"Have you asked the imperial physician to take a look?" Shen Xin's face was full of concern.

"Of course I haven't seen him. The doctor has prescribed some medicine for me and I'm taking it now! I've gotten much better in the past two days, but I can't be fully recovered in a short time."

"That's right. For this disease, we have to see a doctor and take medicine without stopping for even a moment. The princess is young, but she can't be left with any chronic illness." The concubine interrupted.

Shen Xinyan frowned slightly, glanced at Princess Ning calmly, and seeing that the displeasure on her face was already quite obvious, she shook her head secretly.

Prince Ning was not very stable. His harem was filled with people. Apart from a principal wife, two concubines, and several maids, these women gave birth one after another, and one or two illegitimate sons and daughters were added every year. Thanks to Prince Ning's wife's good management of the household, there was no trouble, which disappointed many people in the capital who were waiting to see her make a fool of herself.

This concubine in front of me must be quite favored in the palace, otherwise she wouldn't dare to be so bold.

She suddenly thought of what Xu Sumin once said - "Men only care about taking off and pulling up their pants for fun, but all the troubles that come after this fun are left to the wife."

This may sound a bit rude, but it hits the nail on the head.

Prince Ning has a beauty on his left and a pretty lady on his right. He feels good for a while, but what happens next? After pushing all the people into the backyard, the one who has a headache is still Princess Ning!

As an outsider, she naturally couldn't say much. She could only lower her head, pretending that she didn't hear the concubine's words, and drank her tea seriously.

"Sister, you too are no longer a fresh and lively girl of sixteen or seventeen. Your body cannot bear it. You have to wear more clothes late at night. Although the moonlight is beautiful, if you catch a cold, it will be a loss." Princess Ning said with a smile.

The concubine's face changed slightly, and she said awkwardly, "The princess is right," and then said "Excuse me" and left in a hurry.

"I'm sorry to have embarrassed you. It's all caused me so much trouble." Princess Ning said apologetically to Shen Xinyan who was pretending to drink tea.

"Princess, you are too kind. Who hasn't encountered some bad things?" Shen Xinyan disagreed.

Seeing that she was sincere in her words, Princess Ning breathed a sigh of relief.

After all, she had been commended by His Majesty. She was relieved that her daughter could marry into the Duke of England's mansion and have such a reasonable mother-in-law.

Without the annoying people around, the two of them felt more comfortable talking, chatting and laughing, and time passed by unknowingly.

Originally, it was thought that Princess Changning was just occasionally ill and would recover after resting for a while. However, a month later, for Wei Minzhi's coming-of-age ceremony, Shen Xinyan had already sent an invitation to Prince Ning's Mansion, but unexpectedly, she was shocked to hear the news that Princess Changning was ill in bed.

"How could this happen? Wasn't it fine before?" she asked in surprise.

Nanny Wang, who was ordered to deliver the invitation, said in detail: "The princess is extremely worried now. She said that a month ago, the princess just had a cough and was prone to laziness and sleepiness. The imperial physician told her to take care of herself for a few days and she would be fine. I didn't expect that she is still not getting better now."

"In that case, why don't you find another doctor to take a look?" Shen Xinyan asked.

"I have changed several of them! But it is still the same as before. It gets better at first, but it gets worse again soon. Therefore, the princess cannot come to the third lady's coming-of-age ceremony. Princess, please forgive me."

"The coming-of-age ceremony is nothing. The most important thing is to let the princess recover first." Shen Xinyan would never blame anyone. She was worried about Princess Changning's illness. After thinking about it, she was still worried and told Chunliu, "Go to the warehouse and pick out some of the precious medicinal materials that His Majesty gave you a few years ago and send them to Prince Ning's Mansion. Tell the princess to put the princess first in everything and not to worry about other things."

Chunliu responded and stepped back, leading the little girl to the warehouse.

Shen Xinyan was still worried, so she called her daughter over and asked, "Didn't you go to Prince Ning's mansion to see Princess Changning half a month ago? How is the princess doing?"

"I don't think there's anything wrong, I just get tired easily. I was out of breath after walking in the garden for a short while. I guess it's because I've just recovered from a serious illness." Wei Yingzhi thought for a moment and replied.

"Mom, why are you asking all this? Is my future sister-in-law sick again? Why don't we just let my brother go to visit her on our behalf? Maybe my sister-in-law will get better without any medicine after seeing him." Wei Yingzhi hugged her arm and asked with a smile.

Shen Xinyan pinched her cheek unhappily, causing the little girl to scream strangely.

"I told you not to pinch other people's faces anymore!" Wei Yingzhi muttered unhappily.

Shen Xinyan's heavy mood was dispelled by her funny behavior.

"How long are you going to keep quarreling with Ling Fu? Why did you avoid him the last time he came?"

"How dare I avoid him! He is a famous figure in Beijing now. I don't know how many pretty girls want to get to know him through me!" Wei Yingzhi snorted again when she mentioned Pingfu.

As the youngest marquis in the history of the court, the nephew of Consort Rui and the cousin of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, Lingfu is no longer the same as he used to be. Unfortunately, he grew up in the Duke of Ying's mansion and rarely met outsiders. After moving to the mansion, all the people around him were sent by Consort Rui, so even if people wanted to get to know him, they couldn't find a way for a while.

As time went by, some people started to set their sights on Wei Yingzhi. To be precise, it wasn't just Wei Yingzhi, but also the children of the first and third houses. Many people wanted to use them to make friends with the Marquis of Loyalty.

Looking at her daughter running away, Shen Xinyan shook her head helplessly.

"Aunt, is the princess ill?" Seeing Chunliu taking medicinal materials and ordering people to prepare a car to go to Prince Ning's Mansion, Shen Huiran thought for a while, turned to the main room, and saw that Shen Xin's face was full of worry, so she asked.

"The princess is indeed ill, and I'm afraid she won't be able to attend Min'er's coming-of-age ceremony."

"Don't worry, aunt. With the princess and the palace doctors here, the princess will recover soon." Shen Huiran comforted softly.

Shen Xinyan nodded: "What you said makes sense!"

Princess Changning was always in good health in her previous life. Now she is just ill occasionally, which is nothing serious. She is probably worrying for no reason.

She secretly breathed a sigh of relief and looked at her niece beside her. She had a smile on her lips, gentle eyes and eyebrows, and was dignified and quiet. She looked a bit like someone from an older generation, but also seemed different in some way.

"Aunt, why are you looking at Huier like that?" Shen Huiran asked a little shyly.

"Hui'er's thirteenth birthday will be in a few months. Is there anything you want?" Shen Xinyan asked softly, brushing the hair that fell on her cheeks behind her ears.

Shen Huiran shook her head: "Thank you, auntie, but Huier doesn't lack anything."

Her food, clothing and daily necessities were all exquisite, and no one in the mansion dared to look down on her. She was also protected by her aunt and cousin Ying'er. For a moment, she really didn't know what else she wanted.

"Think about it carefully first. Don't rush to answer me. Tell me when you have thought it through." Shen Xinyan didn't care about her refusal.

"Okay." Shen Huiran responded meekly.

As expected, Princess Changning was unable to attend Wei Minzhi's coming-of-age ceremony, but she asked someone to bring the gift she had carefully prepared.

Shen Xinyan was worried, but she forced herself to cheer up and arrange the ceremony in an orderly manner. After the guests left, she hurriedly called Chunliu, who had just returned from Prince Ning's Mansion, and asked her in detail about Princess Changning's illness.

"I saw that the princess seemed to be seriously ill. She was almost out of shape and she couldn't speak a few words before she started to gasp for breath." Chunliu replied with a frown.

"How could this be? Doesn't the imperial physician have any explanation? How could he become so seriously ill?" Shen Xinyan was horrified and simply couldn't believe it.

"The imperial physician couldn't see anything either. Princess Ning went to the palace to ask the Imperial Concubine for help. The Imperial Concubine sent Doctor Xia from the Imperial Hospital to treat the princess, but there was still no improvement."

"At this moment, the princess doesn't even let go of doctors from the public. If she hears of a doctor with excellent medical skills, she will send someone to invite him."

After a pause, Chun Liu sighed slightly: "Now, almost everyone in the capital knows that Princess Changning is seriously ill!"

Shen Xinyan's body swayed and he rubbed his forehead with a headache.

How could this be? Princess Changning had been doing well in her last life, married smoothly, and had a pair of children. What about this life? She was fine earlier. She simply couldn't imagine such a bright girl lying on a sickbed.

"Could it be, could it be that a villain is doing this?" She took a few deep breaths, thought of the astonishing number of concubines in the backyard of Prince Ning's mansion, bit her lip, and asked.

Chun Liu cleared his throat and answered in a low voice, "Madam can think of these things, can't the princess not think of them? I have heard that the princess reorganized the inner house not long ago, but now the princess is still like this, and her condition has not improved. I don't think it should be the work of a villain."

Shen Xinyan also knew that she was desperate and was trying all sorts of methods. She sighed and leaned back in the armchair.

She even thought that Princess Changning had been healthy in her previous life because she had not been engaged to her son. In this life, she had gone out of the same path as her previous life. She was engaged to her son, but she got a disease that she should not have gotten.

"Madam, the Grand Princess asks you to come over." Suddenly a maid came to report, and Shen Xinyan did not dare to delay.

"I heard that Changning was seriously ill. Is this true?" The Grand Princess asked as soon as she saw her.

Shen Xinyan also knew that she couldn't hide this matter, so she nodded: "It's true."

The eldest princess frowned and asked, "Have you invited the imperial physician?" She shook her head and said, "I am old and confused. How could I not invite an imperial physician when the illness is so serious? I am afraid that I have invited the best imperial physicians in the palace."

"Go and take a look yourself tomorrow to see what's going on. If you can help, do your best," she instructed again.

Shen Xinyan agreed: "Don't worry, mother, that's exactly what I meant."

However, when she saw Princess Changning lying on the hospital bed the next day, so emaciated that she almost couldn't recognize her original appearance, she almost cried out.

The Princess Changning in front of him was like a once fresh flower that withered and dried in an instant.