Early the next morning, Qin Wan entered the palace as usual to ask the Empress Dowager for pulse.
The Empress Dowager looked the same as usual this day, but her spirit was getting worse and worse. After Qin Wan took the pulse, the Empress Dowager didn't ask her how she was doing, and only asked Nanny Chen to look for things in the treasury. "I remember that at that time, the emperor's favorite inkstones were all placed in the treasury. They were all the best Huzhou Duan inkstones, and there were also a few pieces of pine smoke ink. I almost forgot them after so many years. Find them out." Send it to the emperor."
Nanny Chen agreed with a smile, and Qin Wan asked the queen mother, "Why did the queen mother suddenly think of giving these to the emperor?"
The queen mother smiled and said, "These are all things he liked when he was young."
Qin Wan nodded and said nothing, the queen mother said again, "He has worked so hard these years, and I, the queen mother, have never cared for him well."
The words were nonsense, Qin Wan didn't realize it for a while, the queen mother looked at Yan Sui outside the window and said, "I see that Xiao Jiu is a person who likes martial arts and sword dancing, and I plan to invite a great swordsman to come back and teach him , What do you think? He is close to you, now that I am not in good health, you should take care of him more. "
"Don't worry, I also feel that His Highness Ninth Prince really likes it. It's right to teach him."
The Queen Mother nodded, "That's good, Xiao Jiu's temperament, it's great to have something you like to do."
Outside the window, Yan Sui was standing in the cold wind, practicing according to the pace Yue Ning said. He is not an ordinary child who only learns sword dancing after being active. Looking at his serious appearance, one can tell that he is serious and wants to learn well. Now there is trouble in the palace. After Weiping, Yan Sui stopped studying again, so it would be wrong if he didn't have any hobbies.
The queen mother looked at Yan Sui's small figure but seemed to be in a daze.
Not long after Mother Chen came back, the servant behind her was holding two sandalwood boxes. The Empress Dowager saw it, and her eyes dimmed slightly, "Bring them here and let me have a look."
Nanny Chen held the box to the Empress Dowager, and the Empress Dowager opened the box, and saw that there was indeed an upright inkstone inside, and a few pieces of pine smoke ink were well wrapped. The Empress Dowager looked at these things and murmured, " Back then when they started studying, these things naturally had to be the best. These few pieces were obtained from He Qianshan, a great scholar in Lingnan, and sent to the emperor, but the emperor was reluctant to use them, so he put them down. In a blink of an eye, it was twenty For many years."
The queen mother touched the surface of the box, then closed the box, and suddenly changed her mind after a while, "Forget it, put it here with me, I won't give it away."
Nanny Chen was a little puzzled, but Qin Wan felt uneasy looking at such a queen mother.
"Why didn't the Empress Dowager give it away?"
The queen mother waved her hands as if unwilling to say more, and soon felt sleepy, so Qin Wan had no choice but to send her to the inner room with Nanny Chen to rest.
Seeing the Empress Dowager resting, Qin Wan explained many things to Nanny Chen before leaving. When she came out of the main hall, she saw Yan Sui pointing at a young eunuch with an unsharp dagger in his hand and said, "You, come here. Hit me… "
As soon as these words came out, the little eunuch immediately turned pale, "Your Highness, the villain dare not offend you."
Yan Sui frowned and said, "The dagger in my hand is not sharpened, so it won't hurt you."
The little eunuch couldn't laugh or cry, "Don't talk about hurting the villain, even if you kill the villain, the villain would not dare to disobey you, the villain is afraid of hurting you."
After the little eunuch said this, everyone was about to cry, Yan Sui frowned and said, "I won't blame you for hurting me!"
The little eunuch knelt down with a plop, "Your Highness, you are about to embarrass the villain, and the villain really doesn't dare."
Yan Sui frowned for a moment, "I'll give you a hundred gold, how about it? No one dares to blame you if Madam Su is not here now, even if grandma blames you, I will help you speak up."
The word "dare not" in the little eunuch's mouth was blocked immediately. It is not easy for a little eunuch to save some private money, but now Yan Sui said that he would give him a hundred taels of gold as soon as he opened his mouth. Life is not worth a hundred taels of gold!
The little eunuch held his breath and stared at Yan Sui for a long time, then suddenly his eyes widened, "Well, that villain will obey His Highness."
Yan Sui shrugged his nose, seemed a little helpless and contemptuous, but took a step back and made a very decent gesture. The little eunuch stood up, flexed his fists and feet, but soon felt that Yan Sui was on his waist His stature, he was so ridiculous, so he turned his wrist and said pretending to be powerful, "Your Highness, be careful, the villain is about to make a move."
As he said that, the little eunuch wanted to hit Yan Sui nonchalantly, but when he punched Yan Sui, it just passed Yan Sui's body, and did not hurt Yan Sui at all.
Yan Sui frowned immediately, and looked at the little eunuch with fixed eyes, without saying a word, the little eunuch was sweating profusely.
The little eunuch smiled apologetically, shrank his neck and said, "Do it all over again, the villain will be serious."
Yan Sui took a step back, the little eunuch rolled his eyes, gritted his teeth, and punched Yan Sui violently, Yan Sui dodged sideways, and immediately swung the dagger, although the dagger was short, but the little eunuch had already Seeing Yan Sui wielding his sword, he subconsciously backed away, and the punch was completely missed. However, the little eunuch soon realized that the unsharp dagger could not hurt him, so the little eunuch gave another shot. He punched him, but this time, Yan Sui didn't dodge. He took advantage of his height to dodge very dexterously, and then stabbed three inches below the eunuch's rib with the dagger in his hand—
"Ah" screamed, and the little eunuch fell to the ground clutching his ribs in shock and pain, sweating from the pain in an instant, he stared at Yan Sui who had a calm face after he succeeded, "Your Highness, …”
Complaining is of course not daring to complain, the little eunuch didn't even dare to shout to the god, and just clutched his belly and curled up panting non-stop.
Yan Sui watched quietly from the side. The maids not far away were a little surprised, but they didn't dare to go forward. Qin Wan just walked forward when she saw this, and she was also surprised in her heart.
The part that Yan Sui stabbed just now was the kidney of the little eunuch, if the sword was sharpened, the little eunuch who was stabbed in the kidney would surely die.
Qin Wan didn't know if it was an accident or Yan Sui did it on purpose.
"Your Highness..."
Qin Wan called out, and Yan Sui turned his head in surprise.
Seeing Qin Wan approaching, Yan Sui opened his mouth, as if he wanted to explain, but he didn't know what to say.
The little eunuch on the side quickly got up and knelt on the ground, Qin Wan glanced at the little eunuch, walked up to Yan Sui and knelt down, "Who taught you this?"
Yan Sui lowered his eyes, and lowered his hand holding the dagger, his brows were frowned stubbornly, and he said after a while, "I heard that once when I saw the guards in the palace competing in martial arts, they said that if they want to attack people For the belly, the best place to stab the back is under the ribs.”
As he spoke, he glanced at Qin Wan very quickly, "My sword is not sharpened."
Qin Wan understood in his heart, glanced at the little eunuch with painful red eyes and said, "Go down."
The little eunuch kowtowed and scrambled back, while Qin Wan dragged Yan Sui to sit in the gazebo beside him, "Your Highness is very powerful, but I remember seeing others doing this occasionally..."
Yan Sui's eyes lit up, and he stared fixedly at Qin Wan, as if he couldn't believe that Qin Wan was praising him.
Qin Wan smiled and straightened Yan Sui's messy black hair, "Your Highness is very talented, since this is the case, don't waste this talent, just like I am good at medicine. Now His Highness's sword is not sharpened, but in the future His Highness will With your own sword, at that time, if someone dares to hurt His Highness, His Highness will stab it without hesitation like today, but Your Highness must not be a tyrannical person, okay?"
Yan Sui's eyes were shining, the corners of his lips were raised, and his whole body exuded a childish vigor, "Okay! I promise you!"
Qin Wan also smiled, wiped Yan Sui's sweat, and took out a chestnut cake with powdered sugar from his sleeve. Yan Sui looked back very quickly, and opened the oil paper as if he had found a treasure, and a few more times He swallowed the sweet cake in one gulp, and when he was done, took all the icing sugar off his lips like an unsatisfied cat.
Qin Wan smiled helplessly, "When your highness is changing teeth, don't be addicted to sweets."
Yan Sui recently had a tooth that was hanging on the verge of falling out, but he didn't want others to mention it. When Qin Wan said it, his cheeks turned red and he felt uncomfortable. Qin Wan looked funny. At this moment, Mother Su appeared. Wan then ordered Nanny Su to take Yan Sui to drink water, while he took a step ahead.
She did not forget the agreement with Yan Ze, it was almost noon now.
After leaving Shoukang Palace, Qin Wan walked all the way outside the Zhengyang Gate. The number of Imperial Guards had obviously increased in the past few days. However, seeing Qin Wan appearing, the Imperial Guards still did not dare to check too much.
After leaving the palace, Qin Wan saw a small green cloth carriage parked outside the palace gate, and Sandalwood stood beside the carriage.
Qin Wan went forward with Bai Ying, and Tan Xiang said, "I pay my respects to the princess, Your Highness will come to pick you up for the future of your trip."
Qin Wan nodded and saw that Tan Xiang had prepared the carriage, so he let the waiting Qin Mansion's carriage back to the Hou Mansion, and boarded Tan Xiang's carriage.
Tan Xiang drove, turned the horse's head and headed towards the south of the city. Qin Wan was familiar with the south of the city, but Tan Xiang drove all the small roads. After a while, Qin Wan didn't know the way. If it wasn't for Bai Ying, Qin Wan would just Afraid to feel dangerous.
The carriage walked windingly along the alleys in the south of the city for less than half an hour before it slowly stopped. Qin Wan lifted the curtain to take a look, only to find that the carriage stopped in front of a low residential house. The residential house does not look dilapidated, on the contrary, the white walls and gray tiles have a simple and elegant feeling.
Sandalwood said outside, "Princess, here we are, please—"
Qin Wan stepped out of the carriage, and saw that the alley was clean and deserted, and Yan Ze's carriage was not seen.
Taking a look at the half-closed courtyard door, Qin Wan knew that Yan Ze was in this courtyard.
Qin Wan led Bai Ying to the door, but Sandalwood pushed the door open.
This is a small courtyard with one entrance. There is no screen wall in the courtyard. There is only a square flower garden. On both sides of the flower garden are two huge water tanks. Water lilies are planted in the water tanks. The door was closed tightly, and no one could be seen in the house.
Qin Wan's footsteps paused slightly, and he turned his head to look at Tan Xiang, who raised his hand to invite, "Princess, please come in..."
Qin Wan raised her eyebrows and walked slowly towards the main room. Sandalwood followed behind Qin Wan. When she reached the front door of the main room, Qin Wan subconsciously paused when she was about to push the door. For some reason, she always felt that this There was no one in the room. With a "squeak", the door was pushed open, and the room was dimly lit. Qin Wan could only vaguely see simple furniture, but there seemed to be a piece of paper on the wall facing north in the room. Arhat couch.
Sandalwood stood behind Qin Wan and said, "His Royal Highness wants to ask the princess for help, and it's in the house."
After Sandalwood finished speaking, Qin Wan asked, "Where is His Royal Highness?"
Sandalwood said, "Your Highness will come later..."
Qin Wan frowned and asked her to help, but he hadn't come yet. The room was empty and there was no sound at all. What did she ask her to do
Qin Wan felt a little vigilant in her heart, looked at the arhat couch at the end against the wall, and stepped into the door.
As soon as Qin Wan entered the room, Qin Wan felt a chill rushing towards his face. This room was obviously not very popular. Usually, no one would come to live in it. After a quick glance, the layout of the room was extremely simple. Qin Wan could be sure that this room would not normally be come.
In the whole room, except for the arhat couch that seemed to have something on it, there was nothing else that attracted Qin Wan.
Qin Wan stepped up and walked towards the Arhat couch, the closer he got, the more he could see a plain white cloth covering the Arhat couch, the white cloth was faintly undulating, but he couldn't see what was under the white cloth, Qin Wan frowned It became more and more wrinkled, and finally came to the couch of Arhat.
Although the white cloth has ups and downs, the things underneath are not big, and it even gives people a feeling that the white cloth is just covering it to keep out the dust.
Bai Ying said behind Qin Wan, "Miss, it's better to be a slave..."
As Bai Ying said, she was about to step forward, but Qin Wan raised her hand to stop Bai Ying. She squinted her eyes and leaned over. Then her eyes turned cold, and she lifted the white cloth without hesitation.
When the white cloth was lifted, even though Qin Wan had seen many big scenes, he couldn't help feeling a chill down his spine, because the first thing that caught his eye was a gray skull. As the white cloth was lifted more and more, Qin Wan saw the human thoracic vertebrae. Skeleton, ribs, hip bones and down... It is a complete human skeleton!
Qin Wan's pupils trembled slightly, and the white cloth in his hand slipped to the ground.
Looking at the woman's skeleton with obvious features in front of her, Qin Wan suddenly knew what Yan Ze wanted her to do.