Li Xiaodie stood up with difficulty with the help of Madam Liu and the maid. The pain in her knees made her grimace, her thighs trembled, and her legs shook.

She was obviously filled with hatred in her heart, but she said in a cowardly manner: "Sister, you are too polite. How dare I blame you? I was ignorant before. I hope you won't be angry anymore."

Seeing her answer like this, Yan Yuyan didn't seem to embarrass her anymore. She just said, "Sister, you've worked hard serving Your Majesty. How could I blame you?"

Yan Yuyan got closer and finally saw the strange look on Li Xiaodie's face: "Sister, what's wrong with your face...?"

Li Xiaodie quickly feigned panic and reached out to touch her cheek, saying timidly, "I woke up this morning and, for some reason, I got a red rash all over my face and body. I was afraid it would be a nuisance to my sister, so I covered it with a face towel. I hope you won't blame me."

Upon hearing this, Yan Yuyan quickly jumped back a few steps, looking disgusted, "In that case, then sister, you should go back and rest first."

Li Xiaodie knew that this was a blessing in disguise for her. Because of the acne on her face, Yan Yuyan had temporarily let her go. Otherwise, she would have had to endure more torture.

He just seized the opportunity, bowed and left quickly.

After the three of them walked a few meters away from Zhongcui Palace, Yan Yuyan asked someone to quickly bring mugwort and fumigate the hall again and again.

Then she sat down, clutching her chest and saying, "What bad luck! She's sick, but she doesn't know how to stay away from death. She even dares to stay in this palace for so long. I think she did it on purpose, right?"

When the servants saw her like this, no one dared to turn around, but just lowered their heads even lower.

"I heard that Lady Li is quite pretty. I didn't look at her closely before, but now that I see her, her figure is quite good. But her appearance is just like that. Maybe it's because she just had a rash, that's all.

I wonder what kind of seductive tricks she used to make His Majesty so obsessed with her that he slept with her three times in a row?"

Since the Queen's death, all matters concerning paying respects in the palace fell on the head of Imperial Noble Consort Yan Yuyan. In order to avoid being lazy, Yan Yuyan changed the original twice-a-month payment to once a month.

Only on the first day of every month would the sisters in the palace gather in Zhongcui Palace to review the past, envision the future, and arrange important matters and tasks for the next month.

Sometimes, when there happened to be no important matters in the palace, she would even be lazy and claim to be on sick leave.

Because of Yan Yuyan's mood swings, other concubines of lower rank also complained bitterly. They would avoid occasions such as paying respects whenever possible. Therefore, on the first day of every month, not all the people came to Cui Palace. There were always a few who asked for leave.

Li Xiaodie took advantage of this. She had only been in the palace for less than half a year and had already asked for leave several times, so she did not have many opportunities to meet the Imperial Concubine.

Yan Yuyan has always been arrogant.

Naturally, she looked down upon those concubines of low rank and without favor. When Li Xiaodie first came, she paid some attention to her because of the relationship with the Empress Dowager. But after a few months, seeing that the Emperor had no intention of summoning her to sleep with him, Yan Yuyan let her mind go and ignored her.

Unexpectedly, a few months later, the Emperor suddenly visited Li Xiaodie and favored her three times in a row. Afterwards, he always sent someone to ask for leave for her. Only then did Yan Yuyan feel the crisis.

Well, I finally took advantage of the opportunity today when His Majesty didn't ask for leave for her, so I thought of calling her over to have some discussion and give her a reminder.

But unexpectedly, she happened to have rashes all over her body!

How can this be tolerated?

The rash can be big or small. What if it is a disease like smallpox, which is highly contagious and can be fatal if infected?

Yan Yuyan felt a surge of fear when she thought about it, and she felt even more disgusted with Li Xiaodie.

She quickly asked someone to help her leave the main hall and go to the side hall. She also asked someone to ask the imperial physician for some other herbs and fumigated the room inside and out.

He also sent someone to inform Li Dehai, asking him to instruct the imperial physician to carefully examine the emperor's health, and to remind the Jingshifang to remove Li Xiaodie's green card.

Humph, this would naturally reduce Li Xiaodie's favor. Yan Yuyan thought proudly while drinking the medicine soup prepared by the palace maids for her to prevent infection.

When the eunuch Li Dehai heard the news that Concubine Li was ill, he hesitated in front of the emperor for a long time, but finally decided to report it to the emperor.

Although this Miss Li's position is not high now, and logically, there is no need to single her out for discussion, but after all, he has clearly seen the Emperor's love and special feelings for this Miss Li in the past few days.

If he fails to tell the Emperor about this matter privately and he finds out about it later, and then blames him, he will not be able to bear the responsibility.

After listening to Li Dehai's report, Emperor Gu Jingyan frowned and started to walk towards Shuyu Palace. "Oh, when I left this morning, she seemed to be fine? I'll go check on her now."

Li Dehai quickly stopped him: "Your Majesty, this is not allowed.

Lady Li suddenly developed a rash. I heard it was quite serious, with many of them growing all over her body.

Just in case, the imperial physician recommends that you refrain from visiting the Shuyu Palace for the next few days!"

Gu Jingyan rubbed the jade ring on his thumb thoughtfully, feeling that it would be useless for him to go at this time. What if..., the world and the country would be in chaos. He had no choice but to be patient, sat back in his seat, sighed and ordered: "Well, I know!

Have someone keep a close eye on the Shuyu Palace and report any movement immediately."

Li Dehai responded respectfully, "Yes," and went downstairs to give instructions.

However, Li Xiaodie became even more hysterical on the way back to Shuyu Palace.

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