Lu Zhaoling sat on the bamboo couch, took an ivory chopstick and stirred it in the white porcelain teacup, listened to its occasional "ding" sound, and looked at the only piece of tea in the water like a leaf flat boat in a daze.

The events of this day left her at a loss.

Originally, she only felt that she was uncared about and unattended in the palace, and even if she escaped from the palace and was discovered, she wouldn't cause much trouble. When she took Bai Heng out of the palace, she didn't think much about it. What danger could there be? She has been playing in the royal city of Liuguo since she was a child, and there are only warm and simple people in the royal city.

But this is Anping, not the country of Liu.

She thought back to what General Li Xuan had said to her.

The fate of the Kingdom of Liu, the fate of the hundred and ten palace maids and guards in the palace, and the fate of Lu Zhaoling and Li Zhuer are all tied to Bai Heng alone. If something goes wrong with Bai Heng, too many people will be implicated, and Lu Zhaoling will be the source of all this.

She remembered the events of the past few days. The death of Chu Sheng, Guo Lezheng and Bai Heng's concubine......

Lu Zhaoling gradually understood at this time how huge and complicated this palace was. This is not Lu Daxia's happy revenge, this is the palace, and it is a cage with strict discipline.

She remembered that Bai Heng said that she was a trapped beast.

Thinking of Bai Heng, she felt a little uneasy in her heart. General Li said that someone in the palace had discovered their actions, and Bai Heng happened not to appear today, did something happen?

Lu Zhaoling looked up at the deserted courtyard outside the window. Just now, she had already asked Qiu Xi to go to Yonghe Palace to find out the news, and she should come back now......

Just as he was thinking about it, he saw Qiu Xi's figure hurriedly appear in sight.

"Princess! Princess! ”

"What's wrong?" Seeing Qiuxi's panicked look, Lu Zhaoling couldn't sit still, got up and walked towards the courtyard.

"The third prince suddenly fell ill last night and was bedridden, so he refused to see guests!"

"What? Critical illness? What is a critical illness? Lu Zhaoling grabbed Qiu Xi in a panic, and said incoherently.

"I don't know what a serious illness is, when the slave maid went to see it, it was as if the entire hospital was crowded in Yonghe Palace, and I heard that I hadn't found a clue yet."

"What happened to the three princes now?" Lu Zhaoling asked eagerly.

"Now......" Qiu Xi's eyes dodged, as if he wanted to avoid Lu Zhaoling's inquiry.

"What happened to him? Joy in autumn! Lu Zhaoling seemed to be about to cry.

"The slave didn't inquire, only heard something...... 'Qi Failure' and other ......," Qiu Xi whispered.

"What does that mean?" Lu Zhaoling was stunned, "He was fine yesterday, how could he be ...... today?" Failure of the engine? Is that he about to ......? ”

"Princess, don't worry so much about it first, the slave maid is confused, maybe she heard something wrong, besides, the imperial doctor is already watching-" Qiu Xi comforted in a panic.

"I'm going to check it out." Lu Zhaoling couldn't help but push Qiu Xi away and ran towards Yonghe Palace.

Outside the gate of Yonghe Palace, the Imperial Forest Army is guarded, and no idle people are allowed to enter. The courtyard was crowded with people at a glance, and the palace maids, eunuchs, and imperial doctors all hurriedly shuttled back and forth. The emperor's dragon drive also stopped in the courtyard.

Lu Zhaoling was blocked out of the door and turned around anxiously.

Just when Lu Zhaoling was at a loss, the sedan chair of the second prince Bai Yu stopped beside her.

"Sister Zhaoling?" Bai Xi poked his head out of the sedan chair, "Are you also here to visit the third brother?" ”

"Yes." Lu Zhaoling nodded hurriedly, "I can't get in, can you take me in to see him?" ”

"When did you become so close to your third brother?" Bai Xi asked in surprise.

Lu Zhaoling was stunned: "I ......"

"That's it, let's not talk about that, you can come up." Bai Xi saw Lu Zhaoling's flustered expression, and he didn't embarrass her anymore.

Lu Zhaoling nodded, and was about to get into the sedan chair, when a little eunuch suddenly passed by, trotting all the way into Yonghe Palace, and there was a young man in a green shirt behind him. Lu Zhaoling casually looked at the son, and unexpectedly met his eyes.

This young man was wearing an inconspicuous green shirt, with a handsome face, a thin figure, and a bunch of green silk that was only loose at the tail, so at first glance he thought he was a woman. A peach blossom branch on his shoulder carried a small and light burden, and his steps flew by lightly, leaving a cold glance at Lu Zhaoling.

He knew me as if he knew me.

Lu Zhaoling's doubts flashed in his heart.

Then Lu Zhaoling followed Bai Yu into Bai Heng's bedroom. There were not many people in the hall, and Bai Heng's bed was surrounded by a curtain, so he couldn't see the situation clearly.

After entering the hall, Bai Xi glanced at Lu Zhaoling, and the two stood quietly beside them. At this time, the Emperor of Anping was sitting in the hall, and in front of him stood the son of Fang Cai in a green shirt.

"That man's apprentice, you?" The emperor looked at the young man.

"Grass people Shen Fengjiu, I have seen Your Majesty." His face remained unchanged, and he didn't seem to feel the slightest coercion from the Son of Heaven.

"How does your master know today?" The emperor frowned and asked.

However, after waiting for a while, Shen Fengjiu only stood with his eyes down, and he didn't mean to answer.

The emperor spoke again with a somewhat unkind face: "If you can't cure my prince, you will delay the opportunity and be guilty of murdering the prince." DID YOU KNOW? ”

"Well cured." Shen Fengjiu was still very unsure of what to do, and waited for His Majesty to finish speaking, so he replied to these three words lightly.

"Well, I'd like to see how good you are."

After the emperor finished speaking, he got up and came to Bai Heng's bedside. Shen Fengjiu also walked straight over, glanced at the three princes on the sickbed, the peach blossom branch stretched over and nodded his forehead, groaned slightly, sat on the edge of the bed and took the burden, but before opening it, he paused, raised his eyes and looked at the emperor standing aside: "The poison in the three princes is extremely ruthless, and it will be soaked in the body, and now there is a sign of qi decay." ”

"Poisoned?" The emperor was a little surprised, and his face turned cold again.

Shen Fengjiu obviously didn't care about what the emperor was thinking at the moment, he continued to take care of himself: "After the poison is removed, it will take a while to recuperate. After thinking about it, he added: "I only remove poison." ”

"Hmm." The emperor was a little angry about Shen Fengjiu's attitude, but he didn't say much.

After explaining the condition, but the emperor had no intention of leaving, Shen Fengjiu thought for a moment, and the sentence that he was about to blurt out turned back in his mouth for a long time before finally starting from "out." It became "Your Majesty, please recuse yourself for the time being." ”

In the end, the emperor did not get angry with the disobedient young man, but only took a deep look at him, and then left the place and went to the side hall to wait.

Lu Zhaoling also came to the courtyard with Bai Xi to wait.

When Shen Fengjiu lifted the curtain beside the bed, Lu Zhaoling saw Bai Heng lying on the couch from a distance, his face was gray, his lips were closed, and his expression was painful, just one glance made Lu Zhaoling feel heart-wrenching.

"This Shen Gongzi didn't know where it came from, and the hospital didn't find a clue after looking at it for a long time, and he could see at a glance that it was poisoning." Bai Xi said to Lu Zhaoling.

The latter just gave an absent-minded "um......".

"Zhao Ling?" Bai Xi called her.

“…… Well? She replied suddenly.

"Are you worried about the third brother?"

"Hmm...... Will he get better? Lu Zhaoling's heart felt like he was being pulled by a thread, which was sore and painful.

"I think this Shen Gongzi is quite confident, and he may really be able to cure the third brother." Bai Xi said.

"I hope so." Lu Zhaoling looked at the closed door of the dormitory, feeling uneasy.

"I thought that the third brother was just weak and sick, but I didn't expect it to be poisoned. Could it be that someone wants to murder the third brother? Bai Xi continued to chat.

"Poisoning...... How can it be poisoned? Lu Zhaoling seemed to be talking to himself.

Bai Heng was in Jingyang City with her yesterday, and she shouldn't have been poisoned, why did she only spend one night in the palace and be poisoned by such a dangerous poison? Someone in the palace wants to murder Bai Heng? General Li said that someone in the palace already knew about their behavior out of the palace, could it have anything to do with it?

…… Did I hurt Bai Heng?

Lu Zhaoling's heart was a mess, and he couldn't figure out anything, he only vaguely felt that things were so coincidental, maybe there was some connection.

Thinking that she might have hurt Bai Heng, I felt like a knife.

"I also find it strange. However, my father will definitely send someone to find out the truth about this matter, and you and I don't have to worry too much about it first. Bai Xi persuaded gently.

This is one day.

In the middle of the afternoon, Bai Xi was summoned by the emperor once, telling him to go back to his palace to deal with affairs first, and Bai Xi left. Before leaving, he also persuaded Lu Zhaoling to go back to the hall and wait first, but Lu Zhaoling did not listen.

She waited quietly alone in a corner of the Yonghe Palace, never taking her eyes off the door.

When the moonlight first appeared and the palace had begun to light up, the door of Bai Heng's dormitory finally opened slowly in the eyes of Lu Zhaoling and the imperial doctors in the hospital, and Shen Fengjiu walked out.

"Cook a bowl of porridge." Shen Fengjiu said.

The third prince woke up, and the people in Yonghe Palace were immediately busy. The cook in the imperial dining room made white jade pearl porridge as quickly as possible, and stewed the medicinal food non-stop. The emperor came to Bai Heng's bedside for the first time, and saw that he was still pale and weak, but he was able to eat some porridge, so he finally put his mind at ease.

"Come on, invite Shen Gongzi into the imperial study, I will give a big reward." The Son of Heaven of Longyan Dayue immediately said.

"Your Majesty, this matter is over, the grass people, please see Princess Tongguang." Shen Fengjiu had no intention of going to receive the reward, and petitioned the emperor.

"Want to see Princess Tongguang?" The emperor was surprised, "Why? ”

"Teacher's order." Shen Fengjiu only spit out these two words.

“…… Anyway, the matter of the reward will be discussed later. ”

When Shen Fengjiu heard this, he turned around and left.

"Let him go first." The emperor glanced at Bai Heng, who was breathing evenly on the sickbed, and did not pursue this rude behavior.

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Only then did he learn that Bai Heng had woken up, and the emperor, the imperial doctor, and the palace people from all walks of life all flocked into the house, while Lu Zhaoling could only wait anxiously outside the door as an idle person.

Fortunately, it didn't take long for the door to open again, and it was still Shen Fengjiu who walked out alone.

"Shen Gongzi, Bai Heng - how is the third prince?" Lu Zhaoling hurriedly stepped forward and asked.

"Wake up." Shen Fengjiu replied simply.

Lu Zhaoling was a little confused by this overly concise answer, and continued to ask: "Then, that means that the body is fine?" ”

Shen Fengjiu didn't seem to plan to answer such inquiries anymore, and directly said his intentions: "I came to the palace to look for you on the orders of my master, can I talk about it in the palace?" ”

"Looking for me?" Lu Zhaoling asked blankly, "Do you know me?" ”

Shen Fengjiu did not reply.

“…… Then you come with me. Lu Zhaoling felt confused about Shen Fengjiu, and he didn't want to neglect Bai Heng's life-saving benefactor, so he had to take him back to Langhuan Hall first.

As soon as the two of them came out of Yonghe Palace, they met Bai Xi, who came to get the news.

"I heard that the third brother has woken up, Shen Gongzi is really rejuvenated, and the palace has thanked Shen Gongzi first." After Bai Yu finished speaking to Shen Fengjiu, he made another gesture.

Shen Fengjiu, who was dressed in a green shirt, did not evade or answer, but just looked at the person in front of him who was respected by the brocade clothes and jade belt, and accepted his scoldness with a cold expression.

Bai Xi finished speaking, and continued to talk to Shen Fengjiu: "Feng Jiu, but what does Feng Dance mean for the Nine Heavens? ”

Bai Xi was holding a hundred-year-old sandalwood folding fan, tapping his palm lightly at this time, smiling kindly, and he didn't seem to mind Shen Fengjiu's coldness and arrogance.

"Feng Zijuni, ranked ninth." Shen Fengjiu, who has always cherished words like gold, explained quite unexpectedly.

Bai Xi smiled dumbly, and couldn't help but ask again: "Is there still Feng Dafeng Er, Feng Qi Feng Eight, Feng Qi Feng Eight?" ”

Shen Fengjiu didn't want to continue to pay attention to Bai Xi, and raised his feet to leave, but Bai Xi hurriedly stretched out his hand to stop him, and said, "Son, don't worry." ”

"What else is the matter with the second prince?" Shen Fengjiu's tone was already stiff.

"Oh? How does Childe know the identity of Hongu? Bai Xi raised his eyebrows and asked in surprise.

"If you know, you know." Shen Fengjiu replied in an unkind tone.

Where did the "master" come from, but it was unruly.

Bai Xi thought in his heart, but the smile on his face did not decrease, he just sighed regretfully, put down his hand, and let the green shirt leave.

On the way to Langhuan Palace, Lu Zhaoling couldn't help but ask about Bai Heng's condition, Shen Fengjiu turned a deaf ear, as if a sentence of "wake up" was enough, and it would be superfluous to say some more.

Lu Zhaoling was helpless against him, and the two of them came all the way to Langhuan Palace.

After entering the hall, Shen Fengjiu and Lu Zhaoling sat at both ends of the bamboo couch, he put the burden on the low table, held the peach blossom branch in both hands, and sat quietly like a Taoist priest with a dust in his hand, staring at Lu Zhaoling coldly with a pair of beautiful eyes.

"Autumn joy, make tea." Lu Zhaoling was stared at by him uncomfortably, and deliberately didn't turn his head to shout Qiuxi to avoid his gaze.

After Qiu Xi left, only Lu Zhaoling and Shen Fengjiu were left in the house.

Shen Fengjiu suddenly spoke: "It's you?" ”

"What is me?" Lu Zhaoling was inexplicable.

"Destiny."

After Shen Fengjiu finished speaking, he no longer stared at Lu Zhaoling, and he didn't mean to explain more. He glanced around the room, said "Huh", got up and walked to Lu Zhaoling's dresser, and picked up the jade pendant on the table.

"What's wrong?" Lu Zhaoling looked at him with a puzzled look on his brows and frowned, and asked.

"This blue and white jade double dragon pendant is yours?" Shen Fengjiu rubbed the jade pendant and looked at Lu Zhaoling.

Lu Zhaoling nodded a little uncertainly.

Shen Fengjiu thought for a while, and then asked, "How did you come?" ”

"Someone else sent it." Lu Zhaoling was a little surprised, but still answered truthfully.

"Second prince?"

"How do you know?"

"Hmph." Shen Fengjiu snorted coldly in an uncertain sense, put down the jade pendant, and looked at Lu Zhaoling from afar, "This jade has the breath of a coiled snake, and it is best to throw it away." ”

“…… Who the hell are you? Lu Zhaoling began to feel angry at Shen Fengjiu's inexplicable words and deeds.

"The jade material is good. Do you like it? Shen Fengjiu still answered the wrong question and did his own thing.

"You-"

"Princess, princess!" Qiu Xi suddenly ran into the house in a panic at this time, and shouted eagerly, "I just heard my father-in-law outside say-" At this point, she suddenly stopped her mouth again, and looked at the guest she had forgotten at a loss.

"Say what?" Lu Zhaoling didn't care, and let Qiu Xi continue.

"The eldest prince was summoned by the emperor just now, and it seems that it was for the poisoning of the third prince." Qiu Xi also couldn't hide his temperament, so he hurriedly said it.