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Susu was crying terribly, which indicated she was in great discomfort.

Shen Chuwei saw her daughter crying so intensely that her heart ached unbearably.

Chun Xi was also extremely anxious by Susu’s crying, and she began to cry herself.

Following that, Taotao also started to cry, but Shen Chuwei just couldn’t attend to her at the moment.

While the wet nurse was comforting Taotao, she felt a sharp pain in her arm, followed by an itch at the spot, and she couldn’t help but scratch it.

Shen Chuwei frowned; Susu’s pulse was erratic as if she had been poisoned. She laid Susu down on the couch, removed her red clothes, and began to examine Susu’s body.

At the same time, she ordered, "Chun Xi, bring the medicine box here."

Chun Xi wiped her tears and turned to fetch the medicine box.

Susu’s skin was snow white, tinged with pink, and there was a speck of black on her arm surrounded by some redness. Shen Chuwei took a closer look and discovered that it was an insect at work - and a poisonous one at that.

After Chun Xi brought the medical box and placed it on the couch, Shen Chuwei instructed again, "Fetch some warm water."

Chun Xi hurried to fetch the water.

The children’s cries of distress were chaotic and overlapping in the room.

Shen Chuwei took out a silver needle to remove the tiny black insect that was desperately burrowing into the skin. If it reached a blood vessel, the consequences would be unimaginable.

Suddenly, she felt a sharp pain in her arm, followed quickly by itching. She frowned but didn’t have the time to consider what it might be and continued to deal with the small insect.

Wanxin stepped into Hehuan Hall, heard the children’s wailing, and saw the maid. She came forward to inquire, "What’s the matter? Why are the babies crying nonstop?"

The maid shook her head and then turned to leave.

With confusion, Wanxin approached the door, where a little rabbit stopped her outside, "Miss Wanxin, is there something you need?"

Wanxin spoke softly, "The Empress Dowager misses the Crown Prince and the Princess and has sent me to take them to the Cining Palace."

The little rabbit hesitated upon hearing this, "Please wait, Miss Wanxin, I will go report to my master."

Wanxin nodded, "Okay."

The little rabbit turned to enter and felt heartbroken upon hearing the babies crying. He approached Shen Chuwei to report, "Master, Miss Wanxin has been sent by the Empress Dowager, wishing to have the Crown Prince and the Princess accompany the Empress Dowager in the Cining Palace."

Shen Chuwei responded, "How can the babies go to the Cining Palace in this condition? Tell Miss Wanxin that the babies are not well and cannot go now. Once they are better, we will visit the Empress Dowager."

"Yes, Master." The little rabbit exited the inner room and apologetically said to Wanxin, "Please convey to the Empress Dowager that the Crown Prince and the Princess are not feeling well. Once they recover, my master will personally bring them to visit the Empress Dowager."

Wanxin glanced inside with understanding and said, "I heard the babies crying, so I guessed that they might not be well. I will tell this to the Empress Dowager."

The little rabbit expressed his gratitude, "Thank you, Miss Wanxin."

Wanxin smiled, turned, and left Hehuan Hall.

Inside the room, Susu and Taotao were crying fiercely.

Sweat covered Shen Chuwei’s forehead; the tiny insect was too small to be easily removed, and the silver needle pricking the skin was more than Susu could bear.

Finally, she managed to extract the tiny insect from Susu’s arm and placed it in a transparent little glass bottle.

Shen Chuwei quickly bandaged the wound on her arm and then picked up the incessantly crying Susu into her embrace, "There, there, Susu, no more crying. Shall we drink some water?"

She looked up at Taotao, who was also crying fiercely, "Chun Xi, you give Susu some water."

Chun Xi nodded eagerly, "Okay."

Shen Chuwei handed Susu to Chun Xi and turned to pick up Taotao, noticing that the wet nurse’s arm had been scratched. While undressing Taotao, she asked, "What happened to your arm?"

"Master, I don’t know. It felt like an insect bite just now, and then it became terribly itchy," the wet nurse said uncomfortably, scratching.

All Shen Chuwei’s attention was on the babies at that moment, but now she remembered the itch on her arm, and she couldn’t help suspecting that her and the wet nurse’s symptoms were similar to those of the babies.

But she couldn’t concern herself with the adults right now.

Xiao Jinyan hurried back upon receiving the news and heard the babies’ unabated crying. He strode inside.

After Susu had some water, she quieted down in Chun Xi’s embrace, her long eyelashes still wet with tears, her eyes red and swollen.

Xiao Jinyan saw Shen Chuwei with a silver needle, working on something on Taotao’s arm, "What’s happened to the babies?"