Palace Maid: "Exactly, otherwise how could she have fainted from anger!"
Imperial Physician: "Could it be that they didn’t save the Pri Minister?"
Palace Maid: "Ha, are you silly? If they had saved the Pri Minister, would the Empress have fainted from rage?"
"Oh! That’s true." The Imperial Physician thought for a mont and then asked, "Who is bold enough to cause the Empress to faint from anger?"
"Among all the civil and military ministers, who would have the guts? You can figure that out without saying it."
"Could it be the War Prince?"
"Exactly, who else but him? The War Prince, relying on The Emperor’s favor, dares to be so overbearing and doesn’t even care about The Emperor’s authority. Alas! This ti he killed the Pri Minister, and the Empress, overwheld by anger, couldn’t take the shock and fainted."
As the palace maid spoke, she inadvertently turned her head, and suddenly, out of the corner of her eye, noticed soone standing quietly behind her, giving her a fright. She turned around to see that it was none other than the Fourth Prince, fearing greatly, she knelt down with a thud: "This maid greets the Fourth Prince."
The Fourth Prince had arrived behind them at so point, and they didn’t know how long he had been listening to their conversation. The Imperial Physician was also frightened, quickly kneeling to pay respects: "This servant greets the Fourth Prince."
In the Imperial Palace, gossiping about a Master is a serious offense. The Imperial Physician and the palace maid were trembling with fear, hoping the Fourth Prince had just arrived and hadn’t heard their conversation.
"What were you talking about just now?" The Fourth Prince asked with a cloudy expression.
Yesterday, in a bad mood, he drank a lot of alcohol and had been drunk for a whole day and night. He had just woken up and entered the palace, intending to discuss with the Empress Mother how to save the Pri Minister, but then he overheard the conversation between the palace maid and the Imperial Physician, which left him utterly shocked.
With her head lowered, trembling and kneeling on the ground, the palace maid said, "Reporting to the Fourth Prince, this maid didn’t say anything."
"I clearly heard you ntion the Pri Minister. If you don’t confess honestly, beware that I might tell the Empress Mother about your gossiping, and have her punish you."
The palace maid panicked and hurriedly said, "No, no, Fourth Prince, please don’t tell the Empress, I’ll tell everything."
The Fourth Prince shouted angrily: "Speak quickly!"
The Fourth Prince’s roar made the Imperial Physician, who was kneeling on the ground, shudder all over, feeling extrely regretful, wishing he hadn’t foolishly indulged in idle talk with this palace maid, realizing that curiosity indeed killed the cat this ti.
The palace maid didn’t dare to delay, so she recounted ticulously all that had transpired today at the Execution Ground to the Fourth Prince.
The more the Fourth Prince listened, the paler his face beca. He hadn’t expected that after rely a nap, so much had happened. His maternal grandfather was no longer alive, aning the support for him and his mother was gone, no wonder the Empress Mother had fainted from anger.
The Fourth Prince swayed, almost falling to the ground. Seeing this, the palace maid quickly stood up and supported him, comforting him, saying: "Fourth Prince, you must hold on, the Empress is already in such a state, you cannot afford any mishap."
"Help... help into the palace." Still not fully recovered from yesterday’s hangover, coupled with the news of this calamity, the Fourth Prince felt utterly drained and could barely stand.
"Yes, at your command!"
The palace maid cautiously helped the Fourth Prince into Fengyang Palace, and as the Imperial Physician kneeling there observed this, he sighed in relief, got up, and sneaked off, knowing the Fourth Prince was too angry to have noticed him.
"Hey! Imperial Physician, co here to check the Fourth Prince’s pulse."
The Fourth Prince seed so frail, and as an attendant of the Empress, the palace maid was sowhat uneasy. After speaking, she turned around only to find the ground empty, with no sign of the Imperial Physician anywhere.
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