Of the four maids Su Peisheng selected from the Imperial Household Department, apart from the scheming Lülan, Li Chenjiao was quite satisfied with the others.
Green Plum is calm and composed, and doesn't talk much, but she is exceptionally reliable when checking accounts with Qiu Hu and the others.
Green Bamboo goes without saying. This girl has a good personality and can be very approachable when talking to people. She speaks to everyone in a friendly and approachable way, and can make anyone smile.
Compared to Qiu Ci's fiery temper, she was more tactful and even managed to coax Qiu Ci, who rarely uttered a soft word, into readily praising Green Bamboo without hesitation.
Green Chrysanthemum usually serves Li Chenjiao less often, spending most of her time with the Second Princess. However, the Second Princess is still too young to remember things, which makes Green Chrysanthemum seem rather idle.
Recently, the Second Princess moved in with Li Chenjiao. Li Chenjiao has seen several times that when the Second Princess got up at night, in addition to the wet nurse, the maid Lüju also took good care of her.
After Qiu Hu finished speaking, he thought for two seconds and then added, "However, these past few days, Lü Lan has been coming up to me all the time, also wanting to know what kind of birthday gift Master is going to give Master this time."
Li Chenjiao waved her hand: "The Princess Consort wouldn't bother with such trivial matters. I guess this girl is trying to curry favor. She hasn't found out anything lately, so she must be getting anxious. By the way, is the charcoal fire in the small kitchen still burning?"
Qiu Hu nodded: "The two maids, Lü Mei and Lü Ju, were watching so closely that Lü Lan didn't see what her mistress had sent. But I suppose she can guess a little. Tan Huo and Lü Zhu are watching too. I suppose Lü Lan doesn't know yet."
Li Chenjiao said "Oh": "We won't have to hide it when we start using charcoal fires."
Qiu Hu agreed.
After giving her instructions, Li Chenjiao sat up, dipped her brush in ink, and began to write. However, she didn't write much and soon stopped.
Qiu Hu, who was standing to the side, saw everything her master wrote down. When her master stopped writing, she was still a little stunned.
"Master—Master, this is going too far—"
Qiu Hu couldn't quite put his finger on what it was, but he felt something was amiss.
Li Chenjiao embraced Chu Qiuhu's hesitation, but she didn't explain further, only saying, "I will apologize to Fourth Master when he writes back next time."
Qiu Hu was helpless. It seemed that his master had already prepared a backup plan, not afraid of angering the Fourth Master by writing such a few hasty words. However, his master was not worried at all that the Fourth Master would be angry and not write back.
Fine, I'll just trust my master.
The mountains are high and the roads are far. If the Fourth Master really blames or gets angry about this, he will probably have forgotten about it by the time he returns.
Qiu Hu blew the ink off the letter paper before carefully putting the letter back into the paper and putting it away.
Li Chenjiao looked at it quietly: "Do you think the Princess Consort will read this letter if it's sent to the main courtyard?"
Last time, Li Chenjiao wrote a letter to the Fourth Prince in secret, so it didn't go through the Fujin's hands at all; it was sent directly to Fulu in the front courtyard.
Now that Li Chenjiao has become a concubine, she has no choice but to write to the Fourth Prince. According to the rules, the letter should first be sent to the main wife in the main courtyard, and then finally to the front courtyard.
That's the rule.
Upon hearing this, Qiu Hu paused in his act of wrapping the letter, a hint of hesitation on his face.
It wasn't that she was being petty and judging others by her own standards, but the Fujin (principal wife) might actually be capable of doing such a thing.
Li Chenjiao rested her chin on her hand, then suddenly smiled and said, "Look at you, your face changed as soon as you heard about the Fujin. I was just joking. Tomorrow, I'll have Xiao Luzi personally deliver this letter and the birthday gift for the Fourth Prince to the front courtyard."
Qiu Hu looked utterly helpless.
The Fourth Master, whom Li Chenjiao was nagging about, was currently setting up camp and resting along the way.
The princes' tents weren't large, but compared to Wu's small tent, they were much bigger.
The Fourth Master, who was being nagged by Li Chenjiao, suddenly yawned, startling Su Peisheng, who was serving him nearby.
Su Peisheng quickly put down the medicine in his hand: "Your Highness was attending to His Majesty's illness yesterday and returned home late to rest. You've been traveling these past few days. Even the strongest body can't take it."
Fourth Master waved his hand, picked up the medicine on the table, and drank it all in one gulp.
The princes had been exhausted over the past few days. Halfway there, the Emperor suddenly fell ill. The imperial physician said it was due to overwork. A few days later, the physician said the Emperor had a fever.
The journey slowed down, and that was fine.
The princes took turns attending to the sick princes according to their seniority. However, Fei Yanggu, one of the ministers who accompanied the princes this time, also fell ill. The Fourth Prince took the time to send Su Peisheng to visit him twice, and he also went once in person.
Being busy like a spinning top all day long will inevitably take a toll on even the strongest body.
The Fourth Prince waved his hand again and said coldly, "Didn't the imperial physician examine you and say it was nothing serious? Have all the letters been sent back?"
Su Peisheng nodded: "Yes, I already sent the messenger back a few days ago. Tomorrow is the master's birthday, so he should get some rest."
Su Peisheng was a cunning old fox, always meticulous in his actions, but when it came to serving the Fourth Master, he was exceptionally loyal.
Fourth Prince had no time to think about such things right now. He pressed his temples and said, "What time is it? I should go to Father Emperor's place."
Su Peisheng had the words on the tip of his tongue, but could only watch as Fourth Master stood up, lifted the tent flap, and strode away.
Su Peisheng slapped his thigh and hurriedly followed.
But as soon as she went out, she ran into Danqing, who was standing in front of Bai Jiashi. Before she could finish speaking, she was interrupted by Su Peisheng, who was in a real hurry.
"What time is it? I know your princess is anxious, but we have to consider the timing. Let's wait until later tonight when the master comes to attend to his illness. The master is still sick, so let your princess rest her mind for now."
Su Peisheng said a few words of earnest advice, and then hurriedly followed the Fourth Master's retreating figure.
Danqing stood there, pouting.
What do you mean their princess is anxious? It's obvious that the Fourth Prince hasn't summoned their princess at all these days. For the past half month, their princess has been accompanying the Fourth Prince north to serve him, but in reality, she's just here to enjoy the yellow sand.
Their own princess is quite composed, only coming to ask Su Peisheng for help to relay a message every three to five days.
Does my princess really think she's going to come here just to suffer for nothing? That wouldn't do.
Danqing bit her lip; all the excitement she felt before leaving had long since vanished.
She stamped her foot, then suppressed her emotions and ran back to her princess's tent to hear what the princess had to say.
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