Late at night, after returning to the palace from Hongli's residence, the Fourth Prince and Lanqin naturally stayed at Lanqin's Changchun Palace.
Lanqin sat in front of the dressing mirror and Baoqin helped her remove her makeup, while Fourth Master lay on the bed watching her with a smile.
"Your Majesty," Lanqin called sweetly, her cheeks slightly flushed, which looked extremely beautiful to the Fourth Prince.
"Lanqin, you look beautiful today." With no outsiders present, Fourth Master naturally didn't hold back his praise.
"Your Majesty, do you still find me beautiful when I'm old?"
"You are always the most beautiful in my eyes, and in my heart you are still the same person you were when you were in your prime." Fourth Master said tenderly to Lanqin.
Then the two poured out their hearts to each other, and lay in bed together in a tender moment.
Afterwards, Lanqin fell into a deep sleep in Fourth Master's arms. She had a dream in which she and Fourth Master let go of everything around them, whether it was wealth and glory or intrigue and scheming. Fourth Master entrusted everything to Hongli, and the two of them traveled the world hand in hand, seeing all things in this world, the rolling red dust, and the prosperity of human life.
Suddenly, Cui Ling, the personal maid of Consort Nian of Yikun Palace, came to Changchun Palace to knock on the door.
Fourth Master and Lanqin were awakened by the noise. "What happened! Who is making such a racket and not knowing the rules?" Fourth Master asked.
On his wedding day, Hongli had drunk some wine and spent some time with Lanqin. He was a little tired and had just fallen asleep when he was woken up again. The Fourth Prince couldn't help but lose his temper.
A eunuch came in and reported, "Your Majesty, Consort Gui, someone from Yikun Palace has arrived. Should we summon her?"
Fourth Master didn't want to call her in; it was so late, and this Lady Nian really didn't know any sense of propriety.
"We'll talk about it tomorrow!" Just as the Fourth Prince was about to have the eunuch send Cui Ling away, Lan Qin stopped him.
"Your Majesty, wait a moment. If there weren't a reason, Lady Nian would never allow anyone to disturb you in the middle of the night. Why don't we call her in and ask her what's going on?"
At this moment, the night watch maids Yuxiao and Lianqiu also came in and said, "Your Majesty, Your Highness, Cuiling, the maid of Lady Nian, says that Lady Nian has suddenly fallen into a coma and requests Your Majesty to go and take a look."
"What! How could he suddenly fall into a coma out of nowhere? What did the imperial physician say?"
Yu Xiao said, "Cui Ling didn't say that."
"Bring her in; I want to question her myself."
Yu Xiao walked out of the palace gate and brought Cui Ling in. As soon as they entered, Cui Ling knelt on the ground, weeping bitterly, and said, "Your Majesty, please go and see the Imperial Concubine. She has been unconscious for a long time and we can't wake her up no matter what we do."
"What did the imperial physician say?" the Fourth Prince asked.
"The imperial physicians are having a consultation, and the old woman was so anxious that she didn't hear the results before telling me to hurry up and find the Emperor."
Although the Fourth Prince had neglected Lady Nian for a long time, she was still a Noble Consort. Hearing this news, he couldn't help but worry about her, since they still had some affection for each other after all these years.
"Help me change my clothes," the Fourth Prince said.
When Cui Ling heard that the Fourth Prince had agreed to go see Lady Nian, she immediately stopped crying and smiled, "Thank you, Your Majesty, thank you, Your Majesty."
As Lanqin helped the Fourth Prince get dressed, she said, "Your Majesty, I am worried and would like to go and check on him."
The Fourth Prince said, "You don't need to go. You're already tired enough today because of Hongli's wedding. You should rest more. I'll go."
Lanqin said, "The Emperor is clearly the most tired and should rest the most. There is an early morning court session tomorrow. If the Emperor only sleeps for a short while, what will happen tomorrow morning?"
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