The Fourth Prince hasn't been sleeping well lately. His father, the Emperor, isn't in the capital, and he doesn't know how many people in the capital are his father's eyes and ears...
Furthermore, every time the Fourth Prince enters the Yuqing Palace, he has to carefully consider his words and actions.
The Fourth Prince dared not gamble on the depth of fatherly affection between the Emperor and the Crown Prince, and between the Emperor and all his sons.
Only now that he has reached the position of Prince can he vaguely understand the current situation of the Crown Prince, which is like being placed on a hot oil pan.
The more this was the case, the less the Fourth Master dared to relax his vigilance.
A life of abundance and prosperity can sometimes be separated by a single thought.
Now the Fourth Prince finally had some free time, but even before going to sleep, he was still thinking about the changes in the capital in the past few days since the Prince Zhi returned to his residence.
However, the time they can get some restful sleep is extremely precious.
Su Peisheng arrived at the east courtyard a little later and learned that his master had gone into the inner room and was probably already asleep, which relieved him.
He didn't stand on ceremony: "Quick, do you have any herbal tea?" He took the shortcut without being polite.
Xiao Lu chuckled: "We don't have herbal tea, but the small kitchen has prepared sour plum soup, which has been kept chilled in the well behind the house, so it's very refreshing."
He chatted with Su Peisheng with a smile, while waving his hand to signal Dongsheng behind him to bring over the plum juice.
Of course, their master couldn't drink the sour plum drink, but out of consideration for them, he allowed them to have one or two bowls of sour plum drink every day.
This is from Li Chenjiao's allowance. Li Chenjiao has been ill these past few days and can't drink alcohol. Even the lychees, which she noticed had been sitting for a while, were given to her maids to eat.
Fearing that the girls might get a sore throat, Li Chenjiao also had the small kitchen prepare mint water and various kinds of barley tea.
The two maids, Qiu Hu and Qiu Ci, were both like their mistresses and thanked them with smiles. The other maids, Lü, were all very grateful. Even the wet nurses, such as Chen and Zhong, who served in the East Courtyard received almost as much benefit as the maids.
The maids on either side were all eager to serve him.
If their master is doing well, they can also benefit from it.
Li Chenjiao went to bed after having breakfast. She only had her maid, Lin Mama, handle the funeral arrangements for the Grand Consort a few times. However, it was indeed not their turn to help. After that, Li Chenjiao felt at ease recuperating.
However, Zhao Jia and Cao Shi had no idea that she was ill and even sent people to visit her.
Li Chenjiao had a bad cough a few days ago. After drinking loquat syrup and water, she gradually felt better, but her throat started to hurt again. By last night, she could barely speak. She had to strain her voice to say even two or three words.
However, Li Chenjiao's spirits have improved considerably in the past two days, and she is no longer as sickly as she was a few days ago.
Li Chenjiao didn't sleep very soundly this morning because she couldn't speak. Several maids took turns feeding her a lot of soup and broth. Li Chenjiao was half asleep when she suddenly wanted to change her clothes.
When Li Chenjiao got up feeling dizzy, she realized that she felt sticky all over after sleeping, so she went to the outer room to change her clothes.
Because she was ill, her footsteps were exceptionally light. The Fourth Master, who was sleeping soundly on the outer bed, was not awakened by the slightest noise.
Li Chenjiao didn't look at the bed. When Green Plum, who was guarding outside, saw her mistress come out, she quickly went forward to help her. She assumed that her mistress knew that the Fourth Master was inside, so she didn't say anything.
She simply helped her master to change his clothes.
Li Chenjiao was finally more awake when she changed her clothes. After she finished, she wiped her hands with a handkerchief, and her palms were covered in fine sweat.
She was too lazy to go to the bathroom to shower right now, so she decided to wait until she woke up later to shower.
After changing her clothes, she went back to her room to sleep. The thin blanket was neither too hot nor too cold on her body, and Li Chenjiao fell into a deep sleep as soon as she closed her eyes.
The east courtyard fell silent.
Outside, Xiao Luzi was still catching cicadas with Dongsheng. The two little girls would watch Xiao Luzi catch cicadas when they were free. The eldest princess was a little scared, but the second princess was very curious.
There were many flowers in the garden, and Wang and the others dared not let the eldest princess get too close. The two little girls then went to play with the frozen pears. The persimmons had climbed up the tree at some point, and even when Xiao Lu and the others were catching cicadas, they could not disturb the persimmons in the slightest.
After 5 PM, the two girls left the East Courtyard hand in hand. Finally, the two girls made a promise in the garden that the Second Princess would go to the First Princess's place to play the next day.
As Chen led the second princess back, she seemed to see a familiar figure heading towards the east courtyard from the south.
Madam Chen frowned, but still steadily led the bouncy Second Princess back to the East Courtyard.
Looking at that figure, it looks somewhat like Ju Xiang, the head maidservant of Princess Wu in the Southern Courtyard.
Why does she look so hurried from behind?
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