Chapter 319 Murdering with a Deadly Trap (1/2)

Both the wet nurse and Fanglan were very thoughtful people, so Lin Mengya basically ruled out the possibility that Ying Hua was sick, due to poor care.

She sat on the edge of the bed hurriedly, and held the little child’s hands to feel his pulse.

Looking at the little child’s sallow face, Lin Mengya became suspicious. After opening and examing Yinghua’s eyelids and mouth, she whispered a question,

“Did he drink water today? Did he have any diarrhea?”

The wet nurse wiped her tears and answered,

“Today the tenth prince drank a lot of water. Later, I was really afraid he would suffer from too much drinking, and so I stopped giving him water to drink. There was some diarrhea, but today, the prince always complained that he was very tired and did not like to move about. Unexpectedly, he became feverish after supper.”

Lin Mengya thought about it. “It seems that food should be the cause of the problem.”

Immediately, she asked Baisu and Fanglan to prepare some sugar water and let Yinghua drink it, only after she tasted it.

Everyone in the small courtyard became busy due to the illness of the tenth prince, but no one thought that Lin Mengya would not use any herbs, but only asked them to prepare light sugar water for the tenth prince to drink.

Lin Mengya held Ying Hua and watched him drink the sugar water bit by bit, as she gently massaged his acupuncture points.

Although the wet nurse was now anxious, Concubine Xian told her that she must obey every order of Princess Yu. So, she had to suppress her extreme anxiety and take care of the tenth prince with Princess Yu.

Fortunately, after the little child drank a lot of water, his physical signs gradually stabilized. His little face gradually became ruddy again, and his delicate brows were no longer knitted tightly together.

Lin Mengya felt his pulse again and became slightly relieved, telling everyone that the tenth prince was already well. Thus, everyone was relieved as well.

Now, it was already midnight. Lin Mengya settled the matter of the tenth prince, asked the wet nurse to look after him, gave many careful instructions, and then returned to her main room with Baisu and Fanglan.

As soon as they entered the room, Fanglan immediately knelt and shed tears, asking Lin Mengya to punish her.

“You have done nothing wrong, so how can I punish you? Get up, quickly.”

Lin Mengya, who was feeling sore all over, leaned against the heated brick bed. She knew that Fanglan would blame herself to an extreme extent. Fanglan was quite stubborn and only rose when Baisu went to lift her up.

“Your Highness, you are magnanimous. I shall remember it, but the tenth prince became ill in a strange way this time. The truth is that the wet nurse and I carefully checked every detail of the prince’s diet, but how did the prince still get sick?”

Fanglan was puzzled, and Lin Mengya rubbed her forehead. In fact, Ying Hua’s illness was simply caused by dehydration. Once he drank enough water in time, he would not be in danger.

However, the little child’s diet had been specially arranged. She also touched his clothes, and they were all appropriate in thickness. “So, what is the problem?

“Right! The wet nurse said that the little child drank a lot of water today. So, he should not have any symptoms of dehydration, right?”

Thinking of this, Lin Mengya immediately asked Fanglan to fetch the water the tenth prince drank today, to her.

Lin Mengya took only a small sip, and then spat it out immediately.

Baisu also took a sip, and then the two of them looked at each other and frowned.

“Why did you let the tenth prince drink such salty water? How could the prince not be ill after drinking this?”

Baisu put the water on the table immediately, Fanglan looked ignorant and also took a sip. Instead of having a similar look like Lin Mengya and Baisu, she looked at the two of them in confusion.

“Salty? The water tastes pure and nice and does not have any other flavor”

Fanglan was not lying to them, and Lin Mengya’s and Baisu’s taste buds could not be wrong at the same time. Immediately, Lin Mengya understood that this might be very strange.

“Why didn’t the tenth prince drink the water we usually drink? Who brought this water?”

Her diet and Baisu’s were the same as the people in the place. Besides, no matter how bold those who worked in the imperial kitchen were, they would not have dared to do such things so openly.

The physical functions of children are different from those of adults. Drinking such salty water can almost cause humans to become like mummies. What a venomous idea! If she hadn’t discovered it in time, who would have suspected that the cause of the death of the young prince was salt?

“Princess, this is the spring water from the mountains, and it is Concubine Xian who sent it to us. The wet nurse and I checked it in advance, and there should not have been such a big mistake. Moreover, the wet nurse also said that the tenth prince has been drinking this water, since he was young. Even when the wet nurse fed the tenth prince with her milk in the past, she also drank this water. In theory, there should not have been something like what you say.”

Lin Mengya nodded. Of course, parents always wanted to give their children the best things in life. Naturally, Concubine Xian wanted to provide the tenth prince with the best living conditions, but unexpectedly, she was used by someone with an evil heart.

The problem was, “Why didn’t the wet nurse and Fanglan find the water salty after tasting it?”

“Fanglan, open your mouth, and let me look at your tongue.”

Lin Mengya began to check Fanglan’s tongue carefully, as she spoke.