The Cold Palace is too close to Ah Li.
Because Ah Li lived in the Cold Palace, she stood up shakily and walked along the palace wall toward Xu Zhi.
In the cold palace, there is a ruin, and beside the ruin is a pile of rubble.
A man was lying among the rocks, his face pale, one hand clutching his collar tightly.
When Ah Li arrived, she heard the man's heavy breathing.
Then, Ahri climbed into the pile of rocks, grabbed his hand, and whispered in surprise, "How come there's someone here?"
In his dazed state, Xu Zhi felt as if he were holding a block of ice; it was cold, so cold.
Ahri continued, "Fine, you've met me today. We're both pitiful people in the Cold Palace, so I'll take pity on you and save you."
Ah Li pulled Xu Zhi's hand over and then took his pulse.
Before long, Ah Li continued, “Your pulse is as weak and feeble as a thread; it is so weak that it can be felt with a light touch. Your tongue is a pale color, as if you often feel cold and your body trembles involuntarily, as if you are being attacked by a cold wind. Is this poisoning, or have you been poisoned since childhood?”
Ahri picked the person up and said, "I'll take you back first, otherwise you'll die here if you lie here all night."
Xu Zhi thought this person was really noisy. Once he recovered, he would think carefully about whether to cut off her tongue or gouge out her eyes first.
However, when he took a sip of the extremely bitter medicine, he made up his mind: he would cut off this person's hands and feet, and then have someone feed her the bitterest things in the world every day.
Ah Li wiped the sweat from her forehead and took Xu Zhi's pulse again, saying, "You'll be fine by tomorrow. Luckily, you met me."
Xu Zhi sneered. No one has been able to cure the poison in his body for so many years. How could you, a woman living in the Cold Palace, possibly do that?
No, it might be a female ghost, because she was so cold.
After giving the only thin blanket in the room to Xu Zhi, Ali ran back to the system space, turned on the heater, warmed her frozen hands and feet, and took a comfortable hot bath.
The next day, when Xu Zhi woke up, he smelled a musty odor and found the blankets to be completely cold.
He looked around. Where was the woman who had been chattering away all night?
Is this where that woman lives?
It was a dilapidated room, worse than a woodshed.
There were also several wooden buckets and basins with broken corners in the corner.
Xu Zhi threw off the blanket and circulated his internal energy. He was surprised to find that the blockage was gone, as he had never felt so free before.
Could it be true, as that woman said, that the poison in his body has been cured?
Xu Zhi walked outside and found a chipped medicine pot in the corner with dregs inside.
Did that woman use this to make medicine for me last night?
That's outrageous!
Xu Zhi put his hand to his mouth and whistled.
Several guards quickly arrived, knelt before Xu Zhi, and called out, "Grand Eunuch."
Who lives here?
The guards exchanged glances, and then one of them said, "A princess from the Jin Kingdom lives here."
Where is she now?
The princess of Jin also knows traditional Chinese medicine?
Could it be that someone deliberately arranged this for him again?
However, his illness last night was unexpected, even to himself, and the woman's appearance was truly too sudden.
The guard spoke again, "She's doing laundry."
"A princess doing laundry? Lead the way."
Xu Zhi said this and started walking forward.
Several of the bodyguards also withdrew, leaving only one to walk in front of Xu Zhi and lead the way.
When Xu Zhi saw Ah Li washing clothes, the guard also withdrew.
Ali pounded the clothes on the washboard with a wooden stick; her hands, which should have been fair and tender, were now red and swollen beyond recognition.
Xu Zhi walked over step by step, looking at the hands soaking in the cold water, thinking: No wonder they were so cold when I touched them last night, they didn't seem like a living person at all.
Ah Li sensed someone in front of her and quickly said, "Don't rush me, Granny, I'll be done washing right away."
Upon hearing this, Xu Zhi chuckled softly, "Heh, the princess of Jin actually refers to herself as a servant? Is this some kind of etiquette from Jin?"
Ah Li quickly raised her head. She had been looking a little ashamed and indignant, but when she saw Xu Zhi, she stood up with surprise and said, "You're alright? That's great!"
Before Xu Zhi could speak, a nanny and a maid came over, saying, "Hurry up and wash them. Once you're done, wash that pile of dishes over there too."
However, when they saw Xu Zhi standing in front of Ah Li, the two of them immediately knelt down and said tremblingly, "Greetings, Eunuch."
Xu Zhi did not tell them to get up, but instead said, "Who gave you the audacity to order the princess of Jin around?"
"No, it was my own idea."
"Acting on your own? You two lackeys?"
As Xu Zhi spoke, he kept looking at Ah Li.
Ah Li kept her head down, hiding her swollen, red hands inside her sleeves. She showed no joy at having saved the eunuch, nor was she pleased that someone had stood up for her against the two servants.
Because the original owner had encountered people who had inquired about these matters before. However, once the people left, the nannies and palace maids here would torment her even more excessively.
As time went on, the original owner lost all hope.
She has always been confused about why she was switched and why.
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