"Report to imdiately if there’s any change to the princess’s condition."
Standing by Lin ngya’s bed, Long Tianhao instructed Baiji before he left.
"Yes, Your Highness."
Baiji bowed respectfully. She was finally back to her poised and mature self.
Long Tianhao looked deeply at the woman on the bed, and then left the room reluctantly.
Although Lin ngya’s room was heavily filled with the sll of the dicine, Long Tianhao found it to be a room full of warmth and sweetness.
Once outside, he realized that the sun was setting, and he was greeted with the cool evening breeze, but even the fresh breeze could not take away the anxiety in his heart.
"Have you managed to find out the truth, Lin Kui?"
After Ming Yue followed him back to his mansion, she was being put in a secluded courtyard.
Long Tianhao was clearly aware of Concubine De’s good intentions; however, Ming Yue was not soone he would fancy.
He had to admit that Ming Yue was exceptionally beautiful.
She might even be more kind and understanding than Lin ngya.
Nevertheless, for so reason, there was a feeling of an aversion towards her the first ti he set eyes on her.
There was sothing about Ming Yue that reminded him of his Emperor father’s concubines in the palace.
Having grown up in the palace, he had seen much strife, hypocrisy, and deception, as well as people getting soone else to do their dirty work, and gotten used to all of these.
Lin ngya was the only one who was real and sincere to him.
She had first co to him as a mystery.
However, she never cowered. She was forthright even when she was scheming sothing.
She was vicious, but only to those who provoked her.
She had treated everyone with sincerity and always put on a brilliant smile for other people.
In her absence, the entire mansion turned into a lonely, eerie place.
"After a careful investigation, it was found that Concubine De was indeed the one who secretly sent n to negotiate with King Ming. Also, this seed to have sothing to do with Baili Wuchen."
Lin Kui and Baili Wuchen were considered close friends.
However, Lin Kui would not hold back anything from the prince.
"This had sothing to do with Wuchen? How so?"
As Long Tianhao went back to his room first to change into a new outfit, his brows were knitted into a frown.
"According to Concubine De’s maid, Jinyue, it seems like Baili Wuchen had first gone to the Art Courtyard to persuade Concubine De before she finally sent n to negotiate with King Ming."
Jinyue was a sharp and thorough person. For so unknown reason, Concubine De refused to heed Jinyue’s advice.
Jinyue, who did not wish for the mother and son to be estranged from each other, continued being their ssenger.
"How dare this Baili Wuchen, he must have forgotten his place."
Baili Wuchen was a scheming man, although his loyalty was unquestionable.
However, sothing seed to have driven him to make many decisions on Long Tianhao’s behalf.
Apart from this matter, Long Tianhao had nothing against him.
Nevertheless, Baili Wuchen had really provoked Long Tianhao to anger.
There had not been the sound of laughter in the Art Courtyard for a long ti.
The presence of Ming Yue had brought much comfort to Concubine De’s lonely heart. Moreover, in contrast to Lin ngya’s forthrightness, Ming Yue always used every ans to fawn on the concubine.
She had turned herself into soone whom Concubine De completely approved of. Her image of being a virtuous woman quickly won the heart of the concubine.
However, with each gain ca a loss.
If she portrayed herself as soone so docile, Concubine De would definitely not think that she was suitable to be the Prince’s first wife.
Regardless of whether it was in the western vassal state or Dajin, only a spouse who was a great help to the husband and was able to manage the family’s fortune could beco the principal wife.
Ming Yue was secretly hoping that Lin ngya would never get up from the bed because of her illness, or even die of the illness.
In that case, she would certainly beco the official Princess Yu one day.
"Not only is Princess Ming Yue beautiful, but you also have a lovable character. Concubine De hasn’t been so happy in a long ti."
Jinyue was serving so snacks which she had prepared personally when a look of disappointnt flashed across her eyes.
Princess Ming Yue was indeed a beautiful lady; however, she was trying too hard to please Concubine De that she had compromised the poise of being a noble lady.
"It’s Ming Yue’s pleasure. Back at ho, my mother always says that the debutante of Dajin was none other than Your Highness, Concubine De. Having the honor to et you today, you truly deserve such a reputation. It would be a great honor if I could be one-tenth like you."
Princess Ming Yue’s voice was as sweet as honey. The antics she employed certainly managed to please everyone.
From the gentle smile on Concubine De’s face, the flattery Princess Ming Yue used on Concubine De was apparently very effective.
"Your sweet mouth is comparable to that of Ya’er. Oh yes, how is Ya’er’s condition now, Jinyue?"
Concubine De was not fully aware of the cause and effect of Lin ngya’s illness.
The reason given to the people outside was that Lin ngya had gotten wet in the rain and therefore subsequently caught a cold.
Concubine De thought that Lin ngya must have poor health, otherwise how else did this cold beco life-threatening? She also worried that Lin ngya would be too weak and in-turn affect her grandchildren’s health if Lin ngya had to nurse her grandchildren.
In comparison, she thought Ming Yue from the western vassal state appeared to be much more robust.
Perhaps, she had done the right thing but choosing Ming Yue to be the vice Princess.
"Ya’er is almost fully recovered. Thank you for your concern, Mother."
Just when Jinyue was at a loss for an answer for the concubine, Long Tianhao’s voices sounded from behind her.
She turned around to see Long Tianhao, who was dressed in dark yellow, strode into the room.
"My greetings of peace to Mother."
Despite Long Tianhao had changed his clothes, the sll of dicine which was in his hair began diffusing into the air in the room.
Concubine De frowned and said in an anxious tone, "As your mother, I understand how you dote on your princess. However, when the princess falls ill, her maidservants, as well as the physician, could tend to her. Why did you have to butt in? What if you catch a cold too? By then, the entire mansion would be in a ss."
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It was not because Concubine did not dote on Lin ngya, but rather, she loved her son even more.
Although she was secretly pleased and comforted when she saw how concerned Long Tianhao was about Lin ngya, she could not help feeling a little worried.
Her son would one day be a great man.
It did not look right for him to be overly concerned and protective over a lady.
If the Emperor had not been especially doting on her and her son in the past, the Queen might well not be picking on them now.
"I understand. Ya’er should be fine, please rest assured, Mother, and thank you for your concern."
When he was done speaking, Long Tianhao rely looked down.
Despite the fact that Ming Yue was wearing a tortoiseshell headgear on her elegantly arranged hair in the shape of an ingot and was dressed in a skirt decorated with pieces of colored glass, looking absolutely stunning, Long Tianhao did not even take one look at her.
In Long Tianhao’s heart, she was in no way more important in his heart than the ssy-haired, dirty-faced Lin ngya, who was lying on the bed at this mont.
"Your Highness the prince, these dicinal herbs was obtained from my father. They make up the secret recipe for the dicine the people of the western vassal state use to effectively treat cold. Please try them."
Ming Yue took over a box the size of the palm from her maidservant.
The box was plain and unrefined, which was typical of the style in the western vassal state.
"There’s no need of that. Our imperial physician is very skilled and Ya’er is fine now."
He had outrightly rejected Ming Yue’s kindness. Long Tianhao had the feeling that the entire family of King Ming did not have good intentions for Lin ngya.
"Yu’er! The princess is doing this out of goodwill, why did you keep her at arms length?"
Concubine De scolded, displeased. However, she knew very well that Yu’er had a stubborn character.
She realized that she had pushed Yu’er too hard for what she had done and he was beginning to find Princess Ming Yue repulsive.
She thought it would not do any harm to give the two so ti and space to be alone and that Yu’er would definitely discover how good Ming Yue was.
The process was not important. What was important was a good and complete ending.
"It’s alright. After all, my second brother had indeed offended the princess before, and it was only natural that Prince Yu was concerned."
At this mont, the expression on Princess Ming Yue’s face was not one of being wronged, rather, it was a look of kind understanding.
Concubine De was apparently very satisfied with the way Princess Ming Yu carried herself so well. It was just too bad that her son was too stubborn.
"Even if there were so unhappiness in the past, Princess Ming Yue was not foreign to us. Will you accept her gift quickly, Yu’er?"
Concubine De’s pushiness displeased Long Tianhao.
In the past, he had never been so angry even if he was forced to go to Lin ngya.
He felt that his mother had changed.
"Mother, I’ve other things to attend to, please excuse ."
It was pointless to continue in this conversation, so Long Tianhao got up to leave.
Leaving Concubine De and Princess Ming Yue behind, Long Tianhao exited the Art Courtyard feeling a little angry.
With disappointnt in her eyes, Concubine De was at a loss of how to keep her son here.
As he gradually grew up, Concubine De felt that they were growing apart at the sa ti.
Why was Long Tianhao so upset?
Did she not an good for Long Tianhao?
"Your Highness, Ming Yue is really so envious of Princess Yu. Prince Yu and Princess Yu love and respect each other so much. This is really hard to co by, even in the western vassal state."
Ming Yue’s eyes were filled with real envy.
On the other hand, Concubine De was even more displeased.
She never expected her son’s relationship with Lin ngya to beco so deeprooted.
Perhaps Baili Wuchen was right about Lin ngya becoming the greatest stumbling block to Long Tianhao attaining success in the future.
Then again, Concubine De thought that Lin ngya was intelligent and attentive and that Yu’er was probably just temporarily weighed down by her serious illness this ti.
"Indeed, one wouldn’t have lived life in vain if she has a husband who loves her so deeply."
Ming Yue played along helplessly as she had initially ant to incite disharmony between Concubine De and Lin ngya.
However, she could see now that Concubine De was very satisfied with Lin ngya as her daughter-in-law.
While still wearing a smile on her face, Ming Yue’s mind had moved on to other things.
In the Liuxin Courtyard, the four maidservants, as well as Lin Zhongyu and Qinghu, had not had much sleep in the past few days.
When they were sleepy, they simply settled in the room for a snooze.
When they were hungry, they ate whatever there was.
As a result, all of them had lost so weight.
This was especially so for the two young girls, Yue Qi and Baizhi, whose eyes were badly swollen from all the crying.
"She has taken the dicine and eaten so porridge. Now, take note to wipe her body. If the mattress gets wet, change to dry ones. Ventilate the room for an hour around noonti, but keep the room tightly shut other tis. Make sure to keep the dicine which I brought burning at all tis for it to be effective."
Age was catching up with the imperial physician, and he did not have the stamina of a young man.
After giving the necessary instructions, he went back to his room which Steward Deng prepared for him to rest.
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