If not abolished

Chapter 147 Drugging

Concubine Guo kept looking at her sister's back as she left, until she could no longer see her sister, then she turned around and went back dejectedly.

"What's wrong with mother?" Zhu Zhanjie asked when he felt that Concubine Guo seemed to be in pain.

"It's okay, it's just that your aunt has gone back, and mother is a little reluctant to let her go."

"Will my aunt enter the palace in the future?" Zhu Zhankai raised his head and asked naively.

"Maybe there will still be a chance, or maybe there will be no chance to meet here." Concubine Guo said, touching her son's head.

"Then don't be sad, mother. Your son will always be with you."

"Yes, okay." Concubine Guo naturally would not tell him at such a young age that he would have to leave the palace and go to his fiefdom in the future.

That night, the Crown Prince was at the Crown Princess's place. Zhu Gaochi clearly felt that the Crown Princess was in a trance. Later, he couldn't help asking, "What happened today? You were in a trance several times?"

The Crown Princess came back to her senses and said, "Your Highness, please forgive me. I learned about the news that Princess Han was seriously ill when I was paying my respects to the Imperial Concubine today. I thought about it for a while."

"The Princess of Han is the only one in the capital right now. Now that she's sick, don't you have someone to talk to?"

"Not really. Although the Princess of Han was ill and didn't come today, she sent Concubine Guo here. She even came specially to pay her respects to me." The Crown Princess said unobtrusively.

"Concubine Guo..." The prince couldn't remember this person for a moment.

"It's not Your Highness's fault for not remembering her. To be honest, I haven't seen her many times. She is the younger sister of Concubine Guo in our palace. The two sisters should have a good relationship. When I came to pay my respects today, I specially asked to go and see Sister Guo. I thought that I could see my family often, but Sister Guo didn't have so many opportunities. This time it wasn't easy for a family member to come, so I let her go. What do you think, Your Highness?" Finally, the Crown Princess asked the Crown Prince's opinion. If the Crown Prince felt it was inappropriate, she would not agree next time.

The prince thought for a while before saying, "You decide on this matter."

"Yes." The Crown Princess agreed.

After both of them were settled, the prince suddenly asked, "Did the concubine and her sister meet for a long time today?"

The Crown Princess suddenly opened her closed eyes. "Maybe the two sisters had a lot to talk about, so they had lunch together before leaving the palace. Why did Your Highness suddenly ask this?"

"It's nothing, go to sleep." Zhu Gaochi patted her arm and said.

For several days in a row, Zhu Gaochi did not set foot in Concubine Guo's palace. For a moment, Concubine Guo did not know what she had done to suddenly fall out of favor.

Zhu Gaochi didn’t know whether the Guo sisters had communicated with each other, but he had to be on guard.

When Concubine Guo returned to the Prince of Han's palace, she was summoned by the Prince of Han.

"See you, Your Majesty."

Zhu Gaoxu asked everyone to leave and asked, "How about entering the palace today?"

"Your Highness, you don't know that those people ignored me. It's obvious that they don't take you seriously." Concubine Guo immediately began to complain.

"It's not normal to ignore you. You are just a concubine. I can't help you with this. Besides, I told you that you didn't have to go, but you insisted on going. Now you are wronged. Who can you blame?"

"My Lord, how can you say that?"

"Okay, how's the task I asked you to do going?" Zhu Gaoxu asked directly without saying too much to her.

Concubine Guo immediately stopped acting coquettishly and said, "I really did see my sister as you taught me, but I didn't dare to do it too obviously. However, I still got a..." Concubine Guo recounted her conversation with her sister.

"You could also learn from your sister's behavior and help me win over your family's children," Zhu Gaoxu said after listening.

"Of course I can, but I don't know if what I say will work..." After all, she doesn't have the ability like her sister.

"Never mind all that, just go and give it a try."

"it is good."

"I don't know when the princess will recover from her illness. You will have to take care of the affairs in the mansion. Please bear with me."

"What are you talking about, my lord? I am not suffering at all."

"Is this the medicine for the princess?" Concubine Guo suddenly came to the small kitchen where the medicine was being boiled and asked.

"To answer Madam Concubine Shu, this is Madam Sun's tonic, and this is Madam Princess Wang's decoction."

"Oh, then you guys should be careful not to make any mistakes?" Concubine Guo said while covering her nose with a handkerchief.

"Don't worry, Madam Concubine. We will be extremely careful."

Concubine Guo gave a few instructions and then left. After they left, the servants said, "Now that the princess is seriously ill, this concubine is shaking and has to ask about all the big and small things in the mansion."

"That's right. If it were any other time, when the concubine came here, I would be afraid that she would come to poison me."

"Don't say that casually, this..."

"Aren't you all too idle? You even have time to sit here and arrange things for your master. Why don't you get back to work?" The manager stopped them immediately when he saw that they were getting more and more outrageous.

"Got it." Several people immediately went to work.

"Empress Concubine, please walk slower. If you walk so fast, won't it make people more suspicious?" said the personal maid, holding her elbow.

After she came out of the kitchenette, she nervously quickened her pace. "You're right," she took a few deep breaths and calmed her heartbeat a little. After all, it was her first time doing this and she was still scared. "Don't be nervous, don't be nervous." She kept comforting herself.

"Would your Majesty like to sit down and have a rest?" the maid suggested.

"Okay, let's go sit in the pavilion over there." With that, the two of them walked over.

"My Lady Concubine, will anyone find out if we do this?" The maid was also a little frightened.

"I'm not poisoning her. I'm just making her weaker and weaker so that she won't recover in a while. This way, the prince will let me manage the mansion forever." Concubine Guo was not that brave. After thinking about it, she didn't dare to kill anyone.

"So that's how it is. I thought so?"

"Do you think I'm stupid? If I poisoned the princess and went there in person, wouldn't that be a clear confession? And if anything happens to the princess, it will be my business." Concubine Guo rolled her eyes as she spoke.

"The Concubine is still smart."

"Miss, this is the princess's medicine." The people in the small kitchen were only responsible for delivering the medicine to the outside of the yard, and the maid inside would bring it in.

"I'll take it to the princess right away." The maid took it and turned to go inside.

I walked to the door, knocked, and waited for a sound from inside before pushing the door open.

The Princess of Han was not sick at all. The medicine was just to cover up the truth. So although the medicine was brought to the room every day, it was poured out and the Princess of Han did not drink a single sip.

However, because the princess's health had not improved, Concubine Guo thought that she had successfully drugged her. As for the drug, since the Princess Han did not drink it, it was just a waste of time.

Time passed day by day, and the Princess of Han saw that the time was almost up, so she asked her maid to tell the person guarding outside the door that she wanted to see the King of Han.

"Brother, please help and pass on the princess's message. As for whether the prince will come or not, it is up to the prince."

"Well, the steward has ordered that no one is allowed to see the princess." said the guard.

"Brother Guard, you are wrong. Think about it, who gave the order? It was the prince, right? Now it is the princess who wants to see the prince, not someone else. Besides, I just asked you to pass on a message. All the decisions lie with the prince. What do you think? No matter what the outcome of this matter is, it will not be blamed on you." The maid explained to him.

The guard thought it made sense and went to pass on a message to the King of Han.

"The princess said she wanted to see me." Zhu Gaoxu couldn't believe it when he heard it, thinking he had heard it wrong.

"To answer your question, Your Highness, the maidservant beside the princess said that the princess wanted to see Your Highness, as if she had something to say."

"I understand. You go back first." Zhu Gaoxu nodded to indicate that he understood, but did not say whether he would go or not.

The guard had no choice but to go back, thinking that fortunately the princess did not ask to confirm whether the prince would go or not, and he was only responsible for passing on the message.

Zhu Gaoxu thought for a long time but didn't know what the princess wanted to talk to him about. Could it be that the princess had thought it through and changed her mind after these days? It's not impossible. People go up and water flows down. It's not impossible for the princess to have thought it through. The more he thought about it, the more he felt that his guess was right. If that's the case, then he should forgive the princess's previous mistakes. After all, she is his first wife. She must have heard those things and was scared and did that in a hurry. She still needs to come back to manage the family. It's always inappropriate for a concubine to manage it. Besides, Guo is too petty and incompetent. The princess is better. While thinking about it, Zhu Gaoxu has already walked towards the main courtyard.

The guards hadn't reacted when they saw Zhu Gaoxu coming.

"Open the door, what are you standing there for?" Zhu Gaoxu said impatiently when he saw that he didn't open the door for a long time.

"Yes, yes." The guard quickly opened the door.

The Princess of Han heard the noise inside, and the corners of her mouth curled up, thinking, they're finally here.

"Princess, the prince is really here!" The maid was also surprised.

"I heard it." Princess Han said as she watched Zhu Gaoxu walk in from the door getting closer and closer.

"See you, Your Majesty."

"No need to be so polite." Zhu Gaoxu even came over to help her, then said, "You've lost weight."

"Your Highness told others that I was seriously ill, so it is normal for me to lose weight. Otherwise, it would arouse suspicion." Princess Han said calmly.

Zhu Gaoxu also knew that he treated her like this, so she was naturally angry, so he didn't bother with her, "You know that I had no choice but to..." He was halfway through his words when he realized that there were still people waiting on the side, "You all go down."

"Slaves, please leave."

After everyone left, Zhu Gaoxu continued, "I know that the princess is still angry with me. That's why I came here as soon as you sent someone to pass on the message."

"That's right, Your Highness. Thank you very much for coming to see me." Princess Han bowed and said.

"We don't need to be so formal as husband and wife. What is the reason you specially asked me to come here?"

"Your Highness, what do you think of what I am talking about?" asked the Princess of Han.

"Of course the princess has figured it out and wants to help me achieve my goal." Zhu Gaoxu said excitedly.