Yue Qingyin said no more, enduring the chill that ran through her body, and respectfully said, "If Your Majesty has no other instructions, I would like to take my leave."

"Alright, go down!" Linghu Lan said calmly.

Just as Yue Qingyin was about to reach the door, Linghu Lan suddenly seemed to remember something and asked a question.

"Sister, if I ever see your former maid Yunya again, what should I do with her? Should I kill her or spare her? You should have my word."

Yue Qingyin's voice was weary and cold. It was because she was kind-hearted that she should have poisoned Yun Ya to death with a cup of poison back then, so as to avoid causing trouble for herself later.

"Whether to kill or dismember is up to Your Majesty. In any case, keeping such a useless person around will only cause more trouble."

"Little sister, you really are someone who can take things in stride. I admire you!"

Linghu Lan watched Yue Qingyin leave, her silhouette inexplicably carrying a sense of desolation in the empty palace.

After Yue Qingyin disappeared, Linghu Lan said softly, "Come out!"

Behind a rockery, two palace maids appeared, escorting Yunya, whose face was covered in snot and tears. Yunya's mouth was gagged with a strip of cloth, which one of the maids tied to allow her to speak.

"How was it? Were you happy to see your former master?"

"I am a commoner, I am a commoner!" Yunya trembled with fear and could not utter a single word.

Linghu Lan smiled gently. "Are you afraid of me?"

"This humble woman is afraid of Her Majesty the Empress."

"You are much more honest than your master. Can you speak now?"

Yunya's eyes reddened, and he knelt on the ground, "I'll talk!"

As a result, all of Yue Qingyin's gossip appeared in Linghu Lan's little notebook: when she secretly met with Prince Anxian, when she passed things, and what she passed, were all recorded in detail.

After saying that.

Yun Ya lowered her eyes and awaited her death. She was naturally bold and knew that she had spoken her master's words, and that she could no longer stay in the Yue family.

Unexpectedly, Linghu Lan glanced at her confession and laughed, "Have someone escort her out of the palace properly. Remember to protect her life at all costs and keep her as far away from this troublesome place as possible in the capital."

Yunya was stunned. "Your Majesty, you're not going to kill me?"

"Why would I kill you? I buy things fairly here. If you tell me, I will naturally spare your life."

Yunya was overjoyed: "Long live the Empress!"

"Get up! Go!"

Yunya kowtowed respectfully again before reluctantly leaving with the others.

Ever since Linghu Lan reprimanded Yue Qingyin.

Yue Qingyin behaved herself for a few days, hiding in her palace all day and not coming out.

The newly arrived concubines were too young to have any thoughts of vying for power or scheming for favor. Linghu Lan ordered the imperial chefs to improve the food, and everyone lived a very leisurely life, gaining some weight.

Furthermore, most of them had not yet reached menstruation and were not yet eligible to serve the emperor. Therefore, the only women in the palace who were truly eligible to serve the emperor were Yue Huangyin, Yue Qingyin, and Consort Su Niaoyue.

However, Linghu Lan had not prepared her and Yue Qingyin's green head cards, so Jun Zhe naturally wouldn't have the idea of ​​choosing a card.

As a result, a rumor slowly spread throughout the palace: the Empress deliberately made all the concubines eat like pigs, so that they would not receive the Empress's favor.

When Linghu Lan heard the news, she coughed up a mouthful of blood.

I nurtured you like flowers of the motherland, and you actually wanted to become man-eating flowers.

Also, who invented such a simple, crude, and "outrageous" idea as to fatten up your competitors to win?