The Prince Consort's Beloved

Li Yuanrou took a deep breath, then held her breath and gulped down a bowl of pregnancy-preserving medicine that was so bitter that it reached her heart.

Daya hurriedly took the bowl with one hand and stuffed a candied fruit into Li Yuanrou's mouth with the other hand. The worry in her eyes turned into heartache. The princess was now willing to drink the thick and bitter medicine, just because the court doctor said that decoctions were better than pills.

She pinched another candied fruit and handed it to Li Yuanrou. Li Yuanrou put it in her mouth and ate it while looking at Qingzhou and asked, "Didn't they say that Prince Yun's Mansion invited many miracle doctors to come to the mansion? Why hasn't he woken up yet?"

Qing Zhou shook his head: "I don't know about that. The Prince Yun's Mansion has three layers inside and three layers outside. I can only explore from the outside. I can't find out the specific situation inside."

The main reason was that he didn't dare get too close. The Night Shadow Guards of Prince Yun's Mansion knew him. Although he ran fast, it was better to have less trouble than more. If a real fight broke out, he would have no chance of winning.

Li Yuanrou slapped the table and stood up, her expression firm: "Then I will go in and take a look myself."

Qing Zhou looked at her hesitantly: "Now? You want to go see King Yun?"

Li Yuanrou's tone left no room for doubt: "Yes."

Qingzhou lowered his eyes. He had realized over the past few days that Li Yuanrou hoped that Prince Yun would be alive. In fact, the resurrection medicine in Li Yuanrou's hand should be able to work, but that day when he brought the medicine back, Li Yuanrou was immersed in the pain of the price and only had Xiao Luobai in her mind. It was estimated that she didn't listen seriously to the matter of the medicine at all.

He selfishly thought that it would be best if Princess Shanyang didn't remember this. Prince Yun was the number one enemy of their Princess's Mansion, and it would be best if he died.

Qing Zhou's eyes dodged: "You guys go, I won't go with you. Our Princess Mansion and their Prince Yun Mansion are irreconcilable. Now I'm alone. If I go, I will be trapped..."

Li Yuanrou had forgotten about this. She thought for a moment and said, "Then you stay. Qingluan Daya and I will go over."

Qing Zhou hesitated and said in a somewhat awkward tone, "But my sister asked me to protect you. If you enter Prince Yun's Mansion in such a fragile state, what if... what if something happens, how will I explain to my sister?"

Li Yuanrou patted him on the shoulder and said, "The Prince Yun's Mansion is not a den of tigers and wolves for this princess. Nothing will happen to this princess."

Qingzhou paused for a moment and thought for a moment. He sighed in annoyance and said, "Forget it. I'll risk my life to accompany you. If anything happens on the way, you won't have anyone by your side."

Feeling that she was being implied, Qingluan raised her eyebrows: "You talk too much nonsense. If you're afraid, don't go."

Qingzhou straightened his spine and said, "Who's afraid?"

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The carriage stopped in front of Prince Yun's Mansion, and Li Yuanrou entered the mansion unimpeded. The butler came out to greet him personally with a bright smile. Beside him followed Ye Si, who had a cold face and looked like he had come specifically to pick up Li Yuanrou.

Ye Si glanced unkindly at Qing Zhou, who was pretending to be calm with his arms folded across from him, and snorted at Li Yuanrou in a proud and coquettish manner: "You still have some conscience, knowing to come and see your father."

Li Yuanrou frowned: "Don't call him your father, it sounds so awkward. Besides, I came here mainly to take two jars of plum wine back and visit him by the way."

She emphasized the word "by the way".

Ye Si showed a look of contempt, obviously not believing her words.

He glanced at her stomach unintentionally, and asked in a subtle questioning tone: "You can still drink like this?"

Li Yuanrou straightened her thin body in a pretentious manner, trying to make herself look confident: "Is it okay if I don't drink it but smell it?"

Ye Si sneered.

Butler Zhao nudged Ye Si with his elbow as a warning, then pushed him aside and said to Li Yuanrou with a smile, "Okay, okay, why not? Princess, whatever you want is fine..."

Butler Zhao glanced at Ye Si with a hint of meaning: "I'll see who dares to disrespect the princess. If I find out, I'll report it to the prince and make him pay for it!"

Li Yuanrou nodded with satisfaction, as if her heart was relieved. This housekeeper Zhao has a promising future and is very good at speaking.

Butler Zhao's eyes returned to Li Yuanrou and he smiled flatteringly, "Don't even mention smelling it. It would be good if the princess could just take two jars back to remind herself of the past. Take two more jars. The plum wine was specially prepared by the prince for the princess. When the princess sees the wine in the future, she will think of our prince..."

Li Yuanrou's expression gradually became embarrassed.

Ye Si glanced at Butler Zhao and said unhappily, "Old Zhao, when will you change your flattering habit?"

Butler Zhao frowned: "What flattery! Watch your words. Ye Si, don't blame me for not reminding you, Princess..."

He suddenly stopped talking, trotted over to Ye Si and whispered in a voice that only the two of them could hear: "Princess is also half the master of our Yun Palace. If you continue to be so rude, the prince will definitely beat you up if he finds out. The prince was the first one to use the knife on you the other day. Haven't you been taught a lesson by the prince enough?"

After he finished speaking, he glanced at Li Yuanrou with sly eyes. Li Yuanrou tilted her head slightly, obviously wanting to eavesdrop, but Butler Zhao's voice was so soft that she couldn't hear it. Qingluan Qingzhou and the other two were farther away in the back, so they definitely couldn't hear it either.

Butler Zhao carefully pulled Ye Si to the front, and the two of them started to communicate in whispers.

Li Yuanrou saw housekeeper Zhao's mouth opening and closing incessantly, while Ye Si listened attentively while glancing at her vigilantly out of the corner of his eye, and glared at her fiercely in the middle.

The two talked for a while, Ye Si nodded solemnly and then ran away.

Butler Zhao led Li Yuanrou and his party into the courtyard and smiled flatteringly: "The prince is in the room, and he hasn't woken up yet. Princess can go in and visit him alone. I will go and prepare plum wine for the princess."

After he finished speaking, he retreated respectfully.

Ye Si came out of the house, coughed lightly with an unnatural expression, and said, "Go in."

Li Yuanrou looked at him suspiciously. Before he entered the house, he saw Ye San and Ye Liu walking out of the house. The two looked at Qingzhou and Qingluan, and then looked at each other tacitly, and attacked Qingzhou together.