Chapter 78.2
After these past few days of interaction, the senior cabinet officials had all slightly changed their impressions of Yu She .
For example, if this were the other two imperial princes, they absolutely wouldn’t be speaking to a senior cabinet official with such an attitude or tone of voice .
Unknowingly, Senior Cabinet Official Sun had already become biased . Upon seeing that Yu She was modestly asking for his help, he quickly lowered his voice and asked, “I’m unsure… I’m unsure what orders Heir has?”
Yu She hesitated for a moment . It seemed like it was slightly inconvenient for him to speak up .
Senior Cabinet Official Sun hurriedly said, “Heir, speak without regard . ”
Yu She shook his head and smiled . “It’s a matter regarding the indoors-one . I don’t want to bother My Lord . ”
For a moment, Senior Cabinet Official Sun did not realize who “the indoors-one” was . But he had already spoken . “All Heir needs to do is give the order . ”
Yu She squeezed his thin lips together and whispered, “The indoors-one was raised on Prince Ning’s estate . My Lord probably knows this . ”
Senior Cabinet Official Sun almost choked . His expression changed several times . He laughed dryly, “Ah, Guiyuan… I’ve seen him before, in his youth . ”
Yu She nodded . “So My Lord has definitely heard of the former Prince Qian An’s case?”
Senior Cabinet Official Sun nodded . “Wasn’t Heir the one in charge of that case?”
“Yes, but the former Prince Qian An is a member of the imperial clan . He can’t be taken to the Dali Temple . Since the beginning of the case, he’s been kept under house arrest at the Imperial Clan Court,” Yu She shared with concern . “The case has already been closed . After so much time, though, he’s still being kept in the Imperial Clan Court . ”
Displeased, Senior Cabinet Official Sun said, “The Imperial Clan Court has been neglectful . ”
“Well, it’s not that bad . They technically haven’t been slow, but…” Yu She lowered his voice even more . “Guiyuan is worried about him . He refuses to eat or drink . I see this daily, so have become anxious too . ”
Senior Cabinet Official Sun ignored the strongly suggestive tone that Yu She was using . He lamented reluctantly, “Prince Ning truly didn’t raise this adopted son for nothing . ”
Yu She said, “Right now, my identity is awkward . I don’t have any power over the Imperial Clan Court either . I want to ask Senior Cabinet Official Sun to help me write a document asking the Imperial Clan Court to start discussing this matter sooner . I don’t know if that’s convenient or not?”
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A favor that required almost no effort . Why not?
Senior Cabinet Official Sun whispered, “If Heir is in a rush, there’s actually a much simpler and faster solution . You can avoid the Imperial Clan Court and directly finish this task . ”
Yu She said, “Please enlighten me, Lord Sun . ”
“I daren’t,” Senior Cabinet Official Sun softly replied . “This isn’t a big deal . You needn’t bother with the yamens or continue the back and forth argument with the Imperial Clan Court . Right now, you only need to write a booklet explaining the situation . Then…”
Senior Cabinet Official Sun gestured for Yu She to look at the pile of booklets nearby that was two feet tall . “Put it with today’s booklets . In only a short while, it’ll get sent to the emperor . If the emperor reads it, he’ll definitely permit your request and directly send it to the Imperial Clan Court… It’s not too important . If the emperor doesn’t read it, it’ll get returned to us in the evening . We’ll stamp it and still send it to the Imperial Clan Court . The Imperial Clan Court will then have to immediately send the former Prince Qian An away too . There won’t be any delay . ”
Yu She nodded . “So this could be accomplished so effortlessly . Much gratitude for the lesson, My Lord . ”
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“I daren’t, I daren’t . This was just a trivial matter . I’ll write the booklet for Heir right now . ” Senior Cabinet Official Sun was more than willing to complete this favor for Yu She . “If Heir doesn’t find anything to change after looking at it, it can be sent to the emperor in an hour . ”
The corners of Yu She’s lips slightly curled up . “I’ve troubled My Lord . ”
Yu She returned to his desk and quietly waited . At night, the booklets not seen by Emperor Chongan all got sent back . As expected, Senior Cabinet Official Sun’s booklet was untouched .
Emperor Chongan didn’t have too much energy today . The booklets sent to him by the Cabinet had all been separated into different categories . He normally only looked over the most important ones, not even flipping through the remaining insignificant ones . He directly sent them back for the Cabinet to take care of .
Senior Cabinet Official Sun intended to help Yu She . Thus, he had placed his booklet in the unimportant category .
After plucking the booklet out of the bunch, Senior Cabinet Official Sun added his comments and tasked the Imperial Clan Court to immediately escort Xuan Rui back to Qian An . There could be no delay . Yu She personally stamped the booklet .
The enemy was in the shadows . He was in the light . Might as well use this to his advantage .
The imperial decree had been given . Prince Yu could no longer stop anything .
When he returned to his estate in the evening, Yu She wasn’t in a rush to seek Zhong Wan out . He first summoned his trusted family soldier over, then ordered someone to invite the imperial doctor .
This was the person Yu She had originally intended to task with protecting Xuan Rui on his journey back to Qian An . Before the family soldier could say anything, Yu She calmly said, “I’m exempting you from your assignment . You don’t need to follow him anymore . ”
The trusted subordinate blanked for a moment . “Heir, didn’t you say that you wanted us to keep a close eye on the former Prince Qian An the entire way in order to avoid him being deluded by ill-intending people and subsequently causing trouble again?”
The trusted subordinate had been shocked by Yu She’s sudden change of mind . He honestly couldn’t understand . Yu She had spent so much effort stealing Xuan Rui out of the Imperial Clan Court . But now, he wasn’t planning on keeping an eye on him anymore?
Wasn’t that a waste of time and energy?!
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“No need . I have other plans . ” Yu She’s gaze was dark . “You guys will only mess things up if you go . ”
The trusted subordinate wanted to speak again . Yu She added, “Naturally, you’ll still have to follow him . Stay with him until he leaves the city . After he leaves the city, come back . There’s no need to worry about anything else that happens . ”
The trusted subordinate was shocked . “Isn’t that the same as us having not gone?”
Steward Feng brought the imperial doctor over . Yu She waved his hands . “I know what I’m doing . I still have business to attend to . You may leave . ”
The trusted subordinate left, extremely concerned .
The imperial doctor didn’t dare to look at or listen to anything he shouldn’t be witnessing . After the family soldier had already walked off into the distance, he finally approached and said, “Heir . ”
“Previously, I was very busy, so didn’t have the time to ask you . ” Yu She gently knocked on the surface of the desk and relayed what had happened in Zhong Wan’s room yesterday . He glossed over the details and process, ambiguously explaining the situation to the imperial doctor .
Yu She was very vague in his recalling . However, the imperial doctor was very knowledgeable . Was there anything he hadn’t heard of? He didn’t need Yu She to say anything else before he had already started nodding in understanding .
Yu She lowered his voice and asked, “Will that get in the way?”
“This…” The imperial doctor pondered for a bit before seriously stating, “Young Master Zhong is truly in poor health . However, he’s in the prime of his youth . It’s impossible to get rid of his lusts and desires . They’re part of human nature . If things really occurred as Heir said, happening only once, then it won’t get in the way . ”
The worry on Yu She’s face didn’t dissipate in the slightest . A while later, he lowly said, “My biggest fear is that he won’t be willing to accept it happening only once . ”
The imperial doctor froze for a moment . He lifted his head and glanced at Steward Feng who was nearby . “Heir means…”
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As they spoke, the young maid in charge of serving Zhong Wan carefully walked into the room . She said that Zhong Wan was inviting Yu She over .
Yu She waved his hands, signalling for the young maid to leave . As if he was being troubled by some great worry, he looked over at the imperial doctor and said, “See the way he can’t even bear to be separated from me for an instant? Do you think he’ll know to control himself?”
Zhong Wan had clearly still had a fever at the time . The more Yu She thought about it, the more regretful he became . He regretted being wicked and bullying him . He shouldn’t have tormented him so much . He was angry, but had nowhere to let out his anger . He could only make things difficult for the imperial doctor . Eyebrows furrowed, he inquired, “Do you know or not how much he clings to me?”
The imperial doctor’s expression was blank . He screeched in his heart, why would I know?!
Steward Feng was standing right next to Yu She . Upon noticing this, he hurriedly smoothed out the situation . “Heir, there’s no need to worry! There’s a solution! The imperial doctor has a solution . ”
The imperial doctor thought to himself, what solution could I have in regards to your bedroom activities?! Bearing the humiliation, the imperial doctor finally spoke up after racking his brains, “Heir, how about this… I can prescribe Young Master Zhong some medicine that’ll calm him down . ”
Yu She furrowed his brows . “More medicine?”
Yu She remembered very clearly that this imperial doctor was the one who had said that Zhong Wan was in poor health and ought to eat less medicine while slowly recovering .
“No, no . He can just drink it as tea . ” The imperial doctor relayed to Steward Feng, “Get some mulberry leaves, white chrysanthemums, and dried orange peels . After adding them to boiled water, you can add a bit of honey and serve it to the patient as tea . ”
These were all mild ingredients that cleared the fire in one’s body . Steward Feng found this reliable . He told Yu She, “It’ll probably be effective . ”
But Yu She didn’t feel that this was a good solution . “It’s just your usual, boring fire clearing tea . ”
The imperial doctor could only say, “Or you could also add some honeysuckle flowers…”
“Nevermind . As much medicine as you prescribe, you can only heal his physical body . ” As if simultaneously worried and delighted, Yu She easily rejected the imperial doctor’s work . “You cannot heal his heart that wants to stay close to me at every moment of the day . ”
Imperial doctor: “…”