Cui Niang spoke at just the right moment. By the time the two of them stood in front of the house guarding Ulanara's residence, Cui Niang had already said everything she needed to say.

Lanqin stepped forward, looked at the large lock on the vermilion door, and asked Cui Niang to call the nanny on guard to ask, "How is the Empress today?"

The old woman knelt on the ground, resting her head on her hands clasped together on the floor, and said, "This servant is incompetent and has failed to take good care of Her Majesty the Empress. Her Majesty the Empress has been making a scene all day, and all the food we brought in was overturned and spilled all over the floor."

"Thank you for your hard work." Lanqin asked the nanny to get up.

The old woman was deeply moved. Among all the noble ladies in the palace, only Consort Xi truly cared about them, her servants. She quickly replied, "This is what a servant should do."

"Open the door," Lanqin said after a moment's thought.

"Your Highness, the Empress is unwell and may harm you," the nanny said anxiously upon hearing this.

Lanqin looked at the tightly closed door. "It's alright."

Since Lanqin had said so, the nanny dared not delay and immediately opened the door. Cui Niang helped Lanqin walk in front, and the nanny followed behind them.

After walking a few steps, Lanqin saw the food lying on the ground. The food was mixed with fragments of porcelain bowls and basins, looking very messy. The food was mixed together and gave off an unpleasant smell.

After bypassing the food on the ground, Lanqin came to the bedside where Ulanara was.

Ulanara lay on the bed, tossing and turning as if something on the bed was pricking her. She muttered to herself. Cui Niang listened for a while, then returned to her seat with a dark face. She shouted loudly, "Ulanara! Do you know your crime!"

Upon hearing the sound, the Empress immediately opened her eyes and sat up in bed. Her eyes were bloodshot as she looked at Lanqin, her hair disheveled, and her face was sunken from not eating for two days. This Ulanara was completely devoid of her usual majesty.

Lanqin frowned slightly.

"Your Majesty, this Ulanara clanswoman just cursed you with words!" Cui Niang said angrily, giving Ulanara clanswoman a hard glare, looking as if she wished she could personally take action against her.

“Curse? Let me tell you, I will not only curse this vixen, I will also proclaim to the whole world that she is a vixen! A vixen! She is the one who bewitched the Emperor!” Ulanara climbed off the bed and pointed at Lanqin, cursing loudly.

"How dare you!" Both Cui Niang and the nanny's expressions changed.

Lanqin remained calm. Over the years in the palace, countless people had slandered her as a "wicked concubine." If she had taken every single one to heart, she wouldn't be alive today; she would have been driven to death by those rumors.

"You vixen! I know you wish for my death, but let me tell you, even if I die, I will never let you go!!!" Seeing Lanqin's indifferent appearance, Ulanara's anger intensified.

"Empress, after all these years, don't you understand that some things can't be done the way you want them to be?" Lanqin stepped forward, looking into Ulanara's eyes, and said, "I have never thought of replacing you, Empress, but you have never been able to tolerate me. Now, for your own selfish interests, you are disregarding the safety of the Qing Dynasty."