After taking the medicine, Chengye felt a little sleepy with his eyes drooping.
Yun Shang kept holding him in her arms and waited for him to fall asleep. Then she stood up and called the wet nurse to go out.
"Didn't you come to see Chengye last night?" Yun Shang asked.
The wet nurse answered in a hurry, "Yes, I have. I came here twice last night. His highness doesn't sleep well. I come to tuck him in every night.
It's hot these days. The crown prince often kicks the quilt. However, I didn't pay much attention to it, and I left after tucking him in at night. This morning at about noon, I saw the Crown Prince' face was not quite right, so I noticed that something was wrong.
Then, I immediately called for an imperial physician, and also asked someone to prepare water. I wiped the Crown Prince' body several times with water and lowered his temperature a little."
Yun Shang nodded and didn't blame her. It was normal for a child to get sick, so she just needed to take good care of him.
"The Crown Prince is having a fever, and I'm afraid it will be repeated in the next two days. Be careful."
The wet nurse realized that it was because she didn't take good care of the Crown Prince that he got sick. She had felt very guilty for this. Hearing that Yun Shang didn't blame her, and only asked her to take good care him. She was very grateful. She nodded repeatedly and said, "I will. Your majesty, don't worry. It was my fault before. I won't make such a mistake again this time."
Yun Shang nodded and asked again, "Has the Crown Prince eaten anything this morning?"
"No." The wet nurse also had a worried look on her face, "I thought the Crown Prince was ill and should eat something light, so I asked someone to cook some green vegetable porridge, steam an egg custard, and make a few kitchen cakes. But the Crown Prince lost his temper because of his sickness, so he didn't eat anything."
This was not out of Yun Shang's expectation. Yun Shang nodded, "I know. I'll deal with things in the main hall later. Ask someone to keep warm the food. When he wakes up, just call me."
What she meant was to watch the Crown Prince having dinner in person.
The wet nurse breathed a long sigh of relief. She quickly obeyed and went away to give instructions to others carefully.
Yun Shang also turned around and ordered Hua'er, "Go to Weiyang Palace and tell my orders. If they have anything needing me to deal with, just send them to the East Palace."
After Hua'er left, Yun Shang went back to the bedroom and touched Chengye's forehead.
Although it was still a little hotter than ordinary people, it was not too bad.
The wet nurse said, "The imperial physician has said that when children have a fever, most of the time, they will feel better in the daytime with low heat. They just need to take medicine and don't need other special treatment. It's better for the Crown Prince to drink more water and have more rest to gather energy.
However, about midnight time, it's the easiest time for the children to get hot. In that case, we have to deal with it immediately."
Yun Shang nodded, "Then just let him sleep well."
But she was still very worried and she kept sitting on the edge of the bed.
After quite some time, Pei Lan came in. Seeing that Chengye was still sleeping, she lowered her voice and said, "Your Majesty, the Imperial Household Department has sent the final order of tonight's banquet to you. Please have a look."
Yun Shang nodded and went to the outer hall.
As soon as she arrived at the outer hall, she saw Qian Liu standing there with a pamphlet in her hand.
Yun Shang smiled, "It's not a big deal. Why do you have to come here in person?"
"I heard that the Crown Prince is ill, so I took this opportunity to come and have a look."
Yun Shang nodded and sat down on the chair. She took the pamphlet from Qian Liu, "He is sick. He's just caught a cold and a fever. He will be fine soon."
"The most important thing for a mother is that her child is sick," Qian Liu said gently, "Although I'm not a mother, I know how it feels. The Crown Prince is under the watch of the servants and the imperial physicians. He will definitely be taken good care of. Don't worry, your majesty."
Yun Shang smiled, "I'm relieved. There's nothing to worry about."
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