Gu Yunru looked around and saw that it was like a dilapidated house, with fallen leaves all over the ground and no one cleaning them up. Was the Seventh Prince banished to the cold palace? It was so miserable.

"Your Highness, you don't know this, this is also what the Queen meant."

"What's wrong? Could it be that the Seventh Prince is unlucky with the Queen?" Gu Yunru looked at him with gossip and curiosity, wanting to find out some unknown secrets of the harem from him.

"In fact, I just heard from Concubine Cao and the others that the Queen didn't like my seventh brother very much because his mother was of low status, so he was never well-liked. In fact, it's not that she hates him, but she just doesn't care about him. She treats him like a cat or a dog, and is extremely indifferent. She wouldn't send a good doctor to treat him when he was sick, so he has been delayed until now."

“So that’s how it is!”

Gu Yunru nodded in sudden realization. She kept fanning the cold wind with her hands. The weather in the dog days of summer was really scorching. She was already panting after walking a few steps. She finally pushed open the gate of the yard. She didn't expect that the ash layer was so thick that it could be made into cement.

"Cough cough..." Gu Yunru felt himself covered by thick dust. He quickly blinked his eyes and walked in. Before he stepped through the threshold, he heard a cough coming from inside. It would be strange if he didn't get sick living in such a damp and dim house. There were actually several large locust trees planted around, which just blocked the sunlight in the yard.

"Is anyone there?" Gu Yunru looked around and saw that there was no one around. Only an elderly maid came in with a teapot. Not only were her movements slow, but her reaction speed was also very slow. She was stunned for a long time before asking about the identities of the two people.

"She is a doctor. I asked her to come and see my seventh brother. Is he okay now?"

Yin Zu was smart. He first concealed Gu Yunru's identity and smiled at her gently. The old woman was a little slow to react and nodded, motioning for the two of them to go in and take a look. Gu Yunru pushed open the door without saying a word. He felt an extremely foul smell coming from the room.

"Ahem..." Gu Yunru felt like she was being buried by dust. She pulled open the black curtains and a little light came into the room. The Seventh Prince lying on the bed was already terminally ill. It seemed that no one had cleaned the meals or anything. Her mother was too old to need someone to take care of her, and this old woman was the only one in the whole yard who was taking care of the Seventh Prince.

Yin Zu followed behind Gu Yunru and explained to her: "That is the old mule who takes care of the seventh brother. He was from the clan house before. He is a bit old and has a bit of hearing loss. I heard that sometimes his brain doesn't work very well!"

"I can see that the elderly need others to take care of them, so how can they have the energy to take care of the Seventh Prince? Go get a basin of hot water and call two eunuchs over." Gu Yunru gave the order, and Yin Zu nodded and started to arrange the matter. Gu Yunru didn't dare to sit on the bed, fearing that the dust would stain her clothes. She lifted his quilt with one foot and took his arm out.

In the dim room, it was difficult to see what the Seventh Prince looked like. All that was discovered was that his skin was as white as snow, a phenomenon that occurs when one is deprived of sunlight for years.

"Seventh Prince?" Gu Yunru looked at him who had remained silent and frowned curiously. It seemed that his body had been severely poisoned. As to what the poison was, they needed to take out their equipment for a careful inspection. First of all, they could not continue to live in such a bad environment.

"Ahem...you...are?" The Seventh Prince finally reacted. He thought it was the imperial physician again, but from the voice he knew it was a woman. The light in the room was too dim, so he couldn't see her face clearly. He could only hear her voice which was very clear and pleasant.

"Great, you can still hear me. Seventh Prince, this room is too damp and dim. I have asked someone to come and clean it up, but you need to go to the yard to get some sun first. You can go in after they finish cleaning." Gu Yunru asked someone to help him to the yard, sat him down and put a cloak on him. The old woman refused to let the Seventh Prince go out no matter what. Gu Yunru didn't know what the old woman was so nervous about. She gestured to her and said, "Seventh Prince, he needs to get some sun now and the room needs to be cleaned up. Don't stop him."

But the old nanny still insisted on not letting the Seventh Prince go out. Fortunately, Yin Zu came out and stopped the old nanny, asking her to go aside first.

Gu Yunru had someone pour a cup of hot water and placed it in front of the Seventh Prince. Only then did she see that he looked haggard, but very pure, elegant, and skinny. People heard that he was a sickly person, so few people came to ask about him. When the late emperor was alive, everyone would respectfully call him the Seventh Prince. But as soon as the late emperor passed away, he became completely ignored. Even a eunuch could show off in front of him.

Gu Yunru asked Yin Zu to take care of him here, and went to the kitchen to see what medicine he had taken during that period. She saw the old maid in a panic, as if she wanted to steal all the medicine residue. Gu Yunru asked the eunuch to stop her.

"Catch her for me!" Gu Yunru gave an order and walked to the old woman, took the medicine jar from her hand and checked the residue.

He found that there were two kinds of medicines that were not for treating colds. These two kinds of medicines could be said to be chronic poisons. These medicines were mutually exclusive. Seeing this, he asked the eunuch to tie up the old woman. Gu Yunru sat aside and threw the medicine residue in front of her, "Who gave you these medicines?"

"Princess, please spare me. I don't know either. I was just cleaning the jars as usual... These things were brought here by the people from the Imperial Hospital. The other servants know nothing about them." The old maid looked terrified.

It turns out that she could speak a few words fluently. I thought she was really hard of hearing, but it turns out she was just pretending.

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Gu Yunru snorted coldly. She had seen many people who took advantage of others' power, and she was no exception. She looked down at her and said, "If you don't explain yourself today, you will have to eat these medicine residues. Do you know what the crime of poisoning the Seventh Prince is?"

She frowned ferociously and scared the old woman in no time.

The old maid started to complain in front of her, "Princess, please spare me. These were sent by the Imperial Hospital, and the people in the Imperial Hospital followed the Queen's orders. The Queen has always disliked the Seventh Prince, and moved him to such a remote place just to let him fend for himself. The Queen thought that putting something in the medicine would make the Seventh Prince die faster..."