Snowflakes are floating in the dark night sky.

The hand on his cheek moved very gently, and the owner of the hand had a serious expression on his face, which he had never seen on any other woman's face.

Because of the height difference, Xiao Jinyan kept his head down, and his sight naturally fell on the pink lips nearby, unavoidable.

Snowflakes as big as goose feathers fell in the air, easily brushing across the tip of her nose and landing on her lips.

He stretched out his hand and was about to wipe it off for her, but before his fingers touched her lips, her tightly closed lips suddenly opened and the snowflakes on her lips were eaten.

Shen Chuwei ate the cool snowflakes and was so greedy that she wanted to eat strawberry ice cream when the next batch of strawberries were ripe.

There was some heat in Xiao Jinyan's eyes, and even the cold wind blowing towards him seemed to have some heat.

"Why do you want to eat snow? What if you get a stomachache?"

Shen Chuwei curved her eyebrows and said, "Don't worry, Your Highness. It's just a snowflake. I will be fine."

Xiao Jinyan did not comment.

Shen Chuwei stared at the handsome face for a while with the help of the palace lantern, making sure that all the red areas were applied.

"Your Highness, it's done."

Xiao Jinyan stood up straight, and the distance between them instantly became much longer.

The effect of the medicine came very quickly, and the redness healed in a short while.

"Let's go."

Shen Chuwei put away the cream and followed Xiao Jinyan with her short legs.

When they arrived at Fengyi Palace, there were palace maids and eunuchs kneeling on the ground.

Three or four imperial doctors gathered around the bed, examining the patient and talking at the same time, all of them looking nervous.

The emperor paced back and forth in front of the bed with a very gloomy face.

Xiao Jinyan stepped forward and saluted, "Father, how is Mother?"

Shen Chuwei bowed and stood obediently behind Xiao Jinyan.

The emperor stopped and looked up at his son. "It's not clear yet. The imperial physician is treating him."

"For some reason, your mother's face suddenly turned red. She must have been frightened." The emperor said worriedly, looking at the queen on the bed. His eyes fell on the rosy cheeks and his brows furrowed.

The imperial physician's diagnosis has not come out yet, so Xiao Jinyan cannot make any conclusion and can only wait.

The emperor waited for a long time and became a little impatient. He asked in a cold voice: "Imperial Physician, how is the queen's condition?"

The imperial physician bowed and reported: "Your Majesty, the Queen's face is just caused by the discomfort of the perfume powder. It will disappear in two days. There is nothing serious. However..."

The emperor asked, "Just what?"

Xiao Jinyan raised his eyes and looked at the imperial physician, frowning.

"Your Majesty, judging from the Queen's pulse, she has been poisoned by a chronic poison." The imperial physician said cautiously.

The queen had just breathed a sigh of relief, but when she heard that she was poisoned, she stared at the imperial physician with wide eyes in fear.

Qingying personally supervised her food, clothing, housing and transportation on a daily basis, so she had no chance to poison her.

With three palaces and six courtyards and so many concubines, naturally there are many who want to be queen.

She frowned and thought carefully about who was more likely to be the poisoner in the past six months.

The emperor was furious: "How could the queen be poisoned by a chronic poison?"

"Your Majesty, the Queen has been poisoned for half a year. Fortunately, it was discovered in time and the antidote was found in time, so she is fine." said the imperial physician.

The emperor said anxiously: "Then prepare the antidote quickly. If anything happens to the queen, I will only hold you responsible."

"Mandragora flowers grow in cold and gloomy places and are extremely difficult to find. The long journey back and forth will also delay the best time to detoxify." After the imperial physician said this, he knelt on the ground, trembling.

When the queen heard this, even though she didn't know anything about poison, she felt a chill down her spine.

She hasn't had her grandchildren yet, and she's still so young and hasn't lived enough. She can't die.

The emperor glanced coldly at the palace maids and eunuchs kneeling on the ground, and his sight fell on the head nanny Qingying, "The queen has always been your personal attendant. How come you had no idea that the queen was poisoned by a chronic poison?"

"Your Majesty, I have been serving the Empress closely and did not notice that anyone had poisoned her. I deserve to die." Qingying prostrated herself on the ground.

Xiao Jinyan took a few steps forward and bowed, "Father, I am willing to lead people to find Mandragora and come back as quickly as possible."

Upon hearing this, the Queen looked at the Prince in disbelief and was stunned for a long time.

The emperor looked at the prince with some relief and approval, "Then I'll leave the task of finding Mandragora to you. Be sure to come back as soon as possible."

Xiao Jinyan lowered his eyebrows and nodded: "I obey your command."

After leaving Fengyi Palace, Xiao Jinyan ordered: "Liu Xi, ask Prince Yu to come see me."

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"Yes." Liu Xi walked quickly towards Qiancheng Hall.

Shen Chuwei clutched the handkerchief, raised her eyes and secretly looked at Xiao Jinyan. She could see that he was very anxious and worried about the Queen's condition at this moment.

Datura may have been extremely rare in ancient times, but it is not a rare species in modern times.

Coincidentally, there were some Datura seeds in her space.

What's even more coincidental is that a few months ago when she was planting chrysanthemums, she accidentally scattered two seeds, which have now grown more than 20 centimeters.

Xiao Jinyan turned his head to look at Shen Chuwei. Fortunately, he brought her to pay respects to his mother today, otherwise he would not have discovered so easily that his mother was suffering from a chronic poison.

And that packet of incense powder.

He smeared scented powder on his younger brother Xiao Jinyu, because his younger brother was close to the queen mother and was easily stained with scented powder.

The queen mother will have a red face.

"Fortunately you discovered it in time, otherwise my mother's life would be in danger."

Shen Chuwei said, "Your Highness, you are too kind. I just happened to hear it. Your Highness is smart to ask the imperial physician to treat the Queen so quickly."

Xiao Jinyan chuckled. He had seen Shen Chuwei's ability to talk nonsense before. Unlike others who just flattered him, he didn't dislike it.

Not long after entering the East Palace, we arrived at a fork in the road. One road led to Xiyun Pavilion, and the other led to the Prince's bedroom.

Xiao Jinyan stopped and turned to face Shen Chuwei. Seeing that there were many snowflakes on her black hair, he reached out and put on her fox fur hat.

"You go back and rest first. I still have things to deal with."

Xiao Jinyan walked towards the bedroom after he finished speaking. Just as he stepped out of the door, his sleeve was grabbed by someone. He turned around and looked at Shen Chuwei in confusion, "Xiao Jiu, is there anything else?"

"Your Highness, I want to take you to see something." Shen Chuwei hesitated before because she didn't know how to explain the origin of the mandragora. In fact, even if there was no mandragora, the spiritual spring water could cure all poisons, but it was difficult to explain the origin of the spiritual spring.

Xiao Jinyan asked: "What are you looking at?"

Shen Chuwei kept it a secret for a while, "Your Highness, you will know when you come with me."

Xiao Jinyan hesitated for a moment and nodded.

Shen Chuwei brought Xiao Jinyan back to Xiyun Pavilion, holding a lantern, and walked towards the backyard.

Xiyun Pavilion was originally a remote warm pavilion, covering a large area, with a bamboo forest deep in the backyard.

There is a rockery next to the bamboo forest. Usually no one comes here, so there are no lanterns, not even any stones to illuminate.

(End of this chapter)