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Just like that, Frosty successfully left the palace. The last heavy stone in my heart fell, and I felt much lighter. The only annoying thing was that Fu Huaixu finally realized that the National Master was not around, and I would soon be gone as well. He started to act on his own again, trying to find a way to force me to stay.
The first person Fu Huaixu brought in was Tan Chen. He naturally assumed that following in one's father's footsteps and inheriting a master's teachings was expected. If the National Master could do it, then Tan Chen could too. However, Tan Chen pretended to read scriptures to me for three days, and my condition only worsened.
When Fu Huaixu came over after court, he was immediately furious: "Did the National Master not teach you any real skills? Are all his disciples just like you, mere decorative pillows?" Tan Chen felt embarrassed and did not dare to speak.
At that moment, Xue Hanying walked in from outside. Her face was wrapped in bandages, and she wore a sunshade hat. After asking about the situation, she said with a half-smile, "How could the National Master's closed-door disciple lack real skills? Moreover, over these years, with Tan Chen reciting scriptures, the emperor hasn't had a headache. In my opinion, it may not be his problem; perhaps you are the real issue here?"
Only she would dare to speak to Fu Huaixu like that. Fu Huaixu didn't care whether she was right or wrong; he just pressed on: "What do you mean by that?"
"Isn't it common for women in the palace to use tricks to gain favor? Could it be that you have done something to make yourself look pitiful and evoke the emperor's sympathy?"
Fu Huaixu frowned slightly. Xue Hanying continued: "If I were the emperor, I would thoroughly search this palace to see if there is anything dirty."
Fu Huaixu's expression gradually became serious, clearly starting to doubt. He waved his hand, and several guards immediately stepped forward. "Search every corner inside and out," he ordered.
As the guards searched, they indeed found a porcelain bottle.
Fu Huaixu pinched the bottle neck, his face filled with disgust and anger after being schemed against. "Go call a physician," he instructed the young eunuch behind him. The latter hurried to comply. Soon, the head of the Imperial Medical Institute rushed over.
Fu Huaixu threw the porcelain bottle to him, urging him to take a good look. True to his position, the head quickly cupped his hands in respect and reported that it was undoubtedly poison, with symptoms that would cause itching and decay on the body. For a moment, the great hall fell silent as if it were a coffin.
Xue Hanying was the first to scoff: "Sister really knows how to go all out; it's one thing to harm others, but to harm your own face too?"
Fu Huaixu clenched his fists tightly, making cracking sounds. He ordered everyone to leave and fixed a fierce glare at me: "Wen Ling, how dare you deceive me?"
"Is it that once you leave, you can never come back? You deliberately pulled this stunt just to get my attention again?"
I was already in pain and irritated by the commotion of so many people. I lifted my eyelids with disdain and glanced at Fu Huaixu. "Well then, let's see if I die in a few days." After a moment's thought, I added, "So foolish; you actually believed such a crude scheme."
Fu Huaixu's face darkened like the bottom of a pot.
He stormed off in anger. The room finally fell quiet for a while. I closed my eyes and lay on the bed, thinking that moving less would mean less pain. I didn't know how much time had passed when footsteps sounded outside once more. I smirked mockingly. I didn't even need to open my eyes to know who it was.
Sure enough, Xue Hanying walked in with a twisted expression on her face.
"You shameless woman, if you want to die, just hurry up and do it. Who are you putting on this act for?"
"And you even lied to the Emperor saying you don't belong to this world. Well, I see you look like you've come straight from the underworld; hurry back to your Yama's Hall."
To be honest, I didn't care about her taunts.
Since Tan Chen was her person, he would naturally tell her my secret after knowing it.
But Tan Chen ultimately didn't have the abilities of a National Master, and Xue Hanying wasn't someone well-informed either; they both naturally assumed I was lying and causing trouble.
I couldn't be bothered to argue.
"Don't you just want the Emperor to feel pity for you and get close to you again? But just look at yourself now; even I feel disgusted just looking at you!"
Xue Hanying became increasingly agitated as she spoke.
I lifted my eyelids and looked at her mockingly:
"You only dare to act tough after coming from Fu Huaixu."
Xue Hanying seemed particularly sensitive about this matter.
"Who said that? I still dare to do it in front of him!"
"But I think when you're with him, you act all submissive, haha, you only have some words to show off."
I deliberately provoked Xue Hanying.
And she did not disappoint, grabbing a needle from the basket and stabbing it toward my mouth.
She jabbed randomly:
"You shameless woman, he favors me! You haven't seen how I used to step on his face and slap him; now he still lets me be the Empress!"
"Then why do you slander me for poisoning myself and accuse me of having an affair with National Master?"
"Isn't it because you also feel that things are different now? You think he has true feelings for me and you're afraid I'll take your place?"
"Yes! So you should die; without you, he would forever hold me in his palm!"
As Xue Hanying said this, she was about to stab down again.
At that moment, a hand grabbed her from behind.
Xue Hanying turned around angrily:
"Get away from me!"
But in the next second, she froze.
Once she realized what happened, she almost panicked and knelt on the ground.
"Your Majesty, I, I..."
"Enough! I am deeply disappointed in you!"
My lips were covered in blood, but compared to the pain in my body, it was insignificant.
In a moment of anger, with my mind clouded, all I could think about was venting my frustration, leaving no room to notice the changes around me.
I looked at Xue Hanying, who was kneeling on the ground, and slowly curled my lips into a smile.
As if no one knew how to scheme.
Just moments ago, when Fu Huaixu approached, I had quietly snatched the jade pendant from his waist.
This pendant was a relic from his birth mother, something he treasured greatly. If he discovered it was missing, he would undoubtedly search for it immediately.
And when Frosty left the palace, I anticipated further trouble and specifically had her bribe that guard from the same hometown.
The guard often spoke to me through the gate.
Just after Fu Huaixu and his group left, I quickly instructed the guard to subtly inform the young eunuch beside Fu Huaixu that the Emperor's jade pendant was lost.
Fu Huaixu cherished this pendant above all else; in that moment of panic over its loss, he wouldn't have time to suspect anything else.
There was a high chance he would come back searching for it...
To be honest, there were many issues with this plan.
If only Xue Hanying hadn't returned today as she usually did, if only she had remained calm and not let me provoke her, none of this would have happened.
But she did return and even attacked me.
All I can say is—everything seems to have been predestined...
In the hall, Fu Huaixu clenched his fists and stood there for a long time.
The white moonlight suddenly turned into black moonlight; it was something no one could accept in an instant.
He had always thought of Xue Hanying as merely willful and spoiled, but he never expected her to be hypocritical, vicious, and full of lies...
She had played him like a fool.
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