Demoted from wife to concubine? Reborn, the mistress of a noble family plots another high-status mar

Chapter 152

"I know it's asking too much, Sister Xiyue... could you please help me buy two more boxes of scar removal cream?" Wan Jiaojiao asked with a troubled expression.

Yun Xiyue said, "If the Zhou family is willing to pay, I can help buy the plaster. But as you know, the doctor's whereabouts are unpredictable. The plaster you asked me to buy last time was never brought back."

Wan Jiaojiao breathed a sigh of relief, at least they promised to help buy it. "It's okay, as long as you can contact the miracle doctor, we are willing to wait."

Are the Zhou family willing to wait?

The Empress Dowager intended to select an empress for the emperor.

The Zhou family had always wanted to make their daughter empress, but now that she's disfigured, their dream of becoming empress is likely to be shattered.

Therefore, the Zhou family cannot afford to wait and will try every means to cure Zhou Zhilan's face.

"Yes, if you're willing to wait, that's fine," Yun Xiyue said with a smile.

We left Xiyue Pavilion.

Zhou Yan then asked, "Jiaojiao, did she agree?"

Wan Jiaojiao told the truth.

"That's tantamount to not agreeing at all." Zhou Yan was both amused and exasperated. Yun Xiyue was a cunning woman, just like her father, a fox.

Wan Jiaojiao disagreed, saying, "My lord, you don't know this. The divine doctor's whereabouts are unpredictable. Over the years, we've been the only ones who wanted to buy the Scarless Cream. But the Scarless Cream only appeared once, and then it never appeared again, because the divine doctor never came to the capital."

"Even if the Yun family wanted to buy ointment from the divine doctor, they wouldn't buy it in the capital!"

Zhou Yan didn't argue with his wife. She was simple-minded and that woman could easily dismiss her with any excuse. It was clear that Jiao Jiao was no match for Yun Xiyue. He sighed inwardly and said, "Well, let's go back and talk about it later."

After discussing it back in the Zhou family study, Old Master Zhou also believed that Yun Xiyue was just placating Wan Jiaojiao, because by saying this, Wan Jiaojiao could explain to the Zhou family without being made difficult.

But nice words are useless.

In the end, she still didn't give her the scar removal cream.

"The fact that she could buy the Nourishing Pills and the Soul Incense is enough to prove that she must have other ointments made by the divine doctor. Maybe she even has the Scarless Ointment."

"But she refused to sell it to us, and we couldn't do anything about it."

Grand Tutor Zhou stroked his beard. "The only option is to go to the palace and ask the Empress Dowager for help."

The Empress Dowager and Madam Zhou were once very close friends, and the Zhou family had always supported the Emperor.

The Empress Dowager and Madam Zhou have always had a sisterly relationship; otherwise, she wouldn't have taken a liking to Zhou Zhilan and wanted to choose her as Empress.

Madam Zhou personally went to the palace to see the Empress Dowager.

The two rarely met, and when they did, they had many memories to share. The Empress Dowager had experienced a lot of palace intrigue in her youth, and the backstabbing and scheming in the palace shaped her into who she was today.

From a naive young girl to the current Empress Dowager, she has fought her way through countless battles to protect her two children.

Madam Zhou laughed and said, "Think back to when we were young, and look at us now, we're all old! When the Emperor was just born, this old woman held him in her arms!"

"Now that little child has grown into an excellent ruler of a country, time really flies!"

The Empress Dowager couldn't help but miss her, and when she mentioned the past, she expressed her gratitude to her old friend for her help, saying, "I was able to escape danger several times thanks to you."

"We even said we had a chance to arrange a marriage between our children, but unfortunately my daughters are all married and are older than the Emperor," said Madam Zhou with regret.

After the Empress Dowager gave birth to the eldest princess, she lost all her subsequent pregnancies until she gave birth to the emperor.

It was only through a desperate struggle that they managed to save the child, because she was the empress at the time, and the child was named the crown prince immediately after birth. At that time, the youngest of the Zhou family girls were already seven or eight years old.

They weren't suitable in terms of age, so they had to choose from the grandchildren. Zhou Zhilan was the most suitable, and the Empress Dowager also liked her.

"I have heard about Zhilan's matter from the Eldest Princess. This matter cannot be blamed on the daughter of the Yun family."

Madam Zhou's smile froze slightly. She hadn't expected the Princess to come to the palace to speak up for Yun Xiyue.