The Crown Prince closed his eyes to calm his anger before continuing, "If you can't find anything, then keep investigating. Anyway, we are upright and have nothing to fear, so there's no need to worry too much. I want to see who is smearing the Eastern Court."
"yes."
The envoy quickly agreed, lest he really anger the crown prince to death, or they would all suffer the same fate.
"etc……"
The envoy turned around and respectfully asked, "Does Your Highness have any further instructions?"
"You've been here for so long, but you haven't been able to visit my third brother. I'm not feeling well, so please go and see him for me and bring him some food and clothing."
As he spoke, he felt angry again. If he didn't mention it, these officials would act as if they had completely forgotten about the Third Prince, pretending to be deaf and dumb to him.
Everyone else was unwilling to come on this trip except for him, since it was a good thing for the common people but a bad thing for the royal family. They were also likely to be targeted by other princes and might not even know when they would be killed after returning home, so naturally they were unwilling to go through the trouble.
"yes."
The envoys were like fish in this plate; they would move if poked, but wouldn't react if not poked.
After sending the man away, the crown prince sighed wearily, and his trusted confidants rushed over to attend to him.
"Your Highness, please rest well and don't let anger ruin your health."
The crown prince didn't speak, but closed his eyes and took a few heavy breaths before he recovered.
He looks just like when the fairy sister saved him. At that time, he thought he might not see the sun rise tomorrow, and then the fairy sister descended from the sky and healed him.
During this time, he could clearly feel his body improving, but for some reason, he fell ill just two days after arriving here, and then his condition kept deteriorating.
Could it be that he is truly not destined for that position, having come into this world seemingly experiencing and possessing everything, but in reality having experienced nothing at all?
No, he was not reconciled.
After hesitating for a long time, he took out the portrait that he had been hiding in his sleeve, handed it to his confidant, and said, "Go and find the girl in the painting in secret, at all costs. Tell her that as long as she is willing to come to see me, I will grant her any request."
The confidant took the portrait, opened it, and was instantly speechless.
Finding someone based on a portrait is already difficult enough, but to make matters worse, the girl in this painting is wearing a face mask.
It wasn't a sheer veil, but solid cotton fabric, so you couldn't see what the lower half of her face looked like at all.
How do I find it?
"how?"
Seeing his troubled expression, the Crown Prince of Dongting frowned and asked.
The confidant truthfully replied, "The girl in the painting is veiled, so she may be difficult to find. Has the Crown Prince ever seen her true face?"
The crown prince shook his head: "No."
The confidant was increasingly troubled; even a skilled cook can't make a meal without rice. Wasn't this putting people in a difficult position?
"Her eyes are very beautiful; take a closer look."
The Crown Prince of Dongting couldn't help but remind him that if this person wasn't a trusted confidant he had cultivated since childhood, he would really want to replace him.
With such beautiful eyes, how could she be an ordinary woman from an ordinary family?
This alone is enough to eliminate many people. If you search according to this standard, you're sure to find someone.
The confidant then looked closely at the woman's eyes in the painting; they were indeed beautiful, and he vaguely felt that they were somewhat familiar.
Where have I seen you before?
Or do all beautiful women have similar eyes?
"Your Highness, rest assured, I will go and find it right away."
The Crown Prince responded and then said, "By the way, didn't you say before that when I was unconscious, Bei Yan sent a very skilled doctor over? Go and ask her again to change my prescription."
He felt that the prescription wasn't very effective. He hadn't been able to get out of bed for many days, and he felt weak in his limbs, dizzy, and lightheaded.
If this continues, he probably won't even live to see that fairy sister.
"yes."
The confidant said, "It was my oversight that I didn't invite His Highness for a follow-up examination these past few days."
The main problem was that He Jiuniang's price was too high, which he found outrageous, so he forgot about the follow-up visit.
Looking back now, I really regret it. The Crown Prince isn't short of money; his life is naturally more important.
So he put the portrait away and went to the Lu family in person to invite He Jiu Niang.
When he saw He Jiuniang, his sense of familiarity intensified, and he wanted to take a closer look, but Lu Baichuan suddenly appeared and blocked his view, saying, "Are the servants of the Crown Prince of Dongting so ill-mannered, so disrespectful to my lady?"
He hurriedly lowered his head and apologized: "General, please calm down. I had no intention of offending you. I just think that the lady looks like an old friend of my prince."
Lu Baichuan frowned, worried that his wife would be recognized, but before he could speak, he heard his wife say fiercely to the man, "Don't try that! Don't think that just because you're trying to pull strings, I'll cut back on your prince's consultation fee!"
Crown Prince Dongting's confidant: ...That's not what he meant!
Before he could think further, He Jiuniang handed him a prescription and said, "Here's the new prescription. It'll cost 20,000 taels of silver, as usual, in banknotes."
The confidant exclaimed in surprise, "Didn't you say it was ten thousand taels?"
"Yes, but you just offended me, so the price has gone up."
Trusted confidant: !!!
You can do that?!
That's so shameless!
He didn't agree immediately, and added, "Madam hasn't met my prince yet, this prescription..."
He had some doubts. Even if the lady knew about the Crown Prince's situation before, things had changed over the past few days.
After all, it's a consultation fee of 20,000 taels of silver; we can't let ourselves be fooled for nothing!
“I told you before that your prince wanted to change the prescription. His current situation is exactly what I expected.”
The confidant was even more speechless, feeling that He Jiuniang clearly had a way to cure his prince, but kept dragging it out to swindle money.
I'm so angry!
But she couldn't find a doctor in the entire city to replace her, which made her even angrier.
"Thank you, Madam. I will go and get the silver notes right away."
He reached out to take the prescription, and He Jiuniang handed it to him directly. The other party was the Crown Prince of Dongting, so she wasn't afraid he would renege on his debt.
Being so close, he should have wanted to get a closer look at He Jiu Niang's eyes, but thinking about what had just happened...
Never mind, He Jiuniang is a woman from the inner quarters, she wouldn't be the person the Crown Prince is looking for.
The woman in the painting is dressed like a woman from the martial arts world, and should have no relation to the noble lady in front of her.
He composed himself, thanked them sincerely, and then left.
Lu Baichuan's expression was somewhat solemn as he said, "The Crown Prince of Dongting has started looking for you. I'll find someone to make an excuse for you."
Disguise is a very easy technique to fake a person.
However, the Eastern Court's disguise skills are very advanced, which is another big problem.
"No need to waste energy. Let him look for me. Anyway, it's impossible for me to go from the capital of Beiyan Kingdom to the Eastern Palace in such a short time. Even if he recognizes me, so what? He won't dare to make a big deal out of it. At most, he'll just ask me to treat his illness in private."
He Jiuniang really didn't care at all. After she finished speaking, she looked up at him and asked, "But you need to explain where Hou Da and Hou Er went?"
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