Fourth Master held his wine cup, thought about it for a moment, and agreed with the reasoning, nodding slightly.
Although there were hidden dangers around, it was also a good opportunity to train his two sons.
Moreover, for some reason, he felt that his fourth prince, Hongxuan, would probably be fine even without his secret protection, but he frowned at Hongshi's words.
He wasn't entirely at ease with them, so after agreeing that the two young princes could move around freely without following him, he added, "The two of you cannot separate; you must go everywhere together."
Hongshi was so happy that he didn't have to follow his father anymore that he didn't pay attention to anything else. He didn't see the Fourth Prince frowning at him and then looking at his fourth brother Hongxuan with trust in his eyes.
After the two left, Su Peisheng secretly found Hongxuan and told him the instructions that the Fourth Master had asked him to pass on.
"Fourth Prince, the Master said you should keep an eye on the Third Prince."
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Upon hearing this, and recalling his father's recent tendency to keep them close by, Hongxuan pondered, "Is there some danger here? Is Father worried about us? Oh, it's Third Brother. Right, compared to Third Brother, is Father so much more at ease with me?"
Su Peisheng smiled and said, "Fourth Prince is intelligent, and I trust you completely. Moreover, I have secretly sent people to follow you. But you should still be careful, as the hidden dangers are hard to guard against."
Hongxuan nodded seriously to Su Peisheng.
A few days later, Su Peisheng suddenly whispered a few words to the Fourth Master.
Fourth Master sneered and said softly, "You give them this chance, and then find an opportunity to switch the wine."
Two days later, the person who tried to harm the Fourth Master was caught red-handed.
However, a day later, the Fourth Prince fainted, and the imperial physician diagnosed him with an epidemic.
There was no epidemic happening in this area, so the source of infection must have been deliberately brought in.
Despite all precautions, Fourth Master still fell for it.
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