Physician Bi arrived quickly.

He carried his medicine box and hurriedly walked into the inner chamber where Yun Chu was, pulled out a thread, and placed it on Yun Chu’s pulse.

“Blood deficiency generating wind—it should be avoided when necessary.” Physician Bi quickly reached a conclusion. “Since wild mushrooms were consumed, simply avoid them in the future. This old man will write two prescriptions—one to nourish and regulate the blood, the other to stop the skin itching.”

The physician picked up his brush and soon wrote out two prescriptions to hand over. Jiu’er took them out and quickly had someone from the manor who could ride go to the pharmacy to fill the prescriptions.

“This old man has practiced medicine for over thirty years. Madam Xie is the second person I’ve encountered who falls unconscious from eating wild mushrooms.” Physician Bi spoke. “The first was the young princess.”

Yun Chu’s heart skipped a beat, her face showing disbelief.

Little Changsheng also couldn’t eat wild mushrooms?

This was far too much of a coincidence.

“Madam Xie can soak in the hot springs shortly. It can rapidly eliminate these red rashes that have appeared.” Physician Bi looked toward Chu Yi standing to the side. “Since the young princess is also at the manor, why not administer acupuncture to the young princess tomorrow and try what therapeutic effects administering needles in the hot spring water might have.”

Hearing these words, Chu Changsheng’s body couldn’t help but tremble. She shrank into Yun Chu’s embrace, her whole body shaking uncontrollably.

Chu Hongyu sniffled and clenched his small fists, saying: “Physician Bi is a bad person! Always sticking needles in my sister. All the needle marks on her body were made by him. Bad person, big bad person!”

Physician Bi rubbed his nose.

He had been living with the young lord and young princess for over three years. The two young masters hid as soon as they saw him, as if seeing some terrible beast.

However, he was already used to it.

Yet he heard a gentle female voice speak: “Yu’ge’er, Physician Bi administers acupuncture to Changsheng to regulate her body. You surely don’t want to see your sister’s body so weak she can’t even hold a kitten, do you?”

Her voice was somewhat hoarse, but gentle and full of strength.

Chu Hongyu of course understood this reasoning, but every time his sister received acupuncture, she became even more silent than before, and even he, her own older brother, couldn’t get close to her.

He truly felt too much heartache for Changsheng, not that he deliberately disliked Physician Bi.

He pressed his lips together, released Yun Chu’s hand, went around the screen and walked out. He walked before Physician Bi, raised his head and said: “Physician Bi, I’m sorry. I shouldn’t have said you were a big bad person. Can you forgive me?”

Physician Bi was so shocked his eyeballs nearly popped out.

In the past when the young lord called him a big bad person, it wasn’t that the prince hadn’t intervened, but the young lord simply didn’t listen to the prince at all.

Just now that Madam Xie had said one simple sentence, and the young lord actually came to apologize on his own initiative.

It was truly as if the sun had risen from the west.

He stroked his beard and spoke: “When this old man administers acupuncture to the princess, if the young lord can accompany the princess in conversation to divert her attention, this old man will forgive the young lord.”

Chu Hongyu nodded: “I would do this even without Physician Bi asking.”

Physician Bi laughed heartily and followed Chu Yi outside.

“Old Bi.” Chu Yi spoke slowly. “Are there many people in this world who fall unconscious and develop red rashes from eating wild mushrooms?”

Physician Bi shook his head: “Not many. In my entire life, I’ve only seen the young princess and Madam Xie… Most people with such symptoms cannot consume shrimp, crab, peanuts, and other trigger foods. Wild mushrooms are indeed rare.”

Something flashed through Chu Yi’s mind, but he didn’t grasp it.

He had someone escort Physician Bi to the manor’s guest quarters, then turned and instructed the old women of the small courtyard: “You several, prepare to attend Madam Xie for a hot spring bath.”

The old women bowed their hands in acknowledgment: “Yes, Your Highness.”

The servants returned with the medicine, brewed it, and after Yun Chu drank the medicine, the swelling and pain in her throat receded considerably, but her body was still covered in dense red rashes.

She got up, preparing to go soak in the hot springs.

Chu Hongyu clung to her: “Auntie Yun, can I soak together with you…”

Before Yun Chu could say anything, Chu Yi’s voice came from outside: “Chu Hongyu, what did I tell you? Men and women should maintain proper distance!”

“I’m not a boy, I’m a girl!” Chu Hongyu’s face was quite thick-skinned. “Auntie Yun, just pretend I’m a girl. I really want to soak in the hot springs with you.”

Yun Chu: “…”

For a moment, she really didn’t know what to say.

However, he was ultimately only a four-year-old child, not yet at the age where separation between boys and girls needed to be strictly observed.

She had people prepare clothing, changed the two little ones into special clothes for soaking in hot springs, put on clothes herself, and holding the two children’s hands, together entered the hot spring pool.

Chu Yi’s face was as black as the bottom of a pot.

Although he couldn’t see that side, he could hear the sounds. That little rascal’s laughter had frightened away all the birds in the trees.

Madam Xie truly indulged this boy too much…

“Your Highness!” At this moment, his attendant walked in to report: “Imperial Consort Yin requests Your Highness enter the palace. There are important matters to discuss!”

Chu Yi twirled his fingers.

The important matters his mother consort spoke of were eighty percent about the matter of taking a princess consort for him.

Although he had previously relented and agreed to take a princess consort, Yu’ge’er was very resistant to this matter and had even fallen into the water because of it.

He spoke: “Go tell the nanny who came to deliver the message that I already have someone in my heart. Please ask Mother Consort not to labor over this matter anymore.”

The attendant’s eyes widened in shock.

The prince had someone in his heart?

He was with the prince every day—why didn’t he know?

But there hadn’t even been a single woman appearing around the prince! How could there suddenly be someone in his heart!

Wait…

The attendant’s gaze looked toward the direction of the hot spring pool. Although he couldn’t see that side, he could hear the young lord calling “Auntie Yun” with every other sentence.

Could it be Madam Xie?

But Madam Xie was already married, with a husband, and children!

“What are you still standing there for!”

Chu Yi shouted coldly.

The attendant snapped out of his daze and hurriedly withdrew to handle the matter.

Chu Yi’s expression was dark and unclear.

Someone in his heart… who was the one in his heart?

At age fifteen, following General Yun on campaign, she had stood on the city wall, seeing the Yun Family Army off.

At that time she was only ten years old. He didn’t dare think anything, suppressing even the slightest bit of feeling, personally and ruthlessly strangling it in its cradle.

If he had known early on that five years after leaving on campaign, he would return to drink at her wedding banquet, would he still have hidden those feelings?

Chu Yi smiled bitterly.

Even if the Yun family knew of his feelings, it would be useless.

The Yun family absolutely could not let a Yun family daughter marry an imperial prince, and Father Emperor would also absolutely never grant them a marriage.

So those hidden feelings had actually long been slowly buried by the river of time… but the two children had inexplicably become attached to her…

Every meeting, every conversation, every time being so close to her was like a pot of water irrigating the field of his heart. That seed that had long died was actually beginning to slowly sprout, growing small green leaves…

But no, it couldn’t be!

He couldn’t ruin her.

Chu Yi turned around and walked out of the small courtyard.

Yun Chu soaked in the hot spring pool with the two children. Although it was the height of summer, all around were plants and trees, and ice blocks had been placed, so there was no sweltering feeling.

Chu Hongyu was like a loach, diving here and there in the hot spring pool, laughing heartily from time to time. That laughter infected Chu Changsheng, and the little girl also showed a sweet smile.