EBE Chapter 502 Who said I have a kind heart?
Chapter 502 Who said I have a kind heart?
"What? Out of breath?!"
Qin Xin blurted out a cry, then quickly covered her mouth.
She looked at Du Juan and saw that she was as shocked as she was. Then she looked at Shen Wantang and saw that her fair face was calm and without any ripples.
She knew that Shen Wantang had probably anticipated this result.
Of course Shen Wantang had expected this. Just by looking at Huayi's belly, she knew that the child must be born with congenital defects. Although she was born with difficulty, the child was too weak and could not survive.
Moreover, Princess Ning's heavy nourishment later on was also a big taboo. Giving her nourishment at this time would only have the opposite effect, which would do more harm than good to both the mother and the child.
She asked calmly, "The child is gone, but where are the adults? How are they?"
Matron Chai whispered, "Huayi's condition is not too good. The bleeding has not stopped. And the princess, she took the baby away right after it was born, but the baby died right after she was taken away. The princess watched the baby die, and she herself lost her breath and passed out."
Shen Wantang stood up and said, "Let's go and take a look."
Qin Xin couldn't help but ask, "Princess, are you going to treat the princess? Have you forgotten that the princess trusts the imperial physician more now?"
"I didn't forget. I didn't go to treat the princess, but she fainted, and the prince's posthumous child was gone. It would be unreasonable for me not to go and see her."
Of course, she actually mainly wanted to see what her mother-in-law looked like now. Was she still as strong as before, and was she still protecting Huayi as before?
Shen Wantang took her maid to Shaoguangyuan.
In the room, Princess Ning has already woken up.
She was half lying on the chaise longue, her face pale and her expression painful.
Nanny Quan was holding a bowl of ginseng soup and feeding her spoonful by spoonful.
Shen Wantang stepped forward and said, "I heard that mother fainted. How is she feeling now? Is she feeling unwell?"
Princess Ning looked at her, her tone much softer than before: "Tang'er, you came at the right time, please come and see what's going on. Not only do I have a splitting headache, but my chest is also starting to hurt, and sometimes I can't breathe. I thought, if you give me a couple of injections to clear the qi and blood, maybe it will be better."
Shen Wantang's tone was even gentler than her mother-in-law's, as if the previous unpleasantness had never existed. "I won't show off my little skills to you, mother, so as not to delay your mother's condition. Didn't the imperial physician treat you very well before? Does mother remember which imperial physician has the best medical skills? Why not ask him to treat you!"
Princess Ning's expression froze, and then she sighed with red eyes: "Tang'er, I praised Huayi before, and you were angry with me? But I was quick-witted and said something you didn't like to hear, and you hated me, so now you don't even want to see me when I'm sick?"
"What are you talking about, mother? We have always gotten along well with each other, how could there be any hatred left overnight? Huayi is pregnant with the prince's child, who is extremely precious. It is only natural for mother to respect Huayi. How could I bear a grudge against you?"
"Then why are you unwilling to treat me?"
"It's not that I don't want to treat mother, it's just that mother's illness this time is a little different, and my skills are not enough. It's better to ask experienced doctors to treat you, which is safer. If mother is worried that one doctor is not enough, then please invite more. I remember that last time father invited more than a dozen doctors for you. This time we should also invite so many, what do you think?"
When Princess Ning saw that she was determined not to treat her, she felt disappointed. After all, the child was not her own, and she would not get close to her if she said a few harsh words to him.
She felt a little regretful. If she had known this would happen, she would have been more restrained in her words. Before, she was only concerned with taking out her anger on Shen Wantang and accidentally vented all the resentment in her heart.
Shen Wantang came to pay his respects these days, but she never gave him a good look.
It was all Huayi's fault. She couldn't even raise the child she gave birth to. She didn't even have the last bit of hope. Without a great-grandson to take care of her in the future, she still had to rely on her daughter-in-law to adopt a child to the palace, inherit the family business, and take care of her and the prince until the end of their lives.
She lay listlessly on the chaise longue: "Okay, then let's ask the imperial physician to come. It would be best if he could give me a few injections so that I don't have to take medicine. Those medicines make me sick."
"Then I will ask someone to call the imperial physician, so that mother can have a good rest."
Shen Wantang didn't care about the request made by her mother-in-law. It was not her turn to worry about how the imperial physician treated her mother-in-law. She only needed to invite the imperial physician to the palace.
After leaving her mother-in-law's yard, Shen Wantang took the maid to Huayi's yard.
Ever since Huayi was promoted by the princess to be the prince's concubine, she was given a separate large courtyard and was assigned four maids and two nannies to serve her.
A few days ago, Huayi's yard was the busiest. Good things were brought in like water, filling up the place.
At this moment, Huayi's courtyard was dead silent. Several arrogant maids were now as helpless as frost. When they saw Shen Wantang coming, they knelt down immediately.
"Crown Princess, help!"
"Princess, the princess thinks we haven't taken good care of the concubine and the young prince, and wants to sell us out! Please have mercy on us and speak to the princess on our behalf!"
"Princess, you have always been kindhearted and never sell out your servants easily. I have served you wholeheartedly. Please consider that I have worked hard even though I have no merits, and keep me here!"
"Please show some mercy, Princess! I will work like a slave to repay you in the future!"
Shen Wantang looked at the maids kneeling on the ground with a cold expression.
They didn't have this attitude a few days ago.
They were all maids of the princess. After being sent to serve Huayi, each of them felt superior to others and looked down on everyone.
Qin Xin liked to inquire about news, but every time she came to Huayi's courtyard, she would be scolded and sent away by the girls from a distance.
Qin Xin went back to complain to her several times about this matter.
As the saying goes, when beating a dog, you have to look at the owner first. What's more, Qin Xin is her most trusted confidant and her right-hand man. Scolding Qin Xin is equivalent to slapping her, Shen Wantang, in the face.
In the quiet room, Shen Wantang's voice sounded particularly cold: "Who said I have a kind heart?"
A maid raised her head with some fear: "Princess, yes, that's what I said."
Shen Wantang looked at her indifferently: "Madam Chai, drag her out and sell her immediately!"
"Yes, Crown Princess."
The maid was horrified and begged for mercy: "I know I was wrong. Please forgive me this time. I will obey you in the future!"
Unfortunately, Shen Wantang remained indifferent.
Two old women came forward and dragged the begging maid away, and soon there was no more noise.
The remaining maids were trembling with fear when they saw how decisive Shen Wantang was and how no matter how they tried to please him it was useless.