After hearing what Prince Jin said, Jiang Changning finally realized that his body aches and sore throat were the sequelae of a high fever.
"Did I keep you awake all night yesterday?" Jiang Changning saw a dark shadow under his eyes.
Knowing that he took care of me personally last night without asking anyone else to do it, I felt touched.
"That's right. He has a fever like a hot water bottle and is talking nonsense." Prince Jin laughed jokingly.
Jiang Changning suddenly became nervous, "What did I say?"
Wouldn't she let Balduzui tell her biggest secret
"What can you say? You're just thinking about eating." Prince Jin pinched her small nose.
Jiang Changning breathed a sigh of relief and brushed his hand away, "It's a blessing to be able to eat."
"You'll take the medicine later. Don't refuse to drink it because it's too bitter."
"After taking the medicine, I want to eat candy." Jiang Changning said in a soft voice.
"As long as you take the medicine obediently, you can eat anything."
It turns out that this is just a coaxing statement.
Sick people should avoid oily and meaty foods and eat light food.
Looking at the millet porridge brought in by Xiulan, Jiang Changning was used to it.
Millet porridge is rich in nutrients, nourishes yin and replenishes blood, and is most suitable for patients like her.
The King of Jin watched the man drink the medicine, then said: "I'm going to go out of the house to do something, and I'll be back to have lunch with you later."
"You go and do your own thing. I'm fine now." Jiang Changning's fever had subsided.
"Keep an eye on the princess and don't let her go out to play in the snow." Prince Jin instructed several maids.
Jiang Changning was not happy, "I didn't play in the snow."
"Yes, you didn't play with snow, you made a snowman." King Jin said with a smile as he walked out.
Jiang Changning stopped talking. The evidence was piled up in the yard. What could she say? She just rolled onto the kang.
The other people in the mansion gradually found out that the lights in Rujing Courtyard had been on for most of the night.
The concubine sent a maid to inquire about the situation, and Princess Kangren came to visit her aunt in person.
Knowing that Jiang Changning had a high fever last night, Princess Kang Ren said, "Aunt, you are still too weak. Aunt, why don't you practice the Five Animals Exercises with me? It will strengthen your body."
"When I recover from my illness, I will practice with you." At this time, Jiang Changning had completely forgotten the idea of keeping a distance from Princess Kang Ren.
Park, Chen Yi, and those beauties all felt that they would eventually see the bright moon after their wait.
Jiang Changning is sick, he can't still monopolize the prince, right
Even if she wanted to occupy it, the concubine would never agree.
They really guessed the concubine's thoughts. That evening, when the Prince of Jin went to pay his respects to the concubine, the concubine said, "Jiang is ill. You should stop living with her, to avoid her passing the disease on to you."
Prince Jin frowned and said, "Rujing Courtyard is spacious. Besides, her illness is not serious and will not be passed on to others. There is no need to go back and forth."
"Yu'er, you care too much about Jiang." The concubine said unhappily.
Prince Jin was amused by the Concubine Dowager's foolish words. Was she advising him to favor his concubine and kill his wife
Not to mention whether the censor would impeach him, he himself didn't want to.
He neglected his virtuous and loving wife and instead favored concubines of inferior character.
However, this logic did not make sense to the Concubine Dowager. The King of Jin picked the Concubine Dowager and said, "Mother, she is my son's legitimate wife. My son is still looking forward to her giving birth to a son. Only a legitimate son can inherit my son's title."
Hearing this, the concubine frowned and said, "Let the imperial physician prescribe medicine for her and let her recuperate. Her body is too weak."
"It was freezing cold, and he was caught in the wind at Prince Ding's mansion yesterday, so he fell ill." Prince Jin didn't dare to tell him that he took Jiang Changning to the ice rink.
After hearing this, the Concubine Dowager complained, "If Prince Ding's Mansion can't hold a banquet well, then don't hold it. It's really making people sick."
"Don't worry about me. There is a charcoal fire in this room and it is very warm. But you have to go to court and the government office every day, so you have to keep warm and don't catch a cold." said the concubine.
After the mother and son showed their love and filial piety, Prince Jin returned to Rujingyuan.
The group of concubines who had dressed up well, nevertheless waited for the Prince of Jin.
Jiang Changning was detained in the yard by King Jin to recuperate. For three whole days, she did not even go out of the warm room, let alone the yard door. At most, she opened the window to look at the white snow outside.
Early that morning, a visiting card was received from the Princess Consort of Prince De, who wanted to visit him at his house the next day.
Jiang Changning was overjoyed. Her illness had made her feel isolated from the world. She was eager to hear some gossip to relieve her boredom, so she personally replied to her note, "I will be waiting for you at the mansion tomorrow."
The next day, the princess of Dewang came over and asked, "Do you know how much money was raised at the disaster relief banquet that day?"
Jiang Changning guessed: "At least more than one million, right?"
"One million, seven hundred and ninety thousand taels."
"That's a lot. We can buy a lot of food in Jiangnan."
"A relief department has been set up, and Prince Ding is in charge of it." The princess of Prince De sneered, "This is simply like catching a rat in a rice warehouse. It would be strange if he didn't steal from the warehouse."
"The court will send a censor."
"It's not the first time that Prince Ding has taken advantage of others' misfortune. The censor is useless." The Princess of Prince De cursed angrily, "That year, the Huai River flooded and corpses were everywhere. The court provided 500,000 dan of grain and 1 million taels of relief funds, but Prince Ding had already embezzled 200,000 before they even left the capital."
Jiang Changning frowned, "Knowing that he was corrupt, the court didn't punish him?"
"The evidence disappeared overnight, and the matter was left unresolved."
"Prince Ding is quite resourceful, but he should forget about embezzlement this time."
"Based on the experience from last time, I'm afraid there will be more corruption this time."
"The Huai River is far from Beijing, so it's easy to make trouble. This time the snowstorm is in Beijing. If he wants to use the same trick again, it will be difficult. Besides, your prince and my prince will definitely send people to keep an eye on him."
After Jiang Changning's analysis, the Dewang Crown Prince's wife agreed with him and talked about the palace. "Two talented people in the palace gave birth to children the other day."
"Is it a princess or a prince?"
"Su Cairen gave birth this morning to a princess, and was promoted to concubine. Wu Cairen gave birth to a son, and was promoted to virtuous concubine. When she is out of confinement, the ceremony of enthronement will be held."
"No wonder my prince has been leaving early and coming back late these past two days. Wait, Concubine Wu has also been promoted to Concubine Xian. Doesn't that mean there are two Concubines Xian?"
"Liu Xianfei was promoted to Shufei, and was given an additional title, Yi, which means etiquette, and Yi Shufei."
"With the title, her status is almost on par with Concubine Song."
"I heard that Concubine Song was so angry that she smashed her fine headgear."
"What a big temper."
"Let's not talk about this anymore. I came here to ask you to go to the palace to pay respects to Concubine Wu. When do you think you are free?"
According to etiquette, when a noble lady in the palace is crowned as a concubine, all ladies other than the first and second ranks have to enter the palace to pay their respects and, on the day of the enthronement ceremony, they also have to attend the ceremony.
"I have to ask my prince about this and see when he will allow me to go out." Jiang Changning said resentfully.
"Prince Jin cares about you, don't be so ungrateful." The Princess of Prince De smiled, "When you ask for the date, write a note to tell me so that we can enter the palace together."
"Okay, what gifts should we prepare for the celebration? You have to tell me so that I don't have to look through the account books."
"You are obviously a hardworking person, but you insist on saying such lazy words." The Princess of Dewang smiled and took out a gift list from her sleeve pocket and handed it to her.