Quick Transmigration: Drama Queen's Daily Life

Chapter 658 - 647: The Cuckolded Prince

"Prince, that wet nurse is outrageous!" Ye Qiu and Little Lu came by just in time to hear the wet nurse’s scolding, Little Lu said indignantly. Even if the Eldest Young Master wasn’t given much attention before, he’s still the child of the Prince, how could he be bullied by a mere wet nurse?

"Scram!" Ye Qiu walked into the main hall and kicked the chatty fat wet nurse with force, sending her sprawling to the ground, where her plump body rolled twice before coming to a stop.

"Prince... Prince!" After stabilizing herself, the wet nurse trembled with fear upon seeing Ye Qiu.

"Little Lu, tell Du Ling to investigate this wet nurse’s family, confiscate their property and mete out punishment to them all, let’s see where she got the audacity to mistreat the son of a Prince!" Ye Qiu said sternly, his gaze at the wet nurse as sharp as if it were poisoned.

"Mercy, Your Highness, mercy!" The fat wet nurse crawled to Ye Qiu’s feet as quickly as she could, "Prince, it was an accident, please spare me for the sake of how carefully I’ve taken care of the Eldest Young Master!"

"Kicking you dirtied my foot. Little Lu, take her away. ’Taken care of the Eldest Young Master carefully?’ Would he be this timid and frail if she had?" Ye Qiu looked with pity at the child hugging his knees; it was the age for cuteness and gaining weight, yet he had turned into a bag of bones, and his eyes lacked the spirit expected of a child his age. He had been negligent.

"Heng’er." Ye Qiu tried to hold him, and Ye Heng did not resist at all, just looked back innocently.

"I am your Father, and I am taking you out today." He affectionately stroked the child’s fluffy head.

"I’m hungry." Ye Heng’s clear little voice rang out, then his cheeks turned red, seemingly embarrassed.

Little Lu had just sent someone to inform Chief Historian Du and heard Ye Qiu’s order: "Heng’er is hungry, go and ask the kitchen to prepare some digestible food for children, and bring my note to invite an Imperial Physician over."

Little Lu, looking at Ye Qiu’s pained expression, felt fortunate for their Eldest Young Master. Lucky that the Prince wandered here out of boredom, otherwise who knows what kind of days the Eldest Young Master would have endured! But these servants really were bold, to dare treat the Eldest Young Master so harshly.

"This servant will go immediately." Little Lu hurried off again, and Ye Qiu took the child alone to Qinghu Court.

"Prince, what’s this?" The lead maid Yanzhi in Ye Qiu’s courtyard widened her eyes upon seeing the child in his arms.

"It is the Eldest Young Master, go and arrange for a bath for him."

"This servant will do so right away."

In the end, it was the lead maid Yanzhi who personally bathed Ye Heng. As she washed the emaciated child, she couldn’t help but say to Ye Qiu, "Prince, if you had shown even a little bit of concern for the Eldest Young Master before, the servants wouldn’t have dared to treat him this way."

Even though Ye Qiu, the Prince, was lax, he was quite lenient with the servants, which is why Yanzhi dared to speak so boldly, and why the servants in Luoxia Courtyard had dared to show such disdain for him previously.

He looked at Ye Heng with guilt, sighed, and said: "I was wrong, it won’t happen again."

Yanzhi continued to inquire: "What are you planning to do with the Young Master from now on?"

"I will keep him in Qinghu Court to be raised, and you take care of him. He’s grown enough to not need a wet nurse anymore, you go and personally select a few maids and eunuchs to stand by his side."

Yanzhi’s hands paused in her washing: "Will the Princess Consort have an objection?"

After all, Qinghu Court was the main building in the front courtyard, even more prestigious than the Luoxia Courtyard where the Princess Consort lived; she surely wouldn’t be pleased!

Ye Qiu snorted lightly: "The Princess Consort is most virtuous, what objections could she possibly have?"

Yanzhi looked at Ye Qiu with surprise, feeling that their Prince seemed different somehow, but the Princess Consort indeed seemed just as the Prince said, the most virtuous and compliant, and certainly would not object.

She looked at the child with pity, thinking that from now on she would personally take care of him and see who dares to be neglectful.

"Prince, the Imperial Physician has arrived." Little Lu led an old Imperial Physician with white hair and beard into the room, and Yanzhi quickly wrapped the bathed Ye Heng in a dry cloth, exposing a small arm for the Imperial Physician to take his pulse.

The Imperial Physician looked at the frail child with surprise, glanced at Ye Qiu, and then glared at him, obviously considering him an irresponsible father, and he wasn’t wrong; it was his fault.

"Is this the Eldest Young Master of the household? How old is he?" Looking at the child’s face, which resembled Ye Qiu’s, Doctor Hu asked while feeling the pulse.

"He’s two years old. Imperial Physician, is there anything wrong with the Eldest Young Master’s health?" Yanzhi asked nervously.

Doctor Hu remained silent, but his face grew darker and darker, and finally, glaring at Ye Qiu, he scolded, "What kind of Father are you doing? How can a child be malnourished at such a young age? Whose two-year-old child is this thin and small?"

Yanzhi, fearing that the Prince would not be able to withstand the reprimand and blame the devoted and responsible Imperial Physician, quickly defended, "My Lord, it’s the servants’ brazenness; it has nothing to do with our Prince."

After hearing this, Doctor Hu became even angrier: "As the Eldest Young Master of the prestigious Prince Wang Mansion, without the negligence of his Father, who would dare to do this?"

"My Lord..."

"Enough, Yanzhi, don’t speak; Doctor Hu is right to scold me, it’s my responsibility," Ye Qiu said with a guilt-ridden face, "Could Doctor Hu think of any prescription to nurse the child back to health?"

Seeing Ye Qiu admitting his mistake, Doctor Hu’s countenance eased somewhat, but still rather stern: "You make it sound easy; can a child who has suffered so much be nursed back to health with just a prescription?"

"Then please, Doctor Hu, take extra care, and I will fully cooperate with whatever is required."

Doctor Hu, seeing a Prince addressing an Imperial Physician so humbly, softened his tone: "I will prescribe a medicine for now; try it for half a month. However, medicine is not the main thing; the Eldest Young Master doesn’t have any other major problems, just nutritional deficiency. Paying more attention to his diet will do, but his stomach is too weak right now, so it’s best not to enrich too much; start with eating porridge gradually, and it’s best to warm some sheep’s milk every day."

"We will follow the Imperial Physician’s instructions," Ye Qiu responded with increasing respect.

"Hmm, take this prescription for half a month, and I will come back to check on him after that."

Ye Qiu gave a respectful bow, gratefully saying, "Then I’ll trouble you, Doctor Hu."

Seeing Ye Qiu’s sincere repentance, Doctor Hu’s face was no longer stern as he left, even offering advice: "Not just the Eldest Young Master, the Prince must not neglect his other children in the future either."

"Yes, Doctor Hu is correct."

After finishing his duty, Doctor Hu returned home, and Mrs. Hu, seeing his thoughtful expression, couldn’t help but ask, "What happened today that you look so troubled?"

"It’s the Fifth Prince; he asked me to see his Eldest Young Master today. That child has been maltreated by the servants and has become nothing but skin and bones, and he doesn’t look very spirited either."

Mrs. Hu replied with surprise: "Isn’t the Fifth Princess Consort known for being virtuous and dignified? How could she let the servants bully the Eldest Young Master?"

Doctor Hu was taken aback: "How would I know?"