"Why is this kid here again?"
Ning Wenyi muttered to himself, but still smiled and said, "Your Highness, please come in."
Shen Ci'an ran away secretly.
The Prince Duan's Mansion and the Duke Zhenguo's Mansion were three streets apart. He jogged all the way here, and even in this early spring weather, he was slightly sweating.
The boy's thick eyebrows were slightly raised, and beneath his long, curled eyelashes were a pair of clear eyes. His pink lips were tightly pursed, and he looked anxiously into the mansion, only to look away in disappointment after a moment.
"I won't go in then, Uncle Ning, farewell!"
The boy turned and left, his small figure elongated by the setting sun.
Ning Wenyi stared at his back, feeling a little strange.
"It was the same a month ago. They would come, but wouldn't go in. They would just say hello and leave."
Ning Wenyi suddenly realized something and slapped his thigh: "Oh no! This kid might tell his dad that I didn't even give him a sip of water, right?"
Ning Yao's carriage returned to the palace, only to find that eunuchs were already waiting at the entrance of Qionghua Palace.
"Consort Rong, Her Majesty the Empress requests your presence!"
Ning Yao was a little irritable. Springtime is the season when people are most prone to drowsiness. She wanted to go back to sleep so she could get some serious work done that night.
Tsk, the Empress is still idle. We need to find her something to do!
"Please wait a moment, Your Excellency. I have just returned from outside. Please allow me to freshen up before I go to see Her Majesty." Ning Yao said, and then headed towards Qionghua Palace.
The eunuch stopped her: "Your Highness, you should go and see Her Majesty the Empress first. Her Majesty the Empress has been waiting for you for a long time since you left the palace."
"Waiting for a long time" means that you're already impatient!
Ning Yao twitched the corner of her mouth, turned around and got into the sedan chair: "Then let's go."
"Your Highness Consort Rong, isn't this a bit against the rules?" The eunuch was referring to her riding in a sedan chair.
Ning Yao looked at him indifferently and said to the palace servants carrying the sedan chair, "Didn't you understand when I said let's go?"
The unintentional aura he exuded sent chills down the spines of the palace servants.
The palace servants hurriedly carried the sedan chair to the central palace, while the eunuchs waiting for them were furious but helpless.
"I heard you went back to your parents' home?" Empress Zhang leaned back on the chaise longue, fiddling with her nails.
"Yes, Your Majesty."
"Don't you know that imperial concubines have to report in advance when leaving the palace?"
"Your Majesty, considering my young age, has allowed me to return home once a month."
I went back with Shen Ce's permission, do you understand?
Empress Zhang's beautiful face froze, and her gaze toward Ning Yao became increasingly unfriendly, as if it were poisoned.
It's all because of that bitch Ning Qiong; she's a real nuisance even in death!
Empress Zhang was furious, but she couldn't retaliate.
If she makes things difficult for Ning Yao, others will only laugh at her for picking a fight with a dead person.
But she wouldn't let Ning Yao off so easily: "Even so, you still need to know the rules. I'll let it go this time, but I'll punish you by confining you to your quarters for six months and making you copy the palace rules one hundred times. Go back now."
Six months of confinement?
Ning Yao couldn't be happier.
If you can't leave the palace openly, can't you leave secretly?
I just tried out the new technique on that scroll.
As for palace rules, Qionghua Palace has quite a few people.
"Thank you for your guidance, Your Majesty. I will certainly remember it!"
Ning Yao's humble and submissive manner brought Empress Zhang a moment of comfort.
But half an hour later, she could no longer laugh.
"ah!!!"
"My beautiful hair! Tell the people from the Imperial Hospital to get over here! Didn't they say it was cured?!"
It's been a month since I last experienced hair loss.
Ning Yao used a new formula this time.
New formula, new effects.
Hair loss, baldness, weight gain, and a foul odor all appeared on Empress Zhang, and she could no longer care about her duties as regent.
The palace servants and imperial physicians could not get close to her; they would feel nauseous and want to vomit if they did.
Anyone passing by the central palace could hear the "vomiting" sounds coming from inside, and they would also start vomiting. It's unclear whether this was a case of human-to-human transmission.
The Zhang family searched for renowned physicians and sorcerers both inside and outside the palace.
Some said she was allergic or poisoned, and as large bowls of medicine were poured down her throat, Empress Zhang herself began to vomit.
Seeing that it was not working, the symptoms were getting worse.
Some charlatans said she was possessed, meaning she was being targeted by something evil.
Empress Zhang was so frightened that her face turned pale.
She harmed quite a few of the concubines, but the one with the most resentment was Ning Qiong.
In the words of a wandering fortune teller, a mental illness requires a mental cure.
Since this has already happened, we should find a way to eliminate the cause.
Empress Zhang looked haggard, but not thin. A beautiful woman had turned into a middle-aged, overweight, balding woman.
"She's dead, how can we eliminate the cause!"
The sorcerer said, "The dead cannot be brought back to life. If Your Majesty wishes to expel this calamity, you must sincerely perform a ritual to help the deceased pass on to the afterlife, offering incense continuously for eighty-one times. Only then will there be a glimmer of hope."
Empress Zhang suppressed her anger and ordered her men to find an abandoned palace and erect a longevity tablet for Ning Qiong.
I went to offer incense and prayers for several days in a row, but my condition did not improve.
Empress Zhang, who was originally slender, now looks like a fat pig weighing 180 pounds.
Enraged, she ordered the sorcerer to be brought into the palace.
"Why didn't it work!"
The sorcerer calculated with his fingers: "Your Majesty's heart is not sincere enough. The longevity tablet has been erected, but the location is wrong, and the offerings are not good enough. That person must have been living a life of wealth and honor in his lifetime. Now Your Majesty is trying to fool her with these things, and she will not accept it."
"Then tell me, where should I put this? What should I offer her for her to accept it?"
Empress Zhang was furious, but she had no choice but to accept it.
The way she looks now, let alone others, even she herself would have nightmares if she looked in the mirror.
It's absolutely unbearable!
The sorcerer calculated with his fingers and pointed in a direction: "The fifth room is to the right rear of the middle palace."
Empress Zhang's expression changed instantly: "My private treasury is empty, what else does she have to worry about!"
"Your Majesty also needs to offer her live chickens, ducks, fish and meat every day. I don't need to say it, Your Majesty must understand that ghosts don't eat cooked food."
Empress Zhang, her face tense, waved to the palace servants: "Do as the master says!"
The palace servants were very efficient; everything was arranged by the afternoon of the same day.
In the evening, some palace servants noticed that Empress Zhang's odor was not as disgusting.
After leaving the palace gates, the sorcerer disappeared into the crowd.
He managed to shake off his pursuers with a few quick turns.
The sorcerer arrived at the alley behind the Duke of Zhenguo's mansion, suddenly disappeared, and reappeared as Ning Yao.
Ning Yao knocked on the back door, and it opened quickly. She went inside.
After dark, Ning Yao left the Duke of Zhenguo's mansion and secretly sneaked into Qionghua Palace.
Zhilan was taking a nap.
"Ha!" Ning Yao appeared from behind, startling Zhi Lan.
"Miss, you're finally back! Did you get out safely? Did you encounter any danger?"
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