With the diagnosis result from Imperial Physician Liu, in the letter that the Princess of Jingning sent to the Yin family, it was clearly stated that the Fourth Prince had been fed the "Poison of the Mad Imbecile".
Upon learning that the Princess of Jingning had summoned him just for this, Imperial Physician Liu was quite "heart - broken". He pretended to be sad and clasped his hands: "You actually used me. You've betrayed our friendship over the years..."
"Baozhu got an extra box of pastries yesterday. Do you know what's going on?"
The Princess of Jingning asked casually, which successfully made Imperial Physician Liu feel guilty.
In order to cover up the fact that he had secretly bought the pastries, Imperial Physician Liu deliberately brought up another matter: "I tested the poison on those four people. The poison wasn't very successful."
"The effect was probably in line with your requirements, but it wasn't discreet. It was easy to find traces."
Imperial Physician Liu placed two packets of medicinal powder on the table: "A qualified poison should be colorless and odorless. Unfortunately, these two packets of poison have obvious colors and smells."
This poison was specially made for Shen Yunfeng, and there couldn't be the slightest mistake.
After much thought, the Princess of Jingning asked Imperial Physician Liu to send over the formulas he had studied these days. She decided to make the poison herself.
"Alright. It'll save me some trouble. By the way, have you mentioned me to the Prince of Rui?" Just as Imperial Physician Liu was walking out of the door with his medicine chest, he remembered something and turned back.
When Imperial Physician Liu was on duty in the Imperial Hospital today, the Prince of Rui suddenly came to look for him: "The Prince of Rui specifically asked for me. He said he had an old acquaintance with my master and asked me to help him find a scar - removing plaster."
"Only you and my master know that I fled from the sect and came to the capital to be an imperial physician."
Imperial Physician Liu was originally a disciple of a famous doctor. Although it was said that he had violated the sect's rules and fled to the capital privately, that was just the official version. In fact, the famous doctor had asked Imperial Physician Liu to come to the capital to seek refuge with his junior - sister, who was the Princess of Jingning.
Over the years, Imperial Physician Liu had been corresponding with his sect. If the Prince of Rui really knew the famous doctor, he had to help.
The Princess of Jingning remembered that Shen Baozhu had once had a very effective scar - removing plaster, so she asked Imperial Physician Liu to go to Shen Baozhu.
Based on his understanding of the Princess of Jingning, Imperial Physician Liu began to make a bold guess: "Why do you want me to go to Baozhu? Could it be that she has inherited your talent and can make medicine at such a young age?"
This bold guess was despised by the Princess of Jingning.
Afraid of being scolded, Imperial Physician Liu carried his medicine chest and turned towards the inner courtyard to ask Shen Baozhu for help.
When Shen Baozhu learned that Imperial Physician Liu had come for the scar - removing plaster, since there were still some unused plasters left from the previous batch, Lin Yu simply gave them all.
Shen Baozhu had seven or eight porcelain bottles in her arms, each as big as a fist. She stuffed them all into Imperial Physician Liu's arms generously: "All for Uncle Liu!"
Imperial Physician Liu looked at Shen Baozhu in shock and then at the porcelain bottles in his arms: "Baozhu, I seem to see... these porcelain bottles just appeared out of thin air."
Shen Baozhu didn't quite understand what was so strange about this: "Yes. This plaster is very useful. Sister Ruxia's burn was treated with this."
"No, I mean these porcelain bottles just appeared out of thin air, out of thin air!" Imperial Physician Liu thought Shen Baozhu must not have heard him clearly, so he repeated it twice.
Yan Mingli leaned over, his tone calm: "Yes, out of thin air. Baozhu, the Fourth Prince has finished embroidering the flower, and it's even more beautiful than Qiuqiu's..."
"You don't have to mention the second part!" Qiuqiu interrupted Yan Mingli, "Baozhu, it's your turn to teach the Fourth Prince to practice calligraphy. I will never teach him to embroider again!"
Imperial Physician Liu looked at the people present. They were all very calm, which made him seem stupid. Could it be that things appearing out of thin air was a normal thing?
With full of doubts, Imperial Physician Liu left the Princess's Mansion. Shen Baozhu had given him eight bottles of plaster in total. He sent three of them to the Prince of Rui's Mansion.
After receiving the plaster, the Prince of Rui ordered someone to send one bottle to the Yan Mansion at full speed. The other two bottles of plaster, along with some rare medicinal materials, were sent back to the Princess's Mansion.
When Yan Mingli received the things from the Prince of Rui, he was a little surprised: "The old man sent something. Is it for Baozhu to recover from her injury? Baozhu, recover from injury?"
Yan Mingli looked around. At this moment, Shen Baozhu had the aura of Shen Heqing. She was not only teaching the Fourth Prince to recognize characters but also dragging Qiuqiu to practice calligraphy. Chen Miaochun had already hidden in the room, afraid that Shen Baozhu would also drag her to practice calligraphy.
Looking from above, below, left, and right... Yan Mingli only saw the shadows of Shen Heqing and Shen Haiyan on Shen Baozhu. He couldn't see any sign of injury on her.
It was Chen Ruxia who woke Yan Mingli up: "Maybe the news that Baozhu was injured by the Crown Prince has spread. Lord Yin came yesterday. I heard that the Emperor even bestowed some things on the Shen family."
Yan Mingli understood. It should be that the old man had heard the rumors outside and was worried about Baozhu's injury, so he had sent these things. Admittedly, the old man was quite caring. There were even ginseng whiskers, but he was just too stingy. He didn't send a whole ginseng root...
...
Early the next morning.
Shen Baozhu and Qiuqiu walked hand in hand to have breakfast and found that the Fourth Prince was already sitting at the table.
Lin Yu: [Doesn't the Fourth Prince look a bit strange?]
Bai Zhi served food to the three young masters one by one. When it was the Fourth Prince's turn, it was a bowl of light and nourishing bird's nest porridge.
The separate bowl of bird's nest porridge caught the attention of Shen Baozhu and Qiuqiu. Qiuqiu thought the bird's nest porridge tasted better and wanted to have some too.
Qiuqiu whispered her wish, and Bai Zhi served her a bowl, explaining: "The Fourth Prince had diarrhea and vomiting for a long time last night. Imperial Physician Liu was invited to see him at night. He said that the Fourth Prince hadn't eaten for a long time and ate too much yesterday."
"So the Princess ordered the small kitchen to make the bird's nest porridge overnight to nourish the Fourth Prince's body."
Bai Zhi also wanted to serve a bowl to Shen Baozhu, but Shen Baozhu refused. She liked today's breakfast. If she ate the bird's nest porridge, there wouldn't be room in her stomach for other delicious food.
When they were halfway through breakfast, Yan Mingli walked in wearing red clothes and gently waving a folding fan.
He tapped Shen Baozhu and Qiuqiu's heads with the folding fan: "You two eat faster. The old man sent some things to Baozhu yesterday. Today I'll take Baozhu there to thank the old man. I'll also pick out two nice sets of clothes for Qiuqiu."
Qiuqiu was still a bit unfamiliar with Yan Mingli and said shyly: "I don't want new clothes. I want to wear the same clothes as Baozhu."
"That's easy. I'll buy two more sets for Baozhu..." Yan Mingli stopped halfway through. He felt something was wrong. There were three children in total. Buying things for two of them and leaving one out wasn't good. He looked at the Fourth Prince, "Your Highness the Fourth Prince, this clothes you're wearing is the old clothes of Baozhu's third brother. Do you want to buy a few new sets?"
The Fourth Prince said nothing and just kept drinking the porridge.
Yan Mingli didn't dare to ask again. He just assumed that the Fourth Prince had rejected him. He sat down next to Shen Baozhu and waited for Shen Baozhu and Qiuqiu to finish breakfast.
As soon as Qiuqiu finished drinking the bird's nest porridge, Shen Baozhu gave her the shrimp dumplings from her bowl: "These are delicious. Try them, Qiuqiu."
Bai Zhi remembered that the small kitchen had made an extra basket of shrimp dumplings today. Seeing that Qiuqiu liked the bird's nest porridge and the shrimp dumplings, she took the maids to the kitchen to get some more.
Before leaving, Bai Zhi told Yan Mingli to take good care of the Fourth Prince.
But Yan Mingli had no experience. Soon, the Fourth Prince ate too much and vomited.
Despite the discomfort, the Fourth Prince desperately grabbed the food on the table and stuffed it into his mouth. He ate and vomited, vomited and ate. Yan Mingli stepped forward to hold his hand, but was bitten by the Fourth Prince.
His crazy appearance made Qiuqiu shiver all over. Thinking of the day when the Chen family was burned down, her expression became terrified.
Yan Mingli couldn't control the Fourth Prince, nor could he comfort Qiuqiu. Instead, he was exhausted.
Finally, it was Shen Baozhu who hugged Qiuqiu and gently comforted her, stabilizing Qiuqiu's emotions. With the help of the Treasure - Hunting Mouse and the Little Phoenix, Yan Mingli successfully controlled the Fourth Prince.
Yan Mingli collapsed on the chair, exhausted and helpless: "Your Highness the Fourth Prince, stop eating when you're full. Why do you keep stuffing food into your mouth?"
Qiuqiu's emotions had calmed down a lot. She hugged Shen Baozhu's arm and whispered: "The Fourth Prince is just like Sister Miaochun. When Sister Miaochun first came home, she was like this too.
"She clearly was full, but still stuffed food into her mouth. Even when she vomited, she didn't want to eat less."
"My mother said that Sister Miaochun was starved when she was a child and was afraid of hunger."
Yan Mingli first had an epiphany, and then his heart seemed to be pricked by a needle. So Miaochun had also suffered like this.