Bang bang bang!
There was a knock on the door of West Third House, and the guard standing at the door opened the palace door and took a look.
"I am here to accompany the Sixth Prince at the order of the Emperor. Open the door and let me in."
The two guards looked at each other, with some suspicion in their eyes.
Until the captain of the guard following Yinzhen ran over.
"This is the Fourth Prince! Let him go!"
The guard at the gate quickly opened the door and knelt down to salute.
"This servant greets the Fourth Prince!"
Yinzhen didn't bother to pay any attention to them and rushed in.
After a while, another eunuch followed in, calling out, "Fourth Prince! Wait for me, your servant!"
The guards no longer dared to stop him and let him in.
Doctor Bi, who had just come out to take a breath, hadn't even breathed out yet when he bumped into the evil Fourth Prince and nearly died.
"Your humble servant pays respects to the Fourth Prince!"
Yinzhen was soaked all over, and logically he looked a little embarrassed, but the aura around him made people dare not look directly at him.
"Where's Xiaoliu?"
"Yes, yes, yes! In this room!" Doctor Bi stuttered unconsciously as he spoke.
When Yinzhen pushed open the door, Madam Cheng, who was worshipping the smallpox goddess, turned her head and exclaimed, "Fourth Prince?!"
"Where's Xiaoliu?"
Nanny Cheng noticed that the Fourth Prince was different at this moment than before, which made people feel scared. She subconsciously pointed towards the bed.
Yinzhen took two steps at a time and walked quickly in the direction she pointed. When he faced the black bed curtain, he stopped his outstretched hand, lowered his eyes, looked at the ground wet with the rain on his body, and pursed his lips.
"Bring some clean clothes."
"I will go get you a set of Sixth Prince's pajamas to change into first!"
Nanny Cheng was the first to react. She walked to the cupboard and after searching inside for a while, she came up to the Fourth Prince carrying a set of clean clothes.
Shunfeng handed him a clean handkerchief, and Su Peisheng stepped forward to wipe his hair. After changing his clothes, his hair was half dry. Yinzhen raised his hand to signal everyone to leave.
He walked to Yinzuo's bed again, slowly lifted the thick black bed curtain, and saw Yinzuo lying inside. He didn't even dare to touch Yinzuo.
He lost weight. In just half a month, Yinzuo lost a lot of weight and his chin became pointed. As Yinzuo grew older, he did not have a plump physique, so he had more fat on his face. Now his small round face had turned into a melon-shaped face. The body under the quilt must have become thinner.
Even in his sleep, he was not at peace. His brows were furrowed, cold sweat appeared on his forehead, and his cheeks were flushed due to the heat. However, his lips were very pale and his lower lip was even a little chapped.
“…”
Yinzuo seemed to say something, but his voice was too soft and Yinzhen could not hear it clearly. He could only bend down and put his ear close to Yinzuo, trying to distinguish his mumbling.
"elder brother……"
Yinzhen's heart suddenly ached. He very gently wiped the sweat from his brother's forehead on the bed with his sleeve and replied softly.
"I am here."
A tear slowly fell from the corner of Yinzuo's eye, as if he also knew that his brother was finally with him.
Boom!
Another loud thunder suddenly sounded, and Yinzhen noticed that Yinzuo on the bed had his eyelids trembling slightly, his brows furrowed, and his body was shaking slightly unconsciously.
Yinzhen immediately climbed onto the bed, turned sideways, held Yinzuo in his arms, and covered his ears.
"Don't be afraid, brother is here, brother is with Yinzuo, you will be fine."
Yinzhen himself did not have the confidence to say the last sentence. Yinzuo's current condition was really bad. That was his only hope now, and he hoped very much that this wish could come true.
The news that the Fourth Prince had requested to go to the West Three Residences to accompany the Sixth Prince soon spread throughout the entire harem. Defei, who had ordered people to keep an eye on the movements in the West Three Residences at all times, heard that her youngest son was not well and that her eldest son had gone in on his own. She was pregnant as well, so anxious that she fainted. There was another uproar in the Yonghe Palace.
After finally waking up, I cried my heart out.
"My queen, you have to take care of the baby in your belly. The imperial physician just said that you can't be too sad."
"But my heart aches! He was born after ten months of pregnancy. Since I became pregnant with him, he has been very well behaved and rarely troubles me as his mother.
I personally watched him cry, laugh, learn to crawl, walk and talk. He has a sweet tooth and cleanliness just like me, and he has two dimples when he smiles.
When he gets mad, he's like a little devil. When he laughs, he's like a fairy. He's never made me sad or upset. How could he have the heart to abandon me, his mother, and go first? Ah? Tell me, how could he have the heart to do that! My Yinzuo..."
Every word Defei spoke was tearful, and she cried and laughed at the same time. Aunt Qing was afraid that she would get too emotional and hurt the baby in her belly, and even hurt herself, so she could only hug her and cry with her.
After all, who in Yonghe Palace would not feel sad for the Sixth Prince? He was such a lively, lovely, tolerant and gentle little master.
At this time, the Imperial Noble Consort of Chengqian Palace staggered when she learned about this and almost fell to the ground. Fortunately, the maid beside her supported her in time.
"Xiao Liu...Xiao Liu! I want to go see him!"
"Your Majesty, you can't go! Your Majesty!" The maid grabbed her arm tightly.
It was the first time that the Imperial Concubine cried so much that she didn't even care about her makeup. To her, Xiaoliu was no less than her own child.
"He was so good and sensible. I watched him grow up day by day since he was a little kid. If he hadn't been by my side to cheer me up when I was sad over the years, I don't know how much joy I would have lost. Now he is going to die like my daughter, and I can't even see him for the last time...
It's all my fault. Why did I mention vaccination? What if I didn't vaccinate him? I'll just keep him and not let him go out. It's better than the current situation. Xiaoliu, I'm sorry for you!"
The imperial concubine was filled with guilt. She collapsed to the ground and beat herself repeatedly, unable to stop crying.
The Empress Dowager of the Cining Palace also sighed deeply. She said to Su Malagu who was standing beside her, "I also liked Xiaoliu very much. What a pity."
Su Malagu's eyes also became red. When the Sixth Prince was born, she held him in her arms herself. He was indeed a very lovable and good child.
"Everyone has their own destiny. Grand Empress Dowager, please relax."
"I have seen off so many people that my heart has become numb..." The Empress Dowager's eyes drifted farther and farther away, as if she had crossed time and space and saw those deceased friends.
In Ciren Palace, the Queen Mother had just learned about this. Before she could say anything, she heard sobbing coming from the door.
"Oh, oh, oh! Why is my little Qionghua crying? Come to Mama quickly, Mama will hug you!"
Qionghua ran over and threw herself into the Queen Mother's arms. She looked at her with tears in her eyes and asked, "What happened to my brother? What do you mean by bad? What's wrong with him? Mama, can you take Qionghua to see my brother? Qionghua begs Mama!"
The empress dowager felt even more distressed to see Qionghua, who had always been proud and unwilling to bow her head, being so humble. The empress dowager knew that Qionghua was very close to her brother Xiaoliu. It could almost be said that Qionghua was brought up by Xiaoliu, and Qionghua only called Xiaoliu her brother.
"My dear Qionghua, your brother is being taken care of by the imperial physician and many servants, and your fourth brother is also accompanying him, so let's just wait patiently, okay?"
"No! No! My brother is not well, Qionghua is not well either! Mama, please take Qionghua to see my brother, just one look, and Qionghua will come back obediently after one look!"
Qionghua, who was not even three years old, was crying so hard that she almost couldn't breathe, but the empress dowager couldn't agree to her and could only try her best to coax her.
As for the Imperial Concubine and the three concubines Hui, Yi and Rong, some laughed secretly, some sympathized with them, and some were indifferent.
The rain had not stopped yet, and the eldest prince, the crown prince, the third prince, the fifth prince, and the seventh prince were still trapped in the upper study. The imperial kitchen did deliver dinner, but no one had an appetite or the heart to eat.
The same thing happened to Kangxi in the Imperial Study. The dinner was sent out exactly as it was delivered.
Kangxi was frantically reviewing memorials. At this critical juncture, even Liang Jiugong did not dare to speak up to persuade him.
Bang!
Kangxi angrily threw the memorial to the ground. All the servants in the Qianqing Palace knelt down in fear and trepidation. No one dared to look up, and they all held their breath in trembling fear.
"Hasn't there been any news from the West Third Institute yet?"
Liang Jiugong immediately replied: "Your Majesty, not yet. Perhaps the situation on the Sixth Prince's side has stabilized."
Kangxi stood up and paced around the hall with his hands behind his back.
"Your Majesty, how about I send someone to take a look at West Third Office?"
Kangxi paused for a moment, and then he hummed, indicating his agreement.
Liang Jiugong wiped the sweat off his forehead and gave a wink to the others before turning around to leave. The palace servants in the hall served tea and picked up memorials. Everyone's movements were very quick and decisive. If anyone offended the emperor at this time, they would lose their heads.
Every servant who served the emperor understood that serving the emperor was like serving a tiger.
The thunder gradually subsided, but the rain was still falling. In the West Third Office, a bowl of freshly boiled medicine was brought over.
"Fourth Prince, it's time to give Sixth Prince medicine." The person who came was none other than the Imperial Physician Bi, the chief physician of the Imperial Medical Bureau.
When Yinzhen's eyes fell on him, he almost dropped the medicine bowl in his hand. Who wouldn't be afraid of the living King of Hell? He would probably never forget the way the Fourth Prince looked at him as if he were a dead person that day.
"How do we do this?"
Doctor Bi swallowed nervously and quickly replied, "In response to the Fourth Prince, one person must help the Sixth Prince sit up, and the other person must hold the medicine in his mouth first, and then use this tube to slowly feed it to the Sixth Prince."
Upon hearing this method, Yinzhen frowned.
Doctor Bi quickly explained: "This is because the Sixth Prince is unable to swallow on his own, so we have to resort to this method!"
"Okay, got it. I'll hold Xiaoliu, and you guys find someone to feed him." Yinzhen sat up first, then gently helped Yinzuo up and let him lie in his arms.
Normally, it was Nanny Cheng who fed him. After all, she was more meticulous than Shunfeng Shunshui and the other two young eunuchs.
After finally feeding him half a bowl of medicine, half an hour later, Doctor Bi, under tremendous pressure, took the Sixth Prince's pulse and found that his condition was actually better than before.
When the imperial court came to ask, he had just brought back the good news.
After hearing the news, Kangxi finally sat down again.
Liang Jiugong saw that the emperor's mood had improved, so he took the opportunity to step forward and said, "Your Majesty, you haven't eaten for a long time, why don't you serve some food now?"
Kangxi was indeed a little hungry, so he just walked down the stairs and agreed.
"Well, serve the food."
"Your Majesty, the Crown Prince and several other princes are still sitting in the study. It's raining quite heavily today. What do you think?"
"Tell them to go back."
What Kangxi was thinking was, the fourth brother had just run to the West Third Building in the rain, so why were they so pampered?
So, as it was getting late, the Crown Prince and several princes were each given a lantern and sent away.
In the middle of the night, the rain got heavier again, accompanied by lightning and thunder. The noise was terrifying. Tonight was destined to be a sleepless night.
In such weather, Yinzuo's body began to tremble again, and he sweated a lot. Yinzhen kept holding Yinzuo, covering his ears, patting his back patiently, and trying his best to calm him down.
Before I knew it, it was daybreak.
A beam of morning sunlight shone through the suddenly lifted bed curtain, falling right on the faces of Yinzhen and Yinzuo. He subconsciously protected Yinzuo, raising his hand to block the slightly dazzling light for him.
"Fourth Prince, please allow me to check Sixth Prince's pulse."
Doctor Bi was still wearing his official uniform from yesterday. He did not go home at all last night and spent the entire night huddled in that small compartment. He was afraid that if the Sixth Prince died in the middle of the night, his entire family would be killed by the Fourth Prince in their sleep.
"Yeah." Yinzhen stood up and half-sat, letting Yinzuo's head lie on his legs to make it easier for the imperial physician to feel his pulse.
When Doctor Bi felt the prince's pulse, he could hardly suppress his inner joy. He quickly rolled up his sleeves and tried to feel the Sixth Prince's forehead again.
"Sixth Prince's pulse has calmed down! His high fever has also subsided!"
"Well, he retreated last night." Yinzhen held him in his arms the whole night, how could he not know.
"Thanks to the presence of the Fourth Prince, the Sixth Prince was able to survive this disaster safely!" Imperial Physician Bi immediately praised the Fourth Prince in person.
Yinzhen stared at him with a dull expression and asked, "When will the Sixth Prince wake up?"
"Well, well... I can't really say. The Sixth Prince was fine a few days ago, but he has been in a coma since then." Doctor Bi didn't dare to look into the Fourth Prince's eyes. He lowered his head and spoke in a weak tone.
As he spoke, Yinzhen's heart moved. He lowered his head and saw the little guy in his arms move his eyes and slowly open his clear eyes like glass. He smiled weakly at him, opened his mouth, and called out silently.
"...Brother~"
Yinzhen leaned over, kissed Yinzuo's forehead tenderly, and answered him softly: "Yes, I'm here."
"The Sixth Prince has woken up! The Sixth Prince has woken up! Go and report to the Emperor!" The servant from the West Third House happily ran to inform the guards guarding the door.
"Sixth Prince has finally woken up!" The imperial doctors who were just awakened felt relieved.
Even the other three little kids living in the yard were shouting excitedly in their respective rooms.
"Sixth brother! Sixth brother, you're awake!"
"Sixth Brother! I'm Xiaoba! Can you hear me?"
"Sixth brother! Can you tell us a story today?"
After hearing the news, the Imperial Noble Consort went to Yonghe Palace in person to tell Concubine De the good news. She then hugged Concubine De and cried. No one could understand the ecstasy in their hearts better than the other.
As for Kangxi, he was still in the morning court. He was in a bad mood and sent a group of officials to prison. The civil and military officials complained in their hearts, "Why is the Sixth Prince not well yet?" The Sixth Prince was not well yet, but the officials could not stand it first.
The author has something to say:
It's a bit late, I'm going to sleep, I didn't torture Xiaoliu that much, he just had a nightmare, the chaos outside has nothing to do with him~
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