Don't be tempted, sir

Shen Yining seemed to have returned to the time when Shen Changqing had just left. Qizhu came over with a bunch of things today, and she could hear her cheerful voice before she even entered the door. "Yining, I got some fabric today, what are you doing?"

No one came back from the room. Qizhu walked closer and saw Shen Yining seemed to be asleep. Qizhu slowed down and walked out. She went to the garden to feed the fish by the pond, picked peach blossoms, watched the artist trim the tree shape, and finally got bored, so she went to find her sister-in-law to learn how to sew pillows.

After spending a long time with my sister-in-law, it was almost time for dinner, so I decided to go check on Shen Yining. When I got to her room, I saw she was still sleeping on the bed, which gave me a bad feeling. I hurriedly asked Meng Qiu, "When did Yining start sleeping?"

"To reply Miss Zhao, she started sleeping at noon."

Qizhu walked to the bedside and called Shen Yining to get up, but there was no response after calling for a long time. She was confused and said, "Meng Qiu, go call the doctor."

Meng Qiu hurried out, and the court doctor came quickly. After taking Shen Yining's pulse and giving him acupuncture, he slowly woke up.

Mrs. Shen heard that the court doctor had been called and rushed over and asked anxiously, "What happened? Why did you call the court doctor?"

The court doctor stood up and left the bedroom. Madam Shen understood what he meant. "Madam, the young lady is suffering from a stagnation of heart qi. As the saying goes, heart disease needs heart medicine. Medicine can only have a limited effect."

"This..." Mrs. Shen was speechless for a moment. "Okay, I understand."

Meng Qiu followed the prescription and boiled the medicine. Madam Shen came into the room and sat in front of the bed, looking at Shen Yining who was staring blankly at the curtains. She touched her face and turned back to Qizhu and said, "Qizhu! Aunt, please come and take Yining out to play more often these days. It's the Lantern Festival soon, take her out to have some fun!"

"Okay, aunt, it's no trouble."

——————Song Mansion

"Awu, prepare the car!" Song Xiaoyuan said

"Where are you going, young master, after recovering so recently?"

"I went out for a while and then I got busy again"

Song Xiaoyuan was wearing a plain white robe, with the same jade hairpin in her hair, and she came to Shen Mausoleum in a carriage. After asking, she followed the tomb keeper to the tomb of Shen Changqing.

Song Xiaoyuan bowed and said, "Brother Shen, I'm sorry! I'm late! I never thought that I couldn't save Brother Shen. I'm so regretful! I have served in the court for several years, and Brother Shen is a man who cares about his country and his family. I can only sigh that things in this world are unpredictable..." Then he swept the tomb and burned incense.

I saw the lantern "Begonia..." and added more lamp oil and lit it.

He stood up and waved his sleeves, "Let's go!".

When the carriage reached the street, Ah Wu saw Qizhu taking Shen Yining to buy food and passed by and said, "Miss Shen, Miss Zhao, what a coincidence!"

Qizhu turned around and said, "Awu! What a coincidence!"

Ah Wu waved and left. He said to Song Xiaoyuan in the carriage, "Sir, did you see Miss Shen just now?"

No one in the carriage responded, so Wu continued, "Sir! Miss Shen doesn't seem very happy."

There was still no sound in the carriage. The care and companionship of those days seemed to have never happened. Only the picture of a warm afternoon in Song Jueming's study remained, as if everything had returned to the starting point.

Then Song Xiaoyuan went to court to attend to official duties, and everyone returned to their original lives. The prince also had no reason to see Qizhu, and he really felt absent-minded for a while. He made typos in several memorials, and Song Xiaoyuan reminded him, "Yan Shang, you made a mistake again!"

The prince was in no mood at the moment. He sighed, "Xiao Yuan, why don't you get sick again! Let Miss Shen take care of you again!"

“…”

Seeing that Song Xiaoyuan didn't respond, the prince spoke again, "Tell me! Everything was fine, what happened between you and Miss Shen?"

Song Xiaoyuan said calmly, "Nothing happened, that's all you know."

"Then why are you two acting like strangers? Shouldn't you treat Miss Shen to a meal to show your gratitude? It would be better to ask Miss Zhao to accompany you. You will definitely feel embarrassed so I will go too!"

"Yan Shang..."

"What's wrong? When do you eat?"

"...this is wrong again"

The prince speechlessly took the memorial from Song Xiaoyuan's hand and said, "How about this! Your birthday will be the Lantern Festival in a few days, I will invite Miss Shen and Miss Zhao to dinner on your behalf!"

"Don't go."

The prince pretended to be serious, "No, this is the prince's order! How dare you, a subject, not listen!!"

Song Xiaoyuan raised his eyes and said, "You have figured out the conspiracy."

"Oh! We are brothers who grew up together. When we were in the Imperial College, I was punished by the teacher to write for you to keep me company, and you were punished by the teacher to carry me on your back to keep me company. Why don't you look for a wife? I can't accompany you!"

"Okay! I'll make an appointment. Can the prince come back to his senses and make a good comment?"

The prince then smiled and stopped fidgeting and began to carefully review the memorials. His absent-mindedness over the past few days had confused the officials from all over the country.

[Play: The auspicious snow in Kaizhou portends a good harvest, and the coming year will be a good year. Response: Good, thank you.]

[Playing: Your Majesty, the sea has had a good harvest recently, and a large crab is being brought here as soon as possible. I am offering it to Your Majesty for a taste. Reply: Really? How dare you talk nonsense about something that hasn't happened yet?]

[Report: The public security in Manchuria is stable throughout the year, the taxes are reasonable, and the people live and work in peace and contentment. It is the spring season and I have specially invited Your Majesty to inspect the country! Reply: I have been very busy in recent days. County Magistrate An, please keep up the good work! ]

[Report: Yongzhou is flooded and pirates are rampant! Please approve disaster relief funds and food and fodder support! Response: (No response)]

Emperor Yan also noticed that the prince had been absent-minded recently and asked him questions. The prince came to the imperial study with a smile on his face.

"I bow to you, father. May you be well and safe."

Emperor Yan said solemnly, "Shang'er, do you know what you missed in your annotations the day before yesterday?"

"...Father, I know I was wrong! I made many mistakes in the past few days. I apologize!"

"It seems that you don't know. You missed the Yongzhou memorial! Most of the people in Yongzhou died or were injured in three days! The flood submerged dozens of villages, and the pirates took the opportunity to rob property. Do you know your mistake?"

"This..." the prince said in a hoarse voice.

"Shang'er, father knows what you are thinking, but you can't forget your people who are waiting for you just because of your love for them!"

"Father! Yan Shang is willing to personally escort the relief grain to Yongzhou to provide disaster relief!"

"Okay! It's approved! I'm appointing Miss Zhao Qizhu from the Zhao family as the Yong'an Envoy, and she will go to Yongzhou with you. Take this opportunity for the two of you to get to know each other and see if the Zhao family girl can take on this important task. If she can't carry the water and rice, can't get through the mud, and can't settle people's hearts, I advise you to give up this idea."

"Yes! Father! Thank you for giving me the opportunity to make amends."

Afterwards, the Zhao family issued an imperial decree. Zhao Chongtai did not expect that it was his daughter who received the order. He could not understand it but could not disobey the order. He could only repeatedly warn Qizhu to protect herself and gave Qizhu a dagger for self-defense.

Mrs. Zhao was also worried. She heard that the pirates were burning, killing and looting, and seeing beautiful women was even more... She warned her not to dress too extravagantly...

The decree required them to set off overnight. Zhao Qizhu was in a mess as she was stuffed into the carriage, leaning against the window and watching the family waving goodbye. When they arrived at the city gate, she signaled to the prince through the window and set off in a mighty manner.

Qizhu: "Yining! I haven't said goodbye to Yining yet!"

Prince: "Qizhu, I will protect you!!!"