Ling Ran's efficiency was exceptionally high; Imperial Physician Wang arrived in no time.
After taking her pulse and applying acupuncture, he said in a short while, "Your Highness, this girl has been frightened! She'll be fine after some rest!"
I could feel Ye Lisheng's gaze, like a slow, agonizing torture, piercing me.
"Thank you very much, Imperial Physician Wang!"
"Your Highness is too kind! It's all just my duty!"
He hesitated for a moment, then finally mustered his courage and asked, "May I ask, Your Highness, who is this girl to you? Why is Your Highness so concerned?"
That gossipy look on his face was just like that of a gossipy old lady at the village entrance.
No sooner had she spoken than she saw Ye Lisheng's murderous expression, and hurriedly packed her things and left.
After everyone left, Ye Lisheng approached the bedside and looked at me with an air of supreme authority.
The sorrow in his heart had not yet dissipated. He touched his chest and muttered to himself, "What's wrong with me?"
Thinking back on my panic and nervousness, I was surprised to see myself unconscious. A smile, almost imperceptible to myself, crept onto my lips as I looked at my own sleeping body.
Do I know you?
He was shocked by his own words as soon as they left his mouth. Composing himself, he said, "I must have been driven insane by this crazy woman!"
"Greetings, Your Majesty!"
"I heard you went to the Prince of Anyang's residence today, but Ye'er is unwell!"
Even though he's over fifty, Ye Liming is still in good health, and you can tell from his eyes and brows that he was quite a handsome young man in his youth.
"Your Highness is in excellent health!"
"Oh~" Ye Liming asked curiously, "Then why were you summoned to the manor!"
"I'm here to see a young lady from the Prince's household for medical treatment!"
"Hahaha! Ye'er has finally figured it out! Do you know which family's daughter she is?"
After thinking for a moment, the imperial physician Wang exclaimed in shock, "It's Murong Kui!"
Upon hearing this, Ye Liming was overjoyed: "The reason I sent Murong Kui to Ye'er's residence was to have them become a harmonious couple, but unfortunately Ye'er just doesn't understand!"
"Now the iron tree has finally blossomed!"
The little eunuch behind them listened intently to every word they said.
The sounds of fighting erupted within the Prince Yu's mansion. A man with ink-black hair tied up with a golden crown, his upper body bare, his wheat-colored skin gleaming in the sunlight, and beads of sweat like pearls streaming down his angular face.
Ye Junchen, the Second Prince of Lingqi, is fond of martial arts and is known as the God of War. He was bestowed the title of Prince Yu.
"Your Highness Prince Yu, Eunuch Ma requests an audience!"
Upon hearing this, he stopped what he was doing: "Bring it in quickly!!"
Then, Eunuch Ma relayed everything that Ye Liming and Imperial Physician Wang had said to Prince Yu.
After Eunuch Ma left, he unrolled a scroll and looked at the woman in the portrait with a sorrowful expression.
The woman in the painting looked exactly like Qiu Kui, almost identical. She was the Murong Kui that Ye Lisheng had mentioned, except that Prince Yu was unaware that Murong Kui had disappeared.
He gently stroked the portrait, as if caressing a beloved object, a smile playing on his lips.
He met her at a banquet at the Prince of Anyang's mansion. Every smile and gesture of hers captivated his attention, and he finally mustered the courage to approach her.
"The young lady is elegant in manner and refined in speech; she must be Princess Murong Kui!"
Upon hearing this, she covered her mouth and chuckled, her every gesture exuding elegance.
"Your Highness Prince Yu is too kind. I am not a princess. Please just call me Murong Kui!"
She captivated him with every move, and that night, they talked about everything.
"Are you really going to marry the Prince of Anyang as his concubine?" he asked, looking hurt at the painting.
"Yu Hai!"
As soon as he responded, a man with a sword at his side appeared before him.
"What are your orders, Your Highness?"
He slowly took a letter from the cabinet and handed it to him: "Just tell her that you'd like to invite Miss Murong to a nice place for a gathering. She'll understand when she sees this letter!"
Yu Hai hesitated for a moment before taking the letter: "Your Highness, this is the tenth letter you have sent out, and Miss Murong still hasn't replied!"
He smiled, a hint of sadness in his eyes: "Just deliver it, you don't need to worry about the rest!"
Ye Lisheng looked at the letter in his hand, and rubbed his forehead in exasperation.
"Prince Yu is truly indomitable!"
Since Murong Kui disappeared, Ye Lisheng has lied about her illness to avoid trouble and has refused all visits.
He intercepted all the letters sent by Prince Yu.
"Sixth Brother, why don't we write a letter back to Second Brother?" Ye Xuanling suggested.
"You'll write it?" he countered.
"I..." Looking at the ambiguous words in the letter, he immediately backed down, looking terrified.
"Sixth Brother, you forgot, there's also an okra that looks exactly like Sister Murong!"
"You mean you want her to impersonate Murong and meet with Prince Yu?"
"Uh-huh!"
"Lingran, tell the Eighth Prince what you saw!"
"Yes, sir!"
"I have been secretly observing Miss Qiu Kui for several days and have found that she has not made any moves and her personality is completely different from Murong Kui's!"
"She said that Madam Yu and her group were causing a lot of trouble and complained endlessly, and repeatedly asked the prince to change the maids!"
"And..." Ling Ran glanced awkwardly at Ye Lisheng's expression as she spoke.
"Go on!"
"Every time Miss Okra comes to clean Your Highness's room, she steals a few treasures and sells them on the street!"
"Crack!" The sandalwood table shattered into pieces before the words were even finished.
Ye Lisheng said with a dark face, "I was wondering where my treasures had gone. Why didn't you stop me when you saw them!"
Ling Ran was so frightened that he knelt down, a chill running down his spine: "The prince said to have his subordinates follow her, and not to interfere with whatever she does!"
"fool!"
It was rare to see Ye Lisheng so angry about something, and Ye Xuanling couldn't help but suppress a laugh.
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