"This pastry is delicious, thank you." After all, he is the prince, so he behaved in a very proper manner.
Shen Qingwan nodded at him. She naturally knew that the pastries she made tasted good, but it was a pleasant surprise for her to receive such praise.
He ate some cakes before going back.
But just after finishing dinner, I suddenly felt unbearable pain in my abdomen.
"Chen'er, what's wrong with you?" Seeing him curled up on the bed, Xiao Shushen was a little flustered for a moment and quickly called the imperial physician to check.
But when the imperial physician arrived, he just shook his head and said, "Your Highness is fine. He probably just had some indigestion."
Hearing him say this, her brows furrowed even deeper. The imperial physician couldn't find out what was going on. This was just poor digestion. It definitely wouldn't hurt. It was like this now.
"Your Majesty... I have really tried my best." The imperial physician was a little embarrassed. After checking, there was really no sign that Fu Mochen had been drugged.
Xiao Shushen was actually still a little unhappy at this time, but in the end she didn't ask anything else. After all, even if she continued to ask, it would be futile.
"My queen, you are so awesome." Xiao Man ran in clumsily and fell to the ground with a thump. It turned out that she tripped over the threshold.
Shen Qingwan held her forehead with her hand. This girl was always like this. Every time she came in, she would get tripped, but she never learned her lesson.
"Be careful. If it were any other queen, you would have been beaten a long time ago." Lianyun pouted, but there was actually concern in her eyes.
It hurts so much to watch it fall like this every time.
"Tell me, what's going on?" He raised his eyebrows, put the last flower in his hand into the vase, walked over, and stretched out his hand to help her up.
"Hehe, I heard from other palace maids this morning that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince suddenly had a severe stomachache last night for some reason, but the imperial physician couldn't find anything wrong." Xiao Man had a gloating look on her face, but she knew that the Crown Prince had been here yesterday, and Shen Qingwan had even made pastries for him herself. The facts behind this were self-evident.
"Yeah." But she just nodded and didn't say anything about her connection with the matter.
After all, this is the imperial palace. If anything is heard, it will only get you into a lot of trouble. Some things are better to be known to yourself, and there is no need to make them known to everyone.
The imperial physician naturally couldn't find anything. Strictly speaking, she didn't give Fu Mochen any medicine, but just added some fruit powder that could clean the intestines to the pastry. He had a severe stomachache, but in fact, he should blame himself. He probably ate too much delicacies from mountains and seas, but his diet was not reasonable, and he was used to eating greasy food, which led to this.
She also ate the pastries from yesterday, but nothing serious happened to her.
After Fu Yuheng learned the news, he hurried over to check, but when he asked the imperial physician, the physician said that he was not sick and had not taken any medicine.
With her brows furrowed, Xiao Shushen tried to comfort Fu Mochen who was lying on the bed, but she seemed to mention unintentionally, "I told you not to go, but you just wouldn't listen." Although her voice was very low, the two people nearby could hear it clearly.
Fu Mochen was now only concerned with the pain in his abdomen and obviously did not take what she said to heart.
But Fu Yuheng was obviously concerned, "Where did he go yesterday?"
Xiao Shushen opened his thin lips slightly, as if it was difficult to say it, but his eyes were burning, and he finally spoke, "Yesterday he went to the virtuous sister's place, and it seemed that he ate some cakes."
He seemed to be in great difficulty, perhaps he couldn't believe it but had to accept the fact.
"Can he go somewhere else later?" Upon hearing this, Fu Yuheng looked at her with a hint of doubt.
"No." She shook her head, then lowered her head. "Alas, this is all my fault as a mother. I can't even protect my own child. But I can't blame my sister, Concubine Xian. After all, Chen'er made a mess of her yard that day, so she must have been angry."
With a look of regret on his face, he looked at Fu Mochen lying on the bed with heartache.
Fu Yuheng was originally a little skeptical about what she said, but after hearing her say that, and thinking that it was indeed him who provoked Shen Qingwan a few days ago, he felt a pain in his brow.
"Forget it, I'll go take a look, you take care of Chen'er first."
After he left, Xiao Shushen's eyes flashed with unwillingness. Even at this point, he was still doubting her words. Shen Qingwan was really good at tricks.
"Hmm..." Fu Mochen on the bed groaned in pain. Xiao Shushen was helpless. She turned around and gently massaged her abdomen with her hands.
"You, let's see if you can learn this lesson!" She reached out and touched his forehead with her fingertips, but her eyes were still full of heartache. This was the one she held in her heart, but now he was in such a state of pain, how could she feel at ease
But Shen Qingwan was now sitting leisurely in the yard, drinking tea casually, as if waiting for someone to arrive.
I don’t know how long it took, but there was a report from the palace servants outside the door, "The Emperor has arrived!" I don’t know which eunuch shouted it out, and the next moment the whole yard was filled with people kneeling.
"I have been waiting for Your Majesty for a long time." She lowered her body and looked up at him, with obvious teasing in her eyes.
"You knew I was coming?" Fu Yuheng frowned, obviously a little surprised by her behavior.
It looked like she had been waiting here for a long time, but how did she know he was coming? Could it be that this was really her doing
"Your Majesty is suspecting me, isn't he?" Shen Qingwan smiled and did not answer his question directly, but the answer was already clear.
"You..." His words were choked in his throat. Now her appearance seemed to have returned to the time when she first entered the palace, cold and yet not to be desecrated at all.
There was not a trace of emotion in her eyes, she just looked at him calmly, "Qing Ling, bring me yesterday's cakes."
Neither of them spoke again until Qing Ling brought the leftover pastries from yesterday to them.
She picked up a piece and put it in her mouth, chewing it slowly. "Your Majesty, you might as well try it." She raised her hand and placed a piece of cake in front of him.
"No." But he obviously did have some concerns, as he brushed her hand away and turned to leave.
It seemed like a stone hit the calm water, causing ripples.
"Sure enough, you still don't trust me..." She murmured to herself as she looked at his back. How could she hurt him