The side hall of the Cining Palace was quiet. Concubine Zhen was gently waving a round fan in her hand. Sun Shurong was holding a blue and white porcelain bowl on her head, with her hands raised flat, and beads of sweat kept appearing on her forehead.

"The Emperor likes women who are weak and graceful, not women who are hunched over. You stay by my side and practice hard. When the time comes, the Emperor will be unable to take his eyes off you."

Sun Shurong felt distressed and said, "Thank you for your cultivation, Concubine Dowager."

Sun Shurong felt like every day was a year. After finally getting through two hours, she was exhausted and had no time to argue with anyone.

Jiang Yuan passed by Sun Shurong. In the past, Sun Shurong would have definitely retorted to her, but Sun Shurong took the initiative to walk away without saying a single sarcastic word.

Jiang Yuan was shocked. Concubine Zhen was really good at training people. She also decided to join Concubine Zhen's training plan and planned to correct her walking and standing posture.

Gu Yingxia had a white cloth covering her eyes, and two ginseng dolls were hiding around the room laughing.

"Hide well, I'm going to start catching people."

Gu Yingxia's eyes were covered with a white cloth, and her hands were scrabbling. The ginseng doll hid in the bookcase, emitting a cheerful laugh. Gu Yingxia groped her way forward. Gu Yinwei squatted in the garden, watering the plants. The medicinal fields in the backyard of the Cining Palace were full of medicinal herbs, lush and green hemostatic flowers, and tall and majestic eye-catching grass.

Bian Tao stood in front of the fenced yard holding a letter and waved, "Empress Dowager, there's a letter for you."

"Who sent it?"

"It was sent by the two concubines in the palace."

Gu Yinwei came out of the medicine garden, washed her hands, unfolded the letter and read it carefully.

The person in the letter seemed familiar, and Gu Yinwei couldn't help but think of someone.

Chuchu put down the line in her hand and asked, "Master, what is written in the letter?"

"Wei Junzhai said that she found a man-eating plant in Lingyin Mountain. There is a secret treasure next to the plant. He can't deal with it alone, so he asked me to help him.

Bian Tao frowned: "Master, you just returned to the palace. Isn't it a bad idea to leave the palace now?"

"Besides, we haven't communicated with the Imperial Master for many years, and we don't know whether he is a friend or foe."

"Bian Tao, you have the same idea as me. Keep the letter for now. If he really wanted to find me, he would come back to Kyoto to see me, instead of asking me to find him based on just a letter."

Chu Chu pouted, "Although the late emperor personally appointed him as the Imperial Master when he was alive, the new emperor did not restore his official position after he inherited the throne. It is reasonable for Wei Junzhai to come to see the master.

As the master and his two servants were talking, a scream suddenly came from the side hall.

"Ah, youkai."

Jiang Yuan's face was pale, and she was gasping for breath while leaning against the door frame. Gu Yingxia was holding two ginseng dolls in her hands.

Gu Yinwei was very disappointed with her. "It's fine if you're just fooling around at night, but you're also fooling around in broad daylight. Look, you scared someone to death. Are you satisfied? Let's see how you end it."

"I was having fun behind closed doors when she suddenly came running in and scared me so much that I fainted before I could say anything."

Concubine Zhen hurried to smooth things over: "Don't just stand there, come and help. Bian Tao, go get a glass of cold water. Chu Chu and Xiao Yu, you two, carry her to the quiet room."

Concubine Zhen took a sip of water and sprayed it on Jiang Yuan's face, and Jiang Yuan finally woke up.

"Princess Zhen, I just saw two fat babies."

Concubine Zhen sat down on the stool beside the bed and said, "You are mistaken. There are no fat babies in the Cining Palace."

Gu Yingxia thought quickly and said, "What you saw were not fat babies, but two big carrots."

Concubine Zhen continued, "You must have been too tired recently, and you missed the emperor too much, so you had hallucinations."

"Is that so? But I saw it clearly at the time, two fat kids crawling all over the floor laughing."

Gu Yingxia was so anxious that she was sweating profusely.

What if she really saw it? What should I do?

Concubine Zhen gave Gu Yingxia a comforting look, and then began to brainwash Jiang Yuan.

"Jiang Zhaoyi, what you see isn't necessarily true. The Cining Palace is full of slaves, including 35 palace maids and 15 eunuchs."

"The Empress Dowager is in charge of the Cining Palace. No demon or monster can enter the Cining Palace. Everyone's eyes are as clear as mirrors. How come others didn't see it, but you did?"

"As the saying goes, if you don't do anything wrong, you don't have to worry about ghosts knocking on your door. Jiang Zhaoyi, have you done anything wrong, or have you ever killed someone?" Jiang Yuan clenched her fists slightly, feeling uneasy.

"I have never harmed anyone."

"That's strange. Didn't Concubine Jiang harm anyone? Could it be that she has hysteria? People in the harem with hysteria don't have an easy life."

Jiang Yuan loudly retorted: "I'm not sick."

"Of course I know you're not ill, but seeing how agitated you are, it would be best to find a royal physician to see you."

"No, thank you for your hospitality, Concubine Zhen. I will return to the palace first."

"Don't leave in a hurry. The imperial physician has arrived. Let him check you out first." Gu Yingxia clapped her hands, and the imperial physician came in carrying a medicine box.

Gu Yingxia gestured to the two ginseng dolls, preparing to confirm that Jiang Yuan was suffering from hysteria.

She casually placed the two ginseng dolls on the table, and Jiang Yuan's eyes happened to fall on the table.

The imperial physician took her pulse, and she looked at the dancing doll on the table in horror, "Imperial physician, look, the doll on the table can move."

The imperial physician looked back and saw that there was no doll on the table, but two large radishes carved from white jade.

"Empress Zhaoyi is dazzled."

"I'm not dazzled. Look, they're moving again."

The imperial physician turned around again, and the two ginseng dolls immediately changed from human form to their original form.

"Empress Zhaoyi, I will prescribe you a tranquilizer. Please take good care of yourself. You are still young and your health will recover."

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