Her attitude today made Shen Moran wary. People in the palace had many twists and turns. What did she want to prove?
The Liang family was just a small-bred female official. Shen Moran was first the concubine of King Zhan and then the daughter of the prime minister. No matter how powerful she was, she would not dare to bully Shen Moran.
And Shen Moran didn't fall for her, Princess Zhan's reputation couldn't suppress her, and she didn't mind moving out of Shen Panxing.
Official Liang hurriedly complained: "My servant has overstepped my bounds. Please calm down your anger."
Seeing that she no longer came forward, Shen Moran glanced at Yinyue again and said, "Come in with me."
Yin Yue answered yes and knocked on the door.
"Your Highness, the princess has come in."
There was no response from the room. He gently pushed the door open and asked Shen Moran to go in.
The copper stove where spices are often burned in the study is cold, and the room is filled with the damp smell of rain. There is no one on the bed inside, and the quilts are all cold.
Shen Moran raised the corners of her lips and asked, "Where is Your Highness?"
Yinyue didn't expect Shen Moran to find out so soon. She didn't dare to tell the truth, but she didn't dare to tell lies either. The palace's spy was at the door. If he told lies, he wouldn't be able to handle it without her help. A female official who came to the palace.
"His Royal Highness went out to the city last night to visit a famous doctor and has not returned yet. Before leaving, His Highness told him that if he did not return at daybreak, he would go find Mr. Si."
Shen Moran realized the seriousness and asked: "Is there any danger?"
This hidden moon cannot be explained clearly.
She sighed. She probably understood a little bit about Zhou Zhan's behavior. He had too many secrets that he hid and didn't want others to know.
In the past, no one noticed her when she was not at home, but now, she had only been married for a few days, and she grabbed his pigtails.
"To be cautious, you should immediately find someone with a similar body shape and appearance to your Highness to pretend to be sick. I'll do it for you, and you can ask the imperial doctor to find Si Yiluo as an excuse. If it causes more trouble, we will also It’s good to have a plan to deal with it.”
In her previous life, Shen Moran was used to the danger of hiding a knife in her smile. Even if it was just a possibility, she had to be very cautious.
Yin Yue was a man after all. Although he was cautious, he was not as attentive as her. Hearing her ordering in an orderly manner, he immediately agreed and went out from the side window to make arrangements.
Shen Moran lit the incense burner, opened the door and told Ms. Liang who was guarding the door: "Your Highness has lost appetite. Please go to the kitchen and get some porridge and side dishes for Ms. Liang."
Bitao and Hongying arrived just in time, and she continued to order, "Hongying, go get some hot water. Bitao, come with me and help His Highness wash and change clothes."
Everything was no different from an ordinary morning. Ms. Liang glanced into the room. Thin cigarette smoke swirled in the air and dispersed. Although the young princess had worry on her face, she was not panicked and directed everything in an orderly manner.
When she brought the food and placed it on the round table outside, a man's cough came from inside.
There was worry in Shen Moran's tone.
"I'd like to trouble Ms. Liang again and go to the Imperial Hospital to ask Dr. Lu for my princess. I really don't have much room here. Yinyue, please bring someone to escort you. The road is slippery on a rainy day, so bring a few more people."
Miss Liang should be in good health, so Yinyue immediately arranged for someone to hitch the carriage.
"Princess, don't worry too much, your highness will definitely get better!"
Shen Moran sent them off and told Bitao: "Keep an eye on the study. Don't let anyone come in and disturb His Highness's rest without my instructions!"
Bitao couldn't be more loyal to Shen Moran, and although she doesn't look very clever, she is very thoughtful.
"Don't worry, Princess, I promise not to let even a fly in!"
Shen Moran sat on the chair, tapping the armrests of the chair with his fingers, sat quietly for a moment, then got up and entered the inner room. The disguises were not exactly the same, they just looked similar.
She put down the gauze curtain on the bed.
Ms. Liang quickly invited Dr. Lu to come. Because Dr. Lu treated Du Shi, Shen Moran was very familiar with him.
Shen Moran welcomed him away: "I'm sorry to trouble you, Doctor Lu. There are too many people in the room, and His Highness is not happy. You all should leave and wait."
He led Imperial Physician Lu into the inner room, coughed lightly and said, "Physician Lu, His Highness's condition has not improved to begin with. He was infected with wind and cold last night. Please help and take a look."
"Your Majesty, you're welcome."
A hand stretched out from behind the bed curtain, and Doctor Lu took the pulse with two fingers.
The appearance of the double was easy to imitate, but the pulse couldn't be faked. Doctor Lu could detect it with just a touch. He wasn't sure what Shen Moran meant, so he checked the pulse carefully.
"Physician Lu, how is my prince's pulse? Is he suffering from wind and cold?"
Dr. Lu no longer treats the nobles in the palace every day or two. The more noble the nobles are, the more filthy they are in their back houses. He nursed back the Du family, knew some of the secrets of the prime minister's house, and had a good sense of Shen Moran.
She is very filial, sensible and considerate, and has good etiquette. She would send gifts to his house during every year and festival.
He doesn't mind helping her.
"Your Highness is weak, and the cold air entering the body has caused qi stagnation. Strong medicine cannot be used. It needs to be adjusted slowly. I will prescribe a prescription first. If there is no improvement after taking it for three days, I will change the prescription at that time."
"Bitao, spread the paper and grind the ink!"
Outside, Ms. Liang took the prescription written by Imperial Physician Lu and prepared to take the medicine.
"My slave will send it to you."
She wanted to take the opportunity to find out what Imperial Physician Lu was saying, but Shen Moran saw through it without telling her. Yin Yue nodded to her, meaning that she had already told Si Yiluo.
All she could do next was wait.
Wait for Zhou Zhan to come back and explain to her.
Yinyue had something to hide in front of Shen Moran, but she didn't dare to hide it in front of Si Yiluo, and told the whole story.
The matter of Zhou Zhan pretending to be ill can no longer be hidden. Zhou Zhan did this matter without any consideration, but this is not the time to pursue these matters. He has experienced countless assassinations since he was a child. It is better to be more cautious. That's right.
Si Yiluo captured something keenly, and combined it with what happened in the capital in the past three months. He was an expert in medicine and poison. Such a person could be used in many ways.
For example, raising poisonous insects.
Gong Xichun's Gu may be able to find clues!
King Min's men finally showed up.
She also happened to have a ready-made excuse at hand. Although the merchant who colluded with Gao Jinzhong was dead, he had property in the outer city in his name, so it was only appropriate to take the opportunity to investigate.
"Song Baihu, Duan Baihu, take your men and follow me out of the city!"
The reason on the surface is to check the property of Hong Shang, but secretly it is to track down the mastermind behind the case of Gong Xichun. Going deeper, they are looking for Zhou Zhan who secretly left the city.
Leaving Duan Lai to conduct inspections in the outer city, she, Song Yehe and more than two hundred people went straight to the mountain village of Yin Yueshuo.
Surrounded by mountains, a valley with a large space is formed here. Several streams merge into a river, flowing from the foot of the mountains to the outside of the valley.
The subordinates dragged out several rotten corpses from the abandoned house, and found many bottles and cans in the yard halfway up the mountain that they had not had time to take away.
A heavy rain washed away the traces, but Si Yiluo still found the clues and followed them to the place where Zhou Zhan fell.
"Go in and search."
After a while, the subordinate came to report.
"Sir, there are traces of traps in the woods, they should be crossbows."
"Sir, there are also traces of crossbow mechanisms on the opposite side!"
Bows and crossbows are weapons controlled by the imperial court, and they are all customized. The terrain here is sandwiched between two mountains and a river, and the terrain at the exit is indeed suitable for an ambush.
People in the military...
"Keep searching!"
Within half a day, many fresh corpses that had been simply processed were found in the forest. These corpses were buried in the soil and exposed to the ground after being washed away by the heavy rain last night.
Si Yiluo knelt down and looked at the body. He was wearing ordinary coarse clothes and had thick calluses between his thumb and index finger.
Although they were dressed in ordinary clothes, Si Yiluo, who had been in the military camp for five years, could tell at a glance that they were not ordinary assassins, but members of the army.
"Continue the search! No matter which side they are from, arrest them alive!"
A hunting game is going on in the mountains and forests.
Zhou Zhan hid behind a tree, took advantage of the sound of footsteps approaching, pulled the person over and cut his neck, then quickly jumped down the short slope and rolled into the grass.
The blood from a long wound on his arm had stopped, but the cotton clothes that had absorbed the rain were still dripping.
When it got dark at night, he took advantage of his advantage and killed eight or nine of his opponents. After daybreak, his advantage no longer existed.
The man is alone, but his companions are nearby.
Those people have more experience in the wild than he does, and they rarely go alone, but it is not difficult to kill them, you just need to attack in the east and in the west...
The people he raises in secret cannot be seen in the light, and there are many informants in the capital. If he makes big moves, he will definitely attract attention. There is also a powerful Wei Heyan in the court, and the movements here cannot be hidden for long.