"I..." Yun Xiyue could no longer hold back, her face showing obvious panic.
"Cousin, are you feeling unwell? You look so pale." Yun Qingran asked her with concern.
"My stomach suddenly feels a little uncomfortable." Yun Xiyue pretended to put her hand on her stomach.
"Are you about to have diarrhea? Then hurry up and go, we'll wait for you," Yun Qingran said with concern.
Everyone:……
Yunxi Yue: ...
"No, of course not," Yun Xiyue quickly denied.
She would never allow anyone to associate her with diarrhea; she was the white moonlight of all the young talents in the capital, the most beautiful.
"Since that's not the case, then Miss Yun should hurry up and compose a poem. It's not fair to Miss Yun to delay for too long." The Empress looked at Yun Xiyue with a smile and said gently.
This empress is also cunning; she deliberately targets Yun Xiyue while using herself as a pawn.
The imperial harem was indeed a place of intrigue and backstabbing, a place where people could kill without shedding blood; everyone there was like a honeycomb. Yun Qingran decided that she would stay away from such troubles from now on.
"Yes, Your Majesty." Yun Xiyue gritted her teeth and began to rack her brains to compose a frontier poem.
After she finished, everyone fell silent. This could not be called a frontier poem; it had absolutely nothing to do with frontier poems.
"I think this frontier poem sounds rather ordinary at first glance, but upon reflection, it's quite charming." The Imperial Noble Consort forced herself to boast, and then glared at Yun Xiyue when they met eyes.
Useless thing!
Yun Xiyue pursed her lips, her heart filled with boundless hatred. It was all because of Yun Qingran, that ugly and fat little bitch. If it weren't for her, she wouldn't have been so humiliated today.
Her reputation as a talented woman, built up over ten years, is ruined tonight!
"It seems Yun Qingran is truly talented," the Emperor said, breaking the awkward atmosphere.
"Thank you for your praise, Your Majesty. I am unworthy of such praise." Yun Qingran curtsied.
The Emperor nodded, then looked at the concubines and noble ladies who were performing tonight, and said, "All the performances at tonight's palace banquet were wonderful, but Consort Ning's performance was more ingenious. Therefore, Consort Ning wins tonight's performance."
Needless to say, Consort Ning won the palace banquet performance!
The result was both unexpected and expected. It was unexpected that Consort Ning, who had no background or power, would win the palace banquet; it was expected, given what happened tonight, it would have been unreasonable for her not to win.
"Thank you, Your Majesty." Consort Ning and Yun Qingran exchanged a joyful glance, then thanked the Emperor in unison.
"Consort Ning, Yun Qingran, what do you want?" the Emperor asked, looking at the two of them.
"Your Majesty, I wish to issue an edict allowing my father to return to court. My father is devoted to the country and, despite his advanced age, is unwilling to return to enjoy his remaining years. I know this request is selfish, but I truly cannot bear to see my father, in his sixties, still enduring hardship on the frontier." Consort Ning knelt on the ground, her eyes reddening as she thought of her father.
"Consort Ning's filial piety is evident; how could she be selfish? I am deeply moved and grant permission. Please rise!" the Emperor said, his expression filled with emotion.
"Thank you, Your Majesty." Consort Ning wiped away her tears and stood up.
Ning Jitang, sitting in the audience, also sniffed. With the imperial decree, his grandfather had to come back, even if he didn't want to. He was finally coming back.
"Yun Qingran, what about you?" The Emperor looked at Yun Qingran, a little nervous, afraid that she would ask him to grant her a marriage.
Whoever bestows the cloud-like dye upon you will be cursed to death by that family.
"Your Majesty, I would like to request two medicinal herbs from you." Yun Qingran looked up at the Emperor.
The Emperor secretly breathed a sigh of relief; thankfully, his wish wasn't to request a royal decree for marriage. Then, he asked her with suspicion, "Medicinal herbs? What medicinal herbs? What do you need them for?"
"To be honest, Your Majesty, I am poisoned," Yun Qingran said, enunciating each word clearly.
"Poisonous?" The emperor was completely bewildered.
Everyone was puzzled. Was she poisonous? Was it the kind of poison they thought she was?
At this moment, the beautiful woman sitting in the seat of the Grand Tutor's wife felt a sudden tightness in her heart, and her nail-painted fingers gripped the handkerchief in her hand tightly.
"I have been poisoned by a poison that causes obesity and horrifying red spots on the face. The two medicinal herbs I request are essential ingredients for the antidote," Yun Qingran said gracefully.
"Is Yun Qingran's appearance due to poisoning?"
"Now that I think about it, it should be true. The Zhen'an Marquis family has been known for its good looks for three generations, so Yun Qingran shouldn't look like this."
"This poison is terrifying; it can actually make people ugly."
...
Everyone started discussing it animatedly.
"Who poisoned this? That's incredibly vicious."
The question fell silent again! It was a question that was, by a very small measure, pointed.
The Emperor's expression turned cold. Having grown up in the palace, he had witnessed countless instances of poisoning. He was terrified of the intrigues and power struggles that plagued the palace, and he loathed such things.
"Yunxiao, what exactly happened?" The Emperor mistakenly believed that Yunxiao favored his concubine over his wife, leading to his daughter being poisoned and persecuted.
"I do not know," Yunxiao said, lowering his head in shame.
When her daughter was young, she didn't have time to take care of her, so her mother took care of her. The child was raised by her mother to be stupid and arrogant. Later, when her daughter came to live with her, she was poisoned without even realizing it.
I'm not a good father!
“Your Majesty, this is not my father’s fault. He only has one daughter, and he loves me very much.” Yun Qingran finished speaking and looked at Yun Xiao with tender and loving eyes.
He is truly a wonderful father.
"Why is your family only one daughter?" The Emperor was a little surprised. Yunxiao was not good enough. Yun Qingbi and Yun Qingran had only given birth to two children.
"He's too poor to afford a concubine," someone said.
"Too poor, why are they so poor?" The Emperor was even more surprised. Yunxiao was the Marquis of Zhen'an and held an official position. Yun Qingbi also held an official position and received a considerable salary.
Because that bastard of a former owner squandered it all!
"Your Majesty, that's not important." Yun Qingran changed the subject. "What's important is, Your Majesty, will you give me those two medicinal herbs?"
After saying that, Yun Qingran looked at the Emperor expectantly.
"Yes, of course I'll give it to you," the Emperor asked with a smile. "Which two medicinal herbs do you want?"
"This humble woman desires two medicinal herbs: Flame Sun Grass and Snow Skin Fruit."
"Sun Liang, go to the Imperial Hospital now and fetch these two medicines." The Emperor immediately ordered Sun Liang to fetch the medicines.
"Thank you, Your Majesty." If no one were around, Yun Qingran would probably be howling with joy by now.
A short while later, Sun Liang brought the two medicines and personally handed them to Yun Qingran, asking with a smile, "Miss Yun, please take a look and see if these are the two medicines you need."
Yun Qingran checked them and confirmed that they were indeed Flame Sun Grass and Snow Skin Fruit. "These are the two herbs, no doubt about it."
"Then I'll hand these two medicines over to Miss Yun." Sun Liang personally handed the two boxes containing the medicines to Yun Qingran.
"Thank you very much, Eunuch Sun." Yun Qingran excitedly accepted the two medicines.
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