The crabapple tree is fragrant in the tent, and the bright moon is in my arms

The Queen Mother is ill.

As New Year's Eve approaches, there is no joyful atmosphere at all. The entire imperial city is dead silent. Only Fengyi Palace still has some life.

And Your Majesty, he only visited the Queen Mother once when she was bedridden.

Even the pregnant queen went there to serve him every day.

Anyone with a discerning eye can see that the relationship between His Majesty and the Queen Mother is in jeopardy.

The Queen's health was getting worse, and there was still Concubine Qi in the palace, so the job of taking care of her fell on Concubine Fang and Rui Changzai.

Hua Changzai has become a noble lady and is now the most favored. His Majesty favors her, but the Empress Dowager dislikes her, so naturally it is not her turn to take care of the sick.

Yanxi Palace.

Hua Ni poured out the pregnancy-preserving medicine that the Queen brought: "Bao'er, bring the scissors."

She sat on the couch, carefully trimming the crabapple flowers that His Majesty had gifted her. Baoer glanced outside and said, "My lady, Caiyue is here again."

Hua Ni was wearing bright colors, which made her look even more like a snake and scorpion, with a conspicuous romantic charm: "Send it away, I have to trim this flower beautifully, so that His Majesty will be happy to see it when he comes tonight."

Baoer hummed: "I will go and reply to her."

Caiyue stood outside, looking at the closed door, biting her lip.

Seeing Bao'er coming out, she quickly pulled her arm and said, "Bao'er, can Miss Hua see me now? Now our queen..."

Baoer interrupted her, with a serious look on her round face: "No, my mistress is very busy."

She pulled away Li Yue's hand and said, "Go back. When you have time, you must go see the Imperial Concubine!"

Baoer left in a clean and decisive manner.

Caiyue looked at her back, ran up to her quickly, and pushed the door open before her.

"Today he said he was busy, the day before yesterday he said he was not feeling well, and every time he came, he could not see Miss Hua. Your Majesty only comes at night, so how come Miss Hua has no time during the day?"

Caiyue rushed in, there were still slap marks on her cheek, and it was obvious that they were new.

She watched Hua Ni calmly pruning the branches, her eyes widened: "Master Hua! Is this what you mean by help?"

Baoer was angry: "Caiyue, do you have any rules? Who told you to break into the young master's room without permission?"

Caiyue endured for a long time, suppressed the anger in her eyes, and saluted Hua Ni.

"I was in a hurry and broke the rules. Please forgive me, my lady. I was really anxious. The Imperial Concubine, her body... Now that His Majesty has exempted her from house arrest, the Imperial Concubine will not allow me to go and ask for the imperial physician."

Caiyue knelt on the ground and kowtowed to Hua Ni: "Only the young lady can save her. Didn't you say that the imperial concubine is your protector? You have to save her!"

Even last time, Caiyue never bent her knees.

Her master is noble, so she is noble too.

Now she is sitting there, wearing the brocade clothes and jade hairpins bestowed by His Majesty, looking charming and graceful, with slender and soft hands.

He glanced at the kneeling Caiyue indifferently.

His fingers fiddled with the branches, as if he didn't hear what Caiyue was saying.

Baoer left the door open, just in case any daring servant outside took a peek.

You can see Concubine Gao's maid Caiyue crawling on the ground and bowing her head.

What did this scene look like long ago?

It was Hua Ni who was shivering from the cold in her dance dress and dancing in the heavy rain. It was Hua Ni who was hungry and was forced by her to please the eunuch. It was Hua Ni who knelt all night because she was unhappy with her.

She couldn't stand the look of her legs, and as she wished, Hua Ni couldn't dance difficult dances now.

Hua Ni put down the scissors and said, "Baoer, is it snowing?"

Baoer looked outside and said, "My dear, it's still a little rainy."

Seeing that she ignored him, Caiyue cried again, "My lady, please save the imperial concubine. You have a kind heart, please save the imperial concubine!"

For her, kneeling down and crying to beg Hua Ni was already giving her great face.

So what if she was favored? She was a dancer and a dirty actress outside.

Even if His Majesty gave her a respectable identity, after all, Caiyue poked her spine and cursed her in her heart: She is a lowly creature who is worse than a slave!

What's wrong with the dancer? What's wrong with Jianlian? Aren't they human beings?

Did she steal or rob? Was it wrong for her to climb up? Wasn’t it okay for her to just want to carve out a place for herself?

Hua Ni's eyes were red, she looked at Caiyue: "Save? I have already saved the imperial concubine, I am powerless, Caiyue, I can't save her this time."

Concubine Gao brought this upon herself.

Caiyue looked at her, the light in her eyes gradually became sinister: "You can save her! The queen must have been poisoned. You can even use Gu worms, so what's wrong with detoxifying her!"

She stood up and patted her knees, which seemed to be covered with dirty dust.

"Hua Ni, you were in the Empress's palace when you first entered the palace. It was the Empress who taught you etiquette, it was the Empress who saved you from starving to death, and it was the Empress who made you so favored today!"

Hua Ni raised her eyebrows: "Your Majesty has made me so favored?"

"His Majesty came out of the Empress' room that day. If you didn't live in Yanxi Palace, would you have this opportunity?" Caiyue spoke word by word, her voice getting louder.

"You took the pearl hairpin given by the Queen the other day. Didn't the Queen ask you to dress up? With your broken legs, how could you attract His Majesty?"

Bao Er was so angry that he was shaking: "Cai Yue, what are you talking about? The young lady has never worn it before!"

Caiyue looked at Hua Ni with contempt: "My lady, I beg you kindly to call you master. Have you really forgotten the past?"

"Sound good?"

Hua Ni wanted to laugh. Just a few kneeling pleas?

As long as Caiyue said it, the servants outside would be able to hear what kind of person Hua Ni is.

However, Hua Ni still glanced at her, and even lazily rested her arms on the pillow, with a look as if she was willing to hear more.

"Aren't you afraid?" Caiyue stared at her closely, trying to see a hint of fear between her eyebrows.

"What are you afraid of?"

Hua Ni curled her lips. Compared to Zhao Yue's charming face, she seemed more real and more feminine.

Her nails were painted bright red.

She has long lost the youthfulness she had when she first arrived at Yanxi Palace and has become the one in power.

"A kind heart like a bodhisattva." She laughed softly a few times.

“Cai Yue, tell them, tell everyone, if you say just one word, Concubine Gao’s life will be at stake.” She made a pinching gesture.

"You!" Caiyue's face turned pale.

"Baoer, what does Zhaoyue say about me?"

Baoer smiled and said, "My lady, they say you are a femme fatale."

"A femme fatale is, of course,... a femme fatale."

Hua Ni's eyes were covered with a sharp light, and the snow outside was falling, soon covering the ground with a layer of white.

Her voice was like a venomous tongue: "If you want me to save her, then let her come and beg for it herself."

Hua Ni stood up, looked at the other half of Cai Yue's face that was intact, and slapped her hard: "Who do you think you are? You took the skin cream I made and barked in front of me!"

Her bright red nails slid across Caiyue's skin, leaving red marks.

Hua Ni didn't hold back at all, she smiled brilliantly: "Go kneel outside, this young lady will go and see the Imperial Concubine when she is happy, okay?"