After admiring Lu Ruoyi's dark face for a while, Zhao Yuanqing said, "Sister-in-law, aren't you here to take a hot spring bath? Go quickly, or it will be dark soon."

Lu Ruoyi had lost interest long ago, and she didn't come here for herself at all. Because the Fourth Prince was in poor health, she wanted to take over the farm and then give it to the Fourth Prince. Now that it was occupied by Zhao Yuanqing, how could she let the Fourth Prince come?

Lu Ruoyi stood up and said, "Shanzhen, I'm a little tired today. Let's go to the bar another day. I'm leaving first."

She left the house with her two maids, got into the carriage and left.

Zhao Yuanqing stood at the window, staring at her back. She couldn't wait to find out how Lu Ruoyi and the Fourth Prince were involved with each other.

But progress on this issue was very slow. The people sent to Fanyang could not find anything, and the people who were stalking in the Eastern Palace could not find anything valuable. The only solution now was to start with the people around Lu Ruoyi.

Lu Ruoyi has two personal maids, both of whom were brought from her hometown in Fanyang and grew up with her. They must know about Lu Ruoyi. It would be great if we could catch one of them and ask her.

But how can I capture Lu Ruoyi's maid without attracting her attention?

Zhao Yuanqing raised this question, and Meng Jiu said, "That's easy. Just kidnap them directly, and they'll think they're missing."

"No, that would make too much noise. Lu Ruoyi will definitely track them down, and it would alert the enemy."

Wen Qian said, "Princess, when we were in the army, if a soldier fell ill, he would be ordered to rest in his tent and not allowed to come out. If he had a contagious disease, he would be thrown into a distant tent and never allowed to come out again. Someone would be assigned to guard him. No one outside would know whether he was dead or alive."

Zhao Yuanqing understood what she meant, "Let her maid be infected with the disease?"

"Yes, preferably one that's not highly contagious, but something the Crown Princess can't tolerate. It won't alarm the Crown Prince, and it can also keep the maids away."

"The best approach would be to start with the woman's appearance. Make Lu Ruoyi's maid have a bunch of bumps, or itchy skin, or have sores and pus oozing out. In short, the kind that would make the woman feel sick and scared."

"This is easy, Princess, please take a look."

Wen Qian returned to the house and took out a bottle. "This is a medicine I made. It's called Diandiandian. After using it, people will grow red bumps all over their face. It looks scary."

"Your name is quite descriptive."

Zhao Yuanqing wanted to take it and take a look, but Wen Qian took the bottle back and said, "Princess, don't touch it, or you'll get pimples all over your face."

Okay.

The medicine is available, but who will administer it?

If it were in the past, Zhao Yuanqing would still want to take it slow, but now she can’t wait any longer and goes straight for it!

She left Zhuangzi and found the queen. She asked her secret guard to take Diandian and sneak directly into the East Palace. She found Lu Ruoyi's two maids, Qingyin and Lianxin. In order to avoid suspicion, she only put the medicine on the pillow in Qingyin's room.

As for Lu Ruoyi, after she returned from Changsheng Manor, she didn't even go back to her room, but ran to the study to find Prince Zhao Xing.

"Your Highness, I have something to report."

"what's up?"

"I went to Changsheng Manor today. Guess what happened?"

The prince looked at her speechlessly, "Yier, I've been very busy lately, so can you please stop playing dumb with me?"

"Then I told you straight away, I went to Changsheng Manor to soak in the hot springs, and Shanzhen was there too. But when I asked, I found out that my mother had actually given Changsheng Manor to Shanzhen!"

The prince was speechless again. "That's it? Is such a small thing worth making such a fuss?"

"How can this be a trivial matter? Do you know how wonderful that manor is? It's the largest and best manor near the capital. And yet, Queen Mother gave it to Shanzhen. This is simply unbelievable!"

The Crown Prince felt something was amiss when he heard this, and his eyes grew fierce. "The Queen Mother can give her the manor to whomever she wants. Shanzhen is my sister, so what if I give her a mere manor?"

Lu Ruoyi wanted to say more, but the prince interrupted her, "That is my mother's dowry, not the royal ancestral property. You and I are not allowed to covet it. You are the crown princess, you should know these rules."

The prince called her Crown Princess instead of Yier, and it seemed that he was unhappy.

Lu Ruoyi fell silent, tears welling up in her eyes. As soon as she cried, the prince's heart softened.

"It's just a manor, what's there to think about? Can't I just go out and find a better one for you? When I reach that position one day, the whole world will be mine. By then, you can have any manor you want."

Lu Ruoyi was very flexible. She smiled and said, "Your Highness, I understand. I was distracted. You can do your work. I will take my leave now."

Without waiting for the prince to reply, she walked out with slumped shoulders, blocking the prince's words from coming out, making him feel really uncomfortable.

After leaving the house, Lu Ruoyi's face changed again, and he was filled with resentment. Wait for that day, wait for that day, I'll see if you have the life to reach that position!

The prince in the room no longer had the heart to work. He looked at Lu Ruoyi's receding back and thought gloomily:

This daughter from a small family is so superficial. She is so concerned about a mere farm. If she were a daughter from a wealthy family, her dowry would be so huge. How could she care about a farm? Alas, after all, they are not a good match.

The prince sighed and regretted again that he did not marry a woman with a strong background, and now he had to suffer such hardship.

But he didn't want to fall out with his wife. A stable marriage would convince people. If he couldn't even manage his family well, how could he manage the world? At least before he inherited that position, Lu Ruoyi couldn't make any mistakes.

Thinking of this, the prince ordered someone to take out a set of precious jewelry, a pile of clothes and ornaments from the warehouse and send them to Lu Ruoyi.

Lu Ruoyi readily accepted it, and the friction was over on the surface, but both sides had a knot in their hearts.

Lu Ruoyi was in a very bad mood, and the people who served her started to have bad luck. Her way of venting her anger was to ask the maids to copy the Book of Filial Piety. This way she could vent her anger and gain a good reputation if it was spread, killing two birds with one stone.

That day, Qingyin returned to her room in a depressed mood. Ever since she came back from Changsheng Manor, the Crown Princess had been in a bad mood. When she was in a bad mood, the servants started to have bad luck.

From yesterday to today, Qingyin copied the Book of Filial Piety for ten hours, and her fingers were all broken. Only then did Lu Ruoyi let her go and let her go back to her room to rest.

Qingyin had two big dark circles under her eyes. She opened the door, fell on the bed and fell asleep without washing her face or taking off her clothes.

When she was half asleep, Qingyin smelled the smell of feces. She wondered in her sleep, could it be that the toilet was not emptied? Why was there such a strong smell?

But she was soon dragged into a deep sleep again and fell into unconsciousness.

When Lianxin came to call her, Qingyin slowly woke up. As soon as she opened her eyes, she heard a scream, "Qingyin, what's wrong with your face?"

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