that moment, he felt only anger and jealousy.
He was jealous of the man whose face he couldn't see clearly in his dreams, and jealous that he could stay with the empress forever.
They were even more jealous that they had a daughter.
"No, impossible! Absolutely impossible!"
The emperor was sweating profusely, as if possessed, and kept talking to himself.
The beauty was startled by his appearance and hurriedly called to the servant guarding outside, "Quickly, quickly summon the imperial physician! The Emperor is ill! Hurry!"
At her call, the imperial physician arrived quickly.
The emperor had calmed down considerably by this point. He pressed his head and tried to convince himself that it was all just a dream.
The imperial physician prescribed him some calming medicine and told him to get some sleep.
After the emperor finished drinking the medicine, he asked the imperial physician, "Has Eunuch Zhang still not woken up?"
The imperial physician sighed and shook his head, saying, "He hasn't woken up yet."
After listening, the emperor remained silent for a moment, then said, "Continue to take good care of him, and under no circumstances let him die."
The imperial physician quickly bowed and said, "It is Your Majesty."
The emperor waved his hand, telling him to leave.
Ever since that Taoist priest told him that the empress had remarried, he had had similar nightmares several times.
However, he has been indulging in the beauty's charms these past few days and has temporarily put the matter aside.
I don't know what's wrong with me today, but I suddenly dreamed that the Empress was holding a child in front of him.
Could it be that the Empress really did have a child with another man?
The emperor grew angrier the more he thought about it, feeling a tightness in his chest and rapid breathing.
If that's the case, then the empress has trampled his dignity underfoot.
However, he forgot that he had already deposed the empress long ago, and from that year onwards, she was no longer his wife.
Within Cheng'an County.
The number of children in the Zhou family mansion increased, and the place became increasingly lively.
Granny Zhuang raised Xiao Mianmian and the others, then raised Xiao Dongdong, and now she's raising Xiao Feifei.
Even though she has many children, she must feel that none of them are right.
The children in the family are all very sensible, and more importantly, she has been looking forward to this day for a long time, hoping that His Highness the Crown Prince's family will be harmonious and happy.
"Wanchun, did you like the osmanthus honey lotus root that Granny Zhuang made just now?" Granny Zhuang asked Du Wanchun as she carried Xiao Feifei into the room.
Du Wanchun smiled and said, "It's delicious. All the food that Granny makes is delicious."
Granny Zhuang said with a sigh, "But why hasn't your mother been eating lately?"
"You don't like it?" Du Wanchun asked, puzzled.
Granny Zhuang replied, "A few days ago, I cooked her favorite lily and lotus seed soup. She took one sip and then stopped. She has only eaten a few bites of food these past few days. This morning, I specially cooked her favorite corn soup, but she didn't drink a drop."
"Could it be that Mother is ill?" Du Wanchun also began to worry.
Granny Zhuang replied, "That's right, I was afraid she was ill."
Du Wanchun sat up and said, "Granny, don't worry, I'll go and fetch Doctor Xu in a bit."
Granny Zhuang nodded.
Apart from having a poor appetite, Aunt Zhou in the courtyard outside seemed perfectly normal.
She carried a basket with some homemade pastries and got into the carriage to go to the estate.
Since the Zhou family moved to the village, their incense shop has been managed by Aunt Wang and Aunt Du.
Du Damei not only had the skill of firing ceramics, but she also learned half of the incense-making recipe that Aunt Zhou had learned.
However, if it's a particularly special prescription, Aunt Zhou will come in person.
When the Third Prince saw her about to leave, he immediately chased after her.
"I'll go with you."
As Aunt Zhou got into the carriage, she laughed and said, "Never mind, I'm just going to the incense shop. I'll be back in a bit."
The Third Prince sat down beside her. “That won’t do. I’ll definitely go with you to the incense shop. It’ll be a good opportunity for me to help you with the work.”
Aunt Zhou couldn't refuse him any longer, so she agreed to let him go with her.
The two arrived at the entrance of the manor quickly in their carriage.
As luck would have it, they happened to run into Doctor Xu, who had overheard the message and was on his way to the Zhou family's house.
"Madam Zhou, what brings you here?"
Dr. Xu was somewhat surprised. "Wanchun, didn't you say you wanted me to come and see you for treatment?"
"See a doctor? What's wrong with me?" Aunt Zhou asked, looking puzzled.
Doctor Xu stroked his beard and smiled, "Since you're here, let me take your pulse."
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