Fourth Master's childhood sweetheart

Chapter 86
After the Empress Dowager suddenly fell ill, the atmosphere in the Forbidden City, which had just been somewhat joyful, also began to turn negative.

Lord Kangxi came to take care of the sick almost every day, and also stayed at the side of the Empress Dowager, waiting for the old man's call at any time.

The Empress Dowager was ill for three days, but her spirit began to gradually improve.

Everyone followed and took a breath.Even Lord Kangxi, who was serviced by his clothes, finally dragged his exhausted body back to Qianqing Palace to rest.

After Lord Kangxi left, the concubines and elder brothers in various palaces were also busy.

The Empress Dowager was not in the mood to meet people, but she only asked Tong Jia Xili to come in and serve her.

Tong Jia Xili, who entered with soup and medicine, could smell a strong smell of medicine in the room just after arriving in the inner room.

Even with the windows on one side open, the smell is so obvious.

It seems that the smell of medicine has invaded the wooden beams around the house, and it is difficult to dissipate for a long time.

The Empress Dowager was sitting crookedly on the bed, closing her eyes to keep her spirits up.

"You're here?"

The Empress Dowager, who heard the footsteps, raised her eyelids a little, and after seeing Tong Jia Xili, she closed her eyes again.

"Mother Su Mala is waiting in front of the medicine stove to decoct the medicine. I asked my servant to bring it to you." Tong Jia Xili walked to the side of the bed and asked with concern: "Do you ever feel better?"

The Empress Dowager, who sat there quietly, remained motionless like a statue.

After a long while, the old man seemed to be belatedly opening his mouth, but he answered an irrelevant question: "Where's the emperor? Did you go back to rest?"

...

"The emperor has already gone back to rest." Tong Jia Xili said very patiently: "The emperor is worried about your body, and you will be waiting for three days in undressed clothes."

"Now that you've finally woken up, I'm a little more at ease, and I'm going back to rest."

"You should also take care of yourself."

The Empress Dowager nodded, glanced at the bitter medicine that Tong Jia Xili brought, and frowned involuntarily.

"The emperor has been standing by for the past few days, and the Ai family knows about it." The empress dowager took a breath and continued: "After all, there are more than [-] people, and it's time to go back and rest."

"Ai's family has been taking this medicine for several days, but he hasn't eaten anything. It's bitter in his mouth. Put it aside and drink it later."

The Empress Dowager always valued her body, and she rarely lost her temper like this.

Obviously, he had taken too much bitter medicine in the past few days, and he couldn't stand it anymore.

"There is bird's nest porridge simmering in the small kitchen. When you want to eat it, bring it here." Tong Jia Xili put the medicine aside and said, "Or if you want to eat something else, let the small kitchen make it now."

"The Ai family wants to eat the jujube cake made by Su Mala." The Empress Dowager said, "It's sweet and soft, so delicious. It's just that she has made these things less and less in recent years."

Speaking of which, Aunt Su Mala is about the same age as the Empress Dowager, and she is nearly eighty now.

It's really hard to support my physical strength when I have to cook and cook.

"My daughter can also make jujube cake." Tong Jia Xili thought for a while and said, "Why don't my daughter make it for you?"

However, the Empress Dowager shook her head.

Tong Jia Xili opened her mouth, not knowing what to say.

Outside, there was a knock on the door at this moment.

"Empress Dowager, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is here." The little maid reported, with the meaning of asking.

"Let the prince come in." The Empress Dowager instructed Tong Jia to Xili, her tone a little weak.

Tong Jia Xili nodded and passed the message to the little maid.

After a while, the outer door was pushed open.

The prince walked in slowly, maintaining that indifferent demeanor between his brows and eyes.But although he said that he came to serve the sick, there was a little concern in his eyes.

Less, worrying about the Empress Dowager from the bottom of my heart.

Seeing the prince walking in, Tong Jia Xili simply stood up and gave him his seat.

"Great-grandmother." The prince saluted and sat down where Tong Jia Xili was sitting just now.

"En." The empress dowager responded lightly, and her attitude towards the prince neither seemed alienated nor warm.

The prince didn't seem to have heard of this, and when he saw a bowl of decoction on the side, he picked it up, filled a spoonful with a spoon, and blew gently.

"The medicine is getting cold, should my great-grandmother take the medicine?"

Under the tentative words, the prince directly handed the spoon to the Empress Dowager.

The Empress Dowager frowned slightly, she didn't even have the witty talk about the bitterness of the medicine with Tong Jia Xili before, so she opened her mouth and drank the dark concoction.

The atmosphere between the grandparent and grandson seemed stiff and awkward.

Tong Jia Xili didn't know if it was because of her presence, so after hesitating again and again, she said: "My daughter, go to the small kitchen to see if the bird's nest porridge is ready."

"Go." The Empress Dowager said, "It's cold outside, don't freeze."

...

The prince glanced sideways, a little surprised at the empress dowager's concern for Tong Jia Xili.

It seems that he...has never been cared about like this before.

At least, in his memory, it seemed so.

When Tong Jia Xili returned to the main hall with the bird's nest porridge, the grandfather and grandson were still sitting there quietly, as if no one wanted to speak.

Tong Jia Xili put down the porridge, left the main hall again, and went to the porch outside the house.

At this moment, the snow had stopped, and a faint sunlight appeared on the horizon.

The Compassionate Ning Palace under the snow cover has a more heavy feeling.

The prince also came out from inside at some point, and saw the back of the girl in the corridor.

"Tong Gege is watching the snow?" The prince also stood beside Tong Jia Xili with a bit of teasing at the corner of his mouth.

"En." Tong Jia Xili saluted sideways and responded simply.

The prince still looked calm and calm, with his hands behind his back, he suddenly asked: "Although Tong Gege is polite to Gu, but for some reason, Gu always feels that Tong Gege wants to stay away from Gu?"

The tone of the question was flat, as if he was talking about something insignificant.

But Tong Jia Xili knew that the prince's thoughts were unpredictable, and there must be some other intention hidden in these words.

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has a special status. The courtiers are in awe and dare not offend easily." Tong Jia Xili said very politely, without showing any signs of expression, she even put some distance between herself and the Crown Prince.

"Really?" The prince asked back with a chuckle, without saying anything more.

But the way he looked at Tong Jia Xili was a little more complicated.

"What are Second Brother and Xi Li talking about?"

In the distance, a figure came bouncing over.

Yin Zuo and Yin Zhen, and Wen Xian and Concubine De following behind, were walking along the main path of the Palace of Compassion and Ning.

The two elder brothers walked a little faster, and they had arrived in front of Tong Jia Xili in a short while.

"Xi Li, I haven't seen you for many days." Yin Zuo said, "Grandmother is ill, but fortunately you are by her side to take care of her."

"How is great-grandmother now?"

The concern in Yinzuo's tone was also invisible to Tong Jiaxili from the prince.

"Just now His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is inside." Tong Jia Xi Li said: "I served the Empress Dowager to drink medicine, and then I came out."

"Oh…"

Yinzuo nodded in agreement, and then continued to ask the prince.

The crown prince answered everything, looked at the mighty people who came, and said: "Since Concubine De is here, Gu will go back first."

　The prince is a very deep and gloomy person.

　　He doesn't like Xili, but he thinks that Xili is very useful.

　　Good night~~
　　
　
(End of this chapter)