"Are you guessing that the window was open for a whole day and night yesterday?" Ye Jun's eyes became serious.
Nan Zhi nodded, "Yes, I went to close the window and found that the wood supporting the window was wet. It didn't rain this morning. If the window hadn't been left open last night and it had rained all night, how could the window support be so wet?"
Having said that, Ye Jun frowned.
Just now in Qixiang Palace, I felt that the people around the eldest prince were too careless, and they even let a sick child get blown by the wind. Now I think about it, I realize that something is wrong.
Even the most careless servant knows to close the windows when it rains at night.
What's more, Wan Xiuyuan is infertile and is very good to the eldest prince. She takes care of his food, clothing, studies and instruction, and it is obvious that the servants are doing a good job of it. It is impossible for them to be so negligent.
Unless it was intentional.
"If it was really done on purpose, wouldn't it be that he wanted to kill the eldest prince? The eldest prince's body can't withstand the torture." Ye Jun's eyes were slightly cold.
It was hard to guess who wanted to harm the eldest prince.
“My queen, should we tell Wan Xiuyuan about this?” Nan Zhi hesitated.
After all, the child is innocent, and it is not good to watch a child die of illness.
Ye Jun shook his head, "It's hard to say. Maybe the people who serve the eldest prince were negligent for one night. Didn't Wan Xiuyuan just teach a lesson to the palace servants today? If I say anything more now, it would seem like I'm meddling."
After a pause, he was still a little worried and gave another order.
"Dr. Shen will have the opportunity to follow Judge Zhang to Qixiang Palace to treat the eldest prince during this period. Go and tell him that I have doubts and ask him to be careful."
Nan Zhi nodded and went to do it immediately.
In the past, Ye Jun didn't like to meddle in these trivial matters, but after becoming a mother, she always felt a little bit of pity for young children.
The fights between concubines should not be stained with the blood of innocent children.
What's more, the eldest prince was born in a royal family and was already pitiful. Since he lost his mother, he has been moved to many places and has suffered a lot.
After all, he is just a six-year-old child.
Furthermore, you don’t have to participate in the affairs of the harem, but you must try to stay informed.
At that time, new news came from outside the palace.
Mei seemed to have discovered that her husband had someone else outside.
Ye Jun couldn't help but admire Mei's cleverness. The person she arranged had only been hooking up with Chen Xianwen for three months, and he was already discovered.
"Madam said that based on Mei's personality, she might just get rid of Miss Li, or... take her life." Huiyue whispered.
Just from the fact that Chen Xianwen had several concubines but no illegitimate children, we can tell that Mei was a cruel and ruthless person.
She will be even more ruthless when dealing with a mistress that her husband secretly keeps behind her back.
"In that case, let's speed up our pace." Ye Jun lowered his eyes slightly.
Huiyue nodded and did it very quickly.
On Ning Chen's side, Liang Chengsi finally got some useful information.
According to his guess, the British princess must have a secret calligraphy and painting shop.
Some of the calligraphy and paintings sold in this shop were casually painted by British citizens.
Those who want to give gifts to the Duke of England will pay high prices to buy these calligraphy and paintings. Calligraphy and paintings are the most difficult to price, and it is very convenient to pay a high price as it is just a number.
However, I still don’t know where this store is and how to buy calligraphy and paintings, so I have to continue searching.
The British public is a cautious person and would not just buy a shop on the street to accept bribes.
But the discovery of this incident was also another breakthrough.
After all, as long as we can find evidence of British corruption, everything will be easy.
Both of them were gradually making plans in the same direction, and neither of them mentioned it tacitly.
During this period, news came from Qixiang Palace that the eldest prince had fallen ill.
After taking the medicine prescribed by Dr. Zhang, I felt better in the first two days, but the fever came back on the third night. It took a lot of effort to get the fever down.
In just a few days, the six-year-old prince lost a lot of weight, his face became sallow, his lips turned pale, and he looked completely bloodless.
Wan Xiuyuan also took care of him day and night, and her face became haggard.
All the concubines went to visit the patient, and Ning Chen got very angry.
But Doctor Zhang was also helpless.
Because there is indeed nothing wrong with the prescription, but for some reason it just doesn't work.
And because of Ye Jun's reminder, Shen Pingzhi began to guess.
There is nothing wrong with the prescription, but is there something wrong with the medicine
So Shen Pingzhi asked to take a look at the prepared medicine.
But I checked and there is no problem.
So the eldest prince is really too ill to be cured by medicine
At this time, Concubine Jingde suddenly spoke.
"Your Majesty, I wonder if the servants in Qixiang Palace don't know how to make medicine. Although making medicine seems simple, if the temperature and time are not controlled properly, the efficacy of the medicine will be affected. It would be better to have the medicine made in the Imperial Hospital and then sent to Qixiang Palace for the eldest prince to take. Maybe it would be safer."
After saying this, Ye Jun glanced at Concubine De calmly.
Wan Xiuyuan's eyes flickered slightly as she lowered her eyes. "It's still cold now. If the medicine is boiled in the Imperial Hospital and sent over, it might be cold. I'd like to trouble the imperial doctors to make a trip."
"It's okay. Court Judge Zhang is concerned about the eldest prince's condition. I come to deliver medicine every day and can also see how the eldest prince is recovering. I can go back and inform Court Judge Zhang, so that he doesn't have to make more trips." Shen Pingzhi said immediately.
President Zhang is almost seventy years old. Although he has superb medical skills, he is old and physically weak.
Ning Chen nodded, "That's fine, let's do as Concubine De said, and I'll have Doctor Shen make a few more trips."
Ning Chen also trusts Shen Pingzhi because he knows that Shen Pingzhi is someone close to Ye Jun.
Naturally, there would be no objection to the emperor's decision, so Wan Xiuyuan didn't say anything more.
But he couldn't help but look at Concubine De.
Unexpectedly, she met Defei's gaze. The latter's seemingly calm but sharp eyes made her dodge involuntarily.
And Concubine De also lowered her head to drink tea and closed her eyes.
The eldest prince drank the medicine and lay down. The concubines in the palace did not want to disturb him and left.
Ning Chen was in a bad mood, so he went to Zhaochunxuan with Ye Jun.
Yi Zhaorong watched from behind and felt jealous.
Nowadays, the emperor goes to Langhuaxuan less and less frequently. As the Fourth Prince grows up, the emperor goes to Zhaochunxuan more often and thus has more contact with the Fourth Prince.
The more you fall in love with each other when you first meet, the more you will favor this mother and son.
He lowered his eyes and thought for a moment, then went back and called the Third Prince to his side, asking him to go to Zhaochunxuan to play with the Fourth Prince whenever he had nothing to do.
In fact, the third prince is now on better terms with the second prince.
Compared to the eldest prince’s previous unreliability, the second prince has a very gentle personality, so naturally there is a difference between them being close and distant.
The third prince didn't quite understand why his mother gave such an order, but he still responded obediently.
Yi Zhaorong naturally had a plan.
The Second Princess was always on good terms with the Fourth Prince. Consort Hui had not seen the Emperor for a long time, but the Second Princess was often close to the Emperor.
Therefore, it would be beneficial for the Third Prince to get closer to the Fourth Prince.