This high fever was obviously not only caused by the cold after falling into the water, but also related to being too frightened.
She took out a pill mixed with chestnut candy from her purse and handed it to Akui silently.
Aoi took it nervously.
Everything just now was just a show, this pill is the key to success.
She lifted the prince, who was all hot and half-sitting up, and carefully fed the pills.
Although the boy seemed to be very drowsy, he was still conscious, or he still had a strong will to survive, and he swallowed the pills smoothly.
Xu Ming agreed and fed him some water.
The boy who was half-sitting up with Akui's support seemed to have some strength. He slowly opened his eyes and his voice was hazy and low. Only Xu Mingyi could barely hear it: "Miss Xu... why are you here?"
"She is my daughter."
Xu Mingyi comforted her softly: "His Royal Highness, you can rest assured and recover, and you will definitely get better."
Or maybe he was touched by the girl's overly gentle and soft voice, or maybe he clearly remembered that the person in front of him saved his life when he fell into the water. The boy's eyes were filled with tears for a moment when he was burned and confused.
"Sister Xu, I'm afraid..."
The boy leaned weakly on Akui, his voice was extremely weak.
"Sister Xu...am I really not worthy of living..."
Xu Mingyi felt his heart twitch slightly when he heard this, but he could only whisper: "How could it be possible? Your Highness the Crown Prince is simple and kind, and if you survive a disaster, you will definitely have good fortune in the future."
"But...even my father doesn't like me."
The boy choked with sobs and said incoherently.
"How could it be possible? There is no father in the world who doesn't like his children..."
Xu Mingyi patiently patted the boy's thin shoulder.
She knew that the child in front of her must be suffering from fever, but the more so, the more she needed someone to comfort her.
She is not usually a patient person, but perhaps due to the influence of her medical studies, she always has an extra sense of responsibility in her heart when treating patients.
"No……"
The boy closed his eyes as if in pain, shook his head and said: "...Xiao Ruizi grew up with me, he didn't dare to do that... he was forced, I know..."
Xiao Ruizi?
The prisoner who pushed the prince into the water?
Xu Mingyi's eyebrows beat for a while.
The prince said - Xiao Ruizi was forced?
Is this just a guess, or...
Does the prince really know the truth?!
But if you really knew it, why didn't you say it?
Many speculations flashed through Xu Mingyi's mind. The hand on the boy's shoulder tightened slightly, and he looked at Akui.
"Akui, speak..."
Even if the prince's voice is weak, it is impossible for the eunuchs guarding outside the screen to hear it clearly, but for the sake of caution——
"..." Akui swallowed nervously.
Even though she knew very little about the prince falling into the water, she could vaguely feel the seriousness of the matter at this moment...
She forced herself to calm down and said in a moderately low voice: "Girl, Your Highness has been talking nonsense. If this fever doesn't go away today, I'm afraid there will be big trouble!"
This is why she, who has read countless storybooks, can cooperate with the girl like this. If it were A-Zhu, I am afraid that the only way to go now is to knock out the prison guards.
Several internal guards heard this and spoke in low voices with different expressions.
"Your Highness started talking vaguely in his sleep this morning..."
"Your Highness, the lucky person has his own destiny..."
"That's right."
At this moment, Xu Mingyi heard the boy's trembling voice.
"When Xiao Ruizi pushed me into the water...I heard him crying and saying..."
——I don’t want to hurt His Highness at all, but I dare not disobey the Emperor’s orders.
Xiao Ruizi said so!
The boy repeated the original words intermittently.
The scorching heat has not yet subsided, but at this moment Xu Mingyi felt as if he had fallen into an ice cellar.
It turns out the murderer is the man in charge of everything.
Of course, no matter how much we check, we can never find out clearly!
No wonder the prince not only did not dare to tell the truth, but was still frightened and feverish after he had escaped danger... It turned out that what he feared most was not that he would be killed and drowned, but that his biological father would go to great lengths to take his life!
She just said it wrong.
In this world, not everyone is qualified to be called a father.
"I never wanted to be a prince...I am stupid in nature, and I have never dreamed of anything..."
The boy opened his eyes with difficulty and grabbed Xu Mingyi's sleeves in fear.
"Sister Xu, I hope more than anyone else that the imperial concubine will give me a royal brother... I will give him everything, and I will not rob him of anything..."
"If I explain this to my father...will he stop hating me so much?"
The boy's face was full of tears.
He believed that he was blocking the way of the unborn ‘emperor’s younger brother’ due to his stupid talent and frailty.
Xu Mingyi shook his head slightly.
"No, if I didn't say it before, I'll never say it again."
If a person who would kill his biological son knew that his biological son knew the truth, and if this truth was spread, it would have extremely terrible consequences, what would he choose to do?
There is little doubt about the answer.
She wiped away the boy's tears, looked into his eyes, and said word for word: "I will act as if I have never heard of this today, and you must also act as if you have never known about it. If you want to live, you must not lose hope."
If you place your trust in others, you must know how to be cautious and protect yourself.”
"But I'm afraid..."
"Don't be afraid." Xu Mingyi understood his fear and did not offer perfunctory comfort. Instead, he said seriously: "If you don't succeed once, there won't be a second time."
Concubine Jirong will give birth to a prince.
That was the prince who came from the previous life.
In this life, even if the current prince is still there, a child who is too weak to take on big responsibilities and is not favored by the ministers cannot block anyone's way.
If you retreat a little at the right time, you may still be able to find a way out.
At worst, it will be stable for a few years at least.
What happens next has not happened yet, and the immediate safety is the most important thing.
"I remember……"
The boy seemed to wake up a little, held back his tears, and nodded to Xu Mingyi.
"Then have a good sleep."
Xu Mingyi inserted a silver needle into the prince's acupuncture point.
After a while, Akui slowly laid down the sleeping prince.
His Highness the Crown Prince is suffering from such a high fever that he cannot rest peacefully. The girl's acupuncture will at least allow His Highness the Crown Prince to sleep well for a while.
But whether it can reduce fever depends on the efficacy of the pill.
Seeing the master and servant Xu Mingyi come out, the queen hurriedly asked: "How?"
Akui waited, but didn't wait until her girl spoke.
She raised her eyes slightly and saw the Queen looking at her.
Ah, yes, she is the 'miraculous doctor'...
"Back to the Queen, we still need to wait for at least half an hour before we know whether His Highness the Prince's fever can be relieved..."
There is absolutely no magic pill in this world that can instantly reduce fever.
The queen nodded lightly.
"In that case, Miss Xu will go back to Changkun Palace with me first."
It was almost noon, and she had originally intended to leave people behind for dinner.
Xu Mingyi agreed.
However, after the meal, she seemed calm as usual, but the prince's words kept echoing in her mind.
It wasn't until she saw an internal prisoner walking quickly into the palace with his head lowered that he temporarily distracted her attention.
