Concubine Kang talked with Lu Yuning here for a while, and when she saw that Lu Yuning was tired, she got up and said goodbye.

Although Lu Yuning's current month is not particularly big, she still feels backache when she sits for a long time.

After Concubine Kang left, Lu Yuning got up and walked around the small garden in the palace.

"Hasn't the fourth princess come back yet?" Lu Yuning returned to the house and asked.

In the past, the four princesses went to Shou'an Palace to stay for about two hours at most and would come back, but today they have been there for half a day.

"...... Return"

"Mother, I'm back." Qingzhi was just about to say that she hadn't come back yet, when the voice of the fourth princess came from outside.

"Why did you come back so late today?" Lu Yuning smiled and touched the hair of the fourth princess and asked.

The fourth princess smiled and said, "Big brother plays with Chun'er." ”

"Huh?" Lu Yuning looked at the eldest princess's nurse suspiciously, what big brother? Where did the big brother come from?

The nurse explained for the fourth princess: "Yu Niangniang, today the old lady of Guangping Bofu took their little son into the palace to greet the queen mother, and the fourth princess likes to play with the second son of Guangping Bofu. ”

The old lady of Guangping Bofu and the Queen Mother are close friends in the boudoir, but whether it is the deceased old uncle of Guangping Bofu or the current Guangping Bo, they are all unsuccessful, and Guangping Bofu has relied on the accumulation of ancestors and the friendship between Guangping Bofu and the Queen Mother over the years to barely maintain the glory of Bofu.

If Lu Yuning is not mistaken, Guangping Bo is a romantic and lustful person, and there are many wives and concubines and children in the family, but there is only one child born in the family, that is, the second son of Guangping Bofu.

It's just that the second son seems to be quite old this year, can he play with the fourth princess?

Facing Lu Yuning's question, the nurse thought for a while and said: "The second son of Guangping Bofu is a little more than nine years old this year, and he is relatively calm. ”

It's about playing with the four princesses, but it's actually coaxing the four princesses to play.

Lu Yuning lowered her head, looked at the fourth princess leaning against her, and asked softly, "Chun'er, do you like to play with this big brother today?" ”

The fourth princess tilted her head, then nodded and said, "I like it, Brother Sanhuang, I hate it." ”

Lu Yuning smiled: "Okay, the concubine understands, Chun'er doesn't like to play with the three emperor brothers, and likes to play with today's big brother, right?" ”

"Yes." The fourth princess nodded.

Lu Yuning smiled, since the fourth princess likes it, then let her be, anyway, the fourth princess is still young now, even if Mrs. Guangping has any other ideas, she doesn't have to guard against it now.

Besides, there is also the Queen Mother watching from the sidelines.

After talking to the fourth princess, Lu Yuning waved her hand and asked the nurse and the palace maid who was waiting for the fourth princess to take the fourth princess down to play, and then turned her head and asked Zhou Mandao on the side: "What's the matter?" ”

Zhou Man came in just now, and when he saw her and the fourth princess talking, he stood aside.

"Back to the master, there was a doctor in the Qingren Palace at that time." Zhou Manman's face was worried: "The villain inquired, it seems that the fifth prince is sick, and I heard the news from the Tai Hospital that most of them are infected with smallpox." ”

"Smallpox?" Lu Yuning was surprised, "Are you sure?" ”

"It should be eight or nine and ten." Zhou Mandao.

"How did the fifth prince get smallpox?" Lu Yuning twisted her eyebrows and said, "Did the Queen Mother get the news?" ”

"It's not clear to this villain."

"You go and inquire to see if the Queen Mother knows the news, if you don't know, quickly disclose the matter to the Queen Mother." Lu Yuning commanded.

Smallpox is very contagious, and it would not be good if one did not pay attention to letting smallpox spread in the palace.

"Yes, master." Zhou Man answered, turned around to go out, and a small palace maid came in outside to report that someone from Shou'an Palace was coming.

Zhou Man glanced at Lu Yuning when he heard this, and did not continue to walk out.

Shou'an Palace came to the palace maid Lingyuan, and after the salute, Lingyuan explained his intention.

"Concubine Niangniang, the Queen Mother asked the slave maid to tell Niangniang, saying that in the next few days, don't let the fourth princess go to Shou'an Palace again, and it's best for you to close the palace for a few days."

Lu Yuning nodded, "Trouble the Lingyuan girl to run away, I know." ”

Sending away the spirit mandarin, Lu Yuning immediately ordered the gate of Ruichang Palace to be closed, and everyone in Ruichang Palace was not allowed to go out without permission in the past few days.

After giving the order, Lu Yuning thought about it, and asked Zhou Man to send the news to Concubine Xian and Concubine Kang.

In Qingren Palace, Concubine Jing knew that the fifth prince was suffering from smallpox, and her face was very ugly.

"How could you get smallpox?" Concubine Jing did not go to the room of the fifth prince, but paced back and forth in her own room.

The people from Shou'an Palace had already come just now, and the Queen Mother directly ordered someone to seal the palace gate of Qingren Palace.

There are now guards guarding the gate of Qingren Palace, except for the eldest princess who was taken by the Queen Mother to live alone, no one else can go out easily.

"Niangniang, the nurse of the fifth prince asks to see you." Su Juan came in to report.

"Let her in......" Concubine Jing changed her words again in the middle of her words, "Forget it, you go and ask her what's the matter?" ”

"Yes." Su Juan answered, stood far away from the nurse after going out, and said, "What did the mother ask you about?" ”

"Please ask Miss Sujuan to tell Niangniang that I found that one of the cloth tigers of the Five Princes was tampered with, and I suspect that the five princes contracted smallpox may be related to the cloth tiger." The nurse said.

The Fifth Prince had a cloth tiger that he liked very much, and every time someone teased him with that cloth tiger, he would giggle.

The cloth tiger is the craftsmanship of the Needlework Bureau, it is very delicate, the stitches are also very fine, and the inside is also carefully selected fine cotton.

But when a palace maid who was serving the five princes mentioned it today, the nurse of the five princes found that the originally good cloth tiger had a few imperceptible places but the stitches became rough, as if someone was in a hurry to sew it, and through the rough stitches, you can also see that the inside has turned black, and even the cotton has become lumpy.

After listening to the nurse's words, Su Juan's face changed, and she immediately said, "You wait, I'll go in and report to the mother." ”

Su Juan went in and told Concubine Jing about the matter, Concubine Jing's face immediately became ugly, and she said that the fifth prince was so good that he suddenly suffered from smallpox, and it turned out that someone was acting as a demon inside.

Who would have done this?

Who has a grudge against her?

Will it be Princess Fengqing?

Concubine Jing shook her head, it was the eldest princess who had an enmity with Princess Fengqing, if Princess Fengqing wanted to make a move, she should choose the eldest princess, not the fifth prince.

So who else is there besides Princess Fengqing?

Who will benefit from getting rid of the five princes in the end?