"If you encounter the Empress or the Duchess at the Empress Dowager's place, be extremely careful and don't act rashly. I'll come to pick you up immediately after court." Shang Xiye gently rested his chin on the little bandit's forehead, his chin tip twitching as he spoke.
Ji Fengyao felt a warm, soft sensation on her forehead. His deep voice traveled from his throat to her ear, sounding increasingly calm and magnetic.
Coupled with the tenderness he had shown her earlier, she felt a jolt in her heart, and involuntarily agreed, "Okay."
Hearing this soft response, so different from before, Shang Xiye felt a sweet warmth in his heart, as if it were filled with honey. He lingered for a moment, cupping her soft, round face before sitting back in his wheelchair and parting ways with her.
Ji Fengyao then turned around and entered the inner palace.
After walking for quite a while, she suddenly stopped, raised her hand to lightly pat her forehead, and muttered in annoyance, "I must have been out of my mind. What have I been doing so early in the morning?"
"Miss, what's wrong? Why are you hitting yourself?" Xi Que felt sorry for her and quickly pulled her away.
"Your Highness, are you feeling a bit cold and have a headache?" Lin Shuang asked with concern.
Ji Fengyao: "..."
Can I tell you that I almost took advantage of the prince early this morning, and now I've had a change of heart and am reflecting on my actions?
Very profound!
Forget it, these are still two very innocent girls, they probably wouldn't understand even if I explained it to them.
Ji Fengyao coughed lightly and casually made up a story, "It's nothing, I just swatted a mosquito." She then secretly perked herself up before striding towards the Empress Dowager's palace with an air of banditry and full of fighting spirit.
We arrived at the entrance of the Empress Dowager's Cixi Palace.
Ji Fengyao suddenly stopped her erratic steps, and her bright and cheerful face instantly turned gloomy and miserable, which saddened me.
Even Xique and Linshuang, who were beside her, could sense the strong "melancholy" emotion emanating from her.
"Miss, what are you doing..."
Before Xi Que could finish her question, Ji Fengyao interrupted her with a sorrowful expression: "Xi Que, the Chen family said such hurtful things yesterday, aren't you sad and upset?"
"Ah, ah?" The sparrow was stunned for a moment, then realized what was happening. Its facial features suddenly twisted in an exaggerated way, and it screamed loudly, "I'm heartbroken! I'm so heartbroken! I'm still so heartbroken!"
Lin Shuang: "!"
Ji Fengyao's lips twitched involuntarily, and she whispered, "You're overdoing it. Remember to tone it down a bit later."
Xique: "...?"
Miss, could you please give me a clear answer on how much to charge?
Unfortunately, her young mistress had already gone inside and didn't receive her bewildered expression at all.
A few unfavored concubines sat sparsely in the Empress Dowager's palace. They had no hope of winning over the Emperor and relied on pleasing the Empress Dowager to get by.
When Ji Fengyao arrived, the Empress Dowager remained indifferent; however, after being reminded by Aunt Sun's eyes, she remembered that she still needed Ji Fengyao's prescription for her leg ailment.
Seeing her unusually worried expression, the Empress Dowager couldn't help but become curious. Her expression softened, and she looked at her a few more times.
After Ji Fengyao finished her greetings with her unsteady gait, she finally spoke: "Please sit down. Why did the Ninth Princess Consort come to the palace so early today to pay her respects to me?"
"Alas, Your Majesty, don't mention it. I'm afraid I won't be able to find your medicinal herbs," Ji Fengyao said dejectedly, taking out the gold plaque with the character "Yi" from her sleeve. "Your Majesty, please take this plaque back. Perhaps my reputation is too bad, and it seems to be of little use as well."
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