Chapter 394: Death in infancy
Unfortunately, the death of a six-year-old child was considered unfilial in ancient times, and the body could not be kept or buried in a grand ceremony.
Qi Yixiu could only posthumously confer the title of Princess Minghua on her and prepare to bury her near the imperial mausoleum.
Before the third princess was sent away, another piece of bad news came: the ninth prince was seriously ill.
According to the imperial physician, he was also infected.
For a while, there was panic in the palace. Shen Chuliu directly ordered people to close the door of Cuiyunxuan and not to have any contact with the outside world except for eating and drinking.
In Shuyuxuan, Zhen Chongyi cried out of anxiety. The imperial doctors examined her one by one and found that it was indeed an epidemic.
The Ninth Prince has been very thin because of the previous incident. He finally managed to sleep well recently, and now he has contracted the epidemic. Zhen Chongyi is really worried to death.
But there is no way to deal with the illness. Now the palace has set up a place specifically for sick masters to live. The third princess and the eldest princess used to live there.
The Ninth Prince would naturally be sent there as well.
How could Zhen Chongyi agree? She just cried, "Before, when the Sixth Prince of Jing Zhaoyi was sick, she took the child away without caring, and the emperor didn't say anything. Now my Ninth Prince is sick, why must she go? I will ask the emperor to seal up my Shuyuxuan, and I will take care of the child myself. If I get infected, I would rather die!"
After hearing this, the imperial physician didn't dare to say anything and had to ask someone to reply.
Qi Yixiu didn't force her to send the child away, but just asked Xue Xiaoyi to move out.
Xue Xiaoyi couldn't wait for it.
At this point, Shuyuxuan was also temporarily closed, but it was different from Cuiyunxuan. Cuiyunxuan was the idea of Shen Chuliu, while Shuyuxuan could not be opened because the Ninth Prince did not see a result.
The entire palace was filled with a tense atmosphere from front to back.
In fact, the medicine was prepared very quickly, but it still took time for everyone to take it.
Especially for children, their resistance is not as strong as that of adults, so they naturally recover much slower.
The third princess was sent out urgently. Concubine Ying cried her heart out, but there was nothing she could do.
In Cuiyunxuan, the meals delivered every day have to be checked repeatedly. Although it is closed, Yuanxiao changes clothes several times a day and goes to the kitchen, for fear that someone may act like a ghost.
Of course, the people in the kitchen are also very careful, fearing that something bad might be brought in, which could be fatal.
For three consecutive days, there was tension in Cuiyunxuan. It was not until the Sixth Prince stopped having symptoms and although he still had a runny nose, the problem was not serious that Shen Chuliu finally felt relieved.
"I wonder what happened to the Ninth Prince?" Shen Chuliu asked when he saw everyone setting up the table.
"There is no news at the moment, but there is no bad news, so it should be okay." Zizhu said.
Shen Chuliu nodded: "It's also suffering."
This is really a suffering for such a young child.
Zizhu nodded, thinking it was a good thing it wasn’t the Sixth Prince.
The Sixth Prince is in good health. Even after being ill, he can still eat and drink, and he hasn't lost weight.
In Shuyuxuan, the Ninth Prince had a burning fever all over his body. He could hardly drink the medicine prescribed by the imperial physician. He was also weaned at the beginning of the year, so now he was really worried.
Just try to take as much medicine as possible.
The imperial physician was also anxious, so he had to persuade him: "It will take time for this medicine to take effect, and now the Ninth Prince doesn't have..."
"Shut up! If anything happens to my child, I will ask the emperor to kill you useless quacks!" Zhen Chongyi said angrily.
The imperial physician was silent and didn't dare to say more.
The Ninth Prince has become visibly thinner, and now he is ill and suffers from nightmares at night. With these two illnesses under pressure, it is impossible for a four-year-old child to endure.
Zhen Chongyi was worried about her child, and hated the dead Meng Xiaoyi. She really deserved to be cut into pieces for scaring her child like this.
She also hated Wen Chongrong. If she hadn't been so dishonest, how could she have asked Meng Xiaoyi to take revenge on her? It would have been fine if she had taken revenge on her child. It would have been better if the Eighth Prince had died, but she also hurt her Ninth Prince. This made her hate her to the point of bleeding.
"Master." Jinque came in: "The emperor sent someone to deliver something."
Zhen Chongyi nodded. She was hoping that the emperor would think of her more.
Since the Ninth Prince was born, she has been sleeping with him less and less. Although she doesn't need to use the child to seek favor now, it would be best if the emperor could control them.
Qi Yixiu was also very busy at this time. The disease continued to spread and many people in the imperial city fell ill.
He immediately asked the imperial physician to send the prepared prescription outside. Now all the major pharmacies in the imperial city have the prescription and sell it at the most common price.
The government also gave a portion of it to the poor for free.
But no matter how fast it was, some people couldn't hold on, mostly the elderly and children.
Fortunately, the imperial city banned all talk and strictly guarded against the disease, so it was not allowed to spread to other places.
The emperor's move was originally to ask the ministers to kneel down and beg. The emperor is the supreme ruler, how can he stand under a dangerous wall? However, Qi Yixiu only said one sentence: All the people in the world are my brothers and sisters.
No one dared to persuade him anymore.
It was just recorded in great detail in history books. This not-so-serious war in the winter of the 12th year of the Qingyuan period eventually became a milestone in Qi Yixiu's political achievements throughout his life, and also a proof that he was a wise ruler.
The ninth prince finally survived, but he was extremely thin.
At this time, it was already the middle of October.
The palace had been lifted from lockdown for several days, Ruiqing Palace had been disinfected inside and out, and the Sixth Prince had moved back.
The eldest princess had recovered a long time ago, but it was a pity that the third princess passed away just like that.
He finally returned to his former self, and when everyone was paying their respects at Fengzao Palace, they could see some fear in him.
Especially Zhen Chongyi, the Ninth Prince lost weight, and she also lost weight.
Concubine Ying also came, but she exuded a decadent aura, which was very uncomfortable to look at.
However, no one dared to provoke her directly.
Shen Baolin, who had recovered from his illness, caught up with Shen Chuliu when he was paying his respects: "Thank you, sister."
"No need, as long as you get better." Shen Chuliu supported Chi Su's hand and got on the carriage: "Let's go back."
Shen Baolin bowed and said, "Farewell, Consort Jing."
She raised her head calmly and watched Shen Chuliu being driven away. For the first time, she felt so determined in her heart.
In the harem, one has to be the superior one, otherwise one will never be able to live a peaceful life.
She didn’t know who the obstacle was for others, but her obstacle was Shen Chuliu.
The emperor must need a daughter of the Shen family. What if Shen Chuliu no longer exists? Wouldn't she, the legitimate daughter of the Shen family, still be honored? It doesn't matter if she is not favored. She just... doesn't want to live like this anymore.
She wasn't born to live like this.
"Let's go, let's go back." Shen Baolin said lightly.
Zhijin felt very uneasy, but she didn't dare to say anything more. Baolin's temper was becoming more and more unpredictable.
I had no choice but to go back with her.
Yao Baolin also noticed: "Madam, Shen Baolin is different from before."
"You hate me, right? That's normal. No daughter of the Shen family is willing to suffer all her life." Shen Chuliu smiled faintly while sitting on the sedan chair.
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