Mei Xue was treating Li Mingze, Li Jinzhi was helping by the side, and when he was done, he was usually the one who coaxed the child who was already crying hoarsely.

Jiu'er was packing up the silver needles and other things, and Mei Xue said to Li Jinzhi after cleaning her hands:

"I haven't seen Eunuch An for many days, and I always feel faintly uneasy in my heart, and I want to go and see him."

Li Jinzhi hugged Li Mingze and patiently comforted him, nodded and said to Mei Xue:

"When you and Mr. Song were in Qingzhou, I went to visit Eunuch An, and he was in poor health, so you should go to see him."

Mei Xue's heart was gloomy, remembering the last time she saw An Jiang on the palace road, his suddenly staggered figure.

At night, Li Jinzhi accompanied Mei Xue quietly to the house.

An Jiang looks even older, described as withered, and his gray hair is gradually thinning.

As soon as Mei Xue saw him, she couldn't help but have red circles in her eyes.

Most people in the world look down on eunuchs, thinking that they are mostly psychologically abnormal because of their physical defects.

But in fact, how many of these eunuchs were not sold into the palace because their families couldn't survive?

An Jiang can't be compared with Xianchen, but what evil things has he done?

But Empress Shen used him to kill Emperor Mingde, so that she forced this old man to his current desperate situation.

An Jiang was very calm, and after inviting Li Jinzhi and Mei Xue to sit down, he did not mention his body, nor did he let Mei Xue diagnose his pulse, but told them about the recent situation of Emperor Mingde.

Since he replaced the original elixir with Mei Xue's medicine, Emperor Mingde's emotions have become less and less out of control, but his energy is obviously not as good as before.

Originally, An Jiang and the others could barely maintain it by carefully serving, but since Concubine Shu lived in Zhaoyang Hall for a long time, the situation has become worse and worse.

In order to please His Majesty, Concubine Shu chose several beautiful women from exotic lands to enter the palace and entangled her with His Majesty night and night.

His Majesty refused to slack off on the government, and every time he tried his best to support it, people became thinner and thinner. ”

Tears flickered in An Jiang's eyes:

"Your Majesty was not a good woman, but in the past few years, he has ...... blame the old slave for being stupid, and he will harm His Majesty when he is used. ”

Speaking of this, An Jiang's tears finally fell like heavy rain:

"The old slave voluntarily entered the palace, and after following His Majesty, the family has lived a stable life.

It's just that I never imagined that when it was time to enter the earth, the old slave would become a villain who harmed the master.

The old slave is a sinner, I'm sorry for Your Majesty, and I'm sorry for the people of Dajin. ”

An Jiang cried until he choked, Li Jinzhi also had red circles in his eyes, and gently stroked An Jiang's shoulder to comfort him:

"Eunuch, I have already told you, I don't blame you for this matter, and there is nothing unpleasant, the reason why I want to hide it is just to not make the imperial brother sad anymore.

Now, all you have to do is take care of your body, so that you can take care of your uncle for a little longer. ”

An Jiang shook his head and said while crying:

"Shizi, the friendship between you and Miss Mei is understood by the old slave.

However, it is really too difficult, the old slave can see His Majesty less and less often, and finally got the opportunity to mention to His Majesty that Miss Mei should diagnose his pulse, but he was also diverted by Concubine Shu, and the old slave has no chance to atone for his sins! ”

An Jiang's pale head trembled in the shadow of the lamp, Mei Xue was so sad that she silently turned her head and couldn't bear to look at him again.

Mei Xue and Li Jinzhi returned to the palace with a heavy heart, but An Jiang asked his relatives to send a sealed wooden box to Li Jinzhi early the next morning.

Mei Xue was called to the outer courtyard, and Song Zhijie also rushed over.

When the box opened, what caught my eye was a whole box of silver tickets and valuable gold and jade, and the red envelopes that Song Zhijie gave to An Jiang twice were also placed in it intact.

But there are no letters.

The three of them stood silently, Mei Xue pursed her lips and said with difficulty:

"Not only is the house as simple as an ordinary house, but I have also seen the nephew of the eunuch, who is honest and simple, just dressed as an ordinary peasant in the countryside."

Song Zhijie sighed and said:

"Eunuch An has accompanied His Majesty since he was a child, and he is used to seeing monstrous wealth and wealth, and he knows that the world is impermanent. All he wants now is the peace of his people. ”

Li Jinzhi was silent for a long time, walked to the door and called the little chamberlain who delivered the box to come over, and said to him:

"You go back and tell the eunuch that I will take care of his family."

The little chamberlain didn't have any extra words, and retreated after kowtowing to Li Jinzhi.

Li Jinzhi turned around, looked at Mei Xue and said:

"The eunuch is the closest person to the emperor's uncle, and now that he is like this, I am afraid that he has already saved his will to die.

I don't think it's possible for Uncle Huang to live another year or two as you expected, which is why the eunuch is so disheartened. ”

Mei Xue nodded, only feeling sad but helpless.

Shen Qingyang came to the palace in the evening.

The sun was shining all over the sky, and a light layer of warm color was plated on his cold countenance.

Mei Xue was holding Ping'an's hand and teaching him to walk, and Li Jinzhi was holding Li Mingze and standing aside with a smile.

Shen Qingyang's gaze stayed on the two children for a moment, and then said to Jiu'er:

"Take the children away, I have something to say to the son."

Jiu'er hurriedly responded, and together with Yurong, he left in a hurry with a child in his arms.

Li Jinzhi invited Shen Qingyang into the house, and Mei Xue silently followed.

After sitting down, Shen Qingyang didn't even drink tea, and said directly:

"It has been found out, on the day Han Yu disappeared, Qiao Zhuowen did leave the palace.

Now I can be sure that the friend Han Yu saw before his disappearance was Qiao Zhuowen, but this surnamed Qiao is extremely cunning, and there is no flaw in doing things, and Mr. Song and I have not been able to find any human or physical evidence of his contact with Han Yu so far.

I don't care about the four princes, and I dare to go directly to the palace to take Qiao Zhuowen away for interrogation, but as long as he delays a little time, Han Yu may be killed. ”

After hearing this, Mei Xue smiled faintly and said:

"Han Yu is a scholar with a noble character, so he will not dislike Qiao Zhuowen and still regard him as a close friend after he is a criminal official.

A person with such a temperament, even if Lord Shen saved Qiao Zhuowen after torturing him, but his reputation was ruined, do you think Han Yu can still live? ”

When the champion of the dynasty, the name is full of Shilin, but he has become a plaything in the hands of men, this kind of insult is about more difficult to accept than death for people like Han Yu.

Shen Qingyang and Li Jinzhi both knew that Mei Xue's worries were right, and both of them fell silent.

Mei Xue lowered her eyes and thought for a while, then raised her eyes to look at Shen Qingyang and said:

"I need a day to prepare things, as long as you can trick Qiao Zhuowen out of the palace and control him for half an hour, I can make him say everything, and there will be no injuries on him, and no one will see anything wrong."

Only by quietly saving Han Yu and hiding the truth can he continue to live.

Even if it doesn't punish those who hurt him.

Shen Qingyang naturally understood what Mei Xue meant, and he didn't ask in detail, so he nodded directly and said:

"Then tomorrow evening, I'll ask Liu Qi to come and pick you up."

Mei Xue nodded, got up and sent Shen Qingyang away with Li Jinyi.

Yan Susu has been doing rough work in the Teaching Workshop Division since he became an official slave, but Qiao Zhuowen is extremely cunning, and at this juncture, if he wants to use Yan Susu to trick him out of the palace, he will have to work hard.

After Mei Xue sent Shen Qingyang, she went directly to the pharmacy, and Li Jinzhi called Chen Yiling to help her.

But the two of them were still busy until the next day, when it was dark, and then they put the pills into the stove and baked them slowly.

Mei Xue poured two cups of tea and sat in the courtyard with Chen Yiling while drinking tea and waiting.

Chen Yiling still didn't ask a word, only smiled and said to Mei Xue:

"Time flies so fast, this time last year, we were still in Chengdu to prepare for Beijing."

Mei Xue nodded silently, raised her eyes and looked at the sky, there was already a golden light quietly spreading.