Wu Chao: Take the whole family to escape the famine

Chapter 541
The snake was about one meter long, and its head was smashed, but it didn't seem to be dead yet, its body was still shaking slightly, and it looked like a rash.

King Xuan looked at Shen Yu'an with the normal expression, and secretly admired him again. This psychological quality is as strong as his brother Ye Wang.

Observing the eyes of the poisonous snake, King Xuan asked: "The emperor's wife said there is something wrong with this snake? What's the problem?" He knew this kind of snake, it is a common poisonous snake, and he couldn't see anything wrong.

Shen Yu'an said: "This snake was raised by people." Seeing that King Xuan was puzzled, Shen Yu'an added, "If the emperor wants to know the reason, you will understand after the wife of the emperor returns to the mansion and dissects the snake.

"Okay." I thought she really wanted to make wine with poisonous snakes, but I didn't expect that she wanted to "do an autopsy." Take it!
After returning to the Yewang Mansion, Shen Yuan found instruments, put on sheepskin gloves, fixed the snake with its tail still whipping on the stone slab, and started the 'autopsy'.

First, the stomach was cut open, and there was a piece of mouse skin that had not been digested and melted by the snake.

Shen Yuan fiddled twice to explain, "Once a snake hibernates, it can't eat, but this snake has eaten, which means it didn't hibernate and was fed."

"Oh~~" King Xuan suddenly realized, and continued to watch Shen Yu'an's knife slashing down, and after cutting open the snake's belly, he found a nest of snake eggs in the snake's belly.

"See? This snake is not only raised, but also kept in a constant temperature place where the four seasons can't be distinguished for a long time, so the snake is ready to lay eggs in winter.

"That's true!" King Xuan widened his eyes in surprise, and admired his sister-in-law even more, "I didn't expect a snake to analyze so many problems. The sister-in-law is really bold and careful."

King Xuan was sighing, Shen Yu'an had carefully sandwiched the snake eggs into a thick piece of cotton wool.

"Is this snake egg useful?" King Xuan asked, could it be used to make a drink?
"Of course it works." Shen Yuan put away five or six snake eggs, wrapped them in cotton wool and put them in a basket, and put a warm hand stove next to them.

Then he raised his pretty face and smiled, "It's very useful, find a way to hatch them, and then use these little snakes to 'catch' that mysterious man out."

"How do you 'catch'?" King Xuan looked curious, thinking that his sister-in-law was really interesting.

"It's cold outside, let's go into the Nuan Pavilion and say."

Shen Yuan told the servants in the mansion to dispose of the dissected poisonous snake, and then found a chance to put the snake eggs in the portable space, and went to the Nuan Pavilion with King Xuan.

Ji Feng and a group of children in the house watched the rabbits while playing in the snow, laughing and chasing after them, like a group of small buffaloes who are not afraid of the cold, but they are all wearing warm sheepskin gloves and ear caps, so it may not be too cold .

In the Nuan Pavilion, several girls were still practicing dancing, Shen Yuan went over to give some advice, then came and sat down, drinking tea with King Xuan and continuing to talk about the snake.

Shen Yu'an took a sip of tea, then looked at King Xuan and asked, "My brother thinks, can such a poisonous snake be brought into the palace from outside?"

King Xuan shook his head, "It's unlikely, the inspection at the gate of the palace is strict, so it's impossible for such a big snake not to be found."

After finishing speaking, he added, "Three steps, one post, five steps and one whistle inside and outside the palace. If you want to sneak into the palace with a poisonous snake, it is very difficult to do it. No matter how skilled you are, it will alarm the guards."

Shen Yuan nodded in agreement, she had been wandering around the palace these days and had seen it before. "Then there is only one possibility, someone is raising poisonous snakes in the palace."

"If it is kept in the palace, it must be kept in a cellar or underground secret room."

"That's right." Shen Yuan nodded firmly, "So the person we are looking for has been lurking in the palace for not a day or two, and he is very familiar with the palace. He knows where there are secret rooms or cellars, and they are all unknown."

King Xuan's face became serious, "Then this person is very dangerous, definitely not as simple as a guard."

"Well, the emperor's sister-in-law thinks so too." Shen Yuyan propped his chin, narrowed his almond eyes and took a sip of tea, "After thinking about it this way, I feel even more that this person has a lot to do with Aya's affairs, let's go, brother, let's go A trip to Prince Rui's residence."

After speaking, Shen Yu'an had already got up, and King Xuan hurriedly got up after him.

He also had some guesses in his mind, this person knew everything about the palace, definitely not something a guard could do, unless someone had lived in it for a long time.

Shen Yuan and Prince Xuan soon arrived at Prince Rui's mansion, and Prince Rui and Wangfei invited them to sit in the warm pavilion.Knowing that they would go to the Three Treasures Hall for nothing, they must have something to talk about, so they brewed hot tea and waited for them to speak.

King Xuan took a sip of tea and looked at Prince Rui: "Uncle Huang, sister-in-law Huang wants to hear the story of "five sons seizing the throne" in the previous dynasty, tell her about it. "He changed his usual lazy expression, and seemed quite interested in this matter.

Prince Rui nodded his head, said hello, and continued talking while drinking tea.

The eldest grandson queen of the former dynasty had five legitimate sons, and the eldest son was established as the prince.

The crown prince was sick, and the second son's gentle and honest personality couldn't suppress the other three imperial brothers, which caused several imperial brothers to look down on them.

A year later, the prince died of illness, and the second son Wei Xihe was established as the prince.

The three emperor brothers refused to accept it, and Wei Xihe succeeded to the throne with the full support of Zhou Chenxiang after some open and secret struggles.

"So that's how it is." Shen Yuan nodded, the second son Wei Xihe is the current Emperor Qi Heng, who put Qi Heng Emperor on the throne, Zhou Chenxiang also thinks that his character is easy to handle, otherwise how can he get the glory and wealth of today?
"What happened to the three emperor uncles?" Shen Yuan asked.

A look of sadness flashed across Prince Rui's eyes: "The former emperor passed away, and the new emperor has not yet ascended the throne. The three brothers took the opportunity to rebel and were shot to death outside the Hall of Supreme Harmony...
Shen Yuan sighed for a moment, remembering that the Night King once said that the eldest grandson empress died young, and the current empress dowager is the successor, so he asked: "Then is there a prince under the empress dowager's knee? Why have I never seen it?"

"Yes, that is Wei Xuanyuan, he is also one of the rebels, but after the rebellion subsided, he disappeared and his whereabouts are unknown." The empress dowager was not held accountable either."

King Xuan asked: "If Wei Xuanyuan lived to this day, how old would he be?"

"He is ten years younger than me, he should be 31 years old." Prince Rui said with a smile and looked at Prince Rui and Princess Rui, "Back then he coveted Madam's beauty."

These words touched a sensitive nerve in Shen Yu'an's heart, "Wei Xuanyuan ever liked Aunt Huang? And this thing?"

"That apprentice." Prince Rui mentioned it with a trace of sullenness, "Forget it, it's all over, so don't mention it."

Shen Yuan couldn't ask what happened that year, so he changed the topic.

"How tall is Wei Xuanyuan? What kind of person is he?"

(End of this chapter)