Chapter 65: My Lord is in trouble. Su Peisheng guessed that this brother might cause...

Su Peisheng guessed that the prince had angered his wife and wanted to ask how to appease her. But as a eunuch castrated since childhood, how could he know such things? In the palace, the concubines were busy trying to please the emperor, so how could they possibly let him appease them?

So he smiled awkwardly and said, "My lord, I can understand that I don't even remember whether I made my mother angry when I was young." He cleverly expressed his helplessness.

Yinzhen thought to himself that he had lost his mind. Why would he even think of asking Su Peisheng? But who else could he ask? After some thought, he came up with a candidate: Gu Badai. Gu Badai was the teacher Kangxi had appointed for Yinzhen's enlightenment. Yinzhen was deeply influenced by him and held him in high esteem. Although this teacher had ceased teaching him after leaving the Hanlin Academy, Yinzhen still sent him gifts on festive occasions.

This teacher was good in every way, but he had a reputation of being henpecked. He always said, "My wife wouldn't allow me to do that." There were rumors that all the clothing and jewelry stores in the capital were patronized by this gentleman, and he bought them as apology gifts because he had angered his wife.

But in fact, Yinzhen had been a guest at this teacher's home and knew that the teacher and his wife had a good relationship, and that his teacher's wife was not a shrew as rumored by the outside world. As for what she was like in private, he didn't know, but Gu Badai should undoubtedly be a very experienced person.

Gu Badai is now the Minister of Rites. If it were any other official, Yinzhen would not dare to meet him, for fear of being accused of having a private relationship with a minister. But it doesn't matter to Gu Badai. Heaven, Earth, Emperor, Parents and Teachers, teachers are like family members.

After making up his mind, after not sleeping for two consecutive days, his body finally couldn't hold on and he fell asleep. However, the quality of his sleep was not very good that night. He sat up all night and dreamed about scenes of Fu Jin being angry, quarreling, and not wanting to see him.

On the second day, Yinzhen asked for leave from martial arts class on the grounds of feeling unwell and left school early. After leaving the palace, he did not return home, but went to Gu Badai's home.

Gu Badai had just returned from the government office and was quite surprised to see Yinzhen: "Why is the Fourth Prince here with me?"

"Ahem." Yinzhen was a little embarrassed. "I have nothing to do, so I came to see the teacher."

Gu Badai was a shrewd man, so he could tell that something was amiss, so he invited him into the study: "My humble abode is simple, please don't despise me, Fourth Prince."

This is not a polite remark. Gu Badai's family is indeed not rich. He is an upright person, so his family is poor. In the past few years, Yinzhen has given him festival gifts at affordable prices.

The master and disciple exchanged pleasantries. When Gu Badai again asked about his purpose, Yinzhen touched his nose and said a little embarrassedly, "Well, that... I've heard that the teacher and the concubine have a deep relationship..."

I don’t know what to say next.

Gu Badai looked at the young man's red ears and smiled knowingly: "I remember that the Fourth Prince has married a concubine?"

Yinzhen nodded embarrassedly, not daring to look at his teacher.

Gu Badai was both amused and confused. At his age, he had been asked about politics by the emperor, strategies by his classmates, and studies by his students, but this was the first time someone asked him how to please the wife.

Gu Badai's kind smile made Yinzhen's face flushed, but he still maintained a serious attitude and bowed solemnly, saying, "Please teach me, teacher." I didn't know what kind of difficult subject he was asking about.

Gu Badai laughed heartily and stopped embarrassing the student. He stroked his beard and said, "These women are very thoughtful and emotional. They often value the process over the result, and the attitude over the method. What they want is whether you have them in your heart and whether you stand on their side, rather than preaching or arguing about right and wrong."

"So, as long as you make her feel that you are sincere and genuine, everything else is just a formality."

There are a lot of big truths, but the core point is to be sincere.

Yinzhen seemed to understand what he was saying, but he felt like he had grasped the essence of it. However, he still couldn't figure out how to do it specifically. He was not ashamed to ask questions, so he said directly: "I understand. Teacher, please teach me how to do it specifically?"

Gu Badai didn't expect that after all his talk and spitting, Yinzhen still didn't know what to do. He immediately said angrily, "A rotten tree cannot be carved!"

Even after being scolded, Yinzhen continued to stare at him persistently.

Gu Badai was so furious that he threw out his top-secret trick: "You are pretending to be sick! When she comes to see you, hold her tightly and don't let go! Say all the nice things to her, keep saying nice things until she calms down."

Yinzhen's pupils dilated slightly. Could this be possible?

Gu Badai, who had revealed the top secret, did not want to entertain Yinzhen anymore and politely "drove" him out.

On the way back home, Yinzhen kept thinking about the method taught by his teacher. The more he thought about it, the more he felt that it had great potential. His problem now was that his wife did not give him any chance to apologize. If he pretended to be sick and asked Su Peisheng to secretly take away the people brought by his wife when his wife came to see him, then he would have enough time and space to apologize, right?

However, holding on tightly and not letting go... well, that's not really applicable, so let's not do that... Fu Jin was originally angry because of his private flirting, and if he behaves like this again, I'm afraid she will never forgive him.

After returning home, Yinzhen called Su Peisheng and gave him a lot of instructions. Su Peisheng looked solemn as if he had received some top-secret mission, and he vowed to complete it.

In the backyard, Qi Buchen was looking at the list presented by Xie Hanshan. The entire list was not yet complete, but Xie Hanshan was smart enough to complete the statistics of the city first and send it to Qi Buchen, and then went to count the people outside the city.

"According to this list, arrange the time and notify them in advance. Make sure their people are present. I will visit them one by one then." Qi Buchen ordered.

Baozhu was surprised: "Ah, do I have to go to every house?" There are quite a few houses here, and if I go there I have to make some donations. How much silver will I have to give out?

"Hmm." Qi Buchen remained unmoved. To avoid missing out on any hermits like the Sweeping Monk, she decided to start her house-to-house search. As for the money? Yinzhen had previously told her to spend it however she wanted, so she would.

Baozhu could only make arrangements with a puzzled heart. Just as she left, Baohuan came in again: "Fujin, someone from the front yard said that the master is ill and can't attend the martial arts class this afternoon. He has asked for leave to return home."

"Sick?" Qi Buchen frowned. There hadn't been any sudden weather changes recently that could make people sick, but she didn't intend to care. "Okay, let someone call the imperial physician." She had no intention of visiting him at all.

Baohuan stood there and waited for a while. Seeing that Fu Jin had no intention of visiting, she had no choice but to step back and reply to the person who came to report.

The whole act was done, Yinzhen was already lying in bed, and he had even discussed the words with the doctor, but the real person did not come.

"Didn't Fu Jin say she was coming?" Yinzhen asked in disbelief.

Su Peisheng's face was as red as a bitter gourd, and he was about to cry: "The concubine asked to invite the imperial physician." Anyway, he just said these few words and nothing else.

Yinzhen held his breath in his chest and felt like he was going to be sick: "Get out!"

After calming down for a while, he finally let go of his anger and thought about why his wife hadn't come. Was it because she didn't know how serious his illness was? Very likely! He called Su Peisheng and asked, "What did the messenger say?"

Su Peisheng said honestly: "You said you were sick and didn't even attend the martial arts class."

Yinzhen was sure that the problem was with the messenger. If he couldn't even convey the message clearly, what use could he be!

"You won't need this man anymore." With that one word, Wumingshi's life or death was decided. Yinzhen had a new idea. "Go, ask Imperial Physician Cheng to come over. On the way, explain to him that I'm nauseous, vomiting, and sweating. I want him to come over and prescribe some medicine. Do you understand?"

Su Peisheng blinked, and instantly understood his brother's intention: "Yes, I will go right away."

The doctors who could serve as imperial physicians in the Imperial Hospital were all very skilled. After hearing what Su Peisheng said, there was nothing he couldn't understand. No matter what they wanted to do, he just followed their instructions. So he pretended to go to the hospital to check the patient's pulse and wrote a prescription.

"Master." Su Peisheng held his breath and brought in the medicine. "The medicine is ready."

Yinzhen almost vomited when he smelled the smell, but for the sake of the overall plan, he pinched his nose and drank it. He felt extremely nauseous at that moment.

On this day, Yinzhen did not come to the main courtyard for dinner because he was "sick", so Qi Buchen asked someone to send the meal to the front yard, while he tidied up and prepared to rest.

"Fujin." Baohuan couldn't help but hold back all night, "Aren't you going to see Master?"

Qi Buchen turned his head and looked her up and down with a cold gaze, which made Baozhu's scalp numb and she almost knelt down to apologize.

"No need. The weather hasn't changed in the past few days. It should just be a simple physical discomfort." She said in a light voice.

Baohuan had already shrunk her head and dared not speak. Actually, she had no other intentions. She just saw that Fu Jin and the master had been quarreling for the past few days. Now that the master was sick, it was a good opportunity for the two to reconcile, so she said this.

Fuyun came forward holding the clothes, and while helping Qi Buchen change his clothes, she winked at Baohuan to go down first so as not to offend Concubine i.

Of course they were all very anxious because of the quarrel between the Concubine and the Master, but it was obvious that it was the Master who provoked the Concubine this time, and the Concubine was still not very angry, so it was better not to rush into reconciliation.

Qi Buchen let the maids move around her, but her eyes were fixed on a long box on the dressing table. This was a gift from Yinzhen, and she had never opened it until now, just casually placing it on the dressing table. However, the maids were too observant, so no one dared to touch it in the past few days, leaving it exactly as it was when she put it down.

What is it?

This question suddenly popped up in her mind, and Qi Buchen couldn't help laughing when she realized it. What does it matter what it is? She has already decided to go home as soon as possible and not have anything to do with it, right?

Not long after falling asleep, Qi Buchen, who was sleeping uneasily, was suddenly awakened by Baozhu.

"Fujin, Fujin! Wake up, something's wrong!"