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

As soon as Zhou Shiyue heard it, he knew it was the palace maid who had a strange fragrance on her body before.

What does her name seem to be, Xiangrou?

The Queen sent a maid to the Eastern Palace. Her cousin was Nanny Huan, who served the Queen.

But after this palace maid came to the Eastern Palace, the prince was poisoned.

Doctor Fu has been thinking about the antidote recently, but he cannot completely detoxify the patient for the time being.

Fortunately, he had also examined the prince and found out that this poison was a chronic one that needed to be taken little by little over a long period of time, and would only take effect after a certain period of time.

It has not been found out yet whether Xiangrou was the one who poisoned her, so everything remains on hold. However, Xiangrou is being closely watched by the secret guards.

Zhou Shiyue and the prince are currently discussing matters in the study, and Xiangrou is so proactive in coming over to deliver snacks?

However, when Zhou Shiyue came to the Eastern Palace, he never said anything like he wanted to discuss matters with the Crown Prince and no one was allowed to disturb him.

After all, according to common sense, as an idle uncle of the emperor, he should not have any important matters to discuss with the prince behind closed doors.

Otherwise, if it gets to the emperor's ears, he will have to think more.

But even if they didn't say it explicitly, the people in the East Palace knew what was going on and would automatically and consciously not come to disturb them.

Now Xiangrou is here.

The prince and Zhou Shiyue exchanged glances.

"Come in." The prince said.

The door of the study was only half-closed.

Xiangrou came in carrying a tray with a pot of tea and two plates of snacks.

"Your Highness, Your Majesty, I will add more tea for you."

Xiangrou looked cute and well-behaved. She walked over with a tray in her hand. Her figure was light and her voice was crisp.

Neither the prince nor Zhou Shiyue spoke. She walked over, put down the tray, picked up the pot and added more tea, then took out two plates of snacks and placed them on the table.

"Your Highness, this is a snack I made myself. You and the prince can try it."

The prince's eyes flashed.

"Isn't there an imperial kitchen? Why do you cook it yourself?"

Xiangrou lowered her head and whispered, "I've noticed that Your Highness doesn't seem to have much of an appetite these past few days. I think it might be the hot weather that's causing the loss of appetite. When I was a child, my mother always made us this sour plum ice cream and sweet apricot cake."

Zhou Shiyue's eyes fell on the two plates of dim sum.

It's quite thoughtful. One is made in the shape of a plum blossom and the other is like an apricot. You can tell which flavor it is by looking at the color.

"After these two kinds of pastries are made, hang them in the well to cool for an hour. They taste best right after they are taken out. They are very appetizing."

Xiangrou said, bowing to Zhou Shiyue, a little embarrassed, "Your Majesty, I don't know your taste, and I don't know if you will like it."

This means that she made this specifically for the prince, and Zhou Shiyue happened to come to the Eastern Palace at this time.

She briefly explained that the person who made her care was His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, and she did not come to curry favor with Prince Jin just because she saw him coming.

"Oh? Then I'll try it first."

As Zhou Shiyue spoke, he gently picked up a piece of sweet apricot cake.

The prince took a deep breath.

He had originally intended for Xiangrou to leave after she finished speaking, saying that she would not touch the snack and would have it taken away for a thorough poison test. Unexpectedly, the emperor's uncle wanted to taste it right away!

This Xiangrou hasn’t been thoroughly investigated yet, and his poison hasn’t been cured yet. Isn’t the emperor’s uncle afraid?

Zhou Shiyue glanced at Xiangrou and saw that she was well-behaved and polite. He brought the pastry to his mouth and took a light bite.

It is indeed slightly sweet with apricot fragrance, and the taste is dense and a little cool, which is really good.

However, because he had eaten too much of the food made by the two chefs Rong Jingjing and Aunt Liu in Huaiyuan, this pastry did not impress Zhou Shiyue too much.

Rong Jingjing also knows how to make ice, and she can make a lot of ice food. Now this pastry that has been cooled in the well is hard to forget for him.

"good."

Zhou Shiyue said to Xiangrou, "Let's talk and eat at the same time, please leave."

If he ate it, the prince would probably eat it too. Zhou Shiyue also told Xiangrou this.

Xiangrou retreated.

After making sure she left, Zhou Shiyue ate the remaining half of the cake.

"Uncle, you..."

"Eat one piece, no problem." Zhou Shiyue said.

The prince really has no appetite recently.

Because he needs to find out where the poison comes from, he has a hard time eating three meals a day in the East Palace. After the food is served, he has to immediately find a way to have someone take a spoonful of each to test for poison. If there is no problem, he can hint to him that he can eat it.

This process is also time-consuming.

After the poison was tested, the prince often lost his appetite.

When he thought that Xiangrou was sent to him by his mother, he felt even more depressed and had even less appetite.

Now that he saw Zhou Shiyue eating, the prince also felt hungry, so he also took a sweet apricot cake and ate it.

"Hasn't it been found out yet?" Zhou Shiyue asked.

The prince shook his head and said, "I can't find it. I checked it several times and there is no problem. No..."

He wondered if he had checked the wrong person.

But except Xiangrou, the others in the East Palace were not new. He had never been poisoned before.

"The others have also been checked, and they haven't had any contact with any suspicious individuals in recent months."

Can't find anything?

Zhou Shiyue frowned and said, "Find an opportunity and have Lin Rong come to the East Palace to take a closer look."

Maybe Lin Rong can find out something unusual.

The prince nodded.

"By the way, Uncle Emperor, after the court session today, Father went to Concubine Yu's place and gave Xiaowu a reward."

Zhou Shiyue paused, "Why?"

"I heard that Xiaowu helped Father relieve his headache."

Zhou Ruan still has this ability?

"You better pay attention."

"Aze understands."

"The Qin family's affairs..."

Zhou Shiyue was discussing palace affairs with the prince. In the underworld, Madam Sheng San felt someone approaching.

She was startled at first, thinking it was Lu Zhaoling who came, but she soon realized it wasn't.

Because these popularity are more turbid and carry some yang energy.

She is a great ghost fairy, and she can still feel the aura of men and women. After all, this is the underworld and there are very few living people, so once someone approaches, the aura is very obvious.

One, two, three.

Madam Sheng San stood in front of the Nether Flower, looking like she was admiring the flower with her back to the gate, but in fact, the corners of her lips were raised.

I've been fighting ghosts lately, it's rare to have people around!

It had been a long time since she had fought with a living person. She actually missed the feeling of punching a living person a little bit?

Outside the palace, three men in night clothes approached Lingsheng Palace cautiously.

They finally found the place where the Samsara Fruit was, but now they don’t know whether the Samsara Fruit is ripe or not.

But you have to take a look first, then wait quietly, and rush over to grab it when the opportunity comes!

"Brother, is there anyone around?"

"There are no humans, but there are a few ghosts."

The senior brother lowered his voice and said, "Be careful to keep your voice down, otherwise our invisibility talisman will be useless."

"Understood, Brother. Shall we go in through the main gate now?"

"Separately, I'll climb over the wall over there, and you guys go in through the main door and the side door respectively..."