After the prince was reborn, he forced me to marry him and took me into the East Palace

Women's Medical Department.

Nan Yuan walked around the female medical office with a veil on, blending in with the palace servants. She confirmed again and again that her identity was hidden well. Then she went to find the most experienced doctor among them and asked her to take her pulse to find out why she was coughing up blood every day.

However, the female doctor only diagnosed that she was pregnant and had an injury to her left ear, and did not diagnose any other symptoms.

"But I've been coughing up blood a lot lately, and I even have some suicidal thoughts. Isn't this really a disease?"

Nan Yuan was most afraid of death. No matter how unfavorable the situation was, she had never thought of dying.

However, in the past three months, thoughts of suicide have appeared in her mind from time to time.

There was always a voice telling her: "Come, stay with me, die, and everything will be fine."

She was sure that she was afraid of death and did not dare to have the slightest thought of committing suicide, but this thought clearly appeared in her mind and could not be shaken off.

"I really can't diagnose what's wrong with you. You'd better ask someone else for help."

The female doctor shook her head, and suddenly thought of something, and said, "There is a doctor under the Crown Prince. Some time ago, he exchanged medical skills with the imperial doctors in the Imperial Hospital. The imperial doctors all praised him highly. Maybe you can ask him to give it a try."

"Imperial Medical Bureau?" Nan Yuan frowned.

The female doctor continued, "It's just that most talented people are arrogant because of their talent, and that person is a subordinate of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, so I'm afraid it will be even more difficult to contact him. I can only give you a suggestion, but I can't say whether he can treat you."

After that, the female doctor went to check the pulse of other people.

"Thank you." Nan Yuan thanked him.

The doctor under Gu Jingheng?

It must be Chu Zhixu.

Nan Yuan thought it should be only Chu Zhixu.

Illness cannot be delayed, the longer you delay, the more serious it will become.

She would go and find out some information first. If there were many people, she would blend in with the crowd and let Chu Zhixu take her pulse. If there were few people, she would not take the risk for the time being and would look for an opportunity another day.

Thinking of this, Nan Yuan walked towards the Imperial Hospital.

The Women's Medical Department and the Imperial Hospital were not far apart, and Nan Yuan arrived there in just a few steps.

She had wanted to take this opportunity to see her father from afar, but she heard that since her "death", her father had resigned from his official position and was no longer in the Imperial Hospital.

Of course she couldn't see it.

Nan Yuan looked up at the rain outside, hid the emotions in her eyes, and walked into the Imperial Hospital.

Fortunately, there were many people who communicated with the Imperial Medical Service, and some imperial physicians treated sick palace ladies.

Nan Yuan took the opportunity to walk among the palace servants, found a chance, and came in front of Chu Zhixu.

She wrapped herself in three layers of clothes and changed into the clothes of a palace maid, so no one could tell who she was.

Even so, she was still cautious and did not speak, but just used sign language to gesture, wanting Chu Zhixu to take her pulse.

"Why are you here? Doctor Chu won't let you..." Someone stepped forward and wanted to drive Nan Yuan away, but was stopped by Chu Zhixu.

"Sit down."

Nan Yuan breathed a sigh of relief, having escaped danger.

"Hands out."

Chu Zhixu looked at Nan Yuan with a calm expression in his eyes, just as Nan Yuan thought.

He probably didn't recognize her.

Just as Nan Yuan reached out her hand, she suddenly heard someone rushing in from outside: "Doctor Chu!"

"What's wrong?" Chu Zhixu's attention was attracted by the guards who rushed in.

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince urgently summoned you. Something has happened." The guard looked around and saw that there were too many people around, so he didn't say much.

After hearing this, Chu Zhixu thought for a moment, then looked at Nan Yuan and said, "Come to me next time."

Nan Yuan nodded and withdrew her hand.

As soon as she stood up, she saw Chu Zhixu following the guard and rushing outside.

problem occurs?

What happened?

Nan Yuan was a little curious, but it was not convenient for her to ask.

There is no progress today, let's try again tomorrow.

Nan Yuan changed into the clothes she wore when she came here and returned to the door of the Women's Medical Department, waiting for Ajiu to pick her up.

However, no matter how long we waited, the rain got heavier, but there was still no sign of Jiu.

Nan Yuan suddenly felt a little nervous. Could something have happened?

No, no, no, nothing will happen. How could anything happen to Ah Jiu?

He is the leader of Gu Jingheng's secret guards. He should be very capable and it is impossible for anything to happen to him.

Nan Yuan continued to wait.

After waiting for half an hour, Ah Jiu did not show up, but Gu Jingheng showed up.

"Why are you here?" Nan Yuan tilted her head to look behind him and asked, "Where's Ah Jiu?"

Gu Jingheng's expression remained unchanged, he just said: "Something happened suddenly, I asked him to do it."

Anything urgent?

Nan Yuan looked at Gu Jingheng with some confusion, "Why is it so sudden?"

Gu Jingheng has more than one subordinate, Jiu. Why does he only order him around?

Not right.

Nan Yuan always felt that something was not right.

"Let's go, it's getting late." Gu Jingheng walked forward with an umbrella, put his arm around Nan Yuan's shoulders, and walked out of the Imperial Medical Bureau.

Nan Yuan did not refuse and let him hug her, but her thoughts were no longer here.

The raindrops fell from the tip of the umbrella like beads that had broken off the string, splashing onto the hem of the clothes.

The rain was getting heavier, and the rain curtain blocked their vision. Nan Yuan couldn't see the road ahead clearly, and could only follow Gu Jingheng's footsteps and walk forward.

When she arrived in front of the carriage, Nan Yuan suddenly stopped.

"What's wrong?" Gu Jingheng stopped and asked.

Nan Yuan did not answer, but stared at the carriage in front of her with a complicated look, and no one knew what she was thinking.

Gu Jingheng did not urge her, but just waited quietly.

After a moment, Nan Yuan said, "Ajiu told me before that he could train a group of secret guards for me, as long as you agree. Did he tell you about this before he went out to do the work?"

Gu Jingheng thought about it. He had just told Ajiu this morning that he didn’t need to report Nan Yuan’s matter to him. Could it be that he was talking about this matter?

"Of course I can." Gu Jingheng's expression was normal, and there was no sign of any flaws. He smiled and said, "It's a good thing to want to raise a few secret guards, but a group of good secret guards need to be raised from a young age, and I'm afraid we won't be able to get them in a short period of time."

"How about this, I'll first pick one out from my secret guards..."

"Gu Jingheng!"

Before he could finish his words, he was interrupted by Nan Yuan.

Gu Jingheng looked down and saw that Nan Yuan looked unhappy. Worried that something had happened to her, he asked hurriedly, "What's wrong, A Yuan? Are you feeling unwell?"

"What happened to Ahjiu?" Nan Yuan grabbed Gu Jingheng's arm and asked nervously.

Having said that, there is still something that Gu Jingheng doesn't understand.

What Nan Yuan just said about the secret guard was just a trick on him.

Ajiu never told her about the secret guards, it was just Nan Yuan who came to test his attitude.

He made up something that only she and Ajiu knew. If Ajiu was really sent out by him, he could just say he didn't know and ask Ajiu when she came back.

But if he could no longer hear these words from Ajiu, he would just say that he knew these words in order to conceal it, and this would fall into Nan Yuan's trap.

He has really improved a lot and now he can trick him with questions.

"Please speak!"

The more silent Gu Jingheng was, the more uneasy Nan Yuan felt.

She gripped Gu Jingheng's arm with a little more force, showing her nervousness.

Gu Jingheng lowered his eyelids and said, "Ayuan, calm down first."

How could Nan Yuan remain calm? Her face was pale, beads of sweat oozed from her forehead, and her whole body was trembling slightly.

"It's Ajiu... Something happened to Ajiu, right?" Nan Yuan asked.

Gu Jingheng glanced at her and said nothing.

Nan Yuan let go of Gu Jingheng's hand, took two steps back faintly, and almost fell down.

Seeing this, Gu Jingheng quickly stepped forward to support her: "A Yuan."

Something happened. Something really happened.

Ajiu, who was still alive and kicking in front of her a few hours ago, is now...

Nan Yuan shook her head, seeming unable to accept it.

He said he wanted to leave the palace. If she had not agreed and stopped him from going, would Jiu have been saved?

"It was me...it was me who let him go. At that time...why did I..."

Why did you let him go?

If she had stopped me, if she had asked one more question.

Ah Jiu is only fifteen!

"Ayuan, this is none of your business." Gu Jingheng held Nanyuan's cold hand and comforted her, "He should have his own ideas and thoughts about what he does. This is not your fault. You can't be blamed. Don't take all the blame on yourself."

"None of us wanted anything to happen to Ah Jiu, but it happened. All we can do is find the real culprit and avenge him."

"If Jiu were still alive, he wouldn't want to see us feel guilty and sad because of his death."

Gu Jingheng held Nan Yuan in his arms and comforted her in a gentle voice.

From the first day they became secret guards, death was no longer a strange word to them.

From the capital to the border town, and then from the border town back to the capital, the leaders of the secret guards around him have changed five times, and none of them has survived to the age of 18.

"It is a blessing in disguise that Ah Jiu did not suffer too much before his death."

Death from a cut throat soon stops hurting.

"Can I go see him?" Nan Yuan looked up at Gu Jingheng and asked in a hoarse voice.

Gu Jingheng nodded and said, "If you want to see it, I will go with you."

The city gate.

It was raining heavily and Ajiu's body was left in the gatehouse of Andingmen.

"The rain has washed away all traces. The body has swollen and there is nothing to see." After Chu Zhixu finished the inspection, he covered the body with the white cloth again.

"He died at the city gate. Did he want to leave the city? What was he going to do?"

Hua Qichuan felt that this matter was not too simple. Anyone who could come out of Gu Jingheng's secret guard camp must have very good skills. It was impossible that when encountering the enemy, he would not even have a chance to fight back, and the enemy's throat would be cut directly.

If there is really no chance to fight back, how good must the opponent's martial arts be?

"Unless... the person who killed him knew him and he was not on guard."

"Which blind idiot is in the defense zone?" Shen Zhaixing walked in cursing in the rain.

He has done a good job recently, and even his father praised him for his improved abilities.

In just a few days, not a single spy escaped from the city, but one of our own people died at his doorstep.

Chu Zhixu replied, "The leader of the prince's secret guards."

"The leader of the secret guards has come to me to do his job?" Shen Zhaixing stretched out his hand to lift the white cloth and took a look: "He is still young, what a pity."

"Why are you back?" Shen Zhaixing saw Hua Qichuan and looked around. When he didn't see anyone else, he asked, "Didn't I arrange for you to evacuate the disaster victims some time ago? Have you finished handling everything?"

No one knew where Gu Jingheng got the news, but he knew about the Wei County earthquake a month in advance and even sent people to resettle the people.

Thanks to our foresight, although the earthquake was severe, it did not cause too many casualties.

As for the news circulating in the city, more than half of it were rumors deliberately spread by the staff of the Prince's Mansion.

I don't know what chess he is playing.

"Do you think I were you? I'm not the one who needs to work so hard to do such a small thing." Hua Qichuan said casually.

"Hey, you think you're so powerful, but you're still..." Shen Zhaixing pointed to his temple: "There's something wrong here, you're getting beaten for nothing, it's a thankless task!"

Shen Zhaixing was talking about Chu Zhixu's plan to take Nan Yuan away, but it ended up being a waste of effort and nothing good came of it.

"If you say that again, I'll beat you up."

Seeing the two of them bickering, Chu Zhixu ignored them and went straight to cover Ajiu with the white cloth again.

"Stop arguing, finding out the cause of death is the most important thing."

As Chu Zhixu was speaking, several guards came in and carried Ajiu's body out.

"What are you doing?" Shen Zhaixing saw these people carrying the body out without even saying hello, and he quickly stood up and scolded them harshly.

"Your Highness the Crown Prince has given orders, and I have no choice but to obey."

After saying that, these people carried Ajiu's body out.

Shen Zhaixing frowned and followed him out curiously. As soon as he reached the door and saw the situation over there, he retreated back.

"Why are you back again?" Hua Qichuan was also a little curious. Just as he was about to go out, he was pulled back by Shen Zhaixing.

"Where are you going? They carried the body out because someone didn't want you to see it. Why are you going there? Are you asking for a beating?" Shen Zhaixing held him and said.

Hua Qichuan: “…”

"Nan Yuan is outside?"

"Yes, she's crying. Don't worry, Ah Heng won't let you see her. You'd better just analyze the cause of death honestly."

Hua Qichuan glanced at him, said nothing, and sat back down.

next door.

When Nan Yuan saw Ajiu for the last time, she felt as if a stone was blocking her heart and was extremely uncomfortable.

Clearly, yesterday Ah Jiu was still following her to watch opera in the theater, and running around to buy her food. He was so lively, but now he is lying here motionless.

"Ayuan, life and death are determined by fate, don't be too sad." Gu Jingheng stroked her shoulder and persuaded her softly.

"I know, I just feel that things in the world are unpredictable. He is only fifteen years old, such a lively and cheerful child. He has plenty of time in the future, but now he can only lie on this cold board." Nan Yuan wiped the tears from her cheeks, her voice choked with sobs.

Gu Jingheng just patted Nan Yuan on the back and comforted her: "The body is important. The dead are dead, and the living still need to live well."

"Have you found out the reason?" Nan Yuan asked.

She wanted to know what was going on and what kind of hatred had caused someone to die.

"There is no evidence, but it's almost certain!" A voice suddenly sounded outside the door.

Nan Yuan looked up and saw Shen Zhaixing standing outside.

Shen Zhaixing was dressed in a white brocade robe, with a blue-grey belt around his waist and an ebony hairpin on his head. He exuded elegance and charm.

He folded his arms and looked at the two people in the room with a smile.

"I am in charge of the city defense. Recently, the situation in the city has become tense. After repeated searches, the Apocalypse spies can no longer sit still and frequently try to leave the city."

"Tsk..."

"I guess we just happened to run into them. They are all desperate criminals, so it's possible that they would use ruthless moves."

Apocalypse spy?

Is that right?

Nan Yuan was a little depressed. Was it really such a simple reason? Was it really just bad luck?

"A Yuan, don't think about it anymore. I will find out everything. The murderer can't get away. Wait for my news, okay?"

Listening to Gu Jingheng's words, Nan Yuan nodded and said, "Okay, I want to sit alone with Jiu for a while."

Gu Jingheng frowned, but he didn't say much in the end. He just nodded and said, "I'll wait for you outside. It's better for the deceased to be buried as soon as possible."

Nan Yuan said she understood and watched Gu Jingheng and Shen Zhaixing leave.

She sighed, looked down at Ajiu, and suddenly noticed something strange between his palms.

Nan Yuan squatted down and tried to pry his hand open, only to see that his palm was tightly clenched with a piece of torn paper, which had been crumpled beyond recognition.

After unfolding it carefully, she vaguely saw some words written on it.

"Nanyuan, Wang... Wu."

Nan Yuan frowned. She remembered Wang Wu mentioned here. He was the boss she had done business with last time, in Cha Ya Ju.

How did Ajiu end up going to Chayaju and find the place where she and Wang Wu discussed business?

But his body was found at the city gate. One was in the east of the city, the other was in the south. They were so far apart...

Could it be that Ajiu didn’t suffer at the city gate, but at Chayaju?

The body was moved to the city gate. Could it be that it was done to avoid being seen and to deliberately confuse people?

She needs to go to Cha Ya Ju again.