"Has Xiaxia ever been naughty while she's been by your side?"
When Chu Qing heard these words, she subconsciously turned her head to look at the emperor, who was not known for his good temper in the eyes of outsiders. However, when she spoke these words to him, her tone was gentle, as if she was afraid that if she raised her voice any louder, she would frighten him.
He admitted that his initial change of attitude towards the emperor was solely due to the success of his mission.
In order to retrieve the memories that were more important than his own life, he was willing to pay any price and make any effort.
But at this very moment, he admitted that, aside from the mission, there was a fleeting moment when he felt a genuine pang of sympathy for this person.
"I don't have much of an appetite right now, and I don't really want to eat. You and Xiaxia can eat."
Upon hearing this, Wei Yutang waved to the little guy who was bouncing around not far away, thinking he might get something to eat.
Xiaxia looked at her father and then at Wei Yutang, unsure of whose side she should stand on.
Although he felt that if his father didn't want to eat, then he shouldn't eat for the time being, because eating too much was more uncomfortable than being hungry.
“Taiyi said before that if you don’t eat properly, no amount of medicine will be able to help you recover.”
When Chu Qing was receiving the original owner's memories, she wondered why the original owner's illnesses were not completely cured despite having so many good conditions. Now she could truly experience that feeling herself.
When I see a large table of food, I not only lose my appetite, but I also feel nauseous.
As soon as I hear what I'm supposed to eat, I unconsciously turn my head to the side, and everything in front of me seems a bit annoying.
After hearing his father's words, the young prince was no longer as resolute as he had been at the beginning.
Although he felt that it was not impossible for his father not to eat, if his father's health would not improve if he did not eat, then it would be better to coax his father to eat.
“Daddy, look, Xiaxia doesn’t need anyone to coax her.”
As she said this, her eyes kept glancing at her father, the meaning of which couldn't be clearer.
Chu Qing then reached out and gently rubbed her temples, nodded, and sat down at the table with him.
If the person who said those words was His Majesty, or a servant serving by his side, he would refuse without the slightest hesitation. At worst, he would just give a hard look and throw a tantrum, and that would be enough to achieve his goal.
But the one who said these words was the young prince. Seeing how he was so young and had to be coaxed to eat, one couldn't help but feel a little reluctant.
Chu Qing admitted that her feelings for the child had gradually changed from pity at the beginning to fondness now.
Since he would stay in this world until the end of his life, he hoped to leave the child with more pleasant memories.
Xiaxia felt extremely proud at this moment. Her father was unwilling to listen to the emperor, but he was willing to listen to her. This meant that she was going to be even more powerful than the emperor.
Wei Yutang could tell that even after Chu Qing sat down at the table, his expression still carried a hint of reluctance.
"If you really don't have much of an appetite, then use less."
"Um."
After he finished his meal, the people from the Imperial Medical Academy brought him the medicine he was supposed to take that day.
Chu Qing felt waves of pain in her head whenever she saw the bitter medicine.
He rubbed his aching temples, turned his head to the side, and felt a little hopeful that the people serving Xiaxia would take him away.
Before actually tasting the medicine, he never imagined that he, an adult, would be afraid of such a thing.
However, the herbal soup was so disgusting that he could almost smell it and imagine how incredibly bitter it was.
If it only smelled bad, that would be fine, but after taking a sip, it was bitter, as if it could stay in your throat for a long time.
Wei Yutang could certainly see what he was thinking, so he quickly gave a wink to the people serving him, because they had left the Crown Prince here.
Although he had invited almost all the skilled doctors in the country to the palace, the Queen's health was never fully restored.
The reason this disease is indeed difficult to treat is also because the queen rarely cooperates well with the doctors.
Regardless of the doctor's advice, he ignored everything and never ate properly, even though the palace chefs had changed several times.
Although His Majesty knew about this before, even he couldn't coax Chu Qing into obeying him.
His body was fragile and he couldn't withstand any anger. No matter what, Wei Yutang could only take care of his emotions.
He said he didn't like himself, so Wei Yutang rarely went to his palace.
She was also afraid that if she didn't go, others would think she didn't value the queen.
Try every means to send people to find doctors with better medical skills, and if they can find those doctors with good medical skills and prescriptions.
It's best if it doesn't taste too bitter. I don't know if it's because I spend too much time with him, but Wei Yutang has started to think about problems in his way.
The medicine smelled bitter even from this distance, no wonder the Empress didn't like to drink it.
Nowadays, the imperial physicians in the palace can't produce those non-bitter medicines, so they try every means to find some better ones outside the palace.
Xiaxia felt a little scared when he smelled the medicine. He had caught a cold once before, and if his father hadn't forced the medicine down his throat, the little guy would have been absolutely determined not to drink a drop.
The father and son had taught themselves: Do not do to others what you would not have them do to you.
When Xiaxia saw that her father didn't really want to take his medicine, she really wanted to stand by him.
I tried to persuade my father that the medicine was too bitter, and that he didn't want to drink it, so he shouldn't drink it at all...
She was younger, so when she didn't want to take her medicine, she could throw a tantrum or say a few words to her little eunuch. Her father was so old, he would definitely be too embarrassed to cry and talk to others. It was pitiful to think about.
His Majesty knew before that although the Crown Prince had met Chu Qing several times, there was always a place in the young Crown Prince's heart that belonged to Chu Qing.
Now that we've met and spent some time together, this feeling is even stronger.
Seeing the young prince so protective of Chu Qing in other matters, Wei Yutang was gratified, but on the matter of taking medicine, he absolutely could not allow the father and son to stand together.
"Xiaxia".
Upon hearing his father call his name, the young prince immediately tensed up, staring at his father cautiously.
Although he was usually very afraid of his father, he was an exception in this matter.
If it were for his dearest father, then he might as well try to stand up against his father, the emperor.
To say something outrageous, once he inherits the throne, he will definitely move his father to live in the imperial palace.
The more Xiaxia thought about it, the better she felt about her current plan!
Considering that his father had nurtured him for many years and that he had done well in everything except matters related to his father, he would definitely choose a good palace for his father.
If Father prefers the scenery in the imperial palace, then let Father stay in the palace and I will take Father to the imperial palace with me.
Ultimately, it all came down to the fact that after the young crown prince realized that his father intended to coerce him, he couldn't wait to inherit the throne and separate the two of them.
Father is very good, and the Emperor is not bad either.
Caught between the two, the little guy felt a bit conflicted.
After much thought, the most appropriate solution was to prevent the Emperor and Father from being together.
"Father, these medicines smell bitter."
After saying this, the young prince blinked innocently, as if he were pleading for his father and the emperor.
Chu Qing also glanced at His Majesty with an unintentional look. The two people, one tall and one short, had a slight resemblance in their eyes and brows.
In any other situation, His Majesty would have already compromised.
Chapter 77
Chu Qing had absolutely no interest in taking the medicine, and she wouldn't even try a single sip, even if she had to resort to pleading.
The young prince, realizing the intensity of his father's resistance to this matter, became even more cautious.
When he caught a cold, his father's method of forcing him to take medicine was incredibly cruel.
Even though a long time has passed, the young prince still feels lingering fear.
The mere thought that his father might treat his father in the same way stirred a rebellious feeling within the young prince, who was still quite young at the time.
Xiaxia's eyes suddenly lit up as she began to think about how she could subtly help her father pour out the medicine.
"If you don't take your medicine, you won't get better. Xiaxia, would you like your father to go out and fly kites with you? Next year, we can go to the imperial palace to escape the summer heat. If Xiaxia wants, we can also go to Jiangnan to see the beautiful scenery of the water towns."
His Majesty's words made the little guy, who had just wanted to help his father, begin to waver.
Although taking medicine is really uncomfortable, how can you get better without taking medicine?
Moreover, what his father said made a lot of sense. If his father could recover soon, the three of them could go out and play together next year. Just thinking about it made the little prince excited.
Chu Qing realized that this little guy didn't seem to be standing firmly on her side as he had at the beginning, and she began to have some doubts.
Although the young prince was deeply moved by his father's words, he managed to maintain his composure for the last time.
No matter how much she was tempted, it still couldn't compare to making her father happy.
If the medicine had tasted even slightly better, he wouldn't have been forced to writhe in his room, refusing to drink a single drop, despite being the Crown Prince.
There were quite a few people watching, but the young prince, unwilling to drink the unpalatable medicine, remained motionless.
The thought that such a cruel thing was about to happen to his father made the Crown Prince feel a little sad.
"Father, do you know how bitter these medicines taste? I know you don't want to drink them, so if you don't want to, then we can just forget about it..."
As he spoke these words, the young prince's voice grew softer and softer, especially when he noticed that his father's gaze was no longer the same as before, which made him feel somewhat frightened.
Perhaps it was because his father had just managed to get what he had been begging for for a long time without success, and his father had managed to get it done by pleading with the emperor with just one sentence, that made the young prince realize just how important his father was in the emperor's heart.
Even his important father, the emperor, had to force him to drink medicine, so now it would be easy for his own father to do it.
"Father, look, Father is glaring at me."
Xiaxia rolled her eyes and then resolutely stayed in her father's arms, intending to stay there and not get down. As long as she stayed there long enough, her father wouldn't be able to come over and say she was wrong.
With his father protecting him, even if his father wanted to be angry with him, he wouldn't do it too openly.
Moreover, he is now living in his father's palace, so the method his father used to punish him by making him copy books is simply not feasible.
The more he thought about it, the more confident the young prince felt. Although the presence of the restored emperor was indeed somewhat frightening.
However, he believed that his father would definitely protect him firmly. And his father's high regard for his father became his greatest shield, so in the end, he was still the one who benefited.
Wei Yutang had originally hoped that Xia Xia could help him persuade Chu Qing that his illness was worsening because he refused to take medicine.
Last time, one of the imperial physicians diagnosed that his surgery might not be long, which gave His Majesty several nightmares, fearing that he might suddenly leave him one day.
The doctor had repeatedly warned him about this, but the person involved never took it to heart.