Prince Gong's secret guard Lin Ying witnessed all this in secret and narrowed his eyes slightly.
In the second half of the night, Prince Gong developed a fever, but Jiang Yingying, who was supposed to be guarding him, had already curled up on the couch and fallen asleep.
It was Lin Ying who discovered that something was wrong with Prince Gong's condition and called the court physician over, who then gave Prince Gong medicine to reduce his fever.
Even when the court doctor came and made quite a noise in the house, Jiang Yingying was not woken up.
Lin Ying was angry, but when she thought about how Jiang Yingying had risked her life to block an arrow for the prince some time ago, she thought that maybe her body had not recovered yet, which was why she was sleeping so soundly.
Lin Ying could only swallow her anger, called the maid who served Jiang Yingying, and sent Jiang Yingying back to her yard to rest.
After dawn, Prince Gong woke up from hunger.
Lin Ying personally washed Prince Gong's body and fed him porridge.
Prince Gong calmed down and his mind became much clearer. He also recalled that it seemed that Jiang Yingying stayed to take care of him last night.
But now Jiang Yingying is nowhere to be seen.
"Lin Ying, where did Jiang Yingying go?"
Lin Ying gets angry when she mentions the concubine Jiang Yingying.
"Your Majesty, it was Concubine Jiang who stayed to take care of you last night, but she fell asleep first and didn't even know you had a fever!
I had no choice but to have Madam Jiang sent back home to rest."
After Lin Ying finished speaking, she couldn't help but complain a few more times.
"Your Majesty, please forgive me for speaking frankly. When you were ill, your majesty, the princess took care of you day and night and took very good care of you.
But now Aunt Jiang is sleeping soundly and doesn’t even know that you have a fever!
If I hadn't been worried about you and hadn't been watching over you in secret, I can't imagine how bad you would be when I found out you had a fever!"
Lin Ying's words made Prince Gong frown.
Indeed, the princess took good care of him.
But why didn’t the princess take the initiative to say that she would stay and take care of him last night?
Is it because of jealousy?
That's right, after all, he has been doting on Jiang Yingying too openly these days.
Unexpectedly, Jiang Yingying was unwilling to even take care of him.
Jiang Yingying could obviously risk her life to block the arrow for him.
Thinking about what happened last night, Prince Gong felt very upset.
"Lin Ying, what exactly happened in the palace last night?
It had clearly been arranged, and the problematic wine had clearly been delivered to Prince Kang and the Prime Minister's wife.
Why did this prince and the wife of the Minister of Rites fall for it?!
Could it be that Prince Kang already knew my plan and is plotting against me?!"
This was the only possibility that Prince Gong could think of.
But if his plan was leaked, who leaked it? !
"Your Highness, I have investigated and found that the maid who delivered the problematic wine to Prince Kang and the Prime Minister's wife last night is fine.
It could only be that the plan was known to Prince Kang and the Prime Minister's wife in advance.
They deliberately didn't drink the drinks!
As to why you and the wife of the Minister of Rites were implicated, Your Highness, please forgive me, I have not yet investigated the matter clearly.
I investigated the palace maid who delivered wine to you and the wife of the Minister of Rites, and found nothing suspicious.
No connection was found between Prince Kang or the Prime Minister and these two palace maids.
I dare to speculate that someone else may have plotted against you and the wife of the Minister of Rites."
Upon hearing this, Prince Gong's expression became solemn, and the wrinkles on his face deepened.
"Did others plot against me? But I believe I have always been kind to others and have never openly offended anyone.
Who else is trying to plot against me?
Moreover, there shouldn't be many people who know that the Minister of Rites is on my side.
But what they did was clearly an attempt to alienate the Prince from the Minister of Rites!"
"Your Majesty, after what happened last night, what if the Minister of Rites decides to part ways with you?
After all, he knows some of the things you have done, Your Highness. If the Minister of Rites is colluding with those who want to plot against you...”
Lin Ying expressed her concerns.
But Prince Gong sneered coldly and was very confident.
"It doesn't matter, I also have leverage over the Minister of Rites!
Any one of these pieces of evidence could cause my father to dismiss the Minister of Rites from his post, or even have his entire family exiled or executed!
If he dares to plot against me with others, I will immediately expose him!"
Lin Ying hesitated, "Your Highness, what if the Minister of Rites leaks your secrets and the Emperor finds out?"
"Then he will definitely be the one to die first! Not me!"
Prince Gong swore solemnly, "No matter what, I am also the son of the emperor, and even a tiger won't eat its own cubs.
As long as I have not violated my father's interests, my father will not order my death because of those handles!
There is no rush about this matter. Just send someone to find out the situation at the Minister of Rites' residence.
This prince wants to know the Minister of Rites's thoughts as soon as possible so that he can consider what to do next."
Lin Ying looked at his master's confident expression, thought for a moment, and swallowed the words that were about to come out of his mouth.
Since the prince is so confident, he should not say anything unpleasant to spoil the prince's mood.
"Yes, I'll go right away."
Lin Ying agreed and prepared to leave. Before leaving, Prince Gong asked him to call Princess Gong to take care of him.
Upon hearing this, Tian Shanyue directly refused on the grounds that she was sick and unable to get up.
What a joke! Now that this bastard needs someone to be his wife and take care of him, he already remembers her?!
Why isn't he letting his favorite concubine take care of him now?!
Lin Ying conveyed Tian Shanyue's words to Prince Gong. Prince Gong did not ask Tian Shanyue whether she had seen a doctor when she was sick, or any other questions he asked about her.
Instead, he was very angry that Tian Shanyue would actually reject him, and an inexplicable emotion emerged in his heart.
"Let the princess come over! She has always been in good health, how could she be so sick that she can't get up!
Maybe she was pretending!"
After Prince Gong said this, Lin Ying had no choice but to go find Tian Shanyue again.
Tian Shanyue sneered in her heart, and became even more determined to bring down and kill Prince Gong!
I don’t want to be the Princess of Prince Gong anymore!
Before going to see Prince Gong, Tian Shanyue specially asked her maid Lan Zhen to put powder on her face. At first glance, her face was pale and her lips were pale, as if she was about to die.
Lin Ying, who was waiting at the door, was also a little shocked to see Tian Shanyue like this.
He didn't expect that the princess was actually sick, and she looked very ill.
He felt a little ashamed that he had the same idea as the prince.
Tian Shanyue went to see Prince Gong, holding a handkerchief to her lips and coughing, "Why did the prince call me here? Cough cough cough..."
If Your Highness wants me to take care of you, then I may not be able to do it, Your Highness, please forgive me, cough cough cough..."
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