Songzhi lowered her head, the loneliness and helplessness in her eyes could not be hidden.

The Queen and the Consort Xian...

To be disrespectful, it’s good enough that you don’t harm the Empress, how could you possibly lend a helping hand to save her?

Hua Fei's weak voice sounded again on the other end, "Your Majesty, please release my brother, release the Nian family, please, Your Majesty, Your Majesty..."

Zhou Ninghai gritted his teeth, looked at Song Zhi meaningfully, and struggled to say, "Zhi, promise, you take care of the Empress, I will go and ask the Empress."

After saying that, he was about to drag his limping leg out again.

Songzhi stopped him, wiped her tears, and said in a low voice, "Just let me go. After all, I am the emperor's promise."

The voice was a bit bitter. Zhou Ninghai opened his mouth but swallowed his words and let Songzhi go out to beg the queen.

Gyeongin Palace

Songzhi knocked gently on the door of Jingren Palace, "Your humble servant, Zhi, has agreed to see the Empress."

The palace maid on night watch yawned as she opened the door. She said impatiently, "My dear lady, why are you asking to see the Empress so late at night? The Empress has already gone to bed. Please wait until tomorrow to discuss anything."

Songzhi couldn't wait any longer, so she grabbed the palace maid and handed her a purse.

"Thank you for your hard work, sister. I really have something urgent to ask for an audience with the Queen. I beg you to be accommodating. Thank you in advance."

The palace maid had never seen such a scene. Concubine Hua was arrogant and domineering, so the people around her naturally behaved in the same way. Today, she was so humble, so something big must have happened in the Yikun Palace.

The palace maid's expression changed, and she silently accepted the silver. Then she turned around and explained what happened tonight to Huichun.

The maid replied respectfully, "I didn't want to bother the Empress with such a small matter, but I saw that Na Zhi agreed to come in a hurry, and it seemed that something big had happened in Yikun Palace. I was afraid of delaying things, so I hurried to report it to my sister."

Huichun also thought that Songzhi was so anxious to see him so late, and she must have encountered some difficulties.

The Queen has a far-reaching plan, and now is a critical moment, and we must not make any mistakes.

But now Yixiu had already fallen asleep, and Huichun was not in a hurry to wake her up, but met Songzhi first.

The two of them are old acquaintances. Songzhi is feeling very embarrassed now. It is always difficult to open your mouth to ask for help when you have something to ask for help.

But when Songzhi thought of her own mother still in bed with a high fever, she could only throw away her pride and pleaded with Huichun:

"My queen had a high fever last night, and the imperial physician tried many methods, but nothing worked. I heard that the second prince of Consort Xian had the same problem, with a high fever that wouldn't go away. It was His Royal Highness the Crown Prince who brought the fever down. I don't know what method he used. I don't know if my aunt knows what that method was. I thank you in advance."

Huichun also knew that Concubine Hua had fainted outside the Yangxin Palace, but she did not expect that Concubine Hua was so seriously ill now.

A high fever that won't go away is no small matter. At the very least, it can damage your brain and turn you into a fool. At the worst, you can even lose your life.

Huichun said cautiously, "However, as a servant, how could I know what to do? I still need to report this matter to Her Majesty the Queen first."

The emperor has not yet convicted the Nian family, and Concubine Hua must not be in any danger now.

Huichun went into the room, woke up Yixiu, and reported the matter to her.

Ever since the incident with the Second Prince, the Crown Prince also told Yixiu and Concubine Xian how to reduce fever, so that they would not be left in the dark if they fell ill again in the future.

Yixiu gradually came back to her senses from her confusion. After thinking it over again and again, she decided to go visit Concubine Hua in person.

Huichun said with some distress, "It's already late at night, why bother the Queen to come here in person again?"

Yixiu smiled and shook her head, a determined smile on her face.

She made this trip not just to save Concubine Hua's life, but naturally had a deeper plan.

"Go and take out the small box from the third box on the right side of my dressing table."

Huichun nodded, packed Yixiu's things, and instructed the palace maids to help Yixiu wash and groom herself.

Songzhi didn't expect that Yixiu would actually stand up and go to save Hua Fei.

No matter what the Queen thought, Songzhi was extremely grateful to her at this moment.

"I thank the Queen for her great kindness. I will never forget it."

Songzhi kowtowed to Yixiu sincerely, with a hint of tears in her voice.

Yixiu didn't want to create any embarrassing scenes here. She was called up late at night because she had important things to do.

After Yixiu arrived at Yiku Palace, she followed the method taught by the prince to reduce Hua Fei's fever.

However, this method requires taking off clothes, and many palace maids and eunuchs around him will naturally have to be dismissed.

Ranxia led her men to retreat outside the palace to guard it. Now only Yixiu, Hua Fei, Songzhi, and Huichun were in the room.

As Yixiu was speaking, Ranxia directed Songzhi to reduce Hua Fei's fever. At first, Songzhi was a little flustered and even a little bit unconvinced of this method.

After all, the older generation’s practice is to cover the patient with multiple layers of quilts, which will cause the patient to sweat and the fever will subside.

But they had tried this method before, and it was completely useless. The queen's fever only got worse.

The Queen is a thoughtful person. Even if she wanted to take action against her own queen, she would not use such a stupid method.

While Songzhi was thinking this, she kept wiping Hua Fei's body with her hands.

Finally the situation improved, which made Songzhi breathe a sigh of relief.

Hua Fei gradually woke up. She was always strong and wanted to save face. When she woke up, she found Yi Xiu looking at her with a playful smile, and she was so disheveled. Hua Fei was embarrassed and angry, and she cursed directly:

"Queen, what are you doing here? Are you here to see if I'm dead or alive? But I'm going to disappoint you, I'm fine!"

Yixiu sneered, imitating her expression and said amusingly, "Yes, if I hadn't come, I'm afraid something might have happened to you by now."

Songzhi's face changed slightly, and she blushed as she said cautiously, "Your Majesty, it was the Queen who saved you."

Concubine Hua was extremely embarrassed. Her already weak body almost fainted from the excitement.

Ran Xia quickly stood up and supported her, and kindly took a bowl of ginseng soup.

"Empress Hua is weak now, so you should take some rest first!"

Hua Fei sneered and said, "If you don't drink it, who knows what kind of mess is put in it?"

Ran Xia was not afraid of the current Concubine Hua. She ignored Concubine Hua's resistance and poured a bowl of medicine directly into her throat.

Concubine Hua still wanted to resist, but she was so weak that she was no match for Ran Xia.

After drinking a bowl of ginseng soup, Concubine Hua immediately felt refreshed.

She pushed Ran Xia away and said, "There's no need for you to be so hypocritical. I don't need you. Don't look at me. I don't know what you are hiding. Now that I'm down and out, you must be very proud!"

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