Chu Baning fell ill.
The wind chill and high fever made this serious and strong man collapse all at once.
Ananda never imagined that such a strong and serious man, as if nothing in this world could defeat him, would one day lie sickly on the bed, confused, unresponsive, and completely lost his strong aura outside. The feeling that people dare not look directly.
Such Chu Baning made her heart suddenly soft and tender.
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When going out in the morning, Ananda accompanied her husband and children to have breakfast together as usual, then sent her husband out to court, dressed up her daughter, asked her to learn from a master of the four arts of piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, and then brought her fussy little son over. Feed him breakfast so he doesn't keep knocking over bowls and throwing spoons.
Ananda is very busy now, in addition to handling the affairs of the entire palace, he is also responsible for disciplining his overactive son. Especially when the daughter is now learning the skills that girls must learn in this era, the youngest son has no serious father and sister to support him, and he is not afraid of her as a mother at all, and has a lot of trouble with her every day.
Today, after Ananda finished dealing with some affairs, he started to look for his youngest son Chu Qibai who ran to play hide-and-seek in the fake cave in the yard. When he was about to coax him out, suddenly Nurse An came over quickly, with an anxious expression on her face. Said: "Princess, someone from the palace said that the prince is ill and is on his way back."
Upon hearing this, Ananda stood up abruptly, and asked anxiously, "What's wrong? Have you seen the imperial physician?"
"Look, the prince contracted a cold and caused a high fever. The imperial doctor in the palace prescribed medicine. The emperor originally asked the prince to rest in the palace, but the prince insisted on coming back."
Hearing that Ananda's anxiety had gone down a lot, he was still a little worried, so he quickly ordered the maids and nuns to prepare ice bags, water, and some medicines first, and bent down to face the girl who was nesting in the cave. The little bun said: "Bai Bai, Daddy is sick, come out quickly and take care of Daddy with Mother."
Xiao Baozi stared at her with his dark eyes and tilted his head, obviously not understanding the meaning of "sick".
"Daddy is sick and will be in pain. Why don't you take care of Daddy in vain?" Ananda made a very painful expression, "It's like falling down in vain and hurting."
The little bun understood the painful expression, and immediately crawled out, threw himself into her arms, and said softly, "Daddy, yes, Daddy~~"
"Okay, okay, I'll take you to find your father." Ananda took out a handkerchief and wiped his chubby muddy hands before picking him up and walking towards the door.
As soon as I got to the door, I saw a sedan chair coming in. Beside the sedan chair was Mu Yuan'er, who was looking worried.
Seeing Ananda walking past, the bearers stopped, and then Mu Yuan'er hurriedly opened the curtain, revealing a man inside who leaned on the sedan chair and closed his eyes to rest his mind. Abnormal blushing, tightly pressed lips, very dry, revealing a light pinkish white. And those slender sword eyebrows frowned slightly, seeming very uncomfortable.
Sensing that the sedan chair had stopped, the man opened his eyes, the black pupils were not as cold and deep as usual, and seemed a little dazed. After seeing the worried woman in front of the sedan chair, Fang smiled slightly and called out, "Ananda."
Ananda's nose felt a little sour, and he also smiled.
"Daddy~~" The little bun stretched out his hands to throw himself into the sedan chair.
Ananda quickly hugged the little ancestor and prevented him from entering. Children are weak in constitution, and their resistance is not as good as that of adults. It will be bad if the disease is transmitted to him from outside. Ananda ordered the sedan chair bearer to carry the sedan chair to the main room, and he followed behind with the wronged bun in his arms, so as not to make any fuss with him.
At the door of the main room, Ananda helped the man who got off the sedan chair to the bed, waited for him to lie down, touched his forehead, and was startled by the heat. There is no such thing as a thermometer here, but she feels that the temperature is at least thirty-nine degrees.
"Chuntao, have you brought the ice bag? Oh, Baibai, let's go to the side to play, mother is busy..." Ananda yelled anxiously, and then motioned to the nanny to take the little bun that looked like a fart to the side.
Little Baozi pawed at the side of the bed with his small hands, stubbornly refusing to leave, even glaring at Ananda, and said flatly, "Mother, that's bad!"
Ananda was speechless, what was wrong with him? What's wrong? You little bean, you don't understand anything, but you have the nerve to call her bad. Little Baozi is small, people in the room are walking around, where would you see such a little Douding? It would be bad if he accidentally knocked him down.
Chuntao soon brought over the ice bag, and Ananda decided to put the arrogant little bun aside, and let his father deal with the little bun.
Ananda took the ice bag, sat by the bed by himself, put the ice bag on Chu Baning's forehead, and asked warmly, "My lord, how are you feeling?"
Chu Baning opened his eyes slightly, but his eyes were still dull. He smiled at her and said, "Don't worry, I'm fine..."
No wonder.
Ananda pouted, too lazy to be angry with this man who likes to carry everything by himself, sighed, and said with self-blame: "My lord, it's all my fault, I didn't find you sick when I went out today..."
"I don't blame you!" Chu Baning interrupted her, "It was fine when I went out this morning. I got out of the car and blew some wind, so I caught the cold... Cough cough cough..." Before I finished speaking, I was already coughing .
Ru Lan hurriedly handed him a glass of water, and Ananda carefully fed him a drink. Seeing his pale and tired face, his heart ached beyond words.
Ananda still remembers what the former emperor Sun Yaobai said to Chu Baning when he was ten years old: Su Wang is a man with a handsome appearance, a rigorous personality, a well-mannered conduct, and a pillar of integrity for the country and the people. A pillar is a good talent, a good talent for the country and the people. And he does have the ability to do a lot for this country.
For the country and the people, these four words are great and heavy. In Chu Baning's life, he will probably devote himself to these four words, and dare not feel tired for a moment. For this reason, this is also the place where many ministers and officials in the current dynasty admire him.
Therefore, every time he saw him working so hard, Ananda felt a kind of sour pity in his heart. He was proud of having such a husband, and felt sorry for his hard work. For this reason, she always thought that she should be more obedient and mature, manage the palace well, and not let him worry too much about herself and the affairs of the palace. I also hope that he can rest and relax while he is busy.
Like this time, the illness came so suddenly, Ananda actually knew some reasons. Recently, there was a change in the Nanyi Kingdom, and the emperor frequently invited the ministers to discuss. As one of the military ministers, Chu Baning was naturally indispensable. Moreover, according to Emperor Chongde's trust in King Su, many confidential matters had to be discussed with King Su. Therefore, during this period of time, Chu Baning was so busy that he almost didn't even have time to eat. This busyness, lack of proper rest, and the handover of the recent spring and summer seasons, those who are most prone to flu, fell down.
"My lord, take a rest first, and I'll call you when the medicine is ready." Ananda said softly.
Chu Xiaotian reached out to hold her hand, nodded and closed his eyes.
Ananda let him hold it, the temperature of his hand was much higher than usual, warm, with some rough calluses, which were accumulated during years of training his body. Every time his big hand held hers, she felt very at ease.
This place of peace of mind is my hometown.
Wherever he is, it is the refuge in her heart.
After a while, Ananda brought the ice bag, and asked someone to wash a wet towel and put it on his forehead.
The little bun, Chu Qibai, was lying in front of the bed, unable to rest at all, stretching his neck to look at him for a while, climbing on tiptoe to get on the bed, and leaning close to Ananda again. However, because Ananda said "Daddy is sick, it's useless to quarrel with Daddy", Xiao Baozi obediently didn't make a sound to quarrel with others.
Ananda was very pleased that her children were good children who were filial to their parents.
When Ru Lan brought in the fried medicine, a little bun with a pink face was running behind her, and a little further away was a silent boy following unhurriedly, and then stopped at the door.
As soon as the little bun came in, he frowned and moved closer to the bed, called "Mother" in a low voice, and then looked at his father on the bed with worried eyes. Probably in Xiao Chuchu's heart, she had never seen such a weak and serious father, and she thought it was too incredible and worrying for a while.
"Why did you run in such a hurry? get out of class is over?" Ananda wiped the sweat from her forehead with a handkerchief, and asked Ru Lan to put the medicine aside first, and when the medicine cooled down, she asked Chu Baning to get up and drink the medicine.
"Sister~~" The little bun Chu Qibai rushed over, hugging little Chuchu.
Little Chuchu touched his younger brother's head, pursed his lips, and said with a serious face: "Daddy is sick, Chuchu is worried, sir let Chuchu finish class first." Then, she looked at her father on the bed and asked in a low voice: " Mom, is Daddy feeling better?"
Ananda didn't want the little guy to worry too much, so he nodded with a smile and said, "You'll be fine after drinking the medicine, don't worry Chuchu."
"Oh~~"
Xiao Chuchu herself sometimes gets sick, and when she gets sick, she has to drink bitter medicine, so her little brows are wrinkled. But she also knows the truth of "good medicine tastes bitter" - naturally it was taught by Chu Baning, Ananda can only use sweet words to coax people, and the full power of teaching the child is left to the child's father - after drinking the medicine, the body will recover .
Xiao Chuchu reached out her small hand to touch the face of the man on the bed. When she was sick, her mother also touched her like this. Unexpectedly, as soon as he touched it, the man on the bed opened his eyes. When he saw the three in front of the bed, he was stunned for a while, then reached out and touched the heads of a pair of children twice.
"Daddy~~"
"Dad~~"
The two little buns yelled childishly and smiled cutely at him at the same time.
Seeing him wake up, Ananda smiled and said, "My lord, it's time to drink the medicine." As he spoke, he asked the servant girl to bring over the bowl of medicine that was still steaming.
Ananda took the medicine, tested the temperature, and it was just right, so he helped Chu Baning get up and asked him to drink the medicine.
Chu Baning drank a bowl of black medicine that smelled like medicine without changing his expression, and then raised his eyes to see the three bitter ones in front of the bed staring at him, as if they were suffering for him. Chu Baning was a little funny, and when Ananda hurriedly brought him water to rinse his mouth, Xiao Chuchu also went to the table and brought a bag of candied fruit.
"Father, candied fruit~~" Xiao Chuchu handed the candied fruit over.
Chu Baning doesn't like to eat this kind of sweet and greasy food, but because of his daughter's filial piety, he also deliberately twisted a candied fruit into the mouth, and when the sweetness spread in his mouth, he couldn't help frowning slightly.
Ananda suppressed a smile, naturally he knew why he was frowning. But the two little buns were staring at him eagerly, so he wouldn't show it even if he didn't like it. Immediately, the younger son thought that his father liked candied fruit, so he grabbed another one, stared at him eagerly, and let him eat it.
Chu Baning looked at Ananda and asked Ananda to deal with her son.
Ananda curled his lips, he would do the good ones, and do the bad ones himself. Could it be that she looks like the kind of bad mother who specializes in fooling her son
After flicking the filial little bun, Ananda was about to drive them out to let Chu Baning rest, but who knew that the youngest son began to take off his clothes.
"Bai Bai, what are you doing?" Ananda asked.
The little bun quickly took off his clothes, leaving only a pair of trousers, then climbed onto the bed, slipped into the quilt and nestled into Chu Baning's arms, revealing a beautiful little face, blinking The black grape-like eyes stared at people. This series of actions was so swift and quick that it was too late for people to react.
"Baibai, here, Daddy, Nuan." Xiao Baozi tried his best to express himself word by word.
Xiao Chuchu understood, and explained to Ananda: "Mother, Daddy is sick and cold, and my younger brother is keeping Daddy warm."
Ananda covered his forehead, not knowing whether to laugh or cry: "Who did you hear that you can do this..." Although there is indeed a saying that the human body warms up when a person has a high fever, it is only done when there is no condition in the wild. This is home, all the quilts and medicines are complete, okay
Xiao Chuchu said honestly, "Grandpa the imperial physician said it."
Xiao Baozi also nodded vigorously in vain, echoing what his sister said.
Chu Baning also wanted to laugh a little. After all, he was worried, fearing that his disease would be bad for his children, so he took out his son who refused to get up, and handed it over to his daughter to teach.
Xiao Chuchu heard her mother said that there was no need to do this, as long as her father had a good rest, so she could only regretfully let her brother who had already been dressed by the nanny but still wanted to get naked on the bed to warm his father. Pulled away, ready to preach to my brother.
Ananda watched Xiao Chuchu holding his son, followed by the silent Zhen, and the three little buns disappeared together, he couldn't help shaking his head and laughing.
"Okay, my lord, they are all gone, it's time for you to rest." Ananda tucked the quilt up for him.
Chu Baning looked at her, her dark eyes reflected her figure.
Ananda held back a smile, leaned over and kissed him on the lips, and said, "My lord, I am here to accompany you." No matter how powerful this man is outside, when he is by her side, she will always make her feel that he is Poor and cute, I love her so much.
Chu Baning looked away, and said seriously: "Don't kiss, I will make you sick."
Ananda chuckled, "It's okay, I'm as strong as a cow~~ Go to sleep, or I'll kiss you~~"
Chu Baning seemed a little helpless, but smelling the familiar smell on her body made his tense body and mind relax, and he fell asleep after a while.