All the concubines in the harem are time travelers

Yanzhi and Zuoji nodded repeatedly and told her to go find the Queen without worry.

The lights were on in the room, the only bright spot in the dim Yiku Palace. The draft blew through the window frames carved with square grooves, and the raindrops hitting the window screens sounded like continuous knocking sounds, which was frightening.

From time to time, a purple lightning with white light fell from the sky and struck the ground directly. In the silent palace, screams were heard.

Yanzhi was half-crouching beside the bed in fear, her hands tightly grasping a corner of the quilt.

She stared at the unconscious Bu Ji, her lips trembling as she shouted over and over again.

"My lady, please hold on, the Queen will be here to save you soon."

Bu Ji didn't move, his face was paler than usual, his wet hair stuck to his cheeks, making him look particularly sick and weak.

Zuoji also stood by the bed, bent over, and wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes with his sleeves.

"My young master, you treat me well every day. How can I live if you leave?"

Last year, his mother was seriously ill, and it was the lady who gave him money to ask a doctor to treat his mother.

If it weren't for the young master, his mother would have died of illness long ago.

Chunqu stood aside and watched, moved by their loyalty. She thought that if her own queen fell into such a situation, the palace servants in the Yanx Palace would have found a way out long ago. Who would still stay with her like this?

She envied such a master-servant relationship.

After a cup of tea, Li'er still hadn't come back. Yanzhi became anxious, stood up from the bed, walked to the door, held the door frame with one hand and looked out.

"Zuoji, why hasn't Sister Li'er come back yet? Did something happen to her?"

Chunqu trotted forward, waving her hands and speaking.

"Nothing will happen. My queen asked me to be the only one here to watch over Noble Lady Bu. No one from the queen is outside."

Zuoji glanced at her, straightened his back in front of her, and said in a cold voice.

"You also know that my young master is very popular. Your madam is the only one in the palace who wants to harm my young master."

"The fact that the young lady was punished by the Queen Mother today is the "merit" of your majesty."

It's not right for Chunqu to leave, nor is it right for him to stay here.

Her face turned red with shame.

Who would dare to disobey the Imperial Concubine's order? Moreover, she is a maid in the Yanx Palace. If she does not obey the Imperial Concubine, she will be sent to work in the tomb of the previous emperor.

There wasn't even a single household living there, and there were only mountains and piles of dead bodies in the distance. She wouldn't go there.

If Concubine Bu could be promoted to a concubine one day, she would have an extra palace maid. She wanted to try her luck and paid some money to ask the eunuch from the Ministry of Internal Affairs to transfer her over.

But at the moment, she was thinking a little too far ahead. When she saw the woman on the bed was still unconscious, she didn't know whether she could survive, so she became depressed.

Zuoji also stuck his head out and looked out through the window.

"The rain outside is getting heavier. I'm afraid that the palace road will be difficult to walk on and Li'er will fall."

Yanzhi reached out and hit him on the head, saying angrily.

"You are such a bad-mouthed person. Sister Li'er is always cautious and won't fall down in the rain."

As they were talking, two slight coughs were heard behind them.

The three of them turned their heads at the same time. Yanzhi rushed forward first, lying in front of Bu Ji and shouting.

"My lord, my lord!"

No one answered. Bu Ji didn't even open her eyes. She felt very uncomfortable. She had been cold before, but now she felt hot.

Yanzhi reached out and touched Bu Ji's forehead, then immediately retracted her hand and screamed.

"Oh no, the young master has a fever."

"Go get a basin of cold water, and get some muddy wine from the kitchen."

Chunqu grabbed the copper basin beside him and ran out.

Yanzhi was extremely anxious, thinking that Sister Li'er was always the most efficient in doing things, so how come she went to find the Queen and never came back.

She was afraid that the young lady could not wait any longer, so she thought for a moment and said to Zuoji who was standing beside her.

"I'll stay here to protect the young lady. You go find Sister Li'er and tell her about the situation here."

"If you don't see anyone at Kunning Palace, go to Qianqing Palace to find the emperor immediately. No matter what the guards outside say, just kowtow and ask for an audience."

"Okay, I'll go right away."

Zuoji didn't even wear a straw raincoat, let alone an umbrella. He ran out wearing only a thin eunuch's uniform and a tobacco hat.

He disappeared as soon as he left the palace.

It was dark outside and raining heavily, so I had to rely entirely on my intuition to find the direction.

Before he reached Kunning Palace, he saw a figure who looked very similar to Li'er halfway along the road. She was limping towards him.

Zuoji ran forward and shouted.

"Sister Li'er!"

"Why are you alone? Where is the Queen?"

He looked around but didn't see any other people. All he saw was Li'er's torn pants and dirty face.

He really fell, and he raised his hand and slapped himself in the face.

"I'm such a bad mouth."

After Li'er stood firm, she held his arm and said.

"The Queen is not in the palace. She was called by the Queen Mother to copy Buddhist scriptures. She will stay in a side hall of the Cining Palace tonight."

"I dare not go to the Cining Palace to ask the Empress Dowager for someone, for fear of causing trouble again and implicating the young lady."

"The Empress Dowager is the closest to Concubine Jia."

She was extremely anxious and continued to ask.

"By the way, is the young master awake?"

Zuoji shook his head, sighed, and clenched his fists tightly with a look of despair and anger.

"Not only did he not wake up, but he even had a fever."

"But don't worry, Yanzhi is still in the palace. She is now wiping the young lady's body with muddy wine mixed with cold water."

Li'er was in a hurry to go to Yikun Palace. Zuoji suddenly remembered Yanzhi's instructions and stopped.

"I will go and ask the Emperor for help. He will definitely come to save my young master."

Zuoji wiped the rain off his face and ran towards the Qianqing Palace.

Li'er stopped him, pulled his sleeve, and said seriously.

"Let me go."

"But, Sister Li'er, your legs..."

"It's okay, it's just a bump. I'm afraid you won't even be able to see the emperor if you go."

The guards around the emperor are not there to do nothing. They all carry a knife. If Zuoji breaks into the Qianqing Palace at this hour, they will regard him as an assassin and kill him by mistake.

She is different. She can go to Wang Huai, and Wang Huai will definitely convey a message to the emperor on her behalf.

Li'er shook off his hand and limped to the Qianqing Palace by herself. After walking a few steps, she turned back and shouted to Zuoji.

"Go back and take care of the young lady. I will make sure to invite the emperor."

Zuoji couldn't persuade her and had to return to the palace.

Qianqing Palace.

Cui Lihua smiled as beautifully as a flower. She looked at the new kingfisher hairpin again and again and said shyly.

"I really like the oriental pearls inlaid on this headpiece. They are much bigger than the ones on the pair of earrings that the emperor gave me before."

Not hearing Li Ji's voice, she raised her head and called out repeatedly.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty..."

Li Ji came back to his senses from his deep thought, glanced at Cui Lihua, and said absentmindedly.

"What do you want?"