Rong Zhen still nodded expressionlessly.

"If there is really nothing wrong between Zhao and Yingpin, the emperor will not punish you."

Knowing what the emperor is thinking, Rong Zhen is his own brother, and he has to preserve the reputation of the royal family no matter what. Of course, he has to punish Yingpin. But at this moment when Yingpin is in trouble, the one who is most proud is Shufei.

"There is really nothing between her and me." Rong Zhen thought for a long time and decided to explain it to her to avoid being misunderstood by others.

But what Gu Yunru was thinking was that this incident happened so long ago, and if it wasn't brought up intentionally, no one would have noticed. It was really strange that he came here today to explain it to her.

"It's okay, I believe you. Anyway, it's normal for you men to have three wives and four concubines." Gu Yunru didn't have any hope for the men of this dynasty. Everyone had deep-rooted feudal ideas. If she married into the palace in the future, there might be many concubines. She didn't want these women to disrupt her plans and steps for facing life.

"Don't worry, I will not marry anyone else but you." Rong Zhen said this very firmly and in a very low voice, so much so that she couldn't hear what he was saying at all. She thought he was talking to himself and simply didn't take it to heart.

Hearing the call of an oriole outside, Rong Zhen got up and went outside.

"This was sent by Concubine Shu. These two little orioles are quite pretty."

Gu Yunru didn't have any suspicion at all, but Rong Zhen found that there was something wrong with the two birds, so he went forward to take a closer look.

"The plague has been raging recently, so you have to be careful. Send someone to clean the house carefully inside and out. Do you understand?"

"Plague? When did it happen?" Gu Yunru found that she was almost immune to what was happening outside after staying in the palace.

"It's normal that you don't know about what happened recently. The last time I went to the military camp, I dealt with this matter. Two guys went to a stream to drink water, but they didn't expect that someone used this stream to slaughter chickens, cattle and sheep that were infected with the plague, so they were unfortunately infected with the plague."

Hearing him say this, Gu Yunru hugged her chest in fear and said, "Then...what will happen to those people after they get the plague?"

"Burn alive."

Gu Yunru's whole body stiffened instantly, as if she was petrified.

"How many people in the barracks have the plague?"

Gu Yunru noticed that he had not been seen for the past few days. He would go to the military camp when he had nothing to do and only come back to the palace to see her occasionally. Something must have gone wrong.

"Dozens of people, but this disease can spread from one person to ten people, and from ten to a hundred people, so it's hard to control the epidemic."

Rong Zhen said, looking at the two orioles, "There has been no such situation in the palace yet, but you have to pay attention, understand?"

"Um."

Gu Yunru nodded obediently. It was the first time that she was so obedient after being scolded by him.

After Rong Zhen walked away, Qing Xing came in with a teapot and pursed her lips and said, "Miss, it was the prince who told me not to tell you just now...I..."

"Okay, I know you are under his tyranny. It's okay. Just remember to imitate the bird's cry next time and I will understand."

"oh."

Qing Xing lowered her head with some self-blame, and suddenly thought of Rong Zhen's words. She stroked her chin and said thoughtfully: "The plague has already broken out outside the palace, how far can it be inside the palace?"

"Miss, what are you talking about? The palace is different from the outside. The palace is cleaned so strictly every day, there will be no plague."

"That's not necessarily true. My eyelids keep twitching." Gu Yunru said, looking at Qingxing and said, "Go get a silver needle."

"Ah...Miss, what are you doing with the silver needle?" Qing Xing looked at the young lady in confusion. She always had a new idea every day.

"When I tell you to go, just go now. When did you become so long-winded? Believe it or not, I will marry you to a eunuch."

“No…” Qingxing was so aggrieved that she almost cried out. Gu Yunru didn’t know whether to laugh or cry. She actually believed whatever this silly girl said.

After taking the silver needle, Gu Yunru came to the birdcage, looked at one of the orioles that was sleeping soundly, and quickly gave it an injection while it wasn't paying attention.

Save the blood in time and place it in a blue bottle container.

"Miss, what are you doing?" Qing Xing scratched her head and looked at the young lady's actions in confusion. Gu Yunru clapped her hands and said, "You will know tomorrow morning. Go back to sleep."

"oh."

Gu Junyao watched Ah Chou go up the mountain to collect firewood or hunt every day, and she didn't complain about such a life at all. But she didn't want to waste her youth in this remote place.

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"A Chou, when are we going to leave for the capital?" Gu Junyao asked. A Chou looked at the stream and said, "The boat is broken and needs to be repaired. We can only leave after it is repaired."

"Okay, let me know when it's fixed."

During the few days that Gu Junyao had been with him, she believed in his character and could sleep soundly on the stone bed without closing the door.

In the middle of the night, Ah Chou came to the bedside with a candle in his hand, looking at Gu Junyao's sleeping profile. For some reason, he really wanted to touch this stunning face. He had seen women in the world, but none of them was as beautiful and unforgettable as hers.

But his hand retracted before it touched her crystal clear skin.

Early in the morning, Achou came to the creek to repair the boat, while Gu Junyao looked around to see if there were any wild fruits nearby.

Seeing the red fruits on the tree not far away, Gu Junyao's saliva began to flow. She hadn't seen such juicy fruits for a long time. They must be delicious. She struggled hard and finally reached the branch, but found a red snake coiled near the fruit, spitting apricots at her.

“………”Gu Junyao’s fingers trembled with fear. She wanted to slowly put down the branch, but the snake pounced on her.

“Ah!!”

Achou was repairing the boat when he heard Gu Junyao's shrill screams not far away. He used his lightness skills to fly into the woods and saw her leaning against a tree with blood on her hands. He hurriedly stepped forward and sucked out the poisonous blood. Gu Junyao felt indescribable warmth in her heart when she saw Achou's actions.

Gu Junyao felt hot all over. Could it be that this snake was poisonous?

I saw that Ah Chou found a herb from somewhere, crushed it and applied it on her wound, then bandaged it with cloth, picked her up horizontally and returned to the bamboo house.

Gu Junyao's high fever had not subsided. Ah Chou touched her forehead with his hand and was shocked by the heat of her forehead. After taking the herbs, the fever should have subsided, so why did it get worse? The scene changed. Gu Yunru got up early and checked the fresh blood taken from the oriole yesterday, but found that the blood melted in the potion yesterday had turned blue, which meant that the two orioles were sick.

"Qingxing, send this bird to the Millennium Palace."

Since Gu Yunru is not the emperor's woman, she naturally doesn't have to be afraid of Concubine Shu.