When Yi Hua was carried into the inner room, she was still dazed. She was enjoying the caress of nature when she suddenly began to fall freely.
Fortunately, the swing was designed for little Liu Liu and wasn't too high. In addition, the palace servants and eunuchs of Yikun Palace reacted very quickly, so she wasn't injured anywhere. Even so, the imperial physician still had to make a trip, and it also alarmed Yinzhen.
The imperial physician prescribed a calming decoction for Yihua, and said a lot of things that were hard to understand. In the end, he simply summarized that she was frightened.
Yi Hua didn't feel scared. Everyone has fallen on their bottom before, but it seemed a bit out of line for an empress in the Qing Dynasty.
Yinzhen gave the ministers who were discussing matters in the Hall of Mental Cultivation a break, allowing them to rest for a while, go to the toilet, and have some snacks. He then got up and hurriedly walked towards the direction of Yikun Palace.
"Granny, I'm really fine. Look, I can even walk around a couple of times." Granny Chen strongly urged Yi Hua to stay in bed and rest, but she wasn't sick and couldn't stay in bed at all.
"Your Highness, you scared this old servant to death! You've drunk the calming soup, and it's good to rest for a day. You can resume your activities tomorrow," said Granny Chen, trembling with fear.
Alright, Yi Hua could only lie in bed reading a storybook: "Granny, have A Bao take some people and carefully check all of Liu Liu's toys. If it were Liu Liu today, something terrible might happen."
Children are fragile; if they break a leg or get disfigured, it will be too late to regret it.
"Yes. Your Highness, could this be a conspiracy?" Granny Chen couldn't help but think of it as a plot, since there were no coincidences in the palace.
Yinzhen returned at this moment. He first glanced at Yihua and was relieved to see that her face was rosy and she was not in pain.
He reached out and placed his hand on Yi Hua's wrist, sitting upright for a while before Yi Hua realized that he was taking her pulse.
Yinzhen was a very assertive person, as can be seen from the decades-long rivalry between him and Consort De. He was also a person with a strong desire for control.
So in his spare time, he would read some medical books and learn some basic medical skills, striving to make sure that the people in the Imperial Medical Academy could not fool him. After all, with Kangxi's death imminent, the people in the Imperial Medical Academy were not so reliable.
Therefore, every time the imperial physicians took the emperor's pulse, Yi Hua would be on tenterhooks, wondering how to appear professional without making the emperor seem foolish. It was truly an art.
Seeing that Yinzhen's expression was serious, Yihua wanted to tease him: "What did Your Majesty diagnose? Is it a pregnancy?"
Yinzhen glared at her. Although Kangxi's imperial edict of succession stated that Yinzhen did not need to observe a year of mourning, he had prepared for it as if it were a year of mourning. During this time, he had been on a vegetarian diet and had naturally become more detached from worldly desires.
Yi Hua gestured to Yu Xue to bring up the old duck soup that had been stewing for a long time: "Your Majesty, Su Peisheng said that you did not eat properly this morning. This is not good. There are always affairs to be dealt with. I was originally thinking of personally delivering it to you at noon, but now there is no need to trouble yourself. Please drink some while it is hot."
Yinzhen frowned subconsciously. He disliked all kinds of nourishing meat soup equally, but looking at Yihua's eager eyes, he forced himself to gulp it down.
"Wow, Your Majesty is so amazing! Here's a candied fruit for you as a reward." Yi Hua quickly stuffed the prepared candied fruit into Yin Zhen's mouth.
"Are you trying to coax me like a little wolf?" Yinzhen paused to savor the taste in his mouth. "I will order the Ministry of Works to come and inspect the situation. Don't go to the Empress Dowager's place for the next few days. Take good care of yourself."
Yi Hua originally wanted to say that there was no need to raise her anymore, but if she could avoid paying her respects to Consort De, it seemed like that wouldn't be so bad, so she kept quiet.
Yinzhen watched as Yihua drifted off to sleep before returning to the Hall of Mental Cultivation. He glanced at Su Peisheng and said, "Summon the Minister of Works and the Minister of Rites."
Upon hearing the voice, Su Peisheng knew that Yinzhen was angry, but he wondered which of the two ministers would be the unlucky one this time.
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Yi Hua slept all afternoon and was pacing back and forth in the room, feeling refreshed, when she heard a commotion outside.
"Guo Wei? Let him in." This eunuch is Xiao Lang's attendant. He wasn't with Xiao Lang at this hour, so why did he come to Yikun Palace?
"Your Majesty, this servant greets you. The Fourth Prince and Prince Hongzhao are fighting. The First Prince personally struck the Fourth Prince's hand ten times. Now the Fourth Prince is crying terribly and keeps calling for Your Majesty. This servant dares to request that you move to a different location," Guo Wei said anxiously.
In Yi Hua's view, it's normal for kids to fight; many revolutionary friendships are built through fights.
Considering the little wolf's innate superhuman strength, Yi Hua asked first, "Is Hong Zhao alright?"
"When I came out, Princess Liqin arrived, and Prince Hongzhao seemed to be alright." Guo Wei wasn't sure either; he had also been beaten by his young master before, a feeling he would never forget.
"Then summon the imperial physician and go together." Yi Hua stood up. "What were they fighting about?"
"Although I have always been by the Fourth Prince's side, I am not allowed to enter when the princes are in class, so I am not aware of the situation. I only know that the two of them suddenly started arguing, and even the teacher's attempts to mediate were ineffective. It was only after the First Prince stepped in that they were separated." Guo Wei was also bewildered. He had served his young master for so long and knew his personality very well. His young master was very approachable and had never been seen arguing with anyone. He was always cheerful, and no one disliked him.
When Yihua arrived, Princess Li was holding Hongzhao tightly. The little wolf had stopped crying and was ignoring Honghui, his lips pouting so much they looked like they could hang an oil bottle on them.
"Please rise, Your Highness. Let the imperial physician examine Prince Hongzhao first. Children's arms and legs are still delicate; we mustn't let him get hurt anywhere." Princess Li, also known as the deposed Crown Princess Tong Guining, looked very frightened, and Yihua spoke first to comfort her.
"Little Wolf, tell your mother why you fought with your younger brother?" Yi Hua patiently spoke to Little Wolf. "You are the older brother, and an older brother should protect his younger brother. Isn't that what your mother taught you?"
The little wolf pouted: "Brother Hongzhao said that Father Emperor's position should be his, and our family is bandits."
This statement was truly astonishing. Yi Hua didn't even have time to react before Princess Li knelt down.
"Your Majesty, I have failed in my duty of education. This child has no idea what he is saying. Please punish me, Your Majesty." Tong Guining was terrified. Who could have said these words to Hongzhao? Although the Emperor had granted the deposed Crown Prince the title, the decree of confinement had not been revoked. Currently, only she and Hongzhao were free to move around in the Prince Li's residence.
"What else did Brother Hongzhao say?" Yihua paused for a moment, then continued to ask Xiaolang.
"He said a lot of bad things about Father Emperor. Little Wolf tried to stop him, but he wouldn't stop, so Little Wolf hit him." Little Wolf waved his arm, indicating that violence was the only way to solve the problem.
"Big brother is bad, big brother hits little wolf." Little wolf started to change targets, he stretched out his red palm, "Mother, pee pee."
"Okay." Yi Hua blew on it twice, and the little wolf felt ticklish and laughed.
"Honghui, take the two little ones downstairs, wash their faces, and have something to eat," Yihua said with a smile.
Princess Li trembled even more violently as the children left.
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