Baoger's condition this time deteriorated at a speed visible to the naked eye. Originally, he was a very obedient child. No matter how sad and crying he was, as long as his mother or sister held him and comforted him, he would calm down. But now it was useless. No matter whether Princess Zheng or Wei An stayed by his side all night, he would still cry incessantly and could not sleep for more than an hour the whole night.
Princess Zheng cursed Wei An out of hatred at the beginning, saying that her letter was useless and that Shen Chen was inhuman for not even sending the letter back or offering to send medicine. Later, she was so frightened by Baoger's illness that she couldn't even speak, let alone curse.
She had lost so much weight because of Baoger's illness that she looked older and more haggard. She stayed by Baoger's bed without moving a muscle.
Wei An also stayed by Baoger's side every day and didn't get a full night's sleep for five or six days in a row.
But even with their constant watch over him, Baoger still didn't get better. Even the old doctor who was very optimistic at the beginning looked up and shook his head sadly after hearing the movement of Baoger's heart.
After Doctor Shi prescribed medicine as usual, the old doctor couldn't help but feel puzzled: "I don't know what's going on. I always feel that something is wrong. Although heart disease is unpredictable and often occurs suddenly, I always feel that... the prince has no other symptoms, and there is nothing wrong with his fingers, but why..."
He lowered his voice, seeming to be puzzled, bewildered and unconvinced: "I am really old and not as good as the young people. How can I be worse than the younger generation? Facing such a situation, Doctor Shi has more solutions than me and is much calmer."
He mumbled to himself, but Princess Zheng didn't hear a word he said. However, Wei An raised his head as if thinking about something.
Some words may be said unintentionally but may be taken seriously by the listener. She also remembered that some things were too coincidental - it was Doctor Shi who first discovered that Baoger, who had always been healthy and everyone thought he had just caught a cold, had a heart disease. It was also Doctor Shi who prescribed medicine for Baoger for the first time. And later, when the old doctor and Kong Gongfeng said that the child's condition was not that serious, it was Doctor Shi who took Baoger's pulse and Baoger became even sicker.
And the next few days are also...
She remembered something, stood up suddenly, rushed out of the room under the puzzled gaze of Princess Zheng, and asked someone to find Xie Liangcheng.
Xie Liangcheng had heard about her brother's serious illness. Seeing her haggard expression, he said distressedly: "Although I feel sorry for my brother, you have to take care of your own health. You are getting married in just over half a month. Are you going to get married like this?"
Wei An shook his head indifferently, and couldn't wait to call him brother, and then said: "No, I think there is something wrong with Bao Ge's illness!"
Xie Liangcheng was stunned, and looked at her for a while before he realized what she was saying: "Is there something wrong with the illness? Did something happen?"
Wei An nodded: "Just now the old doctor reminded me that it was him who first suggested that Bao Ge'er had a heart disease, and later it was him who asked Shen Chen to get medicine. I didn't even know that Shen Chen's brother died of heart disease. Where did he hear about it? I remember that no elders mentioned it for so many years, and he doesn't look like someone who has been to Yunnan that year. How did he know?"
Xie Liangcheng immediately understood what she meant: "You suspect that Bao Ge'er doesn't have a heart disease at all, and that all this was directed by Doctor Shi?"
Wei An shook his head, feeling very confused: "I can't explain it clearly, but I always feel that Bao Ge'er used to be a good child, but he became like this too quickly... Besides, Doctor Shi happened to be a pediatrician in the past. From the way he looks, he seems to be very knowledgeable in this area..."
Even she herself was a little confused. She sighed and tried to calm down before saying, "I can't explain it clearly, but I have a very bad feeling in my heart..."
Xie Liangcheng did not doubt Wei An's premonition at all. He patted Wei An's shoulder and asked her to calm down: "Okay, I get it. Don't be so nervous. Calm down first."
Wei An couldn't stay calm. Whenever she thought that Baoger's illness might not be caused by real illness but someone deliberately did it, she felt a raging rage rising in her heart and she wanted to kill the person behind it with her own hands.
She covered her face with tears in her eyes. She couldn't stand it any longer: "Bao Ge'er is still a child! He is only a little over one year old..."
Xie Liangcheng had never seen her like this before, so he lowered his voice and said, "Don't be so excited, it's okay...it's okay. If someone really harmed Bao Ge'er on purpose, I will definitely find that person out!"
He asked Wei An: "Will Doctor Shi come here today?"
Wei An shook his head: "No, he usually goes to the Imperial Hospital in the morning and comes to see Bao Ge'er in the afternoon...but he said he has something to do today, so he may not come."
Xie Liangcheng said, "If he really has a problem, then when he is free, he may be contacting the person behind the scenes..."
That was the time to find out. Seeing Wei An's emotions were out of control, Xie Liangcheng knew how much pressure she was under, so he whispered to her, "Don't worry, I will find out for you. If someone really wanted to harm Bao Ge'er... have you ever thought about who this person is?"
If you have a general direction, you can lock on to the target and intensify your search.
Wei An thought about it but had no clue for the moment. Baoger was still so young, and the people who hurt him couldn't have done it because he offended them. That meant they could only be targeting Prince Zheng or Princess Zheng, or perhaps her and Shen Chen.
If they were targeting Prince Zheng and Princess Zheng, she couldn't be sure whether Prince Zheng and Princess Zheng had offended anyone that would warrant those people's revenge in this way.
But if it was for her and Shen Chen...it reminded me of what Doctor Shi had said before, asking Princess Zheng to ask Shen Chen for some magic medicine...
Wei An suddenly blurted out: "The Xu family! Or the Princess of Linjiang!"
She looked at Xie Liangcheng who seemed to be thinking about something, and said with certainty: "If I were to say who I have offended recently, besides the incident with the Xu family, it would be the Princess of Linjiang, who I have always had a grudge against. Apart from these two parties, I can't think of anyone else who would use such unscrupulous means to make things difficult for a child, and this method... is so sinister and vicious, I don't think it is something that an ordinary person can do. It really seems to be the work of one of them."
After all, they have done this before. (To be continued)