The force on Shen Yu's chin continued to increase. His lips curled. "Is Your Majesty angry?"
"I'm just reminding you not to forget your identity." Shang Junlin narrowed his eyes slightly.
"Then …" Shen Yu dragged out his words. "Your Majesty, please tell me, what is my identity?"
"Don't ask when you already know the answer."
"How did Your Majesty know what I said?" Shen Yu rolled his eyes. "Does Your Majesty care about me that much?"
"The palace can't hide secrets. Your conversation with Prince Yue has been heard by many people." Shang Junlin stated the truth.
"No wonder Prince Li used that to threaten me." Shen Yu understood this point. He reached out and covered the back of Shang Junlin's hand. "If Your Majesty is curious about my experience outside the palace, you can ask me directly. There's no need to hear it from other people."
Shang Junlin's eyes deepened. "Then why don't you tell me how many good young masters you have outside the palace, hm?"
After going around in circles, the topic returned to the original point.
"Why did Your Majesty believe my words to fool Prince Yue? Other than Your Majesty, I don't have any good young masters. Isn't Your Majesty very clear on this point? "Shen Yu didn't believe that Shang Junlin hadn't investigated him before he entered the palace.
"You're right." Shang Junlin didn't deny it. He loosened his grip on Shen Yu's chin and frowned. "Why is Your Majesty so delicate?"
Shang Junlin purposely used less force. He didn't expect that it would still leave a red mark on Shen Yu's chin.
"Meng Chang, bring the medicine."
"Yes." Eunuch Meng quickly came back with the medicine.
Shen Yu rubbed his chin. In fact, he didn't feel anything. "Your Majesty, don't worry about it. It'll be fine in a while."
Shang Junlin didn't listen to him. He opened the medicine bottle and held Shen Yu's chin with one hand. He dabbed the ointment on his fingers with the other hand and carefully applied it to the red mark.
A cool and refreshing feeling came from his chin. The man rubbed the ointment bit by bit with his fingertips, and the coolness gradually turned into heat.
Shen Yu was controlled between the man's body and the wall. The biting cold breath and the heat of the man's body continuously attacked her, making her dizzy.
Shen Yu slowly closed his eyes, and his chaotic thoughts gradually calmed down.
"Alright."
Just before her consciousness slipped into the abyss, she heard the man's voice. Shen Yu opened her eyes and found that she was even closer to Shang Junlin.
The distance between the two of them was less than an arm's length. They were so close that he could see Shang Junlin's long and straight eyelashes. Every strand of his eyelashes could be clearly seen. As their breaths intertwined, Shen Yu's ears heated up.
"You have a mole here." Shang Junlin's voice was low and hoarse.
Below her earlobe, there was a very light-colored mole. Shang Junlin couldn't resist touching it with his finger.
Shen Yu turned his head uncomfortably, trying to avoid Shang Junlin's hand, and reached out to touch her ear at the same time.
He didn't know that the place where he had a mole was so sensitive. Just being touched by Shang Junlin made her tremble as if she had touched a switch.
"Your Majesty …" Feeling the unconcealable tremor in her voice, Shen Yu closed her mouth.
Shang Junlin coughed and withdrew his hand, "It's late. You should rest early."
Under the wide sleeves, the man rubbed his fingers, and the delicate and cool touch seemed to remain on his fingertips.
Shen Yu lay on the bed, slightly tilting his head. Under the candlelight, Shang Junlin was reading memorials with a straight posture. The orange candlelight cast a warm glow on the man, making it hard for people to look away.
Tonight was destined to be a sleepless night.
Prince Huaiyu was suddenly taken away. The ministers had just heard the news, but they were confused by the Emperor's series of actions.
The imperial guards took away several officials without saying anything, including but not limited to the old ministers who had been in power during the time of the previous Emperor.
This time, the action was even bigger than that of Censor Zhang.
The ministers who had a good relationship with the Emperor gathered together to think about the reason for His Majesty's actions.
"His Majesty punished Prince Li and Prince Yue, and now it's Prince Huaiyu. Could it be that Prince Huaiyu was disrespectful to His Majesty like the previous two princes?"
"It shouldn't be. Prince Huaiyu's presence has always been very low, and he doesn't care about court affairs. Prince Li wants his niece to enter the palace as the Empress, but I haven't heard of a young girl in Prince Huaiyu's family."
"His Majesty suddenly made a big move and directly sent the imperial guards to surround Prince Huaiyu's residence. I feel that it's not a small matter."
"Could it be … a rebellion?"
"Be careful with your words."
"In fact, it's not completely impossible. You may not know, but before the previous Emperor ascended the throne, Prince Huaiyu was the most popular prince."
The person who spoke was lost in his memories. At that time, Prince Huaiyu was only seventeen or eighteen years old. He was at the peak of his youth, and his talent was outstanding. He was very conspicuous among the princes. Unfortunately, after this dazzling star flickered for a short while, his light was covered by thick dark clouds and he was lost in the crowd.
In a flash, many years had passed. The once favored son had become the sand on the ground, and his elegance had also been worn away by time.
"But the new Emperor has been on the throne for so long. If he really wanted to do something, he didn't have to wait until now." Another person put forward a different opinion.
"Yes, now that the court is stable, and His Majesty has the support of the people. If it's really as you say, before His Majesty ascended the throne, wouldn't it be a better time to act?"
Many of the ministers present had personally experienced the chaotic scene during that time. The previous Emperor was muddle-headed in his later years, and favored the treacherous ministers, allowing them to control the court, amass wealth wantonly, and eliminate dissidents. Capable generals were framed, and millions of soldiers died in vain, dying with hatred. The enemy countries found the right time to launch a large-scale attack, and took away piece after piece of rich land.
The previous Emperor only cared about enjoying himself, and turned a blind eye to this until the current Emperor appeared out of nowhere. Like a sharp knife, he directly stabbed into the enemy's abdomen, and took back the land bit by bit.
Shen Yu flipped through the palace chronicle sent by Shang Junlin, trying to find some clues from it.
Shen Yu didn't know what happened to Prince Huaiyu in his previous life. He didn't know how Shang Junlin dealt with the previous Emperor's concubines in his previous life, and whether he also found out that someone was secretly manipulating behind the scenes. He always felt that there was something wrong with this matter.
"Guijun, Imperial Physician Gu is here."
After Shen Yu's health improved, Imperial Physician Gu didn't come every day. This time, it had been three days since the last time he came.
After greeting, Imperial Physician Gu took Shen Yu's pulse as usual. After a while, Imperial Physician Gu frowned and withdrew his hand: "Guijun's pulse doesn't seem right."
Shen Yu didn't respond, but Mu Xi was already anxious. She couldn't care about anything else and hurriedly asked: "Imperial Physician Gu, is Guijun's body okay?"
"I have to confirm. Miss Mu Xi, don't panic. It's not necessarily a bad thing." Imperial Physician Gu said.
"Mu Xi."
Mu Xi still wanted to say something, but she was interrupted by Shen Yu: "Don't be rude to Imperial Physician Gu."
"Please extend your other hand, Guijun, I have to confirm it again." Imperial Physician Gu thought for a moment and said.
"Thank you, Imperial Physician Gu."
Imperial Physician Gu carefully took Shen Yu's pulse twice, and his tightly knitted brows relaxed a little.
"Don't worry, Guijun's body has a rejection reaction to some kind of poison. Fortunately, Guijun didn't ingest much. I can give you a prescription, and you'll be fine soon."
"Poisoned?" Mu Xi frowned. "But Guijun's diet is strictly controlled. This servant can guarantee that everything that enters Guijun's mouth is fine."
"It's not necessarily food," Imperial Physician Gu explained. "The poison in Guijun's body is very weak. If Guijun wasn't born with a weak body, and if the medicine he took didn't conflict with this poison, this little bit of poison wouldn't have any effect on his body."
"Can Imperial Physician Gu diagnose when I ingested this poison?" Shen Yu recalled his experience during this period of time, and a certain idea came to his mind.
"It should be within a week."
Within a week, it just happened to match the time Shen Yu thought.
The only strange thing that happened recently was that he went there after Consort Yu caused trouble. Coincidentally, Mu Xi was his personal maidservant, so she also followed him there.
"I'll have to trouble Imperial Physician Gu to diagnose my maidservant again." Shen Yu needed to confirm his thoughts.
After Imperial Physician Gu finished checking Mu Xi's pulse, he was surprised: "Miss Mu Xi also has a very small amount of this poison in her body."
Sure enough, it was as he thought. Shen Yu continued to ask: "What effect does this poison have on people?"
"It has a certain hallucinogenic effect. If the dosage is large enough, it will make people fall into a nightmare. But Guijun can rest assured that the amount of poison in your body won't have any effect."
Shen Yu also felt it. If Imperial Physician Gu didn't say it, he wouldn't have known that he was inadvertently poisoned.
"Can I trouble Imperial Physician Gu to take a look at His Majesty?"
"This is my duty. I don't dare to accept the word 'trouble'."
Shang Junlin finished his work and returned to Yuzhang Palace. When he saw Imperial Physician Gu talking to Shen Yu in a low voice, the corners of his mouth slowly flattened.
Shen Yu saw Shang Junlin before the palace servant announced his arrival. He stood up: "Your Majesty, come here quickly."
Imperial Physician Gu and the palace servant knelt down to greet him.
Shang Junlin walked towards Shen Yu: "Everyone, get up."
"Your Majesty, I found something," Shen Yu told him his guess, "Your Majesty, let Imperial Physician Gu take your pulse first."
Shang Junlin's expression became serious. He stretched out his hand to let Imperial Physician Gu take his pulse.
The result was as expected. Shang Junlin also had a trace amount of poison left in his body.
"Your Majesty?"
Shang Junlin's face instantly became very ugly. Shen Yu was about to explain that a little bit of poison wouldn't have much effect on the body when he heard the man ask Imperial Physician Gu in a deep voice:
"Will this poison cause harm to Guijun's body?"
Imperial Physician Gu was also stunned. He didn't expect Shang Junlin to ask this question after learning that he was poisoned.
Imperial Physician Gu once again sighed at His Majesty's deep affection for Guijun. He calmed down and explained: "Your Majesty, don't worry. It won't affect Guijun's body."
Shang Junlin nodded and his face returned to normal: "What's the name of the poison?"
"It's called 'Fei Meng'."
"'Fei Meng'?! Wasn't 'Fei Meng' banned? " Shen Yu blurted out. Because of his own body, Shen Yu had a certain degree of research on all kinds of drugs. He had a deep impression of 'Fei Meng' because in his previous life, someone had used this seemingly inconspicuous' Fei Meng 'to almost destroy a city.
After saying this, Shen Yu suddenly realized that when he was reborn, that shocking incident hadn't happened yet. 'Fei Meng' hadn't been banned yet. Right now, 'Fei Meng' was just an inconspicuous drug.
Shang Junlin slightly narrowed his eyes. He had heard of 'Fei Meng' before. It wasn't a drug that was worth paying attention to. It was usually paired with other drugs and used for pleasure. Why did Shen Yu have such a big reaction to 'Fei Meng'?
Did he experience something, or …
Shang Junlin suppressed the various thoughts in his heart and ordered people to thoroughly investigate Yuzhang Palace.
"Your Majesty," Shen Yu grabbed Shang Junlin's hand, "We must find out where 'Fei Meng' came from."
Shang Junlin looked deeply at him: "We need a reason."
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