"Very good," Xiao Xun nodded with a detached face, "This time I go back, you tell your grandmother that the palace is empty, and go and see her." ”

"Yes, Brother Prince, Xiao Jiu has written it down," Xiao Wanping agreed respectfully.

Xiao Xun turned his gaze and looked at Huo Xiao again, "Mrs. Hou has been doing well lately?" ”

Huo Xiao lowered his eyes and arched his hand, "If you go back to the prince, my grandmother's situation ...... Fair. ”

"Since this is the case, don't neglect the practice of martial arts, and practice with the masters in the Boye Marquis Mansion." Xiao Xun said coldly.

Lu Nianjin saw that he was too strict, and couldn't help but walk up to Huo Xiao and say something for him, "The prince doesn't blame Brother Xiao for being lazy, it's true, his martial arts master has taken leave in the past few days, and he has come to see me again." ”

"So, a martial arts master is not enough for you?" Xiao Xun's gaze at Huo Xiao became more and more cold, "Then the palace will go back and send two more to the Boye Marquis Mansion." ”

Huo Xiao: "......"

He raised his head with a cold face and said, "There is Prince Lao." ”

"You're welcome." Xiao Xun said detachedly.

As the words fell, he covered his lips and coughed violently.

When Lu Nianjin saw it, he hurriedly walked towards him, sat down on the edge of the bed, and said with concern, "What's wrong with the prince, but his chest is uncomfortable again." ”

Xiao Xun grabbed her hand, endured the discomfort in his throat, looked at Xiao Wanping and Huo Xiao coldly, and said, "You two stand down!" ”

"Yes, Brother Prince," Xiao Wanping whispered, then looked at Huo Xiao and pulled him back quickly.

"Brother Prince's body seems to be worse than I imagined!" Under the corridor, Xiao Wanping tightly pulled Huo Xiao's sleeve and said worriedly.

Huo Xiao glanced at her, gently withdrew his sleeve, and said, "My sister's medical skills are so good, she should be able to help the prince get through this hurdle." ”

"I hope so!" Xiao Wanping said solemnly, the words fell, sighed, looked at Huo Xiao again, and said, "Sister probably can't take care of us anymore, Brother Huo Xiao, you can send me back." ”

When Huo Xiao heard this, he frowned slightly, looked at the Bailing beside her, and said, "Isn't there Bailing with you?" ”

Xiao Wanping said unhappily, "Bailing is Bailing, Brother Huo Xiao is Brother Huo Xiao, it's different." ”

“…… All right! Huo Xiao pondered for a moment, and reluctantly compromised, "I'll send you back!" ”

"Brother Huo Xiao, you are so good!" Xiao Wanping said, holding his hand again.

Huo Xiao was not used to her being so close, frowned slightly, and said, "Xiao Jiu, men and women are not at the same table at the age of seven, I am ten years old today, you are not good like this." ”

"Oh." Xiao Wanping replied sullenly and slowly withdrew her hand.

Huo Xiao breathed a sigh of relief and took the lead in walking out.

Xiao Wanping followed awkwardly, and after leaving Luoshen Garden, she chattered again.

Huo Xiao was a little upset, but for the sake of the friendship between the two families, he didn't want to say anything, so he just kept silent, at most when she asked him, he opened his mouth.

More than half an hour later, the carriage stopped at the gate of the mansion of the eldest princess of Dongping.

Xiao Wanping looked at Huo Xiao and said happily, "Brother Huo Xiao, I'm here, do you want to go in and have a cup of tea and rest, my father recently got a good purple jade pen, I'll ask him to give it to you." ”

"No need, I still have something to do at home, you can go back early."

"Hmm," Xiao Wanping responded, her original bright smile disappeared all at once, she just looked at him reluctantly, and said, "Then you must be careful on the way back, and send someone to come and talk to me when you get home." ”

"Got it."

"Then I'll go first!" Xiao Wanping straightened up and walked out.

Huo Xiao nodded and watched her leave step by step.

When she was about to get out of the car, Xiao Wanping stopped again, and suddenly turned around and said, "By the way, Brother Huo Xiao, don't forget to send the embroidery lady over, I will definitely study hard." ”

"Go back, I won't forget!" Huo Xiao paused and said.

Xiao Wanping smiled again, then opened the curtain of the carriage and stepped on the ladder to walk down.

Outside, the coachman watched Xiao Wanping enter the Eldest Princess's Mansion, and then turned the head of the car and rushed in the direction of the Boye Marquis Mansion.

In the carriage, Huo Xiao pursed his lips tightly, his expression was gloomy, and he didn't know what he was thinking.

National Teacher's Mansion, after Xiao Xun took the medicine, she fell asleep, Lu Nianjin sat on the edge of the bed, and gently wiped her hands and feet with a wet handkerchief.

"Girl, the little maid from the Boye Marquis Mansion just came over and said that the little prince has sent the ninth girl back to the Eldest Princess's Mansion." After a long time, Yun Jiang walked in from outside and said.

"I know," Lu Nianjin nodded, "You go out first." ”

"One more thing—" Yun Jiang didn't leave, but added.

Lu Nianjin put down the veil and raised his head to look at her, "What's the matter?" ”

"Huang Gongzi asked someone to send a letter over," she said, she took out a letterhead from her sleeve and handed it to Lu Nianjin.

On the letterhead it reads, "The Prince's Confession."

The font looks good, but it is not smooth enough, Lu Nianjin can see it at a glance, this is the result of Huang Lun's practice of left-handed characters.

"You put it away first, I don't have the heart to look at it now." Lu Nianjin frowned and handed the letterhead to Yun Jiang again, and ordered.

"Yes, girl." Yun Jiang agreed, took the letterhead and left......

On the other hand, Huang Lun has been looking forward to Lu Nianjin's reply since he sent the letter written in his left hand.

But he waited day after day, but Lu Nianjin never replied to him.

The aunt of the Huang family looked at her son's expression becoming more and more gloomy, and vaguely noticed some signs, blocking him from cautiously probing, "Lun'er, you shouldn't have any thoughts about Tingzhi, right?" ”

Huang Lun was caught in his mind by his mother's words, his face changed suddenly, and he vigorously denied it, "I, I didn't, what do you say, mother, how could I be against the court...... I've always thought of him as a cousin. ”

The aunt of the Huang family was suspicious and asked rhetorically, "Then what is going on with you these days?" I see, since you wrote a letter to Tingzhi, your three souls and six spirits have followed that letter with you. ”

"I really don't!" Huang Lun looked solemn and quibbled.

The aunt of the Huang family stepped forward and patted him lightly on the shoulder, "It's good that you know it in your heart, she is not an ordinary person in Tingzhi, and her father-in-law is not an ordinary person, my mother is really afraid that if you make a mistake, you will never recover." ”

"Well," Huang Lun nodded heavily, trying to raise a smile, and said, "Mother, don't worry, I won't make a mistake." ”

"That's good." The aunt of the Huang family breathed a sigh of relief.

September 14 is the day before the prince of the Japanese gave a bride price to Princess Huyang, and it is also the day when the daughters of the capital add makeup to Princess Huyang.

Lu Nianjin, as the eldest sister-in-law of Princess Huyang, naturally wanted to go to the palace.

"Do you need to go with you?" After breakfast, Xiao Xun looked at Lu Nianjin worriedly and asked.

Lu Nianjin shook his head, "I take Yun Jiang and Yun Shu with me, I won't make a mess, the prince is not in good health, so let's rest well." ”

"Hmm." Xiao Xun nodded, and there was a gloomy flash in his eyes, "Then take care of yourself, if there is anything, immediately let Cai Hun and them inform the palace." ”

"I know," Lu Nianjin bowed, and before leaving, she checked Xiao Xun's pulse again, and instructed Yun Xun and Yun Hui to serve them attentively.

After settling everything down, she left with Yun Jiang and Yun Shu.

When they arrived at the Jade Lake Palace, the Jade Lake Hall was already overcrowded. Princess Huyang is the only adult princess in the saint today, and she is also the most favored princess.

"The princess is overjoyed," stepping on the way of the daughters, Lu Nianjin walked towards Princess Huyang step by step, and said with a smile, "I hope the princess can be in harmony with the prince Qinse, and the children will become a pair, and grow old together-Yun Jiang,"

Yun Niang understood, and immediately handed over the brocade box in her hand.

Lu Nianjin held the brocade box and personally delivered it to Princess Huyang's hand, and said, "Princess, this is the Twin Pill that I have refined with dozens of medicinal materials, a total of ten, one in three days, ten times in a row, there is a sixty or seventy percent chance that I will be pregnant with twins." Laugh, princess! ”

"You!" Princess Huyang listened to her introduction, and her face was so angry that her face turned blue, and her lips trembled and she couldn't speak at all. If she didn't still have a little sense in her heart, she was afraid that she would grab the brocade box and smash it into Lu Nianjin's face.

"You're welcome, princess!" Lu Nianjin cut off her words with a smile, met her angry eyebrows, and said, "The prince is not in good health, and he still needs me, so I will stay soon, and the princess doesn't have to send it off!" With that, she turned and walked out.

Princess Huyang pinched the brocade box in her hand, and her subordinates were not, nor did she throw it, so she could only endure it, biting her lip stubbornly, looking at the nobles and daughters in the palace, and said, "I'm a little uncomfortable, you go back first, and then set up a banquet to thank you." ”

"Yes, princess!" The daughters of the nobles were also afraid that Princess Huyang would be angry with them, and now when they heard that she was willing to let them go, they didn't say a word, and they retreated in twos and threes.

In the Jade Lake Palace, the originally bustling hall was deserted at a speed that could be seen by the naked eye.

And Princess Huyang held back for so long, she couldn't hold back anymore, and smashed the brocade box in her hand to the ground.

After smashing it, she still felt puzzled, so she ran over and stepped on it a few times, until she stepped on the brocade box and the pills inside, and then barely breathed a sigh of relief.

"Yu Niang, stuff all these things into the warehouse for me, I don't want to see them!" After she finished breathing, she looked at the mountain of gifts piled up in the main hall and shouted coldly.

"Yes, princess!" Yu Niang agreed, and immediately asked people to deal with these things.

Princess Huyang watched the palace maids get busy, flicked her sleeves hard, returned to the inner hall, and smashed the inner hall again.

On the way to Kunning Palace, Yun Jiang always kept a half-step distance from Lu Nianjin, she lowered her head, walked for about half an hour, suddenly didn't know what to think, suddenly changed her face, stepped forward and said in a low voice, "Girl, just now in the Jade Lake Palace, didn't you find anything unusual?" ”

"What do you mean?" Lu Nianjin glanced sideways at Yun Jiang and asked.

Yun Jiang lowered her voice and whispered, "The slave suspects that the ointment of the lord of Shengping was stolen by the princess. ”

"I know that!" Lu Nianjin's face was calm.

"W-What, you know?" Yun Jiang's tone was short, and he was not calm.

A touch of mockery flashed in Lu Nianjin's eyes, and Yun said lightly, "The ointment is the recipe I gave, she smells so big, and I don't have a sense of taste, I smell it as soon as I enter the Jade Lake Palace." ”

"And what are you going to do, to debunk her?"

"Why should I demolish her, she didn't steal my ointment."

Yun Jiang suddenly realized, "...... The girl is right, she stole the things of the lord of Shengping, even if she wants to debunk it, it is the lord of Shengping to debunk it, you can't be a villain in vain. ”

"Hmm."

As they spoke, they arrived at Kunning Palace.

"The slave has seen the crown princess, please say hello to the prince!" The palace maid of Kunning Palace stepped forward and saluted, with a faint smile, and said, "Niangniang knows that the crown princess will come over today, so she specially instructed the slave maid, no need to report, the princess will take you in directly as soon as she comes." ”

"I'm tired," Lu Nianjin lightly thanked the palace maid, and then walked in with her.

In the main hall, the queen counted the time, had been waiting for her for a while, and when she saw her come in, she immediately showed a smile, and said, "Jin'er, you are here." ”

"Queen Mother!" Lu Nianjin gave a salute.

The queen called out gently, and then instructed Song Ying, "This palace has a few words to say to the crown princess, you take someone down first." ”

"Yes, sissy." Aunt Song Ying agreed and retreated with all the palace maids.

Lu Nianjin looked at the queen like this, and a hint of suspicion appeared on her face, "What does the queen mother want to tell me?" ”

"Come here!" The queen beckoned.

Lu Nianjin walked over from the good and sat down under the queen.

"How is the prince doing these days?" The queen gently held Lu Nianjin's hand and asked.

"It's good." Lu Nianjin replied softly, in front of the queen, she was sincere, and mentioned her partial words half-truthfully.

After hearing this, the queen didn't feel sorry for Xiao Xun, but nodded and agreed, "Xun'er's temper has been strong since he was a child, that is, you have a way to make him soften." It's good to lie to him now, at least let him settle down a little and take his body seriously. ”

"The queen mother doesn't blame me for making my own decisions."

"Silly child, how can the queen mother blame you!"

"Well," Lu Nianjin smiled, and then asked, "The queen mother asked Aunt Song Ying to take everyone down, there should be something else to ask me, right?" ”

The queen nodded and said with a smile, "Clever girl, I can't hide anything from you." ”

"I don't know what it is?"

"It's Concubine Jing," mentioning Concubine Jing, the queen unconsciously gritted her teeth, sank her face, and said, "Last night, the people below reported that she first went to Concubine Ning's palace, and then went to Concubine Gui's palace. ”

Lu Nianjin listened to her and understood what she meant, "Niangniang wants to solve her in advance before she starts?" ”

The queen nodded, "That's what I think, besides, haven't you and Xun'er already collected all the evidence of her crimes?" ”

"It's all collected," Lu Nianjin nodded, "It's just that those easts are in the hands of the prince, and if the queen mother wants to use it, I'm afraid that the prince will have to approve it." ”

"Then when you go back today, I'll talk to him."

"Hmm."

A quarter of an hour later, Lu Nianjin left Kunning Palace.

"The slave maid sent the princess out of the palace." Yao Huang was ordered by the queen and served by Lu Nianjin's side.

Lu Nianjin bowed lightly, "Well, let's go!" ”

With Yao Huang here, Lu Nianjin and Yun Jiang's master and servant didn't say anything along the way.

After arriving at the National Teacher's Mansion, Lu Nianjin tilted his head slightly and looked at Yao Huangdao, "You follow me to see the prince." ”

"Yes, Crown Princess." Yao Huang responded respectfully, she and Lu Nianjin both understood the meaning of the queen sending her to send Lu Nianjin.

Roselle Garden.

When the two approached the bedroom, Xiao Xun was asleep.

"Wait a moment here!" Lu Nianjin looked at Yao Huang and said.

Yao Huang bowed down, "Yes, Crown Princess." ”

Xiao Xun slept a little deeply, and only woke up after half an hour, he rubbed his eyebrows, propped himself up and looked at Lu Nianjin, "Are you back?" ”

Lu Nianjin snorted, fed him some warm water first, and then said that the queen was going to take care of Concubine Jing.

After Xiao Xun listened, his eyes were dark, his hands were on his knees, and he said, "This palace originally planned to present these evidences to his father after the prince left Beijing, but now that it has been determined that the prince will not leave Beijing, there is no need to delay, Yao Huang, you go back first, and then the palace will let people send all the evidence to the queen mother of Kunning Palace." ”

"Yes, prince, the slave will retire first." Yao Huang said, saluted the two again, and then retreated.

"The prince really wants to give all the evidence to the queen mother?" Lu Nianjin walked over to Yao Huang, furrowed his eyebrows slightly, and asked in a low voice.

"What do you mean by that?" Xiao Xun's pupils shrank, and he looked at her fixedly and asked.

"......" Lu Nianjin pursed his lips, not knowing what to say! After all, the queen is Xiao Xun's mother-in-law.

If she and the queen were on opposite sides, Xiao Xun wouldn't necessarily trust her completely, right?

"Why don't you say it?" Xiao Xun saw that she was silent, and asked in a deep voice.

"I don't know what to say."

"Straight to the point." Xiao Xun looked at her for a moment, and spit out two words from between his teeth.

Lu Nianjin licked his lips, a little nervous, "Then if I say it directly, the prince promises me and doesn't blame me." ”

"This palace promises you, just say it."

"That's it...... When I entered the palace today, I always felt that the queen mother was weird, she seemed to be hiding clumsy all along, whether it was to the Jiang family, the emperor, or the harem. It's the kind of person who knows everything well, but pretends that he doesn't know anything, only stays in a corner, pretends to be weak, and seems to be unable to do anything. ”

"What do you mean by that?" Xiao Xun listened to Lu Nianjin say sentence by sentence, his expression became more and more serious and gloomy from the indifference at the beginning, and at the end, he stared at her eyes for verification.

"Does the prince know that Aunt Song Ying and Yao Huang are all old lady Jiang's people?"

Xiao Xun shook his head.

Lu Nianjin had no choice but to tell Jiang Rongyue what Jiang Rongyue cried to her last time, and after finishing speaking, he continued, "Originally, I thought that the queen mother was in the dark about these things, and she once felt sorry for her, and was deceived and used by her own biological mother, but according to the actions of the queen mother today, I found that there is another possibility in this matter, that is, the queen mother knows everything, and the cowardice and kindness she has always shown are all pretending to be pigs and eating tigers." ”

"......" Xiao Xun was silent. Because of Lu Nianjin's words, his face became more and more ugly.

"Also," Lu Nianjin took out the courage to break the cauldron, and then said, "Listen to the queen mother's meaning, Chonghua Palace, Qixiang Palace, and Yilan Palace should all have her people, if I am not mistaken, those people should have been buried eighteen years ago." ”

"I even suspect that the queen mother wants Concubine Jing's handle, not to deal with Concubine Jing, but to cooperate with Concubine Jing to deal with Concubine Lu Guifei. Because, judging from the current situation, Lu Guifei is the fierce rival of the queen mother, Concubine Jing is nothing at all, she can unite with Concubine Jing first, kill Lu Guifei, and then deal with Concubine Jing. ”

……

"Will you let Hongu be quiet?" After a long time, Xiao Xun suddenly raised his head, looked at Lu Nianjin with painful and complicated eyes, and said.

Lu Nianjin nodded hesitantly, "Then I'll go out first." ”

"Hmm." Xiao Xun replied in a deep voice.

Lu Nianjin stood up and walked out. She was very confused, and she couldn't sit still in the warm pavilion Luohan bed, so she simply went to the pharmacy.

In the pharmacy, she sat down behind the table, then picked up the gold prescription at hand and opened it.

After reading it for a while, she suddenly flipped through the pages as if she remembered something, but no matter how she turned it, the prescription for the scar removal cream still didn't find it, as if it had disappeared out of thin air.

"Who the hell is it?" She looked up and muttered to herself.

But there was silence in the pharmacy, but no one answered her.

She propped her chin and thought carefully about who had been in the pharmacy these days.

It's just that there have been too many things recently, she thought about it for a long time, and she couldn't think of anyone who would be suspicious of this, so in desperation, she had to stand up, go to Duobao Pavilion and get a bottle of poison powder, and sprinkle it in all corners of the pharmacy.

Someday, she'll catch the prying man.

In the bedroom.

Xiao Xun held his forehead with one hand, his face full of bitterness and disappointment.

Ever since he knew that his father would die of illness in four or five years, he had been thinking about the suspect.

Now, he finally has a candidate in his heart, but he doesn't feel the slightest joy.

He never imagined that his biological mother, in a place he didn't know, would have such an unfathomable side.

And he was like a fool, he really thought that she was simple and deceitful, weak and kind, and had to rely on him and his father's protection to survive.

"Prince...... I don't know how long it has been, the bedroom is a little dizzy, Lu Nianjin walked in from outside, she held a candlestick in her hand, looked at Xiao Xun on the bed, and called softly. After a few moments, she asked, "Can I light the lamp?" ”

"Hmm." Xiao Xun replied coldly.

Little by little, Lu Nianjin lit up all the candlesticks in the house.

As if in the light of day, she slowly walked towards Xiao Xun, sat down on the edge of the bed, held him on his lap, and said softly, "Has the prince figured it out?" ”

"If so...... If you can't figure it out, you might as if I didn't mention anything......"

"Figured it out." Xiao Xun suddenly raised his head, looked at her, and thought about her words, "I've figured it out, Jin'er." ”