Chapter 248 Shock
"Why are you back so soon?" In Yiran Garden, Moxiang added two pieces of charcoal into the brazier and motioned Chu Liuzheng to sit over and warm himself by the fire.
"Chef Qi is off today." Chu Liuzheng sat next to her, put his hands above the brazier, and stretched his neck to look at the peonies she was embroidering.
The warm feeling melted the coldness in my body, making me so comfortable that I wanted to sigh.
"Then it would be a wasted trip." Yuzhui sat up wrapped in the quilt and yawned.
"It wasn't a wasted trip." Chu Liuzheng went to the table and poured a cup of hot tea. "I'll ask Eunuch Chen to ask Chef Qi for me first. I just need to wait for his reply."
Yuzhui yawned again and asked sleepily, "Why did you suddenly want to learn how to cook?"
"It's always good to have many skills, just in case they come in handy." Chu Liuzheng handed her some hot tea. "Drink some tea to wake yourself up, then have lunch before going to sleep. You and Sister Moxiang will be on duty tonight, so don't fall asleep again and let the stove pick up your hair."
Yuzhui reached out to take the teacup and took two sips, then looked up at her: "We were on the same mission last night, and you didn't sleep for long, so why aren't you sleepy at all?"
"I can't sleep." Chu Liuzheng raised his hand and rubbed his eyes. "I haven't been sleeping much lately."
"You should go to the Imperial Hospital and ask Doctor Li to take a look at you." Moxiang looked at her with some concern. "Look at the dark circles under your eyes. If they continue like this, even makeup won't be able to cover them up."
Chu Liuzheng also felt that this was not a solution. She hoped that there was something wrong with her body. She didn't want to die young.
She said, "It's almost lunchtime, and I have work to do this afternoon. I'll go tomorrow when I have time."
Moxiang said, "I'll go with you to Wenhua Palace this afternoon. I'll take care of it for you. You can go to the Imperial Hospital first and come back after you're done."
Yuzhui raised his hand: "I can do it too—ha!"
Before he could finish saying "OK", he couldn't help yawning.
"You'd better go to sleep." Chu Liuzheng smiled and patted her shoulder. "If you keep yawning like this in front of His Majesty, you'll get at least twenty lashes of the cane."
"That would be great." Yuzhui leaned against her, "Then I'll just wait for you to take care of me. I don't have to do anything."
"You're dreaming." Moxiang spat at her. Who wants to be beaten?
In the afternoon, Chu Liuzheng went to the Imperial Hospital and came back with two packets of medicine.
Moxiang poured her a cup of hot tea and asked, "What did Doctor Li say?"
"He said my pulse was weak and my Qi and blood were insufficient. He told me to relax and get more sleep." Chu Liuzheng placed the medicine on the table and sat down beside it. "If the medicine doesn't work after you take it, go find him again."
"Then I'll go back and boil the medicine for you. You can take it after dinner." Moxiang stood up with the medicine bag.
Chu Liuzheng stood up and said, "I appreciate your kindness, sister. However, you and Yuzhui still have to be on duty tonight, so you should go back and rest up. I can save this medicine for you to boil when I go back to my next shift."
"It's not a big deal. It's still early. How much time will it take to decoct the medicine?" Moxiang smiled, pinched her cheek, and turned away.
Chu Liuzheng chased after him and sent him out, and by the way, he stopped by Eunuch Zhou to show that he was back and did not slack off by seeing a doctor.
After dinner, Moxiang and Yuzhu were about to go to Wenhua Palace to take up duty, but Siyue said that Eunuch Zhou arranged for her and Chenxing to take up duty at night, and asked them to rest in Yiran Garden.
Eunuch Zhou often changed his mind, but Moxiang and the others didn't find it strange and just thought of it as a day off.
Chu Liuzheng was sitting at the table drinking medicine from a bowl. It was bitter and sour and was really hard to swallow.
She held her breath and drank the tea in torrents. She was just rinsing her mouth with the tea when she heard someone outside shout, "Is Miss Liu Zheng here?"
[Fuck! Why did the counterfeit send someone again? ]
Chu Liuzheng quickly lay down on the bed and gestured to the jade pendant at the door: Just say I'm asleep.
Yu Zhui nodded, opened the door and went out to answer, while Chu Liuzheng pulled the quilt over his head, covering half of his head and pretending to be asleep.
There were faint voices coming from outside the door.
After a while, footsteps were heard and the door closed.
Yuzhui walked to the bed and nudged Chu Liuzheng: "Send them away, get up."
Chu Liuzheng, who had been pretending to be asleep, immediately opened his eyes, sat up, and asked, "What does Prince Rui want from me?"
"Here." Yuzhui raised his hand and pointed towards the table.
There was a small red food box on the table, containing a bowl of pearl bird's nest.
"His Royal Highness Prince Rui specially ordered the imperial kitchen to stew it for you."
Chu Liuzheng: “…”
[If someone shows kindness without any reason, he is either a traitor or a thief! ]
She quietly searched the system, trying to find evidence that the imposter had someone add information to it, but the result was the same as before: nothing unusual.
This is just an ordinary bowl of pearl bird's nest.
"His Royal Highness Prince Rui is so kind. Come and eat it while it's hot." Yuzhui walked over and took out the porcelain cup from the food box, then raised his hand to greet Chu Liuzheng.
"I just took some medicine and have no appetite. You can eat it." Chu Liuzheng felt sick whenever she thought that the bird's nest was a counterfeit. She lay down on the bed and recalled the messages she had found in the system.
[The Fifth Prince's wife is quite resourceful, bribing Xixia's spies to her advantage. Judging from the conversation between Madam Qi and the imposter, it seems they're teaming up to take down an important figure. However, I've searched the system and can't find anyone they're targeting. Could it be the tyrant?]
[If it's a tyrant, should I find an opportunity to warn him...]
Feeling sleepy, Chu Liuzheng yawned and his eyelids gradually closed.
Her last thought before falling asleep was: The medicine prescribed by Doctor Li is more effective than sleeping pills.
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[Uh, what is this place? ]
As usual, Chu Liuzheng woke up from his dream. He wanted to go to the table to pour a cup of cold tea, but found himself sleeping on a stone bed. When he looked up, he saw that the entire wall opposite him was covered with skulls.
In the dimly lit room, pairs of dark eyes were staring at her silently.
Chu Liuzheng:!
【ah! ! ! ! ! 】
She covered her mouth and screamed in her heart, instinctively wanting to run away. When she turned around, she saw a male corpse lying on the stone bed next door.
It was a male corpse with his stomach ripped open and his internal organs exposed!
Chu Liuzheng was so frightened that he couldn't catch his breath. He rolled his eyes and fainted.
Mi Yue, who came in with a bottle of medicine, was startled. He flew forward to catch the person and carried him to the stone bed.
She patted Chu Liuzheng's face and found that Chu Liuzheng didn't react at all, which made her feel confused.
She knew best what drug she had given Chu Liuzheng. It should have been enough for him to sleep until tomorrow noon, so why did he wake up after only two hours?
"What's wrong?" A thin, pale-faced young man dressed in black came in.
"She just woke up." Siyue poured out a red pill from the medicine bottle, pinched Chu Liuzheng's mouth open and fed it in, using his internal force to help her push it down.
Coach Li frowned. "Why did he wake up so suddenly? How many drugs did you give him?"
"A fingernail is enough for her to sleep until tomorrow noon." Mitsuki said, "When she woke up and saw your drug tester fainted from shock, she probably didn't see anything else. If she is sent back in time, she can just treat it as a dream."
Coach Li walked to the stone bedside and glanced at the unconscious Chu Liuzheng: "You woke up so quickly, if you can..."
"The master values her very much." Miyue said before he could finish, "She cannot be used for testing medicine."
Coach Li glanced at her and asked, "Is there no possibility at all?"
Mitsuki shook his head decisively and said, "If you try to do something to her while I'm not paying attention, the master will probably skin you alive if he finds out."
Hearing this, Coach Li regretfully retracted the blue-tinged needle from his fingertips, "Alas, what a pity."
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