When they arrived at the Yonghe Palace, the baby, who was so lively last time, was now lying quietly with his eyes closed. His skinny little body was wrapped in a swaddling cloth, with only a pale face showing. Anyone who saw him would inevitably shake their head, thinking that this child might not survive.
Concubine De, who was standing by, was not in much better condition. She had gained a plump figure during the confinement period, but now she looked as thin as before giving birth.
"Princess De, you must take care of yourself." Even the Imperial Concubine couldn't help but give her advice. The child was probably lost, but Concubine De was still young and had her own life to live.
"Thank you for your concern, Madam."
"Imperial physician...what did you say? How is Yinzuo doing?" As the imperial concubine is now the person in charge of the harem, she had to ask.
"The imperial physician said that Xiaoliu has been in a coma for two days. Today, he couldn't even take milk or medicine. I'm afraid he won't be able to hold on at this rate." When she said this, Concubine De sobbed, and the tears in her eyes kept falling.
"Alas!"
The imperial concubine also knew that it was too late to save the situation, so she could only pat Depin on the shoulder to comfort her.
While the two mothers were talking, Yinzhen couldn't help but walk forward, holding the wooden handle, and looking at his younger brother lying in the cradle.
Little Yinzuo's breathing was so weak that one could hardly notice the rise and fall of his chest. Yinzhen reached out his hand to feel his breath, and only after feeling a hint of warm air flowing did Yinzhen heave a sigh of relief.
The sick and confused little Yinzuo suddenly reached out and held the hand in front of him. His little nose twitched twice. It was the smell of his brother. His brother finally came to see him. Little Yinzuo felt very wronged and hummed softly.
Concubine De, who was standing by, was overjoyed and she quickly came over.
"Xiao Liu, are you awake? Open your eyes and look at mother. Mother is here."
However, Depin's call did not succeed in waking up little Yinzuo. Depin was desperate and turned to look at Xiaosi.
"Xiao Si, it was you who made Xiao Liu react just now! He likes you as his brother the most. Can you help mother call him and wake him up?"
The imperial concubine at the side opened her mouth and seemed to want to say something but stopped herself. Depin might be a little crazy. Xiaosi was just a child who was over one year old and less than two years old. How could he help?
Yinzhen felt mixed emotions when he saw the tears in his biological mother's eyes.
He called softly to his brother in the cradle: "...Yinzuo? Xiaoliu? Wake up, mother is worried about you."
After a while he added: "Brother is worried about you too, Yinzuo please wake up soon."
At this time, Yinzuo vaguely heard his brother's voice and smelled a familiar scent. He felt very at ease, which alleviated his discomfort to a certain extent. He struggled hard and tried to break through the darkness. After a while, he finally slowly opened his clear and bright eyes.
"Huh~" and made a faint sound.
"Awake! Sixth Prince is really awake!" The wet nurse felt that this was simply a miracle from the Bodhisattva.
"Quick! Bring us the milk squeezed by the wet nurse!" Depin straightened her back and became calm again. She still remembered what the imperial physician had said: as long as the child could eat, there would still be hope.
Little Yinzuo held his brother's hand, staring at his brother's face without blinking, and obediently let the wet nurse hold him. When his mother fed him with a spoon, even though he had no appetite at this time, he slowly opened his mouth in order to survive and stay by his brother's side because his brother was there.
After eating half of the usual amount, little Yinzuo refused to continue. He turned his little head away, and his refusal was obvious.
"Never mind, it's good enough to eat this much."
The imperial concubine looked at little Yinzuo with his eyes wide open and said, "It seems that Xiaoliu really likes his fourth brother the most. The blood of brothers is really magical."
"Yes, although Xiao Si only came to see him once a few days ago when Xiao Liu was one month old, Xiao Liu fell in love with Xiao Si. Your Majesty doesn't know that when Xiao Si was leaving that day, Xiao Liu was very reluctant to let him go." Depin's emotions have calmed down a little now.
"Since Xiaoliu is so close to Xiaosi, why not let Xiaosi stay here and spend more time with his younger brother." The imperial concubine was also a soft-hearted and kind person, and she took the initiative to suggest that Yinzhen stay.
With red eyes, Depin knelt down and bowed deeply.
"Depin, what are you doing? Get up!"
"Thank you, Imperial Concubine. If Yinzuo can get through this safely, Your Majesty will be his greatest benefactor."
"I just sent Yinzhen here, how can I bear such a great credit? Get up first. Now, of course, the health of little Yinzuo is the most important. It seems that Xiao Si and Xiao Liu are very compatible."
"What's the coincidence?" Kangxi strode in, only heard the last few words, and asked again.
At the same time, he raised his hands, indicating that they didn't need to salute.
"I just told Depin that Xiaoliu and Xiaosi's horoscopes might be very compatible. Xiaoliu was unconscious and no one could call him. But when Xiaosi came, he woke up. And since he woke up, he didn't even blink and kept staring at his fourth brother."
"Is Xiaoliu awake?" Kangxi finally showed a trace of relief. In the morning, he personally asked the imperial physician who was responsible for treating Xiaoliu. The imperial physician clearly said that Xiaoliu might not make it. Unexpectedly, there would be a turn for the better.
"Yes, I just drank half a bowl of milk." Depin replied.
Kangxi walked to Xiaoliu's cradle and looked at the little guy inside. The pair of misty eyes on the delicate little face, which was only half the size of his palm, were particularly eye-catching.
"I'm here to see Xiaoliu. Do you remember who I am?" Kangxi couldn't help but lower his voice when talking to this child who had just walked out of the gates of hell.
Little Yinzuo grinned slowly, with a smile filling his big eyes. Kangxi saw the child's joy in them.
"My little six has suffered a great punishment this time. You must get better soon. When you get better, I will grant you one wish, okay?"
Hearing this, the imperial concubine was a little surprised. The emperor treated the Sixth Prince a little differently, but the child was indeed lovable and seriously ill. The emperor was just asking for good luck and peace of mind. Think about it, a child who is only one month old and can't speak yet, what wish can he make?
Little Yinzuo's eyes lit up. What a wish! His father was the emperor, and the emperor personally promised to fulfill his wish. Little Yinzuo now had only one wish, which was to live a good life with his brother and mother. It was that simple, but the prerequisite for all this was that he had to get better first.
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, the Sixth Prince's medicine is ready."
"I'll hold Xiaoliu." Kangxi volunteered, carefully supporting the little guy's body, letting him lie in his arms, and supporting the back of his head with his other hand.
"Let me feed him the medicine." The imperial concubine took the medicine bowl brought by the palace maid, scooped up a spoonful, blew gently, and then took a sip of the medicine herself, tested the temperature, and fed it to little Yinzuo when she felt it was about right.
But little Yinzuo hated drinking bitter Chinese medicine the most. He would turn his head away almost as soon as the medicine came close to his nose.
"Be good, Xiaoliu. How can you get better without taking medicine?" Concubine De at the side gently persuaded her youngest son.
It's obviously impossible to reason with a sick baby, he just won't listen.
Kangxi frowned and said, "The child is ignorant. I will pinch his chin and the imperial concubine will directly pour the medicine into him."
But as soon as his hand touched the little guy's chin, before he could exert any force, he started crying.
The baby's cry was so weak, even quieter than that of a newborn kitten, that Kangxi immediately couldn't bring himself to do it.
The imperial concubine noticed the emperor's unnaturalness, and when she looked at Xiao Si who was standing next to him, she suddenly had an idea.
"Xiao Si, your brother likes you the most and listens to you the most. Why don't you try to coax him to drink the medicine?"
Yinzhen felt somewhat helpless. Why did everyone seem to have forgotten that he was only a one-year-old child? If he had not inquired about it at first, Yinzhen would have misunderstood that everyone knew that there was a mature soul living in his body.
"……good."
"Yinzuo, be obedient and take your medicine. Be good." He uttered these two sentences stiffly, a total of seven words, and then he didn't know what to say.
The other people present were somewhat disapproving. What was the Fourth Prince talking about? How could the Sixth Prince possibly listen to him? He was still so young.
But the next second, little Yinzuo really opened his mouth and drank the medicine. His delicate facial features suddenly wrinkled together, and his little tongue stuck out, but he did not spit out the medicine. Instead, he swallowed it.
"It really works!" Depin exclaimed.
"Yinzhen, continue to coax your brother." Kangxi said.
The imperial concubine quickly scooped another spoonful and brought it to Xiaoliu's mouth.
"Yinzuo, be good and open your mouth." Yinzhen said again in a dry voice.
But little Yinzuo just listened to him.
Kangxi refused to believe it and insisted on trying it himself. Of course, the result was inevitable: little Yinzuo completely ignored him.
"Yinzuo, open your mouth!"
Little Yinzuo blinked and stared at his brother motionlessly.
"Your Majesty, please don't worry about these things. Let Xiao Si come to coax her. The proper thing to do is to let Xiao Liu drink the medicine first." The imperial concubine couldn't bear it anymore.
On that day, the somewhat bizarre rumor about the Sixth Prince's awakening and the Fourth Prince spread throughout the harem.
"Sixth Prince really clings to his brother."
"It's fate. The Fourth Prince was raised in the Imperial Concubine's palace since he was a child. We just met each other and they are so close. I can only say that they are worthy of being brothers who are connected by blood."
"I thought the Sixth Prince couldn't hold on any longer, but I didn't expect that he would be pulled back from the hands of the King of Hell by his own brother. It's really amazing."
I watched little Yinzuo's health gradually recover. Although he still had to take medicine, he no longer looked like he would die at any time.
At this critical juncture, no matter how much they envied Depin for having a son by her side, several high-ranking concubines did not dare to remind the emperor that he should find a foster mother for the Sixth Prince and move him to the palace. What if they became the one who accepted the mother? Wouldn't such a hot potato bring trouble to them?
It so happened that the Imperial Observatory said that the Sixth Prince's horoscope was very compatible with the location of the Yonghe Palace. If he was moved suddenly, something might go wrong. Kangxi informed the two elders, the Empress Dowager and the Empress Dowager, and they all agreed to let the Sixth Prince live in the Yonghe Palace for a while, and then discuss the matter of his adoptive mother when his illness got better.
Little Yinzuo has been living a very comfortable life recently. Not only has his father sent him many fun things, but his brother also often comes to accompany him. In addition, his mother is also around. This is simply a life like heaven.
In the blink of an eye, it was midsummer and the weather was hot, but his mother was worried about his health and did not allow him to use too much ice. Yinzuo felt like he was about to melt from the heat.
As soon as Yinzhen entered the room, he saw the little girl's limbs spread out, her butt sticking out, her whole body pressed against the mat, and her little tongue sticking out, just like a puppy.
"Yinzuo."
As soon as he heard his brother's voice, Yinzuo raised his little head.
"Aiya!" Brother!
When Yinzuo suddenly heard the voice of his brother whom he hadn't seen for several days, he immediately pricked up his little ears.
The corners of Yinzhen's mouth rose slightly. He picked up a fan from the table, walked to the little guy, fanned him and stretched out his hand.
Little Yinzuo, who was familiar with the place, held his brother's hand and smiled foolishly.
Yinzhen took off the pearl necklace hanging on his wrist, let him play with it, and then withdrew his hand.
A few days ago, he accompanied the imperial concubine to the royal temple outside the palace to pray for the sick Empress Dowager, so he had not visited Yinzuo for a long time. He specially asked the abbot to consecrate this pair of beads, hoping that it would protect Yinzuo from illness and disaster.
Yinzhen believed in Buddhism in his previous life, but he rarely prayed to Buddha for anything. This was the first time since his rebirth.
"Ah! Ugh! Eee~"
Yinzuo kept babbling, complaining to his brother that his mother didn't allow him to use ice, that he was always feeling hot, and that his brother hadn't come to see him for a long time in the past few days. His little mouth never stopped talking.
Yinzhen listened to him quietly, although he didn't understand, but he knew that if he interrupted Yinzuo, he would pout and get angry. Don't underestimate Yinzuo's small size, he has a bad temper.
Little Yinzuo talked a lot and his mouth was dry, but his brother ignored him. He pouted his little mouth and looked unhappy, but it was useless for him to be unhappy because the brother in front of him was less than two years old.
He could only comfort himself while being angry, saying, "Don't be angry, don't be angry. Your brother is still young. You have to wait until your brother grows up before you can act coquettishly with him and let him coax you. Just be patient."
"Xiao Si, have you come back to the palace to see Xiao Liu as soon as you get back?" Depin had just come out of the small kitchen, and the palace maid behind her was holding a bowl of freshly prepared food.
"Greetings to my mother."
"There's no one here, get up quickly."
Depin picked up Xiaoliu from the cradle and said with a smile, "Look what this is?"
Yinzuo took a glance and saw lumps of sticky stuff and some black stuff in the bowl. He immediately lost interest and continued to play with the beads his brother had just given him.
"This is food for you. The doctor said that you can eat other things now. Are you happy?"
Yinzuo thought about it and said to his mother, "Yeah."
"Xiao Si, your brother just said he was very happy, right?" Rouwan looked at her eldest son expectantly.
Yinzhen hesitated for a moment. He felt that judging from the little guy's expression, the answer should be no. However, since it was something made by his mother herself, he naturally couldn't say that little six disliked it. In the end, Yinzhen nodded.
Even though the food made by his mother didn't look good and the taste wasn't satisfactory, there was no problem eating it. He had experienced it himself, so he thought it wouldn't be a big deal if Xiaoliu had some.
"Hmm!" Not happy! This thing is a dark dish at first glance!
"Xiao Liu, you are so happy. You said you are very happy again. I will feed you now. Come, open your little mouth and taste it. I made it for you myself."
Little Yinzuo's little face was squeezed into a ball, and even his hair was expressing protest.
But his mother pretended not to see anything, and even scooped a spoonful of the paste that seemed to have a strange smell and put it to his mouth.
"Little Six, be good and eat your porridge."
After hearing this sentence, Yinzuo was automatically translated into: Dalang should take medicine... This was simply a live performance of a horror movie.
"Ah%wuwuwu#...Puff!"
Little Yinzuo resisted fiercely and expressed his dissatisfaction by spitting.
But his mother had an inexplicably strong confidence in her cooking skills. Just when little Yinzuo opened his mouth to spit bubbles again, she stuffed the small spoon with the paste into his little mouth.
Little Yinzuo's defenses broke down instantly, tears welled up in his eyes, and he cried loudly.
"Wow!" I was unclean. I actually ate something that looked like poop.
Little Yinzuo, who had completely broken down mentally, cried very sadly.
However, Yinzhen felt like laughing when he saw this scene, because every time he ate the food that his mother sent to Chengqian Palace, he had to prepare himself mentally. Now that there was someone who was suffering with him, he felt quite comfortable.
Rouwan thought something was wrong and patted Xiaoliu's chest anxiously.
"What's wrong, Xiaoliu? Are you feeling unwell somewhere?" She was so anxious that she wanted to ask someone to call the imperial physician.
Seeing that his mother was really worried, Yinzhen said seriously, "Yinzuo, be good. The taste is okay."
His brother's words seemed to trigger a switch in little Yinzuo's crying. He stopped crying immediately, but was still choking with sobs. His little body was shaking, and his long and thick eyelashes were still covered with tears that kept falling.
He took a sip of it doubtfully. Although it wasn't delicious, it seemed... like it wasn't really poop.
"This child scared mother. She started crying before she even tasted it. How can mother harm you? It doesn't look very good, but the paste is all crushed and cooked together. It doesn't look good, but it's good for your health. Mother specially asked the imperial physician to prepare it, and added several precious ingredients."
Rouwan couldn't help but say a lot.
Yinzhen was a little surprised. It turned out that his mother also had such a lively side. He thought that his mother was always the masked person with a gentle smile.
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Here it comes, Tong Jia's position has been modified. She is still a noble concubine now, and will be the imperial concubine when the six palaces are conferred titles next year. I'll just say it here so you don't have to look back.
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