"Well, it's still early, so let them kneel outside for an hour." The Eighth Lady said in a flat tone, then stood up and left.
Their cheeks hurt so much that they couldn't speak. When they heard that they would be punished to kneel, they cried silently.
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Xuanxuan and Chenchen at the Fourth Master's mansion have woken up and their fever has almost subsided.
Honghui is the same. He looks much more energetic and doesn't look so listless anymore.
This is also thanks to the spiritual fruit in Wen Mianmian's space.
Although the Fourth Master did not allow Wen Mianmian to have close contact with the children to avoid infection, he would pour the spiritual juice given by Wen Mianmian on the water they drank and feed it to them several times a day.
Xuanxuan and Chenchen are easier to deal with, after all, they know about the spiritual fruit.
But there are some troubles on Honghui's side, because the spiritual fruit itself is made of fruit, even if it is made into juice and mixed with water, it is still sweet.
Honghui sensed something was wrong because the water his father poured for him was exactly the same as the water Wen E'niang had found for him to drink yesterday. Both tasted sweet, but he believed that his father and Wen E'niang would not harm him, so he did not ask.
After drinking the warm food and the water his father fed him, he felt much more comfortable physically and in a much better mental state.
He knew that the water that his father fed him must be good for his body.
The Fourth Master discovered that Honghui sensed something was wrong, but since Honghui didn't ask the Fourth Master, he pretended not to know.
The imperial physician and the court physician were also surprised to see this situation. You know, in the past, when someone got smallpox, they would have a fever for several days. Even if they took antipyretics, few people could get rid of the fever so quickly.
They also found that the rashes on the eldest prince and others did not show any signs of increasing in number, which is also a very good phenomenon.
As for the servants, the Fourth Master secretly added some more into the medicine they were drinking, although it was not as much as the eldest prince and the others.
But the situation is still okay. At least so far none of them have developed a rash or pustules, just some very small rashes.
No one else was infected with smallpox during this period. The people serving in the Second Prince's courtyard now are basically those who have had smallpox and been vaccinated against cowpox before.
The imperial doctors thought it was due to the medicinal herbs, and they were so happy that their beards almost flew off.
He asked the court physician and another imperial physician to develop other prescriptions, hoping to cure the smallpox of the eldest prince and others as soon as possible.
At this time, Su Peisheng sent a message in, telling him the results of his investigation.
There was also an exquisite and gorgeous pearl hairpin in the envelope. The Fourth Master knew at a glance that the craftsmanship of this pearl hairpin came from the palace.
The Fourth Master placed the pearl hairpin on the table and read the contents of the letter carefully. His expression had been relieved because Honghui and the others' conditions had improved, but after reading the contents of the letter, his expression suddenly darkened drastically.
This was the appearance of the Fourth Master that Wen Mianmian saw when she came over.
Seeing the letter in his hand, I guessed that it must have been sent by Su Peisheng.
Wen Mianmian walked to the side of the Fourth Master.
Every time the Fourth Master returned to Wen Mianmian, he would take a bath and then fumigate her with mugwort to prevent himself from infecting Mianmian with smallpox.
So when Wen Mianmian approached the Fourth Master, the Fourth Master did not stop her.
"Master, is there any news?" Wen Mianmian leaned over to read the contents of the letter.
"Take a look." The Fourth Master handed the letter closer to Mianmian.
Wen Mianmian's face darkened after reading it.
The letter said that they found the old lady who gave the purse to Xuanxuan and Chenchen, but the old lady had died at home, and it looked like she had been dead for two or three days.
When they found her, the old lady's body was stiff.
He must have been murdered after he returned home after giving the purses to the Second and Third Princes.
The house had been ransacked. The old lady was the only one living in the house. She was originally a widow. She had a son before, but later her son died of illness, and she was the only one left in the house.
That's why he was not discovered even after being dead for so many days.
Moreover, all the valuable things in the house were taken away, and no valuable clues were found.
But I heard from the neighbors that the old lady suddenly became rich some time ago and bought herself a lot of nice clothes. The neighbors were very envious when they saw her dressed so well.
A neighbor said that when she got up at night, she saw the old lady sneaking out, but because she was half asleep at that time, she did not follow her. However, she vaguely saw a figure wearing black clothes and a veil, and she didn't know what he was saying to the old lady.
At that time, she stood at the door for a while, waiting for the old lady to come back. She also saw something dropped on the ground. She saw it and waited for the old lady to come in before walking over to pick it up.
It was an exquisite and gorgeous pearl hairpin, and it looked like it was worth a lot of silver. The neighbor was tempted to take the hairpin home.
Fortunately, the neighbor had not pawned the hairpin in time.
The person sent by Su Peisheng brought the pearl hairpin back for one hundred taels of silver.
That is the one that the Fourth Master just held in his hand.
"Look at this pearl hairpin again. It's made with craftsmanship. If you're not familiar with the craftsmanship of the Imperial Household Department, you wouldn't know it."
After all, this pearl hairpin looks gorgeous, but its style is based on the style outside the palace, and there is no mark of it being made inside, so ordinary people can't tell that it is a work of the Imperial Household Department.
If the Fourth Master had not worked in the Imperial Household Department for a period of time before, he probably wouldn't have known that this pearl hairpin was made there.
Items without internal marks can be given away or pawned, but items with internal marks or received as rewards can only be given away and cannot be pawned outside.
This has been the traditional rule, and pawnshops would not dare to accept the item if they saw it was made in-house.
After all, if you take this thing and fail to handle it properly, you may lose your life and property.
I'm afraid the person who took out this pearl hairpin didn't know about it, otherwise he wouldn't have taken out such a shiny thing.
After all, this is just handing the handle to others.
Wen Mianmian took the pearl hairpin handed to her by the Fourth Master and did not realize that it was made inside.
She also has things made in the inner chamber. Some were given to her by Concubine De, and some were given to her by the Fourth Master. However, she can identify things made in the inner chamber by looking at the mark on them.
It’s really hard to tell that Wen Mianmian has no marks on her.
"Master, do you have any suspicions in your mind?"
After all, most of the things made here are for royal relatives, ministers' families, and even the ladies in the palace. The range is too wide, so it is still difficult to find them based on this.
The Fourth Master shook his head, "Not yet, but with this thing, I believe I will find it soon."
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