After Shen Shu and Chu Yi separated, they returned to the Shen family and told their parents what happened in the palace in a concise manner.

In the evening, she learned about Chu Yi's arrangement from Ying Liu.

"The girl is now waiting to be married, and if she suddenly lives in the palace, it will be quite inconvenient, and she is afraid of startling the snake. His Royal Highness arranged for the girl to live in Kunning Palace as a medical woman, and then left the palace on duty in the Tai Hospital three days later. ”

"When are you going to enter the palace?"

"At the beginning of the day, the Tai Hospital will take turns to hand over, the girl will go to the Tai Hospital first, and the Tai Tai Doctor will take the girl to Kunning Palace."

Ying Liu said, taking out a human skin mask: "This is a mask specially ordered by His Royal Highness to be made for you, you only need to dip it in water and stick it on your face, but the queen mother will not recognize you." This time when I entered the palace, His Royal Highness has taken care of it, and even the emperor has informed it, and I ask the girl to rest assured. ”

When Shen Shu heard that he had "informed the emperor", his eyebrows jumped slightly.

Immediately, she was relieved: even if the emperor was wary of Chu Yi again, he and the queen were in deep love after all. Now that the palace is under the control of the emperor, instead of acting secretly under the emperor's nose, it is better to simply inform the emperor, so as not to make the emperor suspicious for no reason.

In this way, Shen Shu finally put her mind at ease.

*

The first moment of the hour.

Shen Shu, who was dressed as Qiao Zhuang, followed Ying Liu into the palace only to find that Chu Yi not only greeted the emperor, but even Mother Zhang of Kunning Palace also explained.

As soon as she finished ordering, Zhang's mother went to the hospital in person, and asked Duhe to ask the queen for a pulse under the pretext of asking for a pulse, and confessed to Shen Shu.

"The girl doesn't know, the queen's body is really not very good these days, she can't sleep well at night, and she is absent-minded during the day, and her spirit is very poor. The slave maid was worried about what to do, but it happened that His Royal Highness invited the girl to Kunning Palace and quietly treated the mother, which was really good. ”

Only then did Shen Shu understand what kind of rhetoric Chu Yi used to send her to the palace to the emperor and Zhang's mother.

"Xu is the mother has something in her heart, so she will toss and turn."

Shen Shu smiled at Zhang's mother's words and said: "The heart knot must be the heart medicine, Your Highness can rest assured, let me serve the mother for a few days, and I am afraid of disturbing the mother's tranquility, so I came up with such a method, His Royal Highness has also said hello to the emperor, His Royal Highness explained that everything is important to the mother's noble body, and I hope that my mother can keep it secret." ”

As soon as Mother Zhang heard that the emperor also knew, it was too late to be happy in her heart, how could she dare to report to the queen without permission, and she hurriedly came down, and explained the rules of Kunning Palace to Shen Shu in detail, so she went back to Kunning Palace first.

Chenshi.

Shen Shu followed Duhe into Kunning Palace.

After Duhe asked the queen for a pulse, he left Shen Shu in Kunning Palace on the pretext that he needed medicine from a medical lady.

The doctor maid only needs to stare at the medicine stove in the small kitchen, and after the medicine is decocted, bring it to the queen and hand it over to the palace maid in front of the palace to serve the queen.

It is not a tiring errand, and Shen Shu can also have time to eliminate the possible hidden dangers of Kunning Palace one by one.

Eight or nine hours have passed since Shen Shu last saw the queen, and the third incense ash mark on the queen's eyebrows is only a very short wisp.

In order to reduce the queen's outing, beyond the scope of Shen Shu's "surveillance", Shen Shu discussed with Duhe and added a recipe to the queen's medicinal juice to calm the nerves and help sleep.

Therefore, soon after the queen took the medicine, she fell into a deep sleep.

It wasn't until this moment that Shen Shu had the opportunity to walk around Kunning Palace.

She searched the small kitchen of Kunning Palace, as well as the room where tea, incense pills, fat powder and other items were stored, one by one, to rule out the possibility that someone had poisoned her.

By the time I had done this, it was already past noon.

The queen woke up and had lunch, when she heard someone come to report: "His Royal Highness King Rui has come down to greet the queen." ”

"King Rui?" The queen raised an eyebrow.

Chu Zhan, the king of Rui, has been loved by the emperor since he was a child, and it is common to go in and out of the harem to ask for peace.

It's just that now, King Lao Rui has "come back from the dead", and the queen is suspicious that King Rui's Mansion has done something to the prince.

Hearing that Chu Zhan suddenly entered the palace "Please be safe", the queen's eyes were slightly cold, and she said lightly: "Let him come in." ”

At the same time—

Shen Shu was resting in the small kitchen of the side hall, and from the mouth of the palace maid, when she heard Chu Zhan's visit, her heart sank.

She was about to find a way to go to the main hall, when she saw Mother Zhang open the curtain and come in, retreat from everyone, and said to her:

"Girl, His Royal Highness King Rui knows that Niangniang has been unwell recently, so he found the Snow Lotus of the Western Regions and sent it to the palace. Niangniang asked the slave to call you to give you a palm to see if the snow lotus was good or bad. Zhang's mother pointed out.

In most cases, in order to avoid suspicion, few people send food and medicinal herbs to the palace.

Even if someone really wants to send it, the things sent will either be inspected in advance by the chamberlain and the Tai Hospital, or the emperor and queen will order someone to accept the gift first, and then hand it over to the inner servant and the Tai Hospital for inspection.

Like today, the queen sent someone to summon the medical girl to the front hall to inspect it in front of the giver of the gift-

It's not that I really want to test the quality of the snow lotus, but I plan to tell others that "Niangniang doesn't trust this person" and "The things this person sent are not good".

This is to save face in public.

Shen Shu knew what to expect, and after reshaping her appearance, she lowered her head and followed behind Zhang's mother and entered the front hall.

In the front hall, there was silence.

If it weren't for the sight, it would have fallen on Shen Shu from the moment he entered the door-

Shen Shu would almost have thought that there were no visitors in this hall at all.

"It's my nephew who is reckless."

Suddenly, the owner of the sight that fell on Shen Shu spoke: "Fortunately, Niangniang still has a doctor here, otherwise if this Snow Lotus is not as good as the nephew said, or if it repels the medicine that Niangniang takes, the nephew will really be guilty." ”

It was Chu Zhan's voice.

The voice was as clear as ever, with a hint of cynical casualness.

"If only you knew you were reckless." The queen said lightly: "It's not in vain what this palace has taught you over the years." ”

Chu Zhan laughed dryly, then personally picked up the wooden box containing the snow lotus and walked in front of Shen Shu.

"Please also ask the doctor to check whether there is a problem with this king's snow lotus."

Chu Zhan said, turning his back to the direction of the head, and handed the wooden box to Shen Shu.

His white and slender fingers deliberately tapped on the lid of the wooden box, but he did not open it, as if it was some kind of code.

Shen Shu's heart struck.

Stealthy.

Could it be that the incense ash mark on the center of the queen's eyebrows is really related to King Rui's father and son?

Shen Shu knew that this was not the time to speculate on this, so she was busy gathering her mind and stretching out her hand.

However, at the moment when her hand covered the wooden box—

Chu Zhan's fingers quickly swiped the back of her hand.

His cool fingertips swept across Shen Shu's skin, causing Shen Shu to shudder and raise his head suddenly.

Chu Zhan seemed to have expected it, and the corners of his lips were filled with a familiar smile, and he winked at her.

It wasn't until this moment that Shen Shu realized-

This guy knows who she is.

He's coming for her!

This thought was like responding to Shen Shu's guess in her heart, and Chu Zhan said to her silently: "Imperial Garden, wait for you." ”

After saying this, without waiting for Shen Shu to react, Chu Zhan had already walked away from her and sat back in his seat.

Because Chu Zhan was wearing a prince's python suit today, his tall figure and wide sleeves completely covered his small movements.

No one noticed anything unusual about the actions of the two of them.

Only the queen frowned slightly, and fixed her gaze on Shen Shu's face for a few breaths, thoughtful.

Shen Shu felt the queen's gaze, didn't dare to wander, and forced herself to focus on the wooden box in her hand......