When Mother Liu heard this, her heartbeat suddenly quickened, and she subconsciously looked up at Yu Zizhen.
Yu Zizhen couldn't help coughing twice. "I understand that you don't want to bring Cuiping and me to the capital, and I understand that you want to continue to stay in the northern border with your son and husband, but you should never, ever attack me to achieve your goal."
"Princess, I didn't do that!" Madam Liu fell to her knees with a plop. "Even if I had the courage of a bear or a leopard, I wouldn't dare do anything to you."
"Oh, then can you tell me how I got sick from the cold in my bedroom in the middle of the night?"
Mother Liu's eyes rolled around. "You've never been a good sleeper. I think you got too hot and kicked the quilt off yourself."
Yu Zizhen laughed out loud in anger, "No wonder you're so confident, it turns out you've already thought of an excuse to evade me. Well, considering you and Cuiping have served me well, I'll give you and your daughter one last favor."
Mother Liu's face was filled with shock and uncertainty. She had served Yu Zizhen for so many years and knew very well that this girl would not tolerate any injustice. Now that the other party had let her go so easily, she felt very nervous and unsure.
Cui Yu was still young. After hearing the whole story and hearing Yu Zizhen say that he would give Mama Liu and Cuiping another chance, she was so angry that her cheeks puffed up. She almost wanted to jump over Yu Zizhen and kick Mama Liu.
Yu Zizhen saw Cui Yu's impatience and waved to Mama Liu, "Go out first. Don't stay here and get in my way."
Mother Liu was about to say something, but Yu Zizhen glared at her, "Or do you want me to tell the princess that I'm sick because your daughter didn't take good care of me?"
Her eyes were sharp and full of murderous intent.
Mother Liu couldn't help but shiver. The moment her eyes met Yu Zizhen's, she felt as if she saw the prince who had just returned from the battlefield.
She backed away and crawled out in a hurry.
When she reached the corridor, the cold wind blew, and Mother Liu suddenly woke up as if from a dream and looked back at the room where Yu Zizhen was.
Before she could regain her composure, Cuiping arrived with the doctor employed by the palace. "Mother?"
Madam Liu quickly composed herself. She knelt slightly towards Doctor Feng, who was standing beside Cuiping. "Yes, Doctor Feng. I'll pass the message on to you right away."
Doctor Feng nodded slightly, "Thank you."
When Yu Zizhen heard the noise, he signaled Cuiyu to go and ask the doctor to come in.
Mother Liu still remembered that Yu Zizhen thought she was an eyesore, so when she followed him outside the screen, she tactfully stopped and didn't go any further inside.
Cuiping didn't understand what was going on. She glanced at her mother who was standing still, hesitated for a moment, and finally followed Doctor Feng in, still confused.
"The prince is no longer seriously ill, but he needs to stay in bed for ten days to recuperate."
Yu Zizhen nodded slightly at him, "Thank you, Doctor Feng."
Upon hearing this, Cui Yu immediately handed over the small purse containing the reward money that she had prepared long ago.
Doctor Feng thanked for the reward, bowed and went to the outer room.
After adjusting the prescription for Yu Zizhen and giving Cui Yu and others a bunch of precautions, Doctor Feng left with Cui Ping.
He did not go back to the outer courtyard immediately, but went to the princess first.
When the princess learned that Yu Zizhen had woken up, although she did not come to visit Yu Zizhen in person, she instructed Cuiyu to send Doctor Feng to her later.
After Cuiyu sent the person away, the second-class maid beside the princess ordered, "Go back and take good care of the prince," and then sent Cuiyu away with a handful of copper coins.
As for Doctor Feng, after he paid his respects, the princess immediately asked him two questions.
"How is the Crown Prince's health? After half a month of recuperation, perhaps he can endure the arduous journey to the capital?"
Doctor Feng bowed his head respectfully. "Princess, if nothing unexpected happens, the Crown Prince can rest for ten days before going out. However, if he is going to have to endure the hardship of travel, I suggest that he rest for at least twenty more days."
Princess Zhenbei's carefully painted eyebrows knitted together tightly. "If we delay, something bad will happen. We can't let those people from the capital stay in the northern border for long."
Although the Zhenbei Palace had been run for generations and had long since made the northern border an ironclad place, and she had also meticulously planned and made all necessary preparations long ago, she was still prepared for the worst. What if her plan was discovered...
Just thinking about that scene, Princess Zhenbei couldn't help but feel cold all over.
She said to Doctor Feng, "I don't care what method you use, make her better within ten days!"
Doctor Feng sighed inwardly, "I obey your command."
The princess waved her hand, and Doctor Feng immediately bowed and took his leave.
Of course, before he left the princess's yard, the princess's trusted nanny did not forget to take the opportunity to hand him the reward silver to implicitly warn him to mind his mouth.
Doctor Feng agreed obediently and returned to his private courtyard in the outer courtyard of the palace with two large silver ingots, which were said to be rewards but were actually hush money.
He picked and chose, racking his brains to think of a prescription.
He understood what the princess meant, and he didn't dare to disobey the mistress of the palace, but his little conscience prevented him from giving Yu Zizhen such a drastic measure without caring about the consequences.
Therefore, he wanted to come up with a prescription that would cause the least harm to Yu Zizhen's body without violating the princess's wishes or delaying her recovery.
Doctor Feng was so busy that countless brain cells died. Yu Zizhen, whom he secretly sympathized with, took the opportunity to drink porridge to secretly put small pills for the symptoms into her mouth.
Although she owed the system several hundred points for buying medicine, it was better to owe points than to have her body ruined by strong drugs.
While drinking porridge, Yu Zizhen communicated with the system through his mind, "Tong, this time thanks to you helping me monitor the surrounding environment, I will never look down on you for running a black shop again."
A "black shop" that clearly marked prices and offered credit at critical moments was always better than a blood relative who was sweet-mouthed but treacherous and always plotting against her.
The baby-voiced system was delighted to be recognized. "From now on, please rest well and recover your health as soon as possible."
Yu Zizhen hummed and drank the remaining porridge in two or three mouthfuls. "Cui Yu, bring me a pen, ink, paper, and inkstone."
System: ??? Didn't you promise to rest well and recover your health as soon as possible?
Yu Zizhen, overwhelmed with enthusiasm, said, "It's just writing a plan. The workload is practically zero." Rounding it off, she's still resting.
According to the little original owner's memory, Yu Zizhen held the brush given by Cui Yu in the same way.
She drove Cui Yu, who was nagging her to lie down and rest, out of the bedroom, then knelt upright in front of the table on the kang and wrote the three big, ugly words "Plan" stroke by stroke.
The system gave her two mission objectives. One was to protect the eldest prince Xiao Yuanjin who was far away in the capital, so that he could live a smooth and peaceful life until old age. The other was to reduce the number of deaths as much as possible in this world written by the original author, which was full of turmoil and frequent natural disasters.
According to the Little Naiyin System, the original owner of the task actually only released the first task, and the second task was added independently by the Spacetime Administration after they took over the task from the original owner in order to maintain the stable operation of this world.
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