"yes."
Shen Zhixi wrapped the half-eaten cake in oil paper and placed it gently on one side.
Turning around, he said to Song Lianzhou again: "Before, I heard Xie Muyun mention something. He said that a Taoist priest told him that the blood of young children is more effective in curing diseases, and...his father, the old Marquis, heard that He said he became a monk and became a Taoist priest."
"Do you suspect that this treatment is related to the old Marquis?"
"It can't really be just a coincidence. There are so many informants in that Taoist temple. My people went to explore it, but it's easy to get in without careful planning."
Song Lianzhou looked back, seeming to be thinking carefully.
Shen Zhixi beside him also lowered his eyes, looking at his toes and thinking seriously.
When the carriage arrived at the gate of the palace, there was a sedan sent to greet him. He got off the carriage and changed into a sedan to continue to the inner palace.
"Don't be nervous." Song Lianzhou comforted.
Shen Zhixi shook his head and sighed: "I'm not nervous, I'm curious about what your sister will say to me."
The palace is very large, and it took quite a while to get to Changning Palace.
The sedan stopped at the entrance of the palace, but the palace maid said that other concubines were visiting the palace. It was not appropriate for Song Lianzhou to enter at the moment, so she only asked Shen Zhixi to go in. After all, Song Lianzhou was a foreign man, and even the queen could not see him from time to time, and the concubines in the harem had to avoid it even more.
Therefore, Song Lianzhou could only wait in the sedan for the time being.
"Don't worry, my sister won't embarrass you."
Before entering, Song Lianzhou comforted Shen Zhixi, but he seemed even more nervous than Shen Zhixi.
Shen Zhixi nodded at him, turned around and entered the door together with the palace maid.
"Miss Shen, don't be nervous. Our empress just wants to invite you into the palace to talk. Originally, the uncle of the country accompanied you in, but just now Concubine Yu suddenly came, so it was difficult to ask the uncle to come in."
Then, the maid announced her name and said her name was Zhuyang, and she was the queen's maid in charge.
Shen Zhixi thanked him because Zhuyang's words were really relaxing.
Zhuyang called her Shen and was not grateful.
This must be because Song Lianzhou was angry after speaking in front of the queen. The queen should know a lot about the affairs between her and Song Lianzhou. Moreover, Zhuyang's humble attitude must have been under the Queen's instructions.
Arriving at the entrance of the main hall, Zhu Yang asked her to wait for a moment.
As soon as Zhu Yang opened the door and entered, he heard someone shouting loudly: "Come here, call the doctor, call the doctor quickly!"
Shen Zhixi was immediately frightened. The Queen had been ill a few days ago, so she instinctively felt that something had happened to the Queen.
Lifting her feet, she paused.
The rules of the palace were strict, and there was no notice that she had entered. It was not good for her to go in without permission, and if something happened, it would be bad for her.
There was chaos in Changning Palace, and Zhu Yang, who had just entered the door, ran out and shouted outside: "Come here, go and ask the imperial doctor quickly, Concubine Yu is not in good condition."
She is Concubine Yu, not the Queen.
Let's look at the situation. There was no one waiting in the palace. All the maids were sent out. There were only the Queen and Concubine Yu. Even the maids accompanying Concubine Yu were waiting in the courtyard. After hearing Zhu Yang's words, they shouted in shock, "What's wrong with Concubine Yu?" "Here we go." Then he entered the door. The maids from Changning Palace ran out of the palace gate to ask for the imperial doctor, alarming Song Lianzhou who was in the sedan outside.
Song Lianzhou looked bad, and probably felt like Shen Zhixi that there might be some conspiracy.
It happened that something happened to Concubine Yu when there was no one waiting in the palace, maybe it was a trick.
Shen Zhixi had also heard about the chaos and constant fighting in the palace.
"Don't be afraid." Song Lianzhou came in from outside and stood next to Shen Zhixi. He was not allowed to enter without being informed, so he only called the palace maid who came out to ask about the situation.
The palace maid said that Concubine Yu had vomited a lot of blood and looked like she had only one breath left.
After hearing this, both Shen Zhixi and Song Lianzhou looked solemn.
From time to time, Zhu Yang came out and let Song Lianzhou in.
When he went in, he saw that the queen was also approaching Song Lianzhou with an anxious look on her face. The queen looked similar to Song Lianzhou, and she was naturally beautiful and fragrant. She reached out and stopped Shen Zhixi from saluting.
"You are Zhi Xi, no need to be polite."
The queen's voice was also very gentle, but that gentleness was also mixed with some fear.
"What a coincidence. I originally called you into the palace today because I wanted to see you and talk to you properly. I accidentally thought of such a thing and frightened you. I'm really sorry."
"The Queen has spoken harshly."
The queen was willing to talk to her so politely because she loved Wujiwu for Song Lianzhou. She remembered that Song Lianzhou said that he and his sister had a very good relationship, and now she really believed it.
"I heard that the empress had been ill a few days ago and has yet to recover, so she is even more concerned about your own health. Don't be too anxious and hurt yourself again."
"good."
The queen took Shen Zhixi's hand and looked at Song Lianzhou. With him there, she seemed to feel much more at ease.
"Brother, the other concubines should be coming soon. It's not convenient for you to go to the side hall to rest first. Just let Zhi Xi stay with me."
That's what she said, but Shen Zhixi knew that she would rather Song Lianzhou stayed here to support her, but it was against the rules. Shen Zhixi's presence was equivalent to comfort, just like Song Lianzhou's.
But this also means that the queen is willing to treat her as a family member.
And Song Lianzhou didn't want to stay here, but this was the palace after all. He had to take care of himself and the queen's dignity, and his thousands of words turned into a worried "good" word.
Zhu Yang took Song Lianzhou to the side hall, while Shen Zhixi was dragged to the inner hall by the queen.
In just a few steps, the queen's hands were trembling. She was very scared.
When she was approaching the bed, the extremely weak Concubine Yu shouted: "Your Majesty... Your Majesty..."
The queen quickened her pace and walked over. Seeing Concubine Yu extending her hand towards her, she let go of Shen Zhixi's hand, sat down in front of the bed and held Concubine Yu's hand.
"Don't be afraid, the doctor will be here soon, everything will be fine."
"Mother...I'm afraid I won't survive. I..."
"Don't talk nonsense, nothing will happen to you. If something happens to you, who will accompany me to drink wine next month? I have hidden wine for three years under the tree in the West Palace. It will be the eighteenth day next month. You promised You want to dig with me."
While talking, both of them shed tears, which was very sad.
Shen Zhixi's mood changed as he listened. From what the two of them said, they had a very good relationship. Concubine Yu's illness should not have been a deliberate frame-up by her. Looking at her appearance, she was really about to die. .
Yu Fei's mouth was full of blood, and her clothes were also red.
"Empress, my Ah Shu, my Ah Shu, Ah Shu..."
"I will take care of her. I have treated her as my own daughter for so many years, but just because I promise you doesn't mean you can give up on yourself. You have to get better. Ah Shu is only ten years old and will be born next year. You don't want to do it with your own eyes. Does she arrange hair extensions?"
After hearing the Queen's words, Concubine Yu burst into tears and was speechless. She only held the Queen's hand tighter and tighter.
Soon, he spit out another mouthful of blood.
The queen was frightened, turned around and called to the palace maid to send someone again and ask the imperial doctor to come as soon as possible.
However, the one who arrived faster than the imperial doctor was Concubine Yu's daughter, Princess Zhaoheng, Yushu. She rushed to the bed, she was so excited that her face was already wet with tears, and her mouth made everyone's nose sore.
However, Shen Zhixi always felt that something was wrong when he looked at her.
What's wrong is that it looks familiar.
She had never entered Yuejing City, let alone the palace. How could she feel familiar to a princess? Not only did Princess Zhaoheng look familiar to her, but Concubine Yu's features also gave her a sense of familiarity, but Princess Zhaoheng gave her a stronger feeling. The familiarity made her feel as if she had just seen her yesterday.
"Concubine, don't scare me!"
Just now I said that Princess Zhaoheng was no more than Shixi, so there was still some childishness in her tone that had not completely faded away.
She raised her hand to grab Yu Fei's hand, exposing half of her arm.
Seeing the half of her wrist, Shen Zhixi's expression suddenly changed again. She frowned and recalled the girl she saw in the courtyard of Jiuyun Alley who was being used as a blood bank to refine medicine when she was first captured in Yuejing City.
Because Princess Zhaoheng's wrists had the same cuts as the girl's hands.
She had seen the girl being dragged away.
