During this period of time, Li Guipin, no, now she is Li Guiren.
Li Guiren's life was not easy. Everyone in the palace knew that she had fallen out of favor. Not only that, when she was in favor, she had offended many people. Now these people wanted to step on her, but only because of the protection of the imperial concubine, these people failed to succeed.
"That bitch Xu has only her face to show off."
What she and the imperial concubine envied the most was Xu's face. Li Guiren had fantasized more than once that if she had Xu Lingyi's face, she would be the one who was so favored by His Majesty now.
Destroying Xu Lingyi's face was an extremely exciting thing for them.
Lady Li's spirit and energy have more than doubled.
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Perhaps Princess Minghua also knew that the imperial concubine was going to take action against her.
So during this period of time, even though the emperor stayed in her palace all the time, Princess Minghua did not bother her again.
She and the imperial concubine were both lying in wait.
Xu Lingyi also pretended not to know.
The sixth day of next month is the Empress Dowager's birthday. This year, her health has been up and down. Sometimes she can get out of bed and walk around, and sometimes she has to stay in bed.
It's rare that the Empress Dowager is in relatively good health these days.
Your Majesty would like to do something more effective to help the Queen Mother get rid of her illness.
But considering the Queen Mother's health, she only needs to attend the dinner.
Xu Lingyi thought that if she were a noble concubine, it would be best to take action on this day, as the palace was very lively on this day, with many people coming and going from various palaces.
If you use some tricks on this day, it will not be easy to be noticed.
Xu Lingyi has a talisman on her that can protect her from assassinations.
So she didn't care about the imperial concubine's plot to murder her, because she was immune to all poisons.
Instead, she was looking forward to it, wanting to see what tricks they had and how to counter them.
There is only one restless Qiushi in her palace.
So she also asked someone to closely monitor Qiushi's actions during this period.
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"Your Majesty, Qiushi has now contacted Concubine Li." Chunhua whispered to Xu Lingyi.
She couldn't hide the disappointment in her expression. Chunhua and Qiushi grew up together and had a very good relationship in the past.
Xu Lingyi understood her feelings. When she felt betrayed by Qiushi in her previous life, she also found it difficult to accept. A maid who had followed her for more than ten years was no different from a relative.
But Qiushi betrayed her, and she would not be merciful even if others were unkind to her.
If she could live her life over again, she would also like to see if Qiushi would betray her again.
As a result, Qiushi did not disappoint her this time.
Xu Lingyi was very curious about what conditions Li Guiren had promised to make Qiushi willing to work for her?
The imperial concubine would definitely not contact Qiushi directly. Even if the matter was exposed, it would be this noble lady Li who would take the blame.
Li Guiren is a very good knife in the hands of the imperial concubine.
"Qiu Shi really wants to become the Empress and become His Majesty's woman. Concubine Li may have promised this."
Chunhua once speculated with Xu Lingyi that she had sensed Qiushi's feelings for His Majesty.
Aunt Zhang also spoke up at this moment: "Perhaps she is just trying to deal with the master, secretly jealous of the master. As long as she can step on the master, without anyone promising her huge benefits, she is willing to help."
Xu Lingyi didn't want to guess anymore why Qiushi did this.
It doesn't make much sense.
"Mammy, you must keep a close eye on Qiushi during the next period of time after Chunhua. The Imperial Concubine wants to use her to deal with us, but we may be able to turn the tables."
She has the golden finger of the amulet in her treasure bag, but she is already pregnant.
For the sake of the children, it is of course better to be cautious.
After all, having a child gave her a bargaining chip in this evil harem.
With a child, Xu Lingyi doesn't have to worry about falling out of favor.
Even if she did something, the emperor would never blame her, considering how much he valued his offspring.
What's more, she was just trying to protect herself.
After spending some time together, Xu Lingyi thought she understood the emperor quite well.
For the emperor, what he cares about most is his offspring.
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"Qiushi came back today and brought back a packet of medicine." Chunhua came to report to Xu Lingyi first.
Chunhua has a great advantage, she is very observant.
Qiushi is actually a very cautious person, but she can't stand the fact that someone is watching her all the time.
None of her little movements escaped Xu Lingyi's eyes.
"After she came back today, she looked a little nervous and occasionally couldn't help but stare at her sleeves. I guessed that there must be something in her sleeves, so today while she was taking a nap, I drugged her so that she could sleep soundly."
After Qiushi fell asleep, she went to search and found a packet of medicine.
"In order to prevent Qiushi from noticing, I specially replaced it with a packet of powder. It is also colorless and odorless, but it has no toxicity."
Xu Lingyi nodded and said, "You did a great job. I'll ask Chief Steward Xu to take the medicine in Qiushi's hand outside the palace to see what it is."
Before Xu Lingyi entered the palace, Madam Xu told her that there was a steward named Xu in the palace who was from the Xu family.
The Xu family has very few people in the palace, but this Chief Steward Xu is equivalent to dozens of people in the Ministry of Internal Affairs.
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Xu Lingyi waited for a few days.
"Master's guess is correct. It is indeed a poison that destroys one's appearance."
Nanny Zhang looked displeased.
"They simply think that destroying my appearance will make my life worse than death, and I will lose the favor of His Majesty in an instant. When I have suffered enough, they will kill me. The women in this palace, even if I don't want to do it, I can't help but want to deal with me." Xu Lingyi sighed in her heart.
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