When Dong Zhu learned that she didn't have to stay in the Jingyang Palace to work, she was so happy that she was almost flying, and she was so stupid that she showed such a happy expression on her face in public.

She left with seven other eunuchs and maids in addition to eunuch Che.

These mercenary people happily ran back to their rooms, quickly packed up their luggage, and ran to Eunuch Superintendent Liang Zhen, looking forward to better work waiting for them.

Surprisingly, at the next moment, their fates were to wash pants in the laundry or brush the toilet in the bathroom.

After dismissing the people in the Palace of fire fates, Huanan Xin could not bear the pain of missing. Ignoring the dissuasion of the imperial doctor, he covered his face with a white cloth and stepped into the Main Hall of the Jingyang Palace quickly.

The appearance of Gu Yunxi in the bedroom frightened him.

They hadn't seen them for many days, and the woman's smooth face like snow had long disappeared.

Once, her face fascinated him most, but now there were large and small blisters stacked, ranging from pus, as if completely disfigured. And her originally beautiful eyebrows, eyes, and facial features were puffy and deformed.

Huanan Xin only looked at her for a moment, then took a breath, completely lost the courage to look again, stumbled out of the hall with goose bumps, and hid under the corridor.

Across a window, Gu Yunxi secretly smiled.

She knew how hard it was for the emperor to make a decision to let her get off the Palace to prevent from smallpox. She also knew that Master Huichan, who presided over the ritual that day, was clearly the person arranged by Gu Di.

In order to smoothly leave the Palace and carry out the follow-up, Gu Yunxi had to pretend to look pathetic in front of Huanan Xin.

"As the saying goes, husband and wife are birds in the same forest. When a disaster comes, they fly separately. I finally understand the meaning of this sentence."

"Now that I have a bad disease, Your Majesty, you are eager to let me leave. You usually call me "darling". When something happens, you are the first to dislike me."

Gu Yunxi played with a wisp of silk hair between her fingers and sighed at the window screen, as if she had infinite grievances and regrets.

Immediately, the Emperor's anxious voice across the window sounded, "Yunxi, what are you talking about? I don't dislike you. I just saw you like this. My heart hurts hard!"

In the twinkling of an eye, the Emperor was angry, "It's all those stupid imperial doctors who have made you suffer too much. I'll cut off their heads later!"

Gu Yunxi and Zhiqi looked at each other, and she pretended to cry and appealed to the outside, "Your Majesty, it's all because of the bad year and my own fate. It's none of the imperial doctors' business. They treat me wholeheartedly. Even if they don't treat me well, they work very hard."

"I will listen to your arrangement and go to the Yonglu Temple to prevent from smallpox. You must not vent your anger on the imperial doctors, but just accumulate blessings for me."

Huanan Xin hung his head and kneaded the center of his eyebrows wearily, "You are the most sensible and deserve special favor in the imperial harem. Just go. I promise to pick you up at the end of a month."

...

It was fine on the day when Gu Yunxi left the Palace.

Because it was not suitable to wear heavy makeup and gorgeous clothes to the temple, Gu Yunxi only wore a jade scattered flower pleated skirt and a moon white snow rolling crepe wide sleeved coat.

She combed her hair obliquely in a single bun, and her hat pressed her hair. A face full of acne was isolated in the long yarn. It seemed that the hazy sense of perspective made it not terrible in the eyes of ordinary people.

Her entourages included Zhiqi, Xiuyu, a newly transferred rank-ninth imperial maid, and Lei, the chief eunuch.

After Dong Zhu was sent out of the Jingyang Palace, Gu Yunxi immediately proposed Zhiqi to take her place and became the chief maid of the Jingyang Palace.

Lei and Xiuyu seemed to be the eyes of Huanan Xin, but they were confirmed by Zhiqi and Gu Di, and they were naturally the people of Gu Yunxi.

The two carriages plodded forward in the sweltering heat, followed by 50 members of the Honour Guards accompanying them.

Gu Yunxi was tortured by the burning heat for several days. Even if the vehicle walked very slowly, when it was a slight bump, she was still all sore. Her body was as soft as mud in the water. She leaned on Zhiqi and didn't want to move.

Zhiqi gently turned her head and suddenly said casually, "Master, I think His Majesty is infatuated with you. Yesterday, he personally went into the hall to see you. When he went out, he was about to cry."

Gu Yunxi glanced at the girl and angrily scolded, "Don't talk nonsense. Although he is infatuated and sincere, he killed his mentor and ordered Yue Xilou to kill Chiliarch Cheng and several captains in the Eastern Depot. Such hatred will not be dissolved because of his infatuation."

"What's more, you know that up to now, the Eastern Depot is still looking for the witch who made the heart-by-heart blood bond for me and my husband around the world. Huanan Xin will never let go of the Ninth Prince, that is my husband."

When Zhiqi saw that her Master was really angry, she hurriedly apologized, "Master, don't be angry. I'm just gossiping. I have little knowledge. I've never seen an Emperor cry for a concubine..."

Gu Yunxi smiled in a cold tone, "Although he and I supported each other in times of trouble, he was selfish at that time."

"Now he has ascended the throne. Since he chose to be an Emperor, he can no longer think about love. That's why he can be the Emperor, but my husband can't."

Zhiqi pursed her lips and stopped talking.

Through the window, Gu Yunxi looked at a row of palace maids passing by the palace road, watching the lush vegetation and fresh flowers slowly retreating.

She suddenly remembered the names that were gradually forgotten by the world of mortals, the faces that were about to withdraw from people's memory, and the scenes of fighting and plots in the imperial court and the killing in the palace wall.

The faces locked in the square palace changed year by year. The only constant was the towering hall, the high red wall, and the water in the pool, flowers and trees among the mountains and rocks.

When the honor guards passed the Baohe Palace, Huanan He quietly moved out of a corner of the high wall.

Watching the vehicles from a distance, the anxiety in his eyes grew stronger and stronger.

Behind the rockery on the other side, the eunuch Xi was also paying attention to Huanan He.

Gritting his teeth and meditating for a moment, the little eunuch raised his legs and walked gently. As soon as he got out of the rockery, he ran quickly to the Shuofeng Hall.

"Your Highness, Your Highness, why are you still playing with the puzzle ring!"

As soon as the little eunuch entered the door, he grabbed the gadget in the girl's hand.

Jingle was having a good time. Suddenly, something in her hand was taken away and she was about to get angry. She saw that it was Xi.

"What are you doing? Ninth Uncle gave it to me. Bring it to me quickly."

Because she still needed the little eunuch to do things for her, Jingle resisted her unhappiness and spoke politely to him.

"Tut tut..." Xi curled his lip and threw things on the table, "Your Ninth Uncle is in love with someone else!"

"You're talking nonsense!"

Jingle stood up and stared at him, "Ninth Uncle said he only loved me and would marry me as the Ninth Princess in the future."

Xi picked up the teacup, drank a lot of water, wiped his mouth and said, "I tell you, just when the honor guards of Lady Yun left the Palace, the Ninth Prince stood at the corner of the wall in the west of Baohe Palace. The carriage had left for a long time, and he was not willing to leave for a long time."

Jingle's face turned red and shouted, "You must be wrong. That man is not Ninth Uncle!"

"Your Highness, you are so naive. He is the only one in the world with white hair and he wore a red dragon robe. How can I be wrong?"

Xi shouted and turned white, like the expression when his mother died.

The girl wandered around the room and lost her mind for a moment.

Xi took the opportunity to get close to her, raised his light eyebrow and said ruthlessly, "Your Highness, the Ninth Prince promised to love you, and at the same time was attracted by the b*tch. How about telling the Emperor about it and letting him punish the Ninth Prince to vent your anger?"

"No!"

The girl's face darkened with anger and pushed the malicious little eunuch, "This has nothing to do with the Ninth Uncle. It must be the b*tch who seduced him first. You can't tell it to others."

Xi pulled his lips and smirked unpleasantly, scratched his chin with his fingers and flattered, "I came all the way when I got the news. I always thought it wasn't a small thing..."

Jingle blinked and immediately took down her purse and took out an ingot of silver, "Here you are. Remember not to talk to others."

"Oh, thank you, Your Highness."

Xi took the silver with both hands, his eyes shining and greedy.

Jingle pulled his sleeve, "Xi, do me another favor and take me out of the Palace to see the Ninth Uncle."

"Well... You are in the Shuofeng Hall now..."

The little eunuch looked embarrassed.

Jingle put another ingot of silver into the palm of his hand and begged, "Help me, eunuch Xi, you're the best..."

Xi's eyes turned and came up with an idea, "Well, I have another job here. I'm afraid it won't be done today. Your Highness, don't go anywhere tomorrow. I'll come to Shuofeng Hall to find you when I'm free. I'll take you out of the Palace!"