The Virtuous Concubine

On such a perfect day for romance, Kangxi fell ill without any warning, and his illness was extremely serious.

At first, he just felt cold in his limbs and back, but how could anyone feel cold in Jiangnan at this time of year? In just one afternoon, the coldness gradually spread to his whole body, and Kangxi even trembled all over, with his teeth chattering.

When the judge examined the emperor, he found that he had goose bumps all over his body, his face was pale, and his lips and nails were purple, and he looked as if he was dying.

This is the miasma of the south!

The crown prince took prompt action and quickly took charge of the relevant matters, then led a group of princes to take turns to attend to the emperor.

As for those palace concubines such as Xiao Changzai and Yingying who were newly appointed by Kangxi when he arrived in Jiangnan, he drove them all away without mercy.

The prince frowned, and when he heard the judge mention that the emperor might suffer from convulsions, delirium, etc., his heart sank.

"When malaria first strikes, it starts in the hair, and then you yawn, shiver, tremble in the chin, and ache in the waist and spine. When the cold is gone, you will feel hot inside and out, have a splitting headache, and be thirsty for cold drinks... Your Highness, you must not let the Emperor—"

The prince was really depressed because he and the emperor father had been eating and living together and going everywhere together during this period. Wen Xian and Yinzuo also followed him and the emperor father most of the time.

However, he was fine, but his father fell ill. Yinzuo might have had a low immunity due to the previous ear abscess, and he also had a slight high fever.

Facing the malicious or suspicious looks of the eldest and fourth princes, the prince really wanted to cry.

I don’t have it!

He just felt that he had no way to defend himself.

In fact, Yinzhen knew that the prince was innocent. His mother once said privately that malaria in the south came from mosquito bites, so she gave them insect repellent sachets.

The Crown Prince has one, but the Emperor doesn’t…

Yinzuo had a fever simply because he stayed in bed for too long, and he was not used to the climate in the capital, so it was not caused by his father.

The emperor lacked this crucial protection, and the sachets on the bodies of several people had the effect of repelling insects, so naturally the mosquitoes would fly in the direction of the emperor. . .

All I can say is that every sip and every bite is determined by fate.

If the Emperor had been good enough to his mother, he would not have suffered this disaster.

When the fourth prince thought of this, he silently glanced at his sachet. In addition to mosquito repellent, the sachet also contained quinine cream that could treat malaria.

In fact, the Fourth Prince also misunderstood his mother. Malu didn't need to prepare these things personally, she would naturally arrange them properly and have them prepared.

These items must have been presented to Kangxi. However, there were many concubines who presented things to Kangxi, and these items were mixed in with the countless objects. Kangxi naturally had no time to use the ones presented by Malu.

Malu would not run over and lecture Kangxi, a 40-year-old boy.

When he arrived in the south of the Yangtze River, there was no more medicinal food controlled by Malu, and he changed to a new environment with endless new dishes. In addition, the women in the south of the Yangtze River were as delicate as flowers, and they secretly used some uncommon items to enhance the fun, revealing a temperament and charm that was very different from the noble ladies in the capital. Kangxi became interested again after a long time.

Even if he was wearing Malu's sachet, Kangxi would take it off when he favored the beautiful women presented to him by his ministers from the south of the Yangtze River.

Therefore, this was a disaster destined for Kangxi, who was not self-disciplined.

The Fourth Prince retracted his gaze and continued to listen with his head down as the imperial physicians and the Crown Prince discussed prescriptions and treatment plans. At the same time, he was thinking that if Imperial Physician Rong from Yonghe Palace was here, he would have already decided how to treat the disease.

After all, it was Doctor Rong who cured Yinzuo last time.

The crown prince thought the same thing. He interrupted the doctors' boasting and asked Yinzhen directly, "How is the Yonghe Palace doing? Is De'er Niang's pregnancy stable? Your Majesty may need to allow the doctor to come over for treatment. I wonder if he can rush to Hangzhou as soon as possible."

The Fourth Prince frowned, thinking it would be better not to let Yonghe Palace be involved in this matter. "Your Highness, if the land route is unobstructed, it will take about half a month to travel day and night... I'm afraid it will be too late. Besides, isn't the best doctor in the Imperial Hospital accompanying us?"

"Besides, the journey from the capital to Hangzhou is long and there are many variables along the way. If we rashly ask Doctor Rong to come, if something unexpected happens along the way, it will delay even more time."

After the Fourth Prince finished speaking, he looked at the Crown Prince earnestly. However, the Crown Prince had made up his mind. These imperial doctors were unwilling to make a decision, and they were arguing for a long time about a treatment plan! He nodded: "I know, it's just in case. If the Emperor's father recovers before Imperial Doctor Rong comes, it would be the best. Moreover, there are limited medicinal materials in Jiangnan after all, and we need Imperial Doctor Rong to bring some medicinal materials over."

Seeing this, the Fourth Prince knew that he could not refuse now, so he could only nod and write a letter personally to his mother who was far away in the capital, hoping that he could arrange for Imperial Physician Rong to go to Jiangnan next time.

But in my heart, I rejected the idea of ​​donating medicine without hesitation.

Unless someone else in the team has malaria and we test it on him first... and the emperor is really seriously ill, then we can take out the medicine.

Now several imperial doctors can stabilize the emperor's illness, but it will take a long time to cure it.

The longer it was delayed, the shorter the emperor's life would be, so he had to do his best to delay the time.

In his previous life, the crown prince was actually overthrown very early, but the emperor still lived so long and finally ascended the throne at the age of 43.

In this life, I still need to ascend the throne earlier.

If the Emperor's health had been in trouble earlier, the Crown Prince's ambition would have emerged earlier, and everything would still be within control. . .

Yinzhen stared in contemplation for a moment, and then turned his thoughts to the progress of Dai Zi and Nan Huairen's research on the Shenwu Cannon and the Lianzhu Fire Gun. Thinking of their current smooth progress, a satisfied smile appeared on his face.

While serving the medicine, Yinzhen secretly glanced at the haggard prince and the excited eldest prince, and then turned his gaze to Kangxi lying on the bed.

At this time, Kangxi's face was pale, his eyes were closed, and although his breathing was weak, it was still stable.

The Crown Prince looked tired and haggard from taking care of Kangxi for days. The eldest and third princes came to replace them, but their inexplicable excitement made people feel that there was something mysterious going on.

Today, the atmosphere was really a bit weird, and there was a sense of something wrong everywhere. What went wrong? A trace of doubt surged in the heart of the Fourth Prince, and his eyes swept back and forth among everyone.

The Fourth Prince stopped the Third Prince who was about to feed medicine to Kangxi, took the bowl full of medicine without saying a word, and poured it directly into his own mouth without hesitation.

The bitterness of the medicine spread in his mouth, but he didn't care.

Under the Third Prince's shock and the Eldest Prince's rage, Yinzhen curled up in pain - as expected, there was something wrong with the medicine!