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Chapter 290 Ying Shan Disease

On this day, Wen Mingqian was serving the Empress when Ying Shan's maid, Bi'er, requested an audience. She said that Ying Shan had been restless last night and had vomited after only eating two mouthfuls of porridge this morning. Therefore, she came to inform the Empress and asked the imperial physician to come and take a look.

The Empress, of course, did not want her to fall ill. Upon hearing this, she said, "Poor thing, how did you fall ill? Quickly send Physician Su over to give her a proper check-up. Do not delay."

When Bi'er heard that it was Su Qingyun who was going, she was very happy. Before leaving the capital, Princess Chu had repeatedly told them that there were a few trustworthy people in the palace, one of whom was Imperial Physician Su.

The Empress thought for a moment and then said to Wen Mingqian, "Most of the people in the palace have never given birth and don't know how to take care of children. You are experienced, so go and check on them for me from time to time. If they need anything, just tell them."

"Yes, this servant will go with Miss Bi'er to take a look." Wen Mingqian understood that the Empress wanted everyone to know that she cared a lot about Ying Shan, so he went over immediately.

The Empress liked her gentle and obedient nature, but she liked her cleverness and quick wit even more.

When they arrived, they saw Wang's mother holding Ying Shan in her arms and rubbing his stomach!

"Are you feeling any better now? Physician Su will be here soon," Wen Mingqian asked softly as he approached.

“Yesterday afternoon he ate a couple more bites of cheese. It’s cold and hard to digest,” Mrs. Wang complained. “I wasn’t there at the time. The people who were trying to cheer him up were just focused on making him happy, so they let him eat whatever he wanted.”

The two maids beside her had their heads down and their faces were flushed; they were clearly the ones who fed Ying Shan the curd.

"You are Chang'an's mother?" Ying Shan had met Wen Mingqian before, but they were a bit far apart.

“Yes, young master, I am Chang’an’s mother.” Wen Mingqian subtly turned to Ying Shan. This child looked more like his mother, but you could tell from his eyes that he was very stubborn.

"You smell so good!" Ying Shan said. "You smell just like my mother. Can you hug me for a while?"

This is not surprising, after all, the Queen Consort of Chu had also used rouge and face powder made by Wen Mingqian.

Seeing that he had already extended his hands to him, Wen Mingqian smiled at Wang Mama and took Ying Shan from her.

Ying Shan nestled close to her and couldn't help but rub his face against her chin, a gesture a child would make towards someone they were close to.

Wen Mingqian knew that this child missed his mother terribly.

At this moment, Su Qingyun also arrived. After looking at her, he said, "It's alright. Keep it warm these days. Don't eat meat or fish, just drink rice soup."

"Doctor Su, is this all? Do I need to take any medicine?" Wang's mother asked quickly.

“I think medicine is unnecessary; massaging a few acupoints will suffice,” Su Qingyun said, teaching Wang Mama a few acupoints and instructing her on the method and duration of massage.

Then she added, "You must not eat milk or anything like that anymore. I noticed that the young master has a slight rash on his body, which I think is related to this."

Wang's mother's people immediately agreed.

At this moment, Ying Shan had already fallen asleep in Wen Mingqian's arms.

Bi'er glanced at it and chuckled quietly, "I didn't sleep well last night, and I was restless this morning, so I'm sleepy now."

Wen Mingqian then put him on the bed, and Wang Mama covered him with a blanket and told Bi'er to pat him carefully.

Wang Mama saw Su Qingyun and Wen Mingqian out. Su Qingyun left first, while Wen Mingqian stopped and talked to Wang Mama.

"Young master really likes the scent on me. I'll send you some later."

"This... Oh! Thank you so much, madam." Madam Wang didn't expect Wen Mingqian to bring this up on his own initiative.

To be honest, when she saw Ying Shan relying on Wen Mingqian so much, she also felt a little worried. Because she didn't know whether Wen Mingqian was a friend or foe.

After all, she was introduced to the palace by Princess Zhao and was a trusted confidante of the Empress.

Wen Mingqian walked out from here, turned a corner, and saw Su Qingyun waiting ahead.

With no one around, she quickened her pace to catch up.

"Yesterday you asked Xiaoyue to go to the Imperial Hospital to get hemostatic medicine. Where were you injured?" Su Qingyun asked.

"It's nothing serious, just a minor cut and a little blood," Wen Mingqian said. "But I shouldn't have kept this from you."

So she briefly recounted how Dong Gang had harassed her. There was no other reason than that Su Qingyun was her ally. If they didn't even have this much trust, how could they discuss important matters together?

"They're beasts!" Su Qingyun cursed through gritted teeth. "There's not a single good person in the Dong family!"

"Actually, this isn't entirely a bad thing. If they are flawless and united, how can you and I even begin to take action?" Wen Mingqian smiled. "You agree, right?"

"So what are you planning to do? This shameless man will definitely keep bothering you. Don't think that just because this is the palace, he can't do anything to you."

Let me tell you, a few years ago, a palace maid was raped and murdered under the wisteria trellis in the northeast corner of the Imperial Garden. Everyone knows that it was Dong Gang who did it after drinking at a banquet in the palace.

In the end, he only managed to drag a guard down as a scapegoat; he remained unscathed. After all, he had people backing him up both inside and outside the palace.

"Thank you for reminding me, I will be careful," Wen Mingqian said. "The Empress hopes Ying Shan is safe right now, so things should be peaceful in the palace for a while."

As they were talking, they saw someone coming from the opposite direction in the distance, so the two parted ways.

Wen Mingqian returned to the Empress and reported: "The imperial physician examined me and said it's nothing serious. I don't even need to take any medicine, just avoid getting chilled and don't eat raw or cold food."

"It's good that there's nothing seriously wrong." The Empress nodded. "Yesterday, Consort Hui told me that she was going to Bowang Mountain to perform a Buddhist ceremony, and the eldest princess wanted to go with her. I thought they were just doing their best for me, so let them go."

My mother loved Buddha's Hand incense, but there's none available right now. Why don't you make some so they can take it with them?"

"Your Majesty, rest assured, this servant will go back and make them immediately," Wen Mingqian replied. "But I wonder how many are needed?"

"You should ask Consort Hui about this. The two of you can discuss it," the Empress said. "There are some fine longan fruits that have been sent as tribute from Fuzhou. Take some back with you and eat them often."

The Empress had a sweet tooth and loved all kinds of dried fruit and candied fruit.

Actually, these things are all on the "heaty" side, and eating too much of them is not good, but she doesn't care about that.

Wen Mingqian thanked the reward, and a young palace maid followed her, carrying the longan pulp bestowed by the Empress.

"I still need to go to Consort Hui's place, so I'll trouble you to deliver the Empress's reward to my room. Just give it to Xiaoyue," Wen Mingqian said with a smile to the young palace maid.

The young palace maid agreed and went. Xiaoyue was indeed there. After taking the things, she said, "Please wait a moment."

As she spoke, she opened the jar of candied fruit and grabbed a handful of it, handing it to the little palace maid: "My lady said that no matter who brings the food, we must share some with them so that they don't go to all that trouble for nothing."

"Oh dear, this is a gift from Her Majesty the Empress, I mustn't accept it." The little palace maid was still hesitant to accept it.

"Why are you being so polite? It's a gift for our lady, so it's her decision." Xiaoyue said, insisting on giving it to the little palace maid.

The young palace maid was overjoyed and thanked her profusely.