Chapter 91: Illness

  The fourth prince smiled slightly: "You really have a knack for doing laundry."

  Is this praising her?

  Uh, I always feel like the smile on the edge of the Fourth Prince's mouth...

  Alright, let's just consider it as good-natured teasing.

  People often say three sentences that don't leave their profession. For Chao Sheng, those days were really unforgettable, and he couldn't forget them no matter how hard he tried.

  She said: "It's not... I've washed for quite a few days, of course I'm familiar with the doors and paths here."

  "Do you miss your family?"

  "I think so, of course I think."

  Thinking of despair.

  Chao Sheng lowered his head.

  "We'll meet again someday."

  Chao Sheng replied: "Yes."

  But she knew they would never meet again.

  The person I wanted to see is gone forever.

  Chao Sheng looked at the side of the Fourth Prince and couldn't help but ask: "Your Highness wants to leave the palace?"

  The fourth prince seemed somewhat taken aback, he glanced at her and suddenly Chao Sheng felt that his words were too presumptuous.

  The fourth prince was overjoyed and said: "I've been thinking about it, even in my dreams."

  "When I was a kid, standing by the palace wall, watching birds fly over the palace wall. At that time, I thought to myself, if I had wings too, I could fly over this wall. I would definitely fly higher and farther, never coming back in this life."

  Slightly unexpected.

  No, she is not the unexpected fourth prince's idea.

  Maybe every little kid has had such an idea before.

  There is a pair of wings, can fly away, flying to a very distant place.

  Unexpectedly, the fourth prince spoke out to her.

  "Later I grew up, read books and became sensible. Such thoughts never occurred again."

  "Because I know that even if I really had wings, I wouldn't be able to fly away and leave this place."

  Chao Sheng said in a soft voice: "But isn't Your Highness leaving now?"

  The fourth prince smiled.

  He shook his head: "You don't understand."

  Tides born heart said, you this also too arbitrary.

  How did you know I didn't understand?

  As a prince, this life will never be free. Even if I leave the palace in the future, I won't be able to leave the capital. Even if I leave the capital in the future, I'm afraid I'll still be confined to a small fiefdom for the rest of my life.

  This life is just moving from one cage to another. No matter how big or small the cage is, it's all the same.

  The fourth prince bent down and grabbed a handful of snow, forming it into a snowball in his hand. Suddenly, he stretched out his arm and threw it with force.

  Behind the Luoshui Pavilion, there were several old cypress trees with snow and ice on top. The Fourth Prince hit the tree trunk directly, with considerable force, causing the branches to tremble violently, and the large chunks of snow that had accumulated on top came crashing down.

  Chao Sheng hurriedly dodged to one side, but couldn't dodge in time and was hit several times on the head and body.

  It doesn't hurt, it's just cool in the back of my neck.

  The fourth prince stood there, and his shoulders and hair were also covered with snow.

  Chao Sheng Gu couldn't help himself and went over first to brush off the snow for him.

  "Your Highness is indeed..."

  It's not surprising for the sixth or eighth prince to do something like this, but for the fourth prince to do so, it's really...

  Alright, actually he is just in his teens, still a big kid after all.

  Although in this era, people in their teens are already expected to start a family and be treated as adults.

  The fourth prince's hand brushed against Chao Sheng's forehead: "There is snow here."

  He was taken aback for a moment.

  The two of them... seemed to have drawn closer together.

  What about Xiao Shun?

  He was just following, how come he's gone in a blink of an eye?

  He slowly withdrew his hand, then took two steps back.

  It seems this distance is still somewhat ambiguous.

  But if I retreat again, it would look too unnatural.

  "Hurt just now?"

  "No." Chao Sheng shook his head: "Just got a fright."

  The sky was gloomy and it seemed like snow would fall again. Chao Sheng advised him: "Your Highness, it's cold outside, let's go back."

  The fourth prince glanced at her, and Cao Sheng's hand curled up slightly, shrinking into his sleeve.

  He pulled open the rope, took off his cloak and put it on Chao Sheng's shoulders without saying a word: "Wear it."

  His shoulder suddenly sank, and Chao Sheng was startled: "Your Highness, this won't do. I'm not cold, Your Highness hurry up and put it on, or you'll catch a chill, which is no trivial matter."

  I'm not cold.

  The fourth prince did not accept it, but Chao Sheng did not dare to really wear the prince's cloak.

  After crossing the bridge, it was the road back. The Fourth Prince walked quickly, and Chao Sheng held the cloak in his hand, following closely step by step.

  Xiao Shun suddenly appeared from who-knows-where, and Chao Sheng glared at him.

  Xiao Shun made a helpless expression towards her.

  The cloak was thick and soft, feeling heavy in his hands, and still carried the body temperature of the fourth prince.

  Xiao Shun stretched out his hand and made a mouth shape: "I'll take it."

  The tide handed it over to him.

  Suddenly empty-handed, as if...

  She paused for a moment before continuing on her way forward.

  After going back, I was indeed nagged by Chun Mo.

  "It's just snowed, how can the prince take off his clothes? Drinking wine is most afraid of catching a chill... Xiaoshun, are you just watching like this? If something happens to the prince, do you have several heads to apologize with? Chaosheng, you too..."

  Ashamed and embarrassed, he kept his head down.

  Xiao Shun smiled and said, "Spring Ink sister, take a break, you've been talking for half a day, aren't you thirsty? Chao Sheng, quickly go get some tea for Spring Ink sister to moisten her throat."

  Chun Mo was angry again, and laughed, picked up the broom beside him and swept it on his body a few times: "You naughty monkey, don't linger here, get out quickly."

  Xiao Shun rushed out of the house with his head in his hands, and Chun Mo's anger had almost dissipated, and he laughed loudly with his hands on his hips.

  As expected, someone fell ill in the evening.

  But it's not the fourth prince.

  It's a trend now.

  She has a fever.

  First, she felt a chill, so cold that she tightly wrapped the quilt around her body, and couldn't stop shivering. Her upper and lower teeth collided, making a clicking sound. She wanted to wake up, but her head was dizzy and heavy, and she just couldn't wake up.

  Later, it didn't feel cold anymore, and my body started to feel hot again.

  It's extremely hot, as if it's on fire.

  Chao Sheng's hand stretched out from under the quilt and stuck to the cold wall.

  After an unknown amount of time, she suddenly realized it was dawn. Someone was calling her name, and people were entering and exiting the room, moving around. Someone fed her medicine, and she choked a little, coughing twice.

  The tide of Chao Sheng's anger did not subside until late at night.

  Beside her, Shanhu exclaimed with joy: "Chao Sheng Jie? You're awake?"

  Although the tide was born in a daze, he understood it in his heart.

  "I... am ill?"

  "It's burning badly, Doctor Meng has come to see you and prescribed some medicine. Fortunately, you can still swallow the medicinal soup by yourself."

  Shanhu helped her sit up and put a pillow behind her back.

  "The imperial physician said that after you wake up, drink some more medicine and then you can eat something." Coral held a jar: "This is the porridge specially cooked by Aunt Li for sister. It's warm and just right, you must drink some."

  My throat is swollen and painful. It feels like there's a hard-boiled egg stuck in it, making breathing and talking difficult.

  Shanhu handed her the medicinal soup, and Chao Sheng took it over.

  "Be careful of scalding."

  The high fever had numbed her senses, and her head was throbbing with a dull pain. She didn't even feel the scalding of the medicine, nor did she know if it was bitter - her tongue couldn't taste anything.

  Shanhuang filled her bowl with porridge.

  The rice in the porridge has been cooked until it's mushy and soft, making it easy to swallow. I don't know if it's psychological or not, but after two mouthfuls of porridge, my throat seems to be less sore.

  She drank a small bowl of porridge, and Coral cleaned up the bowls and chopsticks: "I've already brought over the quilt, I'll sleep in this room tonight, if you want tea or water just call me."

  Chao Sheng shook his head: "No need, I'm fine now. It's cool at night, you'd better go back to the house..."

  "Goodness gracious, Wen Yue talks in her sleep every night and sometimes wakes herself up in the middle of the night. I'm afraid it's even more peaceful for me to sleep here."

  Everything was put away, and Coral indeed carried a quilt over to her bed and spread it out.

  The servant could not be persuaded, and all he said was: "There is still a mattress in the cupboard; you can take it out to sleep on."

  "I know."

  Coral took off her clothes and slipped into bed.

  Chao Sheng wasn't sleepy at this moment and asked casually, "Was there anything going on during the day today?"

  "There's nothing wrong," said Coral. "The prince also knows you're ill, and he instructed that you should take good care of yourself, and also told Spring Ink to take good care of you."

  "Uh-huh."

  Coral didn't sleep either, she turned over and suddenly asked: "Tide-born sister, if we get out of the palace, what do you want to do?"

  "Huh?"

  Everyone's mind has been revolving around the two words "going out of the palace" recently.

  Coral is no exception.

  Chao Sheng had thought about it too, but she wasn't used to speaking her mind.

  "If there's a chance, I'll go back home and take a look, but I don't know if I can still see the people at home."

  Coral was envious: "Sister lives in the capital, it's so great. My home is too far away... Sister is so capable, she will definitely be valued in the future, and I'll have to ask sister to take care of me more then."

  "What's with all this reuse..."

  Shanhu sat up and Chao Sheng hurriedly said: "Don't catch a chill too, lie back down quickly."

  "Chao Sheng Jie, you also knew Cui Yan Jie Jie from Song Tao Ge before, right?"

  "Of course I know."

  "She is already the concubine of the Second Prince."

  "Chao Sheng was taken aback: 'How did you know?'"

  "I heard people say, this thing isn't a secret or anything, almost everyone here knows. You've been busy and sick the past two days, that's why you didn't know, right? Now Song Cui sister is really something, from now on she'll definitely be living a life of luxury..."

  Since everyone is saying so, the news should be true.

  Song Can has become the concubine of the Second Prince...

  What about Na Xun?

  What is her current situation?

  Chao Sheng slightly raised his body and asked anxiously: "Is there any other news?"

  As soon as this was mentioned, Shanhu's spirit lifted: "Hm, and also that the Second Prince and the Second Princess had a fight, the Second Prince is living in the front courtyard, and the Second Princess even returned to her natal home for a spell."

  "What's wrong? Why are you arguing?"

  Coral shook her head: "I don't know about that. Anyway, it's not unusual for husbands and wives to quarrel, my brother and sister-in-law are always fighting..."

  The tide slowly receded back.

  The second prince's temper is likely to cause trouble. This person has never been willing to tolerate, once angry, must vent out.

  Actually, people like this, as long as you get used to their temperament, are still easy to get along with.

  At least, marrying someone like this, you don't have to worry about him being two-faced, saying one thing to your face and another behind your back. Or secretly plotting against you, while you remain completely unaware.

  Quarreling is nothing to be afraid of. If you don't quarrel and don't talk, the contradictions will pile up day by day, and when they finally burst out, that's what's really scary.

  May everything be peaceful and safe.

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  The temperature dropped sharply today, with only nine degrees.