Seeing that things were arranged properly, Jiang Yuwei didn't dare to delay any longer and hurriedly led Xia Yue to Diancui Courtyard.
When Jiang Yuwei arrived at Diancui Courtyard, the princess had already been helped onto the bed. Wang Ma also ordered someone to remove the princess's headdress and change her into a loose and comfortable nightgown.
Jiang Yuwei dismissed everyone from the room and quickly took out a cup of spiritual spring water from her spatial storage and fed it to the princess. After drinking the water, the princess's complexion improved somewhat.
Jiang Yuwei had the princess lie flat and then used silver needles to perform acupuncture on her, keeping herself busy for quite a while.
The princess slowly opened her eyes, looked around, and, feeling somewhat refreshed, realized she was already in bed. Seeing that no one else was in the room, she quickly took Jiang Yuwei's hand, her eyes red-rimmed, and said:
"Yuwei, why didn't you tell me about such a big thing sooner? If I had known in time, I might have been able to plead with the Emperor to stop him from sending Huaizhi on the expedition. If, if both father and son had perished at the border, how could I live with myself!"
Jiang Yuwei patted the princess's hand to comfort her:
"Your Highness, please don't be anxious. It's not that I didn't want to tell you beforehand; I only found out about this after Huaizhi left."
The princess sighed.
"That Huaizhi is such a child. He didn't even discuss such a big matter with you before leaving!"
Jiang Yuwei also sighed, turned her head to the side, and struggled to hold back the tears in her eyes.
"This happened suddenly, and Huaizhi left in a hurry. He wanted to talk to me before he left, but fate played a trick on us. We didn't meet. Huaizhi was afraid of missing important matters, so he left the capital overnight. I don't know where he is now."
Seeing Jiang Yuwei like this, the princess felt even more distressed.
"Yuwei, it's all fate. Let's just pray that they can return safely."
Jiang Yuwei secretly wiped away the tears from the corners of her eyes with her sleeve, then turned to the princess and smiled:
"Your Highness, I don't know how good the Prince is at fighting, but Huai Zhi is very good at it. You just need to focus on getting better, and Huai Zhi will definitely return victorious with the Prince."
When the princess saw Jiang Yuwei smile, she smiled faintly in return.
"Huaizhi is powerful because his father is powerful, and the prince is no less so."
Jiang Yuwei nodded as she removed the needles from the princess's arm.
"Your Highness is right. They are both very capable. With them leading the team, everything will be fine."
With that, Jiang Yuwei put away the needles and looked seriously at the princess.
“I was worried that your health wouldn’t be able to take it, so I didn’t dare to tell you about Huai Zhi’s expedition. Now that Aunt Lin has brought it up, she’s trying to provoke you and make you collapse. We can’t let her succeed.”
The princess gave a wry smile.
"Yuwei, how could I not understand what you're saying? But feelings are something I can't easily control. I was too anxious just now, and I fainted before I could catch my breath."
Jiang Yuwei nodded.
"You should avoid going out and seeing people these next few days. I'm afraid that Aunt Lin will come to you again and deliberately make you unhappy. As for how she harmed you, just tell me how you want to deal with it, and I'll take care of it."
The princess hesitated for a moment before speaking:
“It was Aunt Lin who was in the wrong. Why should I avoid her? I can just not see her, but I’m too lazy to deal with those people anyway. But I can’t let Aunt Lin get away with this.”
The princess paused for a moment before continuing:
"Since she is so restless, send someone to guard her courtyard. No one inside can enter or leave. Just have someone deliver her food every day. She will be released from confinement when the prince returns to the manor."
Then, the princess looked at Jiang Yuwei and said:
"And her personal maid, I think she's quite sharp-tongued. She's probably done a lot of bad things while following Aunt Lin. Go and order someone to give her twenty lashes, and then send her out of the mansion to be sold to a servant. That way, it will be good for Wan'er to get revenge."
Seeing the princess's arrangement, Jiang Yuwei couldn't help but worry:
"But, after all, Concubine Lin still has the Lin family as her backer. Right now, the young master is collecting evidence of the Lin family's corruption. If we forcibly lock Concubine Lin up now, won't that alert them?"
As the two were talking, they heard the outer door being suddenly pushed open.
"Mother, Mother, how are you?"
Jiang Yuwei turned around and saw Ning Zixuan rushing in. She quickly got up to make way for him and said to him:
"Your Highness, please don't worry. The Princess Consort has already woken up. Please come and talk to her for a while."
Ning Zixuan glanced at Jiang Yuwei, nodded to her, and walked straight over to sit by the princess's bedside, asking with concern:
"Mother, how are you feeling right now?"
The princess spoke with a smile:
"Yuwei helped me with acupuncture just now, and I'm much better now, so you don't need to worry about me. I wanted to ask if you know anything about the war on the border?"
Ning Zixuan shook his head.
"Father always reports good news and never bad news when he sends messages back. As for the specifics of the war, only the Emperor can receive the real secret messages. No one else knows anything about it."
The princess sighed.
"Now that Huaizhi has also gone to the border, I wonder what their current situation is."
Seeing the princess's worry, Ning Zixuan spoke up:
"Mother, you don't need to worry. Let me ask around and see if I can find any information from the palace."
The princess nodded and then took Ning Zixuan's hand.
"Zixuan, our Prince Jing's mansion is now dwindling in numbers. You have to make a choice. Of the three young ladies invited to the banquet the other day, do you have any interest in any of them?"
Ning Zixuan frowned and pondered for a moment.
"No."
Jiang Yuwei, watching anxiously from the side, interjected:
"I saw you chatting and laughing with Miss Wang at the Food City the other day, how come you've completely forgotten about her these past few days?"
Upon hearing Jiang Yuwei's words, the princess frowned and looked at Ning Zixuan, saying:
Is this true?
Ning Zixuan sighed and lowered his head to whisper:
"Yes, that's true, but we met by chance that day, it wasn't a planned meeting."
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