Lu Jiu did not chase out of the palace, and after the black shadow left, he turned and returned to Minghui Garden where Ji Linglan was.He came to the window and looked at it, then walked to the door.

When Xiao Linzi saw him coming, he bowed and said, "Your servant sees you."

Lu Jiu asked, "Is there something wrong, Ah Lan?"

Xiao Linzi replied truthfully: "The servant did not enter the door, and the young master said nothing happened."

Lu Jiu nodded and said, "Go and rest, I'm here to guard."

Xiao Linzi responded, turned around and retreated.

Raising her hand and knocking on the door, Lu Jiu asked aloud, "Alan, are you still awake?"

As soon as Ji Linglan came out of the dissecting room, she heard Lu Jiu's call for the door, and quickly responded, "Wake up, Brother Lu, wait a moment, I'll open the door right away."

Ji Linglan took out a fire pocket, lit the lamp in the room, and then came to the door and opened it.

Ji Linglan stepped aside to open the door, and said with a smile, "Brother Lu, if you have something to say, come in and say it."

Lu Jiu entered the door, but stopped at the door, and asked, "Alan, what did you find?"

Ji Linglan didn't intend to hide it, after all, Lu Jiu had been watching it all the time, and with the traces on the window, she couldn't hide it even if she wanted to.He took out the dart, handed it to Lu Jiu, and said, "I found this on the bed just now, and there is still this note wrapped around the dart."

Lu Jiu looked at the dart carefully, and said: "This dart is exactly the same as the one thrown by the man in black who broke into the Vanity Palace at night. I chased it out just now, and his figure is also similar, so we can guess that it is the same person."

"This letter promises to meet me when I go to Begonia Garden in Pingqiao Lane. Where is this place?"

Lu Jiu unfolded the note and looked at it, frowned slightly, and said, "Pingqiao Lane is in the north of the city, and I have never been to Begonia Garden. Are you planning to go?"

Ji Linglan nodded, and said: "I can probably guess who the person who wrote the note is. I want to know what purpose he has come to me several times."

Lu Jiu pondered for a while, and said: "Alan, King Ping has always been insidious and cunning, and his martial arts are not inferior to mine. Besides, in this tense situation, I think you should be more cautious."

"Brother Lu, even if I don't go this time, do you think he will let it go with his temperament? He will definitely think of other ways to achieve his goal. Instead of doing this, it's better to turn passive into active and see what he wants to do."

"Alan, now that the prince is in the palace, I'm afraid it will be too late. I think it's better to report back to the prince and make a long-term plan."

Ji Linglan thought for a while, and said, "Well, let's take a compromise. Brother Lu didn't let me go because he was worried about my safety. We will find someone to deliver the letter to Haitang Garden tomorrow and choose another meeting place .We hid in the dark to monitor, and then followed all the way, if there is no abnormality, I will reappear; if there is a fraud, then leave quietly, how about it?"

"Is Lan really going?" Lu Jiu was indeed worried about Ji Linglan's safety, but not entirely. He was also worried about the first half of the note, what exactly did Fu Nanping want to say to Ji Linglan?If Ji Linglan took it seriously and made an irrational choice, given Fu Nanling's intentions for him, this matter might not be good.

"Really go."

Ji Linglan could probably guess what Fu Nanping wanted to say to him. This was a thorn stuck in his heart. He didn't want this thorn to follow him for the rest of his life. He had to figure it out.

Lu Jiu sighed in his heart, and said: "Okay, I will do as you want. But Alan, I hope that no matter what Prince Ping said to you, you have to wait for the prince to come back and confirm it yourself before making any plans. How are you?"

Ji Linglan nodded solemnly, and said: "Brother Lu, don't worry, I promised the prince that no matter what happens, I will give him a chance to explain."

"Then Ah Lan, let's rest, I'll watch outside the courtyard."

"Today, his goal has been achieved, and he probably won't come again. Brother Lu should also go to rest and recharge his batteries for tomorrow."

"Okay, then I'll go first."

Lu Jiu walked out of the room, but Ji Linglan suddenly called out to stop him, saying, "Brother Lu, don't tell the prince what happened today, I don't want to distract him. When the prince comes back, I will tell him personally."

Lu Jiu was silent for a while, then said, "Okay."

Ji Linglan closed the door and lay back on the bed, but couldn't fall asleep, tossed and turned, stayed up until dawn, got up for morning exercises as usual, but after breakfast, Lu Jiu began to disguise him for half an hour Afterwards, the two left the palace together.

The two came to Pingqiao Lane, found the Begonia Garden, walked around nonchalantly, and found nothing wrong.

Ji Linglan looked around, walked to the beggar on the street, took out a tael of silver, waved it in front of him, and said, "Send me a letter, this tael of silver is yours."

The beggar reached out to snatch the money, but Ji Linglan grabbed his wrist and said threateningly: "If the money is collected, you must do something good, or your legs will be broken!"

The beggar quickly promised: "Don't worry, my lord, I guarantee that the small one will be done well, and I will never miss your business."

Ji Linglan handed a note to the beggar together with the one tael of silver, and said: "At noon, you send this note to the Begonia Garden opposite."

The beggar took the silver and the note with a smile, and said, "Yes, the villain will definitely deliver it to you, so please, my lord."

Ji Linglan and Lu Jiu looked at each other, blended into the crowd, and disappeared from the sight of the beggars.

In the restaurant opposite Haitang Garden, Ji Linglan and Lu Jiu sat in the private room on the second floor, looked down through the window, and found that the beggar just now had disappeared.

Ji Linglan said aloud: "It seems that this beggar really has a problem."

Lu Jiu nodded, and said: "The body is filthy, but the fingernails are neatly trimmed; the hair is felted, but the scalp is clean, which is obviously unreasonable. And the calluses on his tiger's mouth are obviously caused by holding weapons all year round. of."

"And his white teeth, those black and white eyes, and his strong figure are not what a beggar should have." Ji Linglan paused, and then said: "Not only him, but also the vegetable farmer, Cobblers, people standing at stalls pretending to buy things, they're all wrong."

Lu Jiu said worriedly: "Ah Lan, King Ping has put so many people here, it's obviously out of good intentions, let's go."

"Brother Lu, before they were in the dark, we were in the light, and we were the passive ones. Now we are in the dark, they are in the light, and the initiative has returned to us. It would be a pity to go back like this. Wait a minute Let's see what they're trying to do."

Although Lu Jiu was still worried, he didn't say any more. He understood Ji Linglan's temperament. She seemed to be gentle and gentle with everyone, but she had a mind, and it was difficult to change once a decision was made.

It was past noon, and the two of them were drinking tea while staring at the door of Haitang Garden.Suddenly, the door was opened, and several men came out from inside.The two of them looked at each other intently and couldn't help but frown.

"No, could it be that we guessed wrong? Fu Nanping wasn't the person who asked me out?"

"No, it's King Ping. That's right. I know the man standing on the far left with a dagger in his hand. His name is Miao Chong. He is King Ping's personal guard. I have fought against him before."

Ji Linglan said in surprise, "Brother Lu can recognize him with a mask?"

"I know the knife in his hand."

"You can see clearly from such a long distance. Brother Lu, don't you have clairvoyance?" Although those people were walking towards the restaurant, they were still 30 meters away, and Lu Jiu could recognize the knife at a glance , had to surprise Ji Linglan.

"Prince Ping didn't show up. It is very likely that after learning that we changed the location, he left through the back door and went to the new location to make arrangements."

"Brother Lu means that he has already expected that we will be here to monitor."

Lu Jiu reminded: "King Ping can be compared with the prince, which shows that he is resourceful and resourceful. Ah Lan should not underestimate the enemy."

Ji Linglan smiled bitterly and said: "Brother Lu is right, I am too self-righteous. Since it is noon, why not just finish your lunch here and go back to the palace."

Although Ji Linglan is proud, he is never conceited. When he realizes that he has committed a stupidity, he will not make excuses, but will stop losses in time. This is also his strength.

Lu Jiu couldn't help but heaved a sigh of relief when she heard the words, and she relaxed her frown, saying, "Okay."

The two called the waiter to come to the store, ordered some food, finished eating leisurely, and went to the shop in the east of the city. Seeing that there were already craftsmen doing renovations, Ji Linglan took advantage of the opportunity to repeat her request, and the foreman nodded and listened carefully. Keep it up, pat your chest to ensure that you will do it, and deliver the work on time according to quality and quantity.

Ji Linglan has no plan to oversee the work, after all, not everyone has the guts to cut corners in the work of the palace.After Ji Linglan finished the decoration requirements, she and Lu Jiu went back to the palace.

In the private room on the second floor of Fuxiang Tea House in Guhuai Lane in the south of the city, Fu Nanping was sitting in a private room drinking tea, looking out of the window from time to time, obviously waiting for someone.

This sat for two hours, but the person who made the appointment was still nowhere to be seen. Fu Nanping angrily squeezed the teacup tightly in his hand, with a 'click' sound, the teacup shattered, and the pieces slipped from his hand.He stood up and left the room.

As soon as Fu Nanping came out of the private room, a store clerk walked up to him, bowed and said, "My lord, what do you need?"

Fu Nanping said with a gloomy expression, "Everything is trash!"

The store clerk said in panic: "Yes, this subordinate is convicted, and the prince is appeased."

Fu Nanping didn't speak any more, and left the teahouse angrily.As soon as I got back to the palace, I saw the housekeeper rushing over to greet her, saying: "My lord, Concubine Li's concubine has gassed, and she just invited an imperial doctor, do you want to go and have a look?"

Fu Nanping paused, looked at the housekeeper, and asked, "How many months has Concubine Li been pregnant?"

The housekeeper was taken aback, and quickly replied: "It's already more than eight months, and the delivery date is next month."

Fu Nanping turned around and walked towards Concubine Li's courtyard.

At the gate of Furong Garden, the maidservant who guarded the gate saw Fu Nanping approaching, and hurriedly came out to greet him, and said: "I will see you, my servant."

Fu Nanping ignored it, but went straight to the main room.

Seeing this, the servant girl followed quickly, and said, "Your Majesty, the prince is here."

When Li Liner heard this, joy flashed in her eyes, and she pretended to be weak and said, "Quick, help me up."

The nurse who was waiting beside her quickly said: "Your Majesty, the imperial doctor is taking your pulse, don't move around, the prince will definitely not blame you."

Fu Nanping naturally listened to the words of the two of them. He was well aware of this kind of trick. In the past, he would have been happy to cooperate, but today he was released by Ji Linglan, and he was very angry. , Li Liner just hit the muzzle of the gun.

"Lin'er has worked hard to conceive an heir for this king, and she has made great achievements. This bit of courtesy can be avoided."

Li Liner smiled softly and said: "It is Lin'er's honor to have children for the prince, thank you for your understanding."

Fu Nanping looked at the imperial doctor who withdrew his hand, and asked, "Doctor Su, how is Lin'er's body? Is there something wrong?"

Those who can sit in the imperial doctor and go out for outpatient consultations usually have some qualifications. They have long been accustomed to these methods of fighting for favor in the inner courtyard, and they know how to respond.

Su Xing'an bowed and replied: "Your Majesty, Concubine Li's health is fine, but she is a little weak. Later, the official will prescribe some medicine to strengthen her body, just drink it on time every day."

Fu Nanping nodded and said: "That's good, the butler will accompany the imperial doctor to prescribe medicine."

The butler quickly responded and left with Su Xingan.The rest of the maids also exited the room under Li Liner's signal.

Fu Nanping sat in front of the bed, gently caressed Li Liner's protruding pregnant belly, and said: "There is still more than a month left, and this king will be able to meet his father and son."

A smug look flashed in Li Lin'er's eyes, and she said, "Yes, Wang'er is also eager to meet Wang Ye as soon as possible. It's just..."

Fu Nanping looked up at Li Liner and said, "Just what?"

Li Liner frowned slightly, and said, "My lord, Liner is a little scared."

"You are my king's woman, why would you feel panic, but who has neglected Lin'er?"

"Sister Wangfei's child unfortunately had a miscarriage, but Lin'er was safe and sound, and Lin'er might stir up the sadness of sister Wangfei."

"She can't keep her own child. It's because she is incompetent. What does it have to do with Lin'er?" Fu Nanping still caressed her pregnant belly and said, "If Lin'er can give birth to a prince for this king, this king will ask Father Please seal him as the son of the world."

"Really?" Li Lin'er couldn't hide the joy on her face, and then realized that she had acted too much, and said: "My lord, is this a little bad, after all, I am just a side concubine, if the prince is invited to be the crown prince , for fear of attracting gossip and damaging the prince’s reputation. Lin’er is already grateful for the prince’s heart, so let’s let it go.”

Fu Nanping smiled and said: "Lin'er really thinks of the king at all times, unlike a princess who is crying all day long and can't even keep the child. If Lin'er gives birth to a prince, the king will let you be the princess, it's not bad .”

Li Liner sat up and leaned into Fu Nanping's arms, and said: "With the words of the prince, Lin'er is willing to die for the prince."

"Is what Lin'er said true?"

Li Liner grabbed Fu Nanping's hand and pressed it to his chest, and said a little shyly, "Everything Liner said came from the bottom of my heart."

"Okay, I've made a note of it."

For three days in a row, the palace was extremely peaceful. Ji Linglan felt a little strange, but she didn't think too much about it.After the daily morning exercise, I went to the shop in the east of the city for a walk to see the progress of the renovation.In the early morning of the fourth day, Ji Linglan had just finished her breakfast when she saw Xiao Linzi walking in quickly.

Seeing his brows furrowed, Ji Linglan asked, "Xiao Linzi, what happened?"

Xiao Linzi hesitated for a while, and said: "My lord, the steward of Prince Ping's mansion has come, and he said he would like to invite you to come over to the mansion."

Ji Linglan blinked, then blinked again, put down the teacup in her hand, and said, "You mean the housekeeper of Prince Ping's Mansion invited me to the mansion, I heard it right, right?"

Xiao Linzi frowned and nodded, and said, "Master, you heard me right, he is the housekeeper of Prince Ping's Mansion."

Ji Linglan smiled, and said, "It's too dark, why did he ask me to come to the house?"

"It is said that Concubine Li of Prince Ping's Mansion had a difficult labor, and the imperial doctors were helpless, so they asked the butler to invite the young master."

Ji Linglan got up subconsciously, and said, "Difficult labor? Do you know if this is true or not?"

"It should be true. It is said that the palace has been alarmed."

"It's a matter of life and death. You can't ignore death. Let's go and follow me."

Xiao Linzi couldn't help reminding: "But, my son, the reason why the prince can't inherit the great position is that he is weak, and the other is that he has no heirs. If Wang Ping's side concubine really gives birth to a prince, then the prince's plan may be difficult." Make it harder."

"This incident has already alarmed the palace. If the emperor knows that I will die and refuse to save him, he will definitely blame the prince. What's more, I am a doctor at this moment. The mission of a doctor is to cure diseases and save people." Ji Linglan walked out of the yard after finishing speaking.

Seeing this, Xiao Linzi hurriedly followed. In his opinion, Prince Ping's Mansion is not stingy with Ji Linglan, and he must follow to ensure his safety.

The butler of Prince Ping's Mansion waited anxiously in the main hall, circling around in circles.

"Li Sheng, when our side concubine and the fetus in her womb are at stake, how come Mr. Ji is still here for a long time? If the matter is delayed because of him, if something happens to the side concubine's mother and child, he will take care of it." Sorry!"

Li Sheng is the housekeeper of the Mausoleum Palace, because he was sent by Fu Nanling to run a business some time ago and only came back two days ago, so Ji Linglan and Li Sheng also met after he came back.

"Zhou Liang, is this the attitude of your Prince Ping Mansion's begging for help? You have not long since arrived, and you charged our young master with a few sentences. What's the matter, do you think the people in the Prince Ling Mansion are easy to bully?"

Zhou Liang's thoughts were seen through, and his face couldn't help being a little embarrassed, but he also knew that now was not the time to fight, so his tone softened a little, and said: "Well, I said something wrong. Li Sheng, don't blame me for not reminding you, Li Fangfei is having a difficult labor What happened has alarmed the emperor, if this matter is not handled well, your prince will also be blamed."

"What does your concubine Li's dystocia have to do with our lord? Zhou Liang, if you continue to spread rumors and cause trouble, and damage my lord's reputation, I will kick you out!"

Li Sheng deliberately misinterpreted Zhou Liang's meaning and took advantage of his mistakes, so that even if Ji Linglan didn't go to Pingwang's mansion, they would have an excuse.

Zhou Liang choked, and then said: "Li Sheng, don't talk nonsense, when did I ruin the reputation of your prince?"

"Just now, everyone here really heard it."

"Li Sheng, you don't want to mess around, that's not what I meant." Zhou Liang regained his composure and said, "Okay, Li Sheng, I understand, you are deliberately taking advantage of my mistakes, so that you can take the opportunity to prevent that surnamed Ji If you want to go to the Mausoleum Palace to save people, you are clearly not saving people. I will definitely report to the prince and judge in front of the emperor."

"Housekeeper Li, I heard that the housekeeper of Prince Ping's Mansion wants to invite me over, is there such a thing?" Ji Linglan walked in from the door and looked at the two people who were arguing indifferently.

Li Sheng hurriedly saluted and said, "Li Sheng has met the young master."

As soon as Zhou Liang heard the conversation between the two, he quickly asked, "Are you Young Master Ji?"

"It's me. I didn't expect that the steward of Prince Ping's Mansion would accuse me of so many crimes before I met him. Ji is really flattered. If that's the case, it's fine if Ji doesn't go to Prince Ping's Mansion."

Zhou Liang changed his arrogant face when he heard the words, and flatteringly said: "Misunderstandings are all misunderstandings, Mr. Ji don't care about the younger one. If the young master is really angry, as long as you are willing to go back to the house with the young one, the young one will be punished by the young master. No complaints."

"Since Ji is a member of the Mausoleum Palace, he represents the face of the Mausoleum Palace. Don't say that His Highness Ping Wang is the elder brother of the prince. Even if he has no relatives and no reason, I will do my part." Ji Linglan looked at Xiao Linzi, Said: "Let's go, don't let people gossip about the prince for nothing."

"Yes, son."

Zhou Liang's expression froze, he didn't dare to neglect, and hurriedly followed.

Seeing this, Li Sheng frowned slightly. Just as he was about to go out, he saw Lu Jiu walking towards Ji Linglan. He stopped in his tracks, summoned a servant, and said, "Follow me to the Shangshu Mansion."

Ji Linglan and Lu Jiu got into the carriage one after another, and the three of them drove to Prince Ping's Mansion.About a quarter of an hour later, Xiao Linzi reined in his horse and stopped, looked at the plaque on Prince Ping's Mansion, and said, "My lord, we are here."

Ji Linglan jumped out of the carriage, straightened her clothes, and said, "Let's go in."

Seeing this, Zhou Liang hurriedly greeted the guard at the door, saying: "Hurry up and open the door."

The guard immediately opened the side door, Xiao Linzi was a little dissatisfied, but Ji Linglan didn't care, and walked in first.Human life is at stake, there is no need to waste time on this kind of thing.

As soon as he entered the gate of Prince Ping's Mansion, he saw Fu Nanping coming to greet him from a distance. When he came close, he looked at Ji Linglan and said, "Alan, you are finally here."

Fu Nanping looked at Ji Linglan like a hunter staring at his prey, and even said words with puns, which made Ji Linglan feel uncomfortable.He lowered his eyes, bowed and said: "Xiaomin Ji Linglan has seen His Highness King Ping."

"Alan, you don't have to be polite."

Fu Nanping reached out to help, but Ji Linglan hid him without a trace, and said, "My lord, may I ask where the patient is?"

Displeasure flashed across Fu Nanping's eyes, and then he returned to normal, saying: "In Furong Garden, I will wait for Ah Lan to pass by."

Fu Nanping led the way, and Ji Linglan followed closely behind. No matter how fast Fu Nanping walked, Ji Linglan always kept a distance of two meters from Fu Nanping.

In full view, Fu Nanping had no chance to be alone with Ji Linglan, so he could only patiently wait for the opportunity.

When everyone came to the Furong Garden, they just entered the yard when they saw the nurse next to Li Liner running over and said in a panic, "Your Majesty, Your Majesty is dying, go in and have a look!"

Upon hearing this, Ji Linglan hurriedly quickened her pace and walked towards the main room.

A triumphant smile flashed across Fu Nanping's eyes when he saw this, and he followed immediately.

Just as Ji Linglan wanted to enter the door, she was stopped by the maid at the door, and said: "Who are you, your mother's boudoir, you can enter."

Fu Nanping frowned, and when he was about to speak, he heard Ji Linglan say: "Life and death are at stake, and I'm afraid it's hard for the little people to take care of the defense of men and women, so I ask the prince to make a decision."

Fu Nan calmed down, and said gently: "This king trusts A-Lan, and A-Lan can do as he pleases."

"Thank you, my lord, for your trust. Please ask your lord to hold lamps, as many as possible, and then leave as many as possible, leaving no one in the room." Ji Linglan stated her request bluntly.

Fu Nanping looked at the people around him and said, "According to Ah Lan's wishes."

"Yes, the slave obeys."

The servants of the palace moved into action, and within a short time, everything was ready.Ji Linglan raised her foot and entered the door. After confirming that there was no one in the room, she locked the door and closed the window before coming to the bed.

Li Lin'er, who was alive and well three days ago, was lying on the bed with a pale face, barely breathing, and even moaning, she had no strength left, and she was clearly on the verge of death.The strong and pungent smell of blood filled the whole room. Ji Linglan lifted the brocade quilt and saw that the quilt under her body had been soaked. According to the amount of bleeding, even if the blood was transfused immediately, the chance of her being rescued was not high. What is done is to ensure the safety of the fetus.

Ji Linglan no longer hesitated, went back to the anatomy room, picked up the things, returned to the room, and immediately performed the caesarean section.An hour passed in a hurry, and Ji Linglan took out the fetus smoothly. Because of the premature birth, the pregnant woman suffered from heavy bleeding, and the condition of the fetus is not good. Maybe it will be as weak as Fu Nanling, and it needs to be checked. to be sure.Fortunately, he came in time, and the child's fate was saved.

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