Chu Li smiled lightly, if he looked closely, he could see that there was a haze and hatred in his eyes that could not be dissolved, and he only heard Chu leave and said: "What the third prince is worried about is nothing more than that Sui Yuanzhou will investigate it again, if he really finds out something, I am afraid that it will fall short at that time." ”

Song Yuanxu did not answer, and was silent in agreement.

"Young Master Lan," Chu Li's face still showed a hint of a humble and polite smile: "Listen to Concubine Lan, the lotus flowers in the palace have bloomed differently recently?" ”

Lan Haoke raised his eyebrows: "The lotus in the Imperial Garden is a water fragrance lotus specially transplanted from the south of the Yangtze River, and the weather has been warm these days, but it has indeed opened a lot." ”

Chu Li nodded, turned to Song Yuanxu, smiled slightly, and said, "Third prince, if this matter is to be resolved, it is not difficult. I heard that there is a sacred tree in the palace, except for people like the Queen Mother, who eat fasting and recite Buddha, even Song Jinyan believes it very much. ”

A glimmer of light flashed in Song Yuanxu's eyes, and he looked at Chu Li's eyes as if he was smiling: "Prince Chu is very scheming." ”

Chu Li smiled, and his eyebrows were even more handsome and elegant, like a famous Confucian scholar, which made people not think that this person was so treacherous.

The flowers in the palace are not blooming all year round, and the flowers and plants in the Changle Palace are to be replaced every once in a while.

Ripples stood on the side of the corridor with the tray that had just been brought out of the Changle Palace, looking at the gardener below with big eyes, his face full of curiosity: "Isn't it a pity that this flower is replaced every season and not long after it has just opened?" ”

The mandarin duck on the side glanced at the gardener below and said, "It has always been like this in the palace, the new people laugh and the old people cry, and so do the flowers." ”

Ripple pouted: "Mandarin duck, what you said seems to be how affectionate the people in our palace are, isn't there a plant in the palace that is evergreen every day?" ”

The mandarin duck pursed his lips and smiled, and after a little thought: "Not all the flowers and plants in the palace are like this, there is a Muhua tree behind the imperial garden, and it is said that this tree has been in the palace since the founding of the Great Xuan Dynasty." ”

"There is still such a tree in the palace?" Ripple looked up, his eyes rolling.

"Naturally-" Kou Shu's voice slowly sounded behind the two of them: "That Muhua tree has the name of a thousand-year-old sacred tree, and the Daxuan royal family attaches great importance to this tree, thinking that this tree can protect my Daxuan national fortune, and the former national teacher once asserted that this tree is the evidence of the foundation of my Daxuan dragon vein." ”

"And that said?" Ripple turned around and looked back at Kou Shu.

Kou Shu nodded, but stopped talking.

If it is an ordinary day, it is very simple to change a round of flowers and plants, but this time, for some reason, it has been changed for more than ten days, but the flowers have not been changed.

"Niangniang-" Yuan Yun said: "The slave maid went to ask the gardener, and said that the soil in the palace had changed for some reason, and after a few rounds of flower planting, she couldn't support it, so she had to keep calling." ”

Kou Shu frowned, and the mandarin duck also pushed the door at this moment: "Niangniang." The look on the mandarin duck's face seemed to have something to say. Kou Shu comprehended and waved away the irrelevant girl. Turned; "Mandarin duck, what's wrong?"

The mandarin duck stepped forward and said in a low voice: "Recently, the flowers and plants in the palace have been replaced, and they have all encountered such a situation, this matter is unheard of, and it has never happened in the years since the founding of the Great Xuan Dynasty," After a pause, the mandarin duck continued: "Recently, there have been rumors in the palace, saying that it is because the Muhua tree in the palace is decaying, and even all the plants in the palace are decaying. ”

"Oh?" Kou Shu raised her eyebrows, she had been in the palace for three years, and the first thing she learned was that there must be a demon when something went wrong, and she turned to the mandarin duck and said, "You go and find out, who is behind this matter." ”

Lifting the skirt, a hint of cunning flashed in Kou Shu's eyes: "Ripples, you go get a shovel." ”

Ripple nodded, Wen Yan found a shovel, and according to Kou Shu's instructions, dug up the soil under the palace wall and brought it to Kou Shu, and said, "Niangniang, look." ”

Kou Shu stretched out her hand and gently twisted the soil twice, compared to the ordinary soil, the soil emitted a little more black gas, and put the soil under her nose and sniffed it lightly for a while, as if she remembered something, and a few lights flashed in her eyes.

"The queen mother-" Mandarin duck stepped forward, "the royal court governor is here." ”

"The Governor of the Royal Academy?" Kou Shu frowned, since the incident of Bai Li, the royal court governor has been a little attentive to himself, but he can't say that he has any close contact, how could he suddenly come to him?

Lifting her skirt, Kou Shu turned and walked directly towards the front hall.

Hearing that someone was coming, the governor of the royal court turned around, knelt down and kowtowed, and said, "The queen mother is a thousand years old." ”

Kou Shu nodded slightly, stretched out his hand and helped him in the air: "Why did the Governor of the Royal Court suddenly come to my Changle Palace?" What a rarity. ”

The royal court governor showed a slight panic on his face, lowered his head and said respectfully: "Has the queen mother heard that the Muhua tree in the imperial garden has traces of decay?"

Kou Shu nodded, pointed to the garden under his palace, and said, "Let's talk about Muhua trees, even the courtyard of the main palace is now about to become a barren land with no grass." ”

The Governor of the Royal Court sighed heavily: "The Queen Mother attaches great importance to this matter, and sent dozens of gardeners to check on the Muhua tree one after another. ”

Kou Shu nodded: "How?" ”

"The gardener found a whole bundle of agarwood roots buried under the Muhua tree" Wang Yuandu's face darkened, and he seemed to be very incredulous.

"Agarwood root?" Kou Shu frowned.

I am under the gate of Qingcheng, I have heard of this herb, this medicine is extremely tough, the folk have "drought and flood in March, my rice bowl, agarwood root out, stomach growling" saying, it is said that even if there is no wind and rain this year, drought and flood have occurred, the food at home can still be supplied, and when the agarwood root appears in the field, it can only be hungry on an empty stomach. It can be seen how poisonous the agarwood root is.

It's just that this herb has no other effect than harming people, so this herb is rarely seen. Today, he suddenly appeared in the palace, which is really strange.

The Governor of the Royal Court bent down and said respectfully: "The queen mother is proficient in pharmacology, so she naturally knows the power of this agarwood root, the gardener has never seen this thing, if he knows, he will not think of anything else, but the reproduction effect of this agarwood root is extremely strong, I am afraid that a large number of them have been multiplied at this moment, if so, I am afraid it will ......."

Kou Shu stood up suddenly: "Has the governor of the royal court told the emperor about this?" ”

Shaking his head, Wang Yuan said: "This matter is not nine out of ten, so I still want to come to Niangniang to get an idea." ”

The grain in the palace all came from the grain fields in the west of the city, and if the grain was cut off, there was no possibility of continuing to grow it in three or five years—no, an idea crossed Kou Shu's mind faster.