The queen is sober in the world, and she is winning every step of the palace fight.

There were footsteps outside the palace.

The palace maid has returned.

Xin Xuanshi didn't bother to choose a place, and went straight to the nearest place and put the cloth bag containing the peach blossom talisman under the dragon bed.

It was not placed directly on the ground under the bed because the palace servants would find it when they cleaned.

She stuffed the thin cloth bag into the back of the bed under the edge of the bed. The tiny groove was just right for the bag.

After finishing, she quickly stood up, smoothed down the opened bed curtains, and then walked quickly to the brocade stool a little further away.

The palace maid came in with hot water.

She stood up, smiled and whispered to the palace maid, wet the handkerchief, wrung it out, tested the temperature, and gently wiped the emperor's forehead.

After wiping her forehead, she asked the palace maid to find a set of pajamas for the emperor, measured the size with her hands, and said that she would personally make a new set of pajamas for the emperor later.

Then I got busy with some other trivial matters.

Throughout the process, she was observing the palace maid's reactions.

Seeing that the palace maid was fine and didn't even look under the bed, he gradually felt relieved.

Later, she left Chenqian Palace until it was almost three o'clock in the morning.

She was very nervous in the hall and was sweating all over. When she went outside and was blown by the wind, she sneezed several times.

The accompanying maid was Pan'er, who had been waiting in a side room. She came over and wrapped a thick cloak around her. "My lady, please get into the sedan quickly. We've put a small charcoal stove inside. It's warm."

With Xin's position as a concubine, she was not qualified to ride in a sedan chair in the palace.

This is a treatment only available to those above Ronghua.

However, Xin Xuanshi has been accompanying Fei Wan recently, and Fei Wan specifically asked the Emperor and Empress Yan for grace for her, allowing her to ride in a sedan chair when she returns to the palace at night to withstand the severe cold of winter nights.

Xin Xuanshi sat in the sedan chair and the warm air enveloped her.

An exquisite brass charcoal stove was placed in the corner, and a small sheep horn lamp hung on the corner, emitting a soft yellow light.

The cushion beneath her was a ten-color brocade embroidered with wintersweet, and the pillow beside her was very soft. Leaning against it, she didn't feel the sedan chair's bumps at all. Naturally, the palace servants who carried the sedan chair were also very steady, and used to be very careful not to shake the empress inside.

Although Xin Xuanshi was not yet an empress, she could not help but fantasize about the day when the peach blossom talisman would come true and she would become an empress.

By then, the sedan chair will be bigger, warmer and more exquisite than this one, there will be more people carrying it, and it will be more comfortable to sit in.

Maybe she will even become the master of a palace.

However, she was not planning to move out of Chunxi Palace. Even if she were to be the head of the imperial family, it would not be as good as being favored by the imperial concubine.

Having such a fantasy, he returned to his room and asked Pan'er if it had succeeded.

Xin Xuanshi felt a little embarrassed and just nodded.

Pan'er asked where it was placed.

She told me the place.

Pan'er smiled and said, "That's good. That place is hard to find, unless someone crawls under the bed and peeks in. But His Majesty is recovering from his injuries, who would dare to go under his bed and peek around? My lady, just wait for your favor and promotion. When that happens, I can also enjoy the glory with you!"

Xin Xuanshi blushed, "You haven't even started dating yet, why are you saying all this!"

Chen Qian Palace at this time.

Cao Bin held the cloth bag that the palace maid had dug out from under the dragon bed, his face solemn.

"Did Consort Xin put it in there herself?"

"Yes, sir, I saw it with my own eyes."

The palace maid was the one who worked with Xin Xuanshi to serve the emperor.

She was also a senior palace maid in front of the emperor, from the same batch as Xia He, and her name was Chunling.

Cao Bin asked all the palace servants in front of the emperor to be on high alert and never allow the last incident to happen again, so these eunuchs and palace maids were very careful.

Even if Fei Wan was in the palace, they would pay 100% attention to her, let alone Xin Xuanshi.

When Xin Xuanshi asked a palace maid to bring water, the palace maid quietly handed the task to someone else and watched outside the door. She could see Xin Xuanshi's every move through the gap in the curtain.

She just made the sound of footsteps walking away and then coming back, so that Xin Xuanshi would mistakenly think that she had left.

As soon as Xin Xuanshi left, she hurried to check under the dragon bed carefully.

Following the direction that Xin Xuanshi had groped in, she soon found the cloth bag.

Then he came out and handed it to Cao Bin.

Cao Bin opened the cloth bag and saw that there was only a scribbled talisman inside, with no strange smell.

The medical officer on duty was called in to check, but no problems were found, which meant that the talisman did not contain any poison or medicine.

After dismissing the medical officer, Cao Bin frowned.

The palace maid whispered, "This talisman looks familiar. It seems to be for praying for love."

"Ok?"

"Eunuch, these are things girls play with, used to pray for marriage. We palace maids have seen them in private conversations and play. Although everyone comes from different places, the peach blossom charms are similar and look similar. In some places, it is customary to hang peach blossom charms on peach trees or put them in paper boats and send them away on the water during the Girls' Day on March 3rd."

Cao Bin asked her to look carefully. "Is this really a peach blossom talisman? Not some other kind of talisman for warding off evil?"

When the palace maids heard about the evil oath, they were a little scared.

"It seems so... but, I'm not sure. It just looks like... or should I find someone who knows how to draw talismans to take a look?"

Cao Bin held the cloth bag and pondered it, and suddenly felt something was strange. He directly cut the bag open with scissors, but found that although the bag was thin, it actually had an interlayer.

There is also a talisman in the interlayer, made of even thinner paper, and it is impossible to find it without careful observation.

The talisman drawn on this paper is very ugly and makes people feel uncomfortable when looking at it.

"Keep this a secret and don't mention it to anyone."

"Yes, father-in-law."

Cao Bin asked someone to take the talisman out at night and ask a reliable Taoist priest for advice.

The result was that the one painted with cinnabar was a peach blossom talisman, while the one painted with blood was a curse for a short life.

Cao Bin found an embroiderer with excellent needlework to sew up the cut edges of the cloth bag, leaving no trace of the cutting at all.

The talisman was sewn into the interlayer.

However, the talisman was replaced with a useless talisman for winning. It looked similar to the original one at first glance, but some key strokes were missing when drawing the talisman, so it did not work.

This was repainted by a Taoist priest.

Finally, the cloth bag was put back to its original place under the dragon bed.

The next day, the palace was bustling with preparations for the upcoming ceremony to confer the title of Imperial Noble Consort.

The emperor had another reward for Fei Wan, and Cao Bin went to do the job personally.

They entered the palace and handed over the gifts, but they were still some gold, pearls and jade. Others were jealous, but Fei Wan was used to it and there was nothing to be happy about.

Cao Bin's hesitant look made Fei Wan smile slightly and dismiss the palace maids.

Cao Bin spoke only when there were only two people left in the hall.

He told Fei Wan directly that Concubine Xin had put something under the dragon bed while accompanying the emperor.

"Thank you, Her Majesty, for reminding me to be cautious. I have repeatedly reminded the palace maids to pay attention, and only then did I discover that something was wrong." Cao Bin said respectfully.

Fei Wan looked at him quietly for a moment.

After a long while, he slowly said, "I need to gain more trust from Eunuch Cao."

Cao Bin's heart skipped a beat.

When I first got the bag, I did doubt Fei Wan...

It seems that he has been found out.

The Imperial Noble Consort is extremely clever and has a good insight into people's hearts. She is far from being as simple as Your Majesty sees her.

But Cao Bin also understood Fei Wan.

She just gave him a little reminder, but she didn't dwell on such trivial matters.

He continued, "Your Majesty, I have already had someone investigate Consort Xin and her new maid, Pan'er."

Good job Cao Bin!

The idea is very clear.

Fei Wan smiled: "What did you find out?"