Everyone was already in Jiuchen Palace, so naturally Ye Jun was the one who slept with the emperor on the first night.
It can be considered as a first prize in Lingxi Garden.
Since the queen was not in the garden, there was no need to pay respects, and Ning Chen did not have to go to court. The next day, both of them slept until noon.
Just as I was having a leisurely breakfast, I heard hurried footsteps outside.
Then, Yuan Jiu brought Bai Lu, who looked anxious, into the hall.
Bai Lu knelt as soon as she came in, "Your Majesty, the eldest prince had a cough since he woke up. Now it seems that phlegm has formed in his lungs, blocking his throat, and he can hardly breathe. Your Majesty is panicking, please go and take a look."
It is no small matter if a child's trachea is blocked by phlegm.
Ning Chen immediately asked Yuan Jiu to invite Zhang Yuanpan, and then went to Magnolia Garden where Concubine Wende lived.
Ye Jun naturally had to go with him.
I secretly sighed in my heart that it was a bad timing. I had just arrived at Lingxi Garden and something like this had happened.
But the child is innocent. No matter what Concubine Wende is like, the eldest prince is still a child who knows nothing, and he always makes people feel a little pity for him.
When we arrived at Magnolia Garden, Concubine Jing, who lived closest to the palace, was already there, as was Imperial Doctor Liu, who was an expert in pediatrics.
"Have you found out the reason?" Ning Chen asked with a frown.
The eldest prince's face turned red and a little purple because of difficulty breathing.
A child cries when he is upset. Crying is the most energy-consuming and makes it impossible for him to breathe.
Concubine Wende was so anxious that she cried while holding her child.
After handing the eldest prince to the nurse, he came over and grabbed the imperial physician and asked, "The eldest prince just had a cough, why did he suddenly produce phlegm?"
Doctor Liu bowed, "Your Majesty, Your Majesty, according to my humble opinion, the eldest prince's cough should not be serious, but it has been three or two days. Has the eldest prince's daily diet in the past few days been too greasy?"
Bai Shuang hurried forward to reply, "The eldest prince is weak, and the servants are following the instructions of the imperial physician. We dare not give him greasy meat or fish. He mostly feeds on breast milk, with some minced vegetables and meat."
"Apart from these, is there anything else?" Doctor Liu asked, and after thinking for a moment, he said, "Have you given the eldest prince anything sweet to eat?"
Having said that, Bai Lu's eyes slowly turned to Concubine Wende.
Such unnaturalness did not escape Ning Chen's eyes, and his face immediately darkened.
"If you know what happened, tell me now. If anything happens to the eldest prince, I will bury you with him!"
The handkerchief in Concubine Wende's hand was pulled tighter. She bit her lip and spoke in a low voice.
"Your Highness, your Highness gave the eldest prince some maltose..."
"Nonsense!" Ning Chen growled.
This sound frightened Concubine Wende so much that her legs went limp and she knelt down.
Feeling both guilty and afraid, she tried to defend herself with a trembling voice, "I read in a book that maltose can nourish the spleen and replenish qi, moisten the lungs and relieve coughs. The eldest prince loves the sweet taste, so I feed him some when he cries..."
"Oh, your majesty, you are so wrong!" Doctor Liu sighed anxiously, "It is true that maltose can moisten the lungs and relieve coughs, but if you have phlegm, you must not eat it. This sweet thing is easy to produce phlegm. The accumulation of new and old phlegm will clog the small throat of a child."
Concubine Wende was frightened after hearing this. She looked around with a wandering gaze, and suddenly reached out and grabbed Ning Chen's robe.
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, I really didn't know there would be such consequences. I was only thinking about the good of the child..."
"Since you don't know, why don't you ask the doctor if you can eat it?"
Ning Chen was furious. Looking at the child who couldn't breathe because of the phlegm, he felt anxious and angry.
When he got angry, no one dared to persuade him.
Ye Jun sighed inwardly, but still stepped forward and said something.
"Your Majesty, the most urgent thing is to ask the imperial physician to find a way to treat the eldest prince. Please don't get angry. Not only will it hurt your health, but it will also scare the eldest prince. The more the child cries, the more labored it will be for him to breathe."
Ning Chen looked at the child and finally managed to suppress his anger. He raised his hand to signal the imperial physician to take a look.
Zhang Yuanpan arrived in a hurry, and the two imperial doctors went to discuss the prescription together.
Bai Lu came over and helped Concubine Wende up.
Because she knelt down too quickly, her knees hit the floor tiles hard, causing her to stagger and almost fall when she stood up. She looked very embarrassed.
The wet nurse tried hard to coax the child, and for a while the eldest prince stopped crying and seemed to want to sleep.
Doctor Liu hurriedly said, "The eldest prince has not taken the medicine yet. He must not be allowed to fall asleep. When a person is asleep, his breathing is slow and shallow. Now that the eldest prince is having difficulty breathing, he could easily suffocate to death."
"Hurry up and pick him up and walk him around, and use all those little toys to amuse the eldest prince." Concubine Wende ordered hurriedly.
The four wet nurses immediately divided the work and cooperated.
It was just that the eldest prince was tired from crying, and he would have felt uncomfortable sleeping, so he kept sobbing softly for a while.
The voice sounded extremely aggrieved.
Most of the concubines with children present felt a little reluctant, not to mention the biological mother, Concubine Wende, who was wiping her tears silently.
In a short while, his eyes became swollen like lanterns.
But this was ultimately her own fault. Although Ning Chen did not blame her entirely, his attention was on the child at the moment and he really had no intention of coaxing her.
Unable to hear the emperor's consolation, Concubine Wende thought that Ning Chen hated her very much, which made her even sadder.
After struggling for nearly half an hour, he finally prepared the medicine and fed it to the eldest prince.
But the medicine was bitter and the child refused to drink it, so I pinched his nose and forced him to drink it, which took a lot of effort.
The eldest prince was exhausted from crying, his shoulders twitching, and his originally pale face was now red, a sickly red that was even more frightening.
"He will be fine after taking the medicine. Your Majesty, please remember not to let the eldest prince eat sweet and greasy food. He can't even drink soup now. Just eat some light food, drink breast milk, and drink more water, and he should be fine. But remember, when the eldest prince is sleeping, someone must stay by his side to prevent him from suffocating due to poor breathing."
Judge Zhang wiped the sweat from his forehead and gave detailed instructions.
Concubine Wende nodded hurriedly, and asked him to explain some matters to the wet nurses in more detail, only then did she feel a little relieved.
After a lot of trouble, the child fell asleep.
The concubines did not dare to disturb him and they all retreated.
Ning Chen stayed in Magnolia Garden for another hour and left only after seeing that the eldest prince's complexion had improved.
"Isn't the Emperor going to stay for lunch?" Concubine Wende couldn't help but ask.
"I have called several ministers into the garden today to discuss state affairs. I have asked them to wait for a long time, so they will not have dinner." Ning Chen said in a low voice.
Concubine Wende sobbed slightly and shed tears, "Your Majesty, are you blaming me for not taking good care of the eldest prince? I am still young, I can give birth to another healthy child for your Majesty..."
"De Fei." Ning Chen frowned slightly and interrupted her, "Take good care of the child and don't let your mind wander. I will come to see the eldest prince again in the evening."
The name "Defei" made Concubine Wende's heart tremble, and she felt extremely sad.
But they could only watch the holy carriage leave.