Ban Han didn't know if it was an illusion, but she found that after she entered the Rong residence, the housekeeper's smile was brighter than usual.
"Your Highness, this way please."
"Thank you." After passing through the veranda, Ban Han saw a middle-aged man wearing a blue robe standing in the corner. She raised her eyebrows and didn't ask anything. However, the housekeeper noticed her expression and whispered, "That's the Duke's guest."
Ban Tong nodded his head in understanding. Literati liked to keep some guests at home to discuss poems, songs, paintings, and calligraphy. The higher the status of the person, the more guests they would keep. Unlike the Ban family, who kept actors, vaudeville troupes, singers, dancers, and storytellers. Compared to the Rong family, the Ban family was too vulgar, too vulgar to endure.
"I see," Ban Han nodded. She turned her head and saw that the guest was looking at her. She frowned slightly, "Are all the guests of your residence so rude?"
The housekeeper turned his head and noticed that the guest was still looking at Ban Han. His face darkened. Just as he was about to explode, the guest took a step back, saluted Ban Han, and left.
Ban Han was confused by the guest's attitude. However, she thought that the guest was just a guest without any official title, so she didn't take it to heart. She turned her head and walked towards the courtyard.
There weren't many servants in Cheng Anbo's residence, but the servants and maids were all very well-behaved. When they saw her coming in, they all saluted her and didn't dare to offend her.
After entering the inner courtyard, Ban Jin happened to meet Du Jiu who was walking out from the inner courtyard. She stopped in her tracks.
Du Jiu took two steps forward and saluted Ban Han. Ever since the Duke Of Jingting was almost assassinated, Du Jiu inexplicably became more respectful to Ban Han. "Greetings, Your Highness."
"Has your Duke's medicine been changed today?" Ban Han saw that the door was open, "It's already noon."
"Yes, Your Highness, the medicine has been changed." Du Jiu bowed his head and replied.
"Has he had lunch yet?"
"The Count hasn't eaten yet."
"I understand." Ban Han nodded. She lifted her skirt and walked into the room. The two maidservants behind her stood outside the door and did not follow her in.
Although Rong Xia and Emperor Yunqing were both taking medicine, the smell of medicine in Rong Xia's room was very light and did not make people nauseous. This was different from the stuffy and smelly Great Moon Palace. After Ban Han entered the room, he saw that Rong Xia was still lying on the bed reading a book. He went forward and took away his book. "Why are you lying on the bed reading a book? Don't you want your eyes?"
"If you're not here, I'll be bored lying on the bed. What else can I do other than read to pass the time?" Rong Xia opened her eyes wide and looked at Ban Yu. Her eyes were moist. After Ban Yu looked at her for a while, he could not help but soften his heart.
"You literati love to keep cursors. Now that you're injured, can they accompany you to write poems or paint?" Ban Han sat down by the bed. "I have some acrobats in my family. Tomorrow, I'll let them come to your house to wait. If you have nothing to do, you can invite them to play with you."
"How can I take away your good fortune?"
"It's okay. I've seen all their acrobatic tricks. If I stay here for a few days, I can also save some money on food."
Rong Xia laughed out loud. "How can the dignified Duke's Mansion lack money?"
"Who would complain about having too much money?" Ban Han smiled and said, "So just accept them. We don't have many people in our family, but we have a lot of people who are here to play with you."
"Okay." Rong Xia's eyes were full of a warm smile. It was so sweet that it was like a sugar figurine. If he took a few more bites, he might be choked.
"Don't move. Let me see how the wound on your back is." Ban Han walked forward. Before Rong Xia could react, he lifted the smooth satin back and revealed Rong Xia's naked upper body on the ground.
Rong Xia's skin was very white. The wound on his back had already scabbed over. It was dark and wrinkled on his back. It looked twisted and horrible, without any sense of beauty. He was worried that Ban Han would have a bad impression of him if he saw the wound. He wanted to pull up the quilt, but Ban Han stopped him.
"Don't move." Ban Han bent down to look at the wound. "The wound is recovering well. Does your back itch these days?"
Rong Xia nodded. He realized that Ban Han might not be able to see it, so he said, "Yes."
"Then you must remember not to scratch it. It's not a big problem if it leaves a scar, but it's a big problem if it causes bleeding and pus." Ban Han's gaze moved down slightly. He looked at Rong Xia's white, tight, and sexy waist. He pulled up the quilt, covering most of his body. "Have you eaten?"
"Not yet." Rong Xia didn't like to lie in bed and use things. So even if it hurt when he got out of bed, he still struggled to get out of bed.
"Your body has suffered so much, but you still haven't eaten." Ban Han sighed. He turned and walked to the door. He waved at the servants of the Rong Family who were guarding the door. "Go bring the noon meal into the room."
"Yes." The servant bowed and left. He didn't question Ban Han's orders at all. He didn't even need to look at the face of the real master. Over the past few days, they had seen the princess scold the Count, and the Count could only listen obediently. Even the stewards in the residence had to listen to the princess's orders. How could they, the servants, dare to offend the princess?
Sooner or later, she would be the mistress of the count's fu. They accepted it very calmly.
Seeing Ban Han busy for him, Rong Xia's eyes were warm.
A short while later, the meal was served. It was all light food. Du Jiu and a servant helped Rong Xia up from the bed. Then they put a loose soft silk robe on his body and helped him to sit at the table.
The loose soft silk robe wouldn't chafe the skin, but because it was too wide, it would inevitably expose areas below the neck, such as the collarbone and the chest. Someone once said that the most mesmerizing moment was when one's clothes were half hidden and half hidden.
Ban Han found that his eyes were a bit disobedient. He secretly glanced at Rong Xia's neck several times.
However, Rong Xia didn't pay attention. When he picked up his chopsticks, one end of the chopsticks accidentally pulled on his lapel, and his chest was exposed even more.
The white and smooth skin, the well-proportioned chest muscles, seemed to be full of mysterious attraction. Ban Han hadn't eaten yet, but he was already half satisfied. She wiped her cheeks. Very good, she didn't blush.
Her ancestors had long said that beauty seduced people. It seemed that this saying was very reasonable.
"Huahua, are you not used to these dishes?" Rong Xia looked at her with a smile, the corners of his mouth raised. He was so beautiful that her heart melted.
"It's very good." Ban Han put a piece of green bamboo shoot into his mouth. He didn't taste anything at all, so he swallowed it.
Rong Xia smiled and narrowed his eyes. He remembered that Huahua didn't like green bamboo shoots very much.
"Hiss." He reached out his chopsticks to pick up a dish not far away. But as soon as his hand reached out, it hurt so much that he sucked in a breath of cold air.
"Don't move." Ban Han hurriedly moved the dish in front of him. "Tell me what you want to eat. Don't pull on your wound."
"Okay." Rong Xia nodded and began to pick up the dish in a small arc.
Ban Han nodded with satisfaction. An obedient man was the most lovable.
The meal lasted for nearly an hour. When Rong Xia lay back on the bed, Ban Han said to him, "Have a good rest. I have to go back."
Rong Xia said, "Okay." But his eyes were full of reluctance.
"By the way," Ban Han took out two small medicine bottles and put them on the table. "I got these from His Majesty. They have the miraculous effect of relieving itching and healing wounds. His Majesty didn't have many bottles, so I asked for two for you."
"His Majesty treats you very well." Rong Xia looked at the two bottles, which were smaller than a baby's fist. He naturally knew what was inside.
"Yes." Ban Han smiled and nodded. "Then I'll go. Remember to have someone apply this medicine on your wound."
Rong Xia smiled and agreed. After Ban Han left, Du Jiu walked in. When he saw the two bottles of medicine, his face showed some surprise. "Count, isn't this the secret medicine of the palace? Did Princess Fule bring it?" Just now, only Princess Fule was present, so these two bottles of medicine could only have been brought by the Junzhu.
"Yes." Rong Xia took one of the bottles. When he opened the cap, he could smell the faint fragrance of medicine. He closed the cap and played with the small bottle. Suddenly, he said, "Du Jiu, do you think Princess Fule will resent me after this matter is settled?"
Du Jiu was stunned. He was silent for a moment. "Count, this subordinate doesn't know."
Rong Xia put the bottle to his nose and sniffed. "Yes, you don't know either." Even he was not sure whether he and Huahua would have a conflict because of the Jiang family in the future.
"Count, why don't you tell Princess Fule what happened to the old Duke Of Jingting? Also, the real mastermind behind the assassination of the Duke Of Jingting was the Xie Family, but His Majesty covered for the Xie Family. "This was what Du Jiu did not understand the most." If Princess Fule knew about this, she would understand you. "
Rong Xia shook his head silently.
He liked to see Huahua live a carefree life. She wore the most beautiful dresses, ate the most exquisite food, and showed off what she had. It was all so beautiful that he could not bear to destroy it.
She lived the life that he had dreamed of when he was young, but could not live. As long as he looked at her, he felt that his childhood fantasy had been fulfilled.
"Don't mention this again." Rong Xia held the bottle tightly in his hand. "I know."
"But His Majesty treats Princess Fule so well, how could she just watch …"
"But soon, this world will no longer belong to His Majesty." Rong Xia put the bottle beside the pillow and said lightly, "His unfilial son is waiting for him to pass away at a hundred years old. Although the guards do their best to protect him, it is inevitable that there will be mistakes. "
Du Jiu opened his mouth and said after a while, "I understand."
When Ban Han returned home, her Ban Family members gathered around. After making sure that she did not suffer any grievances, the Ban Family members relaxed.
"Huahua, what did His Majesty say when you went to the palace?" The Yin Clan pulled Ban Han to sit down and asked Ban Han in detail what happened after she entered the palace.
Ban Han told them everything that happened after she entered the palace. "His Majesty did not look very good. His appearance was distorted. The palace servants in the Great Moon Palace were all nervous, afraid that His Majesty would be angry and punish them. " This trip to the Great Moon Palace made her feel oppressed and depressed. It was completely different from the relaxed atmosphere in the past.
The Yin Clan sneered inside. People who did too many wrong things would always have retribution. She patted Ban Han's hand. "Since His Majesty's emotions are so unstable, you should go to the palace less in the future. Our family will not participate in the matter between the Crown Prince and the Second Prince. The Second Princess Consort is too calculative. She wants to take all the benefits in the world. This kind of person is too short-sighted. There is no need to get too close to her. "
"I don't have a good relationship with her to begin with. How can I get close?" Ban Han smiled. "Don't worry."
"With you two troublesome little things around, how can I not worry?" the Yin Clan said. "Fine, you have a habit of taking afternoon naps. Go back to your own little courtyard."
Ban Han stood and prepared to leave.
"Wait a moment." The Yin Clan stopped her. "How is Duke Rong's injury?"
"Much better. It's just a flesh wound. He'll recover quickly." Ban Han answered casually. "Don't worry."
This silly child. She wasn't worried about Rong Xia. She was worried about her. If something happened to Rong Xia's body, she didn't want her daughter to marry a disabled person. It was other people's business to rely on their daughter to gain a good reputation. She only hoped that her daughter wouldn't suffer.
"Master, Madame, Minister Yao's daughter requests an audience."
"Minister Yao?" The Yin Clan looked in confusion at Ban Huai. When did their family have any relationship with Yao Peiji's family?
Ban Huai shook his head. He didn't have much interaction with the Painting Addict, Yao Peiji.
"Is it the Third Miss Yao?" Ban Han looked at the steward and asked.
"Yes." The steward responded.
"This Third Miss Yao has some friendship with me. Let her in." After saying this, Ban Han turned to the Yin Clan and said, "Mother, this Third Miss Yao is quite interesting. Let her in first and ask her what her intentions are."
The Yin Clan nodded and didn't say anything.
Ban Huai glanced at Ban Han suspiciously. "Sister, you went outside to provoke young girls again?" He had reason to believe that if his sister was a man, she would definitely be a famous playboy in the capital.
"Nonsense. It was the young girl who wanted to be friends with me." Ban Han glared at Ban Huai. "You really don't know how to speak."
Ban Huai: … …
Yao Ling sat in the outer room uneasily. The handkerchief in her hand had already been twisted into a fried dough twist. Ever since her father had been punished by the Emperor and his position as Minister had been replaced, the Yao Family's status in the capital had plummeted. The imperial physicians often had to be urged several times before they were willing to come, and the doctors outside couldn't be used. Some of the wounds on her father's body had already started to fester.
After her father lost his value, the Shi Family no longer paid any attention to the Yao Family. The other families were also perfunctory. The family wanted to invite two capable doctors, but they didn't know who to ask. She had also heard that the doctors raised by the Ban Family had some real skills. The ancestors of these doctors had followed the ancestors of the Ban Family to the battlefield, so they were very good at treating wounds. Even Cheng Anbo's wounds had been treated by the Ban Family's doctors.
She had wanted to come to the Ban Family for a long time, but she was afraid of being rejected or implicating them, so she had been holding back. Who knew that her father's wounds had worsened last night, and this morning he had a high fever. She had no other choice but to shamelessly come to the Ban Family.
A servant led her into the main hall. Seeing that the family of three was present, she hurriedly stepped forward and bowed. "Greetings to the Duke, Madam, Princess and Heir. Please forgive me for taking the liberty to visit you, Duke and Madam. "
"Miss Yao, please sit." The Yin Clan smiled warmly. "Miss Yao, why did you suddenly come to visit?" She saw that Yao Ling's eyes were red and there were tear stains on her eyelashes, so her tone softened a bit.
"Madam, I came today to ask for a favor." Yao Ling stood up and bowed deeply. "My father's injuries are serious. I beg the Duke and Madam to send your family's doctors to take a look at my father's injuries."
When the Yin Clan saw her bow so deeply, they thought that something big had happened. They didn't expect that it was just for two doctors. She was stunned. "Your father's injuries haven't healed yet?"
Yao Ling shook her head. "Not only have they not healed, but the wounds have started to fester. Now his body is starting to heat up. I really don't know who to ask for help from."
She had lived in Xue Zhou before, so she hadn't experienced the benefits of power. After staying in the capital for half a year, she understood why the people in the capital did everything they could to climb up the social ladder. It was because this was a realistic place. Those with power and influence would be respected. If they lost their power, although these people wouldn't kick them when they were down, very few people would be willing to lend a helping hand.
Compared to the capital, Xue Zhou was much more simple. She suddenly missed the days in Xue Zhou.
Although it wasn't as prosperous as the capital, and the food there couldn't be compared to the capital, the people there were much more simple and humane.
When she came to the Ban Family, she was just trying to find a doctor in a desperate situation. She held onto a faint hope, so even if the Ban Family wasn't willing, she wouldn't have any resentment. Her father had caused His Majesty to be unhappy, so it was normal for others to be afraid of being implicated.
"Alright, I'll have them take a look at the Lord Yao."
Yao Ling's eyes widened. They agreed so easily? She hadn't even said how she would repay them, and hadn't even started to beg them.
The rumored domineering Ban Family … was just like this?
"Ma, Madam?" Yao Ling stared blankly at the Yin Clan. For a moment, she didn't know what to say.
Ban Han saw her dazed expression and asked, "Is there anything else that makes it difficult for you?"
"No, there's nothing else." Yao Ling shook her head in a daze. Suddenly, she knelt in front of the Ban Family and kowtowed to the Ban Family, "Thank you, this little girl will definitely repay you in the future." When she was begging, she didn't kneel because it would be too forceful. But now, she was kneeling willingly.
She had begged several families that had a good relationship with the Yao Family, but these people were all vague and didn't really want to help. She didn't expect that in the end, the ones who were willing to help were the Ban Family, who didn't have much contact with the Yao Family.
"It's just a small matter. Younger sister Yao, what are you doing?" Ban Han bent down to help Yao Ling up from the ground. She took out a handkerchief and wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes, "Your father's health is more important. Quickly bring the doctor back."
"Older sister Ban." Yao Ling sniffled and gratefully curtsied to Ban Han. Only then did she use the back of her hand to wipe her eyes and hurriedly leave the Ban Family.
Yao Peiji was the pillar of the Yao Family. If he fell, the entire Yao Family would be unable to recover. So now that his fever hadn't subsided, everyone in the Yao Family was worried. Madam Yao and her children stayed close to the bed. After the medicine was fed, it was spat out again. Madam Yao anxiously wiped her tears.
"Madam, Madam, Third Miss has brought the doctor back."
Madam Yao hurriedly wiped the tears from her face and happily asked, "Which family's doctor is it?"
"This little one isn't sure, but seeing that the two doctors are wearing satin clothes, they shouldn't be doctors from outside." Normally, doctors rarely wore satin clothes. If they did, there was an eighty to ninety percent chance that they were raised by a wealthy family.
"No matter where the doctor is from, let's bring him in first." Madam Yao's heart was burning with anxiety. She couldn't wait for the two doctors to immediately appear in front of the bed.
When Yao Ling came in, the Yao Family didn't have time to ask and hurriedly asked the doctors to help with the diagnosis. Speaking of which, it was strange. They didn't know where these two doctors got their skills from, but after two pills, Yao Peiji's body stopped trembling. He was able to drink the medicine and his body temperature also dropped a lot.
The two doctors wrote a list and prescribed medicine for them, but the Yao Family refused to accept the consultation fee. After the Yao Family forced the money into their hands, they reluctantly accepted it.
After sending the doctors away, Madam Yao looked at Yao Peiji who was sleeping soundly and her anxious heart relaxed.
"Lingling, which family raised these two doctors?"
Yao Ling covered Yao Peiji with a blanket, "They are doctors raised by Jingting Gongfu. They are also in charge of treating Cheng Anbo's injuries."
"It's actually … Jingting Gongfu?" Madam Yao remembered that when people gossiped about the Ban Family in the past, she would respond with a few words. She felt her face heat up. Their family's current situation was so bad that even their friends and relatives had to avoid them. However, the Duke Of Jingting was willing to lend a helping hand. This kind of life-saving grace, the Yao Family couldn't thank him enough.
The other members of the Yao Family were also stunned. They were a scholarly family and had always looked down on the Ban Family's way of doing things. Although they maintained their gentlemanly demeanor and had never said anything bad about the Ban Family, they still looked down on this family in their hearts.
However, at this time, it was the family that they looked down on that helped them when no one else dared to.
"Mother," Eldest Young Master Yao said, "Tomorrow, I will personally go to the Ban Family to thank them."
"Don't be in such a hurry," Madam Yao hurriedly shook her head and said, "His Majesty is still angry. What if we implicate the Ban Family when we visit them?"
Eldest Young Master Yao hadn't thought about this before. Now that he heard Madam Yao's words, he was stunned for a moment and said, "I understand."
"Let's talk about it after your father recovers," Madam Yao sighed, "It's good that others helped us, but we can't harm them."
In the Great Moon Palace, Emperor Yunqing was quietly drinking medicine.
Ever since the Ban Han left, he had been in a good mood. Not only did he eat a bowl of green stem rice, but he also took medicine.
"Your Majesty," the Commander of the Imperial Guards stood in front of the dragon bed with his head lowered, "after Princess Fule left the palace, she didn't return to the Duke's Estate. Instead, she went to Cheng Anbo's Estate."
"Hmm, I guess she gave the medicine to Cheng Anbo?" Emperor Yunqing smiled faintly. Obviously, this matter didn't make him angry.
"Yes, after Princess Fule accompanied Cheng Anbo for lunch, she returned to Jingting Gongfu. However … "
"However what?" Emperor Yunqing stared at the person in front of him with a pair of gloomy eyes.
"The Third Miss of the Yao Family visited the Duke's Estate. The Duke Of Jingting sent two physicians to Lord Yao's Estate."
Emperor Yunqing suddenly laughed when he heard this. After a while, he said, "In the entire capital, people are the best at taking advantage of the situation and avoiding harm. Only the members of the Ban Family are the true people of temperament. Yao Peiji is a useful person. Nothing must happen to him. "
"You don't need to report these trivial matters to me. How are the two princes?"
"The Crown Prince has been reading in the palace. He didn't feel dissatisfied because Your Majesty locked him up," the Commander of the Imperial Guards said, "It's just that there seems to be some hostility between the Crown Prince and the Crown Princess."
"Hmm," Emperor Yunqing nodded slightly, "What about the Second Prince?"
"The Second Prince …" The Commander of the Imperial Guards hesitated, "The Second Prince's temperament is more lively than the Crown Prince's."
"In my opinion, it's not that his temperament is lively, it's that his mind is too active," Emperor Yunqing's expression was indifferent, "Other than that, did anything else happen today?"
"The Second Princess Consort stopped Princess Fule. She wanted the Princess Fule to persuade the Ban Family to cooperate with the Second Prince."
"What does she want to cooperate with?" Emperor Yunqing sneered, "I'm still alive. What do they want to scheme against me so urgently?"
The Commander didn't dare to speak.
"What did the Princess Fule say?"
"The Princess said that the world belongs to Your Majesty. He can give the throne to whoever he wants. As a son, he only needs to listen to his father's arrangements."
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