Chapter 196 Falling Sick

Si Linglong's suspicion was suppressed as soon as it emerged, but she was not a person who liked to make guesses, and after trying it once without success, she put the guess behind her.

He returned to his own courtyard, closed the door, and first counted the stack of banknotes his brother had given him.

Well, seven thousand taels, plus the previous ten thousand taels, is not a small amount.

After counting the banknotes, he put them away again.

Then take out the small purse that was given to you at the beginning.

When the contents of the purse were poured out, there was indeed a piece of jade inside, but it was actually a jade-carved cabbage.

The gradually whitening color of the emerald is carefully carved along the texture into a lifelike small cabbage, the size of two fingers, which looks so tender that it seems to be dripping with water, which shows the exquisite knife skills.

Jade carvings of cabbage ornaments are quite common, but I have never seen cabbage carved into such small pieces, let alone such delicate ones.

Looking again, the jade body is smooth and delicate, like an old object that has been played with many times.

Si Linglong looked over the little cabbage over and over again, but couldn't figure out what the origin of this little thing and the Queen Mother was.

But since Big Brother said it could save his life, this thing must be important.

After thinking about it, he put it into his inner pocket.

After putting everything away, Si Linglong called Shu Hong and asked, "Do you know how long we will stay in Huguo Temple?"

Shu Hong suddenly heard her ask this and said, "The emperor didn't say it, but in my opinion, Huguo Temple is not a place to entertain guests. The temple is not fully equipped. The emperor will not stay here for too long, maybe three to five days, and he can leave when the snow on the road melts."

Si Linglong listened and nodded seriously, "I think so too."

If it's just three or five days, then she'll have to hurry up.

After all, the reason why Bai Qianqian and Helian Tuo were urged to come to Yutai Mountain this time was because this was the direction that Lord Huang pointed to at the end.

Or maybe it was not Yutai Mountain, but another place in the same direction. However, Si Linglong was not familiar with Dayuan, so she naturally went to the place she knew first.

After all, if we follow the rules of novels, the appearance is reasonable.

The emergence of any new map is for the development of the corresponding plot.

Since she was a person who traveled through a book, it would be right for her to follow this rule.

[I just don’t know what is in this Yutai Mountain? ]

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Si Linglong has not forgotten the trap that Bai Qianqian and Chen Xiurong had set for her in the morning. As she said, this matter is not over for her yet.

But revenge would not happen overnight, especially since she couldn't stay here for long, so she had to focus on the most important things.

Si Linglong had no clues, so she could only ask Shu Hong to get a map of the Huguo Temple and take a look around in the next few days to see if there was anything special in the Huguo Temple.

However, before Si Linglong could start implementing her plan of patrolling the mountains, something bad happened to the concubines who came with her.

That night, almost all the concubines, except Si Linglong and Gu Qingquan, were infected with the cold and fell ill at the same time.

The day after they had just concluded the incident of Si Linglong using illness to "seduce" the emperor, the concubines who had originally laughed at Si Linglong's coquettish habits couldn't get up on their own the next day.

Seeing so many concubines falling ill at the same time, Helian Yue was worried whether it was some infectious disease. He asked Doctor Yu and the monk doctors who stayed in the Huguo Temple to take a careful look, but the results were the same.

"It's just a common cold," said Doctor Yu. "Perhaps it's because of the long journey and the cold weather that your body can't stand it, so you got sick."

Moreover, the main targets were concubines with poor physical condition and frailty, such as the palace maids and guards, and Concubine Quan who had been practicing martial arts and fitness for many years, and they were all fine.

Several doctors gave the same diagnosis, which made Helian Yue and the Queen Mother feel relieved.

Anyway, it's better not to have any disease.

Helian Yue could only order the concubines to rest and recuperate, but unexpectedly, there were still one or two who refused to "rest and recuperate".

The first one was Chen Xiurong, who pointed out in public that the emperor’s crown was crooked that day.

Although she was too sick to get up, it did not stop her from continuing to splash dirty water.

"It's Concubine Lang Gui." Chen Xiurong cried to Nanny Jin Xin who came to visit her. "Concubine Lang Gui caught a cold and that's why we all fell ill. Otherwise, why were we all fine before, but fell ill after being with Concubine Lang Gui yesterday?"

As she spoke, she seemed to be afraid that the other party didn't take it seriously enough, "Mammy, the Queen Mother also spoke to her yesterday!"

These words instantly made Nanny Jin Xin's expression serious.