Prince NanAn looked bewildered.
Concussion?
What kind of illness is that?
Such specialized terminology, Prince NanAn could not understand.
Not just him, even the physician could not understand it.
But Prince NanAn getting a concussion just from a careless bump, Su Jin was indeed impressed.
Moreover, according to the pulse, there was still congested blood in the head.
To better understand the condition and prescribe the right dication,
Su Jin examined Prince NanAn’s head.
At a casual touch, Prince NanAn winced in pain, clenching his jaw.
Xingxing looked and remarked, "A big lump has ford."
The master and servant examined Prince NanAn’s head repeatedly.
The main door was wide open, so all the maids and old won passing by could see.
The maids and old won exchanged glances.
Although they knew Prince NanAn was here for dical consultation, the Heir’s wife inspecting and touching a man’s head could damage her reputation.
Prince NanAn was in so much pain that cold sweat ford on his forehead.
Yes.
Half of it was also out of fear.
Because Su Jin was about to insert needles into his head.
The long silver needles pierced through, causing the head to swell and feel as if it were about to explode.
After the acupuncture, Su Jin went to the backyard to prepare herbal dicine, and Xingxing decocted it.
After drinking a bowl of bitter dicine, Prince NanAn felt even dizzier.
Trying to consummate the marriage ahead of ti was truly taking half his life away.
Su Jin woke up late, and treating Prince NanAn delayed her, so by the ti she entered the palace, the banquet was about to start.
The noble madams and young ladies were all heading towards the banquet hall; seeing Su Jin, Zhou Jingyi approached her and said, "Finally, you’re here. I thought you wouldn’t make it when you were delayed so long."
Su Jin smiled and said, "Sothing ca up."
"Am I too late?"
"Not too early, not too late, you made it just in ti before the banquet started," Zhou Jingyi smiled.
Daring to arrive after the banquet had started, even with the Emperor already present, you’d find few in the entire Capital City.
However, given the Emperor’s affection for the Princess Consort Zhenbei, being a bit late was not an issue.
But today’s banquet was to welco Princess Duanhui.
She’s the aunt of the Princess Consort Zhenbei, arriving late as the younger generation is sowhat disrespectful.
Zhou Jingyi and Su Jin walked into the main hall together.
Zhou Jingyi sat with the Eldest Young Master of Duke Dingguo, and Su Jin sat next to the Prince.
The Princess Consort was pregnant and would not attend such palace banquets.
Not only the Princess Consort, but Princess Fu Yun also didn’t co.
Hardly had Su Jin taken her seat when a strident voice announced:
"The Emperor arrives!"
The officials and their wives stood, kneeling to welco the Emperor and the Empress Dowager.
Ever since administering arsenic poisoning to the Emperor, the Empress Dowager had fallen ill, not stepping out of Yongning Palace for days.
Yesterday, Princess Duanhui returned to the Capital City, but she didn’t enter the palace; she ca with her daughter, Princess YiAn, to pay respects to the Empress Dowager.
Overjoyed, the Empress Dowager recovered significantly.
This banquet was specially held to welco her daughter; even if ill, the Empress Dowager would have to hold herself together to support her daughter.
It showed people the position Princess Duanhui holds in the Empress Dowager’s heart.
Of course.
This might be a gesture intended for the Emperor.
With Princess Duanhui’s return, the Empress Dowager’s health improved significantly.
Should the Emperor soday decide to send Princess Duanhui back to her fiefdom, and the Empress Dowager falls ill again,
by then, the officials would have grounds to request the Emperor to allow Princess Duanhui to reside permanently in the Capital City.
The Empress Dowager bead with joy.
The Emperor, however, appeared indifferent.
He couldn’t grasp why Prince Zhenbei wanted him to host a banquet for the Eldest Princess.
What did this have to do with him?
But the Emperor trusted few ministers, and the Prince was one of them.
Furthermore, the Empress Dowager had the intention to welco Princess Duanhui, and the palace had prepared for a long ti; it couldn’t be canceled just because of the death of the Empress Dowager’s cousin (wife’s sister-in-law) due to poisoning.
One way or another, it was going to happen, so the Emperor heeded the Prince’s advice.
Yet, seeing the Empress Dowager’s joy and the deep bond between Princess Duanhui and her daughter, the Emperor felt quite uncomfortable.
Princess Duanhui, with her daughter Princess YiAn and Princess Chengxian from Prince Qi Mansion, paid their respects to the Emperor.
Prince Qi hadn’t returned to the Capital City. Upon learning that the Empress Dowager permitted Princess Duanhui to return, Princess Chengxian insisted on returning to the Capital to see the Empress Dowager.
She was the Empress Dowager’s own granddaughter.
The most prosperous place in the Daqi Dynasty was the Capital City, nowhere was livelier than the Capital.
With her daughter, granddaughter, and great-granddaughter all returned, how could the Empress Dowager not be pleased?
Princess YiAn didn’t look well, and the Empress Dowager, seeing this, felt heartache. "Why do you still look so unwell?"
Princess YiAn appeared pale, and Princess Duanhui said, tenderly concerned for her daughter, "Yi An grew up in the fiefdom. The distance to the Capital is great, and after traveling all the way, she’s experiencing so difficulty adjusting to the environnt. She’s much better after resting for a night."
Princess YiAn looked at the Empress Dowager and said, "Yesterday was the Lantern Festival, but I wasn’t feeling well, so I couldn’t see it. Who knows when the next Lantern Festival will be."
Younger girls loved to have fun.
Even though she was under the weather yesterday, she wanted to go out and play. Princess Duanhui strictly stopped her.
Her constitution wasn’t as strong as Princess Chengxian’s. Of course, this might have sothing to do with Princess Chengxian setting off a few days early, waiting for them halfway.
She entered the Capital without resting for a day.
The Empress Dowager, feeling sorry for her granddaughter, said, "In a few days, I will hold another Lantern Festival."
For the Emperor, making such festivities for his daughter’s birthday and granting amnesty across the land,
It’s not much for the Empress Dowager to order a Lantern Festival for her granddaughter.
Princess YiAn, delighted, bowed, "YiAn thanks the Empress Dowager for her kindness."
The officials and their wives exchanged knowing glances.
The Empress Dowager and the Emperor have always been in an apparent and subtle struggle.
Especially in matters concerning Princess Duanhui.
Back then, the Emperor couldn’t protect Princess Jiuling, letting her be forced by the Empress Dowager to marry into Nanliang.
This was a pain in the Emperor’s heart; regarding Princess Duanhui, the Emperor always handled matters officially, never tolerating the slightest negligence.
Yet the Emperor recently had an unacknowledged daughter under his knee.
It seed the Empress Dowager was ready to fight the Emperor to the end for her daughter.
They say these ministers did not understand either.
Princess Duanhui was married and gave birth to a son and a daughter, but the son was premature; despite consuming nurous rare dicinal materials, he failed to survive past six years old and fell ill.
Under Prince Qi’s knee, there was only Princess Chengxian; let alone a legitimate son, not even an illegitimate son existed.
The Prince Qi Mansion was filled with concubines, yet none bore children, rumor had it Prince Qi was worried sick.
The Empress Dowager often sighed, each year selecting sturdy palace maids to be sent to the Prince Qi Mansion, but lots of them were sent, and there was not a single good piece of news.
After so many years, the Empress Dowager had almost lost hope.
With Princess Chengxian as her only beloved granddaughter, naturally, her heart was full of affection.
To show the depth of the Empress Dowager’s love for her granddaughter, she had a stool placed beside her for Princess Chengxian to sit.
Such an honor was not casually bestowed.
Princess Chengxian stepped up the steps, just as she took her seat beside the Empress Dowager —
A strident voice rang out:
"Princess Jiuling arrives!"
One stone stirred up a thousand waves.
Everyone was bewildered.
Especially the Emperor and Eunuch Fu.
Princess Jiuling?
Who dared to ntion Princess Jiuling at this ti, is this a death wish?
As the words fell, Princess Jiuling walked in.
She was accompanied by a girl about fourteen or fifteen years old, charming in appearance.
Seeing Princess Jiuling walk in, the Emperor stood up from the Dragon Chair.
He quickly stepped down the stairs, saying, "Jiuling?"
"Imperial Brother," Princess Jiuling was tearful.
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