The Fourth Prince saw that he was about to come of age and be given a title, at which time he would leave the capital and part ways with Zhao Yao, so he wanted to teach Zhao Yao as much as possible before leaving. This is why Zhao Yao would go find the Fourth Prince to study every night, even after finishing learning the Li Family’s characters.
Zhao Yao did not want to learn, but seeing that the Fourth Prince hoped he would, and considering it was out of concern for him, he couldn’t refuse the Fourth Prince’s good intentions.
As they walked halfway, they heard a strange sound, which scared Tong Xi so much that he jumped up and almost screamed.
Zhao Yao looked at Tong Xi hiding behind his back in speechlessness, and said with exasperation, "It sounds like someone is calling, what are you afraid of."
"Your Highness, is it really a person?"
Zhao Yao ignored Tong Xi and curiously followed the sound, and then he saw a scene too unsightly to look at.
"Your Highness, don’t look." Tong Xi was a step late but still covered Zhao Yao’s eyes.
Zhao Yao scolded himself in his heart, wondering why he had to be curious for no reason, now seeing such an eye-scorching scene, he would surely get a stye.
Just as Tong Xi was about to take Zhao Yao away, the two people in the rockery finished. At this moment, he and Zhao Yao simultaneously recognized who these two were. They were the medical eunuch and the medical woman from the Imperial Hospital.
"Did you feel good?" the eunuch asked salaciously.
The woman coquettishly glared at the eunuch, saying, "You rogue, you’re getting better at this."
"If I hadn’t covered your mouth in time just now, you would have cried out loud in pleasure," the eunuch said proudly.
"Isn’t it because you did it so well?" the woman asked, "Shall we go back now?"
"Why rush back? Let’s sit and chat for a while."
"Do you think we should tell Prince Dai that Princess Consort Dai didn’t really die of illness?"
Hiding behind another rockery, Zhao Yao and Tong Xi heard this and both showed expressions of surprise.
The woman lowered her voice and said, "Are you crazy?"
"I’ve been thinking about this these days. If we tell Prince Dai that Princess Consort Dai died because she took a life-threatening medicine, Prince Dai might reward us," said the eunuch, who was in charge of medicines at the Imperial Hospital and often followed the Imperial Physician on house calls. He had followed the Imperial Physician to Prince Dai Mansion before, so he was most familiar with Princess Consort Dai’s condition. Later, he learned from the Imperial Physicians the real cause of Princess Consort Dai’s death.
Zhao Yao was shocked in his heart: Princess Consort Dai actually died from taking a life-threatening medicine, could it be poison?
"Princess Consort Dai didn’t take poison. If you tell Prince Dai and he doesn’t believe you, what will you do?" The woman did not agree with the eunuch doing this, "What if Prince Dai gets angry and kills you?"
"I’m afraid of that too, so I haven’t dared to see Prince Dai," the eunuch said, "Although Princess Consort Dai didn’t die from poison, she indeed took life-threatening medicine."
"Do you think such medicine really exists in this world? Could it be that the Imperial Physicians misdiagnosed?" the woman didn’t quite believe it, "If you go to Prince Dai and say Princess Consort Dai died because she took a fertility remedy, do you think Prince Dai will believe it?"
"That’s what the Imperial Physicians said, it must be true." The eunuch continued, "The Imperial Physicians said Princess Consort Dai took a banned medicine to conceive a child, this banned medicine was a fertility remedy that would definitely ensure conception and it would be a son, but the medicine would ruin her health."
He continued, "Originally, childbirth is like passing through the Gate of Hell for women, and with taking this medicine, Princess Consort Dai was sure to not survive. The Imperial Physicians also said it was a miracle she managed to live for so long after."
The woman was astonished: "So, you mean Princess Consort Dai should have died long ago?"
The eunuch nodded slightly and said, "She should have died after giving birth, but Princess Consort Dai held on until after the young prince’s first birthday celebration."
"I advise you not to tell Prince Dai about this," the woman frowned and said, "Prince Dai might not be happy upon learning the truth about Princess Consort Dai’s death, he might become more upset and angry, what if he really takes it out on you?"
The eunuch thought the woman made a lot of sense. He hesitated and said, "Then I’d better not say anything." Follow current novels on ɴovelfire.net
The woman instructed the eunuch, "You must keep this matter buried in your heart, you cannot tell anyone else."
"I’m no fool, telling others about this is asking for death," the eunuch said, lightly sighing, "I wanted to use this matter to make some money, but it seems impossible." Prince Dai is usually very generous, and he thought that telling Prince Dai the real reason for Princess Consort Dai’s death might earn him a substantial reward.