The prince is ill.
The emperor was in high spirits and took the queen to the racecourse to ride horses. When he came back in the evening, he heard that the prince was ill, so he immediately went to the East Palace with the queen to visit him.
He rebuked Feng Youxi: "Why didn't you inform me earlier!"
Feng Youxi knelt on the ground with cold sweat on his forehead: "You deserve to die!"
Most of the swelling on the prince's face had subsided. He changed to a bedside bed to sleep. He said that the light was dazzling, so he could only light a glass lamp from a distance. The bedroom was dim, and if you didn't look carefully, you couldn't see the half of his face in the bed. Swollen.
The prince half-reclined on the pillow, thinking silently, a good man will go to the end and send the Buddha to the west. For the sake of the potatoes, sweet potatoes, cement, and the gold and silver in the East Palace warehouse, he helped Zhen Qingyin cover up the evidence of his crime for the last time.
"Father, don't blame him. I don't allow news to go up and down in the palace, so as not to disturb the interest of my father and mother. It's just a cold, it's nothing serious. I'll be fine after taking a few medicines. I'm not like that. Squeamish."
The emperor was so distressed that he frowned: "You said it was nothing serious! Look at your speech, you are weak, your lips are as white as paper, and your normally flexible eyes are gone."
The queen sat at the end of the bed and said, "We can't ride horses any day. Seeing that you are so ill makes us ashamed."
"Father, the Queen, and the Queen, please rest assured, we will be ready tomorrow."
The emperor said angrily: "Then don't go to Duke Chao's mansion from now on, otherwise I'll get in trouble with you. The last time I went there, you were hit by medicine. Yesterday I went to pay New Year's greetings, but today you've caught wind and cold!"
The prince was helpless: "This time it really has nothing to do with Duke Chao's palace. It was my son who was greedy for the cup, wanted to relieve the fever, and was greedy for coolness. He blew the wind and caught the cold."
"That's because they didn't take good care of them!"
The three of them chatted for a while.
The prince showed signs of exhaustion, and the emperor and queen stood up.
The emperor went out to inquire about the imperial doctor's condition. The empress lagged behind, reached out and pinched the prince's chin, turned his face to the glazed lamp, and asked in a low voice: "What's wrong with the emperor's face? Why does the empress look so swollen?" ?”
Who hit him?
After the beating, the prince still bothered to help cover up. This man must be no ordinary person.
The prince secretly praised his mother for her carefulness. She saw that he wanted to hide it and did not reveal it in front of his father: "I drank a few too many water and became swollen."
He had already thought of an excuse.
In fact, a more appropriate approach is to give the other side a slap in the face. If both sides are symmetrical, no one will suspect that he has been slapped.
But why?
She admired Wei Yi, why should he get an extra slap for her?
Their friendship is really not that great.
The prince was confused by the fever and didn't realize how absurd his thoughts were at this time. When he thought about it after he recovered, he really wanted to give himself a slap - there was no way he could give himself a slap in the face just to help an irrelevant little lady. You shouldn't even think about it.
Seeing that he didn't want to say anything, the queen was lost and her tone was a bit resentful. She knew something in her heart, suppressed her laughter, and let go: "You can rest in peace. Your father is causing such a big war, and the news should be spread tomorrow. , you don’t have to worry, I and your mother-in-law will come to help you."
"Thank you, Queen Mother." The prince felt grateful.
The queen mother is really appropriate.
The emperor and the queen returned to Kunyi Palace.
Before going to bed, the queen quietly told her mother: "Go and find out who the prince met and what he did in the Duke Chao's mansion today."
Grandma's eyelids trembled and her heart skipped a beat.
The queen never spied on the prince's whereabouts.
The queen covered her mouth and smiled: "The main purpose is to inquire about his interactions with the young lady."
Mammy suddenly realized it and said with a smile: "You have to ask about that. His Highness the Crown Prince still doesn't have anyone around him who knows how to be warm and cold."
At noon the next day, Mammy reported everything to the Queen.
The queen couldn't hide her surprise: "It's her?"
She was deeply impressed by Zhen Qingyin. It was the first time that the prince stole a drink from a young lady. Since the two had little follow-up, Zhen Qingyin had been staying at home or at Duke Chao's mansion, and some of the scandalous scandals circulating secretly in the capital gradually disappeared.
She also thought that the young lady was too cowardly and honest, with nothing outstanding about her. Although she was beautiful, the most indispensable thing in the capital was beauties. The prince was not a superficial and lustful person. The two of them should be together. The right way.
She had even forgotten what Zhen Qingyin looked like, but she was still slightly impressed by her cousin Zhen Yuanyuan's aura.
Unexpectedly, the seemingly ordinary little lady dared to slap the prince and asked the prince to cover her up.
The queen's eyes were full of smiles: "I made a mistake. I will see her again someday."
Mammy didn’t know that the prince was slapped, but she knew from the news she heard that the prince was special to Miss Zhen. She echoed: “Miss Zhen is sixteen this year, it’s time to see her. Lantern Festival Lantern Festival, Zhen The minister and his wife will definitely take their daughter and niece to enjoy the lanterns together. By then, His Highness the Prince will also be fully recovered."
Minister Zhen will take his family to attend the Lantern Festival banquet hosted by the emperor, and then he can see with his own eyes whether the prince treats Lady Zhen differently.
Although Miss Zhen has an uncle who is a minister, an aunt who is the wife of a duke, and a grandfather who is the magistrate of the state, her father is just an inconspicuous Xiaobapin. Become a concubine to the prince and make her a good concubine.
It's just a concubine, give it as you give it, the important thing is to comply with the prince's wishes.
*
On the eleventh day of the year, the news that the prince was ill spread throughout half of the capital.
As soon as Duke Chao inquired about it, he found out that the prince left the Duke's Mansion and fell ill early the next morning. He was so frightened that he didn't even eat breakfast and hurriedly went to the East Palace to say hello.
After leaving the East Palace, he immediately passed the news to Zhen Shilian.
It was hinted that Zhen Shilian would tell Zhen Qingyin and find a way for Zhen Qingyin to come back to the East Palace to visit the prince.
Maybe she came to visit the prince. When the prince was happy, his illness would be cured.
Duke Chao was worried.
The prince didn't see many people today, but he did meet him. There was no grudge in his words. Instead, he comforted him and repeatedly said that the cold had nothing to do with Duke Chao's palace.
However, the emperor may not be able to pass the test.
Duke Chao Guo was so anxious that he had blisters on his lips, but he had to hold still and not let the people in the mansion worry.
Zhen Shilian received a message from Chao Guogong's servant, which was unexpected but reasonable.
Thinking about things that he could see through, the old fox, the old prince, would only see through them more clearly.
He is Zhen Qingyin's biological uncle, so he doesn't approve of his niece rushing to work, but it depends on what Qingyin thinks about it.
Zhen Shilian put down his pen and ink, got up, went to find Xiao Yin, and whispered instructions.
Xiao Yin was worried and thought about it. She called Zhen Qingyin over for lunch and told her that the cook had learned a new Huaiyang dish and asked her to try it together.
Zhen Qingyin was surprised that the Zhen family always had two meals a day in winter and summer, and three meals a day in spring and autumn. They always had tea and snacks to fill their stomachs when they were hungry. It was the end of winter and they did not eat lunch.
I'm afraid I have something to ask her, or tell her.
Zhen Qingyin tasted the Wensi tofu dish, commented a few words, tried other dishes, and ate more than half a bowl of rice.
After rinsing her mouth, the three of them held tea cups, and she waited for her second aunt's next words.
She thought that little Yinshi would ask around about her interactions with the prince, but she didn't expect that little Yinshi rambled on for a while, then sighed and said:
"On the ninth day of the Lunar New Year, we went to the Duke Chao's Mansion to meet His Royal Highness. His Highness the Prince fell ill early yesterday morning and contracted the cold. He is still lying down and unable to get up. Speaking of which, we went to the Duke Chao's Mansion to visit relatives on the same day. It's also fate. If we really talk about it, you and the prince are still cousins."
