Lian'er blinked her confused eyes and looked at the person in front of her helplessly. She could feel that the person in front of her had no intention of killing her, otherwise, she would have died hundreds of times just by relying on the sword worn on his waist.

Lin Shuning stood up in surprise and took a few steps forward: "You are... Ye Mu? Why are you here? Are your injuries better?"

"Thank you for your concern, Miss Third. My injury has healed after taking your medicine."

"That's good," Lin Shuning breathed a sigh of relief. She glanced at Lian'er and said, "This is my personal maid. Let her go. She won't say anything."

After that, she looked at Lian'er again and comforted her, "Don't be afraid, this is the secret guard sent by His Royal Highness Prince Rui to protect me. She won't hurt us."

Lian Er blinked and nodded to Ye Mu, indicating that she would not say anything nonsense. Ye Mu then loosened his hand that was covering her mouth, and then bowed to Lin Shuning: "I suddenly appeared today because I have something important to tell Miss Three.

The emperor has suddenly fallen seriously ill, and even the imperial doctors are helpless. The master is extremely worried and ordered me to ask Miss San to go and treat the emperor. The consultation fee is one thousand taels of gold. I wonder if Miss San is willing. "

Ye Mu's tone was solemn and a little hurried, and it was not difficult to see the tension of the situation.

Lin Shuning suddenly realized. No wonder that group of old foxes had gathered together just now. It turned out that such a big thing had happened in the palace.

"If Miss Third is willing, the imperial physician will come to invite Miss Third into the palace." Ye Mu added, looking at her nervously.

Lin Shuning clenched his palms, pondered for a moment, then raised his eyes and said, "I'll go, you go and ask His Royal Highness Prince Rui to prepare, but don't use his status to order the imperial physician. Just find a random excuse, such as the fact that I saved Madam Yun, to invite me into the palace. Otherwise, people who don't want him to live will find out."

"Yes." Ye Mu said, and then he tapped his toes slightly and disappeared in an instant.

Lin Shuning did not dare to delay and immediately walked into the house to exchange all the medicines that might be used in the medical space in case of emergency.

Lian'er tacitly did not ask any questions, but helped Lin Shuning to tidy up with quick hands and feet.

A quarter of an hour later, someone knocked on the door of the villa.

A group of people rushed in, led by none other than the emperor's personal physician Xiao. Behind him were Lin Cheng, Wang, and He.

"I say, Doctor Xiao, are you mistaken? You want to invite Lin Shuning to the palace to treat the emperor? She has never learned medical skills. If she can cure the disease, it's fine. If she can't, then she will harm our entire Shangshu Mansion!"

He had just learned that her precious son had been beaten, and before she could get angry, Lin Chengji said he had important business and left in a hurry.

She was already full of anger, and soon she heard that the most powerful imperial physician in the palace, Xiao, was asking the bitch who had beaten her son to come into the palace to treat the emperor. She was so angry that she almost suffocated. Now that she had the chance, she immediately made a sarcastic comment.

"Yes, sir, I hope Ning'er did something to cause misunderstanding." Wang also spoke at this time. Although her words were not very unpleasant, one could smell the disdain and contempt in them.

Doctor Xiao looked at them strangely and angrily threw his sleeves: "I have been an official in the Imperial Hospital for twenty years, and I still know who to invite. Today I invite the Third Miss. If you keep nagging here and delay the Emperor's treatment, can you afford it?!"

Ever since he entered the mansion, these three people have been slandering Lin Shuning like flies in his ears. That would have been fine, but what he could not understand the most was that Wang, the biological mother, actually helped the concubine to slander her own daughter.

It's really a joke, a rare genius rarely seen in a century.

Doctor Xiao glared at them, then turned around and bowed to Lin Shuning who came out of the house: "This subordinate greets the Third Miss. The matter is urgent. Please go with this subordinate to the palace to treat the emperor."

Lin Shuning nodded, turned around, picked up the medicine box, and followed Doctor Xiao out. When she passed by Lin Cheng and others, she felt a chill in her heart.

If she could cure the emperor's illness, and this woman in the Shangshu Mansion had the credit for curing the emperor, she would never share it with these people.

They don't deserve it.

After Doctor Xiao's warning, Lin Cheng and his companions did not dare to step forward to stop them, no matter how reluctant they were.

Lin Shuning followed Doctor Xiao out of the Shangshu Mansion. Lian'er helped her get on the carriage. When the curtain fell, she looked up and saw the disgust in the eyes of Lin Cheng and others, especially Wang. There was resentment, anger, and murderous intent in her eyes...

In short, this is definitely not the look a mother should have towards her daughter.

She closed her eyes and took a deep breath.

Is this her illusion, or is this the truth?

As the horses galloped along quickly, Lin Shuning quietly sorted out all the memories of the original owner over the years, and she actually discovered some clues.

The original owner had heard from the servants that when Wang gave birth to her last child, she encountered a rebellion and got lost with Lin Cheng when she returned to her hometown to worship her ancestors. She suffered a lot and was injured. So over the years, the original owner always believed that it was because of this reason, coupled with the fact that he was not the baby boy that Wang had originally expected, that made Wang hate him so much.

But Lin Shuning's idea was exactly the opposite of hers.

Wang had a fair complexion and red lips, and looked full of energy. This was definitely not the state a woman whose foundation had been damaged during pregnancy should be in.

What's more, Wang was pregnant with the belief that she would give birth to a boy. Since she attached so much importance to the baby, how could she suddenly disappear in the fleeing team?

Either she was really kidnapped by thieves, or she sneaked away on her own.

There must be some unknown secret behind this.

Led by Doctor Xiao, the carriage went straight into the palace gate. It was Lin Shuning's first time to visit the Dayan Palace. Unable to help feeling curious, he quietly lifted the curtain and looked outside.

What comes into view is a long palace road and mottled vermilion palace walls. As you go further inside, the colors become richer.

The towering pavilions, the magnificent palaces, and the glazed tiles reflecting the silvery moonlight, give off an invisible sense of majesty and splendor.

Lin Shuning swallowed her saliva. It's not like she had never seen or read about the ancient emperors' palaces before, but only when she was in a palace where emperors had lived for generations could she experience the grandeur and magnificence. Modern buildings could not imitate even one ten-thousandth of its essence.

Just as she was thinking about it, Doctor Xiao, who was sitting opposite her, said, "Miss Third, we are here."

Lin Shuning could no longer wait to take a closer look. She quickly opened the curtain, refused the guards' help, and got off the carriage by herself, looking around.

Doctor Xiao followed behind her, his heavy eyes fell on the young figure, and he sighed inwardly.

In fact, he was not optimistic about the daughter of the Shangshu family. Although she had saved Madam Yun from the General's Mansion on the street, the matter of having a miscarriage was not a big deal, and any experienced doctor could be sure of it.

What's more, who can guarantee that she just happened to be lucky at the time?

Everyone in the capital city knows that the third daughter of the Shangshu Mansion is an uneducated and useless person. How could she suddenly know medicine?

Now, even he was helpless against the disease, so how could this young girl who had just come of age have any cure?

I really don't know why His Royal Highness Prince Rui asked him to invite this woman over.

"Doctor Xiao, please tell me in detail what disease the emperor has so that I can be prepared." Lin Shuning turned his head and asked.

Just by looking at the expression on Doctor Xiao's face, she could guess what he was thinking at the moment.

But she didn't care. Except herself, no one knew that the person in this body had a new core. It was normal for Doctor Xiao to think this way.

Doctor Xiao put away his thoughts, took a few quick steps, and walked side by side with Lin Shuning, saying: "The emperor's illness this time came on quickly and suddenly. There were no signs before. Even I don't know what the disease is. The current symptoms are unclear consciousness, weak pulse, dark skin, and vomiting blood."

Lin Shuning frowned. These symptoms didn't sound like a disease, but rather a poison.

Most of the imperial physicians in the palace devoted themselves to studying diseases of all sizes, and knew relatively little about poisons, which was why they were so insensitive.

There was no conversation along the way. Lin Shuning followed Doctor Xiao directly into the Hall of Mental Cultivation where Emperor Jingsheng lived. Outside the hall stood a dense group of people, all of whom were palace maids and eunuchs from various palaces and courtyards.

Walking further in, you can see the main hall. There are many people standing in the main hall. They are all dressed in luxurious clothes and look sad. When they see the two people coming in, one of them is a woman with exquisite makeup, wearing a colorful phoenix and rising sun pearl crown and a filigree glass gold hairpin, and wearing a bright red double phoenix robe. She quickly stepped forward and asked in an anxious tone: "Doctor Xiao, have you invited the people back?"

"In reply to the Queen, please bring the person back." Imperial Doctor Xiao bowed and moved aside, revealing Lin Shuning standing behind him.

In an instant, everyone in the main hall's eyes fell on her.

Lin Shuning felt a little uncomfortable. She looked around but didn't see Jiang Yu, and even Jiang Che was not there.

She didn't recognize most of the remaining people, but she knew that they were either rich or noble, so she bowed and saluted, saying, "Your servant greets the Queen, may the Queen live a thousand years..."

"and many more!"

A sharp shout interrupted her before she finished speaking.

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