Chapter 294 The Top Scholar 1
Princess Rouyuan reached marriageable age and fell in love with Pei Chengyuan, the top scholar of this imperial examination.
The emperor asked the top scholar in person what he thought, and he said that he had no fiancée and was not married, and was willing to marry the princess.
Soon after, the emperor personally issued an imperial decree to grant them marriage, and three months later, a grand wedding was held for the two.
The couple lived harmoniously after their marriage, and Pei Chengyuan was in high spirits. Although he did not hold a high official position, he was the consort of the emperor’s favorite princess, Rouyuan. Unless someone was extremely blind, who would offend him?
However, the good days didn't last long.
Pei Chengyuan's cousin from the countryside came to stay with him.
He wanted to arrange for the person to stay in an outside house and have two people take care of them.
However, the original owner thought that he had some kind of relationship with this cousin and planned to secretly keep her outside, so he insisted on bringing her into the mansion and keeping a close watch on her.
This cousin is frail and gets sick all the time. When she's sick, she goes to her cousin, Pei Chengyuan, which bothers him a lot. Every year, this cousin has to bring the princess with her, for fear that the princess will misunderstand.
After a few times, the original owner was relieved. She could see that Pei Chengyuan really had no other feelings for this cousin. Therefore, she paid more attention to her cousin's affairs, sending good medicinal herbs to her cousin's courtyard as if they were free, and occasionally advising Pei Chengyuan to go and see this cousin.
About three months passed like this. One day, a maid rushed in to report, "It's terrible, Princess! The Prince Consort and Miss Biao are sleeping together!"
Upon hearing this, the original owner rushed to the courtyard where her cousin was staying and saw the two of them sleeping in the same quilt. The prince consort's eyes were closed, and her cousin had one hand on him. The princess was heartbroken.
After the prince consort woke up, he claimed that he had been drugged. The doctor confirmed this after examination. The incense burner in the room had been tampered with and mixed with a highly potent drug that would make anyone lose control if they smelled it for too long.
Neither of them admitted to drugging the other. The cousin's innocence was lost, and Pei Chengyuan was filled with shame. They both knelt down and begged the original owner for forgiveness.
The original owner felt that the prince consort had not done it intentionally, and since his attitude was particularly sincere, she forgave him and took her cousin into the mansion as a concubine.
But Pei Chengyuan never went to his cousin's room even once.
She stayed peacefully by the original owner's side, and her cousin, though neglected, neither cried nor made a fuss, remaining quietly in her own little courtyard.
The original owner thought that she might have misunderstood her cousin before, and that her cousin had been schemed against by someone, so she forgave her. As long as the prince consort didn't go to her courtyard, she would just treat it as raising another cat or dog, and the matter would be over.
But my cousin got pregnant and gave birth to a big, healthy boy nine months later.
The original owner and the top scholar were unable to conceive.
The original owner was somewhat saddened. She felt that she had a physical problem and was sorry that she could not bear children for the prince consort. Gradually, she became depressed and was bedridden after just over a month.
The prince consort felt that the princess's illness was strange. Even if she was depressed, she shouldn't be so ill. He immediately went to the palace to inform the emperor and empress of his purpose and then asked the imperial physician to come. The imperial physician immediately diagnosed that Princess Rouyuan had been poisoned.
The prince consort then began a thorough investigation of the princess's residence, eventually discovering that the one who poisoned her was none other than his beloved cousin.
This was all so that her son could rightfully inherit the entire princess's residence.
The prince consort sent his cousin directly to the yamen for plotting against the princess. The cousin was sentenced to immediate execution, and the prince consort also sent the child back to his hometown to be raised by his parents.
Pei Chengyuan was already highly talented, handsome, and elegant. He was outstanding in every way. After this incident, who in the capital didn't envy Princess Rouyuan for marrying a man who had her in his heart?
The original owner once thought that she had married for love.
However, this period of good fortune did not last long. A year later, Prince Fu launched a rebellion.
The princess was poisoned to death in her palace.
Before she died, she learned that her father, mother, and brother had all died from poisoning.
When Ning Yan arrived, her cousin had just entered the princess's residence.
Ning Yan summoned her personal nanny and gave her instructions. Nanny Yin didn't say a word and immediately took her orders and left.
It wasn't until noon that Granny Yin reappeared before Ning Yan.
"Princess, it's all taken care of," Granny Yin replied respectfully.
Her princess has finally grown wiser. That Luo Bichi is clearly no good person. She's using her frail health to get close to the prince consort, who knows what she's up to? But the princess insists that the prince consort has no feelings for her and has no guard up at all. Isn't it true that it's easy for a woman to pursue a man but hard for a man to pursue a woman? If a woman is willing, who can guarantee that the prince consort won't fall for her in time?
"You watched her eat it with your own eyes?"
Granny Yin bowed and replied, "Yes."
Ning Yan was relieved. Wasn't Luo Bichi fond of faking illness? That would be too much trouble. Since she was always kind-hearted, she would just pretend to be sick for her.
"Thank you for your hard work, Granny. Wan Zi, please bring this dish to Granny so she can have a proper meal."
It's good to be in a high position. As a princess, she has more than thirty dishes for lunch. How can she possibly finish them all?
Well then, we should reward them.
Granny Yin thanked her for the reward and left.
Ning Yan then felt at ease and began to eat.
After the meal, Ning Yan strolled around the courtyard for a while, and as expected, Chunying Courtyard sent someone to ask for instructions again.
"Your Highness, Miss Biao has fainted again. People from Chunying Courtyard have come to fetch a doctor."
Ning Yan: "Send the imperial physician over to take a look. Next time you need to invite a doctor from there, you don't need to inform me. Use whatever medicine is needed and treat it however you need to."
The two maids, Wan Zi and Qian Hong, exchanged a glance. They would treat the patient as prescribed and use whatever medicine was needed. Didn't their master mean that there would be no extra treatment and no need to send the best medicine?
So, what exactly did that person do to offend their master?
The royal physician, having received the princess's order, dutifully went to Chunying Courtyard to examine the young lady. In truth, as a doctor, he was not unaware that the young lady's illness was not as serious as she claimed.
It's just that I'm slightly weaker than a normal person. If I go out more and eat more, those illnesses will get better.
But they wouldn't listen, saying they'd be out of breath after just a few steps and couldn't eat.
He's a doctor, he can't force people to exercise, can he?
He initially thought this young lady was faking illness again, but to his surprise, when he took her pulse, he discovered that she had a heart problem, was easily startled and frightened, and even had other serious problems with her organs, indicating that she was not long for life.
Luo Bichi clutched her heart in pain, looking at the physician with pleading eyes, "Doctor, what's wrong with my body?"
The physician stroked his beard. In the past, when he told the truth, Miss Luo never liked to hear it. Today, he would tell a lie. Otherwise, no one would be in a good mood if they knew they were going to die soon, and a bad mood would make their illness more likely to worsen.
"Miss Luo, there's no need to worry. You're fine. I'll prescribe some medicine for you to take on time."
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(End of this chapter)
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