Yesterday was the first day of the lunar month, and by all accounts, the Fourth Prince should have been staying at the main courtyard with his wife.
But yesterday, the Fourth Master came to their master's place, and all the maids completely forgot about it.
Only now, hearing their master mention it, did they belatedly realize what was happening, and they all couldn't help but start to worry again.
Li Chenjiao walked around several times and was almost done. Since it was inconvenient for her to squat down at this moment, she gave Chen a look, and Chen stepped forward to take the Second Princess's hand. After Li Chenjiao sat down, she held the Second Princess and sat on the soft couch.
Li Chenjiao sat on the outside, surrounding the Second Princess on the inside.
She spoke up: "The Princess Consort collapsed today, could it be because of this incident?"
Li Chenjiao has really forgotten the first day of the lunar month. In the past few months, when the Fourth Prince was busy on his southern tour, he would stop by her place for a visit, and when he had free time, he would have dinner and stay overnight at her place.
She had actually forgotten the rules about the first and fifteenth of the lunar month.
But... how come even the Fourth Master was forgotten?
Qiu Hu quickly responded, "If that were the case, the Princess Consort should have collapsed and called the imperial physician last night. Why wait until today? It doesn't make sense. Besides, didn't Master come out from the main courtyard yesterday?"
Li Chenjiao hummed in agreement; Qiu Hu's words echoed her own thoughts.
Adding to the fact that she noticed the Fourth Master seemed a bit lost in thought and not in a good mood when she woke up yesterday, Li Chenjiao had a guess in her mind. She guessed that the Fourth Master was unhappy, which was why he came out of the main courtyard.
But the Fourth Prince wasn't like this before... direct, right?
They never rested in the main courtyard or front courtyard on the first and fifteenth of the lunar month. The last time something like this happened was on the Mid-Autumn Festival when Xie Shi danced and Fourth Master stayed overnight in Xie Shi's courtyard.
Li Chenjiao was still puzzled.
Is this good news or bad news?
Naturally, this was a display of the Fourth Prince's favor, but it was also quite conspicuous in the inner courtyard, and inevitably aroused the dissatisfaction of the Princess Consort.
Li Chenjiao really couldn't understand what the Fourth Master was thinking.
She wasn't afraid of being targeted by the Fujin (principal wife), and the Fujin was too busy to pay attention to her right now.
Moreover, hasn't the Fujin (princess's wife) targeted her enough?
Li Chenjiao and the other maids racked their brains but still couldn't figure it out.
But then again, how could the Fourth Prince's thoughts be so easy to guess?
Li Chenjiao could only conclude that yesterday's events were simply a matter of the Fourth Master coming whenever he wanted, which was the most appropriate reason she could think of.
Since the deed has already happened, there's no point in dwelling on it. What Li Chenjiao should have done wrong was that she didn't persuade the Fourth Master to let him know that yesterday was the first day of the lunar month when he came yesterday.
When Fourth Master arrives, Li Chenjiao cannot drive him away, but she still needs to maintain appearances.
Thinking of this, Li Chenjiao once again beat her chest and stamped her feet in frustration.
What a blunder! How could she forget it was the first day of the new year yesterday? Could it be that her memory has gotten worse because of the good news?
Li Chenjiao rested her chin on her hand and quickly began to reflect again.
Autumn Pot, Green Plum: ? ? ? Master?
What was Fourth Master thinking yesterday?
Actually, Fourth Master forgot yesterday that it was the first day of the lunar month.
Yes, even the Fourth Master himself has forgotten.
Yesterday, after returning to the mansion, he went to the main courtyard, subconsciously wanting to see the Second Prince. However, after exchanging only a few words with his wife, he felt unhappy. After seeing the Second Prince and leaving the main courtyard, he went straight to the east courtyard.
Fourth Master really got into the habit of going to the East Courtyard.
Unfortunately, Su Peisheng also forgot to mention it yesterday.
Today, Su Peisheng was also fined three months' worth of monthly allowance.
Su Peisheng didn't dare utter a single complaint. Where his master wanted to go was one thing, but whether he tried to dissuade him was another.
The Fourth Master sent Su Peisheng to deliver things to the East Courtyard to appease Li Chenjiao. She has always been timid, which explains why she didn't have a good appetite yesterday and seemed hesitant to speak. She was probably worried about what happened on the first day of the lunar month.
Furthermore, Li Chenjiao's words last night touched upon Fourth Master's heart. This morning, Fourth Master wanted Su Peisheng to send the black fox fur from the storeroom, but in the end, Fourth Master didn't rush to send it over. He had just left the East Courtyard when he sent the fur over.
When Fourth Master arrived at Madam Xu's courtyard, it was already getting dark. Because Fourth Master had informed Madam Xu in advance through Su Peisheng, Madam Xu was already waiting at the courtyard gate.
"Greetings to Master." Madam Xu bowed her head respectfully.
With his hands behind his back, the Fourth Master said indifferently, "Get up," and walked into the courtyard.
Xu's courtyard was changed because she adopted the Third Prince, but it was of similar size to the courtyards where the princesses lived.
Madam Xu got up and quickly followed, without saying much, simply following behind Fourth Master.
"I'll go and see the Third Prince," the Fourth Prince said.
Fourth Master didn't come to Madam Xu's place very often, so he meant that Madam Xu should lead the way.
Upon hearing this, Fourth Master naturally felt somewhat guilty.
Xu herself was completely unaware, and stepped forward slightly: "The Third Prince just woke up. He has gained a lot of weight, and he has been thinking a lot about his master these days."
When the Third Prince was mentioned, Madam Xu became more talkative, and her eyes showed a rare gleam.
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