Three days later.
The lotus pond at the entrance of Guan Zhiyue's Cold Palace has been fully repaired and is just waiting for the fresh lotus roots to arrive today. It is already filled with water. The lotus roots were sent by the Emperor. They are the special kind of lotus roots that can be planted directly after they are brought back.
"Your Majesty, His Majesty has been so good to you these past few months," Bilian said, looking at the two large baskets of lotus roots in front of her.
Guan Zhiyue turned the lotus root over and, seeing that they all had roots, felt much more at ease. As for what Bilian had just said, she could choose to pretend she hadn't heard it and didn't want to answer the question.
Seeing that her mistress did not answer her question, Bilian continued, "Your Majesty, the Emperor's treatment of you is truly extraordinary!"
"Your Majesty, are you moved?"
Guan Zhiyue continued to pretend to be deaf, ignoring that she couldn't hear, didn't understand, and didn't want to listen.
"Your Majesty~~"
Guan Zhiyue was speechless. She turned to look at Bilian and said, "Bilian, did you take some benefits from the Emperor?"
Bilian was so frightened she almost lost her life. She quickly knelt on the ground, grabbed Guan Zhiyue's trouser leg, and began to cry out, "Your Majesty, I swear to God, I have always been loyal to you. How could I possibly take any benefits from the Emperor? Besides, the Emperor didn't give me any benefits at all!"
Guan Zhiyue lightly shook her trouser leg and said, "You're working so hard without any benefits? What are you doing? Trying to rebel?"
"Oh my God, I swear to God, what kind of rebellion am I committing? I was only thinking of your well-being in your old age."
"Your Majesty, the Emperor is currently very fond of you. You should take advantage of this opportunity and conceive a royal heir as soon as possible! Otherwise, if the Emperor loses interest in you one day and turns his attention to other concubines, it will be too late for you to cry!"
"Your Majesty, you should also think about your future. Think about it, we've been living in the Cold Palace for more than half a year. The Emperor has finally started to treat you differently. You should take advantage of this time to get along well with the Emperor so that we can move back to Kunning Palace sooner, right?"
When Guan Zhiyue heard this, she thought about how she hadn't even turned sixteen yet, and she was already going to have a child for this jerk. She didn't even like him, and it was torture. This was unacceptable.
"Alright, get up now and stop talking about this. Do you think I'm that kind of person? The Cold Palace is fine. We still have a large farmland behind the mountain. We have food and drink here, and we can do whatever we want. I don't want to go to Kunning Palace."
"Bilian, you're my dowry maid, don't you know what I'm thinking?"
"Don't you know what I want?"
Guan Zhiyue threw a series of questions at Bilian, who watched Guan Zhiyue leave and sighed deeply.
How could she not know what her mistress was thinking? But how did the Emperor treat her mistress when she was so happy to marry into the family?
Now that the Empress has changed and is living a vibrant life, it's truly infuriating that the Emperor is behaving this way.
Bilian figured it out, got up from the ground, and chased after them towards the door, heading to the entrance of the Cold Palace to watch the commotion.
Today, a large crowd has gathered at the entrance of the Cold Palace, all there to see what's going on. It's said that the Empress has planted lotus flowers at the entrance of the Cold Palace, so everyone is here to watch the spectacle.
"Greetings, Your Majesty the Empress! May Your Majesty be blessed!" The palace maids and eunuchs crowded at the entrance all bowed respectfully to Guan Zhiyue, who had just emerged from the Cold Palace.
Guan Zhiyue smiled and raised her hands, saying to the people, "Alright, get up, what are you doing?"
"Your Majesty, I have heard that Your Majesty intends to plant lotus flowers. I have never seen them planted before, so I have come to observe them today," a young eunuch reported respectfully.
Guan Zhiyue then looked at the others, who nodded in agreement, indicating that they had come to see how to cultivate lotus flowers.
"Alright, since you're all here to watch the fun, then stand a little further back and don't stand too close together to avoid crowding and falling into the pond."
"Yes, Your Majesty!" the palace servants watching replied in unison.
Guan Zhiyue called Liu Debao and asked him to have someone put the lotus roots into the lotus pond.
I also caught some small goldfish, which I kept in the same tank.
"Your Highness, the goldfish have been caught. Would you like to release them now or wait?" Xiao Dezi ran over from a distance, carrying a wooden basin.
Guan Zhiyue craned her neck to look at the four large goldfish in the wooden basin, her lips twitching slightly: "Xiao Dezi, these are the little goldfish you were talking about. Do you have some misunderstanding about the word 'little'?"
"Oh dear, Your Highness, this is all I could find. Besides, where can I find that little one you mentioned? You can only buy that outside the palace."
Guan Zhiyue waved her hand and said, "Put them in, put them in, two on each side!"
Xiao Dezi happily placed two fish on each side of the wooden basin and watched the palace servants plant lotus roots.
Lotus roots are usually planted in early May, but Guan Zhiyue's is already in mid-May. However, it shouldn't be a problem for her, since she has spiritual spring water. When no one is around at night, she can add some spiritual spring water to the plant.
In the farthest corner of the Cold Palace, where the crowds were densest, a young palace maid, when no one was looking, threw a rag doll into the pond.
The rag doll sank to the bottom of the pool immediately after absorbing water, and no one noticed or saw it during this time.
Everything proceeded smoothly and naturally, and everyone gathered at the entrance of the Cold Palace, looking very happy.
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That night, news came from Chengqian Palace that the Emperor's condition had suddenly worsened. The Emperor, who had been almost fully recovered, suddenly vomited blood and fell into a coma.
The blood spitting out of his mouth was thick, black, and foul-smelling, like sewage from a stinking ditch, making people want to vomit!
When Guan Zhiyue received the news, she was completely petrified. How could the Emperor be sick again? It shouldn't be like this. She had given him so much spiritual spring water. He shouldn't have fallen ill again so quickly. This is not scientific!
"Little Tuantuan, is your so-called spiritual spring water no longer of any use?"
The little girl inside the space laughed and said, "Your Majesty, please don't be silly. This spiritual spring water of mine is a panacea that can cure diseases and save lives. How could it be useless!"
"Then why is the Emperor sick again? And I heard it's quite serious. It's keeping me up all night. I have to go and attend to him soon. Isn't this just making things difficult for me?" Guan Zhiyue complained to the little Tuantuan in her space while getting dressed.
Little Tuantuan was furious. It was speechless. It had never seen an owner like this before. How could it possibly slander someone like that?!
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