All the concubines in the harem are time travelers

Wang Huai stood on the shore, his feet on the moss-covered stones, looking anxiously. Finally, he saw a dark figure coming ashore, and he staggered over.

"Your Majesty!"

Li Ji held the unconscious woman in his arms. His dragon robe was soaked through. Her wet apricot-colored silk skirt hung to the ground and was blown by the wind, sweeping across his ink-black boots.

"Didn't I tell you to shut up?"

Wang Huai said yes repeatedly and explained in a low voice.

"I just checked and no one saw you jump into the water to save someone. This is known only to heaven and earth, and the emperor and I."

It's really difficult for the emperor. He has to hide from the empress dowager in order to save someone.

He raised his head and looked at Bu Ji again, and took a breath.

People drown in the palace every year, and most of those who are dragged to the shore and still unconscious are unlikely to be saved.

He sighed sympathetically and said warmly.

"I will go and inform the Ministry of Internal Affairs to prepare the colorful coffin and mourning clothes, as well as the three animals and burial objects."

Just as he was about to ask again whether his funeral should be held according to the etiquette for a noble lady or whether he should be promoted to a concubine, Wang Huai looked up and met the emperor's cold eyes. He saw Li Ji with a blank expression on his face and spoke slowly.

"you are dead."

Wang Huai's breathing stopped instantly, and the breath was stuck in his throat. He could neither swallow it nor spit it out. He looked at the emperor in shock and fear.

He... is dead?

The area beside Ying'e Pond was dark and desolate. Gusts of evil wind whistled in from the reeds and blew onto his back, like a giant hand reaching out from the depths of hell, caressing his spine again and again.

Wang Huai thought the emperor was going to execute him, so he fell to his knees and begged for mercy.

"Your Majesty, please spare me half my life, considering that I have served you loyally for more than twenty years."

Eunuchs are incomplete and are often teased as guys with only half a life.

At this moment, he didn't care about being humiliated or insulted, he just hoped that the emperor would have more mercy on him.

Li Ji's face was gloomy. He glanced at him and really wanted to shut the mouth of this dog slave.

"If the Imperial Physician is not waiting in the Palace of Heavenly Purity before I return to the palace, I will have the Imperial Guards chop off your head and throw it into the pond."

Wang Huai quickly stood up and saw the emperor holding Concubine Bu in his arms and walking towards the Qianqing Palace. Only then did he realize that Concubine Bu was not dead.

Damn it, he reached out and slapped himself twice.

Wang Huai took a shortcut and ran to the Imperial Hospital, took the imperial physician with him and went to the Qianqing Palace.

"Hurry up, my head is tied to your belt tonight."

The imperial physician tugged at his belt and said with a look of disgust.

"Hey, Eunuch Wang, how can you say such a thing? I have a wife and a child, but I have never provoked you."

Wang Huai walked forward without looking back, his feet moving quickly, and he did not dare to stop for a moment on the palace road.

"It's the Emperor. The Emperor wants you to go to the Palace of Heavenly Purity."

When the imperial physician heard that it was the emperor, he immediately became serious and quickened his pace.

"Huh, you should have said it earlier. You should have said it earlier."

"I thought it was... that kind of thing."

Although he was an imperial physician, he had heard that the eunuchs in the palace not only looked for palace maids as their lovers, but also sought out guards with special fetishes to have sex with. This group of eunuchs was really disgusting.

Wang Huai was the first to show disgust and said with a "Pah".

"Although I am a eunuch, I also want to start a family. How can I degrade myself like those little eunuchs?"

He seemed to have forgotten who had just claimed to have half a life in front of the emperor.

A real man, oh no, a eunuch, can bend and stretch.

After a while, we arrived at the Qianqing Palace.

The imperial physician entered the hall first, and the emperor arrived shortly after, carrying the wet woman in his arms. Wang Huai quickly asked the palace maids and eunuchs who were on guard to retreat, thus saving his life.

Li Ji gently put Bu Ji on the bed, glanced at the figure without palace maids in the hall, and then retracted his gaze to Bu Ji's long black hair that was soaked.

He pulled down the curtain with his backhand, and bright yellow silk cascaded down.

A tall figure could be vaguely seen standing beside the bed, bending slightly, with his broad shoulders blocking the view of others.

Li Ji used both hands to slowly take off her wet dress. He only took a glance and quickly pulled up the quilt beside him to cover her body. Unstoppable waves rose in his eyes.

He has no intention of taking advantage of others' misfortune.

Li Ji strode out of the inner room with big strides. He didn't even need to say anything because the imperial physician had already sat on the chair and started to diagnose the patient's pulse.

Through the beaded curtain, the imperial physician quickly discovered that the woman on the bed had fainted because of an attack on the back of the head, not because of drowning.

The force was not strong, just enough to make the person faint, without causing any loss of life, so the person will be able to wake up early tomorrow morning.

The imperial physician put away the thin silver needle, placed it in the medicine box he carried with him, then left the inner room and came to the center of the hall.

He cupped his hands and spoke to the emperor.

"Your Majesty, I have taken the pulse of Noble Lady Bu. The injury is on the back of her neck. She fainted due to the blow. Her life is not in danger. She will wake up tomorrow morning."

Wang Huai was startled and quickly stepped forward to continue the conversation.

"Your Majesty, Concubine Bu has been murdered. This person is so cruel that he dared to attack the concubines in the palace. In my opinion, the imperial guards must take action."

Li Ji tightened his lips, looked at Wang Huai coldly, and continued to ask the imperial physician's order.

"She's still on her period."

The imperial physician thought about it carefully and realized that he had indeed overlooked this point when he took the pulse just now.

The menstrual periods of the concubines in each palace were recorded by the Imperial Medical Bureau, but this noble lady was of such a low status that no one cared when her menstrual period came, and there was no monthly reward of warm ginger and brown sugar.

He lowered his head and replied.

"Your Excellency has fallen into the water this time, and you will definitely have unbearable abdominal pain when you wake up. I will prescribe a medicine and have someone send it over tomorrow morning."

Li Ji nodded, and the imperial physician bowed and knelt before going out with the medicine box to boil the medicine.

Wang Huai stood aside, looking listless. He seemed to have fallen out of favor, and the emperor didn't even want to pay attention to him.

It seems that he was right to ask the Ministry of Internal Affairs to prepare a coffin and mourning clothes, but they were only for himself.

Forget about the colorful coffin and burial objects, he, a chief eunuch, couldn't afford to bear the cost even if he died.

"Wang Huai!"

He shuddered all over and felt as if he had been relieved when he heard the emperor calling him.

"Your Majesty, I am here, right here."

He wore his pipe hat askew and adjusted it as he walked towards the emperor, kneeling in the middle of the hall to answer.

There was no expression on Li Ji's face. He stood in front of the dragon throne with his hands behind his back. He had changed into a neat and clean black silk uniform with a five-clawed dragon pattern.

Around his waist he wore a belt inlaid with jade, and on the belt were tied several sachets and pouches, all made by the Imperial Household Department.

He turned around, looked at Wang Huai with his deep eyes, and spoke slowly.

"What happened tonight..."

Wang Huai pretended to be smart and answered first.

"Your Majesty, rest assured. I have sealed the mouths of the people below. The Empress Dowager will not know that Concubine Bu fell into the water."