The Changchun Palace team travels back in time to Ruyi's Royal Love in the Palace

Yingluo helped Lüzhi up, Mingyu helped Bairuiji up, and Chen Fu and Li Hai got up on their own. Rongyin said, "Go back to Changchun Palace." She then told the maid Songzhi to go to the Imperial Household Department to fetch someone from the Imperial Household Department.

Ruyi, who had been standing to the side, was about to leave when she saw that nothing had happened. But Bai Ruiji suddenly said, "Your Majesty, if the Imperial Household Department is to record this and submit it to the Emperor, my account and that of Consort Gao are contradictory and difficult to accept. Why not have Consort Xian as a witness?"

Rongyin turned around and exchanged a glance with Yingluo, then asked Ruyi, "What do you say, Consort Xian?"

Ruyi curtsied and said, "Your Majesty, I wish to go to Changchun Palace with you."

Back at Changchun Palace, the imperial physician had just finished writing the prescription for Hailan and was explaining to Ye Xin: "Consort Hai's illness is caused by cold entering her body, so there is an ingredient called aconite in the prescription. Aconite has the effect of restoring yang and assisting the body's balance, as well as replenishing fire and assisting yang. However, there is one problem: aconite is poisonous, so it must be decocted for a long time to remove the toxicity."

At this moment, everyone returned to Changchun Palace.

Upon entering and seeing Hailan, Ruyi exclaimed in surprise, "Hailan? What happened?"

Rongyin sighed and said, "Noble Lady Hai has caught a cold, so I sent the imperial physician to take a look. Imperial Physician Wu, I'll also have to trouble you to look at the injury on Miss Bai's face."

The imperial physician agreed, invited Bai Ruiji to sit down, and carefully examined her face.

Ye Xin said, "This servant thanks Your Majesty the Empress on behalf of Consort Hai. The imperial physician has prescribed medicine, and this servant must go and fetch it first."

At this moment, the palace maid Baizhi brought out two bowls of ginger soup and said, "Your Majesty, I heard that Consort Hai caught a cold, so I asked the kitchen to make some ginger soup."

Rongyin praised, "Good, you've put your heart into it." She then said to Ye Xin, "Ye Xin, since you've been with Consort Hai all this time, you must have caught a cold. Why don't you stay and have a bowl of ginger soup? I'll send someone to deliver the medicine to Yanxi Palace."

Ye Xin was both surprised and delighted, and knelt down to express her gratitude. Ruyi said, "Your Majesty, I live in Yanxi Palace with Consort Hai, so why don't you let me go and fetch the medicine?"

Rongyin nodded and said, "Alright."

At this moment, the imperial physician said, "Miss Bai's face is a little swollen and there is some broken skin and bleeding, but it's nothing serious. Just apply some ointment to reduce swelling and remove bruising for a few days."

Before long, people from the Imperial Household Department came and asked everyone what had happened. They also checked the injuries and found that Bai Ruiji had bruises on her face and was bleeding from her mouth and nose; Lüzhi had a bruise on her hand and a scraped patch on her palm; Chen Fu, Li Hai, and Yingluo were unharmed.

Rongyin then said, “Everyone, please leave. Mingyu, fetch a sedan chair for Consort Hai; Miss Bai, go to the Imperial Pharmacy and get some ointment, a generous amount, and apply it to Lüzhi as well. Yingluo, Lüzhi, Chen Fu, and Li Hai have done a good job in stopping us today, go and receive your rewards.”

Everyone dispersed.

Bai Ruiji and Ruyi were both going to the Imperial Pharmacy, so they left together.

Yingluo led the three of them to collect the reward money. Lüzhi, who had been crying in fear, became happy again when she saw that she had received the reward money.

Yingluo flicked her forehead and said, "The Empress rewarded you because you were injured and to comfort you, not because she wants you to be like this every day! In the future, don't rush to the front in these kinds of things. Protecting yourself is the most important thing."

Green Branch said, "But, but Granny said that if Master is in danger, we must risk our lives for him." As she spoke, Yingluo flicked her forehead again.

Yingluo laughed and scolded, "Your sister Yingluo will have to teach you a lesson today! We servants are here to be beaten and scolded and serve others. If we don't even care about ourselves, how can you expect every master to care about us? We say we should be fearless, but what happens after we are fearless?"

If your master is loyal and compassionate, you might be rewarded. But if your master is cold-hearted and heartless, you'll end up with nothing after you've risked everything, and you'll have nothing to regret!

Chen Fu also laughed and said, "That's exactly right! But Sister Yingluo, I really have to say something to you. In the future, you should make it clear before you ask us to do anything. If we hadn't happened to be here today, how would we dare to go head-to-head with Shuangxi from the Imperial Concubine's palace?"

Yingluo put her hands on her hips and said, "The two of you couldn't stop him, and you still have the nerve to say that! So what if Shuangxi? Does Shuangxi have three heads and six arms? Can he eat you all in one bite?"

Chen Fu and Li Hai exchanged a glance, then got up and shooed Lüzhi away: "Go away! Don't get cocky just because you received a reward. You're just a little girl overhearing what we adults are saying! Go back to work!"

Green Branch pouted and left. Li Hai said, "Sister Yingluo used to work in the Imperial Household Department, and then she was away from the palace for six years, so you don't know this. I heard that Shuangxi is from beyond the Great Wall, and his family used to be shamans. His father died early, and perhaps because they felt there were many high-ranking officials and wealthy people in the capital, they moved the whole family to the capital to make a living."

His mother and sister were both immortals, especially one immortal named Liu Xian who was particularly powerful and could predict good and bad fortune.

He used to be a second-in-command, always playing the divine drum and performing divine dances. Of course, he was agile and strong; how could the two of us stop him!

Chen Fu interjected, "It's because his family has a powerful willow spirit, and Shuangxi also possesses the willow spirit's supernatural powers, so he keeps a basket of snakes and will take them out to play with them from time to time to amuse the Imperial Concubine."

Yingluo: How come there are other spirits, monsters and ghosts in this world besides the evil spirits that corrupt the Heavenly Dao?

She became wary, but still smiled and said, "I don't believe it! You must be trying to trick me! If the Shuangxi family are shamans, why did they enter the palace instead of performing their rituals?"

Chen Fu quickly answered, "I know that! I heard that a few years ago, during a talent show, an official asked Shuangxi and his sister to perform a divination to see if his daughter would be selected. His sister consulted a spirit medium who said it was an auspicious sign, but in the end, the daughter was not selected."

Shuangxi's family lost their reputation and fell into poverty. His younger sister, overwhelmed with grief, fell seriously ill and died young. His mother, heartbroken, also passed away. Shuangxi couldn't even afford the funeral expenses. Seeing that he was all alone anyway, he gritted his teeth and sold himself into servitude in the palace to bury his mother and sister.

Li Hai said, "Go away! You've only heard rumors, what do you know?"

Chen Fu said with dissatisfaction, "You know? Then tell me, how is your knowledge different from what I'm saying?"

Li Hai lowered his voice mysteriously and said, "I heard that this family's young lady has been selected more than once. The first time she was selected, her family invited Shuangxi and his sister. They divined an auspicious omen early in the morning, but the young lady was not selected that day. Her father, because Shuangxi's sister was a great fortune teller, took his anger out on her, gave her a good beating, and threw her out of the mansion."

Shuangxi's younger sister was young and was bedridden after the beating. The family's reputation was ruined because of this, and no one would hire them. They also had to pay for their youngest daughter's treatment, so their finances suddenly became tight.

The second time, Shuangxi's mother had no choice but to go to their mansion herself and said she would personally perform a ritual for the young lady, guaranteeing that she would be selected. She only asked that her reputation be restored after the ritual was completed, and that the master of the house give her some rewards so that her daughter could be healed and treated.

In the end, this young lady was selected, but then they said something happened to a relative of hers and she needed to accumulate good karma, so they reduced her reward. Shuangxi's younger sister ultimately couldn't afford medical treatment and died.

Yingluo exclaimed in shock, "Such a thing is true?"

Li Hai said urgently, "Oh my goodness, please keep your voice down! What I'm saying to you now is already suspected of being gossip!"

Yingluo lowered her voice and said, "And then what happened? Just like Chen Fu said, Shuangxi's mother passed away from grief, and Shuangxi went to the palace?"

Li Hai whispered, "After Shuangxi's daughter left, her mother went mad and hanged herself not long after. But I heard an even more horrifying story. It's said that Shuangxi's mother didn't hang herself, but used magic to sacrifice herself to the Willow Immortal, making a giant snake twist off her head and seal her soul inside the snake, wanting revenge!"

Yingluo seemed to be deep in thought: "So Shuangxi's entry into the palace was also for...?"

Li Hai hurriedly waved his hand and said, "I dare not say such things! Shuangxi went to the palace to raise money for her family. These are just rumors. Besides, even if they were true, that young lady might have entered the residence of some prince and might not be the mistress of the palace now."

He added, "Anyway, this Shuangxi is indeed a bit eerie. You should avoid running into him in the future. Regardless of whether these legends are true or not, who wouldn't feel disgusted seeing him playing with those snakes every day?"

Yingluo said, "That's true." She silently asked Yuan Yi in her heart, "Is what they're saying possible?"

She had already activated vision sharing while Chen Fu and Li Hai were telling their story, and Yuan Yi heard the whole story. He pondered for a moment: "Theoretically, it's possible. Although some souls lingering due to resentment can be discovered by ghost messengers, those with certain skills can indeed deceive everyone. Whether it's true or not, as a ghost messenger, I must go through with this. Leave it to me."