Chapter 24 Feeding the Decoction
After receiving the report from the two maids, Shen Fu got up and returned to the inner courtyard. When Nanny Shen saw him coming, she quickly told him her speculation on the cause of Miss Cousin's fever:
"My cousin must have been greatly frightened, and fell into the water and caught cold. She must have borrowed the robe and shoes from someone by the lake, and carried them all the way to our house. Alas, my cousin is fragile. , Where have I ever experienced such pain!”
Then he asked Shen Fu for advice: "Your Majesty, my cousin is burned like this, should we give her..." Ask a doctor to take a look?
"Mommy, are there any commonly used medicinal materials in the house?" Shen Fu stood in front of the desk and did not let go.
"Yes, yes!" As the nun in charge of the inner courtyard, Aunt Shen quickly expressed that she must have done this kind of thing well: "They are all wrapped in one post according to the usual dosage, and they will be replaced every two years. There is no problem with the batch and medicinal materials.”
Shen Fu then raised his hands and ordered: "In that case, Chunyu, go and get a couple of pieces, fry them and give them to your cousin."
Seeing the two maids leaving in a hurry, he walked to Luohan's bed and took a look. Sure enough, Zhou Heng's face was red and he kept mumbling something incomprehensible.
Anyway, the prince was going to rest in the inner courtyard tonight, so Aunt Shen advised him to go back to the main room temporarily: "Your Majesty, why don't you go and have a rest first? It's late at night, and my cousin has a slave here to watch. I'll give her something to drink later. Order some soup and medicine. If anything happens, I will ask Chun Yu and the others to report it. I don’t know what will happen tomorrow, so you’d better rest early!”
"It doesn't matter, let's wait until A Heng drinks the medicine." Shen Fu waved his hands and stood still.
After that, the study became quiet. I only thought of Zhou Heng's rants from time to time, and felt that I was really frightened. Every time at this time, Grandma Shen would quickly pat the quilt and coax her softly: "Don't be afraid. Cousin, you are at Prince Jing’s Mansion now, everything is fine!”
He then wiped the sweat from her forehead with a handkerchief.
Shen Fu paced around the room slowly with his hands behind his hands, and then sat down in front of the desk, raising his head and wondering what he was thinking.
Chunyu was very strong, and about half an hour later, Chuntao and I came in with a food box, and then took out a bowl of steaming soup and brought it to the Arhat's bed.
Unfortunately, I don't know what kind of nightmare my cousin was having. She kept talking nonsense and her head kept moving from side to side. Not only did she spill the soup she was fed, but she also choked after drinking it.
Shen Fu first stood in front of the bed and frowned, then when he saw this, he told Chun Yu: "Let her sit up and lean against you and try again."
This was a solution. Chunyu quickly sat on the edge of the bed and helped Zhou Heng up. Unfortunately, the soup was successfully fed in, but this time Xu felt that something was being fed into his mouth. It slipped from his body, and Zhou Heng's hands began to wave wildly, and he almost knocked over the soup bowl in Nanny Shen's hand. Fortunately, Shen Fu, who was standing next to him, quickly took the soup bowl with his quick hands.
"Good lady, this soup is bitter. Good medicine tastes bitter. If you eat it, you will suffer less. Come on, let's drink a few more spoonfuls." Aunt Shen babbled while trying to take the soup bowl from Shen Fu's hand. : "Don't worry, Your Majesty, I will be careful."
"I'll do it!" Shen Fu still held the bowl and motioned for Nanny Shen to get up first, and then ordered the two maids: "Wrap the quilt tightly around Miss Cousin, and watch carefully, don't let her move around."
Okay, Nanny Shen took a few steps back. Chunyu quickly wrapped Zhou Heng in a quilt from the chin up, while Chuntao squatted in front of the bed and held down Zhou Heng's hands under the quilt to prevent her from moving. .
Seeing that everything was ready, Shen Fu stood in front of the bed and took a spoonful from the soup bowl, leaned down and put his hand into Zhou Heng's mouth.
As a prince, he had never done anything like this before, so he was very afraid of spilling the medicinal soup in the spoon. When he carefully scooped a spoonful and brought it to Zhou Heng, who had his head lowered, he found that he was about to feed him. More difficult.
After thinking about it, Shen Fu handed the soup bowl to Nanny Shen, who had long wanted to help. He took the spoon with one hand, held Zhou Heng's chin with the other and asked her to raise her head slightly, and then gave a command. He said in a similar tone:
"Ah Heng, open your mouth!"
It's a pity that Zhou Heng was still deep in the endless dream at this time, his lips were tightly closed and he was unconscious.
Shen Fu felt a little embarrassed. He thought that the idea just now was a sure one, but now he still couldn't do it. Seeing the two maids looking at him eagerly, he sat down on the edge of the bed in an impatience, and shook his head roughly. He opened a few strands of sweat-covered hair on Zhou Heng's face, then held her mouth with his hand and poured in the concoction from the spoon with some stiffness.
This time it was successful, but somehow, Zhou Heng's two delicate red lips were forced to open in his hands. Although he tried hard to swallow, some concoction still flowed down the corners of his mouth. , Shen Fu suddenly felt his throat tightening and swallowed unconsciously.
"Oh Chunyu, wipe it quickly, Miss Ciao!" Aunt Shen was holding a bowl and looked at it very anxiously. How could the prince do such a thing of waiting on others?
Chun Yu hurriedly freed up a hand to wipe the corners of Zhou Heng's mouth.
As a result, Zhou Heng's upper body lost some of its shackles, and the quilt slipped a little, revealing a section of his fair and slender neck. Shen Fu quickly lowered his eyes, but just like this, the second spoonful of concoction was lost. He hit his head and almost fed it into his nostrils, causing Zhou Hengren to cough.
"Oh, Your Majesty!" Aunt Shen was so anxious that she said, "I'd better do it as a slave!" If you keep feeding like this, most of the soup will be wasted.
Shen Fu didn't say a word. Although he was a little confused, he still insisted on feeding. Seeing that he later fed all the soup into Miss Cousin's mouth, Nanny Shen didn't say a word, so the four of them cooperated well. The study room was quiet at that time, only the slight collision of spoons and porcelain bowls could be heard.
Soon, only the bottom of the bowl of soup was left. Seeing that the spoon could no longer scoop out any more, Shen Fu simply took the soup bowl over and poured it directly into Zhou Heng's mouth before Grandma Shen could say anything to stop her. Go down.
"Oh, Your Majesty!" Seeing this operation, Nanny Shen shouted anxiously again: "Too much, my cousin will choke!"
Sure enough, before he finished speaking, Zhou Heng started coughing again. Anyway, he had finished drinking all the medicine. Chunyu quickly straightened her up, wiped the corners of her mouth with one hand, and patted her back with the other. The quilt that originally wrapped Zhou Heng's upper body completely slipped off, Zhou Heng's head drooped weakly, and his upper body looked like it was about to fall forward.
Fortunately, there was Shen Fu sitting in front of her. When he saw her falling forward, he quickly held her arm, so—
The little maid Chuntao, who was squatting beside the bed, just watched helplessly as the cousin on the left fell into the arms of her prince on the right!
Well, actually it wasn’t in my arms. Later, when Chunyu and Chunyu happily recalled the situation that night, Chunyu, who had a better viewing angle, corrected her statement:
"No, my cousin actually leaned on the prince's shoulder! Then..."
Chapter completed!