The Self-cultivation of a Salted Fish Concubine

Chapter 181: Discovering that the Third Young Master is Unwell

Fang Yuaner smiled gently, "Qiong'er has cried much less recently. You guys have taken good care of her."

The wet nurse nodded quickly, fearing that Concubine Fang would notice something if she was too slow.

Fang Yuan'er hadn't noticed yet. She raised her hand and touched the child's fair and tender face. "You haven't seen any weight gain in these days."

The nurse's face turned bitter. "The Third Young Master is still the same. He can't really take in the milk."

The third young master had a bad stomach from the moment he was born, and not being able to eat milk was a common problem.

One day, when incense was suddenly burned in, the entire Songya Courtyard was filled with joy with the beating of gongs and drums.

When Fang Yuan'er heard this, she didn't doubt it.

After looking at the child for a while, he handed him over to the nanny and said, "Take him in and let him sleep."

"Remember to open the window a little to avoid being suffocated by the charcoal fumes."

In fact, the Third Young Master's room was burning smokeless silver frost charcoal, so Fang Yuan'er didn't need to give this extra instruction.

However, with the previous experience of Concubine An, those who take care of the children in the backyard of Prince Jing's mansion are always extra careful in this regard.

Now that Fang Yuan'er was under house arrest, she couldn't take charge of the affairs of the kitchen and the rooms, and she was suddenly free.

She called Qiu Kui to ask about the Third Young Master's recent situation.

I had just sat down and drank some tea when I heard crying again from inside.

Fang Yuaner felt a sudden pain in her head as if it was pricked by needles, and Qiu Kui hurriedly helped her massage her temples.

"Master, are you okay?"

Fang Yuaner put down the teacup and waved her hand, saying, "Don't worry about me, go see what's going on with Qiong'er!"

Qiu Kui lifted the curtain and entered the ear room, whispering, "Why is the young master crying again?"

"I vaguely remember hearing someone crying just now at the door."

The nurse said embarrassedly, "I just had a bowel movement, and now... I guess I'm hungry."

"Guess?" Qiu Kui said unhappily, "The young master only eats at those times, why is he suddenly crying from hunger? Could it be that you guys are being lazy?"

"Of course not!"

Another nurse quickly said, "The young master has had a poor appetite these past few days and doesn't eat much. We servants can only feed him more often."

"Okay." Qiu Kui is just a young girl after all. She has never given birth and doesn't know much about raising a child.

It can be seen that the wet nurse fed the third young master for a long time, but the third young master refused to drink milk, so she felt something was wrong.

Qiu Kui frowned and asked, "Are you sure the Third Young Master is hungry?"

"This..." The nurse was also a little flustered, "This servant doesn't know either."

Qiu Kui immediately became angry. "You are here to serve the Third Young Master. You don't even know if he's hungry. What are you supposed to do?"

As he spoke, Qiu Kui moved his nose and asked, "Did the Third Young Master have diarrhea?"

Fang Yuan'er, who was massaging her temples outside, heard this and her face darkened. "What's going on? Didn't you just have a bowel movement?"

When Qiu Kui heard this, she immediately took the child from the wet nurse's arms.

When he untied the diaper and took a look, his face changed slightly.

Her face darkened and she asked, "How many days has the Third Young Master had diarrhea?!"

The two wet nurses quickly knelt on the ground and said, "It will only take one or two days."

"I thought it was temporary and would get better slowly..."

When Fang Yuaner heard the noise, she had already walked over.

Hearing these words, a surge of anger rushed to my chest.

She kicked the nanny's shoulder, knocking her backwards. "What do you think?! Who the hell do you think you are?!"

Qiu Kui said from the side, "The Third Young Master was born prematurely, and his stomach is a little weak. Even if he eats less milk than usual, he needs to be carefully cared for."

"I already have diarrhea, and you still dare to hide it from me?!"

Fang Yuaner's face was gloomy. She took the child from Qiu Kui's arms and said, "Go call the imperial physician!"

As he said that, he glared at the two nurses: "You audacious fools, why don't you tell me what's going on?!"

"If I find out that you were instructed by someone, I will make sure you are in big trouble!"

She took the child to the inner room to deal with it, and a few second-class maids came in.

Only after coaxing the Third Young Master did Fang Yuan'er have the mind to interrogate the two wet nurses.

She sat high up in the chair, her face stern as she questioned, "Tell me! How many days has the Third Young Master been suffering from diarrhea? Does he have any other symptoms?"

"Why have you been hiding this? Is there someone behind this?!"

By this time, she had already arranged for people to search the two wet nurses' rooms.

Fang Yuaner thought she was quite vigilant.

She asked the Fang family to carefully select these two wet nurses, who had clean family backgrounds to serve her.

With the previous experience of Concubine Ning and the second son as a lesson, Fang Yuan'er also treated them very well.

They pay people to serve them and help improve their families.

Who knew that even with all the precautions, something would still go wrong!

The two wet nurses agreed and insisted that it happened in the past one or two days.

"I saw that the young master had only been feeling unwell for the past couple of days, and I thought it was due to the changing weather. He would be fine in a day or two, so I didn't tell the master."

The other nurse nodded affirmatively: "This servant also thought that it might be because the young master kicked off the quilt while sleeping at night and caught a cold, so I have been keeping an eye on the young master for the past two nights."

Qiu Kui's face was filled with anger: "Everyone in Songya Court knows how much the master values the young master."

"Not to mention diarrhea, even if you sneeze, you have to find a doctor immediately!"

"You have served the master for such a long time, don't you say you don't know the seriousness of this matter?!"

"If you don't confess honestly, go kneel outside! Kneel until you are willing to talk!"

Fang Yuaner had a sullen face and said nothing.

But everyone could see how bad her mood was.

When the imperial physician arrived, he took the patient's pulse, checked his tongue and eyes, and immediately frowned and said, "Young Master, I'm afraid you've caught a cold. You've been having stomach discomfort for a few days. Why are you calling the imperial physician now?!"

Fang Yuaner instantly got angry and stood up and slapped the wet nurse who was kneeling in front of her.

There was a crisp slap.

There was complete silence, and the maidservants serving beside them didn't dare to breathe.

Fang Yuaner suppressed her anger, "Didn't you say it would only take a day or two?!"

"You're talking nonsense! If this mouth refuses to tell the truth, I'll just pull out your tongue and stop talking altogether!"

As he said that, he kicked the other nanny and yelled, "Bitch!"

"Who on earth is instructing you?"

"If anything happens to Qiong'er, your whole family's lives won't be enough to compensate!"

Fang Yuaner was so angry because she felt remorse and regret in her heart.

I have been busy with the affairs of the mansion recently and have neglected to take care of the child, otherwise someone would not have taken advantage of him.

The anger towards myself and the two wet nurses was accumulated together, and now I had an excuse to vent them all.

The two wet nurses were trembling with fear.

One of them couldn't bear it any longer and said tremblingly: "This servant was not ordered by anyone, and this servant did not betray the master!"

"Your servant, your servant is just scared!"

The other one also responded by crying.

"A while ago, the master was not managing the household properly and was in a bad mood, so he punished many people. The servants knew that they had not taken good care of the young master, and they were terrified and afraid of being punished, so they did not dare to tell the master."

"I thought I'd take better care of the young master. Maybe he'll be fine in a couple of days. Who knows..."

Fang Yuan'er was so angry that she almost laughed, and she wanted to kill someone.

"Who knew Qiong'er's health was getting worse and worse, and now she can't hide it anymore, she's started making up lies to me and refuses to admit it no matter what?!"

"You have to have irrefutable evidence before you admit it, right?!"

"You really are not afraid of death!"

Fang Yuaner said the last sentence almost with gritted teeth.

As soon as she finished speaking, Fang Yuaner raised her hand and slapped herself hard.

The beating left a red and swollen mark on her fair face, showing that he hadn't held back at all!