Time passed slowly, and Xiao Hezi still hadn't found any clues. It was now November, the weather was getting colder, and he rubbed his hands together, frowning, looking out the window. He hoped the messenger would appear.
Suddenly he saw someone and was immediately overjoyed—could it be that news has arrived?!
He was overjoyed and hurriedly took the secret letter. He opened it and was stunned. It wasn't about the mastermind behind it all, but about Prince Honghui—who, whose condition had just improved, had fallen ill again.
Although somewhat disappointed that it wasn't about the mastermind, it was still quite important. Thinking this, Xiaohezi quickly folded the secret letter again, then, holding it in his hand, he walked towards the main house of Taoyuan without stopping.
"This servant greets his master."
"It's you, Xiao Hezi! Have you found out who's behind this?" Jiaming asked expectantly.
Xiao Hezi shook his head and replied, "No."
Upon hearing this, Jiaming looked disappointed. "No, then what are you from?"
Xiao Hezi quickly replied, "News came from the front yard that the eldest prince, who had just recovered from his illness and moved back to the front yard, has fallen ill again."
"He's sick again," Jiaming said without showing any surprise. Clearly, she had known all along that the eldest prince was in poor health and had anticipated that he was likely to fall ill frequently.
Because the eldest prince was ill again, the princess consort asked the fourth prince, "Your Majesty, please let Honghui move back to my place. His health is not very good and he needs someone to take good care of him. He has been living in the front courtyard and has been relying on servants to take care of him. I am not very at ease with that."
Fourth Master, knowing that Honghui's health was not very good and that he indeed needed careful care, agreed.
After watching the servants escort Honghui back to the front courtyard and talking to him for a while, the Fujin noticed that he looked tired and told him to rest assured before leaving.
The kind face that had been comforting Honghui instantly transformed into a terrifying demon's face.
"Go, summon a trustworthy imperial physician. Hui'er has only recently recovered from his illness, how could he fall ill again so quickly? I do not believe that Honghui has fallen ill again simply because of typhoid fever. Someone must be plotting against him, or he has been given some kind of drug."
The others in the room also looked extremely grave upon hearing this. They found it hard to believe that the First Prince had fallen ill again. His frequent illnesses were highly unusual, and it was highly likely that someone had sabotaged him.
Soon, a trustworthy imperial physician arrived at the main courtyard.
After the imperial physician had carefully examined Honghui's pulse, before he could speak, the princess consort hurriedly asked, "How is the eldest prince?"
The imperial physician's expression was somewhat grim. He hesitated for a moment before replying, "Reporting to Fourth Princess Consort, the eldest prince in your household has indeed caught a cold, a cold..."
The imperial physician said a lot of things, almost exactly the same things that the imperial physicians who had treated Honghui before had said.
The princess frowned even more deeply. That wasn't what she wanted to ask. She pressed on, "Is it just a cold?"
Judging from the imperial physician's reaction just now, it seemed that he had something difficult to say, and she couldn't help but think about it in a shady way.
The imperial physician's heart skipped a beat, and he hurriedly replied, "It's just a cold." He knew that his earlier hesitation had made the princess overthink things, so he quickly gave her an explanation, "The eldest prince was sick before, and then he fell ill again not long after. His body hasn't recovered yet and it's depleted again, so we need to be careful not to let him get sick again in a short period of time. He needs time to recover and make up for his deficiencies."
The princess was somewhat convinced by this explanation; perhaps the imperial physician was indeed hesitant because of this. However, she still felt something was amiss. Thus, she remained somewhat suspicious that Honghui's condition was not due to a cold, but rather that someone had taken advantage of him.
She stared intently at the imperial physician and asked, "Are you sure? Are you sure you've examined him carefully? Is Honghui really just suffering from a cold?"
The imperial physician nodded. He knew what the princess wanted to ask, and it wasn't what he was worried about. So he relaxed and said in a very normal tone, "It is indeed just a cold. The eldest prince was sick before and his body didn't recover well. He is a bit weak. The weather has turned cold and his body is not used to it. That's probably why he got sick. Of course, we can't rule out the possibility that someone deliberately let him catch a cold. But you'll have to investigate to find out."
Upon hearing this, the Fujin realized that it was true; if someone else had caused Hui'er to catch a cold, it would indeed be impossible to detect it by taking her pulse.
After leaving the main courtyard, the imperial physician, when no one was looking, hurriedly raised his sleeve and wiped the cold sweat from his temples.
He had just kept something from his wife: the eldest prince's health wasn't just a little weak or lacking, it was extremely poor.
The damage to his body is difficult to repair; in other words, the eldest prince's lifespan is not long.
However, he dared not say this to his wife. Moreover, when the eldest prince fell ill, the fourth prince invited many imperial physicians to treat him. Most of the imperial physicians who had seen the eldest prince knew the specifics of his condition and, in accordance with the fourth prince's wishes, kept it a secret from his wife.
He had also been instructed by the Fourth Prince, who hadn't told his wife. Since that was the case, how could he dare tell her? Even for a fleeting moment, thinking of his wife's trust in him, he considered telling her, but then he thought of the Fourth Prince's cold, stern face and chilling, terrifying aura. Even if he had the courage, he wouldn't dare!
After the imperial physician left, the princess consort hurriedly sent someone to investigate.
A few days later, the princess asked the investigators expectantly, "How's it going? Have you found out? Who is it?"
The servant below replied somewhat uneasily: "Please forgive me, Madam, but I have not found any suspicious clues."
The princess said coldly, "You mean to say that Honghui fell ill naturally because he couldn't stand the cold?"
The servant who was about to speak wanted to say yes, but unfortunately he noticed the displeasure on the princess's face, so he swallowed back what he was about to say and said instead, "Perhaps someone did indeed do it, but this servant is incompetent and failed to find out."
The princess was somewhat dissatisfied with the answer, but there was nothing she could do. She knew that her subordinates had really tried their best to investigate, but they just hadn't found anything. With an unpleasant expression, she waved her hand at the person who had answered, telling him to leave.
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