Spring in the East Palace

Concubine Liu looked at Shen Changsheng aggrievedly: "Master, I am in such a state, and you still scold me. It was not me who provoked my mother today, but it was that bitch Shen Muyin who tripped me up. This bitch must not be allowed to stay."

"I think you just can't live in peace!" Shen Changsheng was furious. "You said you don't want to keep her, so don't keep her. Not only does the East Palace support her, but my mother also protects her. What are you going to do? Snatch her from under the East Palace's nose, or take her life from my mother? I think you are confused. Have you forgotten that my mother has a huge amount of money? Aren't you afraid that my mother will give it directly to Shen Muyin in a fit of rage?"

"This..." Concubine Liu was passive for a moment, "But I can't let that bitch get away with it like this."

"I never doubted what that man said. But now that it involves the Eastern Palace, I naturally have to consider it carefully." Shen Changsheng whispered.

Shen Yan remained silent. After Shen Changsheng finished speaking, he spoke: "I always feel like Shen Muyin knows something?"

Shen Yan paused for a moment and looked at Concubine Liu and Shen Changsheng. "Every time, she seemed to have foreseen the future and was able to escape. From the time the Xu family brought her back, to Xiangshan Temple, to everything that has happened in the Shen Mansion now, I think it's too much of a coincidence."

These words inadvertently made Concubine Liu and Shen Changsheng quiet down for a moment. After careful review, they found that it was indeed true.

The two looked at each other and their expressions changed.

"If that's the case, Shen Muyin can't be kept." Concubine Liu said viciously.

"But we can't offend that man either." Shen Yan was very calm. "I asked Zhenzhen to discuss with him and bring his plan forward. This way we can kill two birds with one stone and even involve the Eastern Palace."

"This is a way." Shen Changsheng also nodded.

Suddenly, Concubine Liu frowned and looked at Shen Yan: "Where is Zhenzhen? Why didn't I see Zhenzhen today? She should have gone to the ancestral hall to pay her respects this morning. Could something have happened?"

This thought made Liu Jieyu instantly frightened. She wanted to get up without thinking, but the pain in her body made her unable to move at all.

Nothing can happen to Shen Zhenzhen.

"Mom, don't panic, I'll go check it out." Shen Yan comforted, "If there was something wrong, there would have been news long ago, it wouldn't have been so silent."

Concubine Liu nodded, still with worry in her eyes.

Shen Zhenzhen has a close relationship with that person. As long as she can hold on to the end, she will be the Shen family's greatest hope.

So they absolutely cannot let anything happen to Shen Zhenzhen.

Thinking of this, Concubine Liu hurriedly urged Shen Yan to go. Just as Shen Yan turned around, Tao Yao, the maid beside Shen Zhenzhen, had hurried in with a panicked look on her face.

"What happened that makes you so panicked?" Shen Yan scolded sharply.

Tao Yao knelt down with a plop, her body stammering, "Second Miss... Something happened to Second Miss... She felt itchy when she woke up in the morning. At first, Second Miss didn't take it seriously, but now, Second Miss's body is covered with dense rashes, even on her face, and it is extremely itchy and can't be controlled. If Second Miss keeps scratching like this, she will be disfigured sooner or later."

Tao Yao felt terrified when she thought about the previous scene.

Shen Zhenzhen's originally fair skin was covered with fine rashes, as if millions of insects were crawling on it, which made people feel creepy.

Shen Zhenzhen couldn't bear the itch at all. No ointment worked. She scratched madly, leaving blood marks on her body.

Not only that, the rash spread along the skin all the way to the face, and Shen Zhenzhen's hand also grabbed it.

By now, her whole body had swollen like a pig's head, and her face and body were covered in blood.

Tao Yao shuddered as she spoke, and she was so frightened that she couldn't calm down.

"How could this happen..." Concubine Liu was also shocked.

She immediately thought of how Shen Muyin was safe and sound this morning. She gritted her teeth and said, "This must have been done by that bitch Shen Muyin."

"Mom, I'll go over to take a look. You just stay calm and heal your injuries first." Shen Yan spoke word by word in a tense voice.

"You go quickly." Concubine Liu was completely confused.

Shen Yan quickly turned around and ran towards Nanyuan.

As soon as he arrived at Nanyuan, Shen Yan heard Shen Zhenzhen's tragic scream. Shen Yan broke into the room and saw Shen Zhenzhen that Tao Yao mentioned.

Even someone as worldly-wise as Shen Yan was shocked when he saw such a scene.

"Brother... help me... help me, I don't want to be disfigured." Shen Zhenzhen rushed towards Shen Yan.

She was running while trying to grab herself, completely out of control. The bronze mirror, teacup, and anything else that could be broken in the room were smashed to pieces.

Shen Zhenzhen, who has always been bright and charming, became so embarrassed for the first time.

"I won't let you be disfigured." Shen Yan comforted Shen Zhenzhen, "Quick, find a doctor."

The servant outside heard it, responded hurriedly, and immediately ran out of the Shen Mansion to find a doctor.

Shen Zhenzhen grabbed Shen Yan and collapsed: "Brother, I won't be disfigured, right? Right?"

"No, I promise." Shen Yan grabbed Shen Zhenzhen's hand.

But Shen Zhenzhen was so itchy that she couldn't control herself and her strength was terrifying. However, the rash on her body showed no sign of easing and became more and more dense.

"What's going on!" Shen Yan asked harshly.

Tao Yao shook her head desperately and stammered: "I...I...I don't know either...Yesterday, the young lady took a bath and was fine when she went to sleep. But this morning, she became like this..."

Take a bath?

Shen Yan suddenly thought of something.

It was obviously Shen Muyin who was drugged in the bath water, but nothing happened to her, while Shen Zhenzhen got into trouble.

But Shen Zhenzhen's condition was not exactly the same as the medicine he brought back, and was even more tragic.

So what went wrong here?

Shen Yan couldn't find any answer, and a gloomy mood instantly enveloped Nanyuan.

All sorts of terrible screams continued to be heard from Nanyuan throughout the day. Several doctors from Kyoto came and went, but none of them was able to help.

Shen Changsheng was anxious and rushed to the palace to ask for the imperial physician.

The current emperor Qin Yue asked a few questions out of concern and then sent the imperial physician away.

This was the first time that the imperial physician had seen Shen Zhenzhen's miserable condition. He was helpless and could only prescribe a prescription for pain relief and itching relief before leaving in a hurry.

The Shen Mansion suddenly became lively, and the news that Shen Zhenzhen had contracted a strange disease spread throughout the streets and alleys of Kyoto at once.

Compared to the chaos in the second branch, Shen Muyin is in a very good mood now.

In the afternoon, she came back from the ancestral hall and took a break from her busy life, drinking tea in the small courtyard of Wenxiang Pavilion.

Because of Shen Zhenzhen's accident, the entire Shen family was in unrest, so naturally everyone had their own dinner.

Shen Zhenzhen's food is not too bad. Butler Wang has given additional instructions, and with Shen Rushuang as a backer, the food is not inferior to that in Dongyuan.

While Shen Zhenzhen was having a meal, Shen Huai came.