The black-brown medicinal juice slowly passed through a thin layer of gauze, and the fine slag was separated by the gauze, and only the clear medicinal juice remained in the bowl.

Shen Yunzhen gently brought the medicine bowl to Nan Yinglin and said, "It's done." ”

He was looking intently at a front-line military report, and he picked up the medicine bowl, which had just been brought to his lips, and was startled by the bitter taste. Only then did he remember that there was not tea in the bowl, so he put down the bowl again and looked at her solemnly.

"That's it?" He asked, suspiciously.

Shen Yun nodded genuinely: "Otherwise?" What more? ”

He raised his eyebrows, he really didn't know anything about pharmacology, so he said, "I just casually asked, in addition to the medicine that should be in this bowl, what else is there?" ”

Shen Yunzhen lowered her eyelids slightly: "Are you worried that I will be poisoned?" ”

He stared at her: "Your flower has thorns, I have already learned this. I want you, but I can't trust you completely, can I? ”

Shen Yun smiled and put the bowl back: "That's good, since you don't trust me, don't drink it." ”

She turned around and left, Nan Yinglin shook off the military newspaper and hugged her back.

"Don't touch me, be careful that I splash you in the face with medicine." She said.

Nan Yinglin let go of his hand, picked up the bowl of medicine from the tray and sent it to Shen Yunzhen's lips: "You take a sip first." ”

Shen Yunzhen turned his head and ignored him.

Nan Yinglin sneered: "What, you don't dare to drink?" ”

Shen Yunzhen glanced at it with disdain, and said, "This is a medicine for you men to drink, why should I drink it as a woman?" ”

"If you don't dare to drink it, it means that there is something wrong with this medicine." His hand trembled, and he said softly, "You take a sip." ”

Shen Yunzhen also sneered: "It's a medicine that is three parts poison, haven't you heard of it?" If you don't drink the right medicine, it will be harmful to people, if you like to drink it or not, if you don't drink it, I will take it and throw it away. ”

As she spoke, she went to grab the medicine bowl, and when Nan Yinglin saw this, she pushed her away and drank the medicine with her neck up. The medicine was bitter, and his tongue was numb, and he pursed his mouth tightly, and it took a while to recover.

"It's bitter." As he spoke, he placed the bowl back in the tray.

"Isn't it bitter or medicine?" She asked rhetorically.

Nan Yinglin glanced at her and smiled: "Your Shen family's generations of traditional Chinese doctors, can't you find another way and prepare a medicine that is not bitter?" ”

She looked at him indifferently: "I only know the things that inherit the things of the ancestors, but I don't know how to tamper with the things of the ancestors." ”

He didn't pay attention to her anymore, picked up the military report and saw that the war on the front line was not going well, and the 200,000 troops recruited by Tong Anzhou went to the Northern Cold, originally wanting to exterminate Xu Yongchang in one go, but caught up with the continuous rain, and the army was trapped in the camp and could not find the opportunity to start the war.

According to the war report, the roads were muddy, the chariots were often stuck in mud puddles, and the chariots, which were originally dragged by horses, now had to be pushed by four or five men.

"The battle didn't go well?" She asked.

Nan Yinglin glanced at her, and suddenly felt a little strange in her heart: "You seem to be very concerned about the outcome of this battle?" ”

She smiled: "Didn't you say okay, if you win this battle, I will follow you?" ”

Nan Yinglin's gaze stiffened slightly: "So, do you want me to win against Xu Yongchang, or do you want Xu Yongchang to win against me?" ”

Shen Yunzhen let out a long sigh of relief: "What do I hope it will do?" It's the two of you fighting, I'm just a bystander. ”

"Bystanders?" He snorted softly: "I see, you are the leader of this war!" ”

"Whatever you want." She slowly put away the stove for decoction and said to herself.

It is the rainy season, and the whole of Kyoto is also rainy and rainy, and this year's rainy season is longer than usual, and God is pouring raindrops all over the sky as if to soak the whole of Kyoto in rainwater.

Shen Yunzhen held up an oil umbrella and paced slowly in the rain, the soft raindrops beeped and fell on the oil umbrella, and quickly divided into several petals and mixed with other raindrops.

She stood in front of the gate of the Lantai Palace for a while before deciding to step inside. There are no newcomers to live here, only a few eunuchs who watch the courtyard leaning crookedly under the corridor to watch the rain, and a few palace maids are giggling and teasing the mandarin ducks.

A small pond, now there are only a few residual lotus branches left, although it is summer, but the branches and leaves are lost, a few hibiscus petals on the water surface are silent and drifting, a pair of mandarin ducks are shrunk under the withered lotus leaves to avoid the rain, these two little things are pitifully shrunk into a ball, like two lifeless small stones.

They were no more than an inch away from the long bamboo poles, and they didn't move, as if they were frightened by the hearty laughter of several palace maids.

Shen Yunzhen closed the umbrella and walked in, and when the eunuchs and palace maids saw that someone was coming, they didn't care at first, but later found out that it was her, so they held their breath and stood against the wall with their hands down.

"Slaves, slaves, and maids, see Concubine Chen."

Shen Yunzhen walked over silently, staring at the few little palace maids who were teasing the mandarin ducks. After a long time, she spoke: "There were originally two pairs of mandarin ducks in this pool, why is there only this pair left now?" ”

The little palace maid looked at each other, and no one dared to speak. Shen Yun really looked at the eunuchs, and they also lowered their heads to their chests, and they didn't dare to say a word.

"Why don't you speak." She asked again.

The little palace maid was frightened by her low tone, and only said timidly: "Yes, it was a few fathers-in-law who were hungry in the middle of the night and secretly caught them to roast and eat." She was so frightened that as soon as she finished speaking, her body fell to the ground.

Shen Yun was really hateful, and his eyes slowly turned to the two mandarin ducks in the pool: "Send this pair to the Sheng'an Palace." ”

The eunuchs looked at each other: "Concubine? ”

"How?" Shen Yunzhen looked at them: "This was originally raised by this palace, even if this palace didn't take it away, shouldn't you be asked to use it for supper, right?" Now that the palace is just asking for its own things, you have to ask about it? ”

A few eunuchs didn't say anything anymore, took the bamboo pole in the palace maid's hand and tossed it, but the bamboo pole was some distance away, and the two little things were scared and tight, shrunk in one place, and did not move.

"Concubine, it's a little far away, when the rain stops, how about they swim over and the minions and send them to St. Ann's Palace with the concubine?"

Shen Yunzhen's eyes lit up, and he said coldly: "What? If they don't swim over, won't you swim over? ”

The eunuch bit his lip, this lotus pond is full of thousands of years of silt, sticking to the body and smelling so foul, no matter how many times you wash it, you can't wash it clean.

"What? If you are in this palace, you should also be in the ears of the wind? She shook her head: "It seems that this is really a son of heaven and a courtier, and now that the emperor is gone, even a slave in the palace can't be called, isn't it?" ”

"Not really, minions...... Minions can't swim, huh? One of the eunuchs said Nuo Nuo, and the others nodded desperately, and echoed: "Please have mercy on the slaves, the servants really can't swim." ”

Shen Yunzhen was just about to return the favor, when he heard a eunuch shouting from outside the Lantai Palace: "The emperor has arrived." ”

When several eunuchs and palace maids heard this, they knelt down one after another: "The slave slave and maid respectfully invite the emperor to Sheng'an." ”

Nan Yinglin walked into the Lantai Palace, and Wen Ran smiled at Shen Yunzhen: "Why did Concubine Chen come here?" ”

Shen Yunzhen didn't look at him either, but said: "This Lantai Palace was originally the dormitory of the main palace, is it strange that the main palace came here to take a look?" ”

"That's not it," Nan Yinglin slowly paced in the corridor with her hands behind her back: "Is the concubine here to see things and think about people?" ”

She sneered: "Seeing things and thinking about people? These minions have always burned the qin and boiled the crane, and the Lantai Palace has lost its former appearance, where are there any old things that make the palace nostalgic? ”

Nan Yinglin was stunned for a moment, bowed his head and asked the eunuch: "What's the matter?" Which of you touched the concubine's things without permission? ”

"You are a good example, take the lead in disrespecting your brother and sister-in-law, don't these minions want to learn from you?" She sarcastically said.

Nan Yinglin frowned, followed her gaze, and saw the two thin mandarin ducks in the small pool, and her heart also understood a lot.

He turned his head to Wen Yuan and said, "You go and tell the Inner Mansion that Concubine Chen likes mandarin ducks, and ask them to choose a few pairs of beautiful fur and beautiful bodies to send to the Sheng'an Palace to play with the concubine." ”

"No," she turned her head and pointed to the pair in the pool, "Bengu only wants to get back to his own pair." ”

Nan Yinglin nodded and said to a few eunuchs, "Did you hear what the concubine said?" Don't go down and catch it? ”

Several eunuchs looked at each other, and none of them would stand up.

"Do you want me to go down and catch it myself?" His voice also lowered his voice.

Several eunuchs didn't dare to scream, so they hurriedly rolled up their sleeves and jumped into the water with their belts tightened. The small pool suddenly jumped three people down, startling a splash of water several feet high, and the mandarin duck was frightened, flapping its wings and fleeing in all directions.

Shen Yun really saw that a few of them were in a hurry, and they were tossed by two mandarin ducks like chickens in soup, and finally softened their faces, covered their mouths and smiled lightly.

The eaves fell into the rain, the sky was dark, and this smile was quite poetic and bookly, Nan Yinglin saw it in his eyes, and his heart suddenly itched, and it felt as if he had vaguely returned to his childhood.

He thought that he could take her as a delicate plaything in his pocket, as he had preset, and play with it if he liked it, and throw it away if he didn't like it.

But just now, he suddenly realized that he could no longer do what he expected.

He loved her, and he still loved her.

He's been cold for so long, but he still can't be hard-hearted. Once he is with her, he still can't help but love her.

He was a little surprised, he really didn't expect that his love for her was so deep.

The palace maids appeared in front of him every day, tall, short, fat and thin, black and white, beautiful and ugly, all kinds of peerless beauties flowed in and out, but his eyes did not linger on anyone's body.

Every day he woke up, he couldn't stop looking forward to her face, looking forward to her brief stay in the imperial study while she decocted the medicine.

He liked her to be by his side, even if she didn't care about talking to him, even if she was so cold and heartless.

He had repeatedly told himself that he wanted her just to humiliate Nan Jingpei, nothing more. But he can deceive others, but he can't deceive his own heart.

Yes, childhood sweethearts, the love between two little guesses, how can it be shaken by a few simple words? That love has long been hidden deep in his heart and has long been integrated into his bone marrow.

He loves her, he really loves her, he is terminally ill, and there is no cure.