The so-called information was a roll of paper, carefully wrapped in a gold-embroidered purse by the queen.
Xia Shang didn't have time to look at it. After chatting with the queen privately, he followed the queen to the palace yesterday.
In the meantime, the queen went to a small palace, where she changed back into the queen's attire and kept a distance from Xia Shang.
This woman is very changeable. As soon as she put on the queen's attire, she returned to her aloof and inviolable appearance, as if nothing had happened in the pavilion in the imperial garden before.
Xia Shang followed without thinking much.
When he arrived at the palace, he said hello to the old eunuch, and then went to the bedside where the emperor was. Seeing the emperor's face dry and breathless, Xia Shang couldn't help but frown.
Xia Shang did not speak. The old eunuch stepped forward first and asked Xia Shang to step aside. He gently asked, "Sir, according to your opinion, can the emperor be saved?"
"If we just talk about the poison in the emperor's body, it can be cured. However, considering that the emperor is old and weak, if the medicine is delayed... I'm afraid..."
"The medicine your Excellency needs was given to the old slave yesterday. According to Your Excellency's instructions, several people were sent to find it outside the palace."
"It's too late! If you want to cover up people's eyes and find the medicine, it will take at least five days. But the emperor's situation may be dangerous."
"If I go look for it myself, I believe I can get it together overnight."
"If exposed, the person who poisoned him will definitely take action."
The old eunuch smiled confidently: "Don't worry, sir, the only thing that can find this old slave is his corpse."
Xia Shang was stunned for a moment, and then he realized that this old eunuch was a master-level master who kept his status secret, and he did have this ability.
But the old eunuch's brows did not relax: "But... listening to your previous words, 'If we only talk about the poison in the emperor's body', it seems that there is something in it."
Xia Shang frowned and remained silent for a long time. After thinking for a while, he said something incomprehensible: "I don't understand either."
"Hmm?" The old eunuch exclaimed, about to say something, but when he saw Xia Shang's expression of not knowing what to say, he stopped talking, "I will leave the palace immediately to look for medicine, and I will have to have Master Lao come here tomorrow.
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After saying that, the old eunuch turned back and walked to the queen: "My queen, I will hand over the emperor to you tonight. I believe that my queen is the person who least wants to see anything happen to the emperor in the world, and she will do her best to ensure the emperor's safety.
"
The queen did not answer, but glanced at the old eunuch.
The old eunuch held the fly whisk and left the palace lightly.
After the old eunuch left, only Xia Shang and the queen were left in the palace, as well as the unconscious emperor.
"Xia Shang, you said it can be relieved with acupuncture."
When there was no one around, the title she gave to Xia Shang had been changed. This was the queen's little trick to express her closeness, and it did not create any ripples in Xia Shang's heart.
"It's because I didn't think carefully. The emperor's current physique cannot give acupuncture."
"What should I do? What if... what if it happens tonight..."
"We can only leave it to fate. That father-in-law is an expert and will definitely be able to bring back the medicine. I will come back for treatment tomorrow. If the emperor can hold on, he will be alive. If he cannot hold on..."
Xia Shang said nothing more.
The queen stood up, a little anxious: "If the emperor is really dead, then what I said to you in the small pavilion..."
The queen's steps were very fast, and she reached out to grab Xia Shang's arm, but Xia Shang stepped out of the way.
Xia Shang took out his previous wallet: "This is enough for me. If the situation forces me, I will try my best to protect the Queen Zhouquan. At the moment, I have no use here, so I'd better leave to avoid being discovered."
After that, Xia Shang went out from the back door, searched for his memory, and went to Xiyuan.
Xia Shang returned to Xiyuan early, so he lay down among the flowers, took out the purse the Queen had given him, opened it and saw that nearly twenty place names were densely written on the paper inside the purse.
None of these place names were heard by Xia and Shang, and I don't know what they have to do with the Metropolitan Procuratorate.
"Could these place names be the secret base of the Metropolitan Procuratorate in the capital?"
"Or the sub-helm of the Jingmen Twelve Divisions?"
After thinking for a while, Xia and Shang had no clue, because there were no annotations except place names, and there was no connection between them at all.
Xia Shang once wondered whether these words were some kind of encrypted information, but after thinking about it, he thought it was impossible. There should be no such advanced knowledge of cryptographic communication in this era.
It seems that we have to wait until we go to these places to inquire about everything.
Let’s put this matter aside for the time being. Only when we have time to act alone can we understand the meaning of these place names.
Then he waited in the Xiyuan.
When it was time to return to school, Li Youlan ran over in a panic and without saying anything, grabbed Xia Shang and looked around for several times.
"Are you hurt anywhere?"
Xia Shang shook his head, a little confused: "It's so good, why should I be hurt somewhere?"
"You were kicked away by sir. I thought those imperial guards would beat you."
"Miss, when did you start caring about me?"
Li Youlan frowned slightly: "After all, it was because you were protecting me that you pissed off Mr."
As she said that, Li Youlan's face looked apologetic.
Then Jiang Nan also came. Seeing Li Youlan holding her husband very close to him, he felt a little unhappy, but he didn't show it. He pouted and walked forward without looking back.
Then Xia Shang and Li Youlan returned to Linshan Garden. Because they did not return last night, the servants placed here by Jia Shangjie grabbed Xia Shang and questioned them for a long time. They also said that they would not let the young lady do this in the future.
Xia Shang sent this man away. After dinner, he felt uneasy thinking about some of the place names he learned today.
After evening, a person came to Li Youlan's bed and knocked on it.
Li Youlan was the only one in the room. When she opened the window, she found Xia Shang at the window and was so shocked that she almost uttered a sound.
Xia Shang hurriedly made a silent gesture: "Shh."
"Xia Hui, you...what are you doing?"
"Miss, are you sleepy?"
Li Youlan looked at the sky that was not yet completely dark, and felt a little confused: "No, what's the matter?"
"I promised last time that I would take the young lady out for some fun. Since I'm not sleepy now, why don't I take the young lady to walk around the streets of the capital and see the night view of the capital."
Li Youlan was quite surprised. Why did she want to go out if everything was fine? And so suddenly!
To be honest, Li Youlan was not very interested because she had gone crazy enough last night and felt that such nonsense for two days in a row was not in line with her past character.
But Xia Shangyou said: "Today I was in the palace and listened to the eunuchs in the palace talking about the lake in the western suburbs of the capital. There would be a lantern festival by the lake. It was very lively. The eunuchs and maids in the palace were all discussing how to escape.
It should be a rare sight to see when you go out of the palace. If you miss it, you won’t see it.”
"Lantern festival?" Li Youlan was a little confused.
"What? You've never seen the Lantern Festival, right? Then you should go and see it." (To be continued)