next day
When the palace servants learned that Master Liu was coming to the palace, they stopped looking at Su Man like a criminal. This gave her the opportunity to slip out and meet Xu Yuan.
Su Man and others were at the place that must be passed between the Imperial Hospital and the Yangxin Palace. If Xu Yuan wanted to check the emperor's pulse, he had to take this route.
As she expected, Xu Yuan appeared in less than an incense stick of time.
"Miss?"
Xu Yuan was also a little surprised to see Su Man. He looked around and saw that there was no one around, so he hid behind a tree with Su Man and asked, "Why are you here?"
"Let me ask you, have you ever given your medical book to anyone else?"
"No, Miss, why do you ask that?" Xu Yuan was puzzled.
"I suspect that Qi Xing, like you, has mastered the Xu family's secret techniques."
"What?"
Xu Yuan was incredulous. "This book was passed down from our ancestors. How could the Third Prince have obtained it?"
In fact, what Xu Yuan asked was also what Su Man found strange. Logically speaking, Qi Xing had always been in the palace and was not favored, so how could he have learned the medical books of the Xu family?
Unless someone brought the medical book into the palace.
Su Man's heart moved, "Xu Yuan, you said before that your grandfather was involved in a harem struggle and was confiscated and exiled. Do you know which queen was in trouble at that time?"
"Yes, I heard it from my mother. It seems to be the late emperor's Consort Hui."
Concubine Hui...
At this moment, Su Man suddenly thought of a piece of gossip she had heard before, saying that Qi Xing's biological mother was an older palace maid who had a one-night stand with a drunken emperor, which led to the birth of Qi Xing.
Su Man vaguely understood something, "Xu Yuan, can you lend me that medical book?"
Without hesitation, Xu Yuan took out the medical book that was the size of two palms from the inner pocket of his clothes.
In order to avoid suspicion, Su Man did not read the specific content, but only looked at the first and last pages, and stared at the side for a long time.
Xu Yuan was confused by Su Man's behavior. "What's wrong, Miss? Is there something wrong with this book?"
"This book is incomplete. There is a second volume."
"The next volume?"
Xu Yuan subconsciously retorted, "How could that be? This is the only book my father gave my mother."
Su Man pointed to the side and asked him to look, "Look here."
Xu Yuan looked in the direction of Su Man's finger, and saw a red spot the size of a fingernail. If you didn't look carefully, you would think it was dirty.
Suman analyzed, "This is not ordinary dirt, but a mark, but only half."
Xu Yuan took it and looked at it for a long time, and found that Su Man was right, and that small mark was none other than the yang side of the Bagua diagram.
This discovery made Xu Yuan feel uneasy. "Could it be that there really is a second volume?"
"pretty close."
Su Man speculated, "Perhaps the second volume is even more sinister than the first, which is why your parents didn't mention it."
The two looked at each other and realized the seriousness of the problem.
If Qi Xing really got the second volume of the medical book, then what he set up in Wuyou Village might not be as simple as the soul-locking formation.
...
"Miss Liu? Where are you, Miss Liu?"
Not far away, the voices of palace maids were heard.
Su Man winked at Xu Yuan, signaling him to stay here, adjusted her skirt, and walked forward slowly.
It wasn't until Dongmei caught up with her from behind that she showed an innocent face as if she had just noticed someone, "Dongmei, why are you here? Is father here?"
"Master Liu is paying his respects to the Emperor in the Yangxin Palace and is calling for you to come over."
"Okay, let's go."
Su Man took two steps and found that Dongmei did not follow her, but looked around.
Suddenly, Dongmei saw a picture of winter plum blossoms painted with tree branches on the snow.
Su Man blushed, "I haven't painted for a long time, and I'm itching to try. I'm sorry to have embarrassed you."
Dongmei looked curious, "Miss Liu has been painting here just now?"
"Yes, I saw the plum blossoms were in full bloom here, so I took the opportunity to paint them. I actually forgot the time and was so tired that you came to find me."
Dongmei had long heard that Miss Liu was an excellent painter, and she believed it to be true. She said, "This is what I should do. Miss, please don't delay any longer and go to the Yangxin Palace."
"good."
Before leaving, Su Man glanced at the snow. Fortunately, she made this painting while waiting for Xu Yuan, otherwise she would not be able to get away with it.
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Hall of Mental Cultivation
The emperor was frightened and angry yesterday and went back to bed.
When Su Man entered, the emperor was complaining about his unvirtuous wife and unfilial son, and how he was deceived by a swindler and his reputation was ruined.
Scholar Liu comforted the emperor, "Fortunately, the emperor had a real dragon to protect him, so he escaped the disaster."
"These wicked and ambitious people, I have loved them in vain."
"Your Majesty, please don't be too angry. Take care of yourself."
Scholar Liu and the late General Fang all grew up with the emperor, so their relationship is naturally extraordinary.
The emperor was not arrogant when chatting with Master Liu, just like two old men chatting about family matters. The scene was very harmonious until Su Man appeared and interrupted their conversation.
"Your Highness, may the Emperor be well and safe."
"Get up."
"Thank you, Your Majesty."
After Su Man stood up, she bowed in the direction of Master Liu and said, "Father."
Scholar Liu had been extremely anxious since he heard about the assassination attempt yesterday. Now that he saw that Su Man was fine, he felt relieved. He turned to the emperor and bowed, saying, "My daughter has always been stupid and has troubled you these past few days. If there is anything inappropriate in it, please forgive me, Your Majesty."
"My dear, you don't have to be so polite. Liu Man is engaged to Qi Xing, and she will marry into the family sooner or later. It's not really a bother. Qi Xing said this morning that Liu Man was frightened and asked you to stay in the palace for a while so that the imperial physician can take good care of you."
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