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

The imperial pharmacy was filled with fragrance at night. Even before you approached, you could smell the mixed aroma of medicine.

It was near the end of the month, and there was no bright moon shining in the sky, only the stars twinkling dimly.

He Shuangying wrapped herself tightly in her thin cotton cloak. Every breath she took was filled with white mist, and she felt a bone-chilling chill. The scent of medicinal herbs made her feel even more uncomfortable, and she quickly brought the sachet to her nose to block out the medicinal aroma.

I feel very sad.

When she was in a high position, she could be very selective with her servants. She refused to accept the ones sent by the Imperial Household Department and chose a few herself. However, after only a few days of using them, she was deposed and no longer eligible to employ palace servants. Now, she only has a maid who does the rough cleaning and other chores, and she has to do all the work herself.

Even if he wanted to buy medicine from the Imperial Pharmacy in the middle of winter night, he had to go there in person.

"When I become a concubine, I must cultivate many confidants so that I can have someone to do everything for me."

Imagining her future life, she sneaked up on people and came to a row of small houses in the backyard of the Imperial Pharmacy, knocking softly on one of the doors.

The door opened quickly, and she slipped in. She looked outside and saw that no one else was passing by, and she was secretly relieved.

Fortunately, it was the Imperial Pharmacy, and there were not many people there at night. The pharmacists on duty were all in the front, and the backyard was empty, so it did not attract anyone's attention.

"There's no medicine left. Buy some more."

She didn't dare to stay any longer, so she stated her request directly and showed her a piece of jewelry she borrowed from Fei Wan.

The eunuch who had sold her medicine several times took one look at the item and questioned: "How could this be yours? You must have stolen it from somewhere. I dare not take it. Just buy it with silver."

"This is a gift from Consort Zhao! Who are you looking down upon? When I regain my position and receive a higher rank, I can have as many jewels as you want."

The eunuch said coldly: "Then you should restore your status first. Now I only accept money."

"you……!"

He Shuangying was furious.

After haggling for a while, the other party still refused to sell.

In the end, she had no choice but to beg the other party to leave her jewelry as collateral. She wrote a note and promised to redeem it with silver within ten days. Only then was she able to buy the medicine.

"Why is it only this little?" She questioned because the other party only gave her half of the usual amount.

"I will be held responsible if I keep this jewelry of unknown origin. Next time you bring silver, I'll give you more."

"Give me more, quickly. I can't stay here for long. What if someone sees me..."

Before He Shuangying finished speaking, she heard a chaotic sound of footsteps outside.

A familiar voice shouted, "Search! She must be in this yard. Someone saw her come in! What a bitch! How dare she use illegal drugs to flirt with you? We caught her red-handed! We must skin her alive!"

He Shuangying recognized the voice as Linglong, the senior palace maid beside Queen Yan, and her heart began to beat wildly.

He grabbed the eunuch's hand and said, "How dare you betray me!"

The eunuch was also panicking: "It's not me, it must be you who was careless and leaked the news! If you cut off my source of income, I will not let you go even if I become a ghost!"

In the blink of an eye, the noise outside became louder and louder, and I could hear footsteps coming towards the house.

"Quick, find a place for me to hide!"

"My house is so small, where is there any place to hide..."

"Here, help me up, I need to leave quickly!"

He Shuangying saw the rear window.

The narrow window was no longer a concern for her. She hurriedly climbed up on a stool, and with the help of the eunuch, she struggled to climb through the window and jumped down.

"Hey... my medicine and jewelry..." The eunuch's anxious voice came from inside the house.

He Shuangying fell to the ground and twisted her foot. She didn't dare to cry out in pain, but urged the eunuch to close the window and take away the stool to avoid being discovered.

"You can't keep the jewelry. How will you explain it if it's searched? I'll also keep the medicine for you for now and give you the money later!"

Then she hurried away, limping.

Fortunately, the searchers were all in front of the house, and the narrow and messy alley behind the house had not been searched yet. She took advantage of the night, squeezed through the cracks and climbed over the wall, and managed to escape.

When he climbed through the window with her in his arms, he took away a large bag of medicine and the jewelry that was originally used as collateral when the eunuch was not paying attention.

This means that she didn't pay anything tonight, but got more medicine than before.

"Empress, you really helped me a lot!" She said silently in anger on the dark path.

No matter how the news leaked, she knew that it would be difficult for her to come to the Imperial Pharmacy to get medicine again in the future.

She must ascend to the throne quickly so that the queen dare not touch her.

The sooner the better, preferably tonight.

Touching the medicine in her arms, she had a bold idea.

*

"Your Majesty, Linglong went to the Imperial Pharmacy to arrest someone, but He jumped out the back window and ran away. The eunuch who sold the medicine was arrested."

In Chunxi Palace, Fei Wan received the report in time.

After a while, there was new news.

"Your Majesty, He didn't return to her residence, but went directly to Chenqian Palace. Eunuch Cui Liang helped her in, and she secretly changed her clothes and washed up. I'm afraid she has already reached the inner palace by now."

Fei Wan nodded and asked people to continue to keep an eye on the movements everywhere.

Everything was as expected tonight.

He Shuangying did not disappoint.

"Your Highness, let me help you wash up. I'm afraid His Majesty will summon you shortly."

"Not necessarily. Let's see how charming He is."

In the past, when He Shi entered the imperial service, the emperor would always use Fei Wan as a cover to have her review memorials in the outer room. When the water in the inner palace bathroom needed to be changed, Fei Wan was recorded in the records.

Although the emperor has now purged the court and no censor dares to interfere in the affairs of the inner chambers, it is okay to not record them sometimes, but it cannot always be done.

So half of what He Shuangying did with the emperor was remembered, and that was Fei Wan.

Since this is the plan, Fei Wan must be summoned that night.

But today, Fei Wan suspected that He Shuangying would fight tooth and nail to avoid being captured by Empress Yan, and most likely wouldn't let her get in the way. It was exciting to do things behind a curtain, but when He Shuangying really wanted to do something exciting, she wouldn't want someone outside the curtain listening, would she?

As expected, she was right.

For a long time, no one came to Chunxi Hall to summon the emperor.

However, there was news from an informant that the door of Chenqian Hall had not been opened since He entered the inner hall.

There were only the emperor and He in the room, and no one knew what was going on.

It was getting late, Xiang Yi advised Fei Wan to rest: "Since His Majesty has not summoned you, Your Majesty should go to bed early and get enough rest. You may have a lot of things to deal with tomorrow."

"Perhaps tonight."

Fei Wan did not change into pajamas, but only took off her outer skirt and shirt, then lay on the bed and took a nap.

While waiting for things to develop.

At Fengming Palace, Linglong captured the eunuch from the Imperial Pharmacy who was selling the medicine and interrogated him strictly. He got the details of He Shuangying's purchase of the medicine and recorded her confession.

Afterwards, the eunuch was detained in an empty room, waiting to capture He Shuangying and send them to the emperor together.

Empress Yan read the confession and sneered, "Let's see what excuses this He guy has this time!"

He ordered his men to search the palace carefully to see where He had hidden at night.

Linglong was silent for a moment, then suddenly thought: "Could it be...she went to Chenqian Palace?"