Xu Lingyi is actually not the kind of rich and stupid young man. She certainly has her own calculations for doing this.
However, in front of Xu Xiang, she still didn't mind portraying herself as a young lady from a wealthy family who was ignorant of the world and innocent and kind.
"Take it. I liked you the first time I saw you. We are destined to be together. I will be practicing in the temple for a while. If you are willing, you can come to my side and keep me company. You can be my personal maid. My maid has to go back home soon."
"When I return home in the future, you can return to your own home. This way you won't be separated from your family."
Xu Xiang naturally agreed to receive such a sum of money.
After all, she had never seen so much money.
With this money, my mother's illness can be cured.
For a moment, she was very grateful to Xu Lingyi.
Although she didn't know why this young lady did this, she didn't have anything valuable on her. Even if she had something to gain, she was a penniless person, so what could she gain?
After that, Xu Xiang stayed with her for some time.
Xu Lingyi thought that as long as Xu Xiang was always by her side, she would not miss anything.
In her previous life, Xu Xiang should have met the emperor not long after.
After Xu Xiang entered the palace, she was not favored, and the emperor seemed to have never set foot in her palace once.
"How about starting from today? I liked you very much the first time I saw you."
In her previous life, Xu Xiang died in the palace.
With her background and the fact that she was not favored by the emperor, it was reasonable for her to die in the palace.
So it was actually a good thing for her that she had never entered the palace in this life.
When she leaves, she will give her another sum of money to ensure that she has enough food and clothing, as compensation for her.
Xu Lingyi's patience and waiting were not in vain.
That evening, it was already dark. Xu Xiang said she planned to go back home because her mother was sick again.
Xu Lingyi agreed.
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at the same time.
"What should I do? My master has taken Chinese medicine, and this is a temple. Where can I find a girl? I'm going down the mountain, but it's dark and the road is slippery..."
The person who spoke was the emperor's personal eunuch. The emperor was on a secret visit today.
Before coming out, I drank a cup of tea in Zhang Cairen's palace.
When talking about this Concubine Zhang, Eunuch Zhang had a lot to complain about. She was a new concubine who was wanted to come in some time ago and was a woman from the common people.
Zhang Cairen came from a poor family with no background. She only had a pretty face but no knowledge. She was very rude in her speech and actions, even worse than the maids in the palace.
But she did look like she could bear children, had a good figure, and was not like the other women who were selected, who had a rough appearance.
Zhang Cairen has a plump figure, but a very small face, a melon-shaped face, fair skin, and young appearance.
Among the newly selected beauties, she is considered to be the most favored.
During this period, His Majesty rarely set foot in the harem after being disappointed. However, Zhang Cairen sent someone to deliver a message saying that she had not changed her clothes this month and that her stomach was uncomfortable. Her words implied that she was pregnant.
The emperor was ecstatic and thought she was really pregnant.
Perhaps it was because no concubine in the harem had been pregnant for many years, or perhaps no one had thought that someone would be so bold as to use such a thing to deceive His Majesty and win his favor.
Not only did the emperor rush over, but even the empress dowager, who was lying on the sickbed, dragged her sick body over.
The imperial physician diagnosed that Zhang Cairen was not pregnant at all.
In fact, the imperial physicians didn't dare to say it at first. Everyone knew that this was a big deal. How could they dare to easily dash the emperor's hopes?
But Zhang Cairen had just had her period, and there were bloodstains on her clothes.
Such a clumsy calculation was soon exposed.
Zhang Cairen was banished to the cold palace.
The emperor and the empress dowager were fooled, and their mood was like a roller coaster, from ecstasy at the beginning to falling to the bottom now.
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The emperor was in a depressed mood. He drank a lot of wine and rode out of the palace on horseback.
Who would have thought that the cup of tea that His Majesty drank when he went to Zhang Cairen's palace was actually laced with aphrodisiac, but the effect of the drug was slow, and it only became apparent when they reached the top of the Lingguang Temple.
At this moment, Eunuch Zhang wished he could cut this stupid woman into pieces. She was indeed from a humble family. Not only were her methods lowly, but she was also short-sighted.
If something happened to His Majesty now, how could these people still be alive?
Fortunately, they brought a royal physician with them, otherwise, they wouldn’t even know what was wrong with His Majesty at the top of the Lingguang Temple.
"Now, we must quickly find a woman to help His Majesty with this drug. I don't know where Consort Zhang got this drug from. Although it takes effect slowly, the effects are severe. If it's not relieved, it will cause serious damage to His Majesty's body. Eunuch Zhang, please quickly send someone to find a woman."
Eunuch Zhang was also anxious. He complained to himself, "You say it's easy, but this is a temple. Where can I find it? If I go down the mountain now, Lingguang Temple is built on the top of the mountain. It's so high, it will take a long time to get down."
"It seems we can only look around here. Your Majesty can't wait that long," the imperial physician said. "Let's go ask the monks at this temple if there's any village nearby. There must be women in those villages."
Eunuch Zhang called in the monks from Lingguang Temple.
"Is there any village nearby? Is it far from here?" Eunuch Zhang was a little anxious.
"Yes." Although the monk didn't know why they came to the village, it looked like this group of people were not people he could afford to offend.
"It's not too far from here, but the mountain road is rugged and overgrown with trees and weeds. It will take at least half an hour to walk there."
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