Chapter 195: Living up to expectations and falling ill
The imperial physician said several bad things in one sentence. The nanny's forehead was covered with sweat. She immediately ordered someone to go to the Queen and His Majesty to ask what they meant. To release the concubine from the palace, the consent of the Emperor and Empress must be obtained.
There were one hundred beauties entering the palace for the selection, and fifty would remain for the palace selection. Since Yin Miaoyin was ill, it would be pointless for her to continue staying in the palace. The palace maid who went to ask for instructions soon brought back the news that the emperor and empress agreed to let Yin Miaoyin leave the palace to recuperate.
She didn't bring much luggage when she entered the palace, and when she left the palace, Yin Miaoyin only brought a package. Her father Yin Fuzhi came to pick her up in person.
Gu Siqing was relieved after sending his sister out of the palace, but he didn't know that Zui Xiang Lou sent out a signal flare that night.
There is always a lot of bustle in the brothels, and Bai Ziyu has always liked quietness. Before, he went to the brothels with Gu Siqing. With her company, although Bai Ziyu felt that Zui Xiang Lou was noisy, he did not dislike it.
But when he came here alone today, he found the laughter and music in the lobby irritating and wanted to turn around and leave.
Due to Gu Siqing's instructions, he suppressed his annoyance and followed Miss Hong to a side room.
The room was a little quieter. In front of a screen with a picture of a horse stepping on flying clouds sat Chi Hongyuan, who looked elegant and noble. The other party looked up and saw him with some surprise: "Why are you here?"
Bai Ziyu did not sit down. His attendants just said a few words and left. He stood and bowed before explaining, "Suifeng has important matters to attend to in the shop recently and is not in the capital. He asked me to come and explain the matter to His Highness if His Highness sends out a signal."
Bai Ziyu has a cold temperament. It is hard for people to imagine whether what he says is false or not when he speaks.
Gu Siqing originally meant to report her illness, but Bai Ziyu thought about it and felt that this excuse was simply nonsense. She was good friends with one of the best doctors in the world, so what minor illness could Bai Ziyu not cure?
After careful consideration, Bai Ziyu used the excuse that she was busy with business in the shop to deal with Chi Hongyuan. This was the most reasonable reason.
"So that's how it is. Since he is not in the capital right now, I will ask him to come to Zui Xiang Lou to send out a signal to meet me when he returns. I also ask the genius doctor to convey my intention to him after he comes back." Chi Hongyuan didn't think there was anything wrong and didn't think much about it.
Chi Hongyuan treated him with great courtesy, and even though Bai Ziyu was a little too lazy to deal with people, he had to be a little more friendly to him.
Without Gu Siqing, the two of them couldn't say a few words, and Bai Ziyu took his leave upon seeing this.
On the carriage back home, Chi Hongyuan folded his arms across his chest and closed his eyes to rest. The wooden wheel of the carriage rolled over a stone, causing the carriage to bump a bit. Chi Hongyuan opened his eyes, his thoughts racing, and two familiar faces flashed through his mind.
"No." A man's cold voice came from the carriage. The driver hurriedly pulled the reins and turned his head to look behind him in panic.
"I deserve to die! It was dark at night and I didn't see the stones on the road, causing you to be bumpy. Please punish me, Master."
The driver waited tremblingly for his master to speak. Whether he would be punished or not, his heart would finally be at ease.
"It has nothing to do with you. Just keep driving." Chi Hongyuan slowly tightened his hands on his knees, and a fierce look flashed in his eyes.
Liu Suifeng had delicate features, and looked like a gentleman, but he was a little shorter than people of the same age. Chi Hongyuan sketched Liu Suifeng's facial features in his mind, and always felt that there was something strange about it.
"It will be the day of the palace selection soon. Concubine Rong hopes Your Highness will consider it carefully. It will not be bad for you."
The attendant following the carriage spoke slowly, and Chi Hongyuan, who was a little confused, suddenly brightened up. Yes! A showgirl!
Thinking of the stunning face when the princes went to Tumi Garden to see the beauties, two similar faces overlapped in my mind.
When he first saw Liu Suifeng, he felt that his frame was different from that of an ordinary man and he looked too short. He never expected that he was actually a woman.
No one in the carriage spoke. The servant felt unsure, afraid that he might say something wrong, and asked worriedly, "Master?"
"I will consider carefully what my mother said." Chi Hongyuan leaned against the carriage, his eyes calm.
Thinking that the palace selection would be held in two days, Chi Hongyuan's eyes began to waver. He was looking forward to how Liu Suifeng, who didn't know how to explain... no, it should be Prime Minister Yin's granddaughter Gu Siqing, would appear in front of him.
Two days later, during the palace selection, the emperor, empress, and princes all had their own thoughts.
However, just one day before the palace selection, Gu Siqing "lived up to everyone's expectations" and fell ill.
"Miss Gu is also ill? How did you take care of her? She is from the Prime Minister's Mansion, how dare you neglect her?"
When the teaching nanny learned that Gu Siqing fell ill soon after, she felt dizzy and was ready to be dismissed from her position and expelled from the palace.
"Madam, please understand! How dare I? I have been taking good care of Miss Gu. Miss Gu must have been sick while taking care of Miss Yin."
The palace maid who served Gu Siqing was also complaining in her heart. Two noble ladies in the prime minister's mansion fell ill one after another. As a palace maid serving them, she could not escape the responsibility if the matter was investigated.
"Being infected with disease? It's my negligence." The nanny held her forehead with a headache. She had been too busy recently and didn't take care of it.
"Miss Gu was so sick that she had no strength, felt drowsy and couldn't eat, just like when Miss Yin was sick."
The palace maid described Gu Siqing's illness in detail, not daring to hide anything. No one wanted Gu Siqing to get better more than her.
"First, arrange for the concubine who lives in the same room with Miss Gu to move out, and get some mugwort from the Imperial Hospital to fumigate the room to get rid of the bad smell. Tell His Majesty, the Empress, and the people in the Prime Minister's Mansion about the girl's condition. Alas, she can't go to the palace selection."
The nanny shook her head and sighed. Although the Xiangfu had already informed them in advance, who knew if Miss Gu would meet her good match in the palace selection. Just as the maid was about to leave, the nanny added, "Ask two more people to serve."
The maidservant nodded repeatedly, fearing that if she was a minute late she would be blamed for being negligent, so she walked very quickly.
Gu Siqing was too ill to get up, and a sick person could not come to the temple to offer sacrifices, so she was naturally not on the list of candidates for the temple.
On the day of the palace selection, both the princes and the concubines got up early to prepare, and secretly prepared small gifts to give to the woman chosen in the palace. Several princes were eager to make a move, and the gifts they prepared were all unique.
Several people thought that Gu Siqing would participate in the palace selection, and they were all secretly competing to see who could make the first move.
For this year's palace selection, all the emperor's princes came to the palace to watch the ceremony, and their mothers naturally accompanied them to supervise the selection individually.
Before the selection began, the mothers of several princes secretly obtained the list of beauties participating in the palace selection. After getting the list, Concubine Rong looked for the names of the two noble ladies from the Prime Minister's Mansion on the list, but their names did not appear on the list.
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