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The next day, Yunshan noticed Li Meng's absent-mindedness and jokingly asked, "What did you dream about last night that made you look so distraught?"

Li Meng's reaction was extremely intense, as if her secrets had been touched upon. She quickly waved her hands in denial, "No, no, don't talk nonsense!"

This flustered reaction successfully piqued Yunshan's curiosity. She curled her lips and teased, "Oh my, Miss Li San, could it be that it's in your heart?"

Hearing this, Li Mei hurriedly covered her ears, as if this could block out the teasing, but the blush that quickly crept up her cheeks revealed the secret in her heart.

Yunshan didn't ask any further questions. She knew clearly why Li Meng was in such a state. After all, she had also experienced the stage of first love and was very familiar with the feeling.

Seeing that she didn't ask any more questions, Li Miao felt a little uncomfortable. Instead, she reached out and gently pushed Yunshan, then took the initiative to speak:

"Yesterday I went to the palace of Concubine Gao to work. Concubine Gao was pregnant, and His Majesty graciously allowed her family to visit her."

Yunshan nodded and continued, "Yes, I know about this."

Li Meng continued, "Her family brought in a lot of stuff. I was checking everything carefully, constantly reminding the maid beside me. As a result, I turned around and nearly fell."

Yunshan's eyes lit up, and she asked jokingly, "Oh? Could it be that some young man has come to the rescue?"

Li Meng quickly waved her hands in denial, "No, no, no, you're teasing me again. You've known my skills since childhood. I'm incredibly agile. I was just startled and stumbled a few steps, but I didn't actually fall."

"Oh? And then?" Yunshan asked, her eyes full of curiosity.

"Then." Li Mei's cheeks flushed slightly, and her voice unconsciously lowered.
"I've noticed that no matter which table or box I approach, the young master from the Gao family always grabs the edges with his hands in advance. How can he be so thoughtful and considerate?"

Yun Shan was immediately interested, her eyes lighting up. "Young Master Gao? Could he be the one your father recommended for you?"

Li Meng hesitated for a moment, then nodded gently, "Yes."

"Didn't our Miss Li San reject him in the beginning?" Yun Shan raised her eyebrows and looked at her with a smile.

"Oh, I didn't know him at that time." Li Meng stamped her feet, with a hint of coquettishness in her tone.

"But now, times have changed. It's probably impossible for you two to be together. It's really fate that plays tricks on us. What can we do?" Yunshan shook her head and sighed with pretended regret.

"I didn't say I wanted to marry him." Li Miao turned and ran away, embarrassed and anxious. Yun Shan watched her leave, thinking to herself, it seems the fate of these two people is really inseparable and difficult to sort out.

Yunshan turned her head inadvertently and her eyes met that Medicine Minister Zhong. In an instant, everything that happened to Yang Fei yesterday and the Medicine Minister in front of her were suddenly connected in her mind.

She secretly wondered in her heart: "Could it be that these two people are in the same group?"

Recalling the meeting with Concubine Yang in Concubine Bianliang's palace yesterday, he thought that Concubine Yang was targeting Concubine Bianliang, but now he understands that her spearhead was actually directed at himself.

In this case, Yang Fei's ultimate target was probably Lin Yu. Yun Shan knew that if she made a mistake, Yang Fei would be eager to get rid of her as a thorn in her side.

If she fell, the next person to suffer might be Yun Jin, or even Aunt Zhuang. With this thought, Yun Shan felt a chill in her heart, and she didn't dare to think about it any further.

At this moment, she looked at Zhong Yaocheng calmly with her eyes. In a flash, a tentative method quietly took shape in her mind, and she was determined to verify this guess in her heart.

Every day when Zhong Yaocheng was on duty, he always liked to play with his purple-hair brush. The brush was slender, the wood was warm, and the most eye-catching thing was the bead embedded in the end of the brush, which was so green that it almost looked blue, and it shimmered with a strange luster in the sunlight.

Day after day, Zhong Yaocheng couldn't let go of the bead and rubbed it from time to time. Now it has been polished to a shiny finish, like a precious heirloom.

That day, while Zhong Yaocheng was away from his duty station, Yunshan took quick action.

She carefully took out a small glass bottle from her bosom, which contained the prepared musk deer essential oil unique to the northwest.

The origin of this musk deer essential oil is not simple. When Lin Xiao was in the northwest, he accidentally discovered this rare thing and brought it back. He thought Yunshan would like it, so he gave it to her specially.

Yunshan gently pulled out the cork, dipped her fingertips in a little essential oil, and then accurately dripped it onto the bead on the purple-hair brush.

A drop of crystal essential oil fell steadily on the beads, spreading out instantly and emitting a unique fragrance.

The smell of this musk deer essential oil is very special. When you first smell it, it has a hint of wildness and mellowness, and then it is lingering with a faint scent of grass and woods. The key is that its fragrance is extremely long-lasting and lingers for a long time. It is difficult to remove unless you wash it repeatedly with soap several times.

Fortunately, musk deer itself is a common medicinal herb. Even if the essential oil gets on Zhong Yaocheng's body, others will only think that she accidentally got it on her body when mixing the medicinal herbs, and will not be suspicious for no reason.

After doing all this, Yunshan quickly hid the glass bottle and left as if nothing had happened, just waiting to see what outcome this test would lead to.

As soon as Yunshan returned to Liuhua Palace, she immediately told Yu Linyu the whole plan.

After listening to this, Lin Yu pondered for a moment and then said, "In that case, I will let Yun Jin visit Concubine Yang's palace more often these days. Didn't Concubine Yang ask me to visit her more often the other day? This time, I will fulfill her wish."

Sure enough, one afternoon two days later, Yun Jin came to the crescent-shaped door of the Pharmacy and sent the pharmacy servant in to call Yun Shan out.

She stood on the open grass on purpose, fearing that the fragrance of medicine in the pharmacy would not contaminate her at all.

Yunshan came hurriedly, and Yunjin could not wait to come forward and said:
"I went to Concubine Yang's place today, and I seemed to smell the special smell you mentioned."

As she spoke, she fanned her sleeves vigorously like a moth to a flame and moved closer to Yunshan: "I deliberately stayed there for a while. You have a keen nose, come and smell it."

Yunshan found it funny and reached out to hold down Yunjin's flapping "wings". She said helplessly, "Sister, I'm not Concubine Bianliang's lapdog. How can I tell it apart just by smelling it?"

She changed the subject, her expression stern: "Since you have noticed something, I will go to Concubine Yang's palace myself."

Yunshan managed to take over the task of delivering fertility-enhancing soup to Concubine Yang's palace today from a medicine attendant. She carefully carried the soup bowl and walked steadily towards Concubine Yang's palace.

As soon as he entered the inner hall, the familiar scent of musk deer essential oil enveloped the warm air. This rich aroma must have meant that Zhong Yaocheng had been here for a long time.

Concubine Yang's attention was instantly attracted by the medicine in Yunshan's hand. Her eyes were full of vigilance, and she gave a subtle wink to the maid beside her.

The maid understood what he meant, stepped forward to take the soup bowl, pretended to be careless, and dropped it to the ground with a "clang", breaking it.

"Stupid thing!" Yang Fei's eyes widened as she feigned anger, "This was personally sent by Chief Song Yao, and you've wasted such a thoughtful gesture!"

"I deserve to die!" The maid turned pale with fear and knelt down to apologize. "I will go to the pharmacy and get another one." After saying this, she stood up and walked out with Yunshan. (End of this chapter)