"Well," Yun Xi nodded, "Be careful and don't let Gu Jinxiu find out."
"good."
…
That night, Gu Jinxiu was reading a book in the study. Suddenly, a mysterious and mysterious force came and the whole room fell into a state of stillness.
The flames that were originally jumping on the candlestick froze in a strange manner, and the lines of the blue smoke were clearly visible. The fluttering mosquitoes stayed in the air, forming a strange phenomenon. Even Gu Jinxiu seemed to have turned into a stone sculpture, motionless. .
"You bitch, move faster. My power is too weak. Time can only stand still for half a quarter of an hour. Once the time passes, this place will return to its original state."
It turns out that all the strange phenomena in the study are due to the magic of the ancient candle dragon, which stopped the flow of time and fell into a standstill.
"Half a quarter of an hour is enough. Why are you in a hurry?"
Feng Lingge jumped in from the window and flashed in front of Gu Jinxiu. Sensing the breath of the mark that Yun Xi told her, she quickly found the Suzaku Token hidden in the sachet on the inside of his clothes and put the real and fake tokens together. Made the switch.
After getting the token, Feng Lingge quickly restored Gu Jinxiu's clothes to their original state, and then disappeared into the study.
As soon as she left, the candlelight began to dance again, and the mosquitoes began to fly again as if the seal was unsealed, and everything in the room suddenly recovered.
In front of the desk, Gu Jinxiu looked at the book in his hand. At that moment, his mind went blank and he had no idea.
He frowned, put down the book in his hand, lowered his head and looked at the clothes on his body. He didn't know why, but he always felt that something happened in that flash of lightning, but he couldn't tell what it was specifically. An absurd and weird intuition.
Gu Jinxiu reached out and touched his clothes and felt that the Suzaku Ling was still there. Gu Jinxiu breathed a sigh of relief.
"Thunder."
He narrowed his eyes and shouted with an unclear expression.
A man in black suddenly flew in from the window and knelt on one knee in front of him, "My subordinate is here."
"Just now, did something happen in this study?" He always felt that something was wrong.
Hearing this, the secret guard named Jing Lei instantly raised his head and looked at him in shock. Didn't you know something happened
Aren't you in this study yourself
You have to ask him even this, did you take the wrong medicine
Although he thought so in his heart, Jing Lei didn't have the courage to say it out. He returned to normal in an instant, lowered his head and said respectfully, "Report to the Lord, no, everything is as usual here."
There's none
Gu Jinxiu gently stroked his forehead. Why did he still feel something was wrong
Could it be that he has been too busy with government affairs recently, so he is mentally weak and has delusions
"Okay, you, just step back."
Gu Jinxiu closed his eyes and waved away the secret guard.
…
The next day, rumors suddenly started.
In the imperial capital, from the officials' inner residences to teahouses and restaurants, and on the streets, everyone was talking about the eldest princess and Fenghuang Ye.
Everyone was saying that the eldest princess could never forget her old love for the first son Feng Huangye, so regardless of her long-standing illness, she personally led the guards to Feng Yue Tower and snatched him away without any care. Her real consort and the face of the current regent.
The regent was slapped hard in the face by the eldest princess in front of all the people in the city. Not only was his wife going to marry someone else, but his status was also in jeopardy. It was really tragic.
Suddenly, some people were sympathizing with Gu Jinxiu, some were laughing at him, and some were just sitting back and watching the show.
Gu Jinxiu had expected these rumors all along, and he even expected them to be even more unpleasant. However, when he actually heard them with his own ears, he still couldn't calm down, and his face turned dark. It's as black as the bottom of a pot.
For several days, he had been gloomy, and his whole person exuded an extremely dangerous aura, which made the courtiers and palace guards panic, and they did not dare to let out any air, for fear of triggering a volcanic eruption.
Even Queen Mother Shen didn't dare to be as casual as before when getting along with him.
Naturally, Empress Dowager Shen also heard about the incident between the eldest princess and Feng Huangye. She wanted to ask him about the situation, but was afraid of angering him, so she had to keep silent and even ordered that the palace officials were not allowed to talk about it in private.
A few days passed in a blink of an eye. During these few days, the poisonous weeds given to the eldest princess continued uninterrupted.
Although the previous nanny was sold, Gu Jinxiu has no shortage of available people.
It is worth mentioning that the servants who deliver medicine to the eldest princess every day actually do not know that the medicine is poisonous. Otherwise, the previous nun would not just sell it, but Yun Xi would directly let people Chopped.
Yun Xi was also extremely cooperative and would take whatever medicine Gu Jinxiu sent her.
Listening to the servants reporting the details of the eldest princess's medication every day, Gu Jinxiu's mood, which had been gloomy and restless due to rumors in recent days, finally improved.
After taking the medicine for so long, it should be effective.
Therefore, in the past few days, Gu Jinxiu has been waiting for the death of the eldest princess every day.
Even secretly, he asked his confidants to prepare for the funeral, waiting for the funeral to be held in the mansion as soon as the eldest princess left.
However, God always has trouble with him.
Just as the health of the eldest princess was getting worse day by day, the doctors in the palace naturally received the news. Then, an old doctor who Gu Jinxiu had never seen before rushed to the palace carrying a medicine box. The eldest princess's mansion said that they wanted to treat the eldest princess.
As things have developed so far, no accidents are allowed. Although Gu Jinxiu doesn't think that the eldest princess can be saved after taking the poisonous weed for so long, but what if it happens
If some miracle happened and the eldest princess was rescued, wouldn't his long-term planning be in vain
Therefore, in order to prevent this kind of eventuality, the best way is not to let anyone get close to the eldest princess, and to wait until she is dead to talk about anything.
So, after receiving the news, Gu Jinxiu hurriedly appeared and stopped the old imperial doctor. He was not allowed to treat the eldest princess on the grounds that he had never seen him and doubted his identity.
At this moment, Feng Lingge appeared, showed Yun Xi's token, and said that he wanted to take the old imperial doctor away.
Feng Lingge was brought back from outside the day the eldest princess went to Fengyue Tower. Although she is not very old, she has incredible martial arts skills and is extremely powerful. Therefore, she is highly valued by the eldest princess and is said to be a confidant. It’s not an exaggeration.
Everyone in the house knew this, including Gu Jinxiu. Therefore, when Feng Lingge came to ask for someone, how could he stop him forcefully
Wouldn't this make the guards and others in the mansion suspicious of his intentions
In desperation, Gu Jinxiu had no choice but to let him go and watched helplessly as the old imperial doctor followed Feng Lingge to the eldest princess's yard.
(End of chapter)