East Palace.

Although extremely tired, Chen Anning and Xie Xun only slept for two hours before they both woke up.

The emperor has already returned to the palace.

The prince was quietly reading the book on the side, and when he heard the movement, he raised his eyes: "I woke up so soon, did I sleep uncomfortably?" ”

Xie Xun pinched his eyebrows, turned his head to look at Chen Anning, and said, "You arrange a guest room for her, let her wash and rest well, and let people prepare food, remember to be hearty." ”

The prince raised his eyebrows imperceptibly, and then commanded his words.

A palace maid came forward to lead Chen Anning.

Xie Xun reminded: "You can open a few prescriptions casually first, no matter how serious it is." After opening, it will be good to drink and rest for two days, don't worry about the Chen family, I will let people go over and watch. ”

The prince hurriedly asked people to prepare pen and ink.

After she wrote the prescription and followed the palace maid away, and the prince also arranged for someone to go to the Tai Hospital to grab the medicine, she smiled and teased: "It turns out that the third prince Xie also has such a thoughtful and considerate time." ”

Xie Xun leaned lazily on the back of the chair, "What, you're envious?" ”

"I don't envy Miss Chen Er," the prince put down the book, got up and poured him a cup of tea, handed it to him, and said slowly, "I envy you." ”

Xie Xun sighed twice, "Envy me for cutting through thorns and thorns for you outside?" ”

"You know, I've always been envious." The crown prince sat down beside him and looked at the wounds on his body with admiration, "The craziest thing I've ever done until now, that is, this time I cooperated with you and my father to lure the snake out of the hole." The royal brothers broke their heads for this position, and if it was possible, they really wanted to give it to them. ”

Xie Xun looked at him playfully, "In this case, it's useless for you to tell me." ”

"I just know it's useless to tell you, so I'll tell you." The prince smiled bitterly, "I'm going to tell my father and mother, I have to be talked about all the time." Okay, let's not talk about me, let's talk about you and Miss Chen Er. ”

"What is there to say?" Xie Xun said.

"You kid, you don't know how to be blessed in the blessings," the prince scolded with a smile, "How many sons and young ladies in this powerful family in Beijing can choose their favorite young lady according to their own hearts and minds like you?" ”

Xie Xun put down the teacup with a smile, "Say, which lady did the imperial uncle and the imperial aunt choose for you?" ”

"Tell me first, how did you pick out Miss Chen Er with your discernment?" The prince asked gossipingly.

After Xie Xun looked at him twice, he briefly told him about the peony banquet.

"So you fell in love with Miss Chen Er because she is as good at solving cases as you are?" The prince raised one side of his eyebrows slightly, "Does Miss Chen Er know?" ”

"She will not only solve cases," Xie Xun said slowly, "She will also treat diseases and save people, she will poison people, and she will fight with me when she is unhappy." ”

"Looking for you to fight?" The prince's eyes lit up with envy, "Can you beat her?" ”

Xie Xun clasped his hands around his chest: "When have you seen me fight and lose?" ”

The prince said: "But she is Miss Chen, she will be poisoned." ”

"So what?" Xie Xun snorted, "As long as the strength is strong enough, all foreign objects are paper tigers!" ”

"Really?" The prince said deliberately, "Then when Miss Chen Er comes over, I'll ask her again." ”

Xie Xun said frankly: "Just ask." ”

"I can't tell you that." The more he talked, the more envious he became, why did he take all the good things alone? He is the prince of a country! After the prince silently took two deep breaths, he quickly changed the topic and said, "What clues did you find out about leaving Kyoto this time?" ”

Xie Xun teased, "I'll talk about any clues later, you should first tell which lady the imperial uncle and imperial aunt picked for you this time." ”

The prince said quietly: "Miss Xu Si." ”

"Ah Zhan's fourth sister?" Xie Xun asked.

"I guess so." The crown prince said indifferently, "The queen mother said that she is knowledgeable, gentle and demure, and she is the best choice for the crown princess." ”

Xie Xun chuckled, "You can't say what others say, even if this person is your queen mother." ”

The prince heard the strangeness in his words, and after his eyes moved faintly, he asked tentatively, "Do you know her?" ”

"It's been a couple of encounters." Xie Xun tapped on the arm of the chair, and in his urging, he said unhurriedly, "I don't know much about what kind of temperament it is." But at the beginning, Ah Chan was not liked by his family, and it was his fourth sister who instigated him to come to me. ”

"Ah Zhan never talked much about his elder brothers, but he only admired this fourth sister."

"According to what he said, every beating he received when he was a child was obtained after his fourth sister instigated him to do something wrong."

The prince was a little interested, "That's it, he still respects his fourth sister?" ”

Xie Xun said casually: "Probably when everyone criticized him for not learning and not knowing, only his fourth sister encouraged him, not only by reading can he get ahead." ”

"It's true that you don't have to read to get ahead." The prince nodded approvingly, then turned the subject back to his departure from Beijing.

Xie Xun looked at the spark in his eyes, and he didn't pierce it with interest. After roughly talking about the situation that will be investigated, I also asked him: "How is the situation of the investigation?" ”

The prince's faint smile slowly retracted, "I really don't know if I don't check, this check, the palace and my East Palace are really spies!" Five hundred and ninety-four people, just like this, hidden in the palace and the east palace, hidden by the side of my father, the queen mother, and me! That's it, it's just the result of checking my six guards of the East Palace and the Imperial Palace, how many spies are hidden in the sixteen guards of the Imperial City, it's still unknown! ”

"But you don't have to think about it to know that there must be a lot of them!"

Although he had been prepared, Xie Xun was still shocked by this number, "Five hundred and ninety-four...... These people all have flame totems on their left arms? ”

"Yes." The crown prince had a cold face, "So you know why my father is so cautious, right?" There are already so many spies with flame totems on their left arms, so how many spies are there without flame totems? No one can tell. ”

After Xie Xun lightly knocked on the armrest twice, he got up and said, "After this move, other spies will lie dormant for a while, but they are not in a hurry. I'll go and wash, and you will have some food for me. After going back and judging the people with flame totems, let's make a decision according to the situation. ”

The prince nodded and said, "Go ahead." ”

The crown prince is the eldest son of the emperor and the queen, and he is close to several brothers in the Guangling Palace. Therefore, Xie Xun did not shy away from it in the East Palace, took a happy bath in his bath, changed into the clothes he asked someone to send, and after eating and drinking, he rested.

And so on two days later.

He and Chen Anning were almost resting, and then they both left the East Palace.

Xie Xun went to Dali Temple.

Chen Anning went back to Chen's house.

Back in Qingzhi Courtyard, before even drinking a cup of hot tea, Qiu came.

"You're finally back." Qiu Shi said haggardly, "Go and see your grandmother and father, they have been poisoned for a long time, and they are almost dying." ”

Chen Anning sat still and didn't move.

Seeing this, Qiu, who had been taking care of Mrs. Chen and Chen Fanghai recently, was too tired to lift up his strength, and also sat down, and after asking Chunrui to give her a cup of tea, he said: "I know that you have just returned to Beijing and are very tired, but they are your grandmother and father, and you can't die without help." ”

Chen Anning blew off the tea foam and drank half a cup of tea slowly before raising his eyes and looking at her and said, "Let's talk about it first, how did they get poisoned?" ”