Three days later.
"Little Tuantuan, are you back?" Guan Zhiyue woke up from her bed, thinking that today was already the fifth day, and wondered if the space had been successfully upgraded.
Now she weighs 92 pounds. The news of Guan Zhiyue's successful weight loss has spread throughout the palace. The palace maids are all eager to see if their Empress sister has really succeeded in losing weight, which is something that makes them very unhappy.
Since the family banquet that night, Guan Zhiyue received many palace maids who came to pay their respects the next day. However, all of them were too thin and needed to recuperate before meeting with their sisters. This delay kept the women of the harem very busy.
After Guan Zhiyue called out, she heard Xiao Tuantuan's lazy voice. Guan Zhiyue glanced at the door and then flashed into the space.
"Holy crap! This space has become so magnificent! The land is so big now! Has this spirit spring well turned into a spirit spring river? Is this my thatched hut?"
As soon as Guan Zhiyue entered, she saw the boundless black soil, the endless spiritual spring river, and the small three-story villa. It was simply dazzling to her. This was like a fairyland, a leap forward compared to the thatched huts she used to live in.
"Little Tuantuan, have you grown up a lot?" Guan Zhiyue looked at the little boy, who was already one or two years old, with a shocked expression. Although he was still wearing diapers, it seemed that he could stand up on his own.
"Tsk tsk tsk, this is simply heaven on earth! Little Tuantuan, I love you so much!" Guan Zhiyue ran towards Little Tuantuan, shouting words of love for her as she ran.
Little Tuantuan felt utterly disgusted by Guan Zhiyue's lunging attack. Although her host had lost weight, the thought of her 200-plus-pound pig-like figure still made it hard to bear her weight; it seemed as if Guan Zhiyue's lunge might crush her to death.
"Be reserved, be reserved, be reserved! You are, after all, the Empress of a nation. Can't you be a little more reserved? My dear host?" Little Tuantuan leaped from the ground into the air and looked down at Guan Zhiyue.
Guan Zhiyue wasn't annoyed. Since she couldn't get her hands on the little guy anyway, she might as well go into the villa and take a look herself. This was her secret place, and it couldn't be more enjoyable.
Guan Zhiyue strolled through the space. The air inside was incredibly refreshing, untouched by exhaust fumes.
It seems to have a hint of sweetness, which makes people feel incredibly comfortable, and there's also that fresh scent of mountain trees, so pleasant that it's as if it would make you feel like you're ascending to heaven.
Guan Zhiyue slowly pushed open the rather imposing and solemn iron gate, revealing a modern garden inside, along with a fountain that was both beautiful and elegant. Next to it was a swimming pool, which was fed by a stream of spiritual spring water from outside. A branch of the water flowed in from upstream and then flowed out from the other end of the villa, heading towards the black soil.
"This swimming pool is so well designed, Little Tuantuan! Who designed it? Not a single drop of water is wasted!"
Guan Zhiyue praised without any politeness, and Xiao Tuantuan, with a smug look on her face, leaped into the air and looked at Guan Zhiyue with an arrogant expression.
The villa has three floors. The first floor is a huge supermarket and kitchen, the second floor is for medical and pharmaceutical equipment, and the third floor has two huge luxury suites.
"Wow, this villa is absolutely amazing! Little Tuantuan, I really admire you. This is the villa of my dreams. With this, I could survive even if you sent me to a primitive tribe, let alone ancient times. Little Tuantuan, I love you to death." Guan Zhiyue didn't hold back her endless love.
"Little Tuantuan, my love for you is like a never-ending river, an endless love."
Little Tuantuan: "......."
Guan Zhiyue even sang a song to Xiao Tuantuan with great enthusiasm, "Listen to me, thank you, you've warmed all four seasons, thank you for being there..."
Xiao Tuantuan rolled her eyes so hard they almost reached the sky. She was completely fed up with her idiotic host. "Get lost."
Guan Zhiyue chuckled and rushed downstairs to the first floor. She hadn't had any snacks in a long time and was practically craving them. When Xiao Tuantuan told her to get lost, she quickly ran downstairs to get what she wanted to eat.
Knock knock knock...
The knocking on the door made Guan Zhiyue, who was eating, quickly grab a cookie and slip out of the space.
"Enter."
"Your Highness, please get up! The concubines from all the palaces will be coming to pay their respects to you soon." Bilian came in and saw Guan Zhiyue looking completely bewildered, staring straight at the doorway without blinking.
"Didn't they say it was canceled? What are they doing here? In this cold weather, do these women really have nothing better to do?" Guan Zhiyue was speechless as she looked at Bilian, who came in to tidy up for her.
Bilian looked at her mistress with excitement, "Hehe, Your Majesty, you don't know this, do you? This is the dream of every woman in the harem. So many women have to pay their respects to you, how prestigious that is!"
Guan Zhiyue: "......."
"Your Majesty, we're going to be wearing the Empress's court dress. This will be your first time wearing it, you can't wait! Hehe..." Bilian was beaming with excitement, as if the women who were going to pay homage to her were not Guan Zhiyue but her.
Guan Zhiyue looked bitter and resentful, but there was nothing she could do. She still waited with a tired expression for Bilian to send someone in to help her wash and change, and then dress her up like a butterfly so that the women would kneel and worship her.
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The main room of the Cold Palace.
"Your Majesty, I pay my respects to Your Majesty the Empress. May Your Majesty enjoy boundless blessings and peace!" A large group of brightly colored women began to chatter and bow to Guan Zhiyue, who was sitting in the main seat.
Guan Zhiyue straightened her back and looked at the large group of people who were half-squatting, saying, "Sisters, please stand up."
"Oh my goodness, Your Highness, what did you eat? You've lost so much weight!" The one who could speak so rudely must be Consort Xian, He Jiao, one of the four wives, who is also Guan Zhiyue's good friend and the little girl who wanted to bring Guan Zhiyue some delicious food.
"My dear Consort Xian, what are you saying? Our Empress is a beauty that could topple empires. Even if she weren't thin, she would still be the Empress whom we sisters respect the most, wouldn't she?"
Consort Shu looked utterly incredulous. Consort Shu was the only one of the four consorts who was relatively good-looking. Compared to Guan Zhiyue, it was like showing off one's skills in front of Guan Yu, or trying to teach a fish to swim.
"My sisters, your presence in my Cold Palace today has certainly made this place quite lively. However, due to illness I've been in the palace for some time now, I haven't gotten to know any of you. Why don't you all introduce yourselves to me today?" Guan Zhiyue looked at the monotonous women with a fake smile. What was she trying to do? Was she trying to form a group of girlfriends for her?
The women in the room, upon hearing the Empress's words, began to exchange words among themselves, some of them hesitant to speak as they looked at the Empress sitting on the high throne.
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