In the palace, inside the Yangxin Hall.
"Brother Lin, it's really different with you here. I really vented my anger today!"
Within the palace, Wang Chen's voice came in excitedly as he walked into the palace.
It can be seen that Wang Chen has a new mental outlook today. Even though the remaining poisons in his body are still not cleared out, compared with the previous few days, he is completely different.
Naturally, Wang Lin accepted all the compliments he received from his royal brother, and occasionally smiled and said a few polite words to show his humility.
In the past two days, Wang Lin also entered the palace every day.
For no other reason than because the Jinyi guards he left behind in Concubine Xiao Shu's palace heard that Concubine Xiao Shu not only still secretly met with the actor named Zhao Huaizhou, but also found out that Li Zhang left a note for Concubine Xiao Shu, asking her to poison the emperor.
The actor Zhao Huaizhou, after finding out his identity two days ago, ordered someone to release him. Unexpectedly, he still wanted to have a secret meeting with Concubine Xiao Shu.
However, Wang Lin didn't care much about this.
After all, what kind of problems does his royal brother have? The three thousand beauties in the harem are nothing compared to him.
Rabbits bite people when they are anxious, let alone a noble concubine in the palace.
If he misses the opportunity to alert the enemy, his imperial brother's life may even be in danger.
What I am concerned about now is the note Li Zhang gave to Concubine Xiao Shu.
Although Wang Lin had not informed his royal brother of this news, he came to the palace to visit early in the morning in the past two days.
I simply didn't see anything unusual. On the contrary, the emperor's physical strength was recovering bit by bit.
Especially today, it seems that even the spirit is a little different.
However, just as Wang Lin was preparing to stop here today and exchange greetings with Wang Chen before returning home, a young eunuch hurried in from outside.
As soon as he came in, he said something shocking to Wang Chen beside him.
"Your Highness, Concubine Xiao Shu is here."
One sentence dispelled Wang Lin's idea of leaving.
"Well, let him in."
Wang Chen was in a good mood today. Seeing his beloved concubine coming, even though this person was Li Zhang's cousin, he was undoubtedly even more happy.
Especially when Wang Chen saw Concubine Xiao Shu and Pingping Tingting bringing a small jar in a bamboo basket, he was not only happy but also a little moved.
Sure enough, as soon as Concubine Xiao Shu came in, she took the small jar out of the basket and placed it on the table.
"Your Majesty, this is the ginseng soup that I personally prepared. I asked Qingyu to deliver it to me two days ago, but I always felt a little uneasy. Today, I personally came to deliver it. Please drink it while it's hot, Your Majesty."
When Concubine Xiao Shu saw Wang Lin, she simply said hello.
As for the expression on his face, there was not much change.
However, Wang Lin's eyes never left Concubine Xiao Shu in front of him from the beginning to the end. What he paid most attention to at this time was undoubtedly the bowl of ginseng soup held in Concubine Xiao Shu's hand.
"Your Majesty, you... don't drink?"
Concubine Xiao Shu looked at Wang Chen in front of her with some confusion and asked.
"Ahem, I just had breakfast this morning, so I'm not hungry yet."
"You put the ginseng soup here first. When I want to drink it, let the imperial kitchen heat it up."
Wang Chen coughed lightly and said.
Although Wang Lin has not told his royal brother about Concubine Xiao Shu and the poisoning, fortunately, among the medicinal materials Wang Chen is taking now, there is a medicine that is incompatible with the current ginseng soup.
Perhaps Wang Chen didn't want Concubine Xiao Shu's good intentions in vain, so he lied and said that he was full.
However, Concubine Xiao Shu didn't know why today, she seemed to want to force Wang Chen to drink the ginseng soup.
I saw her lips were light and she said as if she had been wronged:
"Your Majesty, do you dislike me?"
"If that's the case, can the Holy One tell me what I did wrong?"
"If you really dislike me so much, why not drive me out of the palace and go home to spend the rest of your life in cold weather."
As soon as these words came out, Wang Chen's expression was a little shaken, and Wang Lin felt something strange.
Apart from what Jin Yiwei told him about the note that Li Zhang left for Concubine Xiao Shu, he really couldn't figure out why Concubine Xiao Shu was suddenly so persistent in asking Wang Chen to drink the ginseng soup.
Wang Chen was born with some sensibility in his body, and now seeing his beloved concubine being so aggrieved, he was about to take a bite of the ginseng soup.
Concubine Xiao Shu immediately looked happy.
However, before Concubine Xiao Shu's joy ended, Wang Lin pressed the bowl in Wang Chen's hand on the table.
"Brother Huang just drank the medicine. It is not appropriate to take supplementary food at this time."
"Your Majesty, please come back for now. After a while, I will ask someone to heat up the soup and bring it to the imperial brother to drink."
There was obviously anger in Concubine Xiao Shu's eyebrows, but due to Wang Lin's identity, she just said something lightly.
"Prince Lin is so majestic. The emperor didn't say anything, but you came out to sing for the emperor."
“I really don’t know which song it was sung from.”
After saying this, Wang Lin sneered.
Since the woman in front of him was so merciless, he would naturally not be polite either.
"Concubine Xiao Shu must have slept too late last night and started talking nonsense today."
"I am the emperor's brother, and now I supervise the country on behalf of the emperor. Due to emotions and reasons, I naturally want to protect the emperor's safety."
"On the contrary, Concubine Xiao Shu is very eloquent today. Maybe she got some advice from an expert in her dream. If there really is such an expert, I would like to visit you another day."
The people around Wang Lin may have been confused when they heard what he said, but Concubine Xiao Shu broke into a cold sweat after hearing this.
Isn't this an allusion to the private meeting with Zhao Huaizhou that day in the harem?
If Wang Lin reveals this matter here, I'm afraid...
As a result, Concubine Xiao Shu panicked, and the arrogance and ridicule on her face just now completely disappeared.
"Prince Lin is joking."
"It's important for you to protect the emperor, but my concubine didn't understand the rules just now."
Concubine Xiao Shu tried her best to hide the embarrassment and panic on her face.
Fortunately, the emperor was in a good mood today, and he didn't notice anything unusual.
After a while, Concubine Xiao Shu said she was tired and went back to practice.
Seeing Concubine Xiao Shu walk out of the door, Wang Lin immediately said to the imperial doctor beside him:
"Sir, can you see if there is anything fishy in this ginseng soup?"
The imperial doctor glanced at Wang Lin standing aside with some doubts, but still took a silver needle or other instrument and tested it in the bowl.
Then, he put away this thing with a smile: "My lord, you are too worried. This is just an ordinary bowl of ginseng soup."
When Wang Chen saw Wang Lin's expression, he naturally knew that things were not that simple. He couldn't help but ask: "Brother Lin, what do you mean..."
No poison?
The imperial physician is the emperor's confidant and cannot lie.
Wang Lin was a little confused, but then he let out a long breath, and a big stone in his heart was relieved.
He opened his mouth and said to Wang Chen beside him: "Brother Emperor, this is an extraordinary period, it is always good to be more careful."
Then, he ordered the Jin Yiwei on the side to send people to guard Wang Chen.
In the future, Wang Chen will check whether it is non-toxic before eating.
After explaining everything, Wang Lin slowly walked out of the palace.
Today's work was completed, but Concubine Xiao Shu left a question in her mind.
Since it wasn't poisoning, why did she come to deliver this bowl of ginseng soup?
