The prince longs for me every night after mastering thought-reading-Chapter 77 - 76 Rejecting Your Highness’s Pie in the Sky
Chapter 77: Chapter 76: Rejecting Your Highness’s Pie in the Sky
Chapter 77 -76: Rejecting Your Highness’s Pie in the Sky
Tao Chenghui couldn’t help but feel worried upon hearing this, “But I saw Lady Shen in good health the day before yesterday, how has her condition suddenly worsened?”
“Replying to Tao Chenghui, she was indeed well the day before yesterday, her sudden turn for the worse today was unexpected,” Little Rabbit replied.
Tao Chenghui glanced inside a few times but couldn’t make out anything, so he had no choice but to give up.
“Well then, I can only wait a few days before coming to visit Lady Shen again.”
Waving a small handkerchief, Tao Chenghui left the Xiyun Pavilion.
On the second day of Shen Chuwei’s isolation in the room, aside from eating and sleeping, she worried about her little vegetable garden being neglected.
Leaning on the windowsill, she waved to Little Rabbit in the courtyard, “Little Rabbit, have Little Anzi, Cai Die, and Gui Xiang go to the backyard and weed and fertilize.”
“This servant obeys the command,” Little Rabbit responded and planned to take people to the backyard.
Just as Shen Chuwei was about to avert her gaze, she caught sight of Xiao Jinyan walking in from outside from afar.
Xiao Jinyan was dressed in dark clothing, clearly just returned from the palace, with two Guards trailing behind him.
Nobody in the Imperial Palace knew yet that she was a suspected patient, all thanks to Xiao Jinyan’s good work keeping it a secret.
And the prevention measures were also well managed.
Xiao Jinyan caught sight of Shen Chuwei leaning on the windowsill.
She wore a pink mask on her cheeks, revealing only a pair of eyes as bright as the starry sky, watching him.
She had noticed his arrival.
Xiao Jinyan forwent the main entrance and instead took a long detour to arrive in front of the windowsill, separated by a corridor two meters away.
Shen Chuwei’s eyes curved, “Your Highness, how come you have the time to visit today?”
When she spoke, the mask rubbed against her lips, a bit itchy.
She wore the mask so as not to leave a psychological shadow on Imperial Doctor Wen.
Just like wearing a mask in modern times.
Most patients wouldn’t be in good spirits or mood, but Shen Chuwei was an exception, both her spirit and mood seemed fine.
They say her appetite was even greater than usual.
This was the only thing that put Xiao Jinyan at ease; if she were truly sick and in low spirits, it would be much worse.
“I heard from Imperial Doctor Wen that you refuse to take your medicine?”
Shen Chuwei felt it necessary to let Xiao Jinyan know that she didn’t have smallpox.
“Your Highness, I only have some red spots on my face; it’s not smallpox, and there’s no need for medicine,” she explained.
To Xiao Jinyan, it sounded as though Shen Chuwei was making excuses to avoid taking the medicine.
Because the medicine was indeed bitter, she had even vomited it out while unconscious from an arrow wound last time.
Xiao Jinyan said softly, “Bitter medicine is good for health, how will you get better if you refuse to take it?”
Shen Chuwei had no choice but to repeat, “Your Highness, I truly don’t have smallpox, and these red spots on my face will heal in a few days.”
Xiao Jinyan looked at Shen Chuwei, her justification for avoiding the medicine so similar to that of his younger brother when he was little and refused to take medicine.
“I too hope you haven’t contracted smallpox, but for your safety, you must cooperate with Imperial Doctor Wen and take proper treatment,” he insisted.
Feeling helpless, Shen Chuwei sighed.
Why wouldn’t Xiao Jinyan believe her?
“I do not wish to take the medicine.” Life was bitter enough; there was no need for such bitter medicine!～
Seeing her disobedience, Xiao Jinyan resorted to his trump card, “If you behave and take your medicine, I will buy you something tasty.”
Had he not mentioned tasty treats, it would’ve been fine, but the mention made Shen Chuwei think of the meat patty Xiao Jinyan promised her during the autumn hunt, which she had yet to receive.
“Your Highness is only good at making empty promises; I am not a three-year-old child, nor a woman who sustains herself on illusions anymore.” She too stood her ground for once, refusing a man’s broken promises!
Xiao Jinyan was baffled, “Making empty promises?
What do you mean by that?”
Shen Chuwei nodded vigorously, “Your current actions, Your Highness, are just that—making empty promises.”
Xiao Jinyan looked back at Liu Xi, who shook his head to show he didn’t understand either.
Xiao Jinyan turned back to Shen Chuwei, “Rest well, I will come to see you later.”
Shen Chuwei waved to Xiao Jinyan, “Take care, Your Highness.”
After Xiao Jinyan left, Shen Chuwei lay back down on the soft couch.
Seeing His Highness depart, Chun Xi, full of curiosity, asked Shen Chuwei, “Master, what does ‘making empty promises’ mean?”
Shen Chuwei thought of a more understandable explanation, “It means when you’re extremely hungry, someone tells you they’ll buy you a meat patty soon, but even after passing countless shops, that person just doesn’t buy it and runs off.
Their promise to buy you a patty is nothing more than an illusion they’ve created.”
“Oh, I see.” Chun Xi, still curious, asked, “What empty promises did His Highness make to you, Master?”
Shen Chuwei sighed helplessly, “During the autumn hunt, His Highness said he would buy me some tea pastries, yet I haven’t seen a single one.
Today he says he will buy me something tasty; do you think that’s believable?”
Chun Xi began to feel indignant on her master’s behalf, “I never realized His Highness was so good at making empty promises.”
Xiao Jinyan, who had returned, heard the conversation between the mistress and her maid; now he understood the meaning of ‘making empty promises.’
He could remember the tea pastries clearly.
Liu Xi also overheard their conversation, only then realizing the meaning of ‘making empty promises.’ His Highness had that ability?
To make empty promises?
Upon returning to his resting palace, Xiao Jinyan asked Liu Xi to summon Imperial Doctor Wen.
“How is her condition, exactly?”
Imperial Doctor Wen said, “Replying to Your Highness, Lady Shen doesn’t wish to take her medicine, and furthermore, I have noticed that besides the red spots on her face resembling the symptoms of smallpox, she doesn’t seem to have contracted smallpox.”
Xiao Jinyan pressed for an answer, “So does she have smallpox or not?”
“Your Highness, I’ve been practicing medicine for five years and have encountered many difficult cases, but Lady Shen’s illness is truly unlike anything I’ve seen or heard of.
It’s strange because when taking her pulse, it doesn’t seem like she is sick, yet the red spots on her face do resemble smallpox,” stated Imperial Doctor Wen, also finding it odd.
Not hearing a definitive answer made Xiao Jinyan understandably worried; he feared Shen Chuwei might be like the twelfth prince who appeared energetic and well during the day.
Yet the twelfth prince left suddenly at night, without any warning.
Not long after Imperial Doctor Wen left, Xiao Jinyu walked in.
“Brother, look what I brought you,” he said.
Xiao Jinyu’s arrival was quite untimely, catching Xiao Jinyan in a moment of distress.
“Do you not see that I am busy?”
“Brother, I will leave soon; I won’t take up much of your time.” Xiao Jinyu certainly knew his brother, the Crown Prince, was busy every day, as he quickly approached the desk and took out a fluffy little creature from his bosom, placing it in front of Xiao Jinyan.
Xiao Jinyan, looking at the very small fluffy fellow in front of him, not even a third of the size of a little gray rabbit, puzzledly looked at his brother, “What is this?
A bird?”
“Brother, I don’t know; I saw it while I was out playing today, found it quite amusing, so I bought it to give to you.
You can give it to sister-in-law as a pet,” said Xiao Jinyu.
At this word, Xiao Jinyan glanced down at the little yellow creature before him, thinking Shen Chuwei would probably like it.
Xiao Jinyu sneaked a peek at Xiao Jinyan, “Brother, I’ve copied the military tactics you wanted, but then the Eighth Sister destroyed them.
Please tell me how to tame a wolf then.”
Just the mention of copying military tactics made Xiao Jinyu annoyed; he had copied them twice already, and yet they kept meeting unfortunate ends.
