Xia Dongchun from Legend of Zhen Huan: I want to live till the last episode

Upon hearing that the princess had a high fever, the imperial physician did not dare to slack off. He carried his medicine box and hurried to the Yanxi Palace with Yinzhu.

As soon as he saw the imperial physician, Xia Dongchun didn't bother to ask him to bow: "Please ask the imperial physician to come and see what's wrong with the princess."

The imperial physician came forward and examined her carefully. Finally, he frowned and said, "My lady, although it is autumn now and it is easy to catch a cold, in my humble opinion, the princess' fever this time does not seem to be caused by a cold."

Xia Dongchun was stunned: "You mean... the princess's fever this time was caused by human factors?"

The imperial physician was terrified: "I dare not speak nonsense."

What this means is that she was not wrong.

"Was it poisoning? Or did he use some other medicine?" Yun Ling asked quickly.

"It's not poison. I'm afraid someone gave the princess a medicine that was too cold." The imperial physician said, "And the princess is still young. If they want to do something, they will probably start with the diet of the wet nurses."

"Yes, once the wet nurses take these medicines and feed them to the princess through breast milk, it will be the same as if the princess has taken the medicine." Xia Dongchun held her daughter who was still crying weakly, looked at the wet nurses beside her, and said to the imperial physician, "Please ask the imperial physician to take the pulses of these two wet nurses to see if there is anything wrong with their bodies."

As soon as Xia Dongchun finished speaking, one of the wet nurses lowered her head guiltily, and upon closer inspection, one could see that she was trembling a little.

The imperial physician agreed and went forward to take the wet nurse's pulse.

One of the wet nurses knelt down and kowtowed repeatedly: "This servant deserves death, this servant deserves death. This servant felt a little unwell after breakfast today, but I thought it was nothing serious, so I fed the princess as usual. Please forgive me, young lady."

The imperial physician went forward and touched the nurse, and indeed found that her body was also burning hot.

Seeing Xia Dongchun looking at her expressionlessly, the nurse became even more flustered, but remembering what the man had said to her and the benefits he had promised her, she continued to kowtow, "My lady, please calm down. This was really an unintentional mistake. If I knew that this would make the princess sick and have a fever, I would not have dared to do this even if I had a hundred guts."

Another wet nurse named Baizhi looked at her in confusion. They, the wet nurses, also had rules. Not to mention a fever, even a slight cough would not allow them to feed the young masters.

She knew she had a fever, but she still fed the princess and said she didn't do it on purpose. Even she, who was also her wet nurse, didn't believe her.

Xia Dongchun was naturally not a fool. Hearing this, he snorted coldly: "I didn't know that your rules have become like this. You knew you were sick, but you still dared to feed the master. Now that something has happened, you still tell me that it was an unintentional mistake?! Are you trying to trick me?!"

"I dare not!" The wet nurse's head was about to be broken. They had been taking care of the princess during this period, and Xia Dongchun had been very nice to them. She thought that as long as she admitted her mistake, Xia Dongchun would definitely soften his heart.

"I think there's nothing you dare not do!" Even though Xia Dongchun was angry, she still cared about Ling Yuan in her arms and was afraid of scaring her, so she lowered her voice and said, "Which prince or princess's wet nurse in the palace dares to do this? Could it be... that someone is behind you directing you?"

Originally, Xia Dongchun asked this question just to test the water, but she didn't expect that the wet nurse's body trembled noticeably when she heard this sentence. Even the wet nurse named Bai Zhi who was kneeling next to her noticed it.

Xia Dongchun was now certain that someone must have instructed this man, so he immediately asked the imperial physician to prescribe some medicine while he continued to interrogate the wet nurse. Yun Ling was afraid of scaring Ling Yuan, so she took Ling Yuan from Xia Dongchun's arms and took her to the inner room to coax her.

Yin Zhu stayed beside Xia Dongchun to help.

"Tell me, who ordered you to do this? If you don't, I will report to the Emperor and the Empress, and send you to the Ministry of Punishment for punishment! Those clever maids are not vegetarians. They can even dig things out of a dead person's mouth!" Xia Dongchun slammed the table, scaring the wet nurse so much that she trembled.

Bai Zhi, who was standing by, frantically recalled that the wet nurse beside her had not seen anyone she shouldn't have seen, but she found that the two of them seemed to have never left the Yanx Palace because they were taking care of the princess.

The nurse cried so hard that her forehead was red. It was unbearable to look at. But Xia Dongchun was not soft-hearted this time. Seeing that she was just crying but not answering, he said to Yin Zhu beside him: "Go to Jingren Palace and ask the Queen Mother to send her to the Ministry of Punishment. I don't believe that the person behind her has given her so much benefit that she is so bold that she even dares to murder the princess!"

"I really didn't do it, my lady! I am innocent!" The wet nurse cried out that she was innocent when she saw that Xia Dongchun was still determined to send her to the Ministry of Punishment.

Yin Zhu took a few steps forward, grabbed the wet nurse by the collar and pulled her up. This not only scared the wet nurse, but also Xia Dongchun.

I didn't expect that Yin Zhu, who looks weak, is actually quite strong.

The wet nurse subconsciously tried to struggle, but was slapped in the face by Yin Zhu and was stunned.

Yin Zhu had a cold face and no expression: "Master is talking, how can you have the right to interfere? You did something wrong and you dare to talk back? There is no such rule in the palace!"

Half of the wet nurse's face soon swelled up, and it was obvious that Yin Zhu had used all his strength.

Yin Zhu turned to the stunned Xia Dongchun and said, "My lady, why don't I take her directly to the Ministry of Punishment? There's no need to alert the Queen. It's a kindness of yours not to beat her to death for murdering the princess. No one will say anything if you just throw her to the Ministry of Punishment."

The wet nurse obviously didn't expect this to happen, and she panicked and struggled even harder: "My lady! I'll tell you! I'll tell you! Please forgive me, my lady!"

Yin Zhu held her tightly until Xia Dongchun said, "Let her speak."

Yin Zhu then let go of his hand, threw the man back to the ground, and returned to Xia Dongchun.

Bai Zhi was terrified watching from the side, but at the same time he was glad that he was not the one who did something wrong.

"My young lady..." The nurse knelt down, wiped her tears, and said sobbingly, "Yes... Noble Lady Fucha told me to do this. The maidservant beside her, Sang'er, gave me a packet of medicine and told me to take it. Then I can feed the princess as usual."

"Noble Lady Fucha?" Xia Dongchun took a deep breath and observed the wet nurse's expression. She always felt that Noble Lady Fucha could not think of such a way as to let the wet nurse drink the medicine and then turn it into milk to feed Ling Yuan.

But the wet nurse kept saying it was Noble Lady Fucha...

It is better to kill by mistake than to let go.

Xia Dongchun stood up and said, "Yinzhu, tie her up and keep her under guard first, and then take her to Jingren Palace."

Then he looked at the wet nurse and said, "If you want to live, tell me what I just said again when you get to Jingren Palace. Otherwise, I will go find the emperor and have him beat you to death!"

"Yes! I will remember every word for it!" How could the wet nurse not agree when she saw that there was a chance of survival?