Wu Ying pushed Shang Xi Ye towards Yi Si Lake, only to find someone following them.
Looking back, they found that the eight red-clad dancers were carrying Chu Ling towards them.
Moreover, they didn't show any intention of avoiding or avoiding suspicion; they simply followed along openly.
"Your Highness..." Wu Ying frowned, never having any patience for this kind of persistent woman.
"Ignore her. If I'm not mistaken, His Majesty has arranged for her to stay at Zhegui Palace by the shore of Yisi Lake." Shang Xiye's face was slightly flushed, but his expression remained calm, revealing no flaws.
But Wuying knew that he had already endured a lot, otherwise, given his constitution after being hit by the Frost Talisman, his expression wouldn't have changed.
"Your Highness, are you alright?" Wu Ying asked with great concern.
"Nothing," Shang Xiye replied briefly.
"Your Highness, please be patient. Wu Shang has already gone to invite the Princess Consort in person," Wu Ying said, still worried.
At that time, Ji Fengyao and Princess Zhaoping had returned to Cixi Palace with a large group of "tails".
Just as Imperial Physician Gao had awakened the unconscious Duchess of Chen with silver needles, she opened her eyes and saw Ji Fengyao entering with a group of people, as if they had come specifically to see her make a fool of herself. She was so angry that she felt dizzy for a while.
Seeing this, Ji Fengyao added fuel to the fire: "Oh, so the Duchess of Chen is indeed in good health and woke up? It must be because the Duke's mansion is very wealthy and eats wild ginseng and lingzhi regularly, which has given her a good foundation. I'll go and have a few good meals there sometime to improve my health."
Good heavens, you're coming to my house again?
One more robbery?!
Lady Chen was so anxious that she couldn't catch her breath, her eyes rolled back, and she fainted again.
"Ninth Princess Consort! You've gone too far!" Chen Ziying's eyes turned red with anger as she loudly accused him.
"Alright, I misspoke," Ji Fengyao said, seemingly embarrassed, rubbing the tip of her nose with the back of her hand. She corrected herself, "The Duchess of Chen is so weak, I shouldn't have gone against my conscience and praised her for being healthy. But I was just thinking of the patient. If I said, 'Why are you so weak? Is it because the Duke's mansion is starving and you don't have enough money for food?' that would be even worse."
"Pfft!"
After Ji Fengyao finished speaking these inappropriate words, some people couldn't help but secretly laugh.
Is this vulgar bandit a clown hired by the Empress Dowager to provide comedic relief?
The Duke's mansion had no money for food, and the Duke's wife fainted from hunger.
How could she even think of that? Hahaha...
"You, you...!" Chen Ziying was furious but couldn't think of any sharper words to retort, so she could only stammer, "Your Ninth Prince's Mansion is so poor that you don't even have money to eat!"
This time, even the Ninth Prince was scolded;
The Ninth Prince is a prince of the royal bloodline. To mock the Ninth Prince for not having food in front of the Empress Dowager is tantamount to accusing the Emperor and Empress Dowager of mistreating the bloodline of the late Emperor!
"Chen Ziying, shut up!" The Empress knew things were going badly and immediately got up to stop and punish her.
The Empress Dowager was already furious: "Didn't I say that you and your daughter don't need to come to my Cining Palace anymore? Since it's not good to stay here, either you faint or you curse, then go back to your own Duke's Mansion! Guards, escort Lady Chen and Miss Chen back!"
"Empress Dowager... Empress Sister, I..."
"Miss Chen, let's go."
Chen Ziying was about to explain when she was stopped by Eunuch Li, the head eunuch of the Empress Dowager's palace.
Li Gonggong's several attendant eunuchs had already brought a stretcher to carry Lady Chen, and they quickly went out the door.
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