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However, it won't be long. If it was Imperial Consort Ping who poisoned me, no one would come to investigate. I'll just wait, in short, I'm just a palace maid. Was there still a Seventh Prince left to shoulder the burden? Shangguan Bing said that the poison temporarily suppressed, did not develop on the face, but in the body also had to be expelled as soon as possible, otherwise, after suppressing for a long time, even this method could not be done.

However, there was a problem with not being able to obtain the source of the poison.

The door lightly knocked, and a refined and beautiful voice sounded, "Chu Xue, are you there?"

It was Lin Bei. I was excited, but seeing the heavy expressions on the faces of the people in the courtyard, my excited heart sank again.

I softly greeted him. "Painter Lin, I'm here, but it's not convenient today."

"Chu Xue, it's fine, I'll just send you a painting?" The clear and sonorous voice still carried a smile.

I held onto my waist as I slowly walked out. Carefully opening half of the door, I saw his jade-like face. With an apologetic smile, he said, "I'm sorry, Lin Xin. Madam Ning isn't feeling well today. I probably can't go out today."

He laughed softly, his eyes as pure as water. "Chu Xue, your mental state isn't that good, but you still have to be careful of your own body."

I nodded and smiled at him.

He gave me the scroll he held in his hand. "Oh right, there's a box for you to draw. Inside it is the pen I used before." He gave me a pen case and left with a smile.

Closing the door, my scalp tingled with numbness. I looked at the Seventh Prince and Shangguan Yu, what kind of gaze did they have? It was like I was playing along.

Without feeling guilty or afraid of a knock on the door in the middle of the night, I carried my painting and pen case with me and strolled into the house.

Seventh Prince looked at me with a hint of a knowing smile. "So it turns out that Painter Lin and the palace maids from the Cold Palace are also so close?"

"We're from the same village." I lightly said as I bowed to the Seventh Prince. "This servant will take my leave first?"

"Wait, could it be that This King doesn't even have the right to look at this painting?" Seventh Prince raised his eyebrows and looked at me.

I have no intention of doing anything. I am just a palace maid, and I know who I am. What does he want? Do you still hate me for not taking good care of Ning Fei's body?

On my own, Eunuch Yue took the things in my hand and presented them to the Seventh Prince.

What can I do? I'm just a palace maid, it should be my honor for a prince to take a fancy to these things, right?

Shangguan Yu, on the other hand, had an ugly expression on her face as she stared at me.

I didn't say anything, nor did I look at him. I turned around and looked at the white flowers floating lightly in the air.

Maybe, I thought, it was more comfortable being a flower than being a person, so I didn't have to think about anything.

I owe a lot of money, and I can't pay it off. However, I still owe her. I still need her help. I'm so young and weak. The moment I, Ni Chuxue, enters the palace, I'll have to beg for help no matter what.

It was his eyes that made me angry.

I told myself that I had no right to be angry with him like this. I still couldn't do it.

He's about to get married. I don't want him to get involved with my matters.

I think Lin Xin knew more or less about Ning Fei, or he wouldn't have told me not to have feelings.

The Seventh Prince unfurled his painting and exclaimed, "As expected of the number one painter of the palace. It's really not bad. Even when this prince saw it, he still felt some goodwill towards the woman in the painting."

I saw that Shangguan Bing's face was getting tighter and tighter, and my heart tightened. This Lin Xin, what kind of painting is he giving me?

Eunuch Yue once again opened the pen case. What appeared in front of him was a top-grade purple ink brush. Big head, sharp head, long hair, short hair, everything that should be there.

My heart is sad cry, my pen, I keep all tightly, I feel that they are alive.

"What a great gift. Is it really appropriate? Don't tell This King that he will even give you the painting's jade pendant. " His eyes were filled with provocation.

I ask myself, I've never offended the Seventh Prince, right?

If I don't give it to you, what am I? Am I secretly painting in hiding? After rummaging in my clothes for a while, I grabbed that round and smooth jade pendant. I handed it over with both hands and lightly said, "Seventh Prince, please have a look."

His expression turned ugly. "This prince has a look at such a lowly thing." He threw the painting in his hand into the picture scroll.

It depicted a young lady who had a carefree and carefree expression. A faint smile hung on her gentle and carefree face. Especially the look in her eyes, the easygoing look, and the lack of strife in the world; anyone who saw it would feel at ease.

The person in the painting turned out to be me.

The person in the painting is self-satisfied, at ease, laughing softly in his heart, while in reality, I can't laugh no matter what.

He painted very well. He drew really well and was almost no different from a real person. Perhaps, he was most adept at drawing human beings.

He did not even miss the smallest part of his hair.

However, this was not a good time to praise him. I picked up the painting, slowly rolled it up, and put away the pen case that Eunuch Yue had given me.

Shangguan Bing turned her head away, she was silent, the hand at her side had already been clenched to the point of white, her entire body seemed to be flowing with anger.

I looked helplessly at the body of Seventh Prince Fu Fu Fu, and softly entered the small room.

Then I heard someone kicking at a tree.

Seventh Prince said meaningfully, "It's time to eat. Eunuch Yue, get someone to bring in some food. "Return to the palace."

The voice, I knew, must have meant something else.

After a while, the palace maid brought in some food, but I was in no mood for food.

His complexion looked much better. The seventh prince had someone deliver more liquid food and water.

I'm not that happy. What Concubine Ning needs are not these things when she's in a critical state, but more so to see her prince. Furthermore, she comes often to visit her and take care of her.

Otherwise, she wouldn't have ended up like this.

How many years had it been since she'd been in the Cold Palace, repeating this over and over again? Only now did she realize that she couldn't be like that. Was it too late? It was because no one cared about her. Just thinking about her made her feel unwell. He had never thought about her mental state, the amount of medicine she had, or her treatment. Why is it always bad?

She just looked at us like that, quietly, some of the gas was floating, and was about to drop tears.

I smiled lightly. "Esteemed Empress Ning's health should be quick. Everything should be fine."

She bit her lips and gently smiled. It was as brilliant and enchanting as a summer flower. He was laughing so brightly that tears fell from his eyes.

I laughed, too, bitterly.

Grandma Chen patted my shoulder, pointed at the people outside the window, and smiled at me benignly.

Alas, I sighed heavily in my heart.

He did not eat. The palace maids stood fearfully by the side. The unmoving food was lavishly laid out on a round table.

Shangguan Bing stood under the tree, looking at the door, her back to the room, one hand gripping the tree tightly.

The wind blew the white flowers that fluttered in the air. His body and hair were all stained with it.

I walked in. "Doctor." When he cried out softly, he did not react. His knuckles gripped the tree even more tightly.

I turned to look at him. His thin lips were drawn back into a pale line, as if they were white, and even his face was ghastly dark and terrible.

I squeezed out a faint smile, feeling a little angry at myself. Did Shangguan Bing let me down? I owe him a debt, but even if I were to die, I wouldn't be able to repay him.

There was a reason for him to be angry. His face began to change when Lin Xin brought him the painting.

I don't know much about a man's emotions, but I'm sensitive enough to know what he's mad at.

"Doctor Shangguan." I bowed deeply in thanks, and I felt his fiery eyes burn my hair.

Lowering my head, I lightly said, "Thank you." Then he took my lunch and backed out the back door into the woods.

Others didn't understand, but he did. Where the palace maid was, then it would be the seventh prince's eyes and ears. The seventh prince had very tight eyes on me, afraid that I would make a move. How could I let his eyes and ears know what I was about to say?

If I say too much, it will only make the Seventh Prince restrain me more.

I guess he found a cool place to sit down and came out quickly.

Those glowing eyes were still filled with anger?

I smiled at him and said flatly, "Ask Dr. Shangguan to come over for a meal."

He was puzzled, but how could he not know what I meant when he said that? However, his arrogance had yet to subside. He sat down next to me and said, "Who is Lin Bei?"

I gently rubbed my waist with one hand and gave him his lunch with the other.

Seeing his furious appearance, I shrugged. "He is from the same hometown as me, and also happens to be from Qin Huai. "So, he's rather familiar with one another, and he's also a relatively easy person to get along with."

"That's it?" He looked at my face in disbelief, as if he wanted to see through the pores of my face.

I nodded earnestly. "That's right." There's no need to talk about the scary ones.

"Can I just give you a painting like that? Can I give you a precious brush?" It was clear from his tone that he did not believe him.

I raised my eyebrows. "I'll also give you a brush. I'll also give you a brush."

"I'm not like you." He suppressed a haughty and irritable tone.

I laughed softly, "Shangguan Yu, there is a type of person called bosom friends. As the saying goes," When wine is served, a thousand cups are few. "" It's not easy to meet people from the same hometown in the harem, is it? "

"Don't smile at me." He said coldly.

I stopped smiling and looked at him helplessly. "Shangguan, I'm sorry. Today, I've made you angry. "Let me draw a picture for you. The Heavenly Jewels are really pretty, but it's a pity that the Heavenly Jewels here are destroyed by others. Otherwise, you can take a look."