Chapter 191 Empress

Feng Qingsui used the pen and ink on Ji Changqing's desk to repaint a portrait of his master.

Then, using a thinner brush tip and much lighter ink, he outlined Concubine Wu's facial contours and features.

I found that the biggest difference between Master and Concubine Wu is their eyebrows and facial contours.

The master's eyebrows were always drawn below the brow bone, very close to the eyes. When she just regained her sight, she always felt a little awkward when she saw the master's eyebrows.

I once suggested to my master to draw the line a little higher to widen the distance between the eyebrows and the eyes.

That might look much better.

The master laughed and said, "Looking good isn't necessarily a good thing when you're out and about."

She agreed with that.

No more questions.

After watching for a long time, I accepted my master's appearance and no longer felt awkward.

As for the eyes, Master's eyes are a little too ordinary and don't match his bone structure, but there are many people with unharmonious facial features, so it's nothing strange.

But after painting Concubine Wu's eyebrows and eyes on the master's face, the master became as radiant and shining as a pearl that had been washed clean of dust.

A thought suddenly popped up in her mind: Master's double eyelids were changed from single eyelids, right?

Nine times out of ten, that's right.

She told Ji Changqing this guess.

Ji Changqing: (_)

Can single eyelids be changed into double eyelids?

It's even more magical than disguise.

"What about the face shape?" he asked puzzledly, "How did an oval face change to a square face?"

Feng Qingsui thought of his master's favorite snack—hard, air-dried meat—and replied, "Maybe it's chewed. My master loves jerky, and the harder it is to chew, the better."

Repeated chewing of hard objects should increase the size of the masseter muscle.

When the masseter muscles are enlarged, the face will naturally become square.

Ji Changqing: (°ο°)!

"...Master, you have worked so hard these years."

Changing the shape of your face by chewing over the years is not something that most people can do.

Feng Qingsui nodded deeply: "That's right."

When she thought about how her master, a beautiful lady, was forced by the emperor to change her appearance completely, she hated him so much...

Glancing at the sandalwood bracelet on Ji Changqing's left wrist, she felt filled with regret.

I shouldn’t have mentioned the Hibiscus Cream before!

When Ji Changqing saw her looking at the bracelet given to him by the emperor with murderous intent, he instantly understood what she was thinking.

“…”

He silently took off the bracelet, opened the drawer and threw it in.

Feng Qingsui frowned.

"With so many people eyeing the position of Empress, yet the Emperor chose to place my master in Fengyi Palace, how much jealousy will he arouse? My master is a kind-hearted person, and his mind is entirely devoted to medicine. How can he handle all those concubines?"

Ji Changqing comforted him, "I will have the people in the palace protect your master."

Feng Qingsui looked gloomy when he thought of his sister's family.

"I'm afraid it's impossible to guard against it."

After thinking for a moment, she remembered something.

"Are those carrier pigeons from Fengyi Palace that we brought out of the palace earlier still alive?"

Ji Changqing nodded: "Keep it outside the mansion."

"I want to send a message to my master." Feng Qingsui said, "She has always been in poor health. I don't know if she is injured now."

Ji Changqing said hello.

He immediately ordered someone to bring the carrier pigeon back to the mansion and deliver it to Polangxuan.

Feng Qingsui wrote a secret letter using the code taught by her master, put it in the mailbox, and released the carrier pigeon during the transition between palace guards - the moment provided by Ji Changqing.

Then he prayed, "I must fly to the Master."

"quack!"

A peregrine falcon called nearby.

——If it dares to fly anywhere else, I will eat it.

Fengyi Palace.

Diwu Qingqing ate the dinner brought by the palace maid, washed up, and sat by the window to enjoy the cool air.

When her body temperature dropped and she felt sleepy, she was about to go to bed when a small gray shadow suddenly flew from the night sky to the windowsill, opened its small black eyes, and looked at her silently.

She subconsciously looked back and saw that the bedroom door curtain was motionless, and she breathed a sigh of relief.

Fortunately, all the palace people were driven out just now.

After removing the note tied to the pigeon's leg, she unfolded it and found, as expected, that it was a letter from her clever and good disciple.

She knew that she was in the Prime Minister's Mansion and was well-informed, and might think that the new person in Fengyi Palace was her.

But no one expected that she could actually deliver a letter to Fengyi Palace.

"It's getting better and better."

She smiled slightly.

Use an eyebrow pencil to write the four words "Be well, don't worry" on the back of the note, then put the note back into the mailbox and tie it back to the pigeon's leg.

The gray pigeon flapped its wings twice and suddenly disappeared into the night.

"What are you looking at?"

A voice suddenly sounded in the hall.

She turned her head and saw that it was the emperor coming, and the smile on her face faded.

"What do you think I can see?"

She asked back.

The emperor was silent for a moment, then said in a deep voice, "I heard from the palace servants that you almost fell after taking a bath, so I brought the Imperial Hospital Director to see you."

"No need to go to such lengths."

The fifth one said indifferently.

"It's just an old problem coming back."

The emperor did not agree with her and said, "Let's take a look," and summoned the envoy into the palace.

Fifth, he gently let the other party take his pulse.

The court official asked, "Has your Majesty ever had a broken spine?"

The fifth glanced at him lightly: "I'm not some queen."

The envoy was speechless.

The emperor's face darkened slightly.

"Call the fifth girl first."

The envoy then asked, "Fifth Miss, have you ever had a broken bone?"

Fifth Qingqing: "My lumbar vertebrae have been broken."

"Does it affect walking now?"

"It doesn't affect me, but my back hurts when the weather is bad."

…

After the examination, the envoy reported to the emperor, "Your Majesty, the Fifth Miss has probably suffered a spinal fracture, which has damaged her nerves and made her prone to stiffness and falls. I will return to the Imperial Hospital to prescribe medicine for her recovery."

The emperor nodded slightly.

After the court attendant left, he asked Diwu Qingqing, "When did you break your lumbar vertebra?"

"Four and a half years ago."

"Why?"

"In order to avoid the pursuit of the Si Tiqi, he drove into the mountains and accidentally fell off a cliff."

The emperor's breathing stopped.

The fifth one smiled gently.

"You believe it?"

"I broke it when I fell off a cliff while collecting herbs."

The emperor felt a little relieved.

But she continued, "The cliff where we collected herbs that time was very flat, with plenty of plants to cling to. Even if I had slipped and fallen, I wouldn't have landed at the bottom."

"The moment I fell, my hands and feet suddenly lost strength. I had no time to grab anything and just fell straight down."

"I almost fell to my death."

"Afterwards, I lay on the couch for half a year, constantly trying to recall the moment of the fall and why something unusual happened."

"I've thought about it, but I can't find the answer. I can only attribute it to God's punishment for saving you."

emperor:"……"

He took a deep breath.

"From now on, whatever herbs you want, someone will pick them for you. You no longer have to risk your life and can live a peaceful life in the palace."

The Fifth scoffed softly, "You mean imprisoned in a cage like a bird, unable to even leave the palace gate?"

The Emperor said: "You are new here, and I am afraid that others will disturb you, so I will not allow you to go out for the time being."

"When you become the queen, you can go anywhere you want in this palace."

"Establish me as queen? I'm afraid they're just making me a target."