As soon as the two of them entered the mansion, they bowed to Ying Bao and said with a smile, "Princess, the emperor has issued an order, please accept it."
Ying Bao and Wei Zhan returned the greetings and welcomed the two men to the central hall to sit down.
The palace servants quickly set up the incense table, asked the two masters to bathe and burn incense, and finally all knelt in the central hall to receive the emperor's order.
It turned out that this imperial decree was to promote her father's official position, from the ninth-rank county lieutenant to the seventh-rank official, and temporarily serve as a salaried official, that is, a nominal position where one only received a salary but did not do any work, and also let her take over the treatment of the King of Chu.
Yingbao was puzzled.
Promote her father and let her treat the King of Chu
But isn’t the King of Chu doing well here with me
Suddenly she thought of something and looked up at Master Lu.
Then Master Lu whispered, "The emperor has another secret decree for me to give to you."
Ying Bao understood, looked at Wei Zhan, and invited Master Lu to the study.
After reading the secret decree, Yingbao was speechless.
It turned out that the child who impersonated the King of Chu was poisoned. Although he was treated in time, his life was still hanging by a thread.
In order to prevent the fake from becoming real, the emperor asked Master Lu to take the fake King of Chu out of the palace and told everyone clearly that he was going to send the child to Zhouhe County for treatment.
"Where is the child?" Yingbao asked.
Master Lu: "It's in the carriage. I'll have someone bring it in."
"good."
Afterwards, Yingbao saw a tightly wrapped child being carried into the study by a eunuch.
The child was placed on the Arhat couch. Ying Bao dismissed the servants and palace maids and personally opened the cloak, revealing a very thin child of two or three years old.
His face was pale and he was dying.
Yingbao quickly took out a bottle of Wudingzhi and dripped it into his mouth.
The child swallowed subconsciously but made no sound.
Ying Bao was relieved to see that he had drunk a small bottle of Wu Ding Zhi. She stood up and asked Master Lu, "Why is he so thin?"
A child living in the palace should not lack food and drink, but this child should be over three years old, or maybe older, but he looks like he is over two years old, which is really infuriating.
Master Lu said awkwardly, "I don't know. The child has someone to serve him in the palace, and ordinary people are not allowed to see him."
Yingbao's face darkened.
Ordinary people are not allowed to see him? Doesn't that mean that the child is under house arrest somewhere and cannot see outsiders
She looked at the thin child and thought of her brother's appearance when he was a child, and she couldn't help feeling extremely distressed.
He was still so young, and it was bad enough that he had been treated as a pawn since he was a child. He must have been abused in places where no one could see him.
Yingbao picked up the child and said to Master Lu, "I will take him to my yard. You can stay here for a while. It won't be too late to leave when he gets better."
Young Master Lu clasped his fists and said, "I do have this intention. Thank you for troubling you, my lady."
Yingbao said nothing and left the study room carrying the child.
Wei Zhan took the two imperial envoys to the guest rooms to stay.
He placed the palace maids and eunuchs who accompanied him in another courtyard.
Yingbao took the child back to her room and placed him on a small wooden bed.
This bed was where Chu Wuyang slept before. Now that he lives in the same room with Wei Fanzhi and Jiang Bao, eating and sleeping together, he rarely uses this small bed.
He secretly summoned Xuanwu and asked, "Do you think there is any hope of saving this child?"
Xuanwu sniffed it and said, "There's not much hope. The poison in his body has already entered his lungs. It's probably a chronic poison. It's been at least a year. He may have been treated, but the poison has been continuous, causing him to be like this now."
Yingbao frowned.
In other words, this child has been poisoned all along, without interruption.
It's not easy for him to hold on for so long.
"How can we save him?" Yingbao felt sad. She felt upset for no reason when she saw the child.
Xuanwu: "Just like before, soak in the Holy Spirit Spring, but it will take at least three months. If it still doesn't get better after three months, then it's completely hopeless."
"Well, get a basin of pupil spring water." She would soak him in it to detoxify him now.
This time Xuanwu did not act coyly and released a basin of holy spirit water to the young master.
Yingbao stripped the child of his clothes and put him in a basin of warm water to soak.
This soaking would take half an hour, so Yingbao took out the baby-soaking tool that she had customized last time, put the child on top, and then submerged the baby in the water, leaving only the head above the water to ensure that the child could breathe smoothly.
"Auntie!" Wuyang ran in quickly and saw his aunt bathing a child he didn't know. He felt a little jealous and hugged Yingbao's legs. He looked up and asked, "Who is this little brother? Let Aunt Mudan and Aunt Anrou bathe him."
Every time he took a bath, it was Aunt Mudan and Aunt Anrou who bathed him, so he didn't want his aunt to bathe this little baby.
Yingbao touched his head and said, "This little brother is sick. We should take good care of him, just like when you were sick as a child, your aunt took care of you."
Wuyang seemed to understand, looked at the child with his eyes closed and asked, "Auntie, what's wrong with him?"
"I got poisoned after eating food given by someone I didn't know." Yingbao said ambiguously.
Wuyang looked at the child in the basin curiously and asked, "What's his name?"
Yingbao thought for a moment and said, "Call him Wuhui." This was the name she had just given him, no regrets.
This name is not just a name, it may also be a life-saving talisman in the future, because no king likes to owe favors to others, and no king wants his substitute to live forever.
"His name is Wuhui!" Wuyang didn't know what Wuhui meant, but he just felt that the name was very similar to his own.
Yingbao hummed and patted his head: "Go out and play with Jiang Bao."
It is estimated that the child will return to the capital soon, and he will have very few opportunities to play with Jiang Bao and Wei Fanzhi.
Wuyang nodded obediently and ran out to play with Jiang Bao.
However, Jiang Bao and Wei Fanzhi were both taking classes with their teacher, so he could only peek inside through the crack in the door.
The teacher glanced at him and pretended not to see him, and continued teaching the child.
Wuyang was very smart and followed suit: "When a person is born, his nature is good! Natures are similar, but habits make them different..."
He sat on the doorstep and read for a while, and had memorized a long section.
The gentleman was amazed but said nothing.
Because the princess said that we should ignore him for the time being and let him learn from others at the doorstep, and only then could he really become interested in learning.
An hour later, the teacher finally rang the bell to let the children go home.
Wei Fanzhi and Jiang Bao stood up and bowed to the teacher, then packed up the books, pens, ink, paper and inkstone and put them into the cloth bag.
"Brother Jiang Bao! Brother Fanzhi, you are finally out of school!" Wuyang was so happy that he reached out to take Jiang Bao's schoolbag and insisted on putting it on himself.
Jiang Bao had no choice but to tie up the straps of the cloth bag and reluctantly put it on Wuyang's back.
Wuyang was carrying his brother's schoolbag, running in front with his short legs, and kept urging him: "Brother Jiang Bao, hurry up! Wuyang is hungry!"
"knew!"
The three little ones ran into Yingbao's yard and sat down at the round table in the main room. Wuyang shouted, "Aunt Mudan! Wuyang wants to eat cakes!"
Mu Dan brought out the freshly made cakes and said with a smile, "Each of you can only have one piece. Lunch will be served soon. Eating too much will damage your appetite."
"Yes!" Wuyang nodded heavily.
Having an indigestion is very uncomfortable, so he doesn’t want to eat too much.