However, no one dared to cause trouble openly.
After all, His Majesty is still unconscious, and the princes and grandsons are all showing genuine concern and earnestness in front of him.
Several princes, led by the Third Prince, who were still conscious, kept vigil by His Majesty's bedside all night, but His Majesty did not wake up.
During this period, the emperor was fed medicine twice, but each time only half was given and the other half was consumed by the handkerchief.
The next day was another sunny day, but no one went to appreciate the beauty of Changchun Garden.
The Empress Dowager stayed at Chunhui Hall for half a day last night. When it was past 5 a.m., she could no longer hold on and was helped back to Shouxuan Chunyong by Ninth Prince.
The Fourth Prince woke up once during this time, but Su Peisheng served him medicine.
The master and servant exchanged a glance. Su Peisheng shook his head almost imperceptibly. Before he could say anything else, and without needing to say more, the Fourth Master closed his eyes and fell into a deep sleep again.
The commotion in Changchun Garden last night did not spread outside. The Fourth Prince's wife only knew about Li's pregnancy. She heard Yu Ru carefully tell her about it when she woke up this morning, and immediately fainted again.
Yu Ru hurriedly sent someone to fetch the imperial physician.
After the imperial physician came to give the princess acupuncture and prescribe medicine, she finally woke up slowly after a long time.
As soon as the Fujin woke up, she tightly grasped Yu Ru's hand by the bedside: "Quickly, have someone hitch up a carriage and go to Changchun Garden. Tell them that Consort Li is now pregnant and it may be inconvenient for her to serve the master there. It would be better for Consort Li to return to the manor to rest and recuperate."
Yu Ru winced in pain but dared not utter a sound. She hesitated for a moment, then said, "Fourth Prince only sent someone back to say that the concubine is pregnant, but he didn't say how many months along she is... I'm afraid even if the concubine sends someone, it will be difficult to persuade her..."
The Fujin gradually loosened her grip on Yu Ru's hand, her eyes widening in surprise, and her flushed face, flushed with excitement, made her look particularly out of place.
"If it's not like this... do you want me to watch her... have a happy marriage, give birth to the Third Princess or the Fifth Prince, and just watch Li Shi live a life of glory?" The Fujin's eyes were somewhat lifeless.
She could have simply ignored everything and peacefully watched her second son grow up and inherit the title, but why couldn't Lady Li just behave herself? Why did Lady Li always have to provoke her? She had originally given up on doing anything...
Yu Ru had no choice but to restrain the increasingly agitated Fujin. At this moment, she could only go along with what Fujin said: "Alright, this servant understands. This servant will have someone prepare a carriage to go to Changchun Garden right away."
The princess finally calmed down a bit. She tilted her head and couldn't help but pound the edge of the bed with her hand: "Go quickly, go quickly."
Yu Ru quickly turned around and, in front of the Fujin, instructed a third-class maid to go to the gatehouse to relay the message and make arrangements. Only after seeing the maid leave did the Fujin finally breathe a sigh of relief.
Yu Ru glanced at the maids standing in the room, and they understood and quickly withdrew.
Soon only Yu Ru and the Fujin and her servant remained in the inner room. She then whispered, "This servant understands what you mean, but as for the concubine... even if the concubine returns to the manor, we can't easily take action. You can't do it now..."
The princess's hand, hanging by the bedside, tightened gradually: "Are you just going to make me watch her...?"
Yu Ru was now so anxious that her face turned red: "Madam, Consort Li already has the Second Princess and the Fourth Prince. Even if there were another princess or prince, it would indeed be one more person to rely on. But I must say something I shouldn't say at this moment, but what does Consort Li need now? If you really do something, you will be the one who suffers in the end..."
The princess's clenched fist slowly loosened.
Yu Ru was absolutely right. It was the truth. The current favor of Lady Li was right under the nose of the Fujin, who watched it every day. Even the Fujin had to admit that it was nothing short of a pipe dream for her to try to shake Lady Li's favor.
The princess was already half-numb inside. Her shoulders and back trembled slightly as she stammered, but she didn't cry: "Now, I can only watch helplessly as Li Shi tramples on my head."
She used a statement of fact.
Yu Ru took the initiative to hold the Fujin's slightly cool hand, comforting her: "Fujin, the master is not the kind of person who favors his concubine over his wife. I have seen it all these years, and I don't need to say anything more..."
Although the Fourth Prince has been quite cold towards his wife these past two years, he has never neglected to give her the respect due to her. In fact, after the incident involving the eldest prince, the wife has gained control of the household affairs, and no one dares to offend or overstep her bounds.
Compared to the chaos and commotion in other people's backyards, the Fourth Master's mansion was truly peaceful and quiet.
The Fujin felt an indescribable pang of anguish. She clenched her teeth, and although she had taken Yu Ru's words to heart, she still refused to give in.
"Let's wait for what Master Changchunyuan has to say. If necessary, I'll just stop taking action."
The princess consort had given up on doing anything. She closed her eyes and asked, "Is breakfast ready?"
Yu Ru nodded quickly: "It's all set out. I'll have someone bring it in. Please have your breakfast first, and then I'll help you take the medicine prescribed by the imperial physician. You mustn't get angry now."
The princess closed her eyes and said nothing more, only nodding slightly to indicate that she understood.
After the princess had eaten breakfast and taken her medicine, she lay down to rest, feeling tired.
When the Fujin woke up around noon, she first asked if anything had happened in the backyard. However, there weren't many people left in the backyard this time, so naturally nothing had happened.
The princess then asked if the people who went to Changchun Garden had returned.
Yu Ru said it wasn't ready yet; it would take some effort to go back and forth like that.
The princess consort rubbed her forehead and looked at the account book for a while, but she wasn't in a good mood today, so she put it down and leaned against the couch to read the Heart Sutra.
She had only flipped through two pages when she heard from outside that the people who had gone to Changchun Garden had returned. The Fujin immediately called someone in to come back.
Before the maid could finish her greetings, the Fujin (principal wife) propped herself up and asked, "Has the concubine returned yet?"
The little girl shook her head with a troubled expression.
The princess was still somewhat disappointed. She waved her hand and said, "I understand. You may leave now..."
The young maid was frantic. She knelt down with a thud: "Your Highness, no, it's not that! This servant couldn't see Master at all. There were so many guards and imperial soldiers outside the garden that this servant couldn't even get into Changchun Garden... This servant inquired and heard that the Empress Dowager lost a valuable piece of jewelry in Changchun Garden and was taken away, so they've stopped people from coming and going..."
Upon hearing this, the princess lost her grip on the Heart Sutra and dropped it to the ground.
"this……"
This is clearly something bad has happened.
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