Chapter 457 Orphan Wanshuang 1
In the following days, when Zhaohua took Chengyu to court, he would also bring Ruoxin with him.
The young Chengye had to stay in the palace and be taken care of by wet nurses.
When they arrived at Chaoyang Palace, she and Chengyu went to the Golden Palace, while Yunshan took Ruoxin to the inner chamber to play with Jinyue.
This went on for four or five days.
That day, when Zhaohua took Ruoxin back to the palace after court, he saw that Ruoxin was walking unsteadily and almost fell.
Zhaohua hurriedly pulled the child's arm to help her stand steadily, and asked anxiously: "What happened?"
Ruoxin tapped her head a little embarrassedly, stuck out her tongue and said with a smile:
"Maybe I took too long of a nap and haven't woken up yet."
"Taking a nap?" Zhao Hua seemed to have heard something very interesting, and couldn't help laughing: "You clever little thing are rare. When you were in A Niang's palace, you refused to sleep no matter how A Niang coaxed you. Now that you are at Father's place, you are taking a nap?"
Ruoxin said, "Every day when I go to my father's palace, I play with Sister Jinyue. We play flipping, throwing sandbags, and even played chess with my father yesterday. But every time we play until noon and have lunch, my father always lets us take a nap."
Zhaohua was curious and asked Yunshan,
"With Ruoxin's playful temper, can she sleep?"
Yunshan was about to reply when she saw Ruoxin nodding vigorously and raising her voice, "I can sleep! The fragrance in Father's palace is so good. My sister Jinyue and I lay down and smelled the scent, and we fell asleep soon after."
Even though Ruoxin praised all the good things about Chaoyang Palace, Zhaohua still felt that this matter was a little strange.
Although she also let Yunshan go with her, when Ruoxin and Jinyue were playing and having fun with Xiao Jingheng in the inner bedroom and enjoying family time, Yunshan could not always be there to serve them.
After returning to the palace, Zhang Yuanpan came to check Zhaohua's pulse.
She asked Zhang Yuanpan to take a look at Ruoxin as well.
After carefully examining Ruoxin's pulse, Judge Zhang said as usual:
"The third princess is fine, but she is slightly anemic."
Ruoxin has always been very picky about food. It was fine before because Zhaohua was looking after her, but after she went to Xiao Jingheng's place these few days, she was spoiled to the sky by Xiao Jingheng.
Let her eat whatever she wants, and if she doesn't want to eat something, she won't touch it at all.
"Ruoxin felt a little dizzy today, but is it because of the blood loss?"
Judge Zhang nodded and said, "That's right. The third princess was born prematurely, so she was weak to begin with. She is also picky about food, so it's normal for her to have anemia due to inadequate nutrition. It's not a big deal, she just needs to take good supplements."
Zhao Hua was silent for a moment, then thought of something and asked in a low voice: "Ruoxin said that every time she took a nap in Chaoyang Palace, she could smell a special fragrance. She said that the smell made her feel at ease and she could fall asleep easily..."
Judge Zhang said: "When I examined the Third Princess' pulse, I did find signs that she had used tranquilizing incense, but that tranquilizing incense is always burned in the Emperor's palace, mixed with Yuelin incense.
"An Shen Incense has the effect of calming the mind and calming the spirit. Adults can calm their minds when they smell it, and children can sleep when they smell it. Moreover, this substance is mild, and even if used every day, it will not cause adverse effects on the body."
After hearing this, Zhao Hua finally felt relieved.
She also felt that she was now frightened by Xiao Jingheng.
After all, she had seen with her own eyes how Xiao Jingheng was a ruthless tiger that devoured its own cubs.
He is a madman. Who knows what kind of crazy thing he will do when his beastly heart hides under his human skin?
While Zhaohua was talking to Zhang Yuanpan, he saw Xiao Fuzi walk in with a serious look on his face.
She stood beside Zhaohua, and after being polite, she said in a deep voice:
"Your Majesty, there is news from outside the palace. Madam Ning...is on her deathbed."
*
Kyoto, Ningzhai.
Mrs. Ning just coughed up blood again.
Since Ning Wanshuang returned home, she has been with Madam Ning.
Mrs. Ning had fallen asleep at this moment. Liu Yue looked at Ning Wanshuang's tired face and couldn't bear it, so she whispered to her,
"Madam, you have endured this for five days. It is not a good idea to continue like this. The old lady is resting now. Why don't you go back to your room and have a nap?"
Ning Wanshuang nodded tiredly and walked out of the room very quietly.
It was not too late at night, and I could even hear the bustling crowds on the street.
But now the Ning family's courtyard was completely desolate.
The Ning family, which used to be bustling with people, now only has three or four servants left to serve.
Ning Wanshuang stepped on the wildly growing weeds and slowly walked towards her room.
The crow that had landed on the branch of the sycamore tree in front of him was now flapping its wings and landing on the ground, pecking at the minced meat that had flowed out when the servants were dumping the slop.
Under the cover of night, their figures look like black ghosts.
Ning Wanshuang stood aside, staring blankly.
Liu Yue was puzzled and asked, "Why are you looking at these dirty things, Madam? They are the most unlucky!"
As he spoke, he stomped his feet hard, startling the crows so much that they spread their wings and fled in all directions.
Ning Wanshuang looked at their tiny bodies, which could easily fly out of the courtyard wall and land at an unknown height. A bitter smile appeared on the corner of her lips.
“Cough cough…cough cough cough!”
Behind her, a violent cough coming from Mrs. Ning's room interrupted Ning Wanshuang's wandering thoughts.
She panicked and turned back.
Perhaps it was because the door was pushed too hard, the short and strong wind blew out two of the only three candles burning in the room.
Only a single candle was left, flickering awkwardly on a candlestick covered in putty.
Ning Wanshuang walked quickly towards the bed. Through the silver moonlight that came in through the gap between the windows, she saw her mother, who was covering her mouth and coughing violently.
There was blood...flowing out from between her fingers.
Ning Wanshuang picked up the white handkerchief and kept wiping the blood that her mother coughed up.
The bloodstains stained the handkerchief in her hand and also her eyes.
“Liu Yue! Go and invite the doctor back! Go and invite all the best doctors in Kyoto to come to me!”
"No more work."
Madam Ning's coughing became less severe.
She weakly stopped Liu Yue, rubbed her bloodstained hands on the quilt, then pulled Ning Wanshuang's hand cleanly and smiled calmly:
"Wan'er, mother wants to be quiet and talk to you for a while."
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