The shadow of the sun crosses the window, and the clouds fill the courtyard.
On the rosewood table was a brush holder with a gold-painted landscape, and a three-legged incense burner was burning calming incense, with green smoke rising up like a dream.
Yue Xu stood at the bottom with his hands folded. The mung bean cake powder on the white sardonyx plate was picked out one by one, and Yue Xu stared with frowned brows.
After a long time, he moved his eyes away from the mung bean cake and bowed to Shen Yan.
"Your Highness, this mung bean cake is indeed drugged."
The man sitting on the bamboo-back chair had his eyes slightly closed and his brows were relaxed.
After a sleepless night, Shen Yan didn't look tired at all, his eyebrows were sharp and sharp. One hand was on the center of his brow, and the other hand was on the armrest, tapping the knuckles gently.
A cold laugh escaped from his lips, and he casually raised the corners of his lips, but there was no smile on his face: "... Poison?"
Yue Xu shook his head: "No."
Shen Yan opened his eyes, his eyes were dark and unfathomable.
Yue Xu lowered his head and expressed his doubts in detail: "This medicine is mild. If you only take it once or twice, your body will be fine, but you will just feel drowsy. But if it continues for a long time..."
Yue Xu hesitated to speak.
Shen Yan said impatiently: "-Speak."
Yue Xu lowered his eyes: "If you eat for a long time, you will become tired, lose your appetite, and your body will become weaker and weaker."
Shen Yan was going to Minzhou soon, but this happened at this critical moment. Minzhou is not like the capital. If something really happened there, or if he failed to complete the task assigned by the emperor due to poor health, he would be in trouble.
No matter which one it is, it will do Shen Yan all harm and no benefit.
What Yue Xu could think of, Shen Yan could naturally think of as well.
The morning light was just beginning to break, with golden shadows occasionally falling on the desk. Huangli had eaten several pieces of mung bean cakes in a row yesterday and had slept for most of the night, only to wake up slowly at this moment.
As soon as it met Shen Yan's deep eyes, the oriole chirped and carefully moved its claws away from Shen Yan's documents.
The man and the oriole looked at each other for a moment.
After a while, Shen Yan waved his sleeves and said, "Come here."
The palace maid who was looking after Huangli stood under the eaves with her hands hanging down. Upon hearing this, she hurriedly pushed the door open and knelt on her knees, "Your Highness."
"Take him away." Shen Yan's voice was cold and indifferent, "Don't show up in front of me again in the future."
The palace maid was terrified and stunned for a moment, then hurriedly replied "yes".
He greased his feet and ran away without a trace, carrying the oriole.
The study is dim, with unclear light and shadows.
After a while, a palace maid in a grey robe was brought in. She knelt on the ground with her head bowed, crying like rain.
He kowtowed repeatedly, his forehead was bruised, but he did not dare to stop.
"Your Highness, I dare not lie. That plate of mung bean cake was really made by Miss Qiuyan herself... No, no, I heard that the mung bean cake was sent by Lanxiangfang."
The wailing continued, and the palace servant leaned over and banged his head on the ground: "Your Highness, Your Highness, please be careful! This mung bean cake is really not made in our kitchen..."
Yue Xu glanced at Shen Yan, then frowned and looked at the palace servant: "Did you see it clearly?"
The palace servant kowtowed repeatedly: "I have worked in the kitchen for so many years, I dare not hide even the slightest bit."
He trembled as he pulled out an account book from his bosom and held it above his head. "The kitchen keeps a record of the daily meals of each courtyard. This plate of mung bean cakes was sent by the people from Lanxiangfang."