Author: Yang Azhai

Kang Bin chatted with Lu Wanning for a while at Lu Wanning's place. Seeing that Lu Wanning was tired from sitting, she wisely stood up and left.

Although Lu Wanning is not particularly old now, she will still feel soreness in her back after sitting for a long time.

After Concubine Kang left, Lu Wanning got up and walked around the small garden in the palace.

"Is the fourth princess not back yet?" Lu Wanning returned to the house and asked.

In the past, the fourth princess would go to Shou'an Palace for about two hours at most and then come back, but today she had already been there for half a day.

"return……"

"Concubine, I'm back." Qingzhi was about to say that she hadn't come back yet when the voice of the fourth princess came from outside.

"Why are you back so late today?" Lu Wanning asked with a smile, touching the hair of the fourth princess.

The fourth princess smiled and said: "Big brother plays with Chun'er."

"Huh?" Lu Wanning looked at the eldest princess's wet nurse in confusion, what kind of big brother? Where did the big brother come from?

The wet nurse explained on behalf of the fourth princess: "Your Majesty, today the old lady of Guangping House brought their young master into the palace to pay her respects to the Queen Mother. The fourth princess likes to play with the second young master of Guangping House very much."

The old lady of the Guangping House and the Queen Mother are close friends. However, neither the deceased old man of the Guangping House nor the current Guangping House are useful. The Guangping House has relied on them all these years.

With the accumulation of ancestors and the previous friendship between the Guangping House and the Queen Mother, the glory of the House was barely maintained.

If Lu Wanning remembers correctly, Uncle Guangping was a man of good taste and had many wives and children at home, but he only had one legitimate child, and that was the second son of Uncle Guangping's house.

It's just that the second young master seems to be quite grown up this year. Can he play with the fourth princess?

Faced with Lu Wanning's question, the wet nurse thought for a while and said: "The second young master of the Guangping Mansion is a little over nine years old this year. He is relatively calm. When he is with the fourth princess, he plays the things that the fourth princess likes more."

It talks about playing with the fourth princess, but actually it means coaxing the fourth princess to play.

Lu Wanning lowered her head, looked at the fourth princess leaning against her, and asked softly: "Chun'er, do you like playing with this big brother today?"

The fourth princess tilted her head, then nodded and said: "I like it, Brother Three Emperors, but I hate it."

Lu Wanning smiled and said: "Okay, mother and concubine understand, Chun'er doesn't like to play with the three emperor brothers, but likes to play with today's eldest brother, right?"

"Yes." The fourth princess nodded.

Lu Wanning smiled. Since the fourth princess likes it, let her go. Anyway, the fourth princess is still young. Even if Mrs. Guangping has other ideas, she doesn't need to be on guard now.

Besides, the Queen Mother is watching from the side.

After talking to the fourth princess, Lu Wanning waved her hand and asked the wet nurse and the maid serving the fourth princess to take the fourth princess down to play. Then she turned to Zhou Man and asked, "What's the matter?"

Zhou Man came in just now, saw her talking to the fourth princess, and stood aside.

"Go back to the master, at that time, the imperial doctor came to Qingren Palace." Zhou Man said with a worried face: "I inquired about it and it seems that the fifth prince is sick. I heard the news from the imperial hospital that he was probably infected.

smallpox."

"Smallpox?" Lu Wanning was surprised, "Are you sure?"

"It should be close to ten." Zhou Man said.

"How did the fifth prince catch smallpox?" Lu Wanning frowned and asked, "Has the Queen Mother received the news?"

"This little guy doesn't know yet."

"Go and find out if the Queen Mother knows the news. If you don't know, tell the Queen Mother about it as soon as possible." Lu Wanning ordered.

Smallpox is highly contagious, and it would be bad if someone accidentally spread it in the palace.

"Yes, Master." Zhou Man responded and turned around to go out. A young palace maid came in and reported that someone from Shou'an Palace was here.

When Zhou Man heard this, he glanced at Lu Wanning and did not continue walking out.

The person who came from Shou'an Palace was Ling Yuan, the eldest palace maid. After bowing, Ling Yuan explained the purpose of her visit.

"Shu Fei, the Queen Mother asked a servant to tell the empress that the fourth princess will not be allowed to go to Shou'an Palace for the next few days. You'd better stay in the palace for a few days to recuperate."

Lu Wanning nodded, "Miss Lingyuan, please run over. I understand."

After sending Ling Yuan away, Lu Wanning immediately ordered the doors of Ruichang Palace to be closed tightly. No one in Ruichang Palace was allowed to go out privately in the past few days.

After giving the order, Lu Wanning thought for a while and asked Zhou Man to pass the news to Xian Bin and Kang Bin.

In Qingren Palace, Concubine Jing looked very ugly when she found out that the fifth prince had contracted smallpox.

"How could you get smallpox if you are fine?" Concubine Jing did not go to the fifth prince's room, but paced back and forth in her own room.

People from Shou'an Palace had already arrived, and the Queen Mother directly ordered people to seal the gate of Qingren Palace.

There are guards guarding the gate of Qingren Palace now. Except for the eldest princess who was picked up by the Queen Mother and taken to live alone in another residence, no one in Qingren Palace can go out easily.

"Your Majesty, the fifth prince's wet nurse would like to see you." Sujuan came in to report.

"Let her come in..." Concubine Jing changed her words mid-sentence, "Forget it, go and ask her what's wrong?"

"Yes." Sujuan responded. After going out, she stood far away from the nurse and said, "What does the nurse want to ask you?"

"Miss Sujuan, please tell me, I found that a cloth tiger belonging to the fifth prince had been tampered with. I suspect that the fifth prince's smallpox infection may be related to the cloth tiger," said the wet nurse.

The fifth prince had a cloth tiger that he liked very much. Every time someone teased him with the cloth tiger, he would giggle.

The cloth tiger is made by the needlework bureau. It is made very delicately, and the stitches are very fine. It is also filled with carefully selected high-quality cotton.

But when a maid who was serving the fifth prince mentioned it today, the fifth prince's wet nurse discovered that the originally good cloth tiger had become rough in some places that were not easy to notice. It seemed that someone had hurriedly sewn it on. Through the

The rough stitches can also be seen turning black inside, and there are even lumps of cotton inside.

After hearing what the wet nurse said, Sujuan's expression changed and she immediately said: "You wait, I will go in and report to the nurse."

When Sujuan went in and told Concubine Jing about the matter, Concubine Jing's face immediately turned ugly. She said that the fifth prince, who was doing well, suddenly contracted smallpox, and it turned out that someone was acting as a monster inside.

Who could have done this?

Who has a grudge against her?

Could it be Princess Fengqing?

Concubine Jing shook her head. It was the eldest princess who had an enmity with Princess Fengqing. If Princess Fengqing wanted to take action, she would choose the eldest princess instead of the fifth prince.

Then who else besides Princess Fengqing?
Chapter completed!