It was raining, but the temperature wasn't low.
Huan Yue felt alright.
Guo Bing is sick.
The emperor specially summoned the imperial physician.
Xie Zhou and Huan Yue also arrived at Xuexiang Courtyard and sat in the main hall.
Di Baose, Gong Zhaoxun, Ju Zhaoxun, Ren Zhaoxun, and others also came over and sat to the side with great poise.
This isn't just a matter of a concubine's perfunctory response; everyone genuinely cares about Consort Guo.
Although Gong Zhaoxun and Ju Zhaoxun also abandoned their families to enter the palace, it was still different from Guo Liangdi, who came all the way from Xiya.
Their status is prestigious, earned by the Guo family with their lives.
After the imperial physician finished his examination, he reported to His Highness and Consort Huan: "He is suffering from acclimatization issues and needs to rest and recuperate."
Xie Zhou nodded and asked the imperial physician to take his wife's pulse again.
The imperial physician did not refuse, seeing that Consort Huan was recovering well, and that if she gave birth to a prince in the future, she would have a life of wealth and honor.
The eunuchs saw off the imperial physician.
Guo Bing came out of the room, her makeup simple and her demeanor still aloof, her face even paler. She thanked His Highness, saying, "I'm fine."
Xie Zhou softened his tone: "You should rest well. If you need anything, just tell Her Majesty."
Guo Bing smiled, her smile as pure and holy as sunlight shining on ice: "Your Majesty treats me extremely well."
Di Baose looked at His Highness, completely captivated!
I told you, how could a beautiful woman not be able to seduce him?
Di Baose is a beauty, but perhaps he's too familiar with her; she's not good enough for him. But there will always be a beauty he likes.
Xie Zhou snapped out of his daze, his expression turning somewhat grim, and quickly pulled his wife away.
Huan Yue was even colder than Guo Bing, and his smile was perfect: "Bingbing, take a good rest. Shan Shi and Xiao Lian will have to work harder."
The servants of Xuexiang Courtyard all responded.
Huan Yue left.
Xie Zhou hurriedly followed his wife and met Luo Yaohui at the door.
Luo Yaohui looks even more like a sickly beauty than Guo Bing now; flowers bloom in the rain.
Xie Zhou was furious: "Who let her out?"
Luo Yaohui cried, her tears falling like raindrops, as if in a torrential downpour.
Di Baose and Huan Yue exchanged a glance. Both were ill, but Luo Yaohui was in a much worse state than Guo Bing.
Guo Bing doesn't need to pretend to be strong. Luo Yaohui's aggrieved appearance is more like Pei Huanjiao's.
A palace maid pointed out that two eunuchs had shown tenderness and affection for the woman.
Xie Zhou was extremely cold-blooded: "Drag him away and give him one hundred strokes of the cane."
Huan Yue cautioned, "Don't kill them. They're still alive to serve the beauty."
The two eunuchs dared not utter a sound. After all, the Luo family was different; Luo Chenghui was truly pitiful.
Luo Yaohui knelt in the rain and cried, "It's my fault, I forced them to do this."
"No, it was our own choice. Your Highness, please get up. You're not well; you don't need to do this for us. Your Highness, Her Highness just wants to see you. She only loves you. Can't she see you?"
Huan Yue said it.
Di Baose came to her senses and laughed, "Should we be crying and pretending they have humanity while everyone else is heartless? Luo Chenghui, are you still playing this game, manipulating the lives of these lackeys?"
Huan Yue, feigning a non-professional tone, said in a high-pitched voice, "No, we did it voluntarily."
Di Baose snorted: "Zhu Zu, once she entered the palace she never stops causing trouble, and you want to sympathize with this kind of person?"
Xie Zhou gestured.
The two eunuchs were quickly dragged away.
Luo Yaohui especially wanted to plead for them, offering one hundred strokes of the cane.
Ren Zhaoxun said from behind, "If Luo Chenghui doesn't plead for her, she'll seem heartless. Who will help her in the future? Who will risk their lives to help her willingly?"
Huan Yue asked seriously, "Has Luo Chenghui accepted the hundred lashes? Don't worry, I'll spare your life."
Di Baose snorted, "You deserved it anyway."
Luo Yaohui was startled and stared intently at His Highness, looking utterly aggrieved.
Di Baose said, "I have been disrespectful to Your Highness."
Xie Zhou nodded: "One hundred slaps in the face."
Several palace maids held Luo Chenghui down and began to execute him.
The Luo family's dowry members all went mad, rushing over and kneeling on the ground. If they continued to beat Luo Chenghui, he would be disfigured; how would he be able to face anyone afterward?
Look how beautiful Di Baose is! Will the palace ever lack beauties again? How can she compete for favor without her looks?
Xie Zhou ordered: "All of them shall be flogged fifty times."
They're gone.
Di Baose followed Huan Yue, and the two exchanged a glance.
Men are like people who have already eaten; they naturally don't have the same appetite for other things.
Although I didn't get to eat it, Guo Bing's quality was truly high.
Luo Yaohui kneeling in the rain didn't look good. It would be even worse after the beating.
Huan Yue has no compassion.
Di Baose didn't have any either. These women didn't have any of that, yet they dared to kill. What was there for her to sympathize with?
Like Empress Mingde's aunt who lost two sons, how tragic was that? Di Baose didn't want to see that situation.
The Di family is doing alright, except for Zheng Shi who's always causing trouble. The Crown Prince's palace is doing okay for now, so it's best to keep Luo Yaohui under control.
In the rain, Luo Yaohui's heart turned cold.
She really just wanted to see His Highness and had a son. What was wrong with her?
She came from a good family, was good-looking, and had a good temperament; she was much better than Dong Shi.
Luo Yaohui wouldn't be as promiscuous as Dong Shi, but men are too heartless.
Luo Yaohui's mouth was full of blood, but she refused to admit defeat! She would take revenge!
What you suffer today, you will pay back a hundredfold in the future!
Cai Shi, Li Xia, and others suffered greatly; their lives in the Eastern Palace were more difficult than they had imagined.
Is the Crown Prince trying to suppress them? The Luo family and the Eastern Palace are not on the same side.
But Luo Yaohui changed her mind!
Huan Yue returned to Qing'e Palace.
The eunuch urgently sought out His Highness: "Luzhou is suffering from drought and the people are in turmoil."
Xie Zhou quickly calculated with his fingers and concluded it was a minor matter.
The eunuch reported, "King Qi requests permission to go to Luzhou to quell the rebellion."
Huan Yue casually remarked, "Why not pacify the people? Although it's not about encouraging unruly people, usually, popular uprisings are caused by officials forcing them. If the ruler doesn't even understand the situation, how can he treat the people like thieves and then destroy them?"
Xie Zhou was stunned by his wife.
Huan Yue truly felt the suffering of the people: "The ruler treats the people like weeds, and the people treat the ruler like an enemy. How can this be a country? How can this be the behavior of a sage?"
Xie Zhou said, "I will go and take a look."
It has nothing to do with Huan Yue.
What the King of Qi is up to, or what schemes Dong Xu has in mind, let the men fight it out.
However, it is going too far to gamble with the lives of ordinary people.
The fact that the King of Qi, despite his seemingly perfect persona, couldn't defeat the male lead shows that it was all just a facade. He had long since learned Dong Xu's tricks.
If you teach him kindness, he will most likely become kind; if you teach him evil, like the way the Pei family taught the fake heiress, she won't have a good fight until she dies.
Huan Yue came to see his dishes.
It's raining, but the vegetables are growing well; we can't possibly eat all the water spinach.
The little maid pouted, "He grows too fast."
Huan Yue said, "Let's pick some and make water spinach buns and water spinach pancakes, and share them with everyone."
It's just that she couldn't finish it; there's plenty of food in the palace. Half a piece each would be enough to finish it all.
The young maid was quite cheerful; she would occasionally give cucumbers to others, thus forging some friendships.
Sometimes it's just the sentiment of sharing a cucumber.
Huan Yue took the sleeves and put them on, tied on an apron, and started making stuffed cucumbers.
Xiuyun followed the Empress's lead and found the results quite delicious. She even discovered that loofah could be stuffed with meat; stuffing meat is truly a clever technique.
The palace maids picked a few eggplants, stuffed them with meat, and served a large bowl of fish soup, making for a very sumptuous meal.
A palace attendant rushed over and reported to the Empress: "The case in Baishi Village has been solved!"
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