royal husband

bang bang.

Ping An lightly knocked on Li Jin's door, "Your Majesty, someone from the palace just sent a message that His Royal Highness the Empress invited you to attend the dust-cleaning banquet of the Seventh Prince today."

crunch.

Li Jin pushed open the door, looked at Ping An and said, "Then go, Ping An will help me prepare the carriage."

Xu Shi had just finished taking a bath, Li Jin was only wearing a thin underwear at the moment.

Seeing that Li Jin's complexion was very bad, Pingan couldn't help but persuade him, "My lord, you are not in better shape than before, why don't you go after you rest for a while?"

"No problem." Li Jin shook his head and said, "I can just rest in the carriage, don't make Her Royal Highness wait for a long time."

The reason why Li Jin's complexion became so pale was all because of the aftereffects of taking the medicinal bath. After all, most of them were poisons, and being able to treat Li Jin would also make Li Jin's body weak.

"Yes, the servant will prepare immediately."

Knowing that Li Jin's words would not be easily changed, Ping An had no choice but to arrange the carriage full of worries.

"See you, son." Not long after Ping An left, Xiaotao beside Wei Shiwan came to Li Jin's yard with the decocted medicine in person, "Princess asked my servant to bring you the medicine, and asked my son to drink it before going out."

No need to think about it, the news that Li Jin was going to the palace to attend the dust-cleaning banquet had already spread throughout the mansion, that's why Wei Shiwan sent Xiaotao over so soon.

"Well, thank the queen concubine for me."

Li Jin took the medicine Xiaotao handed over and drank it down, then returned the empty bowl to Xiaotao.

Xiao Tao took the bowl with a smile and said goodbye, "Your servant will leave."

It was not the first time for Xiao Tao to watch Li Jin drink the medicine. Ever since she learned that Li Jin needed to take the medicine for conditioning her body every day, Wei Shiwan told Xiao Tao to watch Li Jin drink the medicine with her own eyes.

"My lord, my lord, the carriage is ready." Ping An ran back panting to inform Li Jin.

"Ping An, you wait for me in the carriage first, and I will come over after changing clothes."

"Yes, son."

Not a moment.

Li Jin changed his clothes and sat in the carriage with Ping An to the palace.

After Xiaotao left, she immediately went back to Wei Shiwan's yard and reported, "Report to Wangfei, the prince has already taken the medicine."

"Did you watch him drink it with your own eyes?" Wei Shiwan asked while concentrating on drawing the mountains with a brush, looking very contented.

Xiaotao nodded and said, "Yes, Wangfei."

"very good."

Wei Shiwan nodded, and the slightly raised corners of her lips showed that she was in a good mood.

"Princess, will it be too risky to do this?" Xiaotao asked worriedly, "I'm afraid that if something happens to the prince, and you let the servant watch the prince drink medicine every day, there is no guarantee that it will not arouse suspicion."

If it wasn't for the fear of offending Wei Shiwan, Xiaotao would have asked directly if what Zhou Xiaoru did was revealed, wouldn't they want to take the blame for Zhou Xiaoru?

Wei Shiwan replied indifferently, "Because I'm the aunt, if I don't do anything, people will be suspicious."

Wei Shiwan was very upset when she learned that Gu Rushuang only invited Li Jin over.But Wei Shiwan also knew that her identity was really sensitive to Gu Rushuang, and she might be the one who could not step down, so Wei Shiwan only asked Xiao Tao to deliver the medicine, and did not interfere with Li Jin's going to the banquet.

"Uh……"

"Xiao Tao, you haven't thought far enough." Wei Shiwan put down the brush in her hand, looked at Xiao Tao and said, "With the prince's ability, the investigation will eventually reveal the truth. If I am innocently implicated in this matter, the prince will definitely compensate me. .”

This is Wei Shiwan's goal.

After learning about what Zhou Xiaoru was doing in private, Wei Shiwan came up with such calculations, and at the same time urged Xiaotao to decoct the medicine according to the imperial physician's prescription, and not to do unnecessary things.

Zhou Xiaoru found out that Li Jin was preparing for a long-term medicinal bath, and ordered someone to secretly add the few medicinal herbs that were not only poisonous, but long-term use could also cause infertility.Moreover, it also conflicted with the prescription prescribed by the imperial physician who helped Li Jin recuperate his body. In the long run, even if Li Jin didn't die, he would be truly useless.

on the carriage.

After holding back for a long time, Ping An couldn't help but suggested, "Your Majesty, your complexion has been bad after drinking that medicine, why don't you... why don't you stop."

Li Jin's complexion has been getting worse day by day since he started taking the medicine, and he feels that something is wrong with being as dull as Ping An.But the person who watched Li Jin take the medicine was Wei Shiwan's capable maid, and Ping An was powerless to stop it.

Ping An never thought that Li Jin's current appearance was the result of the medicine bath, and firmly believed that it was caused by taking medicine.

Li Jin shook his head helplessly, "The imperial doctor was sent by the emperor to treat me. If I don't drink the medicine prescribed by him, wouldn't it be the same as disobedience?"

Li Jin didn't plan to tell Ping An about the sequelae of the medicinal bath.After all, once Li Jin told about the sequelae, he would have to fill in more lies. Why did Li Jin, who rarely left the palace, know about it, so it was better not to say it in the first place.

Hearing this, Ping An's face turned pale, "My lord, I'm sorry, the slave's thinking is too simple."

Yes.

The prescription was prescribed by the imperial physician in the palace. If he asked Li Jin not to drink it, wouldn't it be the same as encouraging Li Jin to disobey the emperor's order? What's the difference between harming Li Jin?

The more Ping An thought about it, the more he regretted it, and he stretched out his hand and was about to slap himself.

"Ping An, you don't have to blame yourself, just figure it out." Li Jin stopped Ping An and said, "Go down, we've arrived."

……

The host of this cleansing banquet was Gu Rushuang, who was a queen. Even if the victory did not come, all the concubines came to congratulate her.

of course.

The congratulations were fake. In fact, they all came to watch the show, so they didn't bring their children along with them.

Who doesn't know that the seventh prince, Ying Yuan, has been disliked by Ying Zhengjing since he was born, but Gu Rushuang wants to adopt Ying Yuan. Isn't that blatantly arguing with Ying Zhengjing?If Gu Rushuang's actions really annoyed Ying Zhengjing, they might be able to step on Gu Rushuang to the top.

Concubine Qi Lan Xiwei teased as soon as she arrived, "Congratulations to the queen for being the 'seventh prince'."

This Lan Xiwei is not simple. Although she did not give birth to a prince or princess, she still relied on her family to become a concubine. The most important thing is that she is the concubine who raised Ying Yuan back then.

The moment Lan Xiwei appeared, Ying Yuan's eyes were filled with deep guard.

"Well, let's do it."

Gu Rushuang nodded to signal Lan Xiwei to sit down, and said nothing else.

Gu Rushuang naturally knew about Lan Xiwei's adoption of Ying Yuan, but Gu Rushuang didn't intend to interfere in this matter.

to be honest.

Gu Rushuang wants Yingyuan to resolve the grievances with Lan Xiwei by himself.

If the prince in this palace can't even fight against a concubine, what future is there to talk about?

The concubine Lan Yingying, who gave birth to the fifth prince, Ying Zijun, saw that the banquet had not started for a long time, and pretended to be puzzled, "Your Highness, the sisters have already arrived, why haven't the banquet started yet? Could it be... Her Highness is waiting for the emperor?"

Lan Yingying and Lan Xiwei both come from the famous Lan family in the capital.

Gu Rushuang looked at Lan Yingying, "I am waiting for another person. The emperor has already told me that there are important matters that I will not be able to handle."

After Lan Yingying heard this, she became more and more arrogant, "So that's how it is. Alas, it's a big deal for Her Majesty the Empress to adopt a prince. I really don't know what important things the Emperor is busy with so I can't spare time to come here."

Gu Rushuang's eyes were a bit cold, "Concubine Jin, did you forget that the harem is not allowed to interfere in politics?"

"Uh... concubines don't dare." Lan Yingying faltered when she heard that Gu Rushuang took off such a big hat as a harem meddler.

Shen Qianxue at the side secretly watched Gu Rushuang's every move as if watching a play.

"Auntie, do you know who the Queen is waiting for?"

Shen Ningyu looked at the door curiously.