After Huanbi was reborn, she became the prince's favorite

He quickly stepped forward to block the prince's way, and bowed, "For the sake of safety, please allow me to find someone to check whether this snow lotus is real. If it is real, I am willing to do my best to check what this lord wants."

Prince Guo shook his head. "It's not about trying your best, it's about having to. If Lord Xiao can't agree, I will destroy the snow lotus immediately. It doesn't matter if we can't find out what happened. But if Old Madam Xiao's health is delayed, it will be a great pity!"

Xiao Hu knew that he was threatening him, but for his mother's health, this was nothing. He quickly agreed and asked the waiter to ask a doctor he trusted to check.

After a while, an old doctor came over. He took out tools and carefully examined the snow lotus.

"How could it be? I finally found it, Master Xiao. This is the rare thousand-year-old snow lotus. Old Madam Xiao's body can be cured by ordinary snow lotus. If she takes this thousand-year-old snow lotus, not to mention recovering to her former state, her body can be strong for another five or eight years!

This thousand-year-old snow lotus is a great tonic! I have lived my whole life and have only heard rumors about it, but have never actually seen it! I don’t know where it was obtained, it really opened my eyes!”

Xiao Hu looked at Doctor Fang's curiosity about the snow lotus and couldn't help laughing. "Are you saying it's real?"

Doctor Fang stroked his beard with a smile, "It's absolutely true, Mrs. Xiao's illness can be cured!"

Xiao Hu sent the doctor away, and then he bowed deeply to Prince Guo, and said with red eyes: "This lord saved my mother. I am willing to use all the connections of Lianchi Academy to find out the truth. Please rest assured, lord. I just don't know the lord's name and address. If I find out the truth one day, how should I tell you?"

Prince Guo smiled and said, "The rules of the Lotus Pond Academy cannot be broken. I'm sorry I can't tell you the truth. I will send someone here every morning. If Lord Xiao finds out anything, I can come here at any time."

Seeing him like this, Xiao Hu didn't say anything more. He just felt guilty for not knowing the name of his mother's benefactor. Well, since that was the case, he just needed to do his best to investigate the matter as a way of repaying the favor.

The days are getting hotter day by day. I heard that the emperor will take everyone to the Old Summer Palace to escape the summer heat in a few days.

Half a month had passed, and there had been no news from the prince, whether from A Jin or anyone else in the palace. Huanbi found it a little strange. Given the prince's personality, he would not have failed to send her a message even if he was busy.

But she couldn't leave the palace, and the prince didn't come, so she could only worry.

On summer nights, apart from the noisy chirping of cicadas, the temperature remains high, making it almost impossible to feel cool at all.

Huanbi was pondering the relationship between the empress dowager and Longkodo. In the previous life, the empress dowager and Longkodo were childhood sweethearts. They were originally in love with each other. In order to consolidate the position of his sister, Empress Xiaoyi Ren, Longkodo designed to send the empress dowager into the palace.

The empress dowager should have held a grudge against Longkodo for being sent to the throne by her beloved. However, ever since she entered the palace, what she saw and heard was that the empress dowager spoke well of Longkodo in front of the emperor many times. Could it be that because she entered the palace late, the empress dowager had already let it go?

If this is the case, it is possible that Longkodo framed my grandfather's family and the Empress Dowager helped suppress it.

Huanbi was suddenly shocked by her own idea. She remembered the yellowed paper in the book she brought back from the library. Her mother told her when she was a child that there was a special ink. When it was written on the paper, some ink marks could be vaguely seen after it dried, but the words on it could not be seen clearly. Only when it came into contact with water again could it be seen clearly.

She tiptoed out of bed and found the paper in the moonlight. The paper was yellow and old, and it was obvious that it was many years old. There seemed to be signs of burning at one corner of the paper. She didn't know if it was because the fire went out as soon as it was lit, or for some other reason, but the abrasion in the middle of the paper was intact.

Huanbi lit a candle, quietly came to the door, and sprinkled some water on the paper with her hand. After a while, two lines of words appeared faintly on the paper: The matter has been settled, the Bi family of the Baiyi tribe has been extinct, so be careful in the future.

Huanbi was so shocked by the words above that she covered her mouth, fearing that she would scream out loud.

Is it true? Could this letter be written by the Queen Mother to Longkodo? The more she thought about it, the more frightened she became. Her whole body began to tremble, and the candlelight frightened her shadow to sway from side to side.

Could it be that Longkodo got into trouble and had a conflict with his maternal grandfather's family? When he was young, although the Tonggiya family was prominent, his personal abilities were mediocre, so he looked for the empress dowager, who was already a concubine at the time, to help him deal with the matter?

Oh my God, she couldn't believe her own thoughts. If so, this matter would not only involve Long Keduo, but Yunli was also investigating the matter. If he found out, would he tell her the whole story? Would he still stand with her?

All her worries and concerns had come true one by one, and she didn't know what to do for a moment.

At this time, Liuzhu turned over on the bed, reached out and found that Huanbi was not there, so he hurriedly got up and looked around.

"Huanbi, what are you doing at the door?" Liu Zhu looked at Huanbi in a daze. She had her back to her, holding a kerosene lamp in her hand. She didn't know what she was thinking about, and was in a daze.

Huanbi was startled by her voice, and quickly came to her senses, smiling awkwardly, "Nothing, I was too hot to sleep so I sat here to cool down."

Liu Zhu said, "Although the weather is hot, you should rest well. You will feel much better after visiting Yuanmingyuan in two days. It's getting late. Go to bed!"

Huanbixi dropped the lamp in her hand and lay on the bed.

After a sleepless night, Huanbi appeared in the front hall of Suiyuxuan early the next morning with dark circles under her eyes. Seeing that she looked tired, Zhen Huan asked her some questions and gave her some tranquilizers to let her sleep for a while. She, accompanied by Liuzhu and Jinxi, took Luoyao to the lake to enjoy the cool air.

In summer, places near water are always cooler. The reason why Yuanmingyuan is so cool is probably because of the imperial lakes everywhere!

She watched the fish in the water leap up and down, and pointed them out to Luo Yao happily, humming a song to coax children.

At this time, An Lingrong also came over. She was wearing a refreshing green thin shirt and gently waving the fan in her hand. "So my sister is here. It's easy for me to find her."

Zhen Huan raised her head and asked her to sit down. "Why are you so anxious to see me?"

Ling Rong looked around and saw that there was no one else. She sighed and said, "I heard that the emperor went to Sister Mei's place last night."

Zhen Huan was a little surprised, "Sister Mei, did you invite the Emperor to stay overnight?"

Ling Rong shook her head. "My sister came to me to talk about this. I heard that the Queen Mother gave Sister Mei some warm wine in the room. Sister Mei and the Emperor drank it, but Sister Mei did not show weakness. The Emperor was disappointed to see that she was still as tepid as before, so he went somewhere else."