AFDPIRAB Chapter29

How did the Emperor hear that Prince An was ill?

 

The thing is, even though the little prince warned the people in his mansion fiercely, no one could call a physician, and they were not allowed to let the old men from the Imperial Medical come. He was upset just watching this.

 

But he forgot one thing—Chen Mo was now in his mansion.

 

Chen Mo went to report the incident to his own prince with a clear conscience, and he was resolute in his heart because the prince was warning the people in Prince An’s mansion anyway…

 

As for him, he is from Prince Cheng’s Mansion, and they are not in the same organization.

 

Prince Cheng listened to Chen Tan’s passionate demonstration and immediately ran straight to Prince An’s mansion with a frown on his face.

 

“Muning, open the door, I know you are not asleep.” Prince Cheng looked scary when he had a stern face.

 

Yan Muning tilted his ears to listen to the noise outside the door. From the tone of his fifth brother’s voice, he guessed that if he went to open the door now, he would be beaten. He was not stupid, so he decided not to go.

 

The little prince kicked off his shoes swiftly and crawled into the quilt skillfully.

 

Prince Cheng, who was outside the door, obviously had no patience anymore, he simply unlatched the door and strode in.

 

Yan Muchen has led troops and fought in wars before, and his physique is comparable to that of two Little Highness Princes An.

 

He looked at his brother’s head buried in the quilt and knew that he was pretending not to hear, so he pulled him out from under the quilt without saying a word.

 

Yan Muning: “……”

 

He can’t be beaten by a bully!

 

“What’s wrong with you? Why don’t you see a physician if you’re not feeling well?” Yan Muchen was really angry.

 

The little prince sat cross-legged on the bed, puffed up his face, and muttered softly, “I’m not sick, I don’t want to see a physician.”

 

Yan Muchen glared at him: “Who can’t eat? Who vomited twice the day before yesterday? Huh?”

 

The little prince lowered his eyes and said boldly, “That was because I ate something wrong and choked…”

 

“Yan Muning! Do you feel your skin itchy because I haven’t beaten you recently?” Prince Cheng threatened him in a low voice, at least giving him some face.

 

“Don’t think I don’t know what’s going on in your little head!”

 

Prince Cheng snorted coldly: “You are just angry because you didn’t get the person. You can’t be angry with all the physicians! Why are you trying to make things difficult for your own body?”

 

The little prince fell silent, lowered his head, and tried to pretend to be deaf.

 

Yan Muchen lectured him for a while and finally poked him on the head with a look of dissatisfaction and said—

 

“Just stay in the mansion and wait for me. I’ll call a physician for you!”

 

As soon as Prince Cheng left Prince An’s mansion, he sent someone to call people in the Imperial Medical to take a look, and naturally the master in the palace knew about it.

 

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As for the little prince, he sat on the edge of the bed in a daze, covering the painful spot on his forehead while looking at the angry back of his fifth brother.

 

To be honest, he is also very irritable now.

 

What his fifth brother said was right. At first, he really didn’t want to see the physician because he was angry with Yun Jiangli. He would be so angry when he saw the physician.

 

But right now, there is actually another more important reason—

 

He was indeed feeling unwell a few days ago. He felt like vomiting after eating anything and always had chest tightness and dizziness.

 

The little prince knew that as long as he asked the physician to come and see him, his second brother would know about it. There were so many messy things going on right now, and he really didn’t want his second brother to worry about such a small matter.

 

He also thought that his condition might not be a big deal, so he colluded with Shiyi and called Physician Zhang from the mansion. He lied and said that Xiao Jiu was not feeling well and asked him to come and check it out.

 

When Physician Zhang came, the little prince had his entire head covered in the quilt, with only his arms exposed.

 

But who would have thought that after taking the pulse, Physician Zhang hesitated for a long time before he stammered, “This, this… this seems to be a happy pulse.”

 

“Xiao Jiu, he, he, he has a lover?”

 

When the little prince heard this, he almost jumped up by pulling off the quilt. He really wanted to shake Lao Zhang’s shoulders and ask him, He is a man, a man, a man ah!

 

Happy pulse my butt!

 

Fortunately, there was still a bit of rationality left to hold the little prince back.

 

But Shiyi, who was beside him, was obviously even more surprised and asked with a trembling voice, “Lao Zhang, what are you talking about? Xiao Zh… Jiu is a man, you should take his pulse again!”

 

Physician Zhang was somewhat helpless when he heard this: “This… Men can also get pregnant. Some men have special physical conditions… But the probability of getting pregnant is definitely much lower than that of women.”

 

“Although Xiao Jiu’s pulse seems to be less than two months old and not very obvious… but I am still confident about this, it should be correct. Do you think this matter… should I report it to the little prince?”

 

Shiyi’s face froze, and he laughed dryly twice: “Lao, Lao Zhang, thank you for your hard work. This matter… this matter, don’t tell anyone else. Xiao Jiu he, he will report it to Master…”

 

Physician Zhang was quite reasonable: “Well, I won’t say anything. You kids all want to save face. I understand.”

 

After seeing off Physician Zhang and closing the door, Shiyi reluctantly returned to the bedside and called out hesitantly:

 

“Master…”

 

Yan Muning pulled off the quilt covering his face, his eyes dull. “Shiyi, just now… was that old man talking about a pregnancy pulse?”

 

“Did I hear wrongly?”

 

Shiyi was even more confused than him. You know, even though he knew that his master had a lover, but, but… his master didn’t say that he was the one who was slept with ah!

 

The two were staring at each other when Xiao Jiu rushed in. The little prince immediately glared at Shiyi, warning him with his eyes not to talk nonsense.

 

Shiyi nodded frantically. How could he dare to say that?

 

Xiao Jiu rushed in happily, not noticing that the two people in the room had strange expressions and had no idea that he had just become a father painlessly.

 

“Master! Shizi ye[mfn]Shizi refers to the heir of the prince, and ye means master or lord.[/mfn] just sent some candied pomelo over. I’ll ask the kitchen to make some rock sugar pomelo pastry for you!”

 

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There are many Shizi in the capital, but the one Xiao Jiu was talking about must be Yuchi Zhao.

 

The Yuchi family has produced many famous generals and loyal people. The government is now stable, and Dasheng has not experienced war for many years, but when the previous emperor first ascended the throne, he also experienced some turbulent times.

 

At that time, there were vassal kings who had their own troops and were harboring ulterior motives. It was Prince Yuchi who took the lead in stepping forward to stabilize people’s hearts, and he personally sent his young son, Yuchi Zhao, to the capital. On the surface, he said that his young son was too playful, and he hoped that the emperor would allow Yuchi Zhao to study in the same class with the other princes.

 

They said that they were asking for an imperial favor, but in fact everyone knew that the Yuchi family was actually holding their youngest son hostage in the capital.

 

The Yuchi family was loyal and devoted, and they had no bad intentions in sending all the rest of their sons to the capital, let alone their youngest son.

 

However, Prince Yuchi’s move undoubtedly put the other princes in a dilemma.

 

It would be fine if they had no ulterior motives, as they were just following the order to send their children to the capital.

 

But the two who had ulterior motives were a little panicked. After sending their son to the capital, they would be controlled by the court. They would have to be cautious before doing anything in the future.

 

But if they don’t send them… wouldn’t that be clearly showing that they have opposing intentions?

 

The late emperor saw all these things, so he naturally approved Prince Yuchi’s request and treated the Yuchi family even better from then on.

 

In addition to the old prince, the other two sons of the Yuchi family who led troops also had outstanding military achievements and were successively appointed as generals. The position of the heir thus fell on Yuchi Zhao.

 

When Yuchi Zhao came to the capital, he was still young and was about the same age as the current Prince Huai, Yan Muyin, and Prince An, Yan Muning. They played together, studied together, and grew up together, and their relationship was much closer than that of anyone else.

 

Therefore, if someone in Prince An’s mansion mentioned Shizi ye, it would most likely be the heir of the Yuchi family.

 

This lord’s temperament was even noisier than that of his own Prince An, but he treated Yan Muning particularly kindly. Every time the old prince sent some rare items or food to the capital from the western border, Yuchi Zhao would never forget to send a portion to Prince An’s mansion.

 

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Yan Muning never liked sour food, but he liked the taste of honey pomelo very much. So every year when Yuchi Zhao sent honey pomelo, the small kitchen would make snacks for the little prince in different ways.

 

“Mmm.”

 

When the little prince heard about the honey pomelo, he was actually a little hungry: “Xiao Jiu, go get the honey pomelo.”

 

The honey pomelo was brought in, and Yan Muning, contrary to his usual behavior, ate half of it. Not only did he not feel that it was sour, but even the nausea he had felt in the past few days was much better.

 

The little prince was only concerned with eating happily, but Shiyi, who was watching from the side, had a face full of sorrow and an expression that was becoming increasingly indescribable.

 

After holding it in for a long time, he finally waited until Xiao Jiu was not around, and Shiyi pulled Yan Muning over.

 

“Little Master ah, please be more careful! Don’t you think it’s strange that you suddenly changed your taste? Could it be that you are… you are really… pregnant?”

 

The little prince didn’t think about this at all when he was eating the honey pomelo just now. Now that Shiyi reminded him of this, he felt that something seemed to be wrong.

 

“Go away, stop talking nonsense. How is it possible?” Although he said this, the little prince was not sure either in his heart.

 

In the days that followed, the little prince secretly took this matter to heart and felt that something was wrong more and more.

 

He also didn’t know if it was his illusion, but he found that the thin layer of muscle on his lower abdomen had disappeared recently and turned into a soft belly instead.

 

Since he was thin everywhere, his little belly looked very obvious and unsightly to him.

 

The little prince secretly took Shiyi to study the symptoms of pregnancy, such as fatigue, drowsiness, change in appetite, chest tightness, and vomiting…

 

In short, the more he looks, the more frightened he becomes.

 

Yan Muning was deeply suspicious. Didn’t Lao Zhang say that the chances were extremely low? Then how did he succeed this time? Could it be that he had the legendary natural talent?

 

Bah, who wants this kind of talent!?

 

The little prince pondered for a few days, and not only did he not calm down, but he also felt a deep resentment—

 

He was a prince, but he was slept with by someone and even had a baby!

 

Not only did he hold the baby in his arms, but the baby’s father actually ran away!

 

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So, later on, Prince An got so angry that he refused to see a physician and even kicked all the old men from the Imperial Medical out.

 

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What to do now? Yan Muning was worried.

 

It goes without saying that the Emperor and Prince Cheng would force him to see a physician. What if the pregnancy is true?

 

It seems that the matter could no longer be concealed. Prince An’s best friend, Yuchi, came to visit the mansion. Seeing Yan Muning’s absent-minded look, he asked questions one after another.

 

The troubled little prince thought that Yuchi always had the most tricks, so he decided to…

 

“Ah Zhao, I want to ask you something ah.”

 

Yan Muning stammered, “I have a friend…”

 

After hearing the beginning, Yuchi Zhao immediately put on a look of contempt: “Ah Ning, do you know that when a speech begins with ‘I have a friend’, the subject of the speech must be about themselves?”

 

Yan Muning was choked and stunned.

 

Then the little prince got angry and said, “Aiya! Are you listening or not?”

 

Yuchi Zhao lost his temper and said, “Listen, listen, listen. You tell me.”

 

The little prince changed his plan at the last minute and was not prepared to explain in detail what this “friend” was. He looked around and asked, “Do you know which physician in Dasheng is the hardest to find?”

 

“Hmm…” Yuchi Zhao touched his chin and looked Yan Muning up and down: “What’s wrong with you? I think you seem to have lost some weight this time…”

 

The little prince raised his hand and threw the book in his hand at him: “I told you it wasn’t me! Do you know or not?”

 

Yuchi Zhao hid while howling, “Ai, ai, ai, why are you getting so anxious while talking…”

 

“Ah Ning, don’t be angry, I’m telling you.”

 

Yuchi Zhao came over to coax the angry Yan Muning: “If you ask me, the most difficult to find would be the Young Hall Master of Renji Tang.”

 

When Yan Muning heard the word ‘Renji Tang’, his eyes lit up: “Why do you say that? Renji Tang is obviously the last place to refuse a consultation.”

 

Talking about this big and small news, Yuchi Zhao became excited. He sat up straight and said seriously, “Renji Tang certainly does not refuse anyone who comes to consult. But aren’t you asking about the most difficult ones?”

 

“I heard that since the current Young Hall Master of Renji Tang was able to take charge at the age of 16, the Old Hall Master has rarely come out and has spent most of his time living in retirement at the Yun family in Yicheng.”

 

“But few people have seen this Young Hall Master. It is said that he is a stunning beauty, but he is cold and aloof. He often travels around to practice medicine but never reveals his real name, so it is difficult to track his whereabouts.”

 

“So… if you ask about the most difficult physician to find in Dasheng, it should be this Young Hall Master.”

 

Yan Muning listened to Yuchi Zhao’s clear and logical analysis and nodded repeatedly, but he didn’t know why, after listening to his friend’s description, he always felt that this person was slightly familiar.

 

After Yuchi Zhao had finished fooling the little prince, he quickly pulled him up and said, “Come on, take me to see your little bird! I was in a hurry last time and only took a quick look at it, and that little thing even pecked me.”

 

After the white sparrow followed Yan Muning back to the palace, it was particularly popular because of its cute and round appearance. It seemed that it was spoiled too much. Recently, the little thing has become a little bad-tempered. Except for Yan Muning, if others pet it a few times, it will flap its wings and jump up fiercely.

 

The little prince wanted to discipline it and recently put it in a small flower room in the backyard and didn’t allow it to play with others.

 

Yuchi Zhao likes this kind of little thing the most. He saw it once when he came last time and has been thinking about it for a long time.

 

That day, Yuchi Zhao stayed in Prince An’s mansion until after dinner. Only then did he reluctantly let go of the little fat bird and return to his own prince’s mansion, looking back every few steps.

 

After seeing off Yuchi Zhao, Yan Muning lazily lay on the warm couch, pondering the analysis of his best friend. The more he thought about it, the more he felt that it made sense.

 

At this moment, he was fifty percent unconvinced of his luck in having a baby, and the other fifty percent was the ostrich mentality of delaying it for as long as possible, so he decided to take the initiative and find his emperor brother to make trouble—

 

He just doesn’t want to see a physician! Especially the old men in Imperial Medical. If he really has to see one, then it has to be the Young Hall Master of Renji Tang who comes in person!

 

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After the morning court session that day, the emperor was sitting in the Linhua Palace, reading the letter from the little prince sent from Prince An’s mansion.

 

Seeing the arrogant tone in the letter, the emperor read the words twice in disbelief and handed the letter to Prince Cheng, who was standing in front of the desk: “What is this little bastard doing? If it weren’t for the fact that he wrote this, Zhen wouldn’t even believe that he sent it.”

 

The chief aide and the grand marshal, who were discussing matters with the emperor, were still in the Linhua Palace. When they heard the emperor’s words, they knew he was definitely talking about Prince An and said with a smile.

 

“Your Majesty is joking. Prince An has the mildest temper.”

 

“Ai, you guys don’t know, he is very spoiled to Zhen, often has a little temper, and is quite difficult to coax.” When the emperor heard someone praising his seventh brother, he laughed and lost his seriousness when discussing state affairs just now.

 

Prince Cheng, who was standing by, looked at the letter and heard the emperor bragging about his younger brother in his words, so he silently complained in his heart.

 

He said with a serious expression, “Your Majesty, it’s rare for Muning to ask you anything, so let him go this time.”

 

The emperor was actually just talking, he was also intending to go along with Yan Muning in his heart, so the matter was settled, and he sent someone to the Yun family in Yicheng immediately.

 

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Yun Jiangli’s progress in searching for the youth over the past two days suddenly came to a halt.

 

It was clearly confirmed that the youth was in the capital, but there was no further news.

 

After asking around, he didn’t hear of any noble family’s children who looked like the youth. Either they were the wrong age, or they were plain-looking, and some of them hadn’t left the capital all year.

 

In short, nothing was gained.

 

“Young Hall Master, is it possible that Xiao Qi is not from a noble family in the capital?” Ah Xiao asked cautiously. He had almost run his legs off in the capital but hadn’t seen Xiao Qi.

 

He even sneaked over yesterday and looked for him in several taverns that were said to be the favorite places for the playboys in the capital to listen to music and drink.

 

He certainly wouldn’t dare tell this to Yun Jiangli. If Xiao Qi was really found in a shop or teahouse, and the news got to his boss, Xiao Qi would probably be beaten to a pulp.

 

Yun Jiangli lowered his eyes and gently shook the teacup in his hand. Although his tone was indifferent, he spoke with great determination: “No, he must be in the capital.”

 

Yun Jiangli was in a bad mood as he couldn’t find the person, and his three subordinates didn’t dare to say anything more.

 

The three of them lowered their heads and made faces at each other for a long time. In the end, it was unknown what kind of agreement they reached, but it was Du Zhong who spoke first.

 

Du Zhong said boldly, “Young Hall Master…”

 

Yun Jiangli raised his eyes and glanced at him when he heard the voice. The three people standing side by side were affected by the cold gaze and couldn’t help but shrink their necks.

 

“Cough, cough…”

 

Du Zhong cleared his throat and continued in a lower voice, “Well, Young Hall Master, don’t worry, we will definitely find this person. Then, then, now, let’s prepare to go to Prince An’s mansion and take a look at that Xiao Wangye…”

 

Du Zhong stammered as he finished his words, and the room fell silent.

 

After a long moment, Yun Jiangli frowned and placed the teacup in his hand on the desk with a “pah—” sound.

 

“Go, go early tomorrow morning.”

 

He snorted coldly, “I’d like to go see what this Xiao Wangye is up to. Even the Imperial Medical is not enough for him.”

 

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The next morning, Yun Jiangli took Lao Qi and Ah Xiao to Prince An’s Mansion.

 

Yan Muning heard from Old Steward Zhou Fu last night that the Young Hall Master of Renji Tang had arrived in the capital and would come to his mansion early in the morning to take his pulse.

 

This made the little prince very worried. He couldn’t sleep well the whole night and was cursing in his heart all night.

 

He doesn’t know where Yuchi Zhao, this unfortunate friend of his, heard the gossip that the Young Hall Master was elusive and difficult to find. Now it’s good. He never thought that he would be able to be willful with his brother for the first time, and the young hall master would arrive in just a few days!

 

What should he do now?

 

The Young Hall Master of Renji Tang too. Doesn’t he have other things to do? Why did he come to the capital to suffer in such cold weather?

 

A little after three quarters of Chenshi[mfn]7-9am[/mfn], a servant from the mansion came to report that the young hall master of Renji Tang had arrived.

 

The little prince ignored them completely, closed the door, and buried himself in the quilt—pretending to be deaf.

 

“Knock, knock—”

 

“Your Highness, Young Hall Master Yun has arrived.”

 

It was Steward Zhou’s voice.

 

Yan Muning: “……”

 

I can’t hear, can’t hear, can’t hear.

 

“Uh, please don’t mind Young Hall Master, my Highness has been feeling unwell recently. Maybe… he fell asleep.” Steward Zhou waited for a long time but heard no movement from the little prince. He could only explain to Yun Jiangli awkwardly.

 

“Knock, knock, knock—” The knocks on the door became a little heavier.

 

“Your Highness…”

 

Steward Zhou raised his voice a little, trying to wake Yan Muning up, but was suddenly interrupted by Yun Jiangli’s voice.

 

Yun Jiangli stared at the tightly closed door in front of him, and a slight anger rose in his heart. How could he not have heard it because he was asleep? It was obvious that he had closed the door on purpose.

 

Since he doesn’t want to see a physician, why bother him with this trip?

 

Feeling that he had wasted his time looking for the youth, Yun Jiangli coldly said, “If Wangye is reluctant to diagnose, there is no need to force it either.”

 

His voice was loud and could be heard clearly through the door into the room. Yan Muning was stunned.

 

As soon as Yun Jiangli finished speaking, he was about to turn around and leave when he suddenly heard a “bang—” from the door behind him that had just been closed.

 

Then came an extremely familiar and long-cherished voice: “Ah Li? Big Beauty?”

 

Yun Jiangli turned around abruptly, his eyes full of surprise: “Xiao Qi?”

 

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The servants in the courtyard had no idea what was happening. As they were looking at each other in bewilderment, they saw Young Hall Master Yun, who had been so cold just now, stride forward, grab Prince An’s wrist, and ask word by word—

 

“Xiao, Wang, Ye?”

 

Yan Muning was also shocked: “Young Hall Master?!”

 

Chen Mo, who had hurried over after hearing the noise, saw someone pulling the little prince. He was about to step forward to stop them but suddenly recognized that the person was someone close to the little prince in Jinzhou, and his feet stopped in an instant.

 

Chen Mo touched his nose and awkwardly exchanged glances with the other two in the courtyard, Ah Xiao and Lao Qi, who were the only two who knew the inside story of these two masters.

 

At this moment, Yan Muning seemed to have realized something. He turned around and tried to run into the room, but he couldn’t get rid of Yun Jiangli’s hand.

 

Yun Jiangli frowned as he looked at the youth in front of him, who had become much thinner. He pinched his thin wrist and took his pulse directly.

 

There was a sudden storm in those sharp eyes. He took a step closer and said in a hoarse voice with a strong sense of pressure, “Whose!”

 

Whose? What whose?

 

Yan Muning was startled for a moment by the sudden cold aura that enveloped him, and then he realized what he was asking.

 

His eyes instantly turned red, and he was shaking with anger. He raised his leg and kicked the big beauty’s calf hard.

 

He shook off Yun Jiangli’s hand and yelled at him, “Why do you care?”

 

After yelling, he turned and ran into the room, slamming the door shut with a “bang!”, leaving a whole yard of people staring at his door in silence…

 

The author has something to say:

Mouyou (shaking legs and eating watermelon): Oh wow, it’s over, your wife is even angrier.