Seeing that Qiu Ci had left, Qiu Hu came out and said, "Princess, you did this not just for Miss Xu, did you?"
Yes, if the Fujin (principal wife) returns later, she will definitely question her. The Song family had already invited the imperial physician yesterday, so it's understandable that they didn't come forward. But Li Chenjiao lives so close to the garden, yet she didn't come forward to persuade her. It's hard to guarantee that the Fujin won't say something like, "In that case, it would be better to take the initiative and invite the family physician."
After the imperial physician examined her, it was found that there was nothing seriously wrong. Li Chenjiao simply rubbed her temples and said she had a headache.
The physician was a sensible man, and immediately wrote two prescriptions, instructing Qiu Hu to fetch the herbs and prepare the medicine.
Then Qiu Ci led the physician to Xu Shi's place by a roundabout route, bringing along two boxes of ointment.
...
When the Fujin returned and heard that something had happened in the manor, she was naturally quite angry. She had only been away from the manor for half a day, and something had already happened. What would become of her in the future?
She then summoned Bai Jia Shi, gave her a severe scolding and a punishment. After the Fujin had calmed down, she was about to call someone to summon Li Chen Jiao when she heard a maid say that Li Ge Ge had summoned the palace physician, saying that she had a severe headache.
The Fujin had no choice but to turn around and scold Bai Jia Shi again before letting her go.
"Fool!" the princess uttered, rubbing her temples.
That's incredibly stupid. Yes, a princess is of a higher status than a concubine, but a princess is still a servant, just from a better family and selected through a proper selection process.
Besides, even someone like Bai Jiashi is doing worse than Xu Shi these days, so I don't know where she gets the nerve to punish her.
What? Just because her husband, the princess consort, isn't here, you dare to act arrogantly? Don't you even know who you are?
The princess's expression turned cold: "Tell the imperial physician to take a good look at Madam Xu, and give her some gifts. Tell her that I will stand up for her and that she shouldn't take it too hard."
Then the Fujin said, "Tell the gatekeeper to keep an eye on things. When the Fourth Master returns, invite him over and tell him I have something to say to him."
Yu Ru quickly agreed.
The princess rubbed her temples and said, "They're all such troublemakers. I think since she fell, she's lost all favor and her brain. There's no need to take care of her anymore. Keeping someone who's useless is pointless."
"How is Madam Song? What did the imperial physician say?" The princess took a couple of sips of tea to calm herself down.
"The imperial physician said it's nothing serious, it's just that Consort Song is frail and is feeling a little unwell for the time being," Yu Ru said as she changed her cup of tea.
The Fujin couldn't tell whether Song's actions yesterday were intentional or unintentional, so she waved her hand and said, "Never mind, tell everyone to be careful. I've always been kind, but they also need to be mindful of their limits."
To put it bluntly, what happened today shows that Bai Jiashi doesn't know the rules. What kind of status does she have that she's punishing people?
They're not even proper masters, so what's with all the showing off?
"What's the reason for all this today?" the Fujin asked, only now remembering to ask.
Yu Ru said cautiously, "It is said that Miss Xu asked someone to cook chicken soup and was about to send it to the front yard when she ran into Princess Bai Jia. Princess Bai Jia deliberately made things difficult for her, so the chicken soup was spilled. Princess Bai Jia then used this as an excuse to punish Miss Xu."
The princess consort immediately felt a terrible headache: "What an idiot! Give the order that no more things are sent to the front courtyard, and no one is allowed to wander around aimlessly. Just do what you're supposed to do, and don't forget your place."
Yu Ru knew that the Princess Consort was angry, so she quickly replied, "Princess Consort, please don't be angry..."
The words of persuasion were nothing more than the same old ones, so let's not go into them.
...
In the evening, after listening to Su Peisheng recount the farce of the day, Fourth Master frowned and said, "She's a troublemaker. Tell her to reflect on her actions." He was referring to Bai Jia Shi.
Su Peisheng said "Eh," and then asked, "What about the Fujin's side..."
The Fourth Prince glanced at Su Peisheng: "The matters in the inner quarters are to be decided by the Fujin. However, since she is not here today, tell her not to blame herself. But I do not wish for such trouble to happen again in the future."
"So you're going to..." Su Peisheng instructed his apprentice to deliver the message, and seeing that the Fourth Master was walking out another way, he quickly followed.
“Go back...and go see Madam Li.” Fourth Master paused, then suddenly remembered Madam Li.
...
Li Chenjiao had only been asleep for a short while when she realized she was craving crispy pork, so she called Qiu Hu to order. Then, Li Chenjiao and Qiu Ci started making knotted tassels together.
When Fourth Master came in, this was the scene he saw: the master and servant were tying knots together, and Li Chenjiao tilted her head, occasionally squinting and yawning.
As she approached, Li Chenjiao heard the noise and looked up to see Fourth Master's enlarged face. She was immediately startled, her face scrunched up, looking completely terrified.
It took him a while to recover before he gave a slight curtsy and said, "Greetings, Fourth Master."
Fourth Master called him to get up and sat on the other side.
Qiu Ci has already left to boil water and serve tea.
Li Chenjiao stood up and said, "Why didn't Fourth Master announce his arrival beforehand?" Was he deliberately trying to scare her? Luckily, she was awake; otherwise, she would have suffered.
Fourth Master glanced at Li Chenjiao and said, "Su Peisheng called out 'Master' before he came in."
Oh, this is awkward?
Li Chenjiao stammered, "That's probably because the servant is hard of hearing..."
In fact, Su Peisheng didn't say anything at all; it was Fourth Master who was tricking Li Chenjiao. It's just that Li Chenjiao was too stupid to react for a moment.
It was still early, and Fourth Master had a long day. He turned to Li Chenjiao and asked, "What did you do today?"
Li Chenjiao had learned her lesson and obediently replied, "I got up late today and only had time for lunch. I took a stroll in the garden in the afternoon, and when I came back I had a bit of a headache, so I rested for a while. I just felt better and then I was making knots with the maid."
Fourth Master didn't think too much about it and curled his lips slightly: "Since you have a headache, then you should rest well."
As he spoke, he pulled Li Chenjiao inside.
This left Li Chenjiao completely bewildered. What did this mean? Was Fourth Master being so proactive now? Wasn't it inappropriate to be so lewd in broad daylight?
As it turns out, Li Chenjiao was overthinking things.
Fourth Master is truly getting a good rest.
Li Chenjiao lay inside, and soon heard soft breathing. Well, Fourth Master had fallen asleep.
But Li Chenjiao had just woken up and couldn't fall back asleep, so she blinked and stared blankly at the gauze curtains.
Wait, something's not right?
Fourth Master clearly just wants to sleep!
Li Chenjiao secretly tickled the Fourth Master, and when she saw him turn over, she immediately closed her eyes and pretended to be asleep.
Then Li Chenjiao inexplicably fell asleep.
However, Li Chenjiao wasn't very sleepy and woke up after sleeping for about half an hour, while Fourth Master was still sleeping.
Li Chenjiao rested her chin on her hand and looked at the Fourth Master. The Fourth Master really is very handsome!
Her eyelashes are even longer than hers! Eyelash queen!
But even when she's asleep, she still has a serious face; I wonder who she learned that from.
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