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

In Xianfu Palace.

Consort Gao put down her pen and flicked her hand: "Five recitations of the Diamond Sutra are too many!"

Moxin quickly stepped forward and massaged her shoulders.

Shuangxi chimed in, "If you ask me, Your Highness is truly suffering an undeserved misfortune today! Bai Ruiji is far too arrogant, and Consort Xian is openly and secretly helping her! Fortunately, Bai Ruiji was also severely punished by the Empress, hehehe."

Consort Gao rolled her eyes at him: "No matter how arrogant Bai Ruiji is, she can only be proud for a short time. I can't be bothered with her! Ulanara, on the other hand, pretends to be indifferent while secretly currying favor with the Emperor. She is truly despicable!"

Shuangxi flattered, "That's right, Master! Luckily, we still have a backup plan. Xiangyun sent word that she has succeeded. When the time comes, we'll go to Yanxi Palace and search for the silver rabbit hairpin. Caught red-handed, they'll be speechless!"

Consort Gao hesitated at this moment: "But Your Majesty the Empress, you just punished me by making me recite Buddhist scriptures so many times today, and even reported the matter to the Imperial Household Department. If something else happens now, who knows how I'll be punished! If it's reported to the Imperial Household Department again, what will happen to the Emperor..."

Shuangxi panicked and said, "Your Highness! The Empress is punishing you today because you hit someone from her palace in the Imperial Garden. She can't save face if she doesn't punish you. As for the hairpin, we are the aggrieved party on the surface. What can the Empress say about it?"

Seeing that Consort Gao hesitated, Shuangxi said again, "If all else fails, we can just report the theft of the silver rabbit hairpin to the Empress and let her investigate. The hairpin was a gift from the Empress to you, so she will surely investigate it! If she investigates, she will search the palace, and the result will be the same. We'll save ourselves the trouble of being the bad guys."

Consort Gao still hesitated: "But Her Majesty the Empress is not foolish, and Yingluo by her side is no pushover either! If we are exposed, things will not end well."

She sighed, "Never mind, I'll just go find Xiangyun and get the hairpin back."

Shuangxi was anxious and stood rooted to the spot, unable to move.

Consort Gao said urgently, "Didn't you hear what I said! Go now!" Mo Xin also said, "Shuangxi, why aren't you going yet!"

Shuangxi suppressed his anxiety and said, "Yes, this servant will go right away!" Then he went out.

Just then, Chen Wanyin arrived to request an audience. Seeing Shuangxi rushing out, she asked, "Did the Imperial Concubine send Shuangxi out for some business?"

Consort Gao said irritably, "Don't ask questions you shouldn't! What do you want?"

Chen Wanyin said, "Just now, Yingluo from the Empress's side came to invite me, saying that one of the Empress's paintings got damp and a pavilion in the painting was damaged. She wanted to send it to the Imperial Household Department for repair, but she was afraid that the servants in the Imperial Household Department would not be able to paint it well. The Empress heard that I have some knowledge of painting, so she asked me to go and see if I could repair the pavilion."

Consort Gao waved her hand and said, "Her Majesty the Empress invites you, so please go. I'm busy copying scriptures; you don't need to tell me about such trivial matters in the future."

When Chen Wanyin arrived at Changchun Palace, Yingluo went in to announce her arrival. She waited at the door and heard voices coming from inside.

Bai Ruiji complained, "Your Majesty ordered me to copy scriptures, so naturally I dare not disobey. However, I am not very literate and not very good at writing, so I am afraid that the copy will be ugly and I will not be able to send it to Anhua Palace!"

Then the Empress said, "If you don't know many characters, then you know a few. Then copy the Thousand Character Classic ten times. Also, write ten large characters for 'Be kind to others' and hand them in three days."

At this moment, Yingluo's voice announced, and a moment later Yingluo came out and said respectfully, "Wan, Your Highness invites you in."

After Chen Wanyin went inside, Rongyin told Bai Ruiji to go back.

After exchanging pleasantries with Rongyin, Rongyin had Mingyu bring over a painting. Chen Wanyin glanced at it and said, "This pavilion is not difficult to repair. If Your Majesty is at ease, please give this painting to me. It will definitely be completed in two days."

Rongyin said, "Then I'll trouble you. Actually, there's something else I wanted to ask you when I invited Consort Wan here." She then asked about Hailan making prayer flags earlier.

Fearing she might offend Consort Gao, Chen Wanyin dared not answer, only saying, "Your Majesty, Consort Gao's father is highly regarded by the Emperor, and Consort Gao is pampered and spoiled at home, so it's inevitable that she's a bit arrogant. Consort Gao usually treats me well, but if I talk too much, I might anger her."

Rongyin already had the answer in her heart, so she said, "I only heard about it by chance, so I asked casually. If Consort Wan is unwilling to say, then so be it. Mingyu, see Consort Wan off for me."

When Chen Wanyin returned to Xianfu Palace, she saw Consort Gao feeding peacocks in the courtyard, but Shuangxi was not with her. She wondered what Shuangxi had been doing and why she hadn't returned for so long, so she became suspicious.

In Yanxi Palace, Hailan drank a bowl of bitter medicine. Ye Xin took the bowl and went outside. She saw A'ruo dragging Xiangyun to a side hall and scolded, "You little slut, you've been blinded by lust! You've been sneaking around our place so many times, and today I've finally caught you!"

Xiangyun stumbled as she was pulled, and upon seeing Ye Xin, she cried out, "Sister Ye Xin, save me!"

Ye Xin said indignantly, "Master just drank his medicine and lay down, and you're already making a fuss!" Then she smiled at A'Ruo and said, "Sister A'Ruo, don't be angry. Tell me what this girl did wrong, and I'll give her a couple of slaps!"

A'Ruo chuckled, arms crossed, "It's nothing, it's just that Xiangyun doesn't stay in her own territory and keeps peeking around in front of Master Xian's door every day. I advise you to teach her a lesson, to keep her in line, and stop thinking about climbing the social ladder!"

Ye Xin hurriedly replied, "Of course, of course!"

A'Ruo snorted and left. Ye Xin angrily put down the tray and pinched Xiangyun's arm: "Last time at Xianfu Palace, you went to get the colored thread and then disappeared somewhere. Today you dare to slack off and wander around! I'll teach you a lesson after I've helped the master lie down!"

Xiangyun timidly dared not retort, but caught a glimpse of a figure flashing past the doorway.

A thought flashed through her mind, and she begged for mercy, saying, "Good sister, please forgive me this time, I won't dare to do it again! You rest, I'll go and throw away the dregs of the medicine and wash the dishes right away!"

Ye Xin snorted: "You're not so bad at all! Pour it somewhere far away, preferably in a quiet corner of the passageway where people come and go, so it can cure the master's illness!" With that, she went inside.

Hailan was sitting on the bed flipping through a book when she heard a noise outside. Seeing Ye Xin come in, she asked, "What was that noise outside just now?"

Ye Xin forced a smile and said, "It's nothing. Xiangyun is clumsy, and I was just scolding her." As she spoke, she poured hot water, wrung out a handkerchief, and wiped Hailan's face. Seeing that Hailan's complexion had improved after drinking the medicine, Ye Xin smiled and said, "The medicine prescribed by the imperial physician is indeed good. Your complexion is visibly much better! But, Your Highness, reading is tiring, so you should rest more."

Hailan said, "Yes, it's all thanks to my sister for getting medicine for me from the Imperial Pharmacy." She added, "My sister told me to study more. I've already fallen behind a lot, so I need to work even harder now."

Seeing that Hailan kept mentioning Consort Xian, and recalling A'ruo's behavior just now, Ye Xin sighed and said, "Although Consort Xian treats you well, you always feel that you can't trouble her at all, so you always endure in silence and don't say anything when you feel wronged."

"My lady, if you ask me, you should really thank Her Majesty the Empress. It was Her Majesty who first noticed your illness and found the imperial physician for you; even I benefited from your kindness, receiving a bowl of ginger soup to warm myself. As for Consort Xian, she only got there by chance while getting her medicine."

Upon hearing this, Hailan's face immediately darkened. She slammed the handkerchief in her hand into the water, splashing water all over Ye Xin's face. She angrily said, "You're getting more and more rude. How dare you talk back to your sister like that! If I hear you say such things again, I'll immediately send you out of Yanxi Palace and never let you serve me again!"

Ye Xin was so frightened that she knelt down and slapped herself twice, one on the left and one on the right, until her face was swollen. She said, "Master, please don't be angry. It's all my fault for speaking without thinking. I won't dare to do it again."

Hailan said in a deep voice, "You must always remember that the person who treated me best before was my sister, and now and in the future, I will treat her best. If you try to separate us, you're just asking for trouble!"

Ye Xin dared not utter a sound. She had originally intended to teach Xiangyun a lesson, but after this fright, she had long forgotten about it.

On the other side, in a secluded spot in the palace servants' passageway near Yanxi Palace, Xiangyun poured out the dregs of medicine, suddenly raised her head, her expression first anxious, then turning cold.

She looked up and saw Shuangxi approaching. The two stopped a distance apart upon seeing each other. Shuangxi casually walked closer and whispered, "Sister, how are you at Yanxi Palace? Have you been wronged?"

Xiangyun's tone had long lost its childish charm, and she said coldly, "I'm already in such a state that I'm neither human nor ghost, what good or bad is there? Brother, just tell me how things are going."

Shuangxi said with annoyance, "Don't even mention it! The Imperial Concubine is afraid of trouble and made me retrieve the silver rabbit hairpin. All the cold you endured that day was for nothing!"

Xiangyun was startled and said, "How could this be?"

Shuangxi said, "The Consort beat Bai Ruiji in the Imperial Garden and was punished by the Empress, so she became timid. Sister, I think we should let it go this time. The Consort deeply hates the Ulanara clan, and we will have another chance later."

Xiangyun said in grief and indignation, "But I have no 'after' anymore!" As she spoke, she rolled up her sleeve and saw that a piece of flesh had been torn off the spot where Ye Xin had pinched her earlier. There was no blood in the wound, only a deep black patch.

She said sadly, "Brother, I only had a wisp of willpower left. Our mother and Master Liu used methods they shouldn't have used to let me inhabit this corpse. But how can such a defying-heaven approach last? I'm afraid I won't even survive this winter! If we don't find an opportunity to weaken the Ulanara clan's fortune, it will be too late for revenge!"

Shuangxi closed his eyes, tears almost streaming down his face: "Little sister, I will never forget your revenge, I will definitely avenge you! And Master Liu, as long as Master Liu is here, we still have a chance!"

Xiangyun said in a panic, "I'm afraid Master Liu is in grave danger."

Shuangxi exclaimed, "What happened?"

Xiangyun said, "Immortal Liu is sitting on her corpse, a fusion of human and immortal. Such a being, defying the will of Heaven, cannot escape the Dao! I suddenly felt that my connection with Grandmaster Liu had been severed. I'm afraid she has already been discovered by the underworld officials!"

Shuangxi angrily said, "What kind of bullshit Heavenly Way is this! That Ulanara clan, she harmed people and still has supreme fortune, she can't get close to them easily, and she still rose all the way to become Consort Xian; our family was destroyed and our blood feud is hard to avenge, and we finally had a chance, but the so-called Heavenly Way is tripping us up at every turn! This is too unfair!"

He closed his eyes, took a deep breath, and then opened them again, his gaze cold and sharp: "Fine, let's continue with the original plan. I'll handle the matter with the Imperial Concubine."

After saying that, he turned to leave. Xiangyun suddenly said, "Brother, wait a minute."

Shuangxi turned around. Xiangyun said, "Be careful of Consort Hai when you act. I can sense that there's something very wrong with her."