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

Chapter 233

Yun Xiyue's palm tightened. "Master is away from home all year round. I never learned any skills from Master before. It was only recently that Master came back and I learned how to make some ointments from him."

What kind of plaster should we make?

"Some beauty and skin care products, as well as rouge and fragrance."

The Empress Dowager said quietly, "Last time I asked you to make the Scarless Cream, but you said you couldn't. Now that you've learned from the Divine Doctor, you should be able to make it."

"Prepare ten boxes and send them to the palace for me. From now on, the scarless ointment will be a tribute. As a royal merchant, I hope you can do your job well."

Yun Xiyue lowered her head slightly, a cold glint flashing in her eyes. She lifted her eyelids and glanced at Zhou Zhilan. Without asking, she knew that it was this woman who had instigated it.

"Your Majesty, I do not know how to make scar-free ointment. If you want it, you must ask my master, but he is not in the capital. Please forgive me for being unable to help you." She knelt down and kowtowed.

"How dare you, Miss Yun! The Empress Dowager suffers from a heart ailment and cannot be angered. If you anger her and cause her heart ailment to flare up, the Emperor will certainly not forgive you!" Zhou Zhilan immediately shouted angrily.

Pei Fang, however, slowly picked up her teacup and drank the tea without saying a word, as if watching a good show.

"Your Highness, what do you think?" Zhou Zhilan looked at Pei Fang with a hint of resentment when Yun Xiyue ignored her.

Pei Fang lowered her head to drink her tea, a smile involuntarily playing on her lips. "Noble Lady Zhou, I do not have the authority to decide on tribute. Only His Majesty decides on tribute."

Consort Zhou sneered inwardly, "Even the Empress Dowager can make that decision."

"The Empress Dowager said that from now on, the scar-free ointment will be a tribute item, and the Yun family will be executed if they disobey the imperial decree."

Pei Fang stood up and sneered, "Mother, this is such a big matter, I dare not get involved, much less make the decision."

"I have other matters to attend to, so I won't disturb your rest any longer!"

With that she turned and left.

They no longer call her "aunt," which shows they harbor resentment towards the Empress Dowager.

He glanced at Yun Xiyue as he left.

The Empress Dowager coughed a few times; she was genuinely ill, not faking it. Seeing her niece arguing with her made her both angry and upset.

"Queen Mother..."

"Send it to the imperial doctor quickly."

Zhou Zhilan glared at Yun Xiyue and said sternly, "Guards, Miss Yun has offended the Empress Dowager, causing her heart condition to flare up. She deserves to die. Drag her away and beat her to death immediately."

"Your Majesty, although I am not skilled in medicine, I know how to massage acupoints, which can help relieve your pain." Yun Xiyue stood up, not wanting the Empress Dowager's accident to implicate her.

"How dare you! You dare disturb the Empress Dowager's rest! Drag her away immediately!" Zhou Zhilan wished she could kill her right then and there.

Yun Xiyue turned around and gave her a cold glare. "Consort Zhou, you want to use the Empress Dowager to kill someone in Funing Palace to cover it up? Do you think that just because you succeeded today, the Emperor won't pursue the matter?"

A palace servant stepped forward to seize her.

She immediately retorted sharply, "I am a royal merchant appointed by the Emperor. Even if I have made a mistake, I cannot be beaten to death by a mere noblewoman like you."

"This is Funing Palace. The Empress Dowager hasn't spoken yet! Who gives you the right to make decisions for her?"

Upon hearing this, Consort Zhou glanced at the Empress Dowager inside, then knelt down in fear. "Your Majesty, Yun Xiyue is far too presumptuous! She clearly knows medicine but refuses to treat you, and she clearly knows how to make the scarless ointment but claims she doesn't. She is deceiving you, and is utterly audacious and arrogant! She deserves to die!"

The Empress Dowager was coughing badly and ignored her.

It looks like he has difficulty speaking.

"Miss Yun, can you really alleviate the Empress Dowager's pain?" At this moment, the nanny beside the Empress Dowager came out.

"Granny, why not let me give it a try?" Yun Xiyue said.

The imperial physicians won't be able to arrive anytime soon, and the Empress Dowager is coughing badly and is in so much pain that she can hardly breathe.

We had no choice but to let her try, even if it seemed hopeless.

If things don't work out, there will still be a reason to punish her.

"Then come in!"

Zhou Zhilan stood up. "Granny, you mustn't."

Granny Su turned around, her gaze sharp. "Noble Lady Zhou, you have indeed overstepped your bounds. If anything happens to the Empress Dowager, you won't escape punishment."

Not to mention her, everyone in the entire Funing Palace will have to be buried alive with her.

Zhou Zhilan was startled and stopped jumping around.

She thought that if Yun Xiyue couldn't cure the Empress Dowager, she would be doomed.