Chapter 298 Two Dogs Fighting
Pei Yanchuan picked up Jiang Wanning and was about to walk towards the bedroom when Mo Qing burst in, "Your Highness, Your Highness, something terrible has happened!"
"Your Majesty..." Mo Qing looked up but immediately turned around, covering his eyes, "I didn't see anything."
Jiang Wan Ning's cheeks flushed red. She punched Pei Yan Chuan's chest, signaling him to put her down.
Unexpectedly, Pei Yanchuan hugged her even tighter and said to Mo Qing in a deep voice, "You'd better have something important to say."
"Otherwise, I will exile you to the frontier."
Upon hearing this, Mo Qing immediately turned around and said anxiously, "Your subordinate..." He then quickly covered his eyes, but his fingers were slightly parted. "Your subordinate was wrong, please forgive me, Your Highness."
"I really have something very important to do."
"Speak," Pei Yanchuan said, frowning.
"A message came from the palace, ordering the princess to enter the palace as soon as possible."
Upon hearing that it was news from the palace, Jiang Wan Ning nudged Pei Yan Chuan again, and Pei Yan Chuan reluctantly put her down.
Jiang Wan Ning straightened her clothes briefly and asked, "Do you know what it is about?"
"Your Highness, it is because Her Majesty the Empress is unwell and wishes to have you enter the palace as soon as possible."
"Are all those people in the Imperial Medical Academy useless?" Pei Yanchuan instantly became angry. He always summoned Ningning to the palace for the slightest problem. "Hasn't Yu Hai already entered the palace?"
"Isn't his medical skill better than Ningning's?"
Jiang Wan Ning also asked suspiciously, "I have indeed sent Yu Hai to the palace to stay by the Empress's side, so why do I still need to enter the palace?"
Mo Qing shook his head. "This subordinate does not know."
"You've been my guard for so many years, don't you know that things need to be clarified?"
Mo Qing looked completely innocent. He didn't know that the princess had specially arranged for Yu Hai to go to the palace. If he had known, he would have asked.
"Alright," Jiang Wanning said, "I'll go to the palace first."
"I will accompany you." Pei Yanchuan picked up the cloak from the dragon gate rack and wrapped Jiang Wanning up tightly. Mo Qing quickly grabbed Pei Yanchuan's cloak and handed it to her.
After putting on his cloak, Pei Yanchuan took Jiang Wanning's hand and walked outside. He said to Mo Qing, who was following behind, "Go and sweep up the fallen leaves in the yard."
“No, Your Highness, hasn’t this job always been Ah San’s?” Mo Qing asked with a troubled expression.
To reduce a dignified first-rank guard of the royal palace to a servant sweeping the courtyard—how shameful would that be if word got out?
"Then you can switch places with Ah San."
"Not... Your Highness... Your... Grandfather... Ancestor?"
Mo Qing shouted wildly at Pei Yanchuan's receding figure, but couldn't stop him.
"Brother Mo Qing, your grandfather is here?" Ah San turned his head towards the gate of the mansion, carrying a broom. Mo Qing glared at him and said, "Hurry up and sweep your yard."
Looking at the clean courtyard and the moon hanging high in the sky, Ah San said, "I've already swept. According to my duties in the Prince's mansion, I should put the broom back now, then go to the small kitchen to get some food from Sister Peony. Then we can go find Sister Begonia to eat and admire the moon together."
Mo Qing was shocked upon hearing this, "What? What did you say?"
"Have you been living like this all this time?"
Ah San nodded seriously, "Yes, my life in the Prince's mansion consisted of sweeping the courtyard three times a day, then eating and sleeping."
"That's not what I'm asking you. I'm asking you, have you been eating with Peony at this time every day lately?"
“And crabapple blossoms,” Ah San replied with a sincere expression.
Mo Qing grabbed Ah San's collar and spoke with his lips almost touching Ah San's, "From now on, you only need to go out to eat with Hai Tang, understand?"
"And moon gazing!"
Ah San bent backward and looked up at Mo Qing, "This... isn't this a bad idea?"
"If I say it's good, then it's good!"
Ah San quietly looked behind Mo Qing and pointed in the direction behind him.
Mo Qing turned his head and looked in the direction Ah San was pointing. Mo Ran punched Mo Qing hard in the eye.
"ah--"
Mo Qing covered her eyes and squatted on the ground. A-San took the opportunity to slip away. All that could be heard were the shouts of Mo Qing and Mo Ran behind her.
"Blackie, Sister Peony, Sister Begonia," Ah San greeted the two in front of him.
Peony looked back and said, "You just arrived. Do you know what happened in the front yard? I heard them arguing."
Ah San calmly took the food box from Shao Yao's hand. "Hey~ the two dogs are fighting, the puppy is fine."
Peony nodded, while Begonia frowned and said, "Where did this dog come from? The Prince's mansion doesn't have dogs, only Mo Bai."
"The prince has been raising them for a long time, you just haven't noticed," Ah San replied casually. "What's good to eat today?"
Ah San's words interrupted Peony and Begonia. The two didn't think much of it. This was the Prince's mansion, and no one would be so blind as to cause trouble. The servants of the Prince's mansion would not dare to do so, especially not in the front yard.
Urged on by Ah San, the two left together and sat on a stone bench to enjoy the moon, drink wine, and eat snacks.
Pei Yanchuan accompanied Jiang Wanning to the palace.
Xiao Yu quickly stood up, "A-Chuan is here too."
"Your Majesty summoned my princess late at night, and I was afraid of the dangers on the way, so I naturally had to accompany her."
Xiao Yu sensed the sarcasm in Pei Yanchuan's words, "This... it's really because the Empress is having an upset stomach. She only trusts your Princess Consort, and no one else can even get in the door. There's nothing I can do about it."
Xiao Yu looked helpless. The Empress used to be obedient and sensible, but in this matter, she was always afraid that others would harm her.
The child in the Empress's womb was also very important to Xiao Yu, so he summoned Jiang Wan Ning late at night at the Empress's request.
Unexpectedly, Pei Yanchuan made a sarcastic remark as soon as they met.
"What about Yu Hai?" Jiang Wan Ning asked. "Her Majesty should trust Yu Hai."
Emperor Xiao Yu sighed, "Consort Song is also unwell, and Yu Hai can't leave his post..."
Jiang Wan Ning frowned deeply and said in a deep voice, "Your Majesty, Yu Hai was someone I specially sent to the palace to take care of the Empress. Your Majesty should have someone else take care of Consort Song in the future."
This was the first time Xiao Yu had seen Jiang Wan Ning give him such a cold shoulder, and he was momentarily stunned.
After a long pause, he said, "It was Consort Song who first started feeling unwell. She said that Yu Hai was a skilled physician and specially asked me to ask the Empress for it. Not long after that, the Empress started feeling unwell again."
“I also thought about switching it back, but at the time Yu Hai was treating Consort Song, who is the Empress’s sister. I couldn’t just disregard her life for the sake of the Empress.”
"If something happens to Consort Song, the Empress will be even more distressed. That's why I thought of granting the Empress's request and summoning you to the palace."
"Your Majesty might as well give the position of Director of the Imperial Medical Academy to my Princess Consort," Pei Yanchuan said sourly.
Xiao Yu frowned and asked Jiang Wan Ning, "What's wrong with A Chuan? Who upset him?"
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