There was no fear on Hua Shu's face, instead there was a bit of strange excitement. She reached out and pressed a few acupoints on Chu Hengzhi's chest.

Chu Hengzhi's originally rosy face turned pale in an instant. He covered his chest and stepped back a few steps, looking at Hua Shu coldly: "What did you do to me!"

Hua Shu rubbed her neck and looked at him innocently: "I just want Your Highness to recall the feeling of the poison."

Chu Hengzhi's eyes sank. He wanted to go up and grab Hua Shu to force her to tell him how she knew he was poisoned, but the pain in his chest made it impossible for him to move.

Hua Shu walked up to him and drew circles on his chest with her hand, smiling brightly and charmingly: "On the seventh day of every month when the poisonous insect attacks, Your Highness must be living a life worse than death."

She was very thankful that before she entered the palace in her previous life, the Crown Prince and Hua Huaiyuan specially found someone to teach her the art of treating poisons so that she could do things better, otherwise she would not be able to control Chu Hengzhi.

Chu Hengzhi grabbed her wrist, his eyes frighteningly cold: "Who told you that?"

"No one told me. I found out by taking his pulse myself." Hua Shu naturally would not tell him that she happened to hear it after his death in his previous life when the Crown Prince and Hua Huaiyuan said that he had been tortured by poison since he was a child.

Chu Hengzhi's eyes narrowed dangerously. He didn't believe her lies. If she knew medicine, why did she use such a method to remove the aphrodisiac from his body?

He pinched Hua Shu's hand harder and harder, his voice cold enough to send chills down one's spine: "The prince told you, right?"

Hua Shu frowned and looked at him in confusion: "Why does Your Highness think that I am the prince's man? Do the words "I am the prince's man" are written on my forehead?"

Chu Hengzhi shook her hand off and snorted, "Do you really think I don't know that the Hua family has been secretly supporting the prince all these years?"

Hua Shu chuckled and said, "He supports his prince, what does it have to do with me?"

Chu Hengzhi's eyes flashed with surprise. Wasn't she from the Prime Minister's Mansion? What did she mean by "it has nothing to do with her"?

"He is your father. You say it has nothing to do with you. Do you think I will believe it?"

"Father?"

Hua Shu sneered: "Your Highness, do you think that the man who plotted against his own daughter and pushed her into the fire pit is worthy of the word father?"

Chu Hengzhi opened his mouth but didn't say a word, because he saw the hatred in Hua Shu's eyes. Although it was only for a moment, he was sure he saw it.

"You hate your father?"

Hua Shu did not answer his question. She took his hand, took out two silver needles and stabbed them into his wrist.

"Your Highness, since you don't trust me, why don't we make a deal?"

Chu Hengzhi looked at the silver needle on his wrist, a hint of surprise flashed across his eyes, but his face was very calm and he asked, "What deal?"

Hua Shu looked at his red lips and said word by word: "I will help you get rid of the poison, and you will help me win my favor. What do you think?"

Feeling the pain in his body ease, Chu Hengzhi's eyes flashed with excitement, but it quickly disappeared. He looked at Hua Shu and asked in confusion:

"Since you have such abilities and beautiful looks, why do you still want me to help you win favor?"

Hua Shu smiled at him and said, "Your Highness grew up in the palace, so you must know better than me that it is difficult to survive in this palace where people are eaten without leaving any bones. It is difficult to rely on appearance and medical skills alone."

Chu Hengzhi was silent. Indeed, it was extremely difficult to survive in the palace without any means or support. Suddenly, he thought of something and his expression turned grim.

"You know medical skills, why didn't you help me get rid of the aphrodisiac just now?"

Hua Shu smiled helplessly: "Your Highness, you should know that some aphrodisiacs have no antidote, not to mention that even if I could, you wouldn't give me the chance."

Thinking about what had just happened, Chu Hengzhi fell into deep thought. He wanted Hua Shu to help him get rid of the poison, but he didn't want to make any deal with her.

After all, he was not sure whether she was a secret agent that the prince wanted to plant on his side.

Seeing that he didn't speak for a long time, Hua Shu took back the silver needle and considerately tidied his clothes.

"Your Highness, it's already very late. I'm going back to rest. Please think about it carefully and don't rush to reply me." After saying that, she gave him a gentle smile, turned around and walked out.

Chu Hengzhi looked at her back, hesitated for a moment and said, "Okay, I'll make this deal with you."

Hearing this, Hua Shu curled her lips, stopped and turned to look at him: "Your Highness, believe me, you will not regret your decision today." After that, she quickly disappeared into the night.

Seeing Hua Shu leaving, Chu Hengzhi's eyes sank, and then he disappeared on the spot with a light tap of his toes.

He had to check out this Miss Hua because he suspected that this person was not Hua Shu at all.

Hua Shu returned to "Xiao Yue Xuan", took a shower, changed clothes and then rested. She had to recuperate before dealing with those who harmed her.

……

Three days later, Hua Shu sat by the window, looking at the scenery outside and thinking about the current situation in the palace.

The system of concubines was divided into eight levels, including the Empress, Imperial Noble Consort, Noble Consort, Consort, Imperial Concubine, Honored Lady, Beautiful Lady, and Talented Lady.

In addition to the queen, there is also a concubine, Concubine Fu, and three concubines, namely Concubine Wuxian, Concubine Qihui, and Concubine Lishu.

The four concubines were Yipin, Ningpin, Shunpin, and Fengpin. In addition, there were countless noble ladies, beauties, and talented ladies.

The most favored ones were Concubine Wuxian, Concubine Li Shu, Concubine Yi, and Concubine Shun who had just entered the palace.

The princes are divided into two factions, led by the Crown Prince and the third prince Chu Yunxiao. Of course, there are those who have ambitions but have not expressed them, like Chu Hengzhi, whose mother died young.

Just as she was lost in thought, Caiyue walked in quickly from outside and whispered in her ear, "Miss, I heard that Concubine Li Shu is admiring the flowers in the Imperial Garden right now."

Hua Shu collected her thoughts, stood up and said with a smile: "It's time for us to meet Concubine Li Shu."

Caiyue looked at her worriedly: "Miss, are we really going?"

Hua Shu turned his head and looked at her, saying seriously: "Caiyue, now that we are in the palace, it is different from being in the mansion. If we are not careful, we will die without a burial place. All we can do is climb up step by step. Do you understand?"

Caiyue nodded and said with a firm look: "I understand. I will obey you in everything."

Hua Shu smiled at her, walked to the dressing table and sat down, saying softly, "Please help me with my makeup."

Caiyue responded and went forward to help her dress up carefully.

Hua Shu looked at her charming face in the mirror, and the corners of her lips unconsciously curled up into a beautiful arc.

She is a beauty now, and sooner or later she will climb to the top and trample all those who humiliate her under her feet!

After finishing her makeup, Hua Shu took out two silver needles dipped in medicine from the box, and took Caiyue out of "Xiaoyuexuan" and went to the Imperial Garden.

They walked in silence and soon arrived at the Imperial Garden. Hua Shu heard laughter before she even entered.

She adjusted her facial expression, walked in with Caiyue and bowed to everyone: "The beauty Hua greets all the ladies."

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