The prince took some time to go to the back mountain and hunted a pheasant for He Shulan to nourish her body.

He Shulan looked at the chicken soup in the bowl and was deeply moved.

Chun Xia, who was sitting next to him, teased, "You and the prince are getting along better and better."

"good."

Chun Xia came close to He Shulan and said, "I noticed that you and the prince slept in the same room these days. Will you two sleep in separate rooms in the future?"

He Shulan was stunned: "I don't know."

"Don't lie to me." Chun Xia not only wanted to know out of curiosity, but was also worried about the Princess.

The two have been married for such a long time, but the prince has never been to the princess's room.

As a result, the Princess had no chance to get pregnant. As time went on, the noble ladies in the capital began to discuss the matter.

Now their relationship is getting better and better, and it is only a matter of time before they get pregnant.

He Shulan replied: "I didn't lie to you. The matter between me and the prince will take its course."

Chunxia did not ask any further questions. As time passed, the number of infected patients neither increased nor decreased.

Thanks to the efforts of the imperial physician, an antidote was finally found and the patient's body gradually recovered.

This made the prince very happy.

Half a month later, the people in the capital had all recovered. They knelt on the ground and kowtowed to thank the prince, the imperial physician, and the medicine boy who had taken care of them day and night.

“You are our living parents.”

“Without you, we might have gone and never seen our loved ones back home again.”

The prince felt relieved. At this moment, fame and wealth were not important to her: "This is what we should do. If we don't cure you, the whole capital will suffer."

Watching the people leave, the prince ordered the soldiers to clean the temple.

When he was about to take He Shulan back to the capital, he was stopped by the imperial physician: "This epidemic came too suddenly, it seems to be man-made."

"Why do you say that?" The prince had never thought about this before, and he did not believe that such a thing could be man-made.

"Although I don't know what infectious disease this is, it's not something we have in our country. The source of the disease is on the grasslands. There are herds of cattle and horses on the grasslands, so it's inevitable that they will get sick."

The prince asked in confusion: "How do you know? You have probably never been to the grassland."

The imperial physician continued to answer: "I have never been to the grassland, but it is recorded in medical books."

As he spoke, he took out a herb and said, "This herb is the one that can cure the people's diseases. When the cattle and sheep are sick, they will go out to find herbs to eat. This is what they eat."

"I definitely believe what you said, but there is no evidence, and we can't find out who did it. We can only discuss it here." The prince said truthfully.

The imperial physician knew that this epidemic came too suddenly and caught everyone off guard: "I am reminding you to have the soldiers pay attention to strangers coming to the capital."

The prince nodded to indicate that he understood, and he took He Shulan back to the prince's mansion.

The two slept for two days and two nights before getting up.

He Shulan went to accompany the old lady.

When the old lady learned that He Shulan had been with the prince these days, she couldn't help but feel happy: "If she can stay with the prince and have two or three more children, I will be completely relieved."

He Shulan did not respond. Her relationship with the prince had become a little warmer, but it was not yet at the point of having a baby.

The prince led his guards to the streets, hoping to find the culprit who had caused the infectious disease to spread to the people of the capital.

……

The infectious disease was brought under control, the health of the people in the capital recovered, and the streets returned to their former prosperity.

Bai Lian, who had been cooped up in the mansion for a long time, planned to go out for a walk. She accidentally bought some rare cloth in the cloth pavilion.

The cloth is woven from silk spun by silkworms from the Western Regions. It keeps you warm in winter and cool in summer.

She planned to give one to He Shulan, even though He Shulan bought her and gave her to He's father as a concubine.

She could indeed be considered her savior. Without He Shulan, she would not have been able to escape from the sea of ​​suffering and live a life of being served by maids. "I'll go to the Prince's Mansion this afternoon. You guys go and get ready to buy a car."

The maid received the order and immediately went out to make arrangements.

At this time, there was a faint shouting coming from the window. Bai Lian frowned and said, "Recently, Chen Lerong's madness has been quite severe. You can hear it here."

The maid standing outside the door came in hurriedly: "During this period, the lady's madness has indeed been quite severe. Fortunately, she was locked up in the backyard, otherwise everyone would have a hard time."

Bai Lian's face was full of impatience. She really wanted to send Chen Lerong out of the house. She didn't want to live under the same roof with a lunatic every day.

But we have to accept reality.

After lunch, Bai Lian carried the child out of the house and got on a carriage to the Prince's Mansion.

……

The cook in the mansion brought the prepared meal to the backyard, opened the door, and placed the bowl on the ground.

The crazy Chen Lerong saw the gate of the courtyard was opened and ran out desperately.

The cook grabbed her. She had been doing rough work in the kitchen for many years and had plenty of strength. “Madam, you can’t run around.”

Chen Lerong, who had gone crazy, didn't understand at all. She kept struggling, trying to run out to see the lotus flowers by the lake.

The cook still had to go to work and had no time to waste here. She pushed Chen Lerong into the yard and turned to leave.

She left in such a hurry that the gate was not locked tightly and was opened by Chen Lerong.

Chen Lerong ran around the mansion and was even more excited when she saw the lotus flowers by the lake.

I ran to the lake, jumped around, and reached out to pick the lotus flowers on the shore, but my hands were out of reach.

She jumped into the lake to pick them, and saw that the lotus flowers in the middle of the lake were blooming more vigorously, so she walked towards the middle of the lake.

The lake water became deeper and deeper, gradually covering her head. The drowned Chen Lerong kept struggling.

Her figure gradually sank to the bottom of the lake. It was lunch time and the servants in the mansion were away, so no one went down to save her.

……

For several days in a row, the servants in the mansion, as well as Bai Lian, did not notice anything unusual in the mansion.

It was not until more than ten days later that Chen Lerong's body was found floating on the lake and was seen by servants in the mansion.

Trembling with fear, he found He's father and Bai Lian who were having dinner and said, "Master, something terrible has happened. Madam has drowned in the lake."

"When did it happen?" He's father asked angrily.

"I don't know either. I just passed by the garden and saw a body floating on the lake. The clothes it was wearing belonged to the lady. I hurried over to report it."

At this moment, He's father's legs were weak, and he said in a trembling voice: "Hurry over and take a look."

Bai Lian put down the chopsticks in his hand and hurried to follow.

The lakeside was full of servants, and when they saw He's father approaching, they made way for him.

Although the body floating in the lake was soaked beyond recognition, it was still vaguely recognizable as Chen Lerong.

Father He's eyes went dark and he almost fainted: "Hurry up and salvage the body."

After receiving the order from He's father, the servants at the lakeside jumped into the lake and carried up the floating corpse.

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