noffsinger Chapter 293: The Crown Prince's Cultivation Baby 3
Chapter 293: The Crown Prince's Cultivation Baby 3
Hot water is always ready in the Prince's Palace, and after a while a young eunuch came in carrying hot water.
Doubi and Qiuling are indeed carefully trained personal maids, and they are very thoughtful.
When I saw the baby in Gu Nianchen's arms, I knew to prepare a bathtub for the child and bring it in.
Gu Nianchen nodded, and the little eunuch poured the warm water in and then walked out.
"Your Highness, please let me help the young master wash." Zhu Bei said respectfully. After all, Gu Nianchen was the prince, and as maids, they naturally could not let the prince do it.
"No need. You guys go out. When Doctor Li comes, let him rest in the outer hall for a while. Serve him tea and don't neglect him." Gu Nianchen was not at ease letting others take care of Bai Luoyu at the moment. He was still too young and he couldn't even tell the difference between a good person and a bad one.
He was not sure about the nature of these servants, so it was safest to be on guard against them for the time being.
Zhuo Bei and Qiu Ling looked at each other, feeling a little embarrassed. If the news got out, they would definitely be punished.
"It's okay. As long as you focus on your work and listen to my instructions, no one will dare to cause trouble for you. Go down." Gu Nianchen knew their concerns and spoke.
"Yes, I'll take my leave." The two of them left the room.
Gu Nianchen then carried Bai Luoyu into the inner room: "Brother Chen, wash Xiaoyu first and change her into new clothes, okay?"
"Okay, Xiaoyu...love cleanliness." Children's emotions come and go quickly. The scar hasn't healed yet, but he has already forgotten the pain. He holds a piece of candied fruit in one hand and stuffs a mouthful of rice cake in his mouth. His already chubby cheeks are even more bulging.
"Xiaoyu is so good." Gu Nianchen asked Bai Luoyu to stand on the chair and helped him take off his clothes.
The outer clothes are made of the finest silk material and the workmanship is very exquisite.
But when you take off the outer clothes, there is only ordinary or even rough cloth underneath. Such cloth is extremely uncomfortable to wear, and only poor people would wear it.
Bai Luoyu is a prince after all. Even if he was born to a palace maid, he is still a member of the royal family. How can he be treated like this?
Gu Nianchen was so angry that he threw all the underwear aside. Then he looked again and saw bruises on Bai Luoyu's thighs and arms.
It's obvious that he was pinched by someone, and there are also marks on his little butt, as if he was beaten with some strip-like object.
The purple-red marks are of varying depths. This is not due to the difference in force used in the beating. Judging from the size of the spread of the bruise edges, they are caused by beatings at different times.
Gu Nianchen didn't even dare to touch him, fearing that Bai Luoyu would feel pain. Who could be so heartless as to touch such a young child?
"Xiao Yu, does it hurt? Who did this?" Gu Nianchen asked.
Bai Luoyu lowered his head and glanced at the bruise on his arm, his expression obviously getting a little nervous: "Xiaoyu doesn't feel any pain, Xiaoyu won't tell."
He shook his head in panic to deny it, his big eyes filled with tears, his mouth tightly shut as he didn't dare to cry. Gu Nianchen felt even more distressed when he saw it. What kind of abuse had he experienced that he was so scared by just one question?
"Brother Chen, don't ask any more questions. Xiaoyu, don't cry. Let's take a bath." He picked up Bai Luoyu and put her into the bathtub.
I washed him gently, trying to be careful to avoid the bruises.
The room was not very warm, and he was afraid that Bai Luoyu would catch a cold and get hurt, so he quickly washed and dried himself.
I took the prepared clothes. Although they were a little big because they were not tailor-made, the fabrics were of top quality.
It's slippery and comfortable to wear: "It looks good, thank you brother."
After putting on the new clothes, Bai Luoyu looked more like a little prince.
He smiled and spun around on the bed to show Gu Nianchen his new clothes.
"Well, Xiaoyu is so cute. Be careful not to fall. Let's go out." She picked up the sweet little baby and walked out of the room.
Zhuo Bei was waiting at the door. When he saw Gu Nianchen coming out to pay his respects, he said, "Your Highness, Imperial Physician Li has arrived. Qiu Ling is waiting beside him."
"I know, let's go."
Doctor Li is the head of the Imperial Medical Bureau in the palace. Normally, only the emperor, the empress and the crown prince are qualified to summon him.
When Gu Nianchen held a little baby and asked Doctor Li to take a look, his first reaction was to refuse, but after thinking it over he held back.
The prince is the future emperor. If I offend him for such a small matter, it would be bad if he rewards me with a red beak after I ascend the throne.
"Your Highness, please let the young master sit here. I will take his pulse first." Doctor Li bowed and offered his seat.
Gu Nianchen nodded and put Bai Luoyu on the chair. He sat there obediently and stretched out his little hand.
Gu Nianchen had been watching Doctor Li's complexion, fearing that he might have some hidden injuries. Fortunately, apart from some poor spleen and stomach, everything else was normal and healthy, so he felt relieved.
Doctor Li prescribed some small pills to strengthen the spleen and stomach, treated the wound on the chin, and then left.
When the wound was being treated, Bai Luoyu didn't cry at all, but his eyebrows were twisted together, which showed that it still hurt, but he was holding it in.
A child who is over three years old can be so tolerant. Gu Nianchen didn’t dare to think about it. He must have suffered so much abuse that he didn’t even dare to cry. If he cried and annoyed others, he would be beaten.
"Dongbi, prepare breakfast." I have just returned from the Queen's Palace and have not eaten yet. I thought that Bai Luoyu probably didn't eat anything either.
Because of the court etiquette of that era, if you want to visit an elder in the morning, you have to go before meal. If the elder stays for dinner, you can eat together. If the elder does not stay, you can eat by yourself after he leaves.
"Are you hungry, Xiaoyu?" I touched his soft little face and couldn't help wanting to pinch it, but I pulled back for fear of pulling the wound on his chin.
"A little bit. I'm not hungry." Bai Luoyu kept eating. He liked to eat a lot of delicious food, so the question of whether he was hungry or not was a little difficult for him to answer.
"Haha, what do you mean by not being hungry? Eat slowly." Gu Nianchen laughed at him.
Because Bai Luoyu is still young, it is impossible for him to go to school with him now, so he can only be left in the Prince's Palace and let Dongbi and Qiu Ling take care of him.
In my memory, these two people were very loyal and took care of the original owner all their lives.
So he used both kindness and force to let the two of them know the position of Bai Luoyu in his heart, and I believe they would not dare to do anything.
A few days later, the result was somewhat unexpected. Dong Bei and Qiu Ling took very good care of Bai Luoyu.
Before they both entered the palace, they both had younger brothers at home. Before leaving home, their younger brother was only about Bai Luoyu's age, so they both took care of him as if he were their own brother.
Especially after hearing about Bai Luoyu's experiences in bits and pieces, he felt even more sorry for this little baby who was sent from far away to be a hostage, and he took even better care of him.