My father-in-law is Kangxi

Chapter 1762 There is no regret medicine

Forbidden City, South Study.

The Third Prince frowned, no longer as high-spirited as before.

He changed into a plain gray suit, and the purse around his waist turned green. His body slumped and he looked several years older.

The Fifth Prince looked at him once, then looked at him again, and said, "If Third Brother feels uncomfortable, just take a rest for two days."

It has been several days since the death of the eldest princess of Prince Cheng's Mansion, and the Third Prince is still in low spirits.

Having said this, the Fifth Prince glanced at the Seventh Prince.

The Seventh Prince was also a sickly little princess, but he was very courageous. Seeing that there were many people suffering from the smallpox epidemic, he immediately vaccinated his own children, including his two half-year-old illegitimate sons and his second daughter who was less than a hundred days old.

In the end, everything went smoothly.

As the Fifth Prince thought about this, his face drooped and he became dissatisfied with the Fifth Lady.

Doesn’t the Seventh Lady love children?

Of the two legitimate daughters that she gave birth to with great difficulty, one was not suitable for vaccination and the other was less than 100 days old. However, they were vaccinated anyway and both survived safely.

My own son is three years old and has celebrated two birthdays. He is not young anymore and it is the most suitable time for him to be vaccinated.

He went to Haidian in person, but failed to convince the Fifth Lady.

Looking at his wife's wariness towards him, it was as if he was not her biological father but her adopted father.

The Third Prince sighed, glanced at the Fifth Prince and the Seventh Prince and said, "I regret this. When Khan Ama returns to the capital, I will definitely give him a good scolding..."

The Third Lady cried and complained.

The source of the smallpox epidemic in the Prince's Mansion was the Fourth Princess.

The fourth princess and her wet nurse were the first to fall ill, and then the smallpox epidemic spread among the princes.

As a result, the fourth princess survived, but the eldest princess did not.

The Third Lady has already determined that it is Lady Tian who has evil intentions and is following Emperor Wu's plan to deliberately use Lady Four to frame her. Otherwise, why would she not choose a wet nurse from the bondservants, but instead choose a distant relative from her natal family and report her own biological body as a cooked one?
The result was that this nipple became the source of trouble.

You know, as early as when the Fourth Princess got married, it was Princess Tian who cried.

The third prince finally understood what "a harmonious family brings prosperity" meant.

There was discord in the inner house. Not only had he lost his eldest daughter, but the relationship with Prince Gong's Mansion was also awkward.

Now, the Third Prince doesn't want to see either his legal wife or his concubine.

He didn't want to figure out who was human and who was a ghost.

I'm also afraid that some people are really ghosts.

The Third Lady is the mother of two legitimate sons. Tian has been with her the longest and is now pregnant.

When the case was judged in front of the emperor, he would be accused of being "unkind" for lending the imperial physician to Prince Gong's palace.

I think it’s very simple.

That's my uncle's house, not a distant relative's.

I thought it would be fine if the imperial physician delayed for a few hours, but who would have thought that he would be so weak that the eldest princess would have a convulsion.

Thinking of this, the Third Prince felt very sad, his eyes turned red, and he said, "Earlier I laughed at the Eighth Prince for being unlucky. Is it my turn now?"

The Eighth Prince is hypocritical and treats his brothers poorly. He deserves his bad luck.

Do you deserve it?

I just don't want to offend Prince Gong's Mansion.

Didn’t I fight against Lao Jiu?
The Third Prince felt dizzy and staggered.

The Fifth Prince quickly reached out and held him, saying worriedly, "Third Brother, you haven't rested well for a few nights, and your eyes are dark!"

The Third Prince rubbed his temple and said in a hoarse voice, "I couldn't sleep for a few days in a row, and I kept hearing the child crying in the middle of the night. Our eldest princess also blamed me."

How can I not pity the eldest daughter?

Even though he is not as valued as the eldest son, he is still raised for several years and is almost old enough to stand on his own feet.

This tragedy is really heartbreaking.

I had lost three illegitimate sons before, but none of them combined could compare to the pain I felt this time.

The Fifth Prince bit his lip, but actually wanted to say a few words.

The child died of high fever and convulsions.

This is not an uncommon way to die.

Isn’t there a way to reduce fever using alcohol?
There are also methods such as water bath to reduce fever.

Why can’t you get through it?
Is it because the people around you are not dedicated enough?

Thinking that the imperial physician had been borrowed and the remaining Third Lady was not a knowledgeable person, the Fifth Prince could only breathe a sigh of relief.

You'd better just shut up.

With the gossip, the fault was attributed to the Third Lady, as if she was trying to sow discord between her brother and his sister-in-law.

It is better for the prince to take responsibility for the death of the emperor's granddaughter than for the prince's wife to take responsibility.

Even if Khan Ama was angry, he would just curse a few times and kick him a few times and that would be it.

Children are difficult to raise.

Except for the younger brothers at the back, which of the older brothers doesn’t have a deceased child?
The Third Lady was not lazy in Haidian, as she had to take care of four or five children.

That's the Third Lady's own flesh and blood, how could she not take good care of him?
I guess it's just because of lack of manpower...

*
Haidian South Second Institute.

The Third Lady was lying on the kang with her hair tied in a bun. Her body was still limp and her face was pale, without a trace of blood.

The nanny brought the medicine bowl over and choked up, "Fujin, take the medicine."

The Third Lady sat up, looking dull.

The nanny comforted her, "Fujin is still young... Once she recovers, there will be another one..."

Blessings never come alone, and misfortunes never come alone.

The eldest princess died of smallpox, and the third wife was so shocked that she had a miscarriage.

It had only been two months since I got pregnant, and I thought my period was delayed for a few days due to the change of seasons, but it turned out that I was pregnant.

It wasn't until my lower abdomen felt like it was dropping and I almost fainted from the pain that I realized something was wrong.

The Third Lady is now in confinement after giving birth.

The Third Lady picked up the medicine bowl and drank it sip by sip.

He is obviously the person who is most afraid of suffering, but he seems to have lost consciousness in his mouth.

After drinking the medicine, San Fu Jin lay down and looked at the maid and asked, "Is there any movement in the North Prison?"

The Fifth and Seventh Fujins lived over there.

Mammy shook her head and said, "Both families stayed indoors and no news came out."

The Third Lady closed her eyes, knowing that this should be good news for her.

The smallpox epidemic was brought to Haidian by people from the Prince's Mansion. If it really spread to those two families, there would be rifts between the sisters-in-law from now on, and I'm afraid they won't be able to talk to each other properly anymore.

But thinking that other people's children were all fine while her own child was the only one who died, she began to have bad thoughts.

I really wish this smallpox epidemic would end even more.

But she knew in her heart that it was a foolish idea.

Injuring others is not good for oneself.

But why wasn't the Fourth Princess the one who died...

The Third Lady's tears started to flow again.

Why am I so stupid?
Weren't you at all wary of the Fourth Princess who was sent over later?
If I had placed the Fourth Princess in the front yard and prohibited the maids around her from running around, the disease would not have spread to the First Princess...

Thinking this, the Third Lady slapped herself twice.

The nanny was startled and said hurriedly: "Fujin..."

The Third Lady opened her eyes, looked at the maid and said, "I am such a fool..."

The nanny said, "This smallpox epidemic is dangerous. When you recover, maybe the eldest princess will be born into Fu Jin's belly again."

After hearing this, the Third Lady burst into tears.

"No, she blamed me for not being able to protect her, so she went there by herself and brought her younger brother and sister with her..."

*
After a few more days, Fengsheng and his siblings finished replanting.

This time the reaction was very minor, with only a low-grade fever for a day or two, and the rash on the flower planting site was mostly reduced.

This is a sign of successful vaccination.

Shushu and the Ninth Prince were so happy that even Lady Bo's face was filled with smiles.

After waiting for another three to five days, the wound would completely heal and form a scab, and the Fengsheng brother and sister's vaccination journey would be over.

These two courtyards are not small, but not big either.

Niguzhu was so familiar with running back and forth between the houses that he could no longer stay there.

Every day he would hold Mrs. Bo's hand and point in the direction of Ning'an Hall.

Mrs. Bo picked her up and comforted her, "Just draw a few more flowers and it will be over..."

She was an impatient person, and once she was no longer confined in the room, she was thinking about returning to Ning'an Hall.

I am mainly concerned about the garden and greenhouse on East Road.

Shushu drew a picture of small plum blossoms for half a month according to the Jiujiu Xiaohan diagram, and asked her to fill in the plum blossoms every day.

Niguzhu sighed and said, "Then let's go see my second brother..."

This time, Mrs. Bo did not stop him. She just said, "Then be a good boy and don't catch your brother's goldfish."

"Well, well, I won't catch..."

Niguzhu agreed obediently, and the grandfather and grandson went to the back room.

Fengsheng and Akdan were sitting on the kang in the east room, playing with building blocks.

Fengsheng built a house with a triangular roof, while Akdan built a basin-shaped object.

When they saw Lady Bo bringing Niguzhu in, the two brothers stood up.

"Ma, sister..."

"Ma, sister..."

When Niguzhu saw this, he immediately put the goldfish bowl behind his mind and kicked his legs to get on the kang.

Mrs. Bo picked up Niguzhu, took off her shoes, and let her sit on the kang.

"My eldest brother's room is small... My second brother's room is not big either..."

Niguzhu commented, looking at the different sized pieces of wood, and said, "I want to make a fortune tree that drops gold ingots. My father and mother like it..."

Feng Sheng looked at the square and rectangular pieces of wood and said, "You can't put together a tree. There are no leaves and no ingots."

Akdan pursed his lips and said nothing, but there was a hint of pride in his eyes.

He also knew that Ene liked gold, so he was trying to piece together a lucky jar. When he was done, he would put his gold ingot inside as a tribute to Ene...

*
In Ning'an Hall.

Shushu, who was accompanying her sister-in-law, also had various toys in her hands.

Some were bought at temple fairs in Beijing, and others were clay sculptures bought in the south of the Yangtze River.

They were all dug out from the warehouse.

For children locked in the yard with no one to accompany them, it would not be so hard for them to bear if they had some small toys to pass the time.

After more than ten days of getting along, the two aunts and sisters-in-law became more familiar with each other, and the Seventeenth Princess became less timid.

She grabbed the fat Ah Fu, her eyes curved, and said, "Nineteenth brother..."

Shushu took a closer look and, apart from being fat, saw no similarities between Fat Ah Fu and the Nineteenth Prince.

But she still nodded and said, "Yes, it's the same as the Nineteenth Prince's, especially this bellyband, which is red..."

The Seventeenth Princess hesitated for a moment and said, "Sister-in-law Nine, when can I get ready? It's been a long time since I paid my respects to the Empress..."

Shushu stroked her sparse short hair and said, "It's almost time. Once the plum blossom painting is finished, we should go back to the palace."

She also prepared a copy of this plum blossom painting for children for the Seventeenth Princess.

The Seventeenth Princess smiled, revealing two dimples, and said, "The Queen said she would teach me how to trace red characters."

"Oh, that's great. Sister-in-law Jiu will prepare a small inkstone for you..." Shu Shu said.

The Seventeenth Princess was born in 1937 and is five years old this year, which should be her most lively and lovely age.

But I was timid before.

Now that I’m no longer afraid of having children, I start to talk more.

It makes sense. Concubine Min is a lively and generous person. As a princess raised in Chuxiu Palace, her life will be much easier.

Shushu looked at it and breathed a sigh of relief.

It is naturally a good thing to achieve success after all the worry and hard work.

The Seventeenth Princess was also somewhat sensible and said, "Then I will prepare some for my nephew later."

These were the things that Concubine Min had prepared when she came to the Prince's Mansion. She helped prepare three sets of gifts for Fengsheng and his two siblings. They were given to the children by their aunt, the Seventeenth Princess.

The Seventeenth Princess said this because she remembered that she was the elder in front of her nephews and nieces.

Shu Shu nodded and said, "Okay, then tell them to wait."

As the aunt and sister-in-law were talking, the Ninth Prince came over holding the Nineteenth Prince.

"This little guy refused to stay in the house and insisted on walking outside. I held him for a while, but my arms couldn't bear it anymore..." The Ninth Prince complained.

Winter is almost here and it's getting colder outside. How could we dare let him stay outside any longer?

The acne was cured successfully, but I ended up catching a cold, but I had no place to cry.

The Nineteenth Prince began to recognize people. His brother and sister-in-law came over every day these days, so he rushed to Shushu and said, "Sister-in-law...Sister-in-law..."

The Ninth Prince put him on the kang, pressed down his little arms, and said, "Be good and behave yourself. Your sister-in-law can't hold you right now..."

(End of this chapter)