Chapter 479 The Third Prince Passes Away
On the other side, Xie Shang saw Imperial Physician Mei out and asked, "Is the Empress really alright?"
Imperial Physician Mei said, "Your Majesty's health is indeed fine, and the baby's position is stable. As for why she is having nightmares, I have no idea. Please put your mind at ease. If Your Majesty really can't sleep well, you can use Guining Incense during your pregnancy. Using it in moderation will not cause any harm. If Your Majesty continues to have frequent nightmares after the prince is born, I will prescribe another medicine."
Xie Shang then asked, "Could a person's nightmares be related to their childhood experiences?"
“It is also possible that a person is prone to mental tension under excessive anxiety and stress, and it is difficult to identify nightmares as a disease. Dreaming is also normal, so Your Majesty does not need to worry too much.”
After speaking, Physician Mei took his leave.
Xie Shang thought to himself: In fact, when he was a child, he often dreamed that his father scolded him, and even once thought that his father hated him. He also felt panicked. When he was a child, he was often awakened by nightmares.
In her dream, Jiang Fenghua cried out the word "no." She seemed to curl up into a ball, afraid of being hurt. In her dream, who was bullying her and making her so resistant?
Xie Shang turned around and saw Jiang Fenghua standing by the door. He walked towards her and asked, "It's so cold outside, why did you come out?"
Jiang Fenghua deliberately asked, "Is my concubine suffering from some serious illness?"
"No, Physician Mei said Ruan Ruan is in good health and is not sick." Xie Shang escorted her into her bedchamber. "Ruan Ruan just had a nightmare."
"I haven't had nightmares for a long time. Lianye said it might be the Guining Incense that's working. I slept very soundly, and I don't remember what happened in my dream."
"Did anything terrifying happen to Ruan Ruan when she was little?" Xie Shang led her into the bedroom.
"No, I don't know why I've had nightmares since I was little. In my dreams, there are people I can't see clearly, like men and women. Their laughter is terrifying, like ghosts, but I can never see their faces clearly, and I can't remember what they did. I only remember that the laughter seemed to be mocking me." Sure enough, one lie requires a thousand lies to cover it up. Luckily, she's quick-witted and can figure things out on her own.
Xie Shang asked, "Has Ruan Ruan ever seen a ghost?"
"No! But I imagine what they look like from the books I've read. I think they must be ugly, with ferocious and terrifying eyes. They even want to disfigure me, so they must be very vicious."
Xie Shang pointed to the artificial hill in the distance, which was pitch black. "Doesn't it look like that dark place over there, appearing and disappearing?"
Jiang Fenghua was so frightened that she hid in his arms. "Your Majesty knows perfectly well that I am afraid of the dark, yet you still frighten me."
Xie Shang smiled and said, "There are no ghosts in the world; they are just the work of inner demons."
Jiang Fenghua smiled slightly and did not refute.
Just then, a palace maid suddenly appeared outside the gates of Chenxi Palace, making a scene, shouting, "Let me in! I demand to see Her Majesty the Empress!"
Upon hearing the voice, Xie Shang and Jiang Fenghua had the person brought in. "Which palace are you from?"
Upon seeing the Emperor and Empress, the palace maid immediately knelt on the ground to beg for forgiveness, saying, "This servant is from Changchun Palace. The Third Prince is in trouble. This servant begs Your Majesty to save his life."
The two men's expressions turned slightly cold. "What's wrong with the Third Prince?"
"The Third Prince has been ill and in poor health. Last night, he developed a fever, his whole body burning hot. We servants wanted to call the imperial physician, but the Noble Lady suddenly carried the Third Prince out, saying she was going to Cining Palace to seek help from the Empress Dowager. In the end, Zhang Mama forcibly stopped her, insisting that we call the imperial physician, but the Noble Lady refused. Until the middle of the night, the Third Prince cried incessantly, his whole body convulsed, and he even cried himself unconscious..."
Upon hearing this, Jiang Fenghua said in a deep voice, "Your Majesty, please send someone to invite Physician Mei back immediately!"
By the time they arrived at Changchun Palace, it was already dawn. Xie Shang got off the carriage first and then helped Jiang Fenghua, as he had originally intended for her not to come and go through all that trouble.
A group of servants were kneeling in the courtyard outside. Xie Shang glanced at them and asked, "What exactly happened?"
The maids also knelt on the ground, not daring to utter a single word.
Jiang Fenghua stared at a woman and asked, "You are the Third Prince's wet nurse. Why aren't you serving the Third Prince? What are you doing kneeling outside?"
The wet nurse dared not speak, only saying, "The noble lady will not allow us to enter."
Inside the main hall of Changchun Palace, Tang Qianran was holding her child in her arms. When she saw Xie Shang and Jiang Fenghua arrive together, she quickly bowed and said, "Your Majesty and Empress, I pay my respects. Why have you come, Your Majesty? The Third Prince is asleep, and I am trying to put him to sleep."
Xie Shang said coldly, "Imperial Physician Mei, quickly examine the Third Prince."
Physician Mei arrived with them.
Tang Qianran was very reluctant to let the imperial physician get close, but the Empress did not allow her to act crazy and make a scene. She ordered Zhang Mama and the others, "Hold her down and don't let her move around. Take the child to Imperial Physician Mei for treatment."
The next moment, the child in Tang Qianran's arms was taken away. She said, "Shh, don't disturb the Third Prince's sleep."
After examining the prince, Physician Mei was also terrified, his face turning pale. "The Third Prince..."
"What's wrong with him?" Xie Shang asked coldly.
Imperial Physician Mei knelt on the ground and begged for forgiveness, saying, "I am powerless to help; the Third Prince has already passed away."
Jiang Fenghua was so shocked that she took two steps back and almost lost her balance. Xie Shang quickly supported her, his eyes flashing with a cold light, "The Third Prince was perfectly fine, how could he have passed away?"
After examining the prince, Physician Mei said, "It should be caused by convulsions. What medicine did you give the Third Prince?"
Granny Zhang could no longer bear it and pointed at the wet nurse, accusing her, "She killed the Third Prince! If she hadn't secretly given him licorice soup, his illness wouldn't have dragged on until now, and he wouldn't even have received timely treatment..."
"What licorice soup? What's going on?" Jiang Fenghua asked.
So, Zhang Mama and the palace maid who served Tang Qianran said one after another, "Back then, the Noble Lady carried the Third Prince, who was only a month old, around everywhere. She even went to the Empress Dowager's palace to please her. As a result, the Third Prince fell ill. The imperial physician was consulted, but the Third Prince was always carried to the Empress Dowager's palace by the Noble Lady and got very little rest, so he kept crying."
"It was the wet nurse who suggested to Consort Tang that the Third Prince be given licorice root soup. This would not only cure his cough but also allow him to quietly pay his respects to the Empress Dowager..."
After hearing this, Physician Mei said, "Licorice decoction can indeed treat a child's persistent cough, but the child should not be made to fall into a coma unless the dosage is deliberately increased."
The wet nurse was kneeling on the ground, her face already pale with fright. "It was Her Majesty who told him to be quiet for a while, so he drank a little more licorice soup."
Physician Mei said, "She's lying. The Third Prince was forcibly given licorice soup, and the dosage was too high. He also had a persistent high fever, which caused him to have convulsions. That's why he couldn't catch his breath and didn't even receive timely treatment. They're trying to murder him."
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