It was indeed the Fourth Prince's oversight that led to this, but he himself did not expect that the final date for the troop deployment would be the first day of the fifth month, about ten days later than he had anticipated.
He chose to stand up at the morning court on the fifteenth because he hoped to return to the capital in June.
Now he himself is unsure whether he will be able to make it to Thirteen's wedding.
Thirteen had visited Fourth Master several times under the guise of seeing him off. He was sensitive and could naturally see the changes in Fourth Brother's emotions. He felt deeply guilty when he saw that Fourth Brother was troubled by his affairs. He knew how much Fourth Brother had taken care of him.
Privately, he also told his fourth brother what he was thinking. Although he naturally hoped that his fourth brother could attend his wedding, his fourth brother's job was more important, and he was not unreasonable.
Thirteenth Prince followed Fourteenth Prince to persuade Fourth Prince. With Fourteenth Prince present, even Fourth Prince could not keep a smile on his face.
When the Fourth Prince went to the main courtyard, he had one thing to do: he instructed his wife to keep a close eye on the Thirteenth Prince's wedding. The wife couldn't easily inquire about the betrothal gifts and dowry list, but she could take better care of the Thirteenth Prince's wife, Lady Zhaojia.
Naturally, if the Fourth Prince finds some things for his wife to do, he won't have to worry so much about her having any wicked ideas while he's away.
Yes, the Fourth Prince found quite a few extra tasks for his wife.
The summer before last, when I went to the Rehe Imperial Palace with my father, the First Prince had an accident before he returned home.
With repeated bloody lessons laid before him, the Fourth Prince now finds it extremely difficult to have even the slightest bit of trust in his wife.
He didn't trust his wife, so he could only find all sorts of things for her to do, keeping her busy at all, and also keeping her every move under his watchful eye.
For example, the Fujin (principal wife) is often allowed to go to the palace to pay her respects to her mother. However, this cannot be done by the Fujin alone; Li Chenjiao (principal wife) sometimes has to be included as well.
Furthermore, with Mother's birthday approaching in June, Mother and Fourth Prince share the same idea: to find some things for the Princess Consort to do.
On the 28th, the Fourth Master appeared to be resting in the main courtyard, and in reality, that was all he was doing.
However, the princess did not sleep a wink that night.
With no one beside her, the Fujin was no fool; she understood that everything the Fourth Prince had said to her today was a veiled warning.
The princess felt a chill in her heart; she didn't even want to close her eyes, and rested her head on the comfortable pillow that Xia Chong and the others had just changed.
She actually couldn't sleep very well, but the indescribable herbal scent emanating from the sleeping pillow made her feel sleepy even though she didn't feel like closing her eyes at all.
Finally, the princess fell asleep at some unknown time.
Around midnight, Yu Ru, who was on night watch, went into the inner room to check on her out of concern. The curtains were not drawn, and Yu Ru could see in the dark that the Fujin was already asleep.
She swallowed her doubts and quietly breathed a sigh of relief after retreating to the outer room.
It was naturally a good thing that the Fujin (principal wife) was sleeping soundly, but in the past, the Fujin would always have a sleepless night after a disagreement with the Fourth Prince... Why not today...?
Yu Ru felt something was off. Lately, the Fujin seemed to be sleeping very well. That sleeping pillow was really that effective. She would have to ask Wang Jinzhong tomorrow where he got such a useful remedy.
...
The next morning, as usual, the Fujin got up at the same time. After seeing the Fourth Prince off, she realized that she looked quite well that day.
The princess touched her face and murmured, "What's the use of having a good complexion? The Fourth Prince doesn't even glance at me."
Yu Ru heard it, but could only lower her head and pretend she hadn't heard it.
...
Fourth Master came out of the main courtyard, still looking tired. He pressed his temples and walked towards the front courtyard.
"When the imperial physician comes to examine the Second Prince on the first day of the lunar month, let him also take a look at the Princess Consort..."
Su Peisheng was taken aback, but quickly agreed.
The wife was acting strangely, but the Fourth Prince couldn't quite put his finger on it.
This feeling is somewhat inexplicable.
Fourth Master frowned and said no more.
After leaving the mansion, the Fourth Prince remembered something: "Go tell your mistress, Li, that I will have dinner at her place tonight."
The Fourth Prince's voice was noticeably gentler.
Su Peisheng responded with an "eh" and agreed again.
Look at the difference.
Upon receiving the news, Li Chenjiao said "Oh," and not seeing Fulu, she instructed Dongsheng to send him out.
Today is the 29th. Tomorrow, Fourth Master will probably just stay in the front yard. It seems he's already planned out where he'll go on which day...
Li Chenjiao thought about it and realized there was nothing extra she needed to prepare.
As usual, I was reading in the study, waiting for the two children to come back so we could have lunch together. I played with them for a while, and surprisingly, neither of them seemed sleepy.
Although Li Chenjiao was a little sleepy, she still chatted with the two children for a while.
Aman played with her mother's fingers, while Wanwan squatted down beside her, touching the persimmons. The persimmons were getting lazier and lazier. Every year, Li Chenjiao would have an experienced old eunuch come to look after the persimmons and frozen pears. The persimmons were a bit lazy, but now Li Chenjiao was watching them so that the servants would chase after them and make them move.
"Mother, when is Father coming back?" Wanwan asked, touching the persimmon and looking up.
Wanwan is still quite attached to the Fourth Prince. Now, whenever he goes to the palace, the Fourth Prince takes him along, and the child always follows the Fourth Prince around, eating and drinking for free.
Although Aman didn't ask, she still looked up after her younger brother asked.
Li Chenjiao tugged at the Fourth Prince's braid: "You're already reluctant to part with your father? Your mother doesn't know either. When your father comes back tonight, you and your Eyun can ask him together..."
The second princess pursed her lips and smiled at her mother.
The Fourth Prince looked at his sister first, and grinned: "Okay, I'll go with Eyun."
The little girl looked at her younger brother, and the two siblings smiled at each other.
After laughing, the Fourth Prince sniffed the air again: "It smells so good! What did the little kitchen make today...?"
Li Chenjiao tapped him: "Even your nose can't compare to your forehead..."
She sniffed it herself: "It smells...like bamboo leaves. We're eating zongzi today."
Once Fourth Master sets off with his troops on the first day of the lunar new year, he naturally won't be able to spend the Dragon Boat Festival at the mansion. So Li Chenjiao thought that she should celebrate the Dragon Boat Festival in advance before Fourth Master sets off, as a way of bidding him farewell.
After all, this was the Fourth Master's first time going out to fight.
Fighting pirates is also a form of warfare.
To be honest, Li Chenjiao was still a little worried. Swords have no eyes, and who knows if there might be any bumps or scrapes.
She still desperately hopes that Fourth Master will return safely.
Ah, Li Chenjiao suddenly thought of something and turned to look at the two children.
"Want to wrap zongzi with Mother?" Li Chenjiao is a mother herself now, and her eyes are full of joy and excitement when she talks about wrapping zongzi.
The maids laughed on the side. The clever Qiu Ci had already run to the small kitchen to ask Ping Niang and the others to prepare things, while Dong Sheng went to the back room to bring out a long table.
The two children almost jumped up.
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