Su Peisheng didn't understand what the dog was barking at, but he always knew that the dog was very clever and seemed to understand human speech. His master cherished everything the dog liked.
Since he came to serve his master, he has never seen his master like anything so much.
He knew his master had a serious case of mysophobia; he would change his clothes immediately if they were even slightly sweaty.
I need to change my clothes at least three times a day.
When Su Peisheng saw a dog sleeping on his grandfather's bed that day, he was filled with disbelief.
I thought I hadn't slept well and was hallucinating.
Since that day, he has treated this dog with more respect, not like he would treat a pet dog normally, but with the same deference he would show to his master.
Seeing today that even though my own father is still ill, he still has the energy to care for this dog, I know that my previous concern was not wrong.
Hearing the barking all around him and looking at the four paws wrapped around pig's trotters, Su Peisheng looked at Duofu with a bit more approval.
"No wonder the master spoils you so much; he still has a conscience."
"It is indeed a clever dog."
"You still know to come and see your master."
"Master's condition must improve, otherwise the three of us, master and servant, will have to go to the underworld together."
Su Peisheng also didn't understand where his master had contracted smallpox.
These past few days, besides studying in the Imperial Study, I've only been back to Chengqian Palace a few times. How did I end up contracting smallpox, that deadly disease?
Su Peisheng was so anxious his mouth was practically bubbling; he was so tense that he couldn't fall asleep at all.
He just wanted his master to get better soon.
If anything were to happen to the Fourth Prince Yinzhen, all the servants inside and outside the palace would have to be replaced.
Those who were replaced had no chance of survival; they were sent to the worst-treated areas of the palace, where they would wither and die within a few years.
Su Peisheng himself had to go through a lot of trouble to serve the Fourth Prince.
He didn't want to have such a good life for only a few years before being banished to the lowest level of the palace to become a lowly eunuch who could be bullied by everyone.
Su Peisheng is now very satisfied with his master, even though the Fourth Prince likes to keep a straight face and is a bit of a germaphobe and difficult to please.
But the Fourth Prince was generous, giving many rewards and never punishing people arbitrarily.
Su Peisheng felt that being by the Fourth Prince's side made him feel like a human being, so he wanted to serve the Fourth Prince forever.
Be his slave for life.
Seeing his master's face burning red, Su Peisheng felt a pang of heartache, even more so than when his parents had died.
She picked up a handkerchief that was already damp with cold water and gently placed it on the Fourth Prince Yinzhen's head, trying to lower his temperature.
Throughout the night, Su Peisheng changed his handkerchief countless times, but his expression showed no sign of impatience; he still looked anxious and agitated.
"Who the hell brought smallpox into the palace? Even if it did, there are so many people in the palace, why are they only targeting my master?"
Su Peisheng had been busy inside and outside the palace, and knew that among all the princes, his own master had recently been diagnosed with smallpox.
The other princes who were infected were very likely infected by their own masters.
He had been serving his master closely all along, and during this time, he had not left his master's side for a single moment, except when he contracted smallpox in the Imperial Study or in Consort Tong's Chengqian Palace.
Some time ago, the Fourth Prince Yinzhen heard a lot of rumors circulating in the palace.
Su Peisheng heard even more; he knew about that period of time.
His master was restless day and night.
When Consort Tong became pregnant, she didn't pay much attention to her master, and later she even forbade him to return to Chengqian Palace to pay his respects.
Even someone as dense as him could tell that Consort Tong didn't want to see the Fourth Prince.
Our master has always been emotionally sensitive since childhood, so he must have known what Consort Tong meant.
He was so anxious all day that he couldn't even concentrate on his lessons in the study.
In addition, during that period, rumors circulated that their master was not Consort Tong's biological child, but Consort De's child.
This made the already sensitive and thoughtful master even more sensitive.
This later caused a slight rift in his relationship with Consort Tong.
Su Peisheng knew that his master still liked Consort Tong very much.
Little did she know that Consort Tong had lost her child, and her master no longer showed her the care and concern he once did.
Instead, they pushed it far away.
Recently, Consort Tong has gradually begun to summon her master back to Chengqian Palace to pay his respects.
She even started over, taking meticulous care of her master in daily life.
Recently, the master has been smiling more often and hasn't been throwing tantrums every day.
This made Su Peisheng suspicious; could it be that Consort Tong was behind the smallpox outbreak?
Su Peisheng was horrified by the thoughts in his own head. How could this be?
No matter what.
Consort Tong is currently raising only one child, her master.
Su Peisheng quickly shook his head, denying his unfounded idea.
Impossible, impossible.
Su Peisheng changed the handkerchief for the Fourth Prince Yinzhen twice more, feeling that the temperature under his hand was indeed a little low.
Her face didn't seem so red anymore.
Su Peisheng looked out the window and felt that two hours had passed, so he hurriedly went out to get new medicinal herbs to decoct the medicine.
After Su Peisheng finished his work outside, he brought out a bowl of steaming, dark medicine.
As Duofu slept, he unconsciously shifted his body further in, intending to get away from the bitter medicine.
But the room was only so big, and the windows were closed, so the whole room was filled with a bitter smell of Chinese medicine.
Even in his sleep, Duofu's face was all scrunched up like a steamed bun, his whole dog face squeezed together in a pained expression.
Su Peisheng carefully used a spoon to feed the Fourth Prince Yinzhen spoonful by spoonful.
Whenever a spoon entered his mouth, the Fourth Prince Yinzhen would obediently open his mouth and swallow the bitter medicine.
One spoonful after another.
The medicine was quickly sold out.
Su Peisheng's gesture of holding the spoon left some unsaid meaning.
Normally, it's not so easy for our master to take bitter medicine.
Thinking of his master, who so easily took the bitter medicine, he realized it was because he wanted to survive.
Su Peisheng felt uncomfortable all over; he felt that his master shouldn't be like this.
He should be...is...
………
Su Peisheng thought for a long time but couldn't come up with any words to describe it.
It just shouldn't be like this.
He is of noble birth; he shouldn't act like this.
Su Peisheng noticed that some medicine had accidentally spilled into his clothes, staining his undergarments.
Remembering her master's obsession with cleanliness, she decided to take advantage of the time before dawn to change his undergarments.
He remembered that in this cabinet, there was a set of royal blue silk embroidered with cloud and crane patterns, which was made by Consort Tong herself for her master.
The cloud and crane pattern is said to represent longevity.
I hope that if my master wears this gift, he will have good luck and live a long life.
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