The room was quiet except for the flickering candlelight.
Jiang Shu frowned slightly and fell asleep leaning on the couch.
She frowned and pursed her lips in her sleep, which was enough to prove how uncomfortable she was.
Yu Zheng knelt down and raised his hand, blaming himself for feeling distressed, and smoothed Jiang Shu's frown with warm fingertips.
"Well -" Jiang Shu was awakened, opened his eyes and saw Yu Zheng, and said softly: "Has it been dealt with properly?"
Jiang Shu, who was exhausted both physically and mentally and had not yet woken up, spoke in a soft voice with a touch of lazy hoarseness, like a cat scratching his heart, which made Yu Zheng's heart feel slightly itchy.
"Yeah." Yu Zheng responded softly in his throat.
Jiang Shu did not ask him how to deal with Ruixue. She believed that Yu Zheng had his own sense of proportion.
Yu Zheng didn't want to talk to her about such dirty and bloody things, so he glanced at Jiang Shu's legs and asked, "Does it still hurt?"
Jiang Shu nodded with a warm face.
For an entire afternoon, I couldn't stand being fucked like this no matter where I was, let alone the delicate and soft meat.
Yu Zheng took out a small porcelain jar from his sleeve and said warmly: "This is an ointment for pain relief and swelling. I'll put it on you."
He kept thinking about the redness and swelling between Jiang Shu's legs. When he came back, he took a detour to the doctor's office and got the best ointment.
Yu Zheng put the ointment on the small table beside him and gently took off Jiang Shu's pants.
The soft snowy skin was exposed in the cold winter night. The cold Jiang Shu shuddered, held Yu Zheng's hand and said: "I... I will apply it myself."
Although the two of them were very close, this place was too private, and Jiang Shu was still embarrassed.
Yu Zheng looked at her trembling hand holding the medicine jar and sighed helplessly: "I'm here, what can't be done between you and me?"
After saying this, Yu Zheng decisively took the ointment from Jiang Shu's hand and unscrewed it. He used his middle finger to pick out a fingertip-sized amount of ointment and dabbed it on the red and swollen areas of Jiang Shu's legs.
The cold ointment spread on the smooth and tender skin, and the warmth of Yu Zheng's fingertips made Jiang Shu's delicate body tremble slightly, and she couldn't help but let out a soft groan.
Yu Zheng raised his eyebrows slightly when he heard this, raised his eyes to look at Jiang Shu, leaned over and kissed the slender jade legs.
This kiss made Jiang Shu's heart tremble, and his pretty face turned as red as a peach blossom in March.
Yu Zheng chuckled: "Shu'er likes it?"
Then he will remember it.
With an apricot-eyed glare, Jiang Shu pulled up his pants and said, "I'm sleepy and want to go to bed."
When Yu Zheng heard this, he put away the ointment and carried her back to the bed. Then he put out the candle, took off his shoes, socks and coat, and went to bed.
After pulling up the brocade quilt and covering it up, Yu Zheng placed his broad palm lightly on Jiang Shu's lower abdomen and asked with some excitement: "Are we really having a child?"
He has never been a father, so he is inevitably a little excited.
"It's just a guess, it's not certain yet." Jiang Shu was afraid that he would be disappointed and didn't dare to be sure.
Yu Zheng said with a warm smile: "It doesn't matter, I will be able to diagnose it in a few days."
This is their first child, full of infinite expectations and love, destined to be different.
Thinking of the turmoil in the afternoon, Yu Zheng was worried about hurting the child, and asked worriedly: "Do you feel uncomfortable?"
"No." Jiang Shu yawned.
Although Yu Zheng was drugged, he still had reason and was very restrained and careful. Jiang Shu did not feel any other discomfort except his legs and hands.
After hearing this, Yu Zheng felt relieved, kissed Jiang Shu's forehead skillfully, and said warmly: "Go to sleep."
In the darkness, Jiang Shu rested on Yu Zheng's arms, and Yu Zheng gently stroked her back, coaxing her to sleep.
The next day the weather was gloomy and cold.
Yu Zheng went to Zhongling Palace early in the morning and talked to Concubine Yu and the emperor about the finger wrapping.
"Someone in the palace actually bought such forbidden drugs privately!" Concubine Yu was shocked.
The emperor was also surprised and immediately asked Concubine Yu to investigate thoroughly.
Concubine Yu said hesitantly: "The queen is the master of the Sixth Palace, so she should investigate and deal with it."
The emperor snorted coldly: "She has always disliked you, let alone Zheng'er. I leave this matter to her to investigate. In the end, I'm afraid she will be perfunctory. If not, she will take revenge for personal gain and maliciously ruin Zheng'er's reputation."
"This..." Concubine Yu frowned heavily after hearing this.
Judging from the Queen's temperament and behavior over the years, she is indeed capable of doing this.
"Okay, whether you respect her or not, she can't live in harmony with you, so why bother trying to flatter her? It's up to you to investigate this matter." The emperor finalized his words.
"Yes, I obey the order." Concubine Yu responded with a straight voice.
This matter concerns Yu Zheng, and he doesn't want to go overboard and make the queen displeased. He must find out clearly.
For any parent, children are the bottom line that cannot be touched.
"I heard that Zhouzhirou is strong and domineering, are you in good health?" Concubine Yu asked Yu Zheng with a worried look on her face.
Yu Zheng said with a sullen face: "It's okay, I still have things to deal with in my house, so I'll take my leave first."
The emperor and Concubine Yu did not stay.
After leaving the palace, Yu Zheng went directly back to the palace, but as soon as he entered the palace, he realized that something was wrong with the atmosphere.
"What happened?" Yu Zheng asked Mo Guanshi.
Mo Guanshi said with sincerity and fear: "Someone is killed."
When Yu Zheng heard this, his dark eyes immediately darkened, and he asked coldly: "What's going on?"
Manager Mo said in a panic: "Early this morning, the guards opened the door to let Old Man Ding out, only to find that Old Man Ding was lying naked on the ground with blood dripping all over the ground. He has been dead for a long time."
Old man Ding is the old servant who voluntarily took the roux yesterday and had a spring supper with Ruixue.
"Where's Ruixue?" Yu Zheng's eyes were full of murderous anger.
Manager Mo said: "She's dead. She smashed the tea cup, killed old man Ding with the fragments, and then stabbed herself through the neck."
Yu Zheng asked angrily: "What do the guards guarding outside the house do? Didn't they hear such a loud noise as a cup being thrown?"
"This..." Manager Mo choked and said truthfully: "When we entered the room to check, we found broken porcelain pieces left on the bed. Ruixue must have wrapped the tea cup in the quilt and smashed it."
There was almost no sound, and the guards outside the house naturally couldn't hear the movement.
Judging from the coldness of Old Man Ding's body, he should have died before dawn. Old man Ding was tired for half the night and was in a deep sleep at that time. He was killed in his sleep and died unconsciously.
The guards outside the house had been guarding all night, and they were inevitably careless and careless. When they opened the door and went in in the morning, the two people in the room were already cool.
"Hmph! She is quite smart." Yu Zheng snorted angrily, his expression difficult to distinguish.
Mo Guanshi bowed and stood quietly, not daring to make a sound.
After a while, Yu Zheng asked: "Does the princess know about this?"
Mo Guanshi said: "The villain has not informed the princess."
"Yes." Yu Zheng frowned and said in a deep voice, "Give five hundred taels to Old Man Ding's family to bury him alive."
A low-level servant could only earn two taels a month, but five hundred taels was already a huge sum of money.
Besides, last night was of his own free will.
Five hundred taels!
Upon hearing this number, Manager Mo's eyes flashed and he respectfully responded: "Yes."
Finally, he asked: "What about Ruixue..."
Yu Zheng frowned in disgust: "Bury further away."
After saying that, Yu Zheng walked back to the main courtyard.
Jiang Shu had already gotten up and washed up, and was waiting for Yu Zheng to come back for breakfast.
Seeing Yu Zheng enter the room with a solemn expression, Jiang Shu asked, "Why are you back so late today?"
Yu Zheng said: "I went to my mother's concubine's house after I went down to court and was delayed for a while."
The two of them entered the inner room while talking. Jiang Shu brought Yu Zheng some regular clothes to put on.
Jiang Shuwei was a little surprised when he heard that Yu Zheng said that Zhou Zhirou was involved in the palace and had been handed over to Concubine Yu for investigation.
Ruixue was actually implicated in a banned drug case in the palace. It was really scary to think about it.
