As the night deepened, Shen Ling'er did not return to Green Vine Courtyard.
Gu Moran tidied up the small couch in the inner room of the study and placed a soft pillow on the inner side.
The medicine box was placed within her reach, and the copper bell was wrapped in a handkerchief and placed on top of the box.
As Shen Ling'er lay down, she was still clutching his sleeve.
They held on very tightly.
Her eyes were closed, but her brow remained furrowed.
I felt sleepy, but my heart was restless.
Each time her fingertips moved, Gu Moran would sit closer so she could touch the fabric.
"Don't worry, I won't leave."
Shen Ling'er didn't open her eyes, only responding softly.
"Um."
Gu Moran dimmed the lampshade, the light stopping at the corner of the table, not shining on her face.
She doesn't want anyone to see her like this.
The sound of a night watchman's drum came from outside the study.
The sound of the clapper, muffled and strained, came from behind the courtyard wall.
Gu Moran reopened Tao Wujiu's testimony.
The pages about the Shen Family have been arranged in order, with the furnace numbers that were just copied down next to them.
He picked up his pen and began to copy it.
Yellow mercury.
Cinnabar.
Lead oxide.
Fire-Subduing Furnace No. 3.
Do not store in a new warehouse if the old wax seal is intact.
Verified by Shen Zhiheng.
Wen Heng was retested.
The suggestion to suspend the alchemy was made, and three days later, a fire broke out in the furnace room.
The emperor finally stopped taking the elixirs after coughing up blood.
However, he firmly believed that elixirs could prolong life, but felt that the combination of medicinal materials was still incorrect.
Gu Moran did not copy the entire original document.
Copy down any information that can be found about the medication.
It can copy out the furnace number.
Details concerning the deaths of the Shen-shi couple and the secret delivery of their bodies were covered on a separate page.
Shen Ling'er is not allowed to touch that page now.
It's not that I'm hiding it from her.
It's to give her one night to catch her breath.
He placed the Liu Clan's thread in the left hidden compartment and the Shen Family's thread in the right hidden compartment.
Gu Moran turned his head and glanced at Shen Ling'er.
She couldn't sleep soundly.
Her hand was still gripping his sleeve, and the fabric was pulled into wrinkles from the distance.
He offered her his left hand so she could hold it, while continuing to copy with his right.
This posture is awkward.
The characters I wrote were also a few crooked.
Shen Ling'er on the bed remained asleep.
They just gripped it a little tighter.
Gu Moran had just copied down the last medicine name when the system panel popped up at the edge of her field of vision.
[Urgent Notice: The Son of Destiny's fortune is fluctuating abnormally.]
[ Xiao Jinghan, a remnant of the previous dynasty, is about to be released from prison.]
[Risk level: Upgraded.]
[Related events: Empress Dowager's birthday celebration, precedent of a general amnesty, rotation of guards in the imperial prison.]
The Crown Prince's forces are closing in.
The pen tip rested on the paper.
The ink spots slowly spread, ruining the blank space behind the "lead frost".
Gu Moran stared at those lines of text, her heart sinking even further.
The emperor didn't believe in elixirs again for more than a decade.
Gu Mochen is embroiled in the case of offering elixirs.
At this critical moment, the crown prince actually chose to resort to desperate measures, even resorting to the most reckless act.
Gu Moran's mind flashed back to Lu Huaizhang in the Hall of Supreme Ultimate, and then to her elder brother's gloomy face.
It then passed by the Crown Princess.
Chen Qinglan.
She wasn't doing well in the Eastern Palace; Uncle Fu had just mentioned this the day before yesterday.
If the Crown Prince intends to use the amnesty as a pretext for his actions, it's not impossible that someone in the Eastern Palace has heard the news.
The system only provides the risks, not all the answers.
Gu Moran took a piece of paper and copied it again.
Each stroke was pressed more firmly.
The drug slave's confession implicated an old case involving the Shen Family.
Xiao Jinghan is the Son of Destiny.
Two things came crashing down on him tonight, sending a chill down Gu Moran's spine.
So much has happened these past few days.
Just as the truth of the old case in Liu Ruyan's family was revealed, the old case in Shen Ling'er's family was also exposed.
He hasn't even figured out his own background yet...
A very soft knock came from outside the door.
one time.
stop.
Another one.
Uncle Fu's habits.
Gu Moran pressed the confession into the hidden compartment, while Shen Ling'er still held onto his sleeve.
He gently pulled the fabric away from her fingers, replaced it with a handkerchief, and placed it in her hand.
Shen Ling'er stirred, but didn't wake up.
Gu Moran walked to the door and opened it halfway.
Uncle Fu stood under the porch, his clothes still damp with night dew.
Your Highness.
"Explain."
Uncle Fu glanced into the inner room, his voice low.
"A letter from a female member of the Eastern Palace's household has been sent out."
Gu Moran's eyelids twitched.
Whose is it?
"Crown Princess Chen Qinglan."
Gu Moran his fingers on the door frame.
Where to send it?
"The second daughter of the Chen Family."
Uncle Fu took out a small piece of paper from his sleeve, on which only a few street names were written.
"First, we exited through the side gate of the Eastern Palace, went to the embroidery shop, then to the incense shop, and finally circled around through Eternal Peace Lane to the back gate of the Chen Family."
Gu Moran took the small piece of paper.
The street names on the paper are a mess.
Do you know what the letter said?
Uncle Fu shook his head.
"We didn't dare intercept them. Our people just followed from a distance. The second young lady of the Chen Family has already received the letter."
Gu Moran closed her eyes briefly, and when she opened them again, all sleepiness had vanished.
"Have Boss Zhao's men check the prison troop rotation list. Only check who handled the list, don't touch the case files."
Uncle Fu was taken aback, unsure of Gu Moran's intentions, but he didn't ask any further questions, only lowering his back.
"This old servant understands."
A slight noise came from inside.
Shen Ling'er woke up.
She propped herself up on the edge of the couch, her voice hoarse.
Who's here?
Gu Moran put the paper into her sleeve and walked over.
" Uncle Fu, there's a little thing going on outside."
Shen Ling'er looked at him.
"Another little thing you can't tell anyone?"
Gu Moran sat down on the edge of the couch.
"We'll talk about it after you wake up. Tonight, you only need to focus on one thing."
"What?"
"Sleep with my husband."
Shen Ling'er stared at him for a while, then suddenly reached out and grabbed his sleeve again.
"Then don't sit too far away."
"Good."
She lay back down, Gu Moran tucked the blanket around her.
He lay on his side on the couch, casually draping his outer robe over the foot of the bed.
Shen Ling'er moved a little closer, then, feeling he was too far away, she gently touched him with her toes under the blanket.
Gu Moran her head to the side.
"What's wrong?"
"Come closer to me."
Gu Moran moved closer to her.
The two were separated by a thin blanket, shoulder to shoulder.
The night breeze outside the window has stopped.
As dawn approached, a message arrived from the hidden mole in the outer courtyard.
The carriage of the second daughter of the Chen Family had already stopped outside the side gate of the Princess's residence.
Princess's Residence.
When Chen Qingyuan held the letter up to Gu Moli.
"Your Highness!"
My elder sister sent me a letter late at night, but it only contained trivial family matters.
"Please help me check, is she secretly criticizing me for not studying again?"
Gu Moli was examining several noble ladies' name cards when her vermilion brush stopped at the line for Zhou Wenyuan's niece.
A breeze swept in through the window, causing the corner of the paper to curl up.
She raised her hand to stop it and glanced at Chen Qingyuan.
"Why would I need to write a letter if the Crown Princess were to scold you?"
Chen Qingyuan was momentarily blocked.
She usually speaks gently, but she always scolds me for being stupid and not understanding human language.
Gu Moli smiled as she accepted the letter.
Scan it once first.
Grandmother's cough, dress regulations, old customs for birthday banquets, and the name of a song from a previous dynasty.
They were all just everyday things.
But the Crown Princess couldn't have only said this much when she sent the message at night.
She pressed her fingertip against the edge of the paper and looked at it a second time.
His eyes narrowed.
Chen Qingyuan leaned closer, her small hand supporting her cheek, her big eyes blinking.
"Your Highness, why are you not saying anything?"
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[Four chapters, another one returned! Hehe.]
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