The uncle borrowed some merits, and the princess drew the talisman fiercely

When the prince heard Zhou Shiyue's question, he was stunned for a moment, then he realized who he was asking about.

"That was sent by my mother." The prince pursed his lips and said something that surprised Zhou Shiyue.

"Your mother?"

Zhou Shiyue couldn't believe it for a moment.

Even the assistant doctor was surprised.

After all, the queen had been in seclusion, fasting and chanting Buddhist scriptures for many years, and had ignored everything outside, and had not cared about her son for many years.

However, every year during the Ghost Festival and New Year, the prince would go to the Buddhist temple to pay his respects to the queen.

But even with these two meeting opportunities a year, the Queen would sometimes reject them.

Sometimes, the queen would just say a few bland words to the prince through the door.

Zhou Shiyue had scolded the emperor's sister-in-law before, but what happened in return was that the nanny beside the queen came and cried to the prince, saying that the queen was in great pain, had cried all night, her eyes were swollen, and she fell ill.

That time, the queen was quite ill.

Later, the prince told Zhou Shiyue that his mother actually felt guilty towards him, but as long as no one exposed these things, his mother could deceive herself and hide in the peace and tranquility she had built.

If she were to be scolded again, the guilt would make her very painful, but she had no way to change, no way to get over it, so she could only torture herself and make herself sick.

The prince was still a little boy at the time, and he bowed to him with red eyes, saying, "Uncle, I don't want to force my mother anymore. Can you please take care of me in the future? Whatever my mother wants, it's up to her."

After saying that, Zhou Ze knelt down and kowtowed to him three times.

After that time, Zhou Shiyue never went to see the queen again.

Even Zhou Ze, who was only a few years old, could see it clearly, so naturally he could see it too.

The Queen is exactly as Zhou Ze said.

She just wants to escape. If you force her further, she will only become desperate.

At that time, Zhou Shiyue himself was actually only about ten years old.

The uncle and nephew are still children.

But it was also after that time that Zhou Shiyue clearly realized that he was Zhou Ze's elder and his uncle, and that he needed to be more mature and stable in the future.

He is the only one who can protect Zhou Ze.

After all, the empress was so ill that time, but the emperor still took the concubine and the second prince to some high platform to watch the stars and drink wine. He got drunk there and didn't even go to court the next day.

And Concubine Shu let him know that she was hoping he would force the Queen, so that if the Queen died, she could get a chance at that position.

Unexpectedly, the queen who had ignored the prince for so many years would now send a palace maid to the prince.

"She has been in the Buddhist temple all the time. Where did she find such a palace maid?" Zhou Shiyue frowned.

He finally understood that the prince actually cherished this palace maid.

After all, the Queen Mother had ignored him for many years, and now she was thinking of sending him a palace maid!

The prince was a little embarrassed and looked at the assistant doctor. When the assistant doctor wanted to avoid the question, he had already said it.

"My mother sent a message to my uncle half a year ago, asking him to help choose this maid. This maid is called Xiangrou. She is a girl from an outside family of Nanny Huan's palace. Moreover, she entered the palace two years ago."

"Madame Huan didn't know about it before. It was only when my uncle received the message from the queen mother that he accidentally found out about it while selecting the candidates."

The prince whispered, "My uncle asked someone to thoroughly investigate Xiangrou's past and her entry into the palace. I also asked someone to investigate, and they didn't find anything wrong."

"Xiangrou didn't even know that she had an aunt from her clan serving the Queen Mother. After Nanny Huan and the Queen Mother were locked up in the Buddhist temple, they lost contact with all the relatives outside the palace. People in her clan thought she had passed away a long time ago."

After all, there are so many people who died quietly in the harem, it's not surprising at all.

People outside the palace knew something about the quarrel between the emperor and the empress many years ago.

At that time, Nanny Huan was the Queen's close friend. If the Emperor got angry with her and ordered her to be executed, no one in her family would dare to inquire about the matter in detail.

No one can find out.

Therefore, although Xiangrou entered the palace, she did not know that Nanny Huan was still alive and was still with the Queen, and she never asked about Nanny Huan.

So after the uncle found out the relationship between the two, he felt that Xiangrou was on the Queen's side. As long as Xiangrou knew that Nanny Huan was still alive and allowed them to meet, they would be relatives and naturally their own people.

"Xiangrou has met Nanny Huan, and was taught by Nanny Huan and my mother for a month. She was sent here when the Eastern Palace was short of people." said the prince.

"Is the Eastern Palace short of people?" Zhou Shiyue frowned.

"It's not Shuiyue, Shuiyue is still alive." The prince knew what his uncle was thinking and said quickly, "It's Rujing, Rujing ate something unclean and was not treated in time, so she died."

Rujing was another senior maid in the Eastern Palace.

died?

They said he had eaten something unclean, and even the assistant doctor understood what was going on. This must be someone's trick.

Those people often reached out to the Prince's Eastern Palace.

Only if something happens to the original people in the East Palace will they have the opportunity to do something here.

This has happened more than once over the years.

It was just that this time, the person who sent the palace maid was the Queen, which made Zhou Shiyue and the assistant doctor feel strange.

"She should be fine." The prince said to Zhou Shiyue again.

Zhou Shiyue paused slightly after hearing what he said.

The prince said this in a somewhat anxious tone. Was he afraid that he would immediately deal with the maid?

Because she is the first person sent by the Queen in many years, the Prince cherishes her very much?

"We have to investigate her again. I won't touch her now, but you have to focus your mind and be on guard against her." Zhou Shiyue said in a deep voice.

Don't be less wary of her just because she was sent by the Queen.

The prince nodded, "Uncle, I'll remember this."

Zhou Shiyue looked at him again and swallowed back the words he was about to give him.

The prince has grown up and we can’t keep reminding him about everything.

If he really suffered a great loss because of this palace maid, he would be more cautious in the future.

The matter has not been investigated clearly yet. If he insists that the problem lies with this palace maid, it would be tantamount to suspecting the queen.

This is equivalent to suspecting that the queen harmed Zhou Ze.

This was a big blow to Zhou Ze.

"Okay, since you don't feel uncomfortable for the time being, I will leave the palace with Fu Lao first. Once Fu Lao finds out what kind of poison it is, I will send you the prescription."

"Thank you, uncle."

Zhou Shiyue and the assistant doctor left the palace.

As soon as he got on the carriage of Prince Jin's Mansion, the assistant doctor couldn't help but speak.

"Your Highness, do you think it's a problem with that palace maid?" If that palace maid is still with the prince, would the prince be in danger?