If not abolished

Chapter 148 Recovery

"Your Highness is wise, but before you accomplish your great cause, there is one thing I want to remind you. Zhanqi's marriage has been basically settled, so I have already invited Madam Wang and Miss Wang to my house for a chat. Now I can't go out. What is Your Highness's plan for this?" said the Princess of Han.

"This is easy. Just tell them that you are still ill and postpone it." Zhu Gaoxu said without much concern.

Princess Han didn't expect him to refuse like this, and reminded him: "Prince said before that Zhanqi's choice of a principal wife is good. I think Prince is also trying to win over the Wang family. Now he is so perfunctory, which makes people suspicious."

"Then what Princess Yi means is..." Zhu Gaoxu really wanted to win over the Wang family, which was a good thing. Although he was now preparing to do something extremely treasonous, even after he succeeded, he still needed the support of the civil servants, otherwise how could he stabilize his position.

"There are still a few days until the agreed time. I will then say that I have recovered from my illness and everything can go on as usual. Otherwise, is Your Highness going to hand this matter over to Concubine Guo?" the Princess of Han questioned. She felt a little uncomfortable when she thought about which woman was in charge of the people in the mansion now.

Zhu Gaoxu thought that this would definitely not work. It would be so embarrassing if the legitimate son was to marry a concubine.

"The princess is right. You should come in person for this matter. As long as the princess doesn't do anything out of line again, everything will be fine." Zhu Gaoxu said with a smile.

The Princess of Han said aggrievedly: "Your Highness is doing this for the family, and I am doing this for the children. I don't ask for anything now, I just want to handle Zhanqi's marriage. Your Highness doesn't trust me, so at most he can just send someone to keep an eye on me." The Princess of Han was afraid that he would agree, so she directly said that she could send someone to monitor him in order to dispel Zhu Gaoxu's suspicion.

When Zhu Gaoxu heard the princess say this, he took her hand and said with a smile: "Princess, you are worrying too much. How could I not believe you? Just do as the princess says. I will not send anyone to monitor you. Believe me." Zhu Gaoxu would have doubts about other things, but the princess still valued her children very much, so Zhu Gaoxu did not suspect anything. After all, the princess and Mrs. Wang and Miss Wang had not met each other very often. They were just strangers. What could go wrong? Zhu Gaoxu was still very relieved about this matter.

So the next day Zhu Gaoxu intentionally or unintentionally released the news that the princess' condition had improved, and everyone was surprised and happy to hear the news.

The ones who were happy were naturally the Crown Princess and Zhu Zhanqi and the others. After so many days, they finally had good news.

"Princess, you copied sutras and chanted Buddhist scriptures for the princess every day. Finally, the heavens were moved. The princess is finally getting better."

"Buddha bless you, Buddha bless you, my mother finally..." Shu Ning knelt down again immediately after hearing the news, and then continued to copy the scriptures.

"The princess is fine now. Wouldn't the Crown Princess like to take a rest?" The maid said with concern when she saw that she was still working hard to copy.

The Crown Prince's wife did not stop and replied, "Sincerity is the most important thing in this matter. Now mother is only getting better, but she has not fully recovered, so we can't stop yet."

"Then I will prepare some food for you."

As for the surprised one, it was naturally Concubine Guo. When she heard the news, she paced back and forth in the room anxiously.

"How could this happen? I clearly gave her medicine, shouldn't she be even weaker? How come she is getting better?" Concubine Guo was puzzled and couldn't figure out what was going on.

"My Lady Concubine, please be careful with your words. You can't just say this casually. It would be bad if someone heard it."

"That's right, I can't say it, I can't say it." Concubine Guo finally reacted and quickly covered her mouth.

The maid advised, "Madam Concubine, don't think about what happened now. Fortunately, nothing happened to the princess, and we can't be traced to this matter. Otherwise, Madam Concubine, think about it. If something really happened to the princess, let alone you are in charge of the whole house, you will be the first to be held accountable. Besides, you have appeared frequently in the kitchen these days. If this is traced, you will not be able to defend yourself."

Concubine Guo thought about it seriously and said, "You are right. I was stupid too. Why didn't I figure out such a simple thing at the beginning? Now..."

"Now, Madam Concubine, please pretend that this incident never happened and keep it to yourself. You were only insane at the time and did such a thing."

"I was thinking about my sister's repeated words about taking the power away from me, and I was distracted for a moment. Forget it. I still can't do such a thing that hurts others. So let it be."

"Just think it through, Madam Concubine. Madam has said before that the eldest lady is shrewd and suitable for the palace. You are just a little bit willful and capricious, but you don't have much scheming."

"Alas, I used to think that the position of princess was good, but after trying it out these days, I found that it is not that good. There are endless things to deal with every day, and there are also various social banquets and etiquette. It's good that the princess is well, so let's return everything to her." Concubine Guo suddenly felt much more relaxed. She didn't have to worry about what she did every day. What if she was discovered? And those things, "These days are like a dream. I am wearing clothes that don't belong to me. It's so awkward."

"Your Highness, please don't relax now. The princess is only getting better, but she still needs to rely on you for some time."

After a few days, the princess recovered and a group of people went to visit her.

The Crown Prince's wife arrived early, and the moment she saw the Princess of Han, she couldn't hold it back and her eyes were filled with tears. Suddenly she remembered that it was a bit unlucky, so she quickly wiped away her tears and held back her tears and continued.

Princess Han stood up and pulled her in. "Good child, mother knows you must have been worried about me during this period."

"Mother, I cannot take care of you by your bedside. It is really..."

"Mother knows that you are a filial child."

"Fortunately, mother is getting better, and the prince will be back soon. Otherwise, I don't know how to explain to him."

"Everything is fine now, so let's not talk about it."

"Ah."

Concubine Guo also came over specially later, "Princess, you are finally recovered. I was worried about you during this period and couldn't eat well. Have you lost a lot of weight?"

"Really? I see that my sister looks good, but she seems to have lost a little weight. I'm afraid she's too tired from all the work in the mansion."

"What the princess said is true. I have never been in charge of this before, and I didn't know there were so many things. After trying for these days, I realized how difficult it was for the princess before. Now I heard that the princess has recovered. I dare not delay it at all and have sent these things back to you. This mansion will still be yours in the future." Concubine Guo was not stupid. The princess obviously wanted her to hand over power. Fortunately, she had already prepared for it.

"Sister, you have worked really hard these days." Princess Han winked and asked someone to put the things away.

"Then I won't disturb you to rest. I'll go back first."

"Okay, take care, sister."

"The Concubine was quite straightforward this time. She took it herself before you even asked. I couldn't believe it just now."

"Who said it wasn't? I didn't expect that she wouldn't go against me this time. It's a bit hard to get used to it." Princess Han picked up the account book and flipped through it.

Three days later, Mrs. Wang and Miss Wang were invited to the Prince of Han's Mansion.

"Madam and Miss, please wait here for a while. The princess will be here soon."

"Yes." Mrs. Wang sat down and dared not move.

Sure enough, after a while, I heard: The Princess has arrived.

Madam Wang and Wang Jundai quickly stood up and saluted: "Greetings, Her Majesty the Princess."

"No need to be so polite, Madam Wang, please get up quickly." The Princess of Han helped her sit down, and Madam Wang sat down flattered.

"I heard the other day that the princess was ill, and I thought..."

"Mrs. Lao was concerned about me, and I am all well now. Perhaps God also wanted to bring about this happy event, and I recovered a few days ago."

"Your Highness Princess is right." Mrs. Wang nodded.

"Look at me, I'm so busy talking about the estimate that I haven't asked anyone to call Zhanqi over. Go quickly and call the Second Prince over and tell him everything." The Princess of Han ordered.

"Perhaps the Second Prince was busy with something and forgot." Mrs. Wang tried to smooth things over.

"During this period, the Crown Prince is away, and the prince always arranges Zhanqi to go whenever there is something to do. He is indeed quite busy, please don't be offended, Madam." Princess Han still had to protect her son's face in front of others.

"It's a good thing that the Second Prince is young and promising." Mrs. Wang said with a smile.

As he was speaking, Zhu Zhanqi came over.

"Mother concubine."

"Come and meet Mrs. Wang, Miss Wang."

"Hello, Madam Wang, Miss Wang."

"We are here, and they are young and hard to talk to. Madam, I just got a few rolls of fine cloth yesterday, but I can't decide which one to make clothes. Madam, go with me to take a look."

"it is good."

After saying that, the two of them left, and the maids also stood quite far away.

Zhu Zhanqi knew that this was arranged by his mother on purpose, but he really didn't know how to start the conversation.

As for Wang Jundai, this was her second time coming to the Prince of Han's Mansion. Last time there were many people, but this time she was alone. To this day she still doesn't know why she was chosen, but now she no longer has the chance to think about it, and she can only accept it silently.

The two were silent for a while, and Wang Jundai didn't even look up at Zhu Zhanqi.

It was the first time that Zhu Zhanqi was ignored, and he felt a little uncomfortable, "Your handkerchief is so funny."

Wang Jundai stopped what she was doing in embarrassment. She just said this when she was nervous, "Your Highness, please forgive me. I didn't mean it. I was just nervous for a moment..." But she still said it with her head down.

"I am not a terrible beast, so why should you be so nervous?" Zhu Zhanqi saw that she finally spoke, "Do I look terrible? Miss Wang didn't even raise her head to look at me." Seeing that she didn't even raise her head, Zhu Zhanqi couldn't help but say.

"No, no, Your Highness has misunderstood. It was mother who said that we cannot look at Your Highness casually. It is against the rules." Wang Jundai raised her head and waved her hands repeatedly.

Only then did Zhu Zhanqi see Miss Wang's appearance clearly. The previous two times, the distance was too far and he couldn't see her clearly at all.