When Jiayu woke up, it was already dark, she rubbed her eyes, and found that she was on the prince's bed, she turned over and sat up suddenly.

The prince was sitting on the rose chair, and when he heard the movement from the bed, he tilted his head and smiled and said, "Are you awake?"

"Your Highness, why did I fall asleep, and how long have I been asleep?" Seeing that she was sleeping with her clothes on, and her clothes were not messed up, Jiayu heaved a sigh of relief and turned over on the bed.

The prince was about to speak when he saw it, but he couldn't control the itching in his throat, coughed twice before saying: "I woke up just now, and saw that my cousin was sleeping soundly, so I put you on the bed."

He said the last few words directly and frankly, Jiayu didn't think too much, put on her shoes and walked in front of him: "You just woke me up, why did you give me the bed."

She knew that she hadn't been able to sleep well in the past few days. When she closed her eyes every night, her mind was full of the shadow of the prince, who was dying of serious illness.

Seeing the prince suddenly today, the tense strings are also relaxed, and naturally it is easy to fall asleep.

"Nothing, I've had enough sleep." The prince said with a smile, "Are you hungry? Just eat something before leaving."

Speaking of which, the prince got up and took the food box on the red sandalwood square table. The food box has four layers, food is placed on the first, third, and second layers, and charcoal fires are placed on the second and fourth sides. In this way, even if it is brought from the dining room in winter, the food is stillSteaming hot.

With her current status, it is not easy for her to go out to eat casually, and Jiayu was also hungry, so she rubbed her belly and nodded: "Has Your Highness eaten?"

"When Gu Fang took the medicine, he had already used some things, and he is not hungry now."

Jiayu didn't refuse, and picked up the jade chopsticks.The slender and straight finger bones were covered with a layer of delicate skin. Under the red candlelight, her hands seemed to be coated with a layer of rouge, which was extremely beautiful.

The prince saw those hands, he was not hungry at first, but a burst of hunger suddenly appeared in his stomach.

Jiayu didn't have a big appetite, although the meals were exquisite, but she picked a few chopsticks randomly from a few dishes, and she was almost seven or eight percent full.

Seeing her put down the jade chopsticks, the prince asked softly, "Do you still eat?"

Jiayu shook her head: "I won't eat."

The prince hummed, reached out to pick up the jade chopsticks, and put a small piece of lettuce into the corner of his lips.

Jiayu was startled: "Your Highness!"

"Huh?" The prince took out the jade chopsticks from his red lips and asked suspiciously, "What's wrong?"

His tone turned out to be extremely calm, and he didn't notice anything wrong at all.

Jiayu's face changed several times, and she reminded in a low voice, "I used the jade chopsticks."

The prince nodded: "I just saw what you used."

Then you still use this pair of jade chopsticks!Jiayu almost blurted out that, as a girl from the Marquis Mansion, although Weiyuan Marquis Mansion is a bit down and out now, she is good at basic necessities of life, she cannot accept using the same pair of chopsticks with others.

Not even her mother could do it, not because she disliked her mother, but because in Jiayu's education, she didn't have the concept of sharing a pair of chopsticks with others.

"You can change a pair." Jiayu said to the prince.

"The small kitchen thought I was eating alone, so I just brought a pair of chopsticks." The prince said indifferently, "I'm too lazy to bother."

"But it's not clean." Jiayu couldn't help but said.

"You are not clean, it's not like you haven't eaten before." As if she said this inadvertently, the prince bowed his head and continued to eat with the jade chopsticks she had used.

Jiayu was stunned, there was nothing unclean, the relationship between the two of them was indeed closer than sharing a chopstick.

She took a deep breath, discarding those absurd memories of the ups and downs.

"Cousin, is it hot?" the prince asked with concern.

After hearing this, Jiayu suddenly turned her face to the side, and fanned her hand like a fan, "It's just a little bit."

Seeing the prince, he didn't say anything more, lowered his eyes and secretly raised his lower lip.

After the meal, Eunuch Sun will go out with the food box lightly, and the prince's eyes can be seen with some reluctance: "Jiayu, you should go."

After Jiayu heard this, she hesitated to speak, she was not at ease, but with her status, she must not stay in the East Palace, once she found out, not only the prince, but also the Shen family would be implicated.

"Let's go, Eunuch Sun has made arrangements, cough." The prince took a breath, and said with a smile after his breathing calmed down, "I still have a gift for you."

Jiayu frowned, she had everything needed for basic necessities, food, housing and transportation, he was not in good health and should cultivate himself, why was he spending so much time preparing presents?Jiayu wanted to remind him a few words, but when she turned around, she was very happy to see the smile in the prince's eyes.

The words in her mouth turned into ashes and dissipated suddenly. The most important thing for a seriously ill person is to be open-minded. Since he likes the prince, he should follow him.Jiayu stopped reminding him to pay attention to his body, and she smiled at him: "I must like it very much."

"As long as you like it." The prince happily said to Jiayu, "Let's go, go back early."

Jiayu hummed softly, straightened her robes, and went straight out.

It was just noon when she entered the palace, and it was almost Yin time when she left.After the summer, the sun gradually grows up, and the red bricks are sprinkled with light sunlight, with gold in the red, which is extremely beautiful and dazzling.But needles can be heard on the wide and long palace road, and the short boots step on the blue brick floor, the weight of the steps has already been calculated, and the sound of the footsteps is also the same rhythmic sound.

Rules to loneliness.

Jiayu walked down the long palace road with her head down, thinking that when she stepped into the East Palace two hours ago, it was so quiet, so quiet that she could hear her own breathing.

In such a quiet environment, her thoughts were racing, and she couldn't help but think of the prince.When she was first in the East Palace, she tried her best not to think about the prince's body. She was not a courageous girl, she was easily controlled by emotions, and it was hard for her to see the prince. She didn't want to leave memories of crying.

However, the corners of Jiayu's lips drooped. The prince was really very sick. The strong smell of medicine in the palace could not be blocked by any incense. When she woke up just now, the prince's pale face, and every time he saidIn a word, we must try to suppress the coughing sound.

Jiayu blinked her eyes, tried her best to suppress the soreness in her eyes, before she walked out of the palace, she couldn't cry, she couldn't shed tears, and the prince's illness would definitely recover.

So comforting herself, Jiayu left the palace calmly.After leaving the palace, she walked towards the north. At the corner of the official road and the official road, there was an inconspicuous green shed carriage parked.

The groom was still the middle-aged man who sent her here this morning, he made a gesture of invitation, Jiayu whispered thank you, and stepped on the low stool to get into the car.

The interior walls of the carriage compartment are equally inconspicuous as the exterior, with three beech wood benches built against the compartment walls, covered with dark, non-patterned muslin.

The only surprise was that there was only one person in the carriage.

"Guard Lin?" Jiayu wondered, "Why are you here?"

The carriage was about two flats in size, and after placing benches for people to sit on, the free space became narrower and narrower. Guard Lin sat in the right rear corner, as far away as possible from Jiayu.Seeing Jiayu entering, he immediately put the mahogany box next to Jiayu's place, and said in a low voice, "The crown prince ordered me to give it to the girl."

The mahogany box is very ordinary, the surface of the box is smooth and flat, without any patterns or carvings on it, and the copper lock that locks the box is also a common and ordinary style.The prince had given her many gifts, but none of them were as inconspicuous as today's box.

It's just that the more inconspicuous the box was, the more Jiayu felt that the things contained in the box were unusual.

After thinking about it, she gently opened the lid of the box.

The fingers on her lap trembled slightly, Jiayu's eyeballs seemed to be fixed, she looked at the box of papers.

It's all paper.

There are characters, stamps and numbers on the paper, so these ordinary papers have become HSBC bank notes that are used nationwide.

Jiayu counted in amazement, the denominations ranged from one thousand to ten thousand, a total of about one hundred thousand taels.

"Guard Lin, what does the crown prince mean?" The crown prince gave her sugar figurines on the street, and gave her precious and exquisite red hairpins, but it was the first time in history that he gave her a silver ticket directly.

Jiayu knew the prince's net worth, and Prince Ping's mansion was very rich, but according to Princess Ping's attitude towards the prince, it was impossible to give him money.And the prince is not a gangster who accepts bribes.Even if it was a normal etiquette exchange, what he received was rare strokes, not money. Even if he ran some property by himself, he suddenly gave out one hundred thousand taels, which was not a small amount.

But compared to the origin of the money, Jiayu was also curious about why the prince gave her the money.

"The prince has a lot of rare jewels, but their origins are recorded in the register. His highness wants to give it to the girl, but it is not easy for the girl to use it. So the highness sold some properties under his name that can't be treated by outsiders, and ordered the minister to give half of it to the girl.Girl, send the other half to the poorhouse or help the poor." Guard Lin said with his head down.

Jiayu looked at Guard Lin, she seemed to understand something instantly, her voice was a little hoarse: "Why did the prince do this?"

That day, regardless of etiquette and rules, he wanted to see her, but now that he has lost his family wealth, the prince, he, he... seems to be explaining the funeral.

Guard Lin was silent for a moment: "The crown prince said that he hoped Miss Shen could live a good life. The only thing he can give the girl is money."

He is a prince with extremely high power, why can he only give her money?

Jiayu didn't dare to think about it, she wanted to control the soreness in her eyes, but she couldn't control it, dripping on the lid of the box, blurring her vision.

After a long time, she raised her head and showed Guard Lin a smile that was uglier than crying: "Tell the prince, I understand. When he recovers, I will also have a gift for him."

Guard Lin raised his head to look at Jiayu, and after a while, he lowered his head and said, "This subordinate will pass it on to Your Highness."

Jiayu hummed, but stopped talking.

According to Guard Lin's arrangement, Jiayu sneaked into the palace today, went to White Horse Temple after leaving the palace, and returned to Shen's house tomorrow.

This plan seems to be very simple with only a few words, but sneaking into the East Palace secretly, and then leaving the East Palace safely, the danger of being exposed is extremely dangerous.Therefore, ever since Qingzhu found out about Miss's plan, she was worried and terrified.

But she knows that the young lady has a soft temper. Although she is easy to talk and change her mind on weekdays, once she has made up her mind, no one can change it.

Qingzhu had no choice but to help the young lady cover her tracks.It's just that the fear and worry in my heart are indispensable.

It wasn't until she saw that her young lady had arrived at the White Horse Temple safely that her heart fell back into her chest.

She hastily closed the door of the wing room, and said with relief, "Miss, the coachman who followed me today almost" didn't finish speaking when she saw her lady throw the mahogany box on the ground heavily, and then fell headfirst on the ground.On the couch, pulled off the quilt and buried her head tightly.

Qingzhu stopped talking, she hurriedly walked over, and just approached, she heard a burst of suppressed sobbing.

The crying was very small, it was the kind of crying where people bit their lips tightly and tried hard not to make a sound.It's a pity that the light emotion was too strong, no matter how hard she tried, she couldn't restrain the voice from overflowing from her lips and teeth.

"Miss, what's the matter?" Qingzhu asked in a low voice.

Her young lady seldom cries, no matter good or bad, she always smiles when she sees people, even if you make her unhappy, she will just avoid you and continue to be happy in a happy place.

Qingzhu was with her when she was eight years old, and in the past ten years, have seen the young lady cry twice, once when old Marquis Weiyuan passed away, and once when her grandmother passed away.Even the time when Prince Heping's son reconciled with Li, the lady was not sad this time.

After asking and comforting her a few words, seeing that she should not answer, Qingzhu pursed her lips and picked up the fallen mahogany box, put it on the high table on the side, then poured a cup of hot tea, put it on the square table,Wait quietly.

The white candles on the iron candlesticks with smooth lines have already been lit, and there is no trace of red light coming in through the gaps in the opening windows.The hot tea Qingzhu poured was left cold, she poured it out and replaced it with new tea, after doing this six times.Jiayu straightened up, wiped away the remaining tears from the corners of her eyes with an embroidered soft handkerchief, and sat down on the bed.

Her blurry eyes landed on the place where the red box was thrown just now, Jiayu didn't see the small redwood box, she asked in a hoarse voice: "Qingzhu, where is the box I brought back?"

"The maidservant is on the high table." Qingzhu said, fetching two hard-boiled eggs, and applying them on Jiayu's swollen eyes.

When Jiayu saw it, she stretched out her hand to take it: "I'll do it myself."

Qing Zhu hummed, and asked again: "Miss, do you want something to eat?"

Jiayu shook her head: "I'm not hungry, go and have dinner yourself."

Knowing that she doesn't have enough food now, Qingzhu didn't say much, just glanced at Jiayu hesitantly: "Your maidservant knows."

Jiayu rubbed his eyes absently.

Jiayu originally planned to leave the White Horse Temple when she woke up the next morning.She used to believe in Buddha and Avalokitesvara, but first she said that her long-lived father passed away, and later she died of a happy marriage with the prince and son, so Jiayu didn't believe in Buddha so much.

But even though she didn't believe it, she stayed the next day and prayed for a whole day in front of the Buddha, wishing him good health as soon as possible, free from disease and pain.

So Jiayu left the White Horse Temple on the third day, but after she left, she didn't go home directly, but ordered the carriage to go to Pingwang's Mansion.

Qing Zhu held the mahogany box tightly in her hands. After knowing that there were one hundred thousand taels of silver in it, she didn't dare to put the box aside. You must know that the dowry for a daughter of a noble family is only about ten thousand taels of silver.

Her family's young lady is rich in assets, but the sum of the cash in the shop and farm is estimated to be around 20,000 silver, which is several times the young lady's net worth.

I dare not let it go casually.

But after hearing her say to go to Prince Ping's Mansion first, Qingzhu's eyeballs moved away from the box: "Miss, why are you going to Prince Ping's Mansion?"

Jiayu lowered her head, unable to see the expression on her face: "I have something to ask my cousin."

The carriage of Weiyuanhou's Mansion stopped at the side gate of Prince Ping's Mansion, and after a while, Jiayu took the green bamboo, got into a sedan chair, and headed for Princess Ping's courtyard.

When Jiayu saw Princess Ping last time, her complexion was slightly sallow and sick, but this time her cheeks were flushed and she was in good spirits.

Princess Ping saw Jiayu, she had a smile on her face, took her hand and sat down on her knees: "I've gotten better these days, thinking you don't want to come to Prince Ping's mansion, I'm thinking about going to sleep.Let's take a look at you, see how you have lost weight in the past few days."

Jiayu smiled: "I made my cousin worry."

"What are you talking about?" Princess Ping poked the tip of Jiayu's nose, "It would be great to have lunch with my aunt today, don't worry, the two of them will not come." The two of them naturally meantPrince Ping and Xue Xiuxiu.

Jiayu nodded, "Of course it's good."

Princess Ping laughed when she heard the words, and told the nuns beside her the names of a few dishes, which were not precious, but they happened to be Jiayu's favorite food.

After Jiayu listened, she took a deep breath, thinking about the purpose of her visit today, looked up at Princess Ping, and said softly: "Biao Aunt, I have a few words to say to you alone."

Princess Ping really loved Jiayu, and she really regarded her as her own daughter in her heart. Hearing this, she waved away the maidservant in the Nuan Pavilion, and asked with a smile, "What does Jiayu want to say to my cousin?"

She licked her lips and said clearly, "Aunt Biao, you know Qing An..."

Just as the words Qing An landed, the corners of Princess Ping's upturned lips suddenly drew into a straight line, and her voice was slightly cold: "I don't want to know about the prince, so please stop talking about it, Jiayu."

She had long expected that Princess Ping might have such an attitude, and Jiayu didn't know how to deal with it. She didn't want to mention the prince in front of Princess Ping, because she knew that Princess Ping hated him and hated him.

Even if he is her son.

It’s just that yesterday’s prince wryly smiled and said helplessly about my parents, Jiayu calmed down and said softly: “The prince is seriously ill, I’m afraid.” At this point, Jiayu tried to keep her tone as calm as possible,"I'm going to die soon, can my cousin go..."

With a bang, the enamel-painted vase fell to the ground, and Princess Ping interrupted her: "He is His Majesty's prince now, even if he is seriously ill, what does it have to do with me being an aunt?"

But he is also your own.

To be honest, Princess Ping's attitude towards the prince really made Jiayu suspect that the prince is not Princess Ping's son, but the prince and Princess Heping look alike, and King Heping's facial features are also quite similar.And the mother also told her with certainty that she watched Princess Ping get pregnant back then.

"Aunt Biao." Jiayu tugged at Princess Wang's sleeve.

Princess Ping lowered her head and looked at Jiayu: "Jiayu, I have a headache and want to rest for a while." After saying that, she got up from the high chair, turned around and went back to the inner room.

Jiayu clenched her sleeves tightly, Princess Ping's attitude was obvious, she couldn't say that she couldn't mention the prince.

Jiayu was helpless, tried a few times, had no choice but to let go of this plan, changed the topic and talked with Princess Ping, and left after lunch.

Concubine Ping wanted to keep Jiayu, but she thought of her purpose. She only asked people to bring the jewelry suitable for Jiayu collected these days. Regardless of her refusal, she forced it to her, and said: "Remember to see it when you have time.Look at my aunt."

Jiayu nodded, agreeing.

Concubine Ping will definitely not be willing to go, but there is still Prince Ping and Prince Ping, but it is really difficult for her to see them as a woman. More importantly, there is still a deep gap between Prince Ping and Prince Ping. If she invites Prince PingThe crown prince went to see the crown prince, but he could not tell that the crown prince would really go, and said a lot of nasty things after he went.As for King Ping, he is not in the capital now.

Thinking of this, Jiayu followed the nanny to the side door, and stopped planning to see Prince Ping's son, but when she reached the second door, Jiayu stood still, looked at the kind-faced middle-aged man in the garden, and frowned.frown.

"Miss Shen, why don't you leave?" Nanny asked.

"Nothing, let's go."

Back at Shen's mansion, Madam Shen asked warmly and caringly, Jiayu got up and talked to Madam Shen for a while, Madam Shen saw that she was tired, asked her a few words, and let her have a good rest.

In the following days, Jiayu continued to ask Shen Qi'an to inquire about the prince's news. Although Shen Qi'an felt that it was useless to inquire about the prince, but thinking that the prince had helped the Shen family and Jiayu had a good relationship with him, asking for news would not delay the matter., then agreed.

It's just that there's no new news every day, it's nothing more than that the prince is recuperating from his illness, he is recuperating from his illness, or he almost died today.

And every time Jiayu heard this kind of news, she thought of it, and her face turned pale.

Shen Qi'an couldn't bear it, his sister looked at a girl who looked so good, but she was small and weak, so don't panic.

"Jiayu, in the future, don't ask about the prince's affairs, and don't go to the Buddhist hall to worship Buddha every day, what will you do if you are exhausted."

Jiayu didn't understand what Shen Qi'an meant, but she didn't have much ability, even if she wanted to do something for the prince, her actions not only represented her, but also involved the entire Shen family.

After thinking about it, he said, "Brother, you have worked hard these days. If it's not convenient for you, I'll ask someone else."

Hearing this, Shen Qi'an was taken aback, seeing that Jiayu's attitude was still persistent, he sighed and said, "That's all, I will still tell you what I know in the future."

"Thank you brother."

Shen Qi'an shook his head: "What are you doing politely with elder brother?"

Then Jiayu continued to keep calm amidst anxiety and uneasiness, until three days later, Shen Qi'an said to Jiayu with a happy face: "Jiayu, according to the imperial physician, the prince's health is improving."

Jiayu asked in disbelief: "Really?" She hadn't thought about the prince getting better these days, but as the news that came was getting worse day by day, she didn't even dare to think about it.

"It's true. It is said that the prince can already walk around the courtyard."

Jiayu breathed a sigh of relief, at this moment Shen Qi'an suddenly said again: "There is another piece of news that I don't know whether it is true or not. It is rumored that the reason why the prince is seriously ill is..."

"What is it?"

Shen Qi'an forgot to take a look at Jiayu: "The prince was not sick a few days ago, but someone poisoned his tea."

When Jiayu heard this, she sat up abruptly: "Brother, is it true or not?"

Shen Qi'an shook his head and said in a low voice: "It's just a rumor, you just know it."

Pressing her hands on the armrests of the armchair, Jiayu slowly sat back in her seat: "Understood, big brother."

Your Majesty does not have a prince. If the prince dies early, there are still many princes and county kings who are just right in the clan. It is normal for someone to be tempted to poison the prince.But now that the news has spread, the prince's health is also improving, presumably the person who poisoned has been caught, that's a good thing.

However, if someone really poisoned them, who is the culprit among so many clan princes?

Countless figures suddenly flashed in Jiayu's mind.

After a few days of her doubts, Shen Qi'an told her about the mastermind behind the investigation.

"How is it possible!" Jiayu was shocked, she stared straight at Shen An and said, "How could it be Prince Ping's son, the two of them are brothers, big brother, did you hear wrong?"