Defeat the system! Kiss my little monster!

Shen Yu's expression changed slightly: "Draw blood?"

"His Majesty has fallen seriously ill, reportedly due to the aftereffects of a previous poisoning. His Majesty's health is deteriorating rapidly, so the imperial physicians have suggested the method of blood donation," Qingyu said.

"Her Majesty's birth date and time match perfectly, making her the best candidate. For the past two years, His Majesty has sent eunuchs to draw blood every month, and his health has indeed improved significantly. But for some reason, His Majesty has recently increased the frequency of blood draws."

Shen Yu listened to Qingyu's words without saying a word, only asking after Qingyu finished speaking: "Who told you all these things?"

"I can't remember clearly, it seems to be the eunuch who was guarding us before," Qingyu said vaguely. "Anyway, be careful on the day you have your blood drawn, and don't barge in. This Eunuch Li has a bad temper, be careful he doesn't beat you to death."

Shen Yu seemed thoughtful upon hearing this: "I see... Thank you for the advice, Sister Qingyu. On that day, I'll stay far away and avoid the inner palace."

Qingyu sighed, gave Shen Yu a few more instructions, and then took the coarse cloth clothes she had just changed out of and went to wash them.

Shen Yu watched her walk away, then put the wooden bucket into the storage room. On his way back, he casually glanced around at the wildflowers and weeds.

The plants in Kunning Palace were lush and green, but there were no palace maids or eunuchs to manage them. These unidentified flowers and plants grew in twos and threes, with tiny flower buds, growing among the green leaves, scattered haphazardly in every corner of Kunning Palace.

Shen Yu glanced at the various wildflowers and weeds, picked some and stuffed them into his pocket, then went into the inner hall to exchange them for new tea sets.

Some light shone from inside the inner hall.

In the past, Wen Yu would always keep the red candles burning day and night, not allowing any other light to enter the room, day or night. Gloomy darkness filled the center of the inner hall, like a lifeless cage.

Today, he actually removed the partition by the bed, letting the outside light in.

Shen Yu walked inside and placed a brand-new tea set on the table. He turned his head and saw Wen Yu lying on the bed, leaning against the wall, still holding the medical book that had long since turned yellow.

"Your Majesty, when did you wake up?" Shen Yu tested the water temperature and then poured some boiling water into the cup.

Wen Yu was still half-lying on the bed, his eyes following Shen Yu's figure out of the corner of his eye. He curled his lips and said, "You were so busy chatting with the palace maids that you didn't know when I woke up."

He said, turning a page of the book: "Laughing your head off, huh?"

Shen Yu paused for a moment, looked at Wen Yu, and asked, "Your Majesty, were you spying on me?"

"..." Wen Yu's expression remained unchanged. "I was looking at the scenery, or was I looking at you?"

Shen Yu chuckled, picked up another glass of lukewarm water from the table that had cooled down, and walked to Wen Yu's side: "Your Majesty, only by knowing yourself and your enemy can you advance and retreat appropriately. All the information I received was extracted from them."

Wen Yu stopped flipping through the book. He didn't delve into it further, took the water glass and took a sip: "What did you find out?"

Shen Yu's gaze swept over Wen Yu's wrist, where there were several scars of varying depths, which had changed color over time.

He initially thought it was a scar left by Wen Yu's ruptured tendons, but now it seems there might be other factors involved.

"I didn't get anything useful out of him. Qingyu just told me that Eunuch Li had a bad temper and that I should stay away from him to avoid being punished by him in the future."

Wen Yu smiled dismissively after hearing this: "What's there to be afraid of in an old eunuch? To be honest, Qingyu and that Eunuch Li are pretty much the same, cut from the same cloth, neither of them are good people."

Wen Yu utterly loathed the people in Kunning Palace. He cursed a couple of times, his face cold as if he was still not satisfied.

Shen Yu didn't continue the topic. He took out all the flowers and plants from his pocket and placed them on the table. After carefully selecting them, he picked out the flower buds and put them into the cup of hot water that he had poured earlier.

Wen Yu glanced at the table, looked at it on the bed for a few seconds, then put on his shoes and walked to Shen Yu's side: "What is this?"

Shen Yu did not answer. He finished soaking the flower buds and asked, "Your Majesty, did you plant all the flowers and plants in Kunning Palace?"

Wen Yu found a chair and sat down. He chuckled, "Qingyu told you this too?"

“No.” Shen Yu turned his head away, picked up a thin leaf from a flower on the table, rubbed it, and squeezed out some bright green juice.

“I’ve seen this kind of flower and plant before at the Cold Mountain in the photo studio. I’ve forgotten what it’s called, but I heard from the shadows on the mountain that this herb has the effect of removing blood stasis and draining pus, and it is a very rare medicinal material.”

Shen Yu asked, "Besides Your Highness, who else can grow these medicinal herbs in Kunning Palace?"

"You're quite good at guessing." Wen Yu smiled faintly after hearing this. "It's just something to pass the time when I have nothing else to do. These herbs are not very useful."

Shen Yu put down the herbs: "Does His Majesty know about these?"

“He doesn’t understand medicine, of course he wouldn’t know.” Wen Yu’s tone became even more sarcastic.

He was imprisoned in Kunning Palace by the Yue Emperor, but he didn't just obediently do nothing. Wen Yu also bribed the palace maids guarding him to bring him some flower and plant seeds from outside.

These things were neither sharp nor dangerous, and some palace maids were willing to risk doing them for money.

Wen Yu mixed these herbs together in the weeds. He deliberately chose herbs that looked similar to the weeds, and no one noticed them for several months.

Unexpectedly, Shen Yu noticed something was wrong just a few days after arriving here.

Wen Yu watched as Shen Yu plucked the leaves from the flowers and plants one by one, a hint of interest in her eyes: "What are you going to do with them? They won't be of any use to detoxify you."

Shen Yu glanced at him: "Your Majesty, this is useless for detoxifying me, but it will be useful for your ruptured meridians."

Wen Yu's smile froze. He glanced at Shen Yu's face and slowly said, "This won't work for me either. I've already tried everything."

“This one herb alone won’t be effective,” Shen Yu pondered. “We need to add a few more herbs.”

There are still some places in Kunning Palace that Shen Yu hasn't looked at carefully, so he can take this opportunity to look for the other medicinal herbs.

"Your Highness, please tell me which medicinal herbs you planted outside before." Shen Yu pulled out a piece of white paper from the side. "It would be best if you could also list the locations."

Wen Yu glanced down at the paper, had no objections, and slowly wrote a few lines on it.

“Shen Yu, the photo studio trains only shadow assassins, not specialized doctors.” Wen Yu wrote each character neatly, then asked casually, “How do you know how to treat it?”

“I wasn’t from a photography studio before, and I also studied a little medicine,” Shen Yu said calmly.

As for why he knew how to treat ruptured tendons...

Shen Yu felt a slight throbbing in his head. He frowned and suppressed the discomfort.

The medicinal herbs and their usage methods had been etched into his mind without his knowledge. Shen Yu lowered his head and said, "I just know."