Chapter 15: The Fourth Prince is a bit weak. It was already dark, and Qi Buchen was still waiting...
It was already completely dark when Qi Buchen finally came back to see Yinzhen, who was limping and supported by Su Peisheng.
"Hurry, help him in first." Qi Buchen directed the others to help Yinzhen into the bathroom. "The water has been added with the anti-cold medicine prescribed by the imperial physician. You must soak for a sufficient amount of time."
So Yinzhen was kept in the water for half an hour, during which time he was forced to drink several bowls of ginger soup.
But even so, Qi Buchen was still woken up in the middle of the night.
"Fujin, Fujin! The master has a fever!" Baozhu went straight into the room, lifted the bed curtain and gently shook Qi Buchen.
Qi Buchen was confused at first, but after hearing the content clearly, he jumped up and said, "Are you having a fever? Go get the doctor!"
As she spoke, she hurriedly got up and put on her clothes. Baozhu helped her put on her clothes and replied, "I've sent someone to call them."
Qi Buchen quickly put on his clothes, tied his hair into a bun, and went straight into the east room.
"Fujin." Su Peisheng was guarding in the room.
"When did you find out?" Qi Buchen did not stop, sat down on the edge of the bed, and put his hand on Yinzhen's forehead.
Qi Buchen didn’t know if it was because his hands were too cold, but he just felt that Yinzhen’s forehead was very hot.
Su Peisheng stood aside and said, "Just now, Xiao Shengzi, who was on night watch, heard the master say something. He thought the master was thirsty, so he poured some water into the tent. However, he found that the master's face looked abnormal, and then he realized that the master had a fever."
Qi Buchen felt a little annoyed. Although he had taken all the measures to ward off the cold at night, he had ignored Yinzhen's physical condition and current immune resistance, and forgot to arrange for people to pay attention to the possible fever in the future.
It is unknown how long Yinzhen has been in fever, but I hope nothing bad has happened to him. In ancient times, many children of Yinzhen's age died from colds, not to mention that Yinzhen's physical condition was much worse than that of his peers due to mourning.
Although Yinzhen lived well in history and became the winner of the fight for the throne, now that she has traveled through time, Qi Buchen is very afraid that her butterfly effect will cause changes in other people's lifelines.
Considering this concern, Qi Buchen tried hard to recall some modern physical cooling methods. She withdrew her hand and was about to arrange someone to do it.
Yinzhen was delirious with fever and felt very hot, his body was sore and weak, and he had no strength. In a trance, something cold was pressed against his forehead, which made him feel a little more comfortable. Unfortunately, the cold thing disappeared as soon as it touched him, and then Yinzhen felt a vague noisy sound.
This made him feel irritated, and his subconscious scolding had no effect. Fortunately, the noise died down after a while. After an unknown amount of time, something soft and cool touched his forehead and stayed there for quite a while, which made him feel a lot more comfortable.
However, the thing didn't stay there forever. Yinzhen noticed that it was about to leave, and he became very anxious. Suddenly, a surge of strength emerged from nowhere. He reached out and grabbed the thing, pressing it against his forehead, and issued an order: "Don't move!"
Qi Buchen was about to withdraw her hand and was telling Baozhu to prepare hot water when she suddenly felt her hand being grabbed and pressed back against Yinzhen's forehead. She turned around in surprise and found that it was Yinzhen who had reached out and grabbed her. Yinzhen even whispered, "Don't leave."
Qi Buchen was a little surprised. Still conscious? It's a good thing he's not unconscious from the fever.
"Master, how do you feel?" Qi Buchen leaned over and asked softly, "Where do you feel uncomfortable, Master?"
Yinzhen just hummed twice and didn't respond.
Qi Buchen understood that it was just Yinzhen's subconscious reaction. It was probably because his hands were cold, so he subconsciously wanted to get closer.
Since Yinzhen felt that this would make him more comfortable, Qi Buchen let him do as he pleased. He turned around and instructed Baozhu: "Go and have someone prepare hot water and clean towels. Divide them into two bags, one for drinking and one for washing."
Just as he finished speaking, a voice came from outside: "The imperial physician is here."
"Please come in!" Qi Buchen ordered loudly.
A doctor in official uniform was ushered in by a young eunuch, head bowed, not daring to look around. "Your servant Qi Liang, may the Fourth Prince and the Fourth Lady be well."
"Stand up and let our grandfather see you." Qi Buchen said anxiously.
“Yeah.”
Qi Buchen turned around, pried open Yinzhen's hand that was pinching her wrist, and handed it to Doctor Qi.
Doctor Qi took Qi Buchen's pulse and waited for a moment before anxiously asking, "How is it?"
Doctor Qi released his hand and replied, "Fourth Prince, this is a fever caused by the cold entering your body. I will prescribe a prescription to relieve the fever."
"How long will it take for this medicine to reduce the fever?" Qi Buchen asked, "Is there any other way to reduce the fever?"
"Generally speaking, the fever will subside within two or three hours after taking the medicine. However..." Doctor Qi pondered, "But the Fourth Prince is a little weak, so it may take longer. As for other methods, perhaps Fu Jin can have someone apply a warm handkerchief to the Fourth Prince's forehead, which may also have some effect."
After five or six hours, Qi Buchen felt a pang in his heart. This was too long, but there was nothing he could do. The imperial physicians were generally the best doctors in the dynasty.
"Su Peisheng, take the imperial physician to write the prescription, and personally supervise the preparation and decoction of the medicine." Qi Buchen ordered.
"Yes." Su Peisheng accepted the order and asked the imperial physician to go out with an anxious look on his face.
Everyone went about their own business. Qi Buchen sat by the bed, his hand on Yinzhen's forehead almost as warm as his.
Thinking that he must be feeling uncomfortable due to the heat, Qi Buchen moved his hand and put it on him. Sure enough, Yinzhen's originally uncomfortable expression relaxed a lot.
Not long after, Baozhu came in with some people carrying hot water.
"Dir it into warm water, to the point where it feels slightly cool to the touch. Soak a handkerchief in it first." Qi Buchen ordered, and Baozhu and the others did as he was told.
Using a handkerchief instead of his own hand to place on Yinzhen's forehead, Qi Buchen then stood up and asked, "Where's Lin Changqing?"
Lin Changqing, who had been guarding the outer room, heard the voice and hurried in: "The servant is here."
"You come and serve your master." Qi Buchen instructed one by one. "Change the handkerchief on his forehead every time you hold a cup of tea. Give him a cup of warm water every incense stick. Every two incense sticks, wipe your master's body with a wet handkerchief, mainly wiping his neck, armpits, elbows, and abdomen. Always keep the water temperature slightly cool to the touch. Do you understand?"
"I understand, Madam, please rest assured." Lin Changqing replied.
"Well, I'll stay outside. Call for help if anything happens." Qi Buchen said, "Now, I'll wipe your grandfather's body first."
After saying that, Qi Buchen left the dormitory and sat down on the couch in the outer room.
The reason she wasn't there was because they hadn't consummated their marriage. She had selfish motives in not letting the palace maids serve him, but rather letting eunuchs like Lin Changqing do the waiting. However, ever since Yinzhen turned six and moved to Nansan, he'd been served by eunuchs in his daily life, so it wasn't a big deal now.
Su Peisheng got the prescription and personally led people to the Imperial Pharmacy to get the medicine for decoction. He then brought the medicine soup back, and the temperature was just right for drinking.
"Go feed me now."
Qi Buchen had been guarding the outer room. After drinking the medicine, Yinzhen fell into a deep sleep, so she asked Lin Changqing to stop feeding him water and only change his towel and wipe his body.
"Fujin, you should go and rest as well. The prince has servants waiting on him here." Su Peisheng advised, "If anything happens, Miss Baozhu will notify you immediately."
Qi Buchen waved his hand and refused: "It's okay, I'm not sleepy at the moment."
After saying this, Qi Buchen soon dozed off, and Baozhu could only take out the cloak and put it on her.
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"Water." Yinzhen woke up in a daze, feeling his throat was extremely dry and itchy. He started coughing as soon as he finished saying a word.
"Master, are you awake?" Lin Changqing, who had been waiting by his side all night, said in surprise. He quickly helped the man up and fed him a glass of warm water.
After drinking the water, Yinzhen found that his body was sore and weak, but fortunately he still felt refreshed.
"What's wrong?" His throat felt itchy again, so Yinzhen cleared his throat.
Lin Changqing replied, "Master, you had a fever in the middle of the night. The imperial physician prescribed medicine and you took it. The fever has subsided now. By the way, the wife is still guarding outside. I will go and report it first."
Yinzhen nodded slightly in agreement, and Lin Changqing went to report in person. However, when he went out, he found that Fu Jin had fallen asleep on the couch.
Baozhu saw him come out and asked in surprise, "But Master is awake?"
Unexpectedly, this sound woke Qi Buchen up. She sat up suddenly, and before she opened her eyes, she asked, "Is he awake?"
As he was about to get off the bed, he realized that his legs were numb from sitting all night. He stood up too quickly and his legs lost all feeling and he couldn't move, so his entire upper body fell down onto the bed.
Yinzhen, who was leaning back with his eyes closed in the bedroom, heard a few screams coming from outside.
"Fujin!"
"careful!"
The author has something to say:
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Yinzhen: You are weak! Your whole family is weak! I am very strong!
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