When Gu Yunxi arrived at Xiaoye Chamber with a food box, the palace maids were lighting lanterns.

The hall was elegant and quiet, and the fragrant flowers in the hall were like brocade.

The glazed lamps in the four corners of the wall were shining brightly, and the magnificent light was extremely warm. The light enveloped the beauty by the pearwood table, but it could not dispel the grievances between her eyebrows.

After meeting with Gu Yunxi, Gu Yunyao let her sit down, and then eagerly asked about the current situation of Concubine Xu and the little prince.

Gu Yunxi told the truth, saying that the prince's symptoms of fright had been well after several days of consultation and medication. However, Concubine Xu was tired and caught a cold due to the continuous rain for a few days. She felt unwell when she woke up in the morning, and she was still ill in bed.

Learning that Zhaoyi Yu had come to visit the day before yesterday when she was ill, Concubine Xu ordered the kitchen to make some pastries. In addition, she asked her maid to send a box of tributary maple balm for the body to Zhaoyi.

Gu Yunxi took the initiative to ask for this errand.

Madam Jinzhu was busy serving Concubine Xu. The maid in low status was not suitable to meet Zhaoyi.

Gu Yunxi knew the eldest sister's temperament best, and she had a strong mind. In the past few days, there were successive accidents in Chuxiu Palace, and she must be fidgeting there.

Going to see her, she could choose the appropriate words and explain things clearly.

Hearing that Concubine Xu was ill, Gu Yunyao looked anxious. Her delicate body softened on the rose chair. She regretted and cried.

Gu Yunxi stood up when seeing this, comforted her for a moment, and said,

"Master Yu, don’t worry. Your Grace Xu is a sensible person. Knowing that Jieyu Jin plays a dirty trick, Your Grace believes you. She is afraid that you can’t let it go because of that. She is not well now, so she lets me send you the gift to clear up the misunderstanding."

Gu Yunyao nodded softly, wiped her eyes with a handkerchief, and smiled bitterly.

"I am a useless person anyway. I wanted to see her when the weather was good, but in the end, it caused her trouble and caused you to be punished. It's my sister who is still thinking about me even when she is sick."

"Master, never be like this."

Seeing Gu Yunyao sighed with sorrow, Gu Yunxi also felt sad. She always felt that the eldest sister fell from the high position today all because of her disappearance that year. Since then, she had been depressed all day long.

With tears shedding, Gu Yunxi hurriedly lowered her head, walked to the table and started to open the food box. She put the Chinese yam cake with jujube paste, rose gravy, malt sugar and almond tofu on the table in turn.

"Master Yu, let bygones be bygone. You don't need to be worried about it every day. If you have an estrangement with Her Grace Xu, then those villains will get what they wish."

"Here, Her Grace Xu specially asked me to make these snacks. You can taste them while they are fresh."

While speaking, Gu Yunxi offered the plate of almond tofu into Gu Yunyao's hands.

Gu Yunxi served the eldest sister's favorite dessert first.

It was a random action but Zhao An noticed it. The light in his eyes flashed immediately with unknown meaning.

The plate of almond tofu was as white as fat, and the half-palm-sized four squares were crystal clear and small. Lying on the oval pink plate with veins, it was really eye-catching.

Gu Yunyao tasted it and felt much better.

The setting sun went down and the moon showed a small face from the treetops.

It was not early, and Gu Yunxi said goodbye. Gu Yunyao asked Zhao An to fetch three palace lanterns and hand them to the three palace maids of Chuxiu Palace to light their way.

"Hiss, hiss", there were a few unusual sounds in the corner.

Gu Yunxi had good hearing and heard it first. Her eyes turned sharply, and she became alert.

"Lord Zhao, do you hear something?"

Gu Yunxi called Zhao An. When she turned her head, she saw a black figure on the northern window lattice.

"A snake…"

She screamed, taking the lead to stand in front of Gu Yunyao.

"Protect Master!"

Zhao An also saw it, with panic on his face. Waving and shouting, he ordered the eunuchs to find useful tools to catch the snake.

At this time, everyone found two snakes lying beside the sandalwood cabinet on the west side.

"Watch out! The snakes are poisonous..."

Zhao An, who was very experienced, saw the yellow and black stripes on the two snakes, and immediately recognized that they were poisonous snakes.

"Ah! Snakes! Poisonous snakes!"

The shouts came from the young female slaves of the palace.

With their yelling, large and small snakes swarmed in from the temple door and windows on both sides and densely snarled like a surging tide. The situation made people's hair stand on end.

Soon, many snakes crawled on the floor of the Main Hall. They were large and small, poisonous and non-poisonous. They were all mixed together with round eyes staring at people and spitting scarlet tongues. They squeezed and rolled, and the scene was black and pressed. It was spectacular.

Gu Yunxi, Zhao An and a few eunuchs were in front, spreading their arms to protect Gu Yunyao and the maids to step back until there was no way to retreat.

The girls behind never saw this kind of thing before. Their faces became pale and their bodies were trembling.

"Ah!"

A young maid had been freaking out.

She yelled a few times, and then ran towards the cabinet. Her shin was bitten by a snake which was as thick as two fingers.

At the same time, the group of snakes that were about to move went mad, scattered all around in an instant and attacked people arbitrarily.

Gu Yunxi was the most agile, moving flexibly between the gaps of the group of snakes. Her palms were like blades. She punched and kicked to drive off the invading snakes.

There were screams from time to time. It should be that a palace maid had been hurt.

Gu Yunxi sweated profusely. She was good at Kungfu, so it was not difficult for her to escape. However, she couldn't ignore these palace maids.

Soon, Gu Yunxi found a clue.

These snakes did not seem to be ordinary snakes, because even the smallest snakes were fierce and very hard to deal with. People's screams seemed to stimulate them more easily, bringing their madness to the breaking point.

"Stop shouting! Keep quiet!"

Gu Yunxi yelled for warning. She swiped a poisonous snake that leaped at her with one hand, secretly took the palm-size emerald flute with the other hand, and blew a few short and low sounds.

The group of snakes immediately settled on the spot. Magically, they were not moving, neatly and uniformly. And then, they crooked and crawled to find gaps.

It was as expected!

When she was studying rhythm with His Highness who covered his face with a mask, she had heard him talk about "snake trainers" in the world. They used the rhythm to control snakes and drive them.

Although she didn't understand the technique of training snakes, she felt that there were always similarities in all rhythms. She just played a few low and gentle syllables. Most people couldn't detect them at all if they didn't listen carefully. However, it made a difference.

At this time, Zhao An ordered the eunuchs to find tools such as bamboo sledges, long sticks, cloth bags, and pick up some scattered snakes in the temple and put them into cloth bags for disposal. Most of those snakes that were waiting for the opportunity to escape were already non-aggressive. In a blink of an eye, those who climbed the houses and walls disappeared.

In the Main Hall, Gu Yunyao sat on the rose chair. She spent much time calming down. Gu Yunxi recalled the scene just now and felt scared at this time.

"It is not spring now. How can there be so many snakes in the Palace? This is weird. I am afraid it is a man-made disaster! Lord Zhao, recently the Palace has to be strictly fortified."

After finishing speaking, Gu Yunxi looked at Zhao An sternly.

The Palace was sinister. She was afraid of someone trying to harm her eldest sister.

Zhao An suddenly thought of something. He wandered around the hall for a moment with his eyes raising high, and he cried out aloud.

"What happened?"

Gu Yunxi knew he had discovered something, and walked quickly to ask.

Zhao An was regretful. He shook his head and sighed.

"It's my fault. I was careless. In the morning, Master wanted some pots and flowers, and the Royal Flower Room sent a lot of cestrum nocturnums. These non-toxic and harmless flowers have a strong and long-lasting floral fragrance, and they are most suitable for growing in the house."

"When the flowers arrived, I didn't check them carefully. After Madam Mu reminded, I find these flowers are not cestrum nocturnums. They are tuberoses!"

"Tuberoses?"

Gu Yunxi frowned, feeling like a blow in her heart.

Tuberoses were poisonous. Although they were fragrant, they cannot be placed indoors, which would cause dizziness. What was worse, they would cause hallucinations.

At this time, Gu Yunyao was supported by Song Qin, and walked slowly and feebly to Zhao An.

Zhao An was sullen, and his eyes narrowed. He pointed to a pot of "cestrum nocturnums" and said to Gu Yunyao.

"My Master, please have a look! In terms of the shape and leaves, the two flowers are similar. The only difference is the stem."

"Cestrum nocturnums are woody plants that can be cultivated in the winter. Tuberoses are the herbs of the year, which will wither in winter, and grow the next year. The characteristic of them is that their fragrance is likely to attract snakes."

Gu Yunxi nodded after hearing it, and firmly believed Zhao An's words.

"That's right! I just discovered that the snakes have been trained. This time someone tended to hurt Master Yu, and he must have backups. Even if Master is harmed by the snakes and will investigate in the future, people's attention will naturally be on the fragrance of the tuberoses in the Palace!"

After speaking, everyone was terrified. Gu Yunxi sneered low with her cold eyes.

This was really a foolproof dual-purpose murder trick! Fortunately, she was there today, and she had the emerald flute with her!

With the sound of footsteps, Imperial Doctor Chen arrived at Xiaoye Chamber. It was not Jiang Huaian who was on duty tonight.

Imperial Doctor Chen followed Gu Yunyao’s instructions and first examined the injured palace maids and eunuchs. After that, he took Gu Yunyao's pulse and prescribed a prescription for calming and concentrating.

After timely treatment, some palace maids who were bitten by poisonous snakes could be considered to have saved their lives.

Finally, Imperial Doctor Chen left some ointments for wounds and poisons and two packets of realgar powder.

Seeing that the Imperial Doctor was about to leave, Gu Yunxi hurriedly stopped him, bowed, and said with a low eyebrow.

"I'm the maid of the Chuxiu Palace. I encountered this because I was ordered by Her Grace to give Zhaoyi Yu something. I am afraid now. In order to prevent snakes and insects due to the wrong flowers sent to the Palace, please send some realgar powder to the Concubine Xu's Palace."

The imperial doctor thought for a while, and agreed.

"Madam, your advice is reasonable. Let me go back to prepare, and send some for all the masters of the imperial harem. I will order the medical boy to send it to Concubine Xu."

"Thank you so much."

Seeing the imperial doctor who had been successfully cheated by her off, Gu Yunxi smiled leisurely and snorted coldly.

Since someone wanted to play tricks behind her, then she would take advantage of this opportunity and simply make things worse.

The pustule had grown, and it was always necessary to break it in order to completely cure the disease.