Changning Palace.

Concubine Jia was practicing calligraphy with the Third Prince when a maid came in and saluted respectfully:

"My lady, Doctor Gu is here."

"Let him in." Concubine Jia wiped the Third Prince's hands and said, "Take Qi'er away."

Xiaoyu quickly took the third prince away.

Gu Yunan came in with a slight bow and saluted.

"Your Majesty, let me feel your pulse first."

Concubine Jia nodded, and Gu Yunan knelt down and began to take her pulse.

After a moment, he said respectfully: "Your Majesty, your qi and blood are in harmony, your pulse is stable, and you are in good health. Please rest assured."

"Yes. Thank you, Doctor Gu."

Gu Yunan opened his mouth, seeming to want to say something but stopped himself.

Concubine Jia waved her hand to dismiss the people around her, leaned back on the bed, and said nonchalantly, "Doctor Gu, do you have anything to say?"

Gu Yunan lowered her voice and said, "My Lady, someone is looking through Jiasinuo's files."

Concubine Jia's expression turned cold, and she immediately sat up straight, with a hint of cruelty and vigilance flashing in her eyes: "Do you know who it is?"

Gu Yunan's eyes were also filled with cruelty: "He is a new junior official in the Hanlin Academy, named Yin Xunheng."

"Yin Xunheng? Who is he?" Concubine Jia chewed on his name carefully.

"I sent people to investigate, and found that his background is clean, and he is not acquainted with Jia Shinuo." Gu Yunan frowned.

Concubine Jia looked unhappy: "Why did he suddenly check on Jia Shinuo? Do you know who he has been in contact with recently?"

Gu Yunan said: "Yin Xunheng has been living in Lin Zhuwei's house recently. The two of them are old acquaintances."

"Lin Zhuwei again?" Concubine Jia gritted her teeth in hatred, "She has been in the limelight recently. I heard that Lord Fu was rewarded with half of the house by the emperor, and the other half belongs to Lin Zhuwei."

Suddenly, her brows furrowed, and her body stiffened. "Could it be that the Marquis is investigating Jiasino?"

"Your Majesty, I don't think so." Gu Yunan said affirmatively, "The spies reported that Lord Fu did not seem to know about Jia Sino's affairs."

Concubine Jia's expression eased a little, and she played with the armor with a ferocious look on her face: "You can leave first. I understand."

"I'll take my leave." Gu Yunan bowed and was about to leave.

"Wait." Concubine Jia suddenly called him, her brows were cold, "How is the one in Huayu Palace?"

Gu Yunan hurried back and lowered his voice and said, "Yesterday, I took the pulse of Concubine Su and found that her pulse was disordered and her blood flow was not smooth. I heard that Concubine Su coughed up blood a few days ago. I'm afraid that the poison has entered her tendons and veins..."

Concubine Jia sneered: "The emperor loves her very much. He sent a lot of thousand-year-old ginseng to her courtyard as tribute to keep her alive."

Gu Yunan smiled sinisterly: "Your Majesty, you don't know. The poison she was poisoned by cannot be diagnosed. Her pulse is very similar to the imbalance of qi and blood, and the body is weak. The general imperial physician can only prescribe some warming and nourishing prescriptions."

"Don't you know that the poison is most afraid of nourishment?" Gu Yunan's pretty face was a little distorted at this moment, "The more you nourish yourself, the more the poison will be forced out. I'm afraid Concubine Su won't be able to hold on for much longer."

Concubine Jia stroked her long armor, her face sinister: "Can you guarantee that no one will notice this drug?"

Gu Yunan bowed his body, his eyes sinister, "Don't worry, Madam. Everyone thinks the poison was put into the food, so they are very careful about the food. But my poison can penetrate through the skin."

Concubine Jia nodded lazily.

"There are people from the Majesty in the Shangyi Storehouse. All the cloth sent to Huayu Palace is soaked in poison and worn day and night. Naturally, the poisoning is unnoticed..."

"Okay, go down." Concubine Jia concealed the coldness in her eyes and waved her hand.

"I'll take my leave." Gu Yunan bowed and walked out.

Concubine Jia hesitated for a moment, took off the jade bracelet on her wrist and handed it to Xiaoyu: "Go and find that person for me."

A temple outside the palace.

A man dressed in black knelt on the ground, looking respectful: "Madam..."

"Pa!" A slap came over.

"Your Majesty, please calm down..."

"Pa pa!" Two more slaps came.

The man in black had a red and swollen face and lowered his head, not daring to speak any more.

He Zhilan, who was dressed in plain clothes, relaxed a little and asked in a cold voice: "Where is that person now?"

The man in black replied, "Your Majesty, that man is now at Zheng Bugao's house. I am sending someone to keep an eye on him."

Concubine Jia turned her head and looked at the birds flying outside the window in silence.

The man in black guessed, "Your Majesty, I need you to send someone to take him away..."

He made a gesture of wiping his neck, and his eyes looked sinister and terrifying.

"Pa!" Another slap came over.

"Don't you think the incident is not big enough?" Concubine Jia was furious. "Don't you know who Zheng Bugao is? If you touch him, will the one in Huayu Palace let it go? Maybe the emperor's imperial guards will be attracted! If you had succeeded last time, I would be able to rest easy now!"

"Your Majesty, please calm down. It is my incompetence that has irritated me!"

The man in black was terrified. He kowtowed heavily and asked, "Madam, what should we do now?"

"Send someone to keep an eye on him first. Make sure he doesn't leave the Zheng Mansion."

Concubine Jia's face was gloomy and uncertain. She gritted her teeth and said, "The one in Huayu Palace was poisoned deeply. I'm afraid she won't live long. When she dies, Zheng Bugao will have no backer, and you can naturally take action."

"Your Majesty is very thoughtful." The man in black smiled.

Concubine Jia pulled out a scroll from her sleeve pocket, and the man in black respectfully took it and opened it.

The portrait above is Lin Zhuwei's.

"Someone is investigating the matter of Jiasino now. I suspect it's her. Just in case, find a chance to kill her."

Concubine Jia's face was cruel and distorted: "We must not fail again, otherwise you and I will be doomed!"

"Yes! Please rest assured, Your Majesty!" the man in black promised repeatedly.

Concubine Jia's expression softened, and she personally reached out to help him up, saying softly, "My life and property depend on you, so please don't let me down."

After that, she took out a bottle of ointment from her sleeve pocket and handed it to him: "Does it hurt? This is the ointment given by the emperor. Take it back and apply it."

The man in black was so moved that he swore firmly: "Your Majesty, please rest assured that I will complete the mission!"

Concubine Jia nodded and said softly, "Go, and be careful."

"Yes, Your Majesty, I'll take my leave." The man in black quickly retreated.

Concubine Jia put away her tenderness and her expression returned to being cold and vicious.

Surviving within the high walls of the imperial palace, the first thing she learned was to use both kindness and force, which led to the death warriors who followed her to the death today.

Lianxinju is located three miles outside the palace. Although it is in the center of a bustling city, it is very quiet.

This is because when the imperial court was planning, all the shops and markets were concentrated three streets away from Lianxinju.

At night, the area around Lianxinju becomes quiet and peaceful, making it a very livable place.

Of course, this is undoubtedly a very suitable place for assassins.

Just like at this moment, the men in black blatantly surrounded Lin Zhuwei, not worrying about attracting government intervention.

Lin Zhuwei's face was very cold: "Who are you?"

The masked man in black shouted, "What is your relationship with Jasno?"

Lin Zhuwei's eyes and heart suddenly shrank!

Finally they are here! They are what she has been waiting for!

"You want to know? Then I'll send you down to ask him in person!"

Lin Zhuwei stopped talking nonsense, waved his hands forward, and a handful of silver needles flew out.

The men in black dodged hurriedly, but two of them were still grazed by the silver needles on the neck.

"Come on!" The leading man in black rushed forward with a sword in hand.

The two men in black who were stabbed by the silver needles were about to use their energy when they felt a pain in their chests and suddenly spat out a mouthful of black blood...

"The silver needle is poisonous..." The two men fell to the ground and died before they could say a word.

The twenty or thirty men in black could never have imagined that the weak woman in front of them was actually an expert in using poison. They no longer dared to underestimate the enemy and rushed up together.

Lin Zhuwei drew out a soft sword from his waist, sneered, and started fighting with them while swinging the sword.

Soon, her body and face were covered with blood, which made her look even more eerie and terrifying under the moonlight.

The besieging men in black screamed one after another, and soon, several corpses were lying at Lin Zhuwei's feet.

She was like the Asura King who had crawled out of purgatory. She was ruthless and would cut off anyone's limbs, and would never let them leave their bodies intact.

The vicious and cruel method was so cruel that even the murderous man in black would tremble with fear upon seeing it.

The leading black-clad man leaped a few steps away, looked at Lin Zhuwei in disbelief, and said sternly: "Did Jia Shinuo teach you martial arts? Who are you to him?!"

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