"You have signed in at the Imperial Palace for 88 consecutive days. I am giving you a gift package that will satisfy anyone who wants it."
"The gift package includes: Whoever wants it, itches, and Whoever wants it, loses hair. The two skills will be used alternately. Each time a skill takes effect, you will receive 10 more silver."
"——Note: Anyone who has bad intentions towards the user within a certain range will be affected by the skill."
Lin Zhiya was pruning flower branches, concentrating on the leaves and branches, and oblivious to the movements around her.
After a while, she realized what happened when she signed in.
A few people walked hurriedly along the path not far away. Lin Zhiya looked up and saw a man and a woman, both looking haggard.
He Mei: "Your Majesty, these are Yuan Cainu's parents. Cainu was still having a high fever, so we brought them into the palace."
Lin Zhiya sighed: "Only mother would worry about her like this."
She thought of her mother and couldn't remember how long it had been since she last saw her.
...
...
In fact, it was only in the first year after Zhao Xiaoxiong was born that her mother came to the palace to visit her. But out of Zhao Xiaoxiong's face, there has been no news from her in all these years.
Lin Zhiya continued to prune the branches, but her movements were much more sloppy.
When she was still in the boudoir, Lin Zhiya was not supposed to go to the beauty pageant. The eunuch in the palace told Lin Yiyuan that he only needed to send one of his daughters to the beauty pageant.
Lin Zhiya has a stepsister, and it should be her who goes to the audition. But the day before submitting the list, Lin Yuenan came to her room and begged Lin Zhiya to go in her place.
Lin Yuenan said that she wanted to get engaged to the scholar next door, so Lin Zhiya had to go. She left her sewing kit on the donkey cart outside the palace, ready to rush to do the sewing as soon as she was not selected.
Unexpectedly, Zhao Chen, who was very picky, chose two. One was the real beauty Miss Yang, and the other was Lin Zhiya, who didn't even raise her head and was covered in dust.
Lin Zhiya entered the palace without even having time to take her sewing kit. She still remembers her mother's incredulous look.
Every time Lin Zhiya received a letter from home, it was always followed by her mother's scolding.
She said that she had been thrifty and thoughtful all her life, so how could she have given birth to such a stupid and gullible girl like Lin Zhiya... She must have picked up the wrong child.
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Prime Minister Liu's memorial was fermenting, and Chi Rong could not pretend to be ignorant. She asked her maid to go outside and inquire, and everyone was talking about how it was against the rules for her to stay in the palace.
Chi Rong didn't care about these discussions. She had lost all her reputation since she broke her leg and was picked up by her brother.
Chi Rong came to Zhao Chen's bedroom. The palace servants were busy. She hid behind a tree and saw Zhao Chen's black sleeves, which were tied tightly because he was writing. There were intricate dragon patterns on his sleeves.
Zhao Chen pressed the paperweight on it and said casually, "This ink is good. Give two pieces to Concubine Wan."
Wanpin doesn't write? Then let's use it to draw for her.
Zhao Chen thought again: "The ducks painted by Wanpin are too ugly. I will send the painting of ducks playing in the water in my study to her for her to admire."
Lai Xi thought that Concubine Wan would not know what was going on, so he asked tentatively, "Is the authentic painting by Master Shi Xiyang mentioned by the Emperor?"
Lai Xi took people to pick up the painting, and Chi Rong on the other side gritted his teeth.
When he appeared in front of Zhao Chen again, Chi Rong had put on a smile, with a cautious look despite his weakness.
"Your Majesty, the way you write reminds me of when we were little, in the East Palace, and you taught me to read in the same way."
Zhao Chen frowned and put down his pen with a strange expression, apparently not planning to write anymore.
Zhao Chen: "Why do you come here to see me if you don't take a good rest?"
Chi Rong's expression was gloomy. Zhao Chen had indeed changed. He didn't even respond to the question about his childhood. "...I heard that people outside were discussing my identity."
Chi Rong was shy. She turned her wheelchair and moved closer to Zhao Chen. She said lovingly, "I won't live long. Please let me spend my last days in the palace."
Zhao Chen did not avoid Chi Rong, but began to think, with a look of struggle on his face.
...Let Chi Rong enter the harem and enthrone her?
Chi Rong is already in her twenties, but her face looks childish and almost the same as her teenage years. Also, due to long-term illness, her arms are so thin that they seem to be broken at any moment.
Chi Rong cried bitterly: "Why are you like this now? Can't you promise me this?"
"I will only trouble you for one last month. You don't need to be buried in the imperial mausoleum after you die. The Chi family will take my remains back. Just consider it as the fulfillment of our childhood friendship."
Zhao Chen became even more shaken and was about to speak when they heard Lai Xi's footsteps, followed by a series of even more chaotic footsteps.
Lai Xi hurried in and said happily, "Empress Wanpin brought back a jade bud tree for the emperor. She just cut off the weeds and pruned it very carefully."
The three eunuchs worked together to move the jade bud tree in. The ground shook slightly. When Zhao Chen saw the tree, four words flashed through his mind.
Unexpected incident.
Lin Zhiya was using the tree to tell him not to cause trouble.
Zhao Chen immediately changed his mind and said to Chi Rong who was eagerly waiting: "I agree, you can report to the Shanggong Bureau tomorrow."
Chi Rong was shocked and his eyes widened: "Where should I report?"
Zhao Chen said casually: "I let you be a female official in the palace, and it is legitimate for you to stay in the palace. Okay, you can leave now."
Chi Rong's eyes went dark, he felt nauseous in his chest, and he wanted to vomit blood.
Zhao Chen was already looking at the tree with great interest. There was nothing special about the tree, but it was trimmed very neatly.
"Water it more, don't let Concubine Wan die."
Before Chi Rong could calm down, Lai Xi had already bent over and said to her, "Second Miss Chi, there was originally no vacancy in the palace, but the Shang Gong of Xiufang has just been dealt with, so why don't you take over first?"
Chi Rong screamed in her heart. This was not what she wanted. She didn't want to be a slave. She wanted to be a queen.
Chi Rong was sent out by Zhao Chen in a daze, feeling full of resentment and anger.
The marks from Lin Zhiya's slap on the face had faded, but Chi Rong felt suspiciously that his face was beginning to hurt again.
She pointed the shield at Lin Zhiya and turned her wheelchair towards Lin Zhiya's palace.
There was peace and tranquility outside the Xuanzhu Palace. Birds were flying around on the edge of the wall, and servants were playing inside.
Chi Rong vaguely saw a small figure, and upon closer inspection, it turned out to be the fifth prince, Zhao Xiaoxiong. Zhao Xiaoxiong had a straight posture and a delicate appearance, and was very likable at first sight.
When Zhao Xiaoxiong came back from studying, he passed by Xuanzhu Palace, climbed up the tree next to the palace, and then climbed over the wall to look inside at his mother.
His balance was unstable and one leg was kicked on the tree.
Chi Rong turned the wheelchair, and a stone got stuck under it. She picked up the stone, thought about it, and then smashed it hard on Zhao Xiaoxiong.
If the fifth prince was injured at Lin Zhiya's door, Zhao Chen would definitely blame Lin Zhiya, right?
The stone hit Zhao Xiaoxiong's foot. Zhao Xiaoxiong felt pain and subconsciously retracted his foot. He fell from the wall and everything in front of his eyes went dark.
Zhao Xiaoxiong felt some pain from the fall, so he climbed up and shouted at the top of his voice, "Mother, mother."
The noise of the fall attracted the attention of the palace maids, and everyone hurried outside.
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