Dugu Jingyao is reborn as Li Chu's beloved

Chapter 497 Li Dan, Murong and Lin Zhi meet

Chapter 497 Li Dan, Murong and Lin Zhi meet

Sure enough, the next morning, Shen Zhenzhu received a reply from the Empress. The letter, in elegant handwriting, read: "Let her rest assured and recuperate, and take good care of her pregnancy. The succession of the Yunnan Palace's bloodline depends entirely on her." Seeing this, Shen Zhenzhu felt a sense of relief, and at the same time, a sense of peace of mind. Now, as long as Dugu Jingyao followed her plan, they could avoid this banquet.

As expected, except for a few people who knew the inside story, no one else expected that just before the banquet, the Chu Palace under the cover of night would suddenly fall into chaos.

It turned out that Dugu Jingyao had taken the medicine given by Murong Linzhi as previously agreed, and suddenly developed a high fever without any warning. This sudden change threw the entire Chu Palace into chaos, and everyone was panicked and frantic.

Meanwhile, the two little ones, Li Shi and Li Ying, who were soundly sleeping, seemed to be awakened by the commotion in the mansion, or perhaps they were keenly aware of their mother's illness, and they burst into tears at the same time. In an instant, the previously peaceful and tranquil Wangyue Pavilion was filled with Li Chu's cries, the children's cries, and the servants' busy figures. It was a very lively place!

This naturally startled Cui Caiping, and she couldn't help but yell, "Mo Xin! What's going on? Why is it so noisy outside?"

Mo Xin hurried into the room and replied, "Madam, I have already sent someone to investigate. They will probably be back soon."

Cui Caiping rubbed his temple and said, "I understand. Go check on Yun'er."

Mo Xin was just about to bow and leave when Lian Xin entered the room and said, "Madam, this servant has already gone to see the county lady. She might have been woken up just now, but fortunately the wet nurse is very good at soothing children, and she fell asleep after a while."

Cui Caiping finally felt relieved and said, "Well, give the wet nurse some money as a reward later."

Lian Xin bowed respectfully and said, "Yes, Madam."

At this moment, the maid who had been sent to gather information also returned. However, the second-class maid of Linglong Pavilion would not let her into the inner room, so she told Mo Xin what she had learned. Mo Xin asked her to go back first, and then went into the house and said, "Madam, there's a commotion in Wangyue Pavilion. I heard that the princess suddenly had a high fever and fell unconscious, so there's a commotion."

Cui Caiping frowned. She originally wanted to go over and take a look, but then she thought that since she hadn't finished her confinement yet, she decided to forget it. She just asked Lianxin to go to the door of Wangyuexuan on her behalf to check the situation. If it was not necessary, she would not go in and cause trouble.

Lianxin agreed and turned to leave Linglong Pavilion.

Li Wanqing and Zheng Wan also sent people to inquire. After hearing that Dugu Jingyao was sick, they put on their clothes and ran over to see what was going on.

This time is different from the last time. Last time when Dugu Jingyao gave birth, Li Chu sent them all back because there was no point in staying in Wangyuexuan.

But this time it was Dugu Jingyao who was sick. Logically speaking, as concubines, they should have taken care of her, but considering that it was night, he would come to watch over her tonight, and the two of them would take turns to take care of her during the day tomorrow.

It was to the point where she needed to be attended to. Moreover, seeing everyone in the yard busying about, not only was the doctor from the Guang Mansion present, but Murong Linzhi was also invited over. Li Wanqing and Zheng Wan naturally realized that Dugu Jingyao was probably seriously ill this time.

However, both of them could see Li Chu's anxiety, so they didn't do anything to intervene. After paying their respects, they returned to their respective courtyards to rest.

Zheng Wan naturally obeyed Li Chu's orders, so she went back and fell asleep immediately, wanting to get enough rest so that she could take care of the patient.

But Li Wanqing felt something was amiss. The weather hadn't been hot and cold lately, so why had she suddenly developed a high fever? Could this be a plot by Li Chu and Dugu Jingyao? But what exactly was this plot for? After pondering for a while, she felt a bit sleepy and decided to go to sleep first.

Of course, everyone in Wangyuexuan had been tossing and turning all night without much sleep, and it was almost dawn when Dugu Jingyao's fever finally subsided. However, after Li Chu left the court, he also naturally declined the chrysanthemum viewing banquet on Dugu Jingyao's behalf.

The Queen felt a little sorry when she heard this, and she specifically warned Li Chu: "Chu'er, Jingyao has always been strong. It must be because you didn't take good care of her that Jingyao got sick! You must take good care of Jingyao!"

Li Chu had no other choice but to follow the Queen's words and said, "Mother, I understand. I will work harder to take good care of Jingyao, Shi'er, and Ying'er in the future."

The Queen then nodded slightly and said, "Well, when you're done, go back and get some rest. I guess you didn't get much sleep last night."

Li Chu stood up and saluted, saying, "Yes, mother, I will take my leave now."

In this way, Dugu Jingyao and Shen Zhenzhu both avoided the chrysanthemum viewing banquet.

However, it was just as Dugu Jingyao guessed. Gu Shiyi originally wanted to have a miscarriage at the chrysanthemum viewing banquet and then frame the Chu Palace for it. Unfortunately, not a single female member of the Chu Palace came. Even the female members of the Yunnan Palace, which were related to the Chu Palace, did not come, so her plan failed.

But Gu Shiyi was already over five months pregnant. If she had miscarried when she was pregnant, it would have been a double loss. Since that wasn't an option, she had no choice but to take the risk and tamper with the baby during the final delivery. But that was a story for another time.

Regardless of anything else, at least this chrysanthemum viewing banquet was very successful. What's more, Murong Linzhi was also invited to the chrysanthemum viewing banquet, but Dugu Jingyao and Shen Zhenzhu did not come. She was not familiar with those noble ladies, and finally chose to go to a relatively remote corner to appreciate the flowers alone.

Murong Linzhi felt that he had received enough rewards and was about to go back when he turned around and ran into Li Neng who was talking to the guards.

The two accidentally bumped into each other, and Li Neng subconsciously grabbed Murong Linzhi with his hand, and Murong Linzhi fell into Li Neng's arms.

Just at this moment, a gust of wind blew and some petals of the chrysanthemums were blown up. For a moment, the atmosphere was very romantic. Li Neng also looked at Murong Linzhi in his arms, and was a little dazed.

However, Murong Linzhi realized something was wrong, so she quickly broke free from Li Neng's arms. She had met Li Neng before, so she saluted and said, "This humble servant pays respects to His Royal Highness Prince Jianning. I just bumped into His Royal Highness, please forgive me."

Li Neng came back to his senses and said, "It's okay, it's okay, you get up first." Murong Linzhi then stood up.

Before Li Neng could say anything else, Murong Linzhi said, "Your Highness, my mother just sent someone to look for me. I will take my leave now."

Li Neng just said "Oh". He just wanted to ask Murong Linzhi's name, but found that Murong Linzhi had disappeared.

Li Neng ordered his guards, "Send someone to investigate this woman's background."

The guard agreed, and the two of them chose to take a detour to avoid meeting any other woman.