Chapter 101 The Twelfth Prince is also sick
All night long, Song Zhimian, Lian Qiao, and the Crown Princess did not rest.
The palace staff and eunuchs were also busy all night.
They fed Xiao Jingjue another bowl of herbal soup with added ingredients, and changed the cactus poultice three times. Finally, around dawn, the swelling on Xiao Jingjue's face subsided.
The previously swollen lump can no longer be felt.
Xiao Jingjue's fever has subsided.
Aside from feeling unwell and a bit listless.
"Alright, don't go out for the next two days, take good care of yourself."
Just take two more doses of the herbal medicine prescribed by the imperial physician. Don't add the three additional herbs I added later.
"Keep your meals light these days, mostly porridge." Lian Qiao breathed a sigh of relief.
"Thank you so much, Doctor Lian!" Xiao Jingjue, still lying in bed, didn't forget to express her gratitude.
Lianqiao quickly smiled.
"Your Highness, please eat more these next few days. Once you've recovered, you can go out and play Cuju again."
Xiao Jingjue, who was lying down, immediately sat up with her face still covered in cactus after hearing what Lian Qiao said.
"Okay, I will definitely eat more."
"By the way, Healer Lian, why did I get sick yesterday?" Xiao Jingjue asked earnestly.
Lian Qiao thought for a moment, then squatted down in front of Xiao Jingjue.
"Your Highness, getting sick is actually quite simple."
Didn't Your Highness go out to play yesterday? He brought back some things while he was playing.
That thing started fighting with the thing inside the little prince's body.
Last night, His Highness was too tired to help fight the internal and external forces within his body.
They almost lost by accident, and all the young princes nearly fell ill.
But after the young prince rested for a night and recovered, he helped the thing inside his body win the fight, and the evil thing from outside ran away.
Your Highness, you're all better now!
"So Your Highness must eat well, rest well, and take good care of your health so that you can win no matter who you fight!" Lian Qiao said earnestly.
Xiao Jingjue listened and nodded.
"Yes! You can't get sick. You must take good care of yourself, eat more, rest more, and keep your body healthy."
My grandfather also said that the Great Yu is just like a person.
If we're not careful and get sick, those foreign tribes will come looking for us to fight.
"So we absolutely cannot get sick!" Xiao Jingjue said earnestly.
Everyone breathed a sigh of relief.
He is indeed a prince of the emperor; he understands such principles at such a young age.
"So, Jue-ge'er must eat well and take good care of his health!"
"You can't play so wildly in the future. Look, you played a little too wildly yesterday, and everyone was worried all night!" The Crown Princess smiled and pulled Xiao Jingjue into her arms.
Xiao Jingjue smiled sheepishly.
I was too playful yesterday and caused so much trouble for everyone...
...
The Eastern Palace was in turmoil all night yesterday, and Emperor Xiao Xuan also received the news.
After summoning the imperial physician and inquiring about the situation in detail, Emperor Xiao Xuan finally breathed a sigh of relief.
"Is it enough to just rest for two days?" Emperor Xiao Xuan asked again.
The imperial physician who was specifically treating Xiao Jingjue immediately replied, "Your Majesty! The young prince's symptoms yesterday were merely those of wind-heat syndrome."
I had so much fun that I sweated and then felt unwell when I was exposed to the wind.
His Highness's health has improved considerably in the past two years; a couple of doses of herbal medicine will suffice, so there's no need to worry.
Emperor Xiao Xuan was in a good mood.
"The young prince has recovered and hasn't been sick much in the past two years. Your Imperial Hospital deserves a lot of credit for that."
Especially you, you've done your best these past two years, taking excellent care of the little prince.
Today I will reward you with one hundred taels of gold.
Your Imperial Medical Academy is currently short one deputy director; you should fill that position!
"Xue Anhua, inform the Imperial Household Department!" Emperor Xiao Xuan generously bestowed the reward.
The imperial physician immediately kowtowed to express his gratitude.
He was originally a fifth-rank official, but if he became the vice president, he would be a fourth-rank official! This is quite unexpected.
From now on, we need to pay even more attention to the Crown Prince's side.
...
Emperor Xiao Xuan continued reading the memorials.
As he watched, he was also thinking about other things.
When Juege was born, he was also weak. He was worried that his grandson might also have a congenital heart disease like the crown prince.
Later, the imperial physicians diagnosed him and said that he was just weak, but there were no other major illnesses.
I never expected that Jue-ge'er would be in such good health now.
Emperor Xiao Xuan wondered if he should reward the eunuchs and palace maids who served Xiao Jingjue with something else.
Before he could decide what to reward him, the eunuch at the door suddenly came to report.
"Your Majesty, the Twelfth Prince seems to be ill!"
Emperor Xiao Xuan...
"What do you mean 'seems sick'? If you're sick, you're sick. What exactly happened?" Emperor Xiao Xuan's face immediately darkened.
The eunuch who reported immediately knelt on the ground.
"That's exactly what the people from Ronghua Palace said."
The palace servants who were serving him in the morning noticed that the twelfth prince was not getting up for a long time.
Later, when the eunuch lifted the bed curtains to check, he discovered that the twelfth prince had a fever.
Then they asked the imperial physician to take a look. The physician had already prepared the medicine, but the twelfth prince still cried out in pain after taking it.
The Imperial Concubine has already taken Princess Shou Kang to the Twelfth Prince's courtyard.
"Currently, Chief Physician Liu has already gone there," the young eunuch said hastily.
Emperor Xiao Xuan suddenly remembered what Xiao Jingjue's imperial physician had said before.
Yesterday, Xiao Jingjue played Cuju (ancient Chinese football) with the Twelfth Prince, and then got sweaty and caught a breeze, which caused him to develop a fever...
So, they both developed a fever for the same reason...
"Go and take a look!" Emperor Xiao Xuan immediately rose from his desk...
...
When they arrived at Canglang Courtyard next to Ronghua Palace, it was already in complete chaos.
Chief Physician Liu and several imperial physicians were discussing the prescription in hushed tones with solemn expressions.
Consort Wu, without any makeup, was wiping away tears while watching over the Twelfth Prince.
Princess Shou Kang also looked anxiously at the twelfth prince, who was groaning on the bed.
"It hurts! It hurts so much! Mother, save me!"
As soon as Emperor Xiao Xuan entered, everyone immediately knelt down.
Consort Wu, who had not seen Emperor Xiao Xuan for a long time, immediately burst into tears.
"His Majesty……"
"Tell me, how is Little Twelfth?" Emperor Xiao Xuan sat down on a chair in the main hall of Canglang Courtyard.
Dean Liu immediately strode over.
"Your Majesty, the Twelfth Prince... is not doing well!"
"How is it bad?" Emperor Xiao Xuan asked coldly.
“It’s mumps!” Dr. Liu said seriously.
"Mumps? Is it that hard to cure?" Emperor Xiao Xuan was a little skeptical.
I've heard of people who got mumps before, and they got cured, didn't they?
How did it end up with the twelfth prince...?
"Your Majesty, the Twelfth Prince's illness has come on suddenly and violently!"
If it had happened earlier, perhaps we could have used herbal medicine to suppress it, but now...
"The twelfth prince already has... a purulent lump on the back of his cheek!" Doctor Liu said urgently.
Emperor Xiao Xuan...
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