Eunuch Jinzhong, who had been bewitched into a fool, left Yongshou Palace and hurried to Shenxingsi.

At the door, he saw Li Yu, not surprisingly.

Jinzhong laughed and went forward: "Master is here, go in and see Aunt Suoxin."

Li Yu looked at him: "Where did you go?"

Jinzhong didn't know exactly how long he had been there, so he didn't dare to lie: "I just received a reward from Concubine Ling, asking me to... take care of Aunt Suo Xin."

Li Yu was stunned: "Lingpin asked you to take care of Suo Xin? What does she want to do?"

Jinzhong chuckled, "He said he didn't expect that defending himself in a hurry would hurt Aunt Suo Xin, and he felt very guilty."

Li Yu was not fooled by him: "Then why don't you take care of others?"

Jinzhong took out a stack of banknotes and said, "She said that she only had this one thousand taels, and she dared not ask for more. She only asked that Aunt Suo Xin, who was already in poor health, not be severely punished... I think she was afraid of offending you!"

Li Yu didn't think there was anything wrong with what he said. He was the chief steward in front of the emperor. Most of the concubines in the palace were smart and polite. Unless it was a matter of life and death, they would never dare to offend him.

He stared at Jinzhong and asked, "How did Lingpin know about me? Did you tell him?"

Jinzhong shook his head hurriedly: "How could that be possible? You and Aunt Suo Xin are from the same hometown, and you always like to talk to Aunt Suo Xin. Anyone who has a little idea of climbing up the social ladder would know about this."

Li Yu's brows relaxed slightly and she patted his shoulder: "I've already visited Suo Xin. You've done a great job. These few days, it's all up to you."

After a pause, he said in a deep voice: "You should know clearly what you should and should not do."

Jinzhong nodded respectfully, grateful for his reminder: "Master, this money was originally meant to honor you!"

Li Yu glanced at him, and seeing his sincerity, he finally showed a real smile and nodded at him: "As a master, how can I miss this little money from you? Take it!"

He left in a hurry, obviously rushing back to the Yangxin Palace to serve.

Jinzhong saw him off respectfully, and only after the man had gone far away did a look of sarcasm appear in his eyes.

His master was truly deceived by the Emperor and thought that he could guess the Emperor's mind.

This time is different from the past. It is related to the queen who had abortion, Ulanara. Even the emperor's favorite, Concubine Xian, has to sit at the back of the list.

No matter how important the friendship between childhood sweethearts is, can it be more important than the emperor's life?

Li Yu and Concubine Xian both thought that this time, like in the past, the situation would be no more serious than the death of a legitimate prince.

But he watched coldly, it was all about one thing - Concubine Xian had the skills to kill the emperor at any time!

Jinzhong stood at the door of Shenxingsi for a while before going inside.

Jinbao came over quickly and said, "As soon as I got here, I asked you where you were going. I told you the truth as you told me."

Jinzhong sneered: "Master has always been cautious."

Jinbao looked at his overly pale face and said, "Brother, go and take a rest. Leave the rest to me. It's not a good idea for you to stay up all night like this!"

Jinzhong rubbed his brows and said, "It's okay. I can't sleep if I go back now. It's better to do more things. If the emperor is happy, we can also feel at ease."

Jinbao was a little worried: "You have nightmares all the time. If you are not well, ask Doctor Li to take a look."

Jinzhong suddenly paused and stared at him.

Jinbao felt a chill on his back, and cold sweat broke out for some reason. He said hurriedly, "Brother, don't worry. I'll do as you told me. I haven't told anyone about your nightmares. I was just scared because I saw that you haven't had a full night's sleep for more than two months!"

Jinzhong stared at him for a while with dark eyes. Seeing that he was indeed afraid and was simply worried, the dark color in his eyes slowly faded away:

"I know what I'm doing. When I really can't bear it anymore, I'll rely on you for a while."

Jinbao breathed a sigh of relief: "Then, shall we continue to interrogate Lady Hai?"

Jinzhong nodded, and gently pressed the corner of his mouth with his slender pale fingertips. His thin lips curled up slightly, then fell down hard. After a while, he couldn't help but curl up slightly again.

Hailan saw him laughing and hating at the same time, and shuddered fiercely: "You, what do you want? My sister is innocent, no matter how many times you ask, she is innocent!"

Jinzhong smiled gently: "Look, don't be anxious. The night is long and there are still many torture instruments that have not been used. Let's try them slowly."

He picked up a thick long rattan stick beside him, dipped it in salt water, and handed it to Jinbao: "Let's serve Lady Hai well."

Hailan looked horrified: "What are you going to do?!"

Jinzhong pointed at her feet and said, "Don't worry, you are serving the emperor, your body cannot be damaged. I will only stroke the soles of her feet, it will definitely not leave any scars."

As soon as he finished speaking, he was hit with a bamboo stick.

At that moment, itching and pain exploded at the soles of the feet, making people feel like they were neither alive nor dead.

Hailan screamed, her whole body tensed up, tears streaming down her face.

……

Jinzhong interrogated her non-stop until dawn, but Yanwan slept until noon.

Empress Fucha specifically asked Su Lian to come and deliver the message in person, that whenever Yan Wan served the Empress, she had to rest well the next day and she was not allowed to go to Changchun Palace.

Yanwan woke up after a good sleep and felt much better. She ate a few bites of food listlessly and asked Wang Chan to call the imperial physician.

After a while, the imperial physician arrived.

After carefully checking her pulse, Jiang Yubin hesitated for a moment, but finally told her the truth: "Your Majesty's health has been seriously damaged, and you are overly worried and anxious. If you don't take good care of yourself, I'm afraid your life span will be affected."

Yan Wan looked at this loyal supporter of Ruyi and asked softly, "Do you know why I insisted on asking you to come here today?"

Today, Jiang Yubin is just an inconspicuous imperial physician in the Imperial Medical Bureau and is not qualified to treat the favorite concubine.

Jiang Yubin felt heavy-hearted and said cautiously, "I don't know."

Yan Wan said, "First, I heard that you are a very good doctor. My body is in poor condition, so I want to see if there are other possibilities. Second, there is a matter that other doctors don't want to be involved with, so I want to ask you for a favor."

Jiang Yubin's heart sank, and he became more cautious: "Your humble servant..."

Yan Wan interrupted him: "Yesterday, Concubine Hai and Concubine Xian were in the Yangxin Palace, slandering me for killing Prince Daomin. I was scared, so I said some rebuttals.

But what I didn't expect was that Concubine Xian was probably frightened and actually insisted that the emperor send everyone around her to the Shenxing Division for interrogation to prove her innocence."

Jiang Yubin suddenly raised his head and moved his lips several times, but he didn't dare to ask anything.

He was not timid, but he was afraid that if he expressed his concern for惢心, he would fall into her trap.

Yan Wan pulled the corner of her mouth and said, "I was very scared, so I asked Eunuch Jinzhong to give Miss Suo Xin a little help, considering that she had been imprisoned in the cold palace with Concubine Xian, and her foundation had been damaged."

Chunchan couldn't help but say, "My master gave all the 1,000 taels of silver that he had saved with great difficulty to Eunuch Jinzhong, why didn't you mention it? To put it bluntly, this matter is because Concubine Xian likes to shirk responsibility too much and doesn't care about the servants at all. How can it be your fault?"

Yan Wan hurriedly told Chun Chan to shut up: "In the final analysis, it's all my fault that I implicated others!"

Chunchan's eyes were red. "Noble Concubine Xian wanted to throw me and Lancui Wangchan to the Shenxing Division as well. If you hadn't protected us at all costs and had luckily managed to prove our guilt, I'm afraid we would have been tortured like Sister惢心!"

Yan Wan's eyes became redder: "It's also my stupidity that I can't come up with a rebuttal that can have the best of both worlds and both sides can protect themselves..."

Chunchan really felt sorry for her: "You have been so good and only cared about the Empress, and you haven't seen the Emperor for more than two months. They still want to suppress you. This world is really unjust!"

Jiang Yubin listened anxiously: "What does your Majesty want me to do...?"

He made up his mind that no matter how Concubine Ling tried to plot against Concubine Xian, he would do it.

Suoxin has already ruined her health for the imperial concubine, why should she do it again?

That's the Shenxingsi! If you die in there, there's no place to seek justice!

It could be a dead end at any time now. If he still hesitates and refuses to surrender, who can save惢心?

Are you relying on Concubine Xian who only knows how to wait for results and justice?

Concubine Xian can wait because the emperor loves her, but Jiang Yubin cannot wait for his beloved to become a corpse!

Yan Wan looked at Jiang Yubin apologetically: "I heard that you and惢心 are from the same hometown, and I thought you might be willing to go and help惢心 and the others, so...

I am a lowly person with little influence, and I dare not ask the emperor for anything. I can only ask you to help me. I dare not ask for too much, but I just ask you not to let them suffer any irreparable harm. Otherwise, even if I prove my innocence, what is the point?"

Jiang Yubin's heart was hanging in the air: "Just treating them?" No need to give Concubine Xian a sterilization drug or something?

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