"What, what?" Concubine Rou was still confused. "Qiu'er, what are you talking about? What can cure the disease?"
Shen Qingqiu saw Concubine Rou's expression and knew that the Ninth Princess had followed the agreement between the two of them and did not tell anyone.
"I promised Lingling that I would cure her illness."
How could Concubine Rou believe this? Princess Kangle was omnipotent in heaven and earth, could she control the King of Hell to take people away? Hundreds of doctors in the Imperial Hospital had sentenced her daughter to death, so how could she cure her just because she said she could?
"Princess, you can't make such jokes." Concubine Rou's voice was already a little cold.
It's not that she doesn't want to believe that Shen Qingqiu has the ability to save her daughter, but she doesn't dare to believe it. She has been disappointed as many times as she has hoped over the years. And now Concubine Rou is already at the end of her strength and can't hold up any hope.
Shen Qingqiu understood Concubine Rou, and knew that he had never demonstrated his medical skills in front of her, so it was normal for her not to believe him.
"Your Majesty, do you know that the Ninth Prince's illness is the same as the Ninth Princess's?" Shen Qingqiu asked.
Concubine Rou nodded. I'm afraid no one in the palace doesn't know this. It is precisely because of the same fate that the emperor favors them. After all, even wild animals will feel sorry for the two weakest cubs in a litter, let alone a pair of children who are destined to not live beyond the age of 25.
"Your Highness the Ninth Prince's illness has been cured by me." Shen Qingqiu said.
"What?!" Concubine Rou naturally didn't believe it when she first heard it.
If the Ninth Prince was well, why didn't she know?
“Your Highness, why would I lie to you about this?” Shen Qingqiu smiled bitterly, “The Ninth Princess and I are friends, not enemies. I am not crazy if I bring this up as a joke. I think Your Highness should understand why the Ninth Prince doesn’t want outsiders to know that he has completely recovered from his illness.”
Concubine Rou has lived in the palace for many years, and her instincts have long since seeped into her bones and blood.
He had already analyzed it thoroughly while thinking, but he still looked at Shen Qingqiu with some doubt, "Are you really sure?"
“If your majesty is worried, you can go with me to see the Ninth Prince.” Shen Qingqiu said, “I know it’s normal for you to be worried as a mother. Now that the medicine has arrived, it’s okay to ask Lingdang to recuperate for a while.”
But the Ninth Princess at the side shook her head, "Mother, I believe Qiu'er."
Qiu'er had never lied to her about what she promised, and she believed that Qiu'er could cure her illness.
After her initial disbelief, Concubine Rou now believes it deeply.
She knew that Shen Qingqiu was not a person who would attack without a purpose, and would not make jokes about the Ninth Prince casually. If she said she could cure it, then it really could.
Thinking of this, Concubine Rou suddenly took a step back, lifted her skirt and was about to kneel down to Shen Qingqiu.
Shen Qingqiu hurriedly helped her up, "My Lady, you are really embarrassing me by doing this."
Concubine Rou shook her head. "Over the years, I have prayed to many gods and Buddhas for Lingdang's illness, but to no avail. If the princess can cure Lingdang's illness, she will not only be her savior, but also my savior."
Shen Qingqiu said: "What's a lifesaver? Ling Ling is my good friend, saving her is what I should do."
The Ninth Princess beside him couldn't help but smile when she heard this, "Qiu'er and I are friends, and we will always be friends."
What happens inside is unknown to outsiders, and what happens outside is certainly unknown to insiders.
Princess Changping felt that she had lost face in front of others today, so she drank glass after glass of wine.
"Princess, please don't drink anymore. If you drink any more, you might be in trouble." The servants were anxious. They knew the princess' temper. If she really got drunk and acted crazy, and felt embarrassed the next day, then they, the servants, would be the ones to suffer.
"What? Even a servant like you has to control whether I drink or not?!" Princess Changping said angrily.
"I dare not." The maid hurriedly said she dared not.
Changping was very upset today and wanted to take it out on her, but since they were in someone else's house today, he gave up and rubbed his brows, "Go report to the gatekeeper and tell him that I drank too much and am sleepy now, so I'm leaving now."
The maid hesitated and asked again, "Should we take the gift we brought for the Ninth Princess to the gatehouse?"
But her question was only met with a roll of the eyes from Changping.
The maid shrank her head in fear, and Changping sneered, "Since you despise the gift brought by this princess, what else can you give? Take it back as it is." This sickly girl didn't know what she was so arrogant about. If the emperor didn't like her, would he be willing to come to her birthday party? If she didn't accept the gift sent to her by a kind person today, she would take it to her grave tomorrow.
Thinking of this, Princess Changping felt a little relieved.
Just at this time, Gu Cheng appeared.
He was too lazy to come at first, but his mother urged him to come, and when he learned that Shen Qingqiu was here, Gu Cheng came too.
"Seventh Prince, we haven't seen each other for a long time." Princess Changping came closer deliberately.
Gu Cheng felt unlucky when he saw that it was her, "You have also been released from house arrest."
If it hadn't been this woman last time, why would I have been grounded?
Gu Cheng was talking about something that was not related to the topic, and the atmosphere between the two of them was naturally awkward. If it were in the past, Changping would have been lenient with the emperor and protected by the queen, and Gu Cheng would have been ignored long ago.
But now she has nothing but me, and she has to rely on herself for everything.
Therefore, he just suppressed his anger and said, "It's been so long, I have forgotten what happened. Your Highness is a real man, you won't bother with a little girl like me, right?" Changping was quite pretty, and she had dressed up carefully today.
Gu Chengben was a person who liked to please others, so his eyes were fixed on her a little more.
A playful smile appeared on the corner of his lips, and he was about to talk to her, but at this moment Shen Qingqiu, the Ninth Princess and Concubine Rou came out from the inner room together.
"It's getting late. I'm going back home first."
Concubine Rou nodded, "Then——"
"Don't worry, Your Majesty. I will come after I pack my things." He was of course talking about treating the Ninth Princess.
Concubine Rou nodded, then smiled and said, "Quick, send the princess and the marquis away."
Many people came to the Princess's Mansion today to celebrate the Ninth Princess' birthday, but the only one who actually asked Concubine Rou to send her off was Shen Qingqiu.
Changping was jealous to begin with, and now she is even more jealous, "Shen Qingqiu is good at currying favor. The Ninth Prince and the Ninth Princess are loved by the Emperor, so she just wants to get close to them. She doesn't even realize that the people she is currying favor with are just short-lived ghosts."
Gu Chengben felt that what he said was true. They were just short-lived creatures, so why should they curry favor with them?
It's hateful that his mother insisted on asking him to curry favor with her. Now, when he listens to Princess Changping's words, doesn't it sound like she is scolding him again?
"That's better than some people who tried to curry favor with him before, who didn't even have a short life and died directly." Gu Cheng sneered.
Don't think he is a fool. Changping had originally been trying to curry favor with Queen Pei and the Crown Prince. Now that the Crown Prince is dead and Queen Pei's party is no longer viable, and he is the most likely candidate to succeed to the throne, they have come up to him to curry favor with him again.
Changping's expression became very ugly when he heard Gu Cheng's sarcastic words.
She had already lowered herself to this point, but he still wanted to humiliate her like this.
"What's the use of some people being princesses with real clan relations? They are not as good as some princesses who not only have a good father, but also have a lot of abilities." Gu Cheng looked at Shen Qingqiu in the distance and half narrowed his eyes.
It is true that he had some bad opinions about Shen Qingqiu because of some previous things, but his mother was right about one thing. Shen Qingqiu was now a rich man. Whoever married her would be equivalent to holding the power of hundreds of thousands of troops.
Who wouldn’t be moved by this?
Concubine Li wanted to ask Shen Qingqiu not to marry the prince. That would be fine. As long as they couldn't have it, no one else could either.
But he never expected that the prince was so useless that he died directly because of a mere Wang Qingluo. If he had known this, why would he let Dao Yue get away with it? Instead, such an unknown person climbed up to the palace and became a hot figure in the capital.
Princess Changping saw that his gaze was in one direction, so she followed his gaze.
But she saw Liu and Shen Qingqiu walking out of the house hand in hand, and Gu Cheng was looking at her infatuatedly. After a moment, he actually left Changping behind and caught up with Shen Qingqiu and the others.
Princess Changping pinched her wrist. Why did Shen Qingqiu always block her way?
Outside, Shen Qingqiu and her mother were about to get into the sedan chair, but Gu Cheng suddenly chased after them.
The mother and daughter both changed their expressions at the same time. The affairs of the Seventh Prince's Mansion and their Marquis' Mansion were now known to everyone. How could the Seventh Prince have the nerve to come over and say hello?
Now, half a year has passed, the baby fat on Shen Qingqiu's face has faded, and she has become more beautiful. Gu Cheng regretted more and more. He clearly had a good impression of Shen Qingqiu that day, so why did he believe the words of that woman in Changping and deal with Shen Qingqiu and become her enemy? If he married Shen Qingqiu, wouldn't the military power, textile factory, money, and the mansion all be his? "Your Highness, if there is nothing else, please don't stop us in front of the carriage. We are going back to the mansion." Shen Qingqiu said coldly.
If it wasn't in front of everyone, if the man in front of him wasn't a prince, based on what he did to Gu Yanran, Shen Qingqiu should have ordered the driver to step over his face.
Seeing how she was rude to him, Gu Cheng felt more and more regretful.
"Princess, there were some misunderstandings between you and me in the past, but at that time I also mistakenly believed some words said by Princess Changping. Could it be that you..." Gu Cheng didn't finish his words.
Shen Qingqiu took the whip from the driver's hand and swung it violently, and Gu Cheng dodged reflexively.
When I came to my senses again, the carriage had gone far away.
Gu Cheng stayed where he was, watching the back of the carriage going away, and suddenly thought of Shen Qingqiu's charming look when she whipped the whip just now, and his heart became even hotter. Anyway, the prince is dead now, Gu Yanwei is seriously ill, and the eighth prince is useless, so he will definitely not be able to defeat him.
When he ascends the throne and becomes emperor, Shen Qingqiu will definitely be his.
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