As evening approached, Bilian rushed in from outside, shouting something incessantly.
"Your Majesty, something terrible has happened!"
This prompted Guan Zhiyue, who was farming in the space, to quickly slip out of the space. Just as she stood still inside the room, Bilian rushed in from outside in a panic.
"Why are you in such a panic? What about your manners?"
Bilian quickly lowered her head, but her face still radiated joy.
"What's up?"
Guan Zhiyue raised an eyebrow at Bilian, her face showing a hint of delight and curiosity.
"Your Majesty, did you know? Consort Xian has been demoted to our Cold Palace."
Guan Zhiyue blinked her eyes, looking at Bilian with some confusion after hearing her words.
"Are you that happy?"
"This servant isn't very happy either, but how should I put it, at least someone has come to replace Your Highness, hasn't there?"
Guan Zhiyue was speechless. Did Bilian think that just because someone came to the Cold Palace, the people inside could leave? That was a joke. With so many rooms in the Cold Palace, how could she possibly leave? At most, it was just another neighbor coming over.
"Alas, it seems Your Majesty will remain confined to this cold palace."
Guan Zhiyue looked at Bilian, who was so happy and excited just a second ago, and then suddenly changed her expression.
"What are you doing now? Are you putting on a show for me?"
Bilian quickly waved her hand and said, "How dare I! Your Highness, you have misunderstood me."
"This servant is happy because His Majesty has banished Consort Xian to the Cold Palace, and Your Highness is sad because although Consort Xian has been banished to the Cold Palace, it is not our Cold Palace."
Guan Zhiyue became more and more confused as she listened, unable to understand what Bilian was saying. It sounded like a tongue twister.
"What do you mean by this? What do you mean by being banished to the cold palace? It's not this cold palace, yet it's the cold palace?"
Upon hearing her empress's words, Bilian quickly explained everything from beginning to end.
......
Let's go back to last night at the Floating Wine Pool.
That evening, as usual, after reviewing the memorials, Li Qiji would take a good bath at Liushang Pond before going back to sleep.
"Your Majesty, would you like to visit the Empress's palace?" Hua Quan suggested cautiously, following behind Li Qiji.
The reason was simply that Li Qiji did not return to his own palace that night. After inquiring, it was learned that Li Qiji had slept in the Empress's room in the Cold Palace that night. So Hua Quan kindly suggested that since the Emperor had not visited for several days, perhaps he should go and sit with the Empress in the Cold Palace.
"Hua Quan, you seem to have a lot of free time lately?"
Upon hearing this, Hua Quan immediately knelt down and said, "This servant is innocent! Your Majesty, this servant only felt..."
"Alright, I don't care what you think, I only care what I think."
Hua Quan: "..."
So the group continued towards the Flowing Wine Pool. As usual, Li Qiji first went to the specially built room to change his clothes before coming out to take a bath.
Tonight, as soon as Li Qiji went into the water, he heard someone swallowing hard beside him.
Hiding to the side, He Jiao looked at Li Qiji's eight-pack abs and his exquisite face and bronze skin, and swallowed hard without any backbone.
"Who is it? Show yourself to me."
Upon hearing the shouts, Hua Quan rushed out of the house with Ji Wu. There, they saw a woman dressed in thin clothes slowly walking out from behind the artificial hill. She kept her head down, making it impossible to see who she was, but her coy and evasive manner made Li Qiji want to vomit.
"How dare you! Who goes there?" Hua Quan looked at the thinly dressed woman, who was looking down and did not recognize her.
Li Qiji stood up from the pool in a fit of rage, grabbed a bathrobe from the side and wrapped it around himself, then walked to Hua Quan's side and looked at the woman with her head down.
"Raise your head for me?"
He Jiao carefully raised her head, stared at the handsome man in front of her with wide eyes and an expression of disbelief.
Hua Quan looked at the person who raised their head and exclaimed in surprise.
"Your Highness, Consort Xian?"
Startled awake by the interruption, He Jiao quickly knelt down in front of Li Qiji with a thud, trembling as she stammered, "Your Majesty... Your Majesty, I... Your Majesty, I greet you."
Li Qiji was quite annoyed, so he kicked the woman into the pool. He was extremely annoyed; these women were really something else.
"Guards, take this woman back to the palace and throw her into the cold palace."
Just as Li Qiji was about to turn around, he seemed to remember something and said, "There's no need to send her to the Cold Palace. Take her to her own palace and lock her up. No one is allowed to see her without my permission."
Then, he angrily led Hua Quan back to his room, dressed, and left without looking back. He then ordered the Liushang Pond to be thoroughly cleaned and forbade all women in the harem from approaching it, threatening to kill anyone who did!
......
After listening to Bilian's story, Guan Zhiyue smacked her eyes in shock, looking at Bilian who was talking until her throat was dry.
"So you mean that Consort Xian really went to the Flowing Wine Pool last night, and then the Emperor kicked her and she was imprisoned in her own palace, Zhongcui Palace?" Guan Zhiyue asked Bilian, who had just finished telling the story, with some uncertainty.
Bilian nodded firmly, feeling a pang of sorrow for Consort Xian.
"Your Majesty, do you think the Emperor's kick injured Consort Xian?"
Guan Zhiyue seemed unsure, but this He Jiao girl really does act on a whim. Hopefully, she'll learn her lesson this time! Is this man someone they can just mess with so easily?
When Guan Zhiyue thought of this, she remembered that night when it felt like she was being strangled to death. She thought that kick must have been very hard.
What can I send over here? Ginseng? Or something else? But is it really possible to send such a large ginseng? Maybe I should just make soup, but no, in case something goes wrong and she thinks I'm trying to harm her.
How about we cut off half a ginseng root and send it over? We can say it was brought in from outside the palace.
Guan Zhiyue pondered the possibilities of these things in her mind, and then decided to simply send a ginseng root over.
"Bilian, go to the cabinet and get a ginseng root!"
"Ah, Your Highness, that ginseng is too big. I think it's better not to use it. It's so big that it might arouse suspicion."
Guan Zhiyue thought about it and agreed. What should they do then?
"Then what do you suggest we do?"
Bilian seemed to remember something and took out the small ginseng that the Emperor had bestowed upon her from the storeroom.
"Your Majesty, this one is perfect. It was a gift from the Emperor, and it's small enough." Bilian held up a very small ginseng root, about the size of a palm, which was placed in a brocade box.
Guan Zhiyue nodded in satisfaction, then instructed Bilian to personally deliver it to the virtuous concubine and also to visit her.
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