"Greetings to the Empress Dowager. May the Empress Dowager enjoy boundless blessings and peace."

She rose after bowing. Uya glanced at her, her eyes filled with unspeakable coldness: "I am uneasy. The Empress has been forced by you to request to be deposed. The Emperor's harem is in turmoil. Consort, why don't you tell me how I can be at peace?"

Le Shu's smile remained unchanged: "Your Majesty is joking. How could I possibly control the Emperor's will? As for the unrest in the harem? Your Majesty resides in Changchun Garden and is probably not very familiar with the situation in the harem."

The inner palace is very harmonious and there is no trouble. Where is the unrest? The person who reported the news to the Empress is quite good at lying through his teeth. The Empress is kind and benevolent, but I am really worried about such a villain by her side. I am sure the Emperor is worried too.

Your Majesty, please don't let sentimentality put you in danger. Some people need to be investigated as soon as possible. If you don't, wouldn't that make Your Majesty seem like a petty person? That wouldn't be good.

This is what it means to criticize indirectly.

But she didn't directly scold her, which infuriated Uya.

"Hmph, sharp-tongued and quick-witted!"

"Thank you for your praise, Your Majesty. For Your Majesty's safety and reputation, even if I am misunderstood, I will still speak out."

She spoke with righteous indignation, as if possessed by Wei Zheng, truly embodying impartiality and unyielding integrity.

Uya was furious, but she couldn't say anything.

Uya had no choice but to resort to shamelessness: "I am not feeling well. When Ulanara was still the empress, she was very filial and often copied Buddhist scriptures to pray for my well-being. Now that Ulanara is no longer the empress, the task of copying Buddhist scriptures will be entrusted to you."

"Since Your Majesty needs it, I will certainly obey. However, Your Majesty is not feeling well, and it is truly improper that no imperial physician has come to take care of you. It must be that the imperial physician who is taking care of Your Majesty has neglected his duties."

"Your Majesty, please rest assured. When I return, I will certainly report to the Emperor and have two more imperial physicians sent to Your Majesty. In any case, Your Majesty's health is the most important thing. As for the Buddhist scriptures, I will not forget them."

Since she doesn't have to copy it herself, let her write it!

Uya's provocations always escalate into something, so let's start with her trusted imperial physician.

Uya's expression was not good: "Imperial Physician Zhang has taken good care of me, there is no need to change him."

Le Shu said sincerely, "Your Majesty is very sentimental, and it's normal that you're reluctant to part with people you're used to serving. But Your Majesty's health is not something to be taken lightly! For Your Majesty's sake, even without Your Majesty's permission, I will inform the Emperor of the situation and make sure that Your Majesty is not put in a difficult position."

With each new emperor comes a new court. Kangxi was seriously ill and could not exert himself. Yinzhen kept a close watch on him. As the retired empress, Empress Dowager Wuya was disloyal to him because of his favoritism, which alienated the emperor from her. Without the emperor's support, not only was the retired empress dowager powerless, but even the empress dowager and the grand empress dowager were of no use.

When she was Consort De, we couldn't change the imperial physician, but now that she's the Empress Dowager, how can we not change her?

She really seems to lose her sense of situation as she gets older.

When Le Shu left, she took some Buddhist scriptures with her. She was in good spirits, but as for Wu Ya Shi, she was probably feeling unwell.

After returning, Le Shu replaced the trusted imperial physician of the Uya clan.

Nothing's wrong.

What she did made Uya fall ill, and it made many of her old enemies laugh at her.

However, this also made Wuya realize Yinzhen's attitude towards her, and she became much more obedient. Some people just take advantage of affection to squander their wealth, but when she found that affection was no longer useful, she temporarily became more docile.

When she realizes that Yinzhen is no longer the son who yearns for even the slightest bit of care from his mother, she feels fear and dread, and then she compromises and becomes docile.

Wouldn't it have been better to have realized this earlier?

Why make things so embarrassing?

The Buddhist scriptures that Le Shu gave to Wu Ya were written in small regular script with delicate patterns. The characters were so neat that no style could be discerned. Wu Ya felt aggrieved but could only accept them without saying anything.

However, rumors eventually reached Yinzhen's ears. Thinking of how he had been trapped for life in his previous life because of his mother's favoritism, he smiled and looked at the memorial in his hand, feeling that it was somewhat meaningless.

"Su Peisheng, go and invite the Imperial Concubine over here."

“Zha”

After Su Peisheng left, Yinzhen went to the side room to change his clothes, and then sat in the imperial study to wait.

Le Shu arrived quickly. As soon as she entered the study, her eyes lit up. This…

"Dao... Master?"

Yinzhen sat steadily on the couch, a reserved and aloof smile on his handsome and resolute face.

His eyes were as deep as a pool, devoid of sorrow or joy, his expression serene and cold, like a sacred and inviolable deity amidst the snow and ice of a high mountain.

This unique aura made her want to tear his plain Taoist robe to shreds and peek into the true emotions and desires hidden beneath his cold exterior.

"Lady, have you come here because you have something to ask?" Yinzhen asked with a serious expression.

Le Shu lowered her head, glanced around, and when she looked up again, her eyes were filled with tears, making her look incredibly pitiful.

"Master, you may not know this, but I have just gotten married, but... but I have really bad luck. I have a cruel and wicked mother-in-law who is constantly pressuring me to have a baby. I am almost unable to live on."

"It's not wrong for the elderly to hope for a house full of children and grandchildren."

Le Shu cried even harder: "I know this, but... but childbirth isn't something I can do alone. It's just that... it's just that my husband is sickly. Even if I wanted to, he just couldn't!"

"Master, what should I do?"

After saying that, she looked at Yinzhen pitifully.

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