Hot water is always ready in the Prince's Palace, and a young eunuch came in carrying hot water after a while.
Danbi and Qiuling are indeed carefully trained personal maids, and they are very thoughtful.
When I saw the doll in Gu Nianchen's arms, I knew to prepare a bathtub for the child and bring it in.
Gu Nianchen nodded, and the eunuch poured the warm water in and then retreated.
"Your Highness, please let me help the young master wash." Zhu Bei said respectfully. After all, Gu Nianchen was the prince, and as maids, they naturally could not let the prince do it.
"No need, you guys go out. When Doctor Li comes, let him rest in the outer hall for a while and serve him tea. Don't neglect him." Gu Nianchen was not at ease letting others take care of Bai Luoyu at the moment. He was still too young and couldn't even tell the difference between good and bad people.
He wasn't sure what kind of characters these servants had, so it was safest to be on guard against them for now.
Zhuo Bei and Qiu Ling looked at each other, feeling a little embarrassed. If the news got out, they would definitely be punished.
"It's okay. As long as you focus on your work and listen to my instructions, no one will dare to cause trouble for you. Go down." Gu Nianchen knew their concerns and spoke.
"Yes, I'll take my leave." The two of them left the room.
Gu Nianchen then carried Bai Luoyu into the inner room: "Brother Chen, can you wash Xiaoyu first and change her into new clothes?"
"Okay, Xiaoyu... love to be clean." Children's emotions come and go quickly. The scar hasn't healed yet, but he has already forgotten the pain. He holds a piece of candied fruit in one hand and stuffs a mouthful of rice cake in his mouth, making his already chubby cheeks even bulger.
"Xiaoyu is so good." Gu Nianchen asked Bai Luoyu to stand on the chair and helped him take off his clothes.
The outer clothes are made of fine silk material and the workmanship is also very exquisite.
But when the outer garment is taken off, there is only ordinary or even rough coarse cloth underneath. Such cloth is extremely uncomfortable to wear, and only some poor people would wear it.
Bai Luoyu is a prince after all. Even if he was born to a palace maid, he is still a member of the royal family. How can he be treated like this?
Gu Nianchen was so angry that he threw all the underwear aside. Then he looked again and saw that Bai Luoyu's thighs and arms were bruised.
It's obvious that someone pinched him, and there are also marks on his little butt, as if he was beaten with some strip-shaped object.
The purple-red marks are of varying depths, not due to the strength of the blow. Judging from the extent of the spread of the bruises, they are caused by beatings at different times.
Gu Nianchen didn't even dare to touch him, fearing that Bai Luoyu would feel pain. Who could be so heartless as to lay hands on such a young child?
"Xiao Yu, does it hurt? Who did this?" Gu Nianchen asked.
Bai Luoyu lowered his head and glanced at the bruise on his arm, his expression becoming noticeably nervous. "Xiaoyu, it doesn't hurt. Xiaoyu won't tell anyone."
He shook his head in panic to deny it, his big eyes filled with tears, his mouth tightly shut as if he dared not cry. Gu Nianchen felt even more distressed when he saw it. What kind of abuse had he experienced that scared him like this just by asking a question?
"Brother Chen, don't ask anymore. Xiaoyu, don't cry. Let's take a bath." He picked up Bai Luoyu and put her into the bathtub.
I washed him gently, trying to be careful to avoid the bruises.
The room was not very warm, and he was afraid that Bai Luoyu would catch a cold or hurt his wound, so he quickly washed and dried himself.
I took the prepared clothes. Although they were a little big because they were not tailor-made, the fabrics were all of high quality.
It's slippery and comfortable to wear: "It looks good, thank you brother."
After putting on the new clothes, Bai Luoyu looked more like a little prince.
He smiled and spun around on the bed to show Gu Nianchen his new clothes.
"Well, Xiaoyu is so cute. Be careful not to fall. Let's go out." He picked up the sweet little baby and walked out of the room.
Zhuo Bei was waiting at the door. Seeing Gu Nianchen come out and bow, he said, "Your Highness, Imperial Physician Li has arrived, and Qiu Ling is waiting beside him."
"Got it. Let's go."
Doctor Li is the head of the Imperial Medical Bureau in the palace. Normally, only the emperor, the empress and the crown prince are qualified to summon him.
When Gu Nianchen held a little baby and asked Doctor Li to see it, his first reaction was to refuse, but after thinking about it, he held back.
The prince is the future emperor. If I offend the prince for this matter, it will be bad if he rewards me with a red beak after I ascend the throne.
"Your Highness, please let the young master sit here. I will take his pulse first." Doctor Li saluted and offered his seat.
Gu Nianchen nodded and put Bai Luoyu on the chair. He sat there obediently and stretched out his little hand.
Gu Nianchen kept watching Doctor Li's complexion, fearing that he might have some hidden injuries. Fortunately, apart from some poor spleen and stomach, everything else was normal and healthy, so he felt relieved.
Doctor Li prescribed some small pills to strengthen the spleen and stomach, treated the wound on the chin, and then left.
When the wound was being treated, Bai Luoyu didn't cry at all, but his eyebrows were twisted together, which showed that it was still painful, but he was holding it back.
A child who is just over three years old can be so tolerant. Gu Nianchen didn’t dare to think about it. He must have suffered so much abuse that he didn’t even dare to cry. If he cried and annoyed others, he would be beaten.
"Dongbi, prepare breakfast." I have just returned from the Queen's Palace and haven't eaten yet. I thought Bai Luoyu probably didn't eat anything either.
According to the court etiquette of that era, if you want to visit your elders in the morning, you have to go before dinner. If the elders stay for dinner, you can eat together. If the elders do not stay, you have to eat by yourself after they leave.
"Are you hungry, Xiaoyu?" I touched his little face, which was so soft that I couldn't help but want to pinch it a few times, but I was afraid of pulling the wound on his chin, so I pulled back.
"A little bit, I'm not hungry." Bai Luoyu kept eating. He liked to eat a lot of delicious food, so the question of whether he was hungry or not was a little difficult for him to answer.
"Haha, what do you mean by not being hungry at all? Eat slowly." Gu Nianchen laughed out loud at his amusement.
Because Bai Luoyu is still young, it is impossible for him to go to school with him now, so he can only be left in the Prince's Palace and let Zhuo Bei and Qiu Ling take care of him.
In my memory, these two people were very loyal and took care of the original owner throughout his life.
So he used both kindness and force to let the two of them know the position of Bai Luoyu in his heart, and believed that they would not dare to do anything.
A few days later, the result was somewhat unexpected. Rong Bei and Qiu Ling took very good care of Bai Luoyu.
Before they both entered the palace, they both had younger brothers at home. Before leaving home, their younger brother was only about Bai Luoyu's age, so they both took care of him as if he were their own brother.
Especially after hearing about his experiences from Bai Luoyu in bits and pieces, he felt even more sorry for this little baby who was sent from far away to be a hostage, and he took even better care of him.
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