Zhao Quan dismounted, tossed the reins to the coachman beside him, and then walked up to Su Peisheng, saying, "Master, please take a look at this first." After saying that, he took out another slip of paper from his pocket that the head nanny had given him.

"What is this? What are you doing...?" Su Peisheng took the note, read the words on it, and then choked on the rest of his sentence.

"Master..." Before Zhao Quan could say anything, Su Peisheng immediately stuffed the pipe in his hand into his arms, then tucked the note into his sleeve. Then, like a rabbit, Su Peisheng lifted up both sides of his robe and headed towards the palace.

The gatekeeper recognized him as the Fourth Prince's personal eunuch and let him in without stopping him. Su Peisheng ran along the white jade railing until he reached the courtyard of the Ministry of Revenue in the South Third Palace, where he finally let out a long breath.

"Oh dear, it's been a long time since I've run around like this. Well, I'd better hurry and inform the master, otherwise if something happens to that one in the South Courtyard, we'll all be in trouble!" Su Peisheng muttered to himself.

Then he said to the eunuch guarding the door, "I am the personal eunuch of the Fourth Prince. Please go and inform him that I have urgent business and ask the Fourth Prince to come out quickly."

Upon hearing that it concerned the Fourth Prince, the gatekeeper eunuch dared not be careless and immediately asked Su Peisheng to wait there while he lifted the corner of his robe and headed towards the room where the Fourth Prince worked.

At this moment, the Fourth Prince was discussing the autumn imperial examination with the Vice Minister of Revenue when he saw the servant at the door suddenly shrink back and stand there. He said in a deep voice, "What are you doing there?"

"Your Highness, the eunuchs in the manor are requesting an audience outside. They say they have urgent business and ask Your Highness to come out to speak," the young eunuch said respectfully, bowing deeply.

Upon hearing this, Fourth Master frowned slightly, thinking to himself: What is Su Peisheng up to? But on the surface, he said, "I understand."

The young eunuch withdrew in response, and the Fourth Prince paused for a moment before continuing to discuss the details of this imperial examination with the Vice Minister of Revenue.

Meanwhile, Su Peisheng saw the young eunuch who had gone to report come out alone, and he quickly went up to him with a grin, saying, "Well, where is my master?"

The young eunuch, already sweating slightly from the heat after his walk, saw Su Peisheng's oily face and said, "I've already spoken to the Fourth Prince, and he just said 'I know.'"

Upon hearing this, Su Peisheng's face turned anxious, and he said, "Could you please take me to explain that something serious has happened in the manor and I must see the Prince immediately?"

The young eunuch was a little displeased, thinking to himself: "Are you blaming me for not informing you?" But he said on the surface, "Go in by yourself, it's over there."

Following the sound of the little eunuch's finger, Su Peisheng nodded, thanked him, and then quickly walked inside, lifting the hem of his robe!

Meanwhile, the Fourth Prince was discussing the examination questions for this year's autumn hunt with the Vice Minister of Revenue when he suddenly saw Su Peisheng standing at the door, bowing to him.

"Fourth Prince, is something wrong at the manor? I saw your personal eunuch at the door, and he looks like something urgent has happened." The Vice Minister of Revenue was none other than Tongjia Geerzhen, and his son was Honghui's Haha Zhuzi, Tongjia Feiyanggu.

"Lord Tong, please make a list of everything we just discussed, and then send it to Father Emperor for review. Do not let anyone other than you and me see it! The autumn hunt is a matter of national importance, as Father Emperor has already made clear." This was the Fourth Prince's first time in charge of the imperial examinations. The leak of the autumn hunt questions in the fortieth year of Kangxi's reign had yet to be uncovered, but Kangxi had hinted to the Fourth Prince that the exam questions had indeed been leaked.

"Your Highness, rest assured, no one other than the Emperor will see this. Your Highness should still go and see, Eunuch Su must have something urgent!" Geerzhen had a very good personal relationship with the Fourth Prince and was also very familiar with Su Peisheng.

After saying that, the Fourth Prince nodded, finally got up and walked to the door. He was about to ask Su Peisheng with a stern face when the servant hurriedly said, "Master, something happened to Consort Niu. This is what the head nanny asked me to give to you."

Upon hearing that it was Lanqin, Fourth Master's heart skipped a beat. He couldn't bear to blame Su Peisheng, so he immediately took the note from Su Peisheng's hand, glanced at it, and his expression changed drastically. He immediately bowed to Geerzhen in the room, then turned around, lifted his robe, and rushed out.

After the Fourth Prince left the Meridian Gate, he realized he had forgotten to change out of his court robes. He didn't care, snatched the reins from Zhao Quan's hand, mounted his horse, and left with the words, "You can take the carriage back to the mansion yourselves." He then whipped his horse and rode away.

Su Peisheng and Zhao Quan watched the Fourth Master's hurried departure for a long time before they heard Su Peisheng say, "This Princess Niu is truly favored by the master. Kid, your master will remember this as a merit!"

Meanwhile, back inside the manor, Chunliu had already brought back the medicine with Doctor Zhou. Since there was a small kitchen in the south courtyard, Nianxue was currently decocting the medicine over the fire. The Fujin had already returned to the main courtyard, leaving only Chunliu and Doctor Zhou to watch over Lanqin.

As Nianxue fanned herself through the small hole in the path, she thought about what Ziran had brought back from the head nanny. When no one was looking, Ziran had whispered in her ear, "Wait for Master to come back!" But the medicine was almost ready, and if Master didn't return soon, Chunliu would be watching her closely to make sure she served the princess her medicine.

"Nianxue, the medicine is almost ready. Quickly pour it out and give it to Princess Niu. I see that she still has a high fever. If we delay any longer, I'm afraid it will cause irreparable damage to Princess Niu's body." Chunliu walked into the small kitchen and reminded Nianxue when she saw her in a daze.

“Oh, the medicine is almost ready. Why don’t you go back to serve the Princess Consort, Sister Chunliu? We can keep an eye on things here.” Nianxue tried to get rid of Chunliu, but the latter was unmoved. “The Princess Consort ordered me to stay here and watch over things. If Princess Niu’s fever doesn’t break down soon, the Princess Consort will be worried. I’d better wait until I see Princess Niu’s fever break down before I go back to report.”

Seeing that she couldn't persuade her, Nianxue had no choice but to let her stand beside her and help decoct the medicine. When it was absolutely impossible to decoct any more, Chunliu took the medicine pot first and poured the strong medicine into a bowl.

Nianxue watched with a complicated expression as Chunliu picked up the medicine, and hurriedly said, "Sister Chunliu, please let me serve the princess the medicine."

Chunliu was taken aback, then handed the bowl of medicine in her hand to Nianxue. The two of them went to Lanqin's bedroom together, where they saw that Doctor Zhou had already placed a bag made of ice to cool Lanqin's forehead.

"The medicine is ready. Let's give it to Princess Niu," Chunliu said to Doctor Zhou.

Nianxue carried the bowl of dark-colored medicine step by step toward Lanqin. Her heart was in turmoil, and she didn't know whether she should feed Lanqin the medicine.