The nine-ring chain sent by Princess Zheng was very exquisite.

The overall color is bright silver.

At first glance, it looks like silver.

Li Jinglan pinched the toy and found it was hard, with no nail marks.

Then he put the nine linked rings into the box and asked Chen Ji, who had delivered the toy, with a smile, "Is this made of silver?"

Chen Ji shook his head: "It's made of tin."

Li Jinglan asked Chen Ji again: "Are there many toys like this in the palace?"

Chen Ji smiled and replied, "A lot. Ladies love to play this when they have nothing to do."

Li Jinglan stared at the toy for a while, then solemnly put the box away and put it away.

If anyone asks me about it, I will just say, "I don't understand how to play, and I'm so angry that I just don't play it anymore."

After the Chinese New Year, the weather becomes warmer day by day.

The sunshine brought the warmth of early spring.

The emperor kept his promise and sent Li Jinglan and the other two out of the palace on the 18th day of the first lunar month.

Walking out of the imperial city, Li Jinglan saw Lu Bozhou at a glance.

Lu Bozhou stood beside a carriage, looking forward to it.

"Let's go home." Lu Bozhou took Li Jinglan's hand and carefully sent her to the carriage.

Then he called his younger brothers and sisters: "Get on the carriage at the back."

After saying that, he jumped onto the carriage, next to Li Jinglan.

After returning home, the two went to see Aunt Zhao first.

Aunt Zhao held Li Jinglan's hand tightly and looked at her with concern: "You have gained a lot of weight during this period."

"I eat and sleep in the palace. The Queen treats me well, and the concubines in the palace treat me very well too." Li Jinglan replied with a smile.

This was the answer Aunt Zhao wanted to hear most, so she felt relieved.

Aunt Zhao shook Li Jinglan's hand and said, "Don't be arrogant. Don't become spoiled just because the queen likes you."

Li Jinglan nodded: "I know."

After hesitating for a while, Li Jinglan asked about Li Chengyue forcing Aunt Zhao to commit suicide.

Aunt Zhao's face darkened: "Don't mention this matter anymore. I won't commit suicide, and you don't have to worry."

I hope Aunt Zhao didn't commit suicide.

Li Jinglan was relieved.

He chatted with Aunt Zhao for a while before going back with Lu Bozhou.

After entering the house, Lu Bozhou drove everyone out.

Hugging Li Jinglan tightly, "I missed you so much."

Li Jinglan stayed in the palace for more than twenty days this time.

Almost a month.

Lu Bozhou missed Li Jinglan like crazy.

The two hugged each other tightly, and no one spoke.

It was not until a while later that Lu Bozhou let go of Li Jinglan.

Li Jinglan grabbed his hand and placed it on her slightly bulging belly.

Lu Bozhou bent down and placed his fingers on Li Jinglan's lower abdomen.

A feeling of blood connection arose spontaneously, and Lu Bozhou couldn't help but take a deep breath.

"Has anything happened at home recently?" Li Jinglan asked.

Hearing Li Jinglan asking about business, Lu Bozhou pondered for a moment, "Your Majesty handed over the investigation of Jiangnan Salt Permit to the Crown Prince, Prince Zhao was reprimanded, and Crown Prince Hong Qing was stripped of his title of Crown Prince..."

Lu Bozhou began to talk about what had happened at home and in the court during this period.

During the time when Li Jinglan was away, although he had Zhou Jin by his side, he always felt like a rootless duckweed.

Now Li Jinglan is back.

His sunshine is back.

Everything in the world is once again filled with the fragrance of flowers and the chirping of birds.

It made him feel comfortable.

Next, Li Jinglan talked about things in the palace.

"Princess Zheng gave me some toys some time ago." Li Jinglan took out the box containing the Nine Rings.

Lu Bozhou opened the box, somewhat confused.

"Is there something wrong with this box?" He looked up.

"The box is fine, but the toy is."

Li Jinglan briefly talked about the color of tin.

Pure tin is light yellow and relatively soft, and will leave marks if pinched by hand.

Lead-doped tin is bright white and is hard and heavy overall.

"Lead is highly toxic to the human body and long-term exposure can lead to death."

When Lu Bozhou heard that there was lead in the nine-sided ring, his fingers trembled with fear, and he quickly closed the box and said, "I'll throw it away right away."

"Let's find a place to bury him." Seeing Lu Bozhou so scared, Li Jinglan smiled slightly.

Although lead is highly toxic, occasional contact is not a big problem.

"Please ask someone to prepare some milk later. We can drink more milk to eliminate toxins."

"Investigate the shops and craftsmen under the name of Princess Zheng to see if there are any strange deaths and whether the frequency of death is very high."

If the frequency of death is very high, and Zheng Guo still gives such toys to people, then he has ulterior motives.

If none of Zheng's craftsmen died, it would prove that the toy did not come from Zheng.

"Then find someone to investigate whether there are more toys of this type on the market that contain lead or do not contain lead."

"Which stores sell products containing lead and which stores sell products without lead. The owners behind these stores."

If Li Jinglan told these words to others, no one would take it seriously.

Because in this world, eating lead is a common practice.

The elixirs in the Taoist temple all contain lead.

Traditional Chinese medicine also considers lead as a medicinal ingredient.

As a result, people today have more or less lead poisoning in their bodies.

But Lu Bozhou heard his parents talk about the dangers of lead when he was very young.

Subconsciously, he also came to believe that lead was poisonous.

Lu Bozhou looked very serious.

Li Jinglan is his wife.

Those people's attack on Li Jinglan was equivalent to attacking him.

Regardless of whether Princess Zheng intended to harm Li Jinglan.

This feud has been established.

If you think about it carefully, he and the lineage of Prince Jin are indeed natural enemies.

Princess Ningguo is obviously hostile to them, but Princess Zhengguo shows signs of being friendly to them, so we must be on guard.

Lu Bozhou has never been the kind of person who relies on someone for everything he has.

He did not trust King Jin 100%.

The only person he can trust in this world is Li Jinglan.

Only those who followed him when he was poor.

"Why don't we go to Teacher Wang's house and have a visit tomorrow?" Lu Bozhou said.

Li Jinglan nodded, "Auntie must be worried."

The next day I went to Wang's house.

The Wang family decided to stay in the capital for a long time.

Teacher Wang resigned from his post as teacher in Nanli County and stayed at home enjoying his grandchildren.

He decided to start educating children from an early age, and held Wang Zhenyan's two-year-old son in his arms every day to teach him to read.

Lu Bozhou went to see Teacher Wang, and Li Jinglan went to see Liu.

Li Jinglan took out the gift that the Queen had given to Liu.

"Is this a reward from the Queen?" Liu didn't expect that she would actually get a reward and was extremely surprised.

Li Jinglan smiled and said, "These are just private rewards from the Queen. The Queen said that you and your uncle have noble character and saved people in danger, so there will be formal rewards."

Sure enough, the queen's reward arrived very soon.

Liu was conferred the title of Shuren and awarded the third-rank treatment.

Teacher Wang was granted the title of Yuanwailang and the treatment of the seventh rank.

After returning from Wang's house, Li Jinglan and Lu Bozhou went to see Yin Zhihai and Lu Shenyan together.

Next, Lu Bozhou resumed his normal get off work and rest schedule, leaving home early and returning late every day.

Li Jinglan received countless posts.

In the past, Lu Bozhou was a civil servant, and all the invitations he received were from civil servants.

Now that he is the son of Prince Jin, all the posts are from nobles.

Li Jinglan rummaged around and decided to go to Duke Xu's mansion to keep the appointment.

Upon hearing that Li Jinglan was coming to Duke Xu's mansion to keep an appointment, Princess Ningguo was somewhat reluctant but still went to report to the old Duke's wife.

He ordered people to open the middle door to welcome him.

The one who greeted them at the gate was the eldest son of Duke Xu and the husband of Princess Ningguo.

After entering Duke Xu's mansion, he went from the Yimen to the Chuihua Gate.

Li Jinglan saw the old Duke's wife surrounded by people.

"Hello, old lady." Li Jinglan couldn't let the old lady of the Duke's wife bow to her first, so she hurriedly took a few steps and bowed lightly.

"Is this Zemei's daughter-in-law? She is so pretty." The old lady of the Duke took Li Jinglan's hand with a smile and introduced Princess Ningguo's mother-in-law to Li Jinglan first.

"This is Ningguo's mother-in-law."

Li Jinglan saluted with a smile.

The Duke's wife quickly returned the greeting.

Next came the other female members of Duke Xu's family.

Li Jinglan didn't see Xu Xianzhi, and felt a little depressed.

I had heard before that Xu Feng and Xu Xianzhi were not favored in the Xu family, and it turned out to be true.

After greeting everyone in Duke Xu's mansion, Li Jinglan sat next to the old Duke's wife.

Li Jinglan looked around and smiled, "Is Auntie busy in the back?"

Aunt?

who is that?

Everyone in Duke Xu's mansion was shocked.

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