"Fourth sister-in-law, just rest and take care of yourself. I'll come to see you later." Jiuzhu stood up, picked up the hem of her skirt and walked out. When she went out, she bumped into Yun Yanze, who looked haggard and could hardly stand steadily. He fell to the bottom of the steps and sat on the ground with his legs split, not behaving like a gentleman at all.
"The Fourth Prince!" The palace servants hurriedly helped the pale-faced Yun Yanze up from the ground.
The other princesses looked at Sun Caiyao lying on the bed silently, and they were too embarrassed to say anything. Why did she say those unhappy words, which made it difficult for the fifth brother's wife to deal with her, so she could only target her husband.
"I'm sorry, Fourth Brother." Jiuzhu bowed and said, "I was worried about Fourth Sister-in-law's health and lost my focus and didn't notice you. Please forgive me."
"No problem." Yun Yanze's voice was trembling with pain.
"Fourth brother is indeed a gentleman, kind and generous." Jiuzhu bowed again, turned around and walked away with the servants of Qilin Palace.
Seeing how things had turned out, the other three princesses maintained awkward smiles on their faces, and sat with him for more than half an hour, then stood up and made excuses to leave.
"Bai Shao, you are not needed here, please leave." Yun Yanze glanced at Bai Shao who was standing in the corner and said, "The medicine is cold, boil another bowl for the princess."
Bai Shao said, "Then I will ask the others to come in and serve."
"No need, I'm here to accompany her." Yun Yanze walked to the bedside and gently held Sun Caiyao's hand: "I will have a good chat with the princess for a while."
"Yes." Bai Shao hesitated for a moment, bowed and walked out.
The room became quiet.
"No one in this world will reveal secrets, only stones and dead people." Yun Yanze took out a small bottle from his sleeve. Before Sun Caiyao could react, he put a towel around her neck and tried to pour the contents of the bottle into her mouth.
Sun Caiyao, who had just given birth, had no strength left and Yun Yanze held her throat, so she couldn't even make a sound to ask for help.
She opened her eyes wide and stared at him.
For the Fourth Prince, who had been both civil and military since childhood, it would be easy for him to kill her.
"Your Highness!" Bai Shao's voice came from outside the door.
"What's the matter?" Yun Yanze's voice sounded extremely calm.
"Princess Chen is here."
Why is she here again? Thinking of being knocked down by Ming Jiuzhu just now, Yun Yanze let go of Sun Caiyao, folded the handkerchief into a neat square, and placed it next to Sun Caiyao's pillow, whispering: "Think about your good brother, and then speak slowly."
"Please come in, Princess Chen."
As soon as he finished speaking, he saw Ming Jiuzhu come in through the curtains: "Fourth sister-in-law, your mother feels sorry for you for losing your son and having no elders to look after you, so she sent me to take you to Mingyue Palace for recuperation."
"As a junior, Caiyao, how can you disturb your mother?" Yun Yanze half-closed his eyes, "Besides, a girl shouldn't be exposed to the wind after giving birth, so it's better not to move."
"Mother is kind and thoughtful, so she has thought of all this. Don't worry, Fourth Brother, Mother has specially prepared a soft sedan chair for Fourth Sister-in-law to protect her from the wind and rain." Jiuzhu walked to the bedside, looked at Sun Caiyao whose shoulders were shaking uncontrollably, sat beside her, and held her cold hand: "Fourth Brother, you are refusing like this, don't you trust Mother?"
Yun Yanze looked at the two people's clasped hands and said: "It's not that I don't trust my mother, but we have a deep love for each other and I really can't bear to let her go..."
"Fourth brother, this is the order of our mother, do you want to disobey it?" Jiuzhu took out the Fengling, making it clear that she would not give in.
The palace maids serving in Zhangliu Palace were all stunned. The other princes and princesses who rushed over after hearing the news were also very surprised. When had Ming Jiuju, who was usually smiling and amiable, been so rude to others?
Prince Huai stood in the courtyard, tugged at Princess Huai's sleeve, and asked in a low voice: "Fifth brother's wife doesn't look such a stingy person, why did she bring up the queen just because Fourth brother's wife said a few words to her?"
Princess Huai shook her head slowly. There was something so weird about this matter.
"Fourth sister-in-law." Jiuzhu took out a red scarf as thin as a cicada's wing from her sleeve and put it on her face: "It's windy outside, cover your mouth and nose to avoid getting a cold. I'll take you to Mingyue Palace."
Sun Caiyao was stunned for a moment, then grabbed Jiuzhu's hand tightly, unwilling to let go.
"Fourth brother, please make way." Jiuzhu bent down and picked up Sun Caiyao.
Yun Yanze stretched out his hand to stop her, but Jiuzhu frowned: "Not only do you want to disobey the order, but you also want to attack a woman?"
While he was distracted, Jiuzhu passed him.
"Huh!" Prince Huai's eyes widened and he exclaimed in a low voice: "Fifth brother's wife is quite strong."
"Shut up!" Princess Huai wanted to cover his mouth. She glared at him, took two steps at a time, and went forward to help Ming Jiuzhu lift Sun Caiyao.
Princess An came to her senses from her shock and went over to help Sun Caiyao hold up the gauze to prevent the wind from getting in.
The three of them helped Sun Caiyao into the sedan chair. Princess Huai was the first to marry into the royal family and had a good impression of Jiuzhu. They believed that she was not the kind of person who would deliberately harass Sun Caiyao because of a few words.
What's more...
She looked at Sun Caiyao's hands that were tightly grasping Jiuzhu's sleeves. It didn't seem like she was afraid of Ming Jiuzhu, but more like she was afraid that she would leave.
Princess An usually cares most about eating, drinking and having fun. Seeing her sister-in-law's serious expression, she did not dare to say much. She whispered to Jiuzhu, "Fourth sister-in-law is not feeling well, so it is inevitable that she is a little impatient. Don't take what she said to heart."
"Don't worry, Second Sister-in-law. How can I do anything to Fourth Sister-in-law?" Seeing Sun Caiyao holding her sleeve tightly, Jiuzhu also bent down and sat in the sedan chair.
After the sedan chair left Zhangliu Palace, Sun Caiyao slowly took off the red scarf covering her head and asked, "Why did you come back again?"
"Because you were asking me for help." Jiuzhu looked at her in confusion: "You cried so sadly, and when Yun Yanze appeared, you pushed me away and reminded me. Aren't you hoping that someone would take you out of this sea of suffering?"
Sun Caiyao looked at her in a daze. Is it so simple, so straightforward?
As a princess, doesn't she know how to weigh the pros and cons?
"You were scared, and I could save you, so I saved you." Jiuzhu adjusted her sitting position: "If you feel uncomfortable, just lean on my shoulder."
Sun Caiyao had thousands of words in her heart, but at this moment they only turned into a "thank you".
The moment she leaned her head on Ming Jiuju's shoulder, her anxious heart suddenly calmed down.
“I don’t know what’s going on between you and Yun Yanze, but if you keep some bad things in your heart, it will only bring more trouble.” Jiuzhu saw Sun Caiyao leaning against her and not saying anything: “If you can’t solve something yourself, go to the elders. They have experienced things and they will definitely handle it better than us.”
"But I don't want them to worry..."
"The elders are not capable of handling this, so they can choose to remain silent. But your Sun family is a noble family, and your ancestors have produced many loyal ministers and generals. It is better than you taking it on alone."
"Fifth brother's wife." Sun Caiyao grabbed Jiuzhu's sleeve tightly and said, "I know that fifth brother is the most valued by the emperor. Can you ask fifth brother to help pass the message and send someone to protect my brother immediately?"
"Okay." Jiuzhu covered Sun Caiyao's face with his sleeves, opened the curtain of the sedan chair, and called a young eunuch: "Send someone to tell His Highness that someone intends to assassinate the last year's imperial examination candidate. Ask him to report to the emperor and send someone to protect him."
The eunuch ran away quickly. Jiuzhu put down the curtain and the sleeves covering Sun Caiyao's face. "Your brother is a Jinshi in the last imperial examination. You should tell your father directly about this matter."
Sun Caiyao was stunned. Is it possible to be so straightforward when it comes to matters involving the prince?
"Father is a wise ruler." Jiuzhu is ignorant of the ways of the world, but understands people's hearts: "Wait until you meet your mother's family tomorrow, and then decide what to do and how to go."
"Life is short. If you look ahead and behind and hesitate, you will only regret and suffer in the future." Jiuzhu pulled the cloak that had slipped off towards Sun Caiyao: "Compared with everything in the world, human beings are small and short-lived. It is better to do what you want and have no regrets."
She used to think Sun Caiyao was weird and contradictory, as if she was competing with something. The last two times she saw her, that contradictory feeling was gone, but all other excitement was gone, and she was not as good as before.
It's a little weird, but at least it has a fresh vibe.
"I just hope I won't regret it..." Sun Caiyao stared at Ming Jiuzhu intently. She was completely different from Ming Jiuzhu in her dream. In the dream, Ming Jiuzhu's eyes were always filled with indissoluble darkness, unlike now, where her eyes were filled with stars and light.
"Yun Yanze, tried to kill me."
"He's gone mad."
She looked into Jiuzhu's eyes and murmured, "Maybe he has gone crazy a long time ago."
Zhangliu Palace was extremely quiet. Yun Yanze sat in the empty room, looking at Bai Shao who was standing outside the door: "After tonight, if my father can no longer tolerate me, I will be finished."
He is no longer a prince, perhaps he has forgotten.
"This king is finished, and so are you." Yun Yanze grinned, "Since he can't tolerate me, I'll let his most beloved son be buried with him. Isn't that a good plan?"
Bai Shao's pupils trembled slightly, and she slowly raised her head: "Your Highness, do you have any good ideas?"
"Idea?" Yun Yanze smiled sarcastically: "Is it difficult to make a maid from Qilin Palace willing to work for me?"
"I can't sleep tonight. The whole palace is in chaos. How great is it to be so noisy?"
Bai Shao heard her chest thumping, and she knelt down: "I swear to follow your Highness till death."
“Bai Shao, I admire your loyalty the most.” Yun Yanze smiled, “That’s why I don’t want you to become another Hong Mei.”
Red plum...
Was he killed by His Highness?
"Step down and change into some clean and beautiful clothes." Yun Yanze looked at Bai Shao as if he was looking at an obedient object: "You are a servant of this king, so when you die, you should be dignified."
"Yes." Bai Shao left the main house. She remembered that there was a palace maid in Qilin Palace. Sometimes she would follow Princess Chen to Zhangliu Palace, and she would always secretly stare at the Fourth Prince and make him blush.
After making sure that the Fourth Prince could no longer see her, she turned around and ran, regardless of everything, towards the direction of Qilin Palace.
She didn't care about palace rules or etiquette at all.
She had never felt as terribly far away from Qilin Palace as she did today.
The palace road was so long and the sky was so dark that no matter how hard you ran, you would never reach the end.
Behind her, a team of dragon guards armed with swords rushed into Zhangliu Palace and tightly surrounded the courtyard where Yun Yanze lived.
"Your Highness, the Fourth Prince, I am following His Majesty's orders to arrest you and bring you to justice."
Yun Yanze walked out of the house with his hands behind his back. He looked at the dragon guards with their swords drawn and said with a mocking smile, "You came faster than I expected."
If I had known earlier, I shouldn't have thought too much last night and just took Sun Caiyao's life directly, and I wouldn't have caused so much trouble.
It's a pity that Ming Jiuzhu, that nosy woman, has put him into an irretrievable situation.
He suddenly recalled that a long time ago, on the day he was assassinated, it was because he heard someone calling out "Jiuzhu" that distracted him and gave the assassin an opportunity.
From then on, he was unhappy in every aspect and stepped into the abyss step by step.
If the Ming family had not found their daughter, he would not have ended up like this.
Bai Shao leaned against the palace wall, looking at the nearby Qilin Palace. Sweat soaked the back of her clothes, and her hairpin had fallen somewhere long ago.
She had no strength left in her body and could only hold on to the wall and walk forward step by step.
There were too many cold corners in this palace, but that day, when she sat down under the roots of a tree in despair, thinking she would die in pain, it was Princess Chen who took off her cloak and covered her with it, and called an imperial physician for her.
The warmth we have is too little, and the little bit we have is something we can never forget.
The imperial physician said that because of the kick, the empress was seriously injured and would never be able to conceive or have children again. If she had not received timely treatment, she would not have been able to survive.
She had been loyal to her master for many years, but her master had deprived her of the chance to be a mother, and she had only done one thing to disobey him.
It was she who took advantage of her identity as Ning Fei's personal maid to mislead the Zheng family, causing them to spread rumors about the Ming family and Princess Chen at the wrong time and in the wrong place, thus ruining all her master's plans in advance.
"Aunt Bai Shao." Yang Yiduo saw Bai Shao at this time. Seeing that her hair was in disarray and she was moving with the help of the wall, he thought that something had happened to her and reached out to support her: "What happened?"
"Hurry, hurry and help me go see the princess." Bai Shao saw Yang Yiduo and didn't have time to explain: "I have something very important to tell the princess."
Seeing her expression, Yang Yidu hesitated for a moment and helped her into the door.
Inside the house, Jiuzhu took off the hairpin tiredly: "I don't have any strength at all, I just want to have a good sleep."
Prince Chen helped her massage her shoulders: "Will this make things better?"
The palace maids came in carrying toiletries.
"Princess!" Bai Shao rushed to the door and looked at the palace maid who was less than two steps away from Jiuzhu: "Princess, be careful! That palace maid wants to harm you and the prince."
As soon as he finished speaking, he saw the Princess of Chen, who had just been dying, stretched out her hand to push the Prince of Chen onto the bed, bent down and used her legs to knock down all the palace maids who were close to her, and the water bottles and jade objects fell to the ground.
The secret guards hiding in the dark broke in through the window in an instant and protected King Chen and Jiuzhu.
Prince Chen was pushed down on the bed, dazed and hadn't reacted yet. When he sat up, he saw Ming Xiaozhu picking up a carved wooden stool and blocking the bed, as if she would smash anyone to death with the stool if they dared to approach. Even the secret guards who suddenly appeared were within her defense range.
Jiuzhu did not hurt the maids, but looked at them warily and asked Bai Shao: "Which one are you talking about?"
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