The queen is sober in the world, and she is winning every step of the palace fight.

"Your Majesty, this is the medicine His Majesty gave me. It's called 'Snow Jade Cooling Ointment' and is the best for treating bruises. Not only does it speed up healing, but it also leaves your skin as delicate as snow and as smooth as jade. It's very nourishing. That day, I had an rude fight with Your Majesty, and I was covered in wounds and in great pain. I knew Your Majesty must be suffering as well, so I brought this medicine here to present to you."

The second time she stepped into Concubine Hui's room, Fei Wan was holding a small white jade bottle in her hand.

When the lid is opened, a cool medicinal fragrance emanates, which is more pleasant than ordinary floral dew.

Concubine Hui sat on the purple bamboo combing chair and only glanced at the bottle lightly, with an expressionless face and no interest.

He said coldly, "You are not welcome here. I only let you in because you said you wanted to explain the lawsuit in your family. No need to flatter me or give me gifts, just talk about the lawsuit. If you can't explain it clearly, even if you pluck the moon from the sky and give it to me, it will be useless."

Fei Wan placed the jade bottle on the table next to her, and without waiting for Concubine Hui's permission, she sat down on the chair beside the table.

She smiled and said, "I had no knowledge of the lawsuit in the Yu Mansion until Your Majesty came to Changle Palace to complain. As for the lawsuit itself, I have nothing to explain."

Concubine Hui slammed the table and said, "Then what are you doing here? Are you trying to tease me? There have already been several memorials filed against your father. How dare you say you didn't know?"

"The world is so beautiful, yet Your Majesty is so irritable. Why bother?"

Fei Wan made a joke, and before Concubine Hui was about to explode, she quickly corrected her attitude.

She explained solemnly, "I am in the deep palace. Even if I heard the news, it would be similar to what Your Majesty heard. As for the details of the case, how could I know? I have only just been recognized as my relative, and the Yu Mansion will not discuss the purchase of land with me. Your Majesty, questioning me will not reveal anything."

Concubine Hui sneered, "Since you're completely clueless and have completely wiped your cover, then get out. When the case becomes clear one day, if your father is found guilty, I will also advise His Majesty in the harem to punish you."

"Why are you punishing me?"

"As a royal concubine, you've been blessed with great favor, but you don't know how to control your family. When something goes wrong, you don't investigate or care. Isn't this a betrayal of the duties of a royal wife? When Minister Yu has meritorious service, you take advantage of it and get promoted. When the Yu family makes a mistake, you hide aside. How can you get away with such a good thing?"

Concubine Hui was very powerful.

On her bright face, there is a pair of heroic eyes.

Fei Wan looked at her for a moment and smiled softly.

"The Li family is full of loyal and brave people. If the heroic spirits in heaven knew how much the Queen hates evil, they would surely be relieved. It's a pity..."

Concubine Hui raised her brows, "What a pity! You are not allowed to tarnish the ancestors of the Li family!"

Rolling up her sleeves, she couldn't help but take action again.

Fei Wanan sat on the chair, neither afraid nor hiding.

He continued, "It's a pity that Your Majesty, despite her martial prowess, courage, and resolve, is trapped in the inner palace, surrounded by a group of scheming, scheming, and devious women whom you despise, participating in these intrigues that are all for nothing. Even if you wish to clean up the palace and uphold justice, you can't stop the high-ranking concubines from harboring their own ulterior motives, nor can you stop the Concubine Zhao, whom you despise the most, from seducing you and harboring evil intentions."

"Perhaps in the dead of night, Her Majesty often feels discouraged and lazy, thinking that even if the palace is purged, what's the point? The world is so vast, and the rise and fall of Daliang cannot be resolved by a mere inner palace. That's why Her Majesty is too lazy to care about the affairs of the palace, and even more disgusted by being schemed against, she often can't help but want to hit others."

"Before, as long as you could live your life behind closed doors, you could still suppress your temper. But now that you're assisting in the harem, you're constantly annoyed by trivial matters, and it's becoming increasingly difficult to control your temper. The way you hit the concubines back then, and the way you hit the virtuous concubine today, are all due to your unfulfilled ambitions and the resentment in your heart."

"There is a fierce tiger living in the heart of the queen."

"If you can't control it, you will hurt others today and hurt yourself tomorrow."

The cool autumn breeze blew in through the wide-open doors and windows. Fei Wan's soft words were even colder than the autumn wind, hitting Concubine Hui in the face.

She had unconsciously gripped the armrests of the chair tightly, her gaze still scorching, but there was a hint of shock in her eyes.

Xifeng, the attendant standing next to him, was equally surprised.

He gave Fei Wan an inquiring and scrutinizing look.

Fei Wan gently stood up from the chair.

He walked up to Concubine Hui and bowed with a solemn expression. His usual fake smile was gone, leaving only sincerity.

"Your Majesty may seem trapped in the palace, your hands and feet tied, but in reality, this is the place closest to your dreams. All under heaven belongs to the king, and all the people are his subjects. Imagine when the blood of the Li family's ancestors stained the Red Sand Valley, if the court had sent troops to support them sooner, or if there had been no villains plotting before the battle, and if all the comrades had bravely fought forward during the battle instead of standing by and watching with cold eyes, perhaps the Li family wouldn't be left with only your Majesty now."

Concubine Hui's pupils shrank slightly.

His gaze suddenly sharpened: "Who are you?"

Fei Wan answered irrelevantly: "Last time I offended Your Majesty, thank you for covering up for me and not making the fact that I know a little bit about fighting public."

"I'm not trying to cover up for you!"

Concubine Hui just wanted to secretly investigate Fei Wan to find out her background and purpose, and what she was trying to do by pretending to be weak and coquettish. Once she found out, she would report it to the emperor and overthrow her.

Fei Wan said: "No matter what the queen thinks, I accept this favor. As for my status..."

"Whatever the Queen can see and find out, I am hers. There is only one thing that I have never told anyone——"

"When I was a child in the village, I met an old man passing by. He came from Huangliu Village."

When Concubine Hui heard the words "Huangliu Manor", her aura suddenly changed. From being cold and defensive, she became warm.

"He was old and missed his homeland, so he traveled alone from the northwest to the south. He passed by us and fell ill, collapsing on the mountain road. I was picking wild fruits in the mountains when I met him and put him in a cave to recuperate. I brought him fruits and medicinal herbs from the mountains, and he told me stories. He told me about the people in Huangliu Village, about the wars of the past, and he also taught me boxing and kicking stances, as well as the Li family sword techniques."

Fei Wan said this, walked to the weapon rack by the wall, and took out an unsharpened knife.

He lowered his shoulders and performed a few moves.

When they put the knife back, the expressions of Concubine Hui and her maid Xifeng relaxed.

"What's the old man's name?" asked Concubine Hui.

Fei Wan shook her head. "He only said his last name was Song, and I called him Grandpa Song. About two months later, he was completely healed and continued on his journey. I was young at the time and didn't know that some partings meant you'd never see each other again. Until now, all I remember is a scar over his left eye; I can't recall his face. I didn't practice the sword techniques he taught me, so I only remember the basics. Please forgive me, Madam."

Concubine Hui looked towards Xifeng.

He sighed, "Maybe it's Mr. Song Fu. He left Huangliu Village more than ten years ago and there has been no news since."

He waved to Fei Wan, "Come here."

There was already a sense of closeness between the words.