Yinzhen: "If you miss the Duchess, just send a message to ask her to come to the palace and talk to you!" Why go through other people's mouths!

Empress: "I'm just worried it might be against the rules. There are so many sisters in the harem. If I let Mother enter the palace too often, the other sisters will start to miss their maternal homes. As the head of the harem, I should naturally set a good example!"

Yinzhen said expressionlessly, "Hmm, you're a rule-abiding person! But it's okay if it happens once in a while!"

Empress: "Your Majesty, I thank you for your grace!"

Then Yinzhen looked at Consort Xi!

Consort Xi was dressed up by the Empress today and looked very radiant. The Empress remembered that the Emperor liked women with talent, so she dressed her younger sister in that way. Consort Xi looks like her mother, and looks gentle and beautiful! After being specially dressed up, she really does have a scholarly air about her!

Yinzhen asked, "How old are you this year?"

Yinzhen was handsome, and with the added advantage of his status and power, Consort Xi was genuinely a little shy. Her face flushed, she said softly, "Your Majesty, I am sixteen this year!"

Yinzhen casually remarked, "At the tender age of sixteen! Since the Empress often speaks of her father and mother at home, you two should come and keep her company more often. You two sisters would surely have plenty to talk about!"

Consort Xi felt uncomfortable upon hearing this! It sounded as if she was being used to tease her elder sister, the Empress!

Despite feeling uncomfortable inside, she still had to smile and reply, "Your Majesty, I will certainly come to keep you company more often!"

Today happens to be the fifteenth, and the emperor should stay in the empress's palace. Yinzhen had a meal with the empress and Consort Xi. Then the empress excused herself that she was unwell and unable to serve the emperor, and half-heartedly pushed the emperor to Chengqian Palace!

Consort Xi was overjoyed to see that the Emperor had actually gone to Chengqian Palace. She had everything ready except for the Emperor!

Yinzhen arrived at the main hall of Chengqian Palace. By this time, the observant servants had already left. The aphrodisiac prepared by Consort Xi was placed in the incense, and the scent was very faint! Consort Xi quickly changed into her nightgown. Feeling that the aphrodisiac had taken effect, she came out wearing only a thin robe!

Consort Xi shyly uttered, "Your Majesty~" But before she could make another move, the Emperor suddenly blushed, which was very abnormal. Yinzhen forcefully pushed away the woman who tried to lean on him and shouted, "Guards!"

Hearing the anger in the Emperor's voice, Liang Jiugong sensed something was wrong and quickly led his men to push open the door! They then saw the Emperor's face flushed an abnormally, and Consort Xi kneeling on the ground, looking terrified and uneasy!

When Yinzhen saw Liang Jiugong arrive, he seemed to be suppressing something and said, "Seal off Chengqian Palace for me. I don't want anyone to spread what happened today. Help me back to Qianqing Palace and have someone bring the imperial physician to wait there!"

What else doesn't Liang Jiugong understand!

With Liang Jiugong's help, Yinzhen boarded a sedan chair and returned to the Qianqing Palace.

When the Emperor returned to the Qianqing Palace, the imperial physician was already waiting. Because he had been summoned suddenly and the eunuch had been in a bit of a hurry, the imperial physician was still slightly out of breath!

The imperial physician quickly took the emperor's pulse and examined him. Before the physician could speak, Yinzhen had everyone in the room driven out!

Only Yinzhen and the imperial physician remained in the room!

The imperial physician assumed the emperor was unwilling for his servants to know his condition, and only spoke after everyone had left: "His Majesty was given an aphrodisiac, but it has no effect on his health! He will be fine once the aphrodisiac is relieved!"

Yinzhen wasn't really interested, and the flush on his face had subsided considerably!

Yinzhen said in a deep voice, "I don't feel well. I don't really want to touch women! Do you know what I mean?"

The imperial physician wondered if the emperor's recent reluctance to enter the harem might indicate a particular aversion to lust.

The imperial physician said, "Your Majesty has been drugged with aphrodisiacs, which has damaged your health. You need to recuperate. Your Majesty must abstain from sexual activity during this time!"

Yinzhen: "Remember what to say to the Empress Dowager. Now go out! And tell Liang Jiugong privately as well!"

Imperial Physician: "This servant understands!"

After the imperial physician finished speaking, he left in a state of fear and trepidation. He felt that he had learned something he shouldn't have known, and it was terrifying!

In order to save his life, the imperial physician decided to listen to the emperor and never drink alcohol again, for fear of accidentally letting something slip!

Soon after, the Empress Dowager learned that her grandson had been poisoned by the Empress's younger sister and had suffered health problems, and now needed to recuperate for a period of time!

This was a direct attack on the Empress Dowager's most sensitive topic! Moreover, she had heard that the drug was addictive, which reminded the Empress Dowager of Hailanzhu and Consort Dong'e! Neither were pleasant memories, yet Consort Xi dared to dream of her grandson following in the footsteps of his father and grandfather!

The Empress Dowager was a woman of iron will, and since Consort Xi dared to do it, she would not let her get away with it!

Before the news even reached Chengqian Palace, the Empress Dowager sent Consort Xi to Mount Wutai on the pretext that the imperial concubines were needed to pray for the royal family's well-being.

And why Consort Xi? The Empress Dowager's reason was that Consort Xi, as the Empress's younger sister, held a noble status, which would demonstrate her sincerity!

The reason was utterly absurd, but since the Empress Dowager had spoken, she naturally wouldn't allow anyone to criticize her. Even when the Empress went to the Emperor, it was to no avail!

The Empress pleaded once and realized that something was wrong. Then, before her sister left the palace, she decided to go and ask her what she had done to anger the Emperor and the Empress Dowager!

Consort Xi was already under house arrest, waiting for her entourage to leave the palace. The official explanation was that she wanted to focus on Buddhist worship and not move around too much.

Normally, outsiders are not allowed to go in to see Consort Xi, but after all, she is the Empress and Consort Xi's own sister. She said she would instruct her younger sister to go to Mount Wutai to sincerely pray for blessings, and no one could say anything wrong with that!

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