Chapter 218 Who wants to use this girl to kill my Bao-ge'er!
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Liu Shu woke up in pain, and as soon as he woke up, he cried out, "It hurts, it hurts, it hurts so much."
Doesn't it hurt?
It's supposed to hurt, right? Doctor Liu is preparing to suture the wound on his lower abdomen with catgut. Right now, he's cleaning the wound so it can be stitched up properly.
The princess stood by, tears welling in her eyes. As she watched Liu Shu complaining of pain, her heart ached as well.
“Brother Bao, stop shouting, just bear with it, just bear with it a little longer.”
"Mother, Mother, it hurts so much, it hurts so much, it hurts so much!"
The princess could no longer bear Liu Shu's shouts. She turned her head and nodded to the woman beside her. The woman then turned around and pointed to the male servants behind her. Four tall and strong male servants immediately went over and started to take action.
Two men held down her legs, and two others held down her arms. The woman then stepped forward with a cloth and said to Liu Shu, "Your Highness, bite it in your mouth so you don't hurt your tongue."
Then she stuffed the cloth into Liu Shu's mouth and nodded to Doctor Liu.
Only then did Dr. Liu pick up the needle and begin stitching up Liu Shu's wound.
Dr. Liu was quick and finished stitching it up in no time.
Looking at the sutured wound on Liu Shu's lower abdomen, which resembled a centipede crawling, Dr. Liu was quite satisfied.
"Your Highness, the Crown Prince's wound must not get wet, otherwise it will be infected with evil poison, and even gods and ghosts will be powerless against it."
The princess still gave Liu, the military doctor, a man with real skills who could save lives, a lot of respect.
"Thank you for your hard work, Dr. Liu."
"I'm afraid you'll have to stay at the Prince's residence for a few more days. I can only put my mind at ease once Bao-ge'er's wounds have healed."
It's hard to say what Doctor Liu was thinking, but on the surface he bowed very respectfully to the princess: "I was on duty in the army, and I only returned to the prefectural city these past few days because of my rest day."
If the Princess Consort wants me to look after the Crown Prince in the Prince's residence, I will certainly have to ask the Princess Consort to formally inform the General on my behalf.
"Doctor Liu, don't worry, I've already sent someone to the General's Mansion."
Dr. Liu nodded and turned to go back into Liu Shu's room to take a look.
I just gave Liu Shu some herbal medicine with a sleep aid in it, and she should be asleep by now.
Sure enough, when the princess entered the room, she saw Liu Shu lying on the low couch, her brows furrowed and her eyes closed, already asleep.
After nodding to Doctor Liu, the princess left. Once outside, her face was as black as the bottom of a pot. She said to Zhao Guang'an, who was still kneeling on the ground, "It's your good fortune that Bao-ge'er wasn't killed this time."
Zhao Guang'an, I no longer need you to protect the Crown Prince. For the sake of your surname Zhao, I will give you one last chance: investigate!
Go and investigate!
Find out who is behind that girl.
Who wants to use this girl to kill my Bao-ge'er!
"Zhao Guang'an, if you can't even find this out, you might as well commit suicide like that girl!"
After Zhao Guang'an kowtowed to the princess, he got up and left. Only after Zhao Guang'an left did the princess dare to show worry on her face.
The woman standing next to the princess stepped forward and handed her a cup of tea.
"Your Highness, please don't worry. Since Physician Liu said that as long as the young master doesn't develop a high fever tonight, then there's nothing to worry about."
With the Prince away, everything in the Prince's residence depends on you, Princess Consort. You must take care of your health.
The princess took the cup of tea, took a sip, and then put it down.
"Mother, how can I not be at ease?"
Just look at Bao Ge'er, he did it once last year, and now he's doing it again this year. No matter how young he is, he can't withstand this kind of torment!
Dr. Liu said it's best if the fever doesn't get high, but what if it does get high at night?
The woman, who was a maidservant who accompanied the princess when she got married, suddenly turned her eyes around, walked behind the princess, and reached out to massage her shoulders.
As Ru Niang rubbed the wound, she said, "According to what Doctor Liu said, it will take at least three months for the young master to recover."
Once the injury heals, it will need proper rest and recuperation, which will take about half a year.
"Your Highness, why don't you summon Lady Li to serve the Prince?"
Seeing that the princess did not immediately object to her words, Ru Niang dared to continue: "This Lady Li was originally the prince's concubine, and she also gave the prince a daughter."
Her life and fortune depend on the prince; if she were to serve him, she would certainly do her best.
"We haven't found out who's behind that girl yet, so the person serving the young master must be someone we know well and who is truly devoted to him."
After saying all that, Ru Niang changed her tune: "Your Highness, why don't we wait until the Mid-Autumn Festival and go to the Hanshan Temple outside the city to get a peace charm for the young master?"
Ru Niang told the princess a lot about the peace charms of Hanshan Temple, exaggerating their power as if they were drawn by Laozi himself.
The princess truly took it to heart, after all, Liu Shu had indeed experienced some turmoil in the past two years.
So, that evening, Ru Niang took her maids and servants to the courtyard where Li Chunli lived.
She told the maids and servants to wait outside, and then followed Qin Tao into the house.
Once inside, Qin Tao, Li Chunli, and the wet nurse holding the cat all bowed to Ru Niang.
The wet nurse and Li Chunli stayed inside with the cat, while Qin Tao led Ru Niang to sit down in the side hall outside.
"...I've taken care of things for you. Whether Lady Li can regain the young master's favor afterward depends on your own abilities."
Qin Tao thanked Ru Niang, then took off the solid gold bracelet with gold thread entwining on her wrist, placed it on the table, and pushed it to Ru Niang sitting opposite her.
"No amount of words of thanks can express my gratitude. Thank you so much, my lady."
Ru Niang didn't stand on ceremony with Qin Tao; she directly picked up the gold bracelet on the table and put it on her wrist.
Ru Niang touched it with interest. She had seen this before. It was a tribute from outside to the Prince's Mansion in a certain year, and the Princess gave it to Liu Shu.
The value of this piece lies not in the fact that it is a solid gold bracelet, but in the gold wire inlay on its surface.
This skill is truly exquisite; otherwise, it wouldn't have been presented as tribute to the royal court.
Although Qin Tao had previously asked Ru Niang to say a few good words for Li Chunli in front of the Princess, she had already given Ru Ni a box of silver.
However, this time, Ru Niang felt that she had taken a great risk by saying those words in front of the Princess Consort in order to allow Li Chunli to reappear in front of Liu Shu.
Ru Niang felt she hadn't been wronged in accepting the bracelet; she felt it was rightfully hers to keep it.
Ever since Qin Tao ambushed Liu Shu at the corner of the stable with the cat, Liu Shu has never been to Li Chunli's yard again.
Although Liu Shu did tell the princess about Li Chunli and Mao'er's situation afterward, and the princess did send a wet nurse and a maid, and even gave Li Chunli a monthly allowance, that was all that happened.
Once, when Mao'er had a high fever at night, Qin Tao had to bribe the old woman at the side gate to take Mao'er to the clinic outside to see a doctor and get some medicine.
After that incident, Qin Tao knew that she couldn't just remain an outsider in the Prince's mansion.
Although she was Li Chunli's biological mother, she was still an outsider, and she couldn't stay in the palace forever to take care of Li Chunli and Mao'er.
She was able to enter the Prince's Mansion before Li Chunli gave birth because Liu Shu still liked and doted on Li Chunli at the time.
Actually, she should have left after Li Chunli finished her postpartum confinement period.
But cats were hard to raise back then, and Li Chunli couldn't take care of them all by herself. Coincidentally, the prince was always on patrol and not in the palace. The two mistresses of the palace, the princess and Liu Shu, had long forgotten about Qin Tao, which is why Qin Tao was able to stay in the palace.
The princess and Liu Shu no longer cared about Li Chunli, so why would they care about Li Chunli's mother, Qin Tao?
But Qin Tao was, after all, an outsider, not the prince's or Liu Shu's woman, so she would eventually have to leave.
Therefore, Qin Tao thought and thought, and she knew that before the cat's first birthday, before she left the palace, she had to think about the future for Li Chunli, who was staying in the palace.
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