Man'er shook his head, "No, no, I'm just afraid that the palace has strict rules and I might make a mistake."
"That's why I will teach you the rules, just remember them." Aunt Xi said.
Man'er let out a frustrated sound.
Princess Ji came here once a day, dragging her heavy body with illness. Yuan Qingling treated her first and then went to Prince Huai's Mansion.
After a few days, there was no need to go to Prince Huai's Mansion, so he could just concentrate on treating Princess Ji.
On Yu Wenhao's side, the case has been settled. Tingjiang Mansion has dealt with a large number of officials and beheaded three of them, including Princess Ji's cousin Mo Wen.
Therefore, when Princess Tianji came over this day, her whole body was trembling.
After several days of treatment, Princess Ji didn't say much, except to ask about her condition.
And Yuan Qingling didn't say unnecessary words. She usually went back to rest after the injection was done, and then came out after the injection was completed. The conversation between the two was almost zero except for consultation.
However, when she got the needle that day, Princess Ji actually looked at Yuan Qing and said, "Can I say a few words to you?"
Yuan Qingling sat down on a chair far away from her, "Do you feel uncomfortable somewhere?"
"No!" Princess Ji was wearing a double mask, so her voice was a bit muffled when she spoke, "The condition is progressing very well, much better than before."
"Then what do you want to say?" Yuan Qingling asked.
Princess Ji raised her head and looked at Ah Si and Nanny Xi, "Can they go out?"
"Princess Ji, please tell me if you have anything to say." Aunt Xi said.
Princess Ji smiled bitterly, "Are you afraid that I will harm her? I'm really not qualified now. My life is in her hands. You all can go. I just want to find someone to say a few words."
Yuan Qing Ling nodded to Grandma Xi and Ah Si and motioned for them to go out.
If you have nothing to do today, just chat with her.
After Grandma Xi and Ah Si went out, Princess Ji took a deep breath and looked at her, "That day you said there was something wrong with my medicine. I went back and checked, and it was indeed the folk prescription I used and the medicine prescribed by the imperial doctor.
The medicine conflicted, so my condition made no progress but got worse."
"Well, just find out." Yuan Qing Ling said.
"Do you know who found that folk remedy for me?" Princess Ji asked.
"Prince Ji?" Yuan Qingling raised her eyes.
Princess Ji smiled bitterly, "You didn't even have to think about it? You knew it was him immediately."
Yuan Qing was speechless. There was no need to think about it. A folk remedy that could be accepted by such a thoughtful person as Princess Ji would not be handed over to someone else.
Princess Ji's eyes were suddenly filled with resentment, "I married him when I was sixteen years old. Since I entered the palace, my heart and eyes have been full of him. I know his ambitions, plan for him, know his preferences, and work for him, no matter what.
He has never been stingy with his thoughts and money. Over the past ten years, my family has spent more than one million taels of money on him, which gave him the power and connections he has today."
"He has ambitions, don't you? Rather than fulfilling him, you might as well say that you are investing?" Yuan Qingling said calmly.
"Ambition? Investment?" Princess Ji laughed. The wrinkles at the corners of her eyes made her look like a woman in her forties, but she was less than thirty.
"A sixteen-year-old newlywed is full of anxiety and joy. Looking at her husband-in-law, she dreams of beautiful days, serving him daily, giving birth to children for him, and growing old together with him. This is what I first
Ambition. But my efforts gradually stopped seeing rewards. He was used to my efforts, used to eating my flesh and blood, used to me working hard for him, and I didn’t see the slightest bit of it in his eyes.
I am grateful and contented. I don’t see a trace of tenderness and sweetness. All I see is calculation, measurement, indifference, and the hypocrisy that I work hard to create. Can I still be pure like this? I have to be convinced.
For myself, I also have to be ambitious, I also have to pursue, and I also have to be ruthless to be worthy of all the years I have put in."