The group's favorite, the blind princess is both a doctor and a poisoner

The palace maid leading the way whispered, "Princess, you should never offend Concubine Li."

Su Yuejian frowned and quietly stuffed a purse into her hand. "I haven't been to the palace many times. I don't know who this Concubine Li is."

"Empress Li is the legitimate daughter of the Grand Marshal. Because she is pregnant with the heir, the Emperor has promoted her to the title of Concubine Li. She is in great favor with the Emperor."

Su Yuejian stuffed another purse into her hand and said, "Thank you for telling me, sister."

Weighing the heavy purse in her hand, the palace maid grinned and spoke to her a few more words.

"To be honest, there are only two concubines now, Concubine Ru and Concubine Li. Concubine Ru was deeply traumatized by the incident with Prince Gong and went insane. The Emperor ordered her to be imprisoned in Fuyang Palace. This leaves Concubine Li as the most favored."

"But it's strange to say, although Concubine Li is beautiful, she has been in the palace for many years but has only been a noble lady. She has a dull personality and has never been fond of seeking favors. In the past, the Emperor rarely visited her Qingliang Palace."

"Now that she's pregnant, she seems like a completely different person. Not only has her temperament become more outgoing, but she also has to pay her respects to the Emperor every day. The ladies of the other palaces are secretly very dissatisfied, saying that she is trying to seduce the Emperor even though she is pregnant. They call her a vixen and a troublemaker, and all sorts of unpleasant things."

Su Yuejian nodded slightly, and the maid put her purse in her pocket, "This servant was just chatting with you for a while, let's go quickly, don't let the queen wait anxiously."

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"Miss?"

"Yes, I just told you on the way that the Queen wanted to see you. Didn't you hear?"

She was thinking about something at that time and didn't hear her talking at all. Now after looking around, she realized that this was not the way out of the palace.

After walking for a while, I suddenly heard anxious shouts from the front.

"Hurry up! Help! The young marquis has fallen into the water!!"

In the distance, many children were gathered around the lake. In the center of the lake, only a pair of hands could be vaguely seen splashing. As the hands gradually lost their strength and sank into the lake, a purple figure flashed by and jumped into the lake.

When the Queen arrived, she saw Zhou Wangzhi sinking into the water. Her face turned pale as she cried out, "Hurry up and save him!"

The palace maids beside him immediately jumped into the water. Su Yuejian swam very fast in the water and found Zhou Wangzhi. She took off the silver bell hairpin on her head and used the sharp end to cut the water plants wrapped around his feet. She threw the hairpin away and carried him ashore.

He laid the man flat on the grass, and seeing that he was not breathing, he kept breathing in and pressing his chest.

The children who were watching on the shore gathered around. The queen looked at Zhou Wangzhi lying on the ground. Her whole body was extremely cold. He Lan noticed something was wrong with her and stepped forward to support her.

"Cough cough..."

Zhou Wangzhi choked on a mouthful of water and gasped for breath. He opened his eyes in confusion and saw a bright face appear before him. "Sister Yue..."

Su Yuejian breathed a sigh of relief. Zhou Wangzhi stood up and threw himself into her arms. Su Yuejian gently stroked his back, "It's okay, it's okay..."

When she looked up, she saw the queen standing there with a pale face, her eyes red and trembling, as if she was thinking of something painful. Su Yuejian was stunned for a moment, and He Lan quietly reminded the queen, and she came back to her senses.

He collected his thoughts, looked at the group of children, and shouted at the palace servants, "Who brought them to this lake?"

The palace maids knelt down one after another, "Your Majesty, please calm down."

The leader of the children was an older boy, about a teenager, dressed in a blue brocade and looking very steady. He stepped forward and saluted like a little adult and replied.

"Auntie, it's Mu'er's fault. The teachers asked the students to study on their own, and Mu'er took them out to play on a whim. She almost hurt Wangzhi. Please blame me, Auntie."

The young man knelt and bowed.

The Queen frowned, and the young man's attendant hurried over, "Prince, please punish me, Your Majesty. It was because I didn't keep an eye on the Prince that they mistakenly came here."

Su Yuejian glanced at the young man.

He called the queen "imperial aunt". The queen was born in the Duke of Zhenguo's Mansion. It seems that this person is the young master He of the Duke of Zhenguo's Mansion.

However, although the young man behaved frankly, the eyes of two children from aristocratic families in the crowd were not very friendly. She just noticed that the two men looked at Zhou Wangzhi with contempt.

"You have secretly formed a group to escape from school and committed dangerous acts. As a punishment, each of you must copy the Disciple Rules ten times! Submit them to the teacher at the Hongwenguan before school tomorrow."

The children lowered their heads, not daring to utter a word. The Queen said, "Take them back to the Hongwen Hall and tell the teacher on duty today to discipline them properly!"

He ordered someone to send Zhou Wangzhi and Su Yuejian to change clothes, and invited the imperial physician to check Zhou Wangzhi's pulse.

Although Su Yuejian had not met the Queen many times, she was always gentle, so she was a little surprised by her harsh words just now.

After changing into clean clothes, he followed the palace maid to the front hall, only to see the queen sitting on the upper throne in a daze, not knowing what she was thinking about.

"See the Queen."

When she heard the voice, she came back to her senses. "Get up and come sit here. It's all thanks to you. If anything happened to Zhi'er, the consequences would be disastrous."

Su Yuejian sat down and took the tea offered by the palace servant, "Your Majesty, you are too kind. It's just a small favor."

"Your swimming skills are excellent. I just saw that those palace maids couldn't swim as fast as you." The Queen chuckled softly, "In this respect, you are different from your mother."

Su Yue was stunned, and the Queen smiled, "Jinru is a landlubber and is most afraid of water."

"Speaking of which, your mother and I were connected by water."

When the queen thought of the past, her eyes and brows softened.

"At that time, I was only ten years old. The Duke of Zhenguo's mansion was holding a spring banquet. Someone fell into the lake in the backyard. Seeing the person struggling in the lake, I don't know where I got the courage from, but I jumped in and managed to pull the person out."

"I still can't forget the way Jinru held me tightly in her arms. We met because of that incident, and later became close friends."

"Who would have thought that the little girl who was afraid of water would become the feared and powerful General Zhenbei?"

The queen smiled and shook her head slightly. Su Yue's eyebrows moved slightly, and there was a hint of inquiry in her eyes when she looked at the queen.

"I shouldn't have mentioned this, I'm afraid it would bring up your sorrows."

"Your Majesty, you worry too much. I am very happy to hear about my mother's past. Your Majesty has helped me out many times before, and I have not yet thanked you."

Su Yuejian bowed and the queen stopped her.

"You are Jinru's legacy. If she were still here, she would definitely not want to see you suffer any injustice."

Su Yuejian sat upright in her seat, not wanting to say anything more. The Queen asked, "I heard that the Queen Mother asked you to see a doctor. How is the Queen Mother's health?"

"The Empress Dowager's headache is a chronic illness. I'm sure the Imperial Hospital has done its best. I can only alleviate it a little."

The Queen nodded and said, "Thank you for your concern, Minghua. From now on, you should come to the palace more often and talk to me."

Su Yuejian lowered her eyes and said, "Yes."

"Just now I saw that the flowers in Her Majesty's courtyard are in full bloom. I think Her Majesty likes to use floral decorations. I happened to have made a few new hairpins with flowers a few days ago. If Her Majesty doesn't mind, I will bring them to you another day."

"How could I dislike it? Yao'er always talks about your dexterity, but it makes me very curious."

Su Yuejian smiled, "Your Majesty will definitely like this. This is a flower I found specially for you. It only blooms in the northwest sandy land. It's called the Bitter Water Rose."

"Even the name is interesting. Bring it to me next time you come to the palace and let me see it."

The Queen's expression was impeccable.

Su Yuejian nodded in agreement.

For a moment, she was unsure whether she really had nothing to do with those assassins, or whether she simply didn't know that the pattern was a bitter water rose.

Looking at the untouched tea on the table, the queen restrained her smile.

He is a cautious person after all, and I don’t know if he is scared by the poison.

Looking at Su Yuejian's receding figure, the expression on the queen's face became gloomier by the second.

I didn't expect that she could actually find out the origin of the pattern. It really should not be underestimated.

Thinking of the scene by the lake just now, his heart suddenly felt like it was being cut by a knife, and a cold look gradually appeared on his dignified face.