By the time they emerged from the Qianqing Palace, it was already dark. The palace gates had long been locked, making it impossible to leave through the Shenwu Gate. However, besides that, the Zhenshun Gate behind the Forbidden City was also a possible exit, though ordinary people were not allowed to leave. But the Fourth Prince's status was special, and besides, he possessed the "Shangfang Sword" given to him by Emperor Kangxi, so getting the gate opened was a piece of cake.
When the Fourth Prince returned to the South Courtyard, he couldn't wait to go to Lanqin's side, not even returning to the front yard. He had an urge to immediately share the events of the past few days with her. Unconsciously, the Fourth Prince had grown accustomed to discussing court affairs with Lanqin and to listening to the unique opinions that young woman might come up with. This time, he had followed Lanqin's advice to wait, and it turned out he had indeed waited for the opportunity presented by Prince Yi's denunciation.
"Master, Master!" As Fourth Master was walking around the front courtyard towards a covered walkway leading to the south courtyard, a woman's voice suddenly called out to him from behind. Before Fourth Master could turn around, Su Peisheng turned around and looked in the direction the woman was running from. It turned out to be Cuiyun from Uya's side.
Su Peisheng's heart skipped a beat. That Princess Wuya was making all sorts of little moves. Although the Fourth Prince hadn't been to the inner quarters for the past few days, her maids were constantly peeking into the front yard. Su Peisheng had seen them doing this several times.
Fourth Master had no choice but to stop and turn around to look at the person who had come from the other side.
"Your Highness, our princess is unwell! Please come and see her!" Cuiyun ran to the Fourth Master in alarm.
When the Fourth Prince saw that it was a maid from the Wuya clan, he asked, "What happened to your princess?"
Cuiyun hurriedly said, "Your Highness has had a poor appetite these past few days. I was thinking of trying to improve your appetite, so I had the kitchen prepare some different dishes. As a result, your appetite has indeed improved after eating them for the past few days. But today, Your Highness suddenly started vomiting. You're vomiting everything. I'm really panicked, so I came here to ask Your Highness to come and take a look."
Before the Fourth Prince could speak, Su Peisheng said, "Miss Cuiyun, if your princess is not feeling well, you should go to the South Courtyard or East Courtyard and tell the concubine to have a doctor come and take a look."
When Fourth Master saw that Su Peisheng had said exactly what he wanted to say, he remained silent, looking at Cuiyun and waiting for her reply.
"Well, our princess was afraid of troubling the concubine. She was also ill before, and we had to call the doctor several times," Cuiyun said with a slightly aggrieved tone, her head lowered.
Well, is she trying to sow discord between the two concubines? Su Peisheng thought, Cuiyun's words sounded like she was telling the Fourth Prince that Lady Wuya had been wronged.
"Let's go take a look!" Fourth Master actually felt that Cuiyun's words had some meaning, but he was still concerned when he heard that Wuya was not feeling well, so he didn't say anything more and turned around to walk towards the west courtyard.
When Cuiyun saw that Fourth Master had still gone, she was naturally delighted and immediately led the way for him, heading towards the west courtyard. Su Peisheng had no choice but to follow.
Uya was lying in bed, looking quite uncomfortable. She wasn't lying; she had sent Cuiyun to fetch the Fourth Prince. Of course, she could have gone to Lanqin or Nianshi much earlier. But she kept delaying, waiting until the Fourth Prince returned before having her maid deliver the message in that manner. Clearly, she was trying to get his attention and subtly implying that the two concubines didn't care about her.
Su Peisheng knew what his mistress was up to as soon as he saw Wuya's behavior. However, since the Fourth Prince still had some feelings for her from his first love, and she was also his cousin from his maternal family, he was naturally a little worried.
"Master is here!" As soon as Madam Wuya saw the Fourth Master step into the bedroom, she immediately put on a smile and was about to get out of bed.
"Why do you look so haggard?" When the Fourth Prince saw that Lady Wuya was indeed sick again, he couldn't help but frown. His dissatisfaction with her bypassing Lanqin and coming directly to him disappeared.
“Reporting to Your Majesty, Your Majesty has suddenly lost her appetite these days, and she is afraid of troubling Doctor Lin, so she has been putting it off to invite him,” Cuiyun said.
"If you're sick, you should go see a doctor. Why keep putting it off?" Fourth Master walked up to Lady Wuya and sat down on an embroidered stool that Shuiping handed him. Shuiping was one of the maids who had been given to Lady Wuya after she was promoted to the rank of Gege.
"My lord, it's nothing. Perhaps it's just the hot weather that's making me a little weak, and that's why I don't have a good appetite," said Uya-shi, bowing her head gently.
"Su Peisheng, quickly go and call Doctor Lin over to take a look," Fourth Master immediately ordered.
Su Peisheng immediately bowed and hurriedly turned to fetch a doctor.
When he came out of the west courtyard, he saw Hongying, the maid of the Wu family, standing in front of the door, so he ran over to her.
"Miss Hongying." Su Peisheng looked back at Wuya's side and, seeing that no one had followed them out, he called out to Hongying with relief.
"Greetings, Eunuch Su!" Hongying greeted him immediately upon seeing that it was Su Peisheng.
"Hongying, go and inform your princess that Princess Wuya has invited Doctor Lin and intercepted the Fourth Prince on his way. Tell your princess to send a message to Consort Niu in the South Courtyard. The master was originally going to visit her today." Su Peisheng thought to himself, and decided to inform Lanqin.
Hongying nodded, and Su Peisheng immediately turned around to fetch Doctor Lin.
After hearing Hongying's account, Wu glanced at Wuya and cursed, "Always using weakness to seduce the master!"
"My lady, Eunuch Su said to go and report to Consort Niu immediately. It's so late, are we still going?" Hongying asked.
"Then you go ahead and tell the concubine that she doesn't know what this Wuya clan is up to this time!" said Wu.
“Yes, this servant will go right away!” Hongying said.
Meanwhile, Su Peisheng went to call Doctor Lin, and the two of them rushed to the West Courtyard under the cover of night.
When Doctor Lin saw that Fourth Master was also there, he was taken aback at first, but then immediately began to take Wuya's pulse.
"Master, have you had dinner yet? Our princess was worried about you and has already asked the kitchen to prepare some nourishing soup. Shall I go and bring it over for you?" Cuiyun whispered as she approached the Fourth Master.
"No need, I've used some in the palace," the Fourth Prince said.
“Master, the princess was prepared for you. If you don’t come, she eats it herself, and sometimes she shares it with us servants,” Cuiyun said.
The Fourth Prince's gaze softened more and more as he looked at Lady Wuya. Didn't Cuiyun's words mean that Lady Wuya was secretly thinking about the Fourth Prince?
Doctor Lin frowned as he took Wuya's pulse, taking one pulse on one hand and then the other on the other.
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