By the time Shen Yu and Shang Junlin arrived, the fire had already been put out. Because it was discovered in time, it did not lead to a disaster.
The palace servants moved the flowers out. Shen Yu saw the pots of flowers that were originally full of vitality become wilted and felt very uncomfortable.
"What the hell is going on?"
"A palace servant accidentally knocked down the candlestick." The servant answered carefully.
"Meng Chang, investigate!"
"This servant obeys!"
Ji Wuwang rushed over when he heard the news. His expression was very ugly.
The flower room was independent of Yuzhang Palace. Moreover, the fire was stopped in time, causing not much damage. The palace servants moved the flowers to another place. Shen Yu, Shang Junlin, and Ji Wuwang went to another palace.
"When you said that the flower was what you were looking for, His Majesty and I kept an eye on it. We did not expect that someone would really want to touch it." After sitting down, Shen Yu was the first to speak.
The palace servants served them tea and left quietly. Eunuch Meng was ordered by Shang Junlin to investigate the fire in the flower room. He did not leave any servants to serve him.
"This flower went missing with the previous Patriarch. You said that it was sent by Prince An. Where did he get this flower?" Ji Wuwang asked.
"He said that it was in some remote mountain." Shang Junlin did not completely believe this explanation. Now it seemed that there was a big problem.
"Why did Prince An give this flower to me?" If Prince An knew the origin of this flower, why did he send it to the palace?
"What is the use of this flower?" Compared to other things, Shang Junlin was more concerned about this. "I ordered the flower keeper and the imperial physician to take a look at it. This flower is not poisonous and harmless to the human body."
If it was poisonous, it would not have appeared here. It would have been destroyed long ago.
"This flower is a sacred healing item. How could it be harmful to the human body? I have been looking for it because to completely remove the 'Seal', this flower is indispensable. "
"It's a sacred item of the Ji Clan, called the 'Moon Lotus'. It needs to be cultivated with the blood of people who have received the 'Abstinence Guidance'. The maturity period is twenty years, but when it will bloom and bear fruit depends on the situation. The 'Moon Lotus' can cure a hundred poisons in the world, and can prolong one's life …"
Ji Wuwang briefly introduced the characteristics of the 'Moon Lotus'. Only then did Shen Yu know the name of this magical flower.
"With it, do we still need to go to the Ji Clan's land to undo the 'seal' on A Yu's body?" Shang Junlin was silent for a while after hearing this. "Didn't you say that it can cure hundreds of poisons?"
"'Abstinence' is different from ordinary poisons." Ji Wuwang refused to budge on the matter of going to the Ji Clan.
"There's a girl who looks like me in the palace. Other than me, is there anyone else from the Ji Clan who is stranded outside?" At this moment, Shen Yu thought of Shen Yue. What made them wary was the letter that Shen Yue had received.
"Whether she's from the Ji Clan or not, we'll know once we verify it."
Shen Yue had been feeling uneasy these days. She had found the letter under her pillow. Later on, she had asked the people around her if anyone had entered her room. The answer she received was no one.
After handing in the letter, she had a feeling that something was going to happen. Today, she had just finished tidying up and was about to return to her room when she saw the palace servants of Yuzhang Palace.
She was brought to Yuzhang Palace. Other than Shen Yu and Shang Junlin, she also saw a man in white with a white cloth covering his eyes. What surprised her was that this man's appearance was too similar to Shen Yu's.
"Wuying, give it to her."
Shen Yue took the item. It was a small square made of a jade-like material. There was a groove in the middle, and there were some complicated patterns around it.
"This is?" Shen Yue was at a loss.
"Drip a drop of your blood in it."
The palace maid beside her handed her a dagger. Shen Yue looked at Shen Yu and saw him nod at her. She gritted her teeth, picked up the dagger, and made a cut on her finger.
Blood seeped out. Shen Yue adjusted her posture and let the blood drip on it.
After a long while, there was no reaction.
"She's not related to the Ji Clan," Ji Wuwang said.
Ji Clan? What Ji Clan? Shen Yue was even more at a loss.
"Take Shen Yue away to bandage her wound first," Shen Yu said.
The palace maid led Shen Yue away.
"If they're not related by blood, why do they look so similar?" Shen Yu had always suspected that Shen Yue was related to him by blood.
"Perhaps someone deliberately chose her and sent her to you."
"This thing can detect the Ji Clan's bloodline?" Shang Junlin looked at the small square on the table curiously.
"Yes, it will react to the Ji Clan's bloodline. If she's not a member of the Ji Clan, then there won't be any reaction."
After her wound was bandaged, Shen Yue was sent back. After asking the palace maid who came with her, Shen Yue found out that the greenhouse had caught fire today. Thinking of the letter that suddenly appeared under her pillow, she didn't know if there was any connection between the two.
"Why did it suddenly catch fire?" Shen Yue suppressed her various thoughts and pretended to be curious.
"Eunuch Meng and the others are investigating. They said that a palace maid accidentally knocked over the candlestick. The flowers inside were Guijun's favorite flowers. They were too careless." The palace maid's tone was full of complaints.
The servants of Yuzhang Palace were all grateful to Shen Yu. The longer they stayed in the palace, the more they knew how rare it was to have such a master. That greenhouse was specially built for Guijun by the Emperor. Everyone knew how much Guijun valued the flowers inside. Guijun must have suffered a lot from this disaster.
Shen Yu was indeed a little upset. These flowers were found for him by Shang Junlin. Now, because of someone else's selfishness, he suffered for nothing.
"I don't want to let this matter go so easily." Shen Yu looked up and met Shang Junlin's eyes.
"Even if A Yu didn't say anything, I wouldn't let this matter go." As long as he thought that the real target of the mastermind was the "Moon Lotus" and that the "Moon Lotus" was necessary for Shen Yu to remove the "Seal", Shang Junlin couldn't suppress the tyranny in his heart.
Anyone who tried to hurt Shen Yu deserved to die!
Eunuch Meng knew that Shang Junlin cared about this matter, so he quickly found the person who knocked over the candlestick. Whether it was intentional or not, this person would not have a good ending.
The people who might have done it were all arrested and interrogated by the people of the Disciplinary Department. Eunuch Meng personally took care of them, so no one dared to be careless.
After the results of the interrogation came out, Eunuch Meng personally reported to Shang Junlin.
"The candlestick was indeed accidentally knocked over, but the candlestick had been tampered with in advance. No matter who it was, it could have been knocked over. The person who tampered with the candlestick was a little eunuch named Dongzi. He drowned the day before the greenhouse caught fire."
"Drowned?" Shang Junlin's tone was cold. "Continue to investigate. Investigate all the people he had contact with before he died. I want to know who ordered him to do this."
"This servant obeys."
"The investigation led to a dead person. Interesting." Shen Yu listened to Shang Junlin's results and sneered.
"A Yu doesn't have to worry about this matter. I will definitely give A Yu an explanation for the matter in the palace."
Shen Yu believed that Shang Junlin could handle this matter. He snuggled into the man's arms: "Those flowers, can they be saved?"
Although the fire was put out in time, the flowers nearby were still affected. Shen Yu had personally taken care of them for so long, especially since these flowers were given by Shang Junlin. He did not want to lose them because of this fire.
"I know you care. I have already asked the palace people to treat them. A few of the less affected flowers are no longer a big problem. The more serious ones still need to be checked. If it is really not possible, I will send A Yu new ones."
"I want to see those burned flowers …"
"I will go with you."
The flower room was still being cleaned up. The flowers were placed in another palace. Seeing Shen Yu and Shang Junlin coming together, the palace people quickly saluted.
"No need to be so polite."
The palace people led the two of them inside.
Most of the flowers were in good condition. Shen Yu walked to the front of a few flowers that were in serious condition. It could be seen that the people who took care of them were very attentive. Shen Yu looked at the leaves. He was not sure if these flowers could survive.
After looking around, Shen Yu was led out by Shang Junlin.
Eunuch Meng was waiting outside. When he saw the two of them coming out, he quickly stepped forward: "Your Majesty, I found it."
"Before the accident, that little eunuch suddenly had a sum of money in his hand. He asked someone to take the money out of the palace and gave it to his parents outside the palace. This servant has already arranged people to look for it."
If they found the source of the money, they would be able to find the person who ordered this.
In the end, the clues pointed to a concubine left behind by the late Emperor.
A long time ago, Shen Yu used an excuse to imprison some of the late Emperor's concubines in Yuzhang Palace. Later, these people were taken away by Shang Junlin. They could not keep them locked up forever. So, they released those who did not know much and imprisoned them in the palace where they originally lived.
Other than not allowing them to run around, there were not many restrictions.
"I thought that these people were abandoned. I did not expect that there would be a day when they would be used again."
Back then, they had released them because they were sure that they didn't know much. Those who knew a little more, after they couldn't get anything out of them, they picked out a few serious crimes from what they had done and punished them accordingly.
"Your Majesty has cleaned up the harem several times. There are limited ways for them to do whatever they want in the palace. Those concubines who were imprisoned by Your Majesty became the only choice."
"The late Emperor really knows how to make trouble for me." Shang Junlin sneered.
Shen Yu thought about it. It seemed to be the case. Whether it was inside or outside the palace, those who were involved with the late Emperor were trying to make trouble for Shang Junlin.
"Last time, Prince Huaiyu was involved. But now that Prince Huaiyu is dead, who else would do such a thing?"
Somehow, there seemed to be a thread that connected everything together.
Shang Junlin narrowed his eyes. "There are not many people in the Great Huan Kingdom who have the ability to do this."
"There is also the matter that General Gu has been investigating. Maybe the two were done by the same force." Shen Yu guessed.
"When Gu Huai returns, I will let him investigate together."
"But we don't know what that person wants to do. Your Majesty sent people to find the other half of the thing that Grand Tutor Zeng mentioned. How is the progress?"
"He himself does not know how to get it. Many things from the national treasury were recovered. The other two hundred thousand soldiers, horses, and armor are still missing." Shang Junlin was not worried about this matter. Today, the Great Huan Kingdom had sufficient soldiers. The other half of the soldiers left by the late Emperor could not pose too much of a threat to the Great Huan Kingdom.
"Your Majesty, we might as well take this opportunity to go to the Ji Clan to find out what the person behind this is planning." Shen Yu felt that it was impossible for that person to not have any ulterior motives after doing so many things. This did not make sense.
No matter who that person was, as long as he made a move, they would have a chance to catch his tail. What they were afraid of was that he would hide in the dark and do nothing.
"A Yu wants me to be the bait?"
"No, it's an empty bait for him to bite."
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