In her previous life, Shen Qiao was in critical condition after she fell into the water. The imperial doctors in the palace came and went, and they used countless precious medicinal materials to no avail. It was not until she took the elixir given by Queen Mother Lin that she slowly got better, but she fell asleep in bed. For more than half a year, he continued to fall ill from time to time, and he never recovered.
It was not until later that Xiao Li ascended the throne and made Shen Qiao Chen his queen. At a palace banquet, Shen Qiaochen, who was sitting alone, looked at the figures of Xiao Li and Bai Xiaonian relying on each other. She drank a few more drinks in a moment of sadness, and then fell unconscious...
When I woke up, my memory was completely blank. I just felt dizzy and weak. After diagnosis and treatment, the imperial doctor said that it was nothing serious and it was just a temporary cold. So Shen Qiaochen didn't care about it and just took a few medicines.
But one night, Jubai quietly came to Shen Qiaochen's bedside and took the opportunity to serve her and told Shen Qiaochen in a low voice that she was poisoned.
Shen Qiaochen was surprised and asked Jubai how she knew it. Jubai said that a young chamberlain secretly told her. If she continued to ask, she would not know.
Also delivered was a prescription. Shen Qiaochen didn't believe it at that time, so he crumpled the thin piece of paper into a ball and threw it somewhere.
The next day, Ju Bai was taken away and never came back. Shen Qiaochen went to Xiao Li to ask in shock and anger, but was stopped by Bai Xiaonian outside the Yangxin Hall. No matter how she begged, Xiao Li never saw her.
In the previous life, Shen Qiaochen failed to bring back her orange color in the end.
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Ju Bai closed the window and carefully dimmed the candles in the room. He turned around and saw that his girl had closed her eyes and seemed to have fallen asleep. So she swallowed the unspoken words and turned the candle near the bed. He took the palace lantern farther away and left quietly.
In the darkness, Shen Qiaochen was lying on the bed. People and events in her past life were spinning before her eyes like a revolving lantern. She slowly opened her eyes and walked through the endless darkness, as if she had returned to that desperate afternoon...
She could not see Xiao Li, nor could she ask about Ju Bai's whereabouts. She returned to the deserted Kunning Palace and did not look at the face of Yun Ling who came up to her, for fear of seeing the hope in his eyes.
I don't know how long it took, but Bai Xiaonian brought people to Kunning Palace. Still leaving a few pieces of clothing, he turned around and left with a chuckle.
The original appearance of the torn clothes could no longer be seen, and the dark red color soaked into the original lines with unknown filth. Yunling cried and rushed forward, holding them in her arms tremblingly...
Sitting alone in the main hall, Shen Qiaochen suddenly felt extremely cold.
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I don't know why he fell asleep. When Shen Qiaochen opened her eyes, the sun outside had already risen high.
Shen Qiaochen sat up and shook the white jade bell on the bedside. Soon Jubai and others filed in to help her wash and dress.
By the time Shen Qiaochen finished cleaning up, it was already time.
Orange Bai brought up a cup of amber colored glass cup and said warmly,
"Girl, you got up a little late today. You have to go to Jinghe Hall for dinner later. It's too late to pass on the meal now. Let's use some bird's nests to cushion the bed first."
After saying that, he tested the temperature before handing it to Shen Qiaochen.
Seeing Ju Bai's attentive and thoughtful look, holding the glass cup in his hand, Shen Qiao nodded with a slight smile.
When the cup of bird's nest bottomed out, Ju Bai stepped forward to take it, then handed over a bowl of steaming soup and ordered.
"This medicine is still a bit hot, girl, be careful."
Shen Qiaochen took the medicine bowl. This medicinal material was given by the Queen Mother. One of them, Xuanhuang Linglong Ginseng, was said to be very precious. There were only a few of them in the entire Dajin Dynasty. The only one in the palace was now with Shen Qiaochen.
It is evident that the royal family attaches great importance to the Shen family.
Shen Qiao lowered his head and smelled it. It was still the same recipe as the past few days, and there was nothing wrong with the medicinal materials inside. Suppressing the doubts in her heart, Shen Qiaochen drank the soup in the bowl.
After taking the preserved apricots from Ju Bai, he suppressed the bitterness in his mouth.
"Girl, do you still want to go to the study today?" Ju Bai asked while packing the medicine bowl.
"I'm not going. Ju Bai, please stop being busy and call Yunling and the others in. Let's talk."
"Yes, girl." He said and turned around and left.
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After a while, four maids filed in and stood in front of Shen Qiaochen.
Zifu, who was the most lively in the past, was depressed today and looked listless.
Shen Qiaochen couldn't help but wonder: "What's going on? Who made our Zifu girl unhappy?"
Qingdai touched Zifu's arm, and Zifu came back to her senses. She looked at Shen Qiaochen and pursed her lips in grievance.
"Girl, you don't know, Fangcao is really pitiful."
"What's wrong with her?" Yun Ling asked curiously.
Zifu angrily glanced in the direction of Bishui Pavilion, and then said,
"You don't know, Bai Xiaonian somehow heard the rumors in the house, and couldn't let others down, so he went crazy in the Bishui Pavilion. Chun Xing is from Jinghe Hall, she didn't dare, so she took it out on the little maid below. . In the past few days, Fangcao's injuries have been getting more and more day by day, and she doesn't dare to tell others about it. It's so pitiful that the servants feel distressed just looking at it..."
Zifu has a pure heart and has recently become good friends with Fangcao. Shen Qiaochen had never suffered much when she was a child. Seeing the little sister she had always been close to being beaten and scolded by Bai Xiaonian made her feel extremely sad, so her eyes became red as she spoke.
Yunling hurriedly stepped forward to hug her and asked, "What's going on with Bai Xiaonian? Is it true that she has lost her mind and gone crazy? Hasn't she always behaved like a Bodhisattva, and now she doesn't want her reputation at all?"
When Bai Xiao came to the Shen Mansion, he always showed a dignified and polite face to others. He was always soft-spoken and had no dissatisfaction with the servants sent by the Shen family to take care of him.
But since the injury, she has indeed changed a lot. She is really far from the Bai Xiaonian who was calm and skillful at all times in Shen Qiaochen's memory.
It's just that Shen Qiaochen forgot that at this time, Bai Xiaonian had not yet grown up, and her wings were not yet mature, and her scheming skills could not be compared with those in her previous life. Today's Bai Xiaonian was just a young girl who had just reached adulthood.
"It's normal to find that you've been disfigured all of a sudden and you can't accept it for a while. But taking someone to vent your anger is a bit too much." Ju Bai said softly,
"Especially, she listened to Nanny Sun's lies again. Girl, will they have any bad influence on the house in the future?"
Hearing this, several other people also looked at Shen Qiaochen, with anxious expressions on their faces.
"It doesn't matter, it's just a broken jar. A Bai Xiaonian can't cause any trouble. But my good aunt has to be on guard."
Thinking of Bai Lin's weirdness, everyone in the room fell silent for a moment.
Qingdai on the side frowned and suddenly said: "Fangcao was injured, why didn't you tell Liusu? They are biological sisters, and Liusu is used by the old lady, so he will definitely find a way for her."
Shen Qiaochen looked at Zifu. Zifu stood up from Yunling's arms, rubbed her red eyes, and said hoarsely: "Of course she said it. She told Liusu as early as the first day. . But Liusu just comforted her, hugged her and cried, and didn't say there was any other way."
This is a bit strange. Shen Qiao looked at the tassel wind chimes hanging by the window and thought to herself.
