Jian Shun glanced at it.

I think it's pretty boring having nothing to do lately.

He just played with this Xiao Kangzi to see what he was going to do.

It was obvious that the best option would be to take the money and follow Chief Xiu out of the palace to live out his days in peace, but he insisted on staying.

"Happy New Year, Happy New Year." Xiuyi took it and weighed it. There seemed to be gold, silver, jade and other things inside.

Seeing that Jian Shun had accepted it, Xiao Kangzi felt relieved. He smiled flatteringly and exchanged a few words before Jian Shun sent him away.

When I opened the red envelope, there was a gold bracelet inside, which was quite heavy.

Okay, this guy really has some good stuff!

Return to Yonghua Palace.

Jian Shun saw that the emperor and the empress had time to play chess to kill time, so he talked about the bracelet Xiao Kangzi gave him.

He took it out and said, "Look, this is quite heavy."

Xiao Lusheng took a look and smiled, "What position does he want you to give him?"

Jian Shun said: "I just want to replace Tang An who is beside the queen."

Tang An, who had just returned from a business trip, felt terrible after hearing this. He looked embarrassed and didn't know what to say.

Qingning said: "He is wishful thinking."

Although Tang An was the general manager of the entire Yonghua Palace, she was also the one who managed many things.

Xiao Kangzi has so many evil thoughts, she doesn't want to get along with him, and she is also worried that it will be bad for the queen and the little prince.

Su Yun said, "During the last years of my father's life, Chief Steward Xiu was always with him. He always said that he asked Xiao Kangzi to pass on a message to you, but he never said anything useful."

Xiao Lusheng said: "Li Juanling, Xiao Yu, Xiao Zhiyue and others are all gone, so there is no evidence to prove that he is a traitor."

After making a move, Xiao Lusheng said, "After all, he is the disciple of Manager Xiu, so you should keep a closer eye on him."

I said this to Jian Shun.

Jian Shun responded with a "yes", but he seemed to not know what to do with the gold string in his hand.

Xiao Lusheng rolled his eyes at him.

Now Jian Shun's status has risen, and it is inevitable that people will give him gifts, so he just turns a blind eye.

Now I'm pretending with him here.

Jian Shun cleared his throat awkwardly and calmly put away the gold string. "Since it's New Year, should I find time to visit Chief Steward Xiu?"

"Well, it's better to ask. After all, Chief Eunuch Xiu is my father's personal eunuch." We have to give him some face.

"Yes."

After Jian Shun responded, he glanced at Qingning. When he saw Qingning blink, he knew that Qingning must have told Shuying and Yuqi about going to the mass grave.

"I'll take my leave." Jian Shun respectfully withdrew and walked out of Yonghua Palace.

new Year.

The emperor was not that busy.

Jian Shun was relatively free, so after he walked out of Yonghua Palace, he took the gold beads and left the palace.

at the same time.

Shuying and Yuqi also arrived at the mass grave.

The snow and wind last night were not that strong and had almost melted away by now, so the bodies of Xiao Zhiyue and Li Juanling were found easily.

They rode on horseback and looked down at the bodies of the two men. It seemed impossible for them to be alive.

Shuying even jumped off the horse and took a special look at the faces of the two men. She only breathed a sigh of relief when she confirmed that it was them.

Yu Qi said: "Your Majesty is just guessing. You and I are too nervous." Such injuries cannot be cured even by gods!

Shuying nodded.

He was indeed too nervous.

Xiao Zhiyue and Li Juanling had caused great suffering to the late emperor. The emperor was feeling very upset. He couldn't imagine how furious the emperor would be if they were allowed to escape.

In all the years he had followed the emperor, he had hardly ever messed up anything.

Shuying jumped onto the horse.

Before leaving, he took a special look at Li Juanling's body and felt that the body seemed a lot more bloated.

"Let's go." Yu Qi stepped on the horse's belly and rode away.

Shuying raised the whip and followed closely behind.

The two returned to the imperial city, but saw Jian Shun acting suspiciously. On the first day of the new year, there were really a lot of things to do.

They followed Jian Shun quietly without making a sound. After walking for a while, they found that Jian Shun was following Jingwen.

"Butler Jian." Shuying patted Jian Shun on the shoulder.

Jian Shun was startled, but when he saw that it was Shuying and Yuqi, he breathed a sigh of relief, "Why are you guys here?"

"What are you doing following Jingwen?"

Jian Shun said, "I am in charge of all the supplies of the Imperial Observatory, but I saw Jingwen go into several medicine shops and cloth shops."

"A medicine shop, a cloth shop, these are all normal, right?"

"That's not normal. If someone is sick, the Imperial Hospital is not a pushover. Do they need to prepare medicine themselves? Also, the clothes that the Imperial Observatory wears are regulated. Do they need to buy them themselves?"

"That makes sense." Yu Qi nodded.

Shuying asked, "Which cloth shops did you go to? And the drugstore?"

Jian Shun said, "I've been to all the ones on this street."

"Okay." Shuying responded and left.

"What is he going to do?" Jian Shun asked casually.

Yu Qi looked at the Baohetang medicine store in front and said, "He went to ask what Jingwen bought."

As he was speaking, Jingwen came out.

They followed him, and at the next place, Jingwen entered the pharmacy again.

Soon, Shuying followed him and said, "He ordered a set of larger cotton clothes from the cloth shop, and saltpeter from the drugstore."

"Cotton-padded clothes, saltpeter..." Jian Shun read it out and said, "After the Chinese New Year, it will be the beginning of spring soon. Why are you still ordering cotton-padded clothes?"

Shuying said, "I'm afraid Lord Rong needs it."

The three of them looked at each other, and Yu Qi said, "Didn't they say that Master Rong is fine?"

"That was just Jingwen's message. We don't know the truth. Besides, the queen had a fever before, and Envoy Li had found Qingning and asked Qingning to find a way to tell the queen that her fever could only be relieved by spending more time with Lord Rong..."

Jian Shun and Shu Ying nodded.

They are the people closest to the Emperor and the Empress. Even if they don't know the whole picture, they only have a vague understanding of it.

"Last time, the queen went to the Imperial Observatory, and Envoy Li personally examined her pulse and said that the queen's fever has been completely relieved."

"Jingwen also said that Lord Rong's fear of cold has completely healed."

The three of them looked at each other, and Jian Shun said doubtfully, "The cotton clothes Jingwen bought are for keeping warm, and saltpeter can be used to make ice, which is for cooling off. If the Imperial Observatory just needs to cool off, the ice cellar I manage can fully supply it. Especially this year, in order to prevent the queen from having excessive body heat, I called in more than 2,000 soldiers to dig ice from the natural river."

"The queen's fever has indeed been cured, but Lord Rong may not be."

Yu Qi and Jian Shun both looked at Shu Ying, asking him to say a few more words because he was smart.

Shuying continued, "We all know that the Imperial Observatory is a very mysterious place, and the abilities of the past directors are also very powerful. Could it be that Lord Rong used a forbidden technique to cure the queen's fever, but his own condition became worse?"

"This... this is impossible?" Jian Shun widened his eyes.

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