banished to the cold palace
"Zhang Fuyao, you are truly a viper!" Xu Zhixun was furious.
"You've cooked Mingyue's limbs. Even a god couldn't put them back on!"
Upon hearing this, Long Qian flew into a rage and slapped Zhang Fuyao across the face on the spot!
Next, Long Qian forced Zhang Fuyao to take him to find Mingyue's limbs.
Mingyue's limbs are now placed in a large pot in the kitchen.
The water in the pot had already boiled and was bubbling away.
Not only that, Mingyue's limbs have been chopped into pieces, just like cooked pork ribs!
Xu Zhixun dared not enter the kitchen, nor dared she look at Mingyue's limbs.
Long Qian almost vomited when he saw Mingyue's limbs were cooked.
He ordered his men to extinguish the fire in the stove and then ordered them to retrieve Mingyue's limbs and let them cool for a while.
Even at this point, Long Qian still clung to a sliver of hope that he could reattach Mingyue's limbs.
So he went out of the kitchen and asked Xu Zhixun to take him to the "Heavenly Court".
He wanted to ask the doctor at the clinic if it was possible to save Mingyue's limbs.
Therefore, Xu Zhixun summoned the portal to time and space, and then entered the time-space supermarket with Long Qian.
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At 3 PM, Xu Zhixun and Long Qian passed through the portal and arrived at the supermarket in Xu Zhixun's villa.
Immediately afterwards, the two took a taxi to a nearby clinic.
To avoid arousing the doctor's suspicion, Xu Zhixun did not go to the clinic that Long Qian had visited before.
Because the last time Long Qian went to the clinic, it was to treat his knife wound.
This time, if Xu Zhixun asks the doctor again whether a cooked severed hand can be reattached?
Then, the doctor might call the police...
And so, Xu Zhixun took Long Qian to another clinic.
The doctor at this clinic is a middle-aged male doctor.
Xu Zhixun asked the doctor if a cooked severed hand could be reattached.
The doctor told Xu Zhixun that it couldn't be reconnected.
Because if the hand injury is too severe, local neuromuscular necrosis may occur.
In this way, the severed hand could not be reattached.
Despite hearing the doctor's words, Long Qian remained unconvinced and decided to try another clinic.
So, Xu Zhixun and Long Qian consulted doctors at five more clinics.
However, all the doctors said that Mingyue's severed hand could not be reattached.
At this point, Long Qian finally gave up hope.
Afterwards, Xu Zhixun bought some medicine for treating knife wounds from the doctor.
Next, Xu Zhixun carried a large bag of medicine and walked out of the clinic.
After leaving the clinic, Long Qian wearily hugged Xu Zhixun and whispered:
"Zhi Xun, am I really useless?"
"I wanted to protect Mingyue, the one who saved my life, but I failed to do so..."
Xu Zhixun sighed, hugged Long Qian, and gently comforted him:
"Don't overthink it. It's all Zhang Fuyao's fault, not yours!"
"Let's go to the pharmacy now and buy some more large wound dressings!"
Long Qian said in a low voice, "Okay, Mingyue's injuries are very serious. She will probably need a lot of wound dressings!"
So the two of them went to the pharmacy and bought a whole bunch of no-suture wound dressings.
Immediately afterwards, the two returned to Xu Zhixun's villa, passed through the time portal, and returned to ancient times.
By this time, the female physician had finished bandaging Mingyue's wound.
However, Mingyue remained unconscious on her bed in the palace.
The emperor, empress, and empress dowager all came.
Zhang Fuyao's parents, elder brother, and others also came.
Upon seeing Mingyue's miserable state, the emperor was furious and ordered Zhang Fuyao to be flogged fifty times, have his salary deducted for three years, and be confined to his quarters for one year.
In addition, the emperor believed that Marshal Zhang had failed to properly educate his daughter, so he deducted his salary for three years and demoted his official rank by two levels.
In other words, Marshal Zhang was demoted from the first-rank Grand Marshal of the Army to the second-rank General of the State!
Marshal Zhang's former position as marshal was replaced by Vice Marshal Zeng.
As for General Zhao, the former General Who Protects the Nation, he has been promoted to Deputy Marshal!
Everyone was speechless upon hearing the emperor's order.
Zhang Fuyao was filled with remorse and knelt down, crying, begging the emperor for forgiveness.
However, the emperor had always admired the beautiful and gentle Mingyue, so he insisted on severely punishing Zhang Fuyao and Marshal Zhang!
Next, the guards gave Zhang Fuyao fifty strokes of the cane.
Zhang Fuyao cried out in pain and repeatedly begged the emperor for mercy.
She never dreamed that the emperor would punish her so severely!
She just sent someone to invite the emperor, hoping he would help her and get Long Qian to forgive her.
To everyone's surprise, the emperor not only didn't help Zhang Fuyao, but also severely punished her...
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At dusk, the emperor, empress, and others left the Sixth Prince's residence.
Long Qian sent people to prepare several of Mingyue's favorite dishes, hoping that Mingyue would be able to eat delicious food after she woke up.
Later, Yu Zan, Eunuch Yang, and other servants also left Mingyue's bedroom.
Only Xu Zhixun and Long Qian remained sitting on the chairs beside Mingyue's bed.
Xu Zhixun was very curious about Long Qian and Mingyue's past, so she asked Long Qian to tell her about his and Mingyue's story.
So, Long Qian told Xu Zhixun about his childhood memories—
When he was 11 years old, the Empress took him to visit Consort Li's newborn baby girl.
The Empress and he had just left when Consort Li smothered the little princess to death with a blanket.
Immediately afterwards, Consort Li tearfully told the Emperor that the Empress had smothered the little princess to death.
The emperor was furious and banished the empress and Long Qian to the cold palace.
For a whole year afterward, the Empress and the Emperor were starving and cold, and were constantly bullied by eunuchs, maids and other servants.
At that time, there were no servants around the Empress and the Emperor.
Mingyue was originally Long Qian's personal maid, but she was implicated in the death of the little princess and was punished by the emperor to become a sweeping maid.
At that time, Mingyue was only 7 years old.
However, Mingyue, together with Granny Qian, risked being beheaded multiple times to bribe the eunuchs guarding the Cold Palace with silver and secretly deliver food, cotton clothes, and charcoal to the Empress and Long Qian.
When Long Qian was a child, he loved eating candied hawthorn and mung bean cake.
So, in the dead of night, Mingyue, carrying a bamboo basket, slipped into the dilapidated house in the Cold Palace to deliver candied hawthorns and mung bean cakes to Longqian...
After hearing about Long Qian's childhood, Xu Zhixun's heart was in turmoil:
"And then what? How did you get out of the Cold Palace?"
Long Qian's voice was slightly hoarse: "Later, my eldest uncle spent a lot of money and used all sorts of connections to try to get my mother and me out of the Cold Palace."
"Finally, the eldest uncle bribed Consort Li's personal maid."
“My personal maid told my father that my mother was framed by Consort Li.”
“My father does not believe that Consort Li would smother her own daughter to death, but he thinks that my mother may have been framed.”
"Therefore, my father released my mother and me from the Cold Palace."
Xu Zhixun sighed with emotion: "Mingyue was really good to you, Zhang Fuyao was really too wicked!"
"She actually cut off Mingyue's limbs, blinded her, and cut out her tongue!"
Long Qian clenched his fists tightly and said through gritted teeth:
"This is also my fault. I underestimated Zhang Fuyao's ruthlessness."
"I should keep the bright moon with me every day..."
As soon as she finished speaking, Mingyue on the bed suddenly coughed: "Cough cough cough..."
Xu Zhixun was overjoyed: "Hey, Mingyue is awake!"
"I'll go and call the imperial physician!" Long Qian was overjoyed and immediately ran out of the bedchamber to find the female imperial physician.
The female imperial physician was resting in a side hall.
Therefore, she quickly arrived at Mingyue's bedchamber and examined Mingyue's body.
The female imperial physician believed that Mingyue's injuries were serious and that she needed to rest in bed for more than three months.
Then, Xu Zhixun took out a large bag of medicine and gave it to Mingyue to take.
Those medicines were all modern pills, prescribed by a doctor at a clinic.
Mingyue swallowed a handful of pills and then tried to talk to Longqian.
However, Mingyue's tongue had been cut off, so she couldn't speak and could only make "ah ah ah" sounds!
Long Qian felt as if his heart was being torn apart, so he could only gently comfort Mingyue, telling her to stop talking and get some rest.
Immediately afterwards, the female physician left.
Yingluo brought in dinner, then sat by the bed and fed Mingyue vegetable porridge.
Mingyue's eyes were wrapped in white gauze.
Blood seeped through the white gauze, making it look gruesome and terrifying.
Two lines of bloody tears flowed from Mingyue's eyes.
"Mingyue, don't cry. Take good care of yourself and you'll get better soon," Long Qian said gently.
However, after hearing Long Qian's words, Mingyue cried even harder!
Mingyue screamed "Ahhh!" in an attempt to communicate with Long Qian.
However, no one could understand what Mingyue was saying.
"Oh, Mingyue, don't get agitated, just focus on recovering!"
Xu Zhixun helplessly comforted Mingyue and then told her about Zhang Fuyao and Marshal Zhang being severely punished by the emperor.
Mingyue was both crying and laughing, seemingly very happy.
Seeing this scene, Xu Zhixun felt particularly heartbroken.
It took a long time for Mingyue to finish her bowl of vegetable porridge.
Immediately afterwards, Yu Zan delivered dinner to the bedroom.
Xu Zhixun and Long Qian ate dinner together in the bedroom.
And so, Xu Zhixun and Long Qian stayed with Mingyue.
Since Mingyue couldn't speak, Longqian kept talking, telling her interesting and fun stories in an attempt to cheer her up.
Mingyue sat leaning against the headboard, her face covered with countless no-suture bandages for her wounds.
In addition, Mingyue has no limbs, which looks very eerie, like a female ghost in a horror movie.
Fortunately, Mingyue is in good spirits.
When Long Qian told Mingyue some funny stories, she laughed several times.
At 10 p.m., Xu Zhixun returned to the modern villa and went to the bathroom to take a shower.
After taking a bath, she couldn't help but travel back to ancient times to visit the bright moon.
At this moment, Mingyue had already fallen asleep, while Longqian remained by her side.
Xu Zhixun sighed, told Long Qian to rest early, and then returned to the modern world.
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The next day was Wednesday.
At nine o'clock in the morning, Xu Zhixun passed through the portal of time and space and arrived at the side hall of the Sixth Prince's residence.
Afterwards, Yu Zan combed Xu Zhixun's hair.
Xu Zhixun stood up from the drum stool, intending to go to the dining hall for breakfast.
Just then, a maid with an apple-shaped face entered the side hall.
This maid's name is "Ruyi," and she is Zhang Fuyao's personal maid.
Upon seeing Xu Zhixun, Ruyi immediately curtsied to her.
"This servant, Ruyi, greets the Nine Heavens Mystic Maiden. May the Nine Heavens Mystic Maiden enjoy boundless blessings and peace!"
Xu Zhixun glanced at Ruyi and immediately became wary:
What are you doing here?
Ruyi's voice was crisp and clear: "Nine Heavens Mystic Maiden, the Second Miss sent me to deliver a few words to you."
Xu Zhixun casually asked, "What did you say?"
Ruyi glanced at Jingzhan and Yuzan, her expression complex, and said:
"Nine Heavens Mystic Maiden, these words are very important. May you dismiss the others?"
Xu Zhixun thought for a moment and said to Yu Zan, "Yu Zan, you can go out now!"
Yu Zan answered respectfully, "Yes, the Nine Heavens Mysterious Lady."
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