Early the next morning, when it was just dawn, Shen Luan went to the East Palace carrying the antidote package he had just prepared.

He left the Ning'an Marquis Mansion and took a carriage to the East Palace. Along the way, he always had a vague feeling that something was wrong, as if someone was staring at him in the dark.

But after looking around, he didn't see anyone, so he had to suppress the feeling of something wrong in his heart, and then went to the East Palace.

The East Palace is still heavily guarded, and all the servants guarding the door outside the study have been replaced by secret guards.

As soon as Shen Luan arrived in the main courtyard, the secret guard waiting at the door of the study saw him from a distance and said, "Master Marquis has arrived so early? I went in first to report to His Highness."

When the words fell, he went inside and reported to Qi Zhen.

In the study, Qi Zhen woke up early and was lying on the bed with his eyes closed to rest. After injuring his eye, he could not sleep peacefully at all. He would always wake up in the middle of the night. Every time he woke up, he would think of Shen who cruelly poisoned him. Linglong secretly thought in her heart that when she comes back after being caught, she must be taught a lesson.

Linglong poisoned him this time and stabbed Qi Zhen hard in the heart.

The person he trusts the most can fall out with him as soon as he says it, and poison himself. Qi Zhen really can't think of anyone else who is worthy of complete trust and entrustment.

Qi Zhen, who had never slept peacefully, put on his clothes and stood up after hearing the secret guard's report.

He half leaned on the soft pillow, pinched his eyebrows, and ordered Shen Luan to come in.

Shen Luan carried the medicine bag inside. When Qi Zhen heard the footsteps, he opened his lips and asked, "Has the medicine been prepared?"

"Back to Your Highness, I have prepared it. However, after taking the antidote, although my eyes can recover, it will still take a few days to regain my sight. After taking the medicine, my vision may still be a little blurry." Shen Luan handed the medicine to the attendant. Qi Zhen's secret guard said.

Qi Zhen pinched his eyebrows, pursed his lips and asked: "You prepared this antidote, who was in charge of it?"

Shen Luan was slightly stunned when he heard this, and his heart also trembled. Qi Zhen asked this, maybe he didn't trust himself as before.

He pursed his lips and thought for a moment, and then replied: "The prescription was written by Wei Chen himself, and he left it to his confidants in the study to prepare the medicinal ingredients. After I confirmed that the medicinal ingredients were correct, I prepared it myself in the study."

After hearing this, Qi Zhen nodded slightly and ordered the secret guard beside him: "Take the Marquis down to cook the medicine."

Shen Luan's eyebrows narrowed, knowing that after this incident, even though Qi Zhen had never had an attack on the Marquis of Ning'an Mansion, it was still different from before.

He went down with the secret guard to boil the medicine, and soon he came back into the study carrying the medicine jar.

Shen Luan personally carried the medicine jar and two medicine bowls in his hands.

He poured a bowl of soup, but did not hand it to Qi Zhen. Instead, he said: "This medicine was originally prepared and cooked by Wei Chen, so Wei Chen personally tested the medicine for His Highness." After saying this, he handed the medicine to him. Drink all the soup in the bowl in one gulp.

After drinking up the soup in the bowl, he poured another bowl and presented it to Qi Zhen.

Qi Zhen took the decoction and drank it.

Shen Luan and the secret guards were waiting aside, guarding Qi Zhen.

About a quarter of an hour later, the darkness in Qi Zhen's eyes gradually faded, and a faint light appeared in front of his eyes.

He raised his hand to cover his eyes and blinked his eyelashes a few times before adapting to the light.

The secret guard waiting aside saw his master's expression and asked with joy on his face: "Your Highness, can you see this subordinate?"

"I can see the figure, but it's a little blurry and I can't see it clearly." Qi Zhen replied in a low voice.

Hearing this, Shen Luan hurriedly said: "At the beginning of taking the medicine, your vision will be a little blurry. Your Highness will rest for a few days and rest your eyes, and you will be back to normal. This antidote... and the poison that Your Highness has been exposed to will only be cured." There will be no further harm, Your Highness will rest assured that he will be taken care of for a few days, but you need to be more careful during these few days and try not to see strong light."

Qi Zhen responded: "Okay."

Shen Luan came here to deliver the antidote. Seeing that Qi Zhen's eyes improved after taking the medicine, he went back to the Marquis Mansion with peace of mind.

As soon as he arrived at the gate of the East Palace when he returned, he saw a man kneeling down in front of the gate of the East Palace, begging the porter to let him in to see Qi Zhen.

Due to the martial law in the East Palace these days, Qi Zhen closed the door to thank guests, and saw no one except his trusted courtiers. The concierge did not recognize the man who was kneeling to see him, so he did not dare to disturb the master rashly.

Shen Luan, on the other hand, looked at that man, looking somewhat familiar.

By chance, that person also knew Shen Luan.

He saw Shen Luan stepping out of the East Palace, hurriedly walked forward, and came to Shen Luan and begged: "Master Marquis! Please inform Your Highness to let Your Highness see Xianguan. Now His Majesty is not in the capital, and Xianguan really has no one to help him." Seeking justice!”

When this man came to Shen Luan to ask for help, Shen Luan looked at him carefully and recognized who he was.

He turned out to be the elder brother of the third princess.

This third prince's concubine came from a rather low background. She was the daughter of a small family. Her father and brother were only minor officials in the court. When they heard that the imperial concubine chose her as the third prince's concubine, they took a fancy to her gentle and docile temperament.

But everyone in the court knew that the crown prince and the third prince were at odds with each other. Why did the brother of the third prince's concubine go to Qi Zhen instead of asking the third prince for help?

Shen Luan was puzzled and asked the question in his mind: "Aren't you the brother of the third prince's concubine? Why didn't you go to the third prince's house but went to the East Palace to ask for help?"

After hearing what Shen Luan said, the junior official looked even more sad and angry.

He lowered his voice and said in front of Shen Luan: "I really have something important to see you. This matter is related to the third prince. I would like to ask the Marquis to report it to me and your highness."

After hearing this, Shen Luan's expression changed.

After a moment, he thought that Qi Zhen's eye disease had not completely recovered, and he was worried about this person, so he replied: "It is inconvenient for Your Highness to see guests. If you really have something important, just write a letter and give it to me, and I will help you." Passed to Your Highness."

After hearing this, the junior official glanced at the gate of the East Palace, gritted his teeth and took out a letter from his sleeve.

"I would like to trouble you, Lord Marquis, to hand over this letter to His Highness on behalf of your Majesty. I beg Your Highness to help me, so that I can collect the body of my little sister."

Collect the corpse?

Could the little sister he was talking about be the third prince's concubine?

Collect the corpse? Could it be that the third prince's concubine is dead? I have never heard of this news.

Shen Luan looked surprised, but he didn't ask any questions at the gate of the East Palace. He just took the letter and went back to the East Palace.

When he went outside the study room in the main courtyard, the secret guard guarding the door saw him and was also puzzled.

"Why did the Marquis come again?" the secret guard asked in confusion.

After hearing this, Shen Luan replied: "I just left the East Palace and saw the third prince's brother kneeling outside the East Palace gate. He asked me to deliver this letter to His Highness."

The third prince’s brother?

The secret guard was also puzzled. How could this man come to see Qi Zhen?

In the study room, Qi Zhen was lying quietly on the bed, still not asleep. He faintly heard Shen Luan's words outside and frowned.

"Please come in, Marquis Ning'an."

After saying that, Shen Luan pushed the door open and entered.

After Shen Luan entered the study, he made his intentions clear.

Qi Zhen pinched the center of his eyebrows, glanced at the letter in Shen Luan's hand with blurred vision, opened his lips and said, "I can't see with my eyes right now. Please open the book and give me my confession."

After hearing this, Shen Luan raised his hand and opened the letter.

He hurriedly glanced at the contents of the letter, looking shocked.

Then he suppressed the fear in his heart and read out the contents of the letter.

This letter was originally supposed to be a letter to the emperor, but the emperor was not in the capital, and Qi Zhen was only dealing with military matters. The brother of the third prince's concubine had no choice but to come to Qi Zhen for help.

He wrote in the letter that his little sister, who has been married to the third prince ever since, saw the third prince favoring villains, but was unable to dissuade him, and instead got offended at every turn. The third prince raised a little boy in the prince's mansion, and the boy was extremely debauched. , repeatedly humiliating the concubine in the prince's house. The eldest grandson of the emperor in the third prince's house may not be of royal blood. In recent days, the young man has been even more daring and dared to attack the third prince's concubine. The third prince tacitly allowed the young man to humiliate him. The prince's concubine, the prince's concubine couldn't bear the humiliation and committed suicide.

The prince's concubine's maid revealed the matter to her natal family.

The father of the third prince's concubine had been promoted to a higher position in recent years, relying entirely on the support of the concubine's faction. Knowing that his daughter had been humiliated, he actually wanted to suppress the matter. He did not even dare to go to the prince's palace to collect his daughter's body. The third prince suppressed his daughter's death. News of the death. The brother of the third prince and concubine knew this and felt sorry for his sister. He wanted to go to His Majesty to ask for justice, but His Majesty was not in Jinling, so he had no choice but to go to Qi Zhen to beg.

After Shen Luan read the contents of the letter, he murmured: "In the past, I only thought that the third prince was just a little arrogant, but I didn't expect that he would be such a debauched and ruthless master."

Qi Zhen pursed his lips tightly and did not reply. He recalled in his mind what the second prince Qi Mo revealed to him before the court session in Dali Temple on the day the verdict was overturned.

Qi Mo hinted to Qi Zhen that the eldest grandson of the emperor in the third prince's residence may not be of royal blood.

Qi Zhen later secretly investigated the third prince's mansion. The imperial concubine's methods were not weak. Most of the people in the third prince's mansion were arranged by the imperial concubine. Qi Zhen found out from the old affairs of the little waiter beside the third prince before he came to the palace's study room. There are clues, but there is still no proof.

Because there was no evidence, he never reported it to the emperor.

Although Qi Zhen had known about this for a long time, he was surprised when he suddenly heard that the third prince's concubine was dead.

I originally thought that the girl who came from a low-ranking official's family should be soft-tempered, which is why the third prince managed to hide the dirty things he had done for so long, but he didn't expect that she was also bloody.

Qi Zhen thought about the content of the letter that Shen Luan read, and for some reason, he felt a little pain in his heart.

It was obvious that he had never met the third prince's concubine, but somehow, he felt pity and heartache for the stranger.

If he hadn't returned to Beijing in time in his previous life, Linglong and the third prince and concubine in this life would have ended up like each other.

Qi Zhen's inexplicable pity and heartache were probably due to this reason.

Qi Zhen frowned, suppressed the inexplicable emotion in his heart, and said: "An Liu, keep the letter and present it to your father later."

After finishing speaking, he spoke to the Marquis of Ning'an beside him: "When the Marquis left, he told the man outside that it would be inconvenient for me to see guests these days. I know what he wrote in his letter. When my father returns to the capital, I will meet him." If you tell the truth about the third prince and his concubine to your father, she will be given justice."

Ning'an Hou said hello, thinking that this time, he might be able to completely kick the third prince out of the selection of the reserve.

He confused the blood of the royal family, was immoral and immoral, and even caused death. Even if the emperor was soft-hearted and refused to deal with this son, he would never consider him as a candidate for the crown prince again.

Marquis Ning'an exited the study and walked outside the East Palace.

In the study room, the inexplicable emotion in Qi Zhen's heart was suppressed, but it was still lingering in his heart.

He lowered his eyebrows, and his blurred vision fell on the coat lying next to the bed. The exquisite embroidered brocade bag fell on the coat. Qi Zhen's vision was blurred and he couldn't see clearly, but just looking at it like this, he actually couldn't see clearly. I feel inexplicably at ease.

He raised his hand to take off the kit, held it in his palm, soothed the inexplicable emotion in his heart, closed his eyes and leaned on the soft pillow. After a while, he gradually fell asleep.

On the other side, Shen Luan conveyed Qi Zhen's words to the brother of the third prince and concubine at the gate of the East Palace, and then left the East Palace and returned to the Hou Mansion.
To be continued...