The Salted Fish Concubine of the Qing Dynasty

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Chapter 46

The days were getting hotter, and even the nights were getting hotter. The younger prince finally started to feel better, and the people in Li Fujin's yard were walking more briskly. After all, when the master was in a good mood, the people below had an easier time.

It was said that Li Fujin had lit a long-lasting lamp in the most efficacious Baolong Temple in the capital, saying that she had prayed to the gods and Buddhas before, and now was a way to fulfill her wish.

But there was almost no sound in the main courtyard all day. Two days ago, a young eunuch mixed up the medicine bowls and was dragged into the yard and beaten with fifty boards. It was said that when he was dragged back, his lower body had turned into mud.

Fu Jin nodded to Madam Kang's action. Prince Honghui had already moved back to the main courtyard from the front courtyard. He was already ill, so no matter how carefully he was treated, it would not be too much. But someone dared to make such a big mistake.

Although the people in the courtyard served him with great trepidation, no matter how carefully they treated him, Honghui's health did not improve. In the end, Fu Jin took care of him personally without taking off his clothes, but the cough that used to be cured in seven days was getting worse day by day.

Even red appeared on the handkerchief beside the bed.

Doctor Chen came and left, and then it was Doctor Xu, Doctor Liu, and Doctor Qin.

Even Doctor Wu, the pediatric expert, brought a group of doctors to discuss together.

Fu Jin felt her heart sinking down into the bottomless abyss, and she began to have an ominous premonition.

However, when facing Honghui, she still tried to force a smile. Seeing the child on the bed getting weaker day by day, she couldn't help but feel heartbroken.

Cutting flesh with a blunt knife is the most painful.

After a violent cough, Honghui's face, which had turned red due to coughing, slowly lost its color. He raised his pale face with a faint smile on his lips, "Mother, don't worry about the child. After a few days, when the weather is warmer, the child will be fine."

Fu Jin's tears fell in strings, but she couldn't bear to let Honghui see this. She turned sideways to wipe her tears, and smiled again when facing Honghui, "Honghui won't lie to mother, right? Our Honghui is the most obedient, and listens to mother the most. Take medicine obediently, and he will definitely get better."

Kang Mama cried and almost died. She felt sorry for the girl she had nursed and the little prince she had watched grow up. The two were like her heart and liver. Now her heart and liver were about to be taken away, how could she not feel pain.

Fu Jin also became thinner and thinner. The cheongsam that fit her before was now swaying inside. Seeing that Honghui wanted to cough again, she no longer cared about the rules and decency, and just hugged Honghui so that he could lie more comfortably.

Since he went to the front yard at the age of six, he has never been so close to his mother. Honghui was not feeling well, but he had a satisfied smile on his face. His mother's embrace was so warm. It would be even better if his father could stay with him for a while longer.

Fu Jin took the medicine bowl presented by the palace maid, fed Honghui the medicine himself, and took candied fruit to remove the sour and bitter taste of the medicine in his mouth.

Unexpectedly, Honghui shook his head obediently, "Mother, the imperial physician said that sweet things will cause phlegm, and eating them will cause coughing. If the child does not eat these, he will get better soon."