The imperial physician had just finished taking Ningyin's pulse and confirmed that her condition was not serious, so he went down to prepare a nourishing soup for her.
Just then, the midwife had cleaned the baby, wrapped it up, and brought it to the two of them.
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, please hold the baby! What a handsome little prince!"
The midwife, with a happy expression and speaking sweet words, carefully handed the swaddled baby to Xiao Xuan.
At this moment, the chubby little dumpling had its eyes closed and its rosy little hands clenched into fists.
It was the first time Xiao Xuan had held a baby, so he was extremely careful. After all, the little bundle of joy was so soft and tiny, and he was really afraid that he might accidentally make the baby cry.
Following the midwife's instructions, Xiao Xuan held the baby up for Ning Yin to see. The moment Ning Yin saw the baby, her heart melted; she had no idea their child was so beautiful.
She couldn't resist gently touching the child's cheek. It was smooth and tender. The little guy felt Ning Yin's touch, made two soft humming sounds, and even blew out a bubble.
Xiao Xuan held the little guy like a rare treasure, and leaned in to kiss him on the forehead.
The scene was extremely heartwarming for a moment, but the next second, the child's expression suddenly turned somewhat painful, and his body began to struggle up and down. Then, Xiao Xuan and Ning Yin simultaneously heard a series of angry, childish voices ringing in their minds.
"I'm so itchy, I'm dying of itchiness! Oh my god, that old nanny is up to no good, she's trying to kill me."
Ning Yin initially thought Xiao Xuan was speaking, and Xiao Xuan also thought Ning Yin was speaking; the two exchanged a glance.
Then they looked at the child who was still struggling wildly. Before the two of them could react, the child's face turned ashen.
"I... I was just born, am I going to die like this? What a tragedy! Who can save me? Father, don't hesitate, quickly call the imperial physician for me."
Xiao Xuan glared at the midwives in front of him, and upon seeing this, the midwives hurriedly knelt down and kept explaining.
Realizing the situation was dire, Xiao Xuan disregarded who he had overheard and hurriedly ordered the imperial physician to be summoned back.
Seeing the child in such pain, Ningyin didn't wait for the imperial physician to arrive. She hurriedly helped herself to sit up in bed and took the child's pulse herself.
Although she had just given birth, she couldn't care less about that right now.
Fortunately, she was a skilled doctor and quickly discovered the cause of the illness.
Ningyin quickly removed all the swaddling clothes from the baby and ordered them to be thrown out. Then she wrote a prescription for a medicinal bath for Suxin.
It turned out the little one had been poisoned. Because newborns have weak immune systems, this toxin is useless to adults but fatal to children. Moreover, it is colorless and odorless, making it almost impossible for doctors to detect.
Zhang Mama, who was standing to the side, watched helplessly as the quilt she had secretly prepared was discovered. She was not flustered, after all, no one knew that she was the one who did it. Moreover, it was other nannies who had just wrapped the child in the quilt, so she was not to blame.
However, she hoped that Ningyin would not save the child, otherwise Liu would send her to the yamen for her crimes, and then she would have no way to survive.
At first, Zhang Mama did feel sorry for Ning Yin and wanted to repay her by working like a slave. However, Liu Shi kept trying to send her letters, saying that if she couldn't kill Ning Yin's child, she would personally send her to the executioner's block.
Granny Zhang was afraid of dying, and also afraid that Ning Yin would be disappointed in her after learning the truth, so she devised a plan to find this kind of poison that could harm people invisibly.
However, she did not expect that the effects of the medicine would take so long to take hold. This poison was clearly extremely potent; one should have died instantly upon contact with it, and there was no way it would have taken until the midwife brought the child to Xiao Xuan.
She knew Ning Yin was a skilled physician, but she felt that even a god couldn't cure this poison.
Soon, Ning Yin finished giving the child acupuncture, and the medicinal bath was brought up. Xiao Xuan held the child and sat inside.
The murderous intent in the man's eyes was like ice, enough to terrify anyone who glanced at him.
The midwives had been dragged away by the eunuchs and severely tortured, and even the three female imperial physicians were not spared.
Su Xin was so anxious that she stomped her feet. Seeing her mistress finally give birth to a child, only to be framed like this, she felt that if she knew who the mastermind was, she would want to go up and stab them a few times.
"Granny Zhang, how could that quilt be poisoned? Who has the audacity to plot against a prince? They deserve to be torn apart by five horses."
Granny Zhang gripped the hem of her dress tightly with both hands, offering no response, but staring intently at the baby in Xiao Xuan's arms.
Because of the potency of the poison, the little guy still had his eyes closed, letting Xiao Xuan wipe his body.
"Ah Ning, lie down for a while. Don't worry, I'll take care of things here. With your medical skills, the child will definitely be fine. Once we find the real culprit, I'll make her regret what she did today."
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