Shen Huan was exhausted and was stopped outside the prime minister's residence by several servants who did not allow her to enter.
She was so anxious that her beard almost flew up, and she continued to yell at the inside of the door.
"Disciple! Disciple! Shen Nineteen! Nineteen?"
"Don't yell nonsense. That person is not someone you can see whenever you want. We have to go in and inform him first. You can only enter if you are allowed to."
Those servants were ruthless and Shen Huan couldn't even squeeze through the door.
At this moment, a figure suddenly rushed out from the prime minister's residence, rushed to the door and threw himself into Shen Huan's arms, hugging her tightly and refusing to let go.
"Master, Master, you are finally here. Where have you been? I can't find you..."
Shen Shijiu looked pitiful, as if he had suffered a great injustice, and his eyes turned red.
Li Yu also followed behind him and waved his hand to dismiss a few servants.
Shen Huan patted Shen Shijiu on the back, "Oh my good disciple, what's wrong? Who bullied you? Did you suffer any injustice? Tell Master, I want to see who is so brave!"
Shen Huan saw the gauze wrapped around Shen Shijiu's palm, and noticed that his little face seemed thinner and his chin pointed sharper, and he immediately felt distressed.
In fact, these days, she didn't go anywhere else, but went back to her hometown.
After Shen Jiujiu entered the palace, Shen Huan had been secretly inquiring about Shen Jiujiu's news. After knowing that he was kept in the Imperial Hospital, he originally wanted to find a way to get him out.
But unfortunately, a message came from the outside tribe asking her to go back, saying that some kind of disease had suddenly occurred in the tribe and the situation was serious.
Shen Huan had no choice but to let Shen Shijiu stay in the palace for the time being, and he rushed back to the foreign tribe without stopping.
And this time when he returned to the foreign tribe, Shen Huan also figured out one thing, that is, it turns out that his little disciple, the former prince Qi Changyi, also has foreign blood.
His mother is a foreigner and has a blood relationship with Shen Huan's family. So, Shen Huan should be considered Qi Changyi's aunt.
When Qi Changyi was a child, he once returned to a foreign tribe with his mother. Shen Huan had seen him at that time and had even held the little baby who was as white as a jade ball.
At that time, the baby was only as high as the knees. He followed Shen Huan and called her "Auntie". Shen Huan was so cute that she held the baby's hand all day long and kissed his soft little face with the fragrance of milk.
Later, when the little baby was about to follow his mother back to the palace, Shen Huan cried for a long time because he was reluctant to let him go.
No wonder I felt an inexplicable sense of familiarity when I first met him. It turned out that the blood relationship between us was a hint.
The two of them kept hugging each other at the gate of the prime minister's residence, and Li Yu, who was watching from the side, felt that it was not appropriate.
Even if they are a real master and a real disciple, there is no need to be so close.
"Hey, this master? I don't know what to call him?"
Only then did Shen Huan remember that there was another person next to him.
"Your surname is Shen."
"Master Shen, you look like you have come from far away. Why don't you go into the mansion to rest and have some tea first?" Li Yu asked politely.
Shen Huan stood by the door and looked inside vigilantly. Why did the courtyard of this wealthy and powerful family, which looked dignified and majestic, look so dead and lifeless, as if there were no living things? It was so gloomy and depressing that it made people feel uncomfortable.
"That's not necessary. I'm just here to pick up my disciple. After picking him up, we should leave and not disturb anyone in the mansion."
Shen Huan said this and was about to pull Shen Shijiu away.
Li Yu got anxious and grabbed Shen Shijiu's other arm.
The three of them formed a line and stood at the gate of the Prime Minister's Mansion. No one on either side was willing to let go. Shen Shijiu looked at his master, then at Butler Li, and then at his master again, not knowing what was going on.
"Master Shen, you can leave, but he can't."
Shen Huan said, "What do you mean? My disciple is from the Imperial Hospital, not from your Prime Minister's Mansion. Doctor Jiang from the Imperial Hospital has agreed to release him, so I came here to pick him up. Why won't you let him go?"
Li Yu frowned. This Doctor Jiang was really something. He deliberately created difficulties for the Lord. He knew that the Lord wanted to keep Shen Shijiu by his side, so why did he agree to let him go
"Anyway, he can't leave before the master comes back. Master Shen, if you insist on taking him away, then you can forget about leaving." The servants appeared behind Li Yu at the right time, and it seemed that they were ready to snatch Shen Huan away and bring him into the mansion at any time.
Shen Huan's eyes rolled, and he immediately let go of Shen Shijiu's arm and smiled, "In this case, there is nothing I can do. Let's go and have some tea."
After saying this, Shen Huan walked into the prime minister's residence without any hesitation.
Li Yu held Shen Shijiu's arm tightly, as if he was afraid that someone would snatch him away.
Shen Huan was also assigned a room and lived there from then on.
In fact, no matter what the atmosphere in the prime minister's mansion is like, at least here you don't have to worry about food and drink, and there are a large group of very considerate servants serving you, so why not
Shen Huan first followed Shen Shijiu to the back garden and the small building. The other servants all went down, leaving only the master and disciple to rest in the small building.
"Not bad, not bad. The place where I live is much better than where I live."
Shen Shijiu said, "Master, how about I tell Butler Li and I move in with you to the side room? It's too big for me to live here alone. I'm scared at night..."
Shen Huan knocked on his head, "Silly disciple, that Master Pei let you live in such a good place and sent a housekeeper to take care of you personally. I think it's probably..."
Shen Huan's expression suddenly changed, "You've never taken off your mask, have you?"
Shen Shijiu shook his head. "No, Master, have you forgotten that I need to apply a special potion to my mask before I can take it off?"
Shen Huan was worried, so he stretched out his fingers and checked his pointed little chin carefully.
Fortunately, the mask was still firmly attached, and the edges were perfectly integrated with the skin, and it had indeed never been taken off.
But Shen Huan looked at Shen Shijiu's facial features and skin carefully again and found that there was still some small problem with the mask. It had been worn for too long this time and the mask had become thinner than before.
Although outsiders couldn't see it, Shen Huan still decided to make a new mask for Shen Shijiu as soon as possible to replace it, so as to avoid any problems later.
Shen Huan told Li Yu that he wanted to make medicine and hoped to see if there were any high-quality medicinal materials in the Prime Minister's Mansion that could be used.
Unexpectedly, Li Yu directly arranged a prescription for him, which was filled with a wide variety of medicinal materials, including many rare medicines worth thousands of gold, the kind that Shen Huan had coveted for a long time but had never been willing to buy.
The Prime Minister's Mansion was indeed wealthy and powerful, and they took out so many treasures without even blinking an eye. Shen Huan suddenly had the idea of just living in the Prime Minister's Mansion with his disciple from now on.
While Li Yu was gone, Shen Huan quickly stuffed several ginsengs into his sleeves and put two snow lotuses in front of his chest.
Shen Shijiu stood at the door of the prescription and watched Shen Huan jumping up and down. He felt strange and asked, "Master, what medicine do you want to prepare?"
Shen Huan then remembered what she was here for. She found a lot of medicinal herbs and started to get busy.
"Disciple, come and help."
Shen Shijiu obediently went in to help Shen Huan.
The master and disciple worked for most of the day and prepared two medicines.
Shen Huan pointed at the potion and said, "Apply this bottle first, then this bottle. Then wait for about an hour, and the mask will melt away by itself. At that time, your true face will be revealed, and then..."
Before he could finish his words, a servant came running to the door of the pharmacy, and Shen Huan went out to check.
"Master Shen! Guard Feng is back from the palace, and he said he's going to bring Master Shen into the palace!"
Shen Huan's expression changed. "Bring Shi into the palace? Where is that guard Feng now?"
"Wait in the front yard."
Shen Huan did not tell Shen Shijiu first, and followed the servant to the front yard to see what was going on.
Shen Shijiu stayed alone in the pharmacy, always keeping his master's words in mind.
"Apply this first..." He picked up the medicine bottle and applied the medicine all over his face.
"Apply this again..." Then he applied it again following the same steps.
After applying it, Shen Shijiu felt that there was no change on his face.
Shen Huan had just returned from the front yard. Her face looked a little solemn. She called Shen Shijiu out and took him to the front yard. Before handing him over to Chengfeng, she also told him some things.
"It is said that the Queen didn't see you getting angry, so she called the Emperor over. Now she is waiting to take you to the palace for a face-to-face confrontation. But you don't have to be afraid, my disciple. Just tell the truth."
Shen Shijiu nodded obediently, followed Chengfeng and walked out of the prime minister's residence.
Before leaving, Chengfeng assured Shen Huan, "Master Shen, please rest assured. I will ensure that Master Shen returns safely."
Shen Huan looked at him and nodded.
Shen Shijiu got into the sedan chair, and several people quickly rushed to the palace.
Although Shen Huan was very worried, he had no choice but to trust Pei Zheng for the time being.
Shen Huan returned to her pharmacy and prepared to continue preparing medicine, but when she saw the two empty bottles of medicine on the table, she was stunned.
After searching for a long time, Shen Huan couldn't find where the potion was spilled. Then, as if he thought of something, his face changed drastically.
"broken!"
—After entering the palace, Shen Shijiu followed Chengfeng directly to wait outside the Queen’s bedroom.
There were many palace maids and eunuchs standing outside, and Shen Shijiu also stood aside with his head down.
He clenched his sleeves tightly with his fingers, his heart was in a panic, he didn't know what to do. Although he didn't lie, what if the Queen Mother didn't believe him? And the Emperor was also inside, Shen Shijiu was even more scared.
The door of the bedroom was opened, and a palace maid led Shen Shijiu in.
This bedroom is very large. After entering the door of the front hall, it is magnificent and spacious inside. You have to walk a little further inside to reach where the queen actually lives.
The palace maid first took Shen Shijiu to a side hall.
"Please wait here for a moment."
The palace maid left through the side hall door.
Shen Shijiu was still standing in front of the door of the side hall. He had no mood to sit down and rest, and he was very nervous.
After waiting for a while, footsteps were heard outside the door, and then a tall black shadow stood in front of the side hall door.
Shen Jiujiu stared at the door until it was pushed open and Pei Zheng's figure appeared, then Shen Jiujiu blurted out and called out.
"grown ups!"