"No, that's Mu'er. Eunuch Liu, Mu'er must be tired of me. Let's go to Prince Xiao's Mansion to apologize to Mu'er, okay?" Prince Qing held Eunuch Liu's hand tightly, his eyes blurred and his face pale.
"Is it true? Mu'er's brother won't let her come out to play with me, so we sneak into Prince Xiao's Mansion..."
"By the way, Mu'er loves the cakes in the palace the most. Go to the imperial kitchen and ask someone to get some cakes." Prince Qing said persistently like a child.
Eunuch Liu nervously touched Prince Qing's forehead, but the temperature on his palm wasn't as hot as he'd imagined. "Isn't the fever gone? Could it be that His Highness's brain is really burned?"
He suddenly thought of something and patted Prince Qing on the shoulder, saying, "Your Highness, please wake up. You are all grown up now. We can no longer play together like we did in childhood."
"I... I've grown up?" Prince Qing lowered his head, held his hands and looked at them, his eyes gradually becoming clear.
"Eunuch, what happened to His Highness?" The servant came in with Prince Qing's clothes and asked Prince Qing who was lying on the bed.
"Your Highness is seriously ill. It's okay now. Go get a basin of hot water and wipe His Highness's body." Eunuch Liu waved his hand at him and said.
The attendant bowed to Prince Qing and then left.
Prince Qing leaned against the head of the bed and gradually calmed down, just sitting there in silence.
Eunuch Liu placed a soft pillow behind his waist and covered his shoulders with a white fur cloak. "Your Highness hasn't eaten for a whole day. Why don't you have some porridge first?"
"Eunuch Liu, you said that the child is my royal brother's goddaughter?" Prince Qing turned his head to look at Eunuch Liu and asked.
How come that child looks so much like Mu'er?
What is her relationship with Mu'er?
Eunuch Liu brought over a bowl of porridge, cooled it, and passed it to Prince Qing. "Yes, you don't know. That child is so arrogant. He didn't even kneel when he saw Your Highness's carriage, and he even dared to humiliate me on the spot. How could a child be so presumptuous?"
"I feel that there must be someone behind this. Knowing that you were coming, His Royal Highness the Prince of Jin did not come to see you in person, but only called the Crown Prince over. I think the Prince of Jin does not take you, his younger brother, seriously at all." Eunuch Liu took the opportunity to complain to Prince Qing.
After Eunuch Liu finished feeding Prince Qing the porridge, he was about to put the bowl on the tray, but his grip loosened and the bowl fell to the ground.
"Hiss..." Eunuch Liu quickly grabbed his wrist and pretended to pull his sleeve to cover something.
Upon seeing this, Prince Qing's expression froze. He grabbed Eunuch Liu's hand and pushed back his sleeve, revealing several blue marks on his bony hand. "Eunuch, who hit you?"
"Who is so bold as to bully you?" Prince Qing was furious.
"Your Highness, I'm fine. Let's just forget about this matter. It was my fault for contradicting the people from Prince Jin's Mansion and Prince Xiao's Mansion." Eunuch Liu glanced at Prince Qing and spoke with a sad face.
"Tell me what happened. If you don't, I will ask the servants outside to come and tell me." Prince Qing covered his mouth and coughed violently a few times.
Eunuch Liu had just lowered his head and told Prince Qing what had just happened, adding fuel to the fire.
"They are really going too far! You contradicted me, and I haven't settled the score yet, but now they are trying to hurt you." Prince Qing clenched his fists tightly, and he started coughing violently in anger.
"Don't worry, I will definitely take back what happened today!"
"I don't ask for anything else, I just hope that Your Highness can recover from his illness. As long as Your Highness can recover, I am willing to do anything." Eunuch Liu wiped the tears from his eyes with his sleeves and spoke in a low voice.
"I know that you are loyal to me. I will never let this matter go. I will not let them go after I recover from my illness." Prince Qing said.
Eunuch Liu raised his eyes, a slight smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, and a hint of viciousness flashed in his eyes.
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The next day, Ruanruan contacted Zhao Chengqian through the vase and sent the second batch of medicine to the mine again. By the way, she also brought a truck of Hami melons and a truck of tangerines.
Zhao Chengqian asked Ying and his men to transport all the medicines to the post station.
As the two children emerged from the mine, an attendant hurried over. "Your Highness, the soldiers in the old camp had a conflict with the Xiao family's army yesterday. There's a commotion going on there now. Generals Rong and Xiao have decided to have them have a fight."
"Brother Xiaogan, are they going to fight?"
"Hehe, let's go and take a look!" Ruanruan suddenly had an idea, pulled Zhao Chengqian's hand, and said with a smile.
"Okay, if Ruanruan wants to go there, let's go and take a look."
The mine was not far from the old military camp, and the two arrived there in a short carriage ride.
The military camp was divided into two groups. The soldiers surrounded the entire arena, leaving a gap in the middle. The two groups were incompatible.
The Xiao family soldiers were dissatisfied and said, "Why do you want us to listen to you? You know how many legitimate soldiers there are among you."
"That's right! Our Xiao Family Army has been integrated into the Five Cities Military Command for joint training. Every one of us has been properly selected to join the military camp, and every one of us has fought several battles with the generals. And you, I don't know where you came from, but I'm afraid you haven't even been on a proper battlefield."
Soldiers from Qingzhou City: "What's the matter? Don't you see where we are? This is our territory, Qingzhou City. Why are you so arrogant?"
"That's right. You guys who come here as guests, do you think you can ride on our heads?"
"Do you really think our Qingzhou soldiers are afraid of you?"
"That's right, just hit whoever is afraid of you."
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This was the scene Zhao Chengqian and Ruanruan saw when they walked over. The two armies did not get along well.
"What's going on?" A deep and tough voice sounded.
Everyone looked in the direction of the voice, only to see Xiao Qinbei, Prince Jin and others standing not far away.
Seeing this, everyone knelt on one knee to pay their respects. Only Ruanruan dared to rush to the side of King Jin and hugged his thigh.
Xiao Qinbei glanced at Prince Jin and Ruanruan with a gloomy look on his face.
"Everyone, get up." King Jin waved his hand at everyone.
He turned his head to look at Rong Qing, "Tell me what happened?"
Rong Qing said, "Your Highness, the Xiao army came to the camp yesterday and found our tents simple. A few soldiers made some sarcastic remarks, and then some people from the two armies started fighting. When they learned that this was our old camp, they clashed again."
"Later, a conflict arose again over the food in the army."
The soldiers behind Rong Qing couldn't help but grumble, "They're clearly jealous of the good food in our army. We have meat, vegetables, rice, and potatoes. We can eat our fill every meal, and we even wear big coats."
"They even blamed us for letting them stay in the old tent, saying that the prince did it on purpose."
"Is what he said true?" Xiao Qinbei glanced at Xiao Chen.
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