Zhazha: [Little Chuchu, don’t forget, you are a mute right now, a mute!]
[Besides, if you rush in and tell the Emperor about this, and he asks you how you know, what are you going to say?]
Ye Chuchu: [Can I say I dreamt it?]
Zhazha: [What do you think?]
Ye Chuchu: [Oh, Zhazha, I suddenly thought of a great way.]
[I just need to write this down on a slip of paper, secretly throw it to the Emperor, and then hide.]
[That way I won’t be exposed, and the Emperor will still know.]
Zhazha: [Wow, Little Chuchu is so smart!]
Ye Chuchu: [Hurry and use points to exchange for a pen and notebook.]
Zhazha: [Little Chuchu, a pen and notebook cost fifty points in total.]
Ye Chuchu: [How many points do we have now?]
Zhazha: [One thousand two hundred.]
Ye Chuchu: [Then hurry up and…]
Suddenly, someone inside interrupted Ye Chuchu’s inner voice.
“Your Majesty, Physician He’s technique is wrong.”
“This isn’t helping Consort Liu force out the toxins; this is forcing the toxins into her internal organs.”
“Your Majesty, quickly, let Physician He stop.”
Ye Chuchu paused: [Oh my, there are quite a few smart people around the Emperor!]
[Never thought they would discover this.]
[Saves me from using points to trade for a pen and paper.]
[But who is the person who discovered it?]
Ye Chuchu stood outside, sticking her head out again and again, but all she could see were rows of imperial guards standing straight and the Emperor’s bright yellow back.
“Quick, go in and drag Physician He out.”
“Send another female physician in to apply needles for Consort Liu.”
“If you cannot save Consort Liu today, you will all be buried with her.”
“Boom…”
Only the sound of the door being knocked open could be heard, followed by a woman’s cry.
“Your Majesty, this subject is wronged, this subject is wronged!”
“Physician Wang is slandering this subject!”
Emperor Shangde’s voice was cold: “Guards, drag her out and beat her to death with clubs!”
“Yes!”
Soon, two imperial guards dragged a female official out quickly.
Ye Chuchu hurriedly shrank her body and hid under a tree.
That was great; now the scene inside was even harder to see.
Ye Chuchu: [Zhazha, what should I do? I can’t see.]
Zhazha: [Little Chuchu, our points are shooting up, shooting up! Try to think of a way, put in some effort.]
Ye Chuchu looked around and finally set her sights on the high wall of the palace.
As long as she stood on that high wall, she would be able to see the scene inside clearly.
Ye Chuchu gritted her teeth and crept stealthily to the foot of the high wall.
Ye Chuchu: [If only there were a ladder, I could climb up.]
[Huh?]
[There is actually a long ladder on this wall!]
[The long ladder reaches exactly to the height of this high wall.]
[Oh, this was custom-made for me.]
[Heaven helps me!]
[But why is there a long ladder here?]
[Could it be that Consort Liu’s illicit lover put it here?]
Zhazha: [Little Chuchu, you can’t just talk nonsense. This Consort Liu is loyal to the Emperor; there is no illicit lover.]
Ye Chuchu: [Oh!]
Standing beside Emperor Shangde, Eunuch Lin, who had kept his head lowered, finally breathed a sigh of relief.
He had already arranged everything, and the ladder was set up securely.
But the Third Miss of the Ye family had just been clinging to the door the whole time and wouldn’t climb the wall!
He had almost thought his efforts were for nothing.
However, he did all this with the Emperor’s permission.
Look at the Emperor: while staring furiously at the kneeling Imperial Concubine Xian, he was also glancing with the corner of his eye toward the direction where the Third Miss of the Ye family would climb, his ears twitching repeatedly.
Ye Chuchu used all her might to finally climb onto the high wall and poked her head out.
Ye Chuchu: [Zhazha, I see it, I see it!]
[That woman kneeling on the ground, wearing lotus-root pink and with snow-white skin, must be Imperial Concubine Xian.]
[She looks quite pretty, but her heart is too vicious!]
Zhazha: [Indeed.]
[Little Chuchu, do you see the palace maid kneeling beside Imperial Concubine Xian?]
Ye Chuchu looked at the maid next to Imperial Concubine Xian.
[Wow, this maid is also quite a looker!]
Zhazha: [That’s right, that’s right.]
[Imperial Concubine Xian can’t conceive herself, so she wants to arrange a few more maids around her. If Consort Liu gives birth to a little princess, Imperial Concubine Xian plans to push this maid onto the Emperor’s bed.]
[Her goal is to ensure someone she arranged gives birth to a prince for the Emperor, so she can sit back and reap the benefits!]
Ye Chuchu: [Quite an ambitious goal.]
[How pitiful Emperor Shangde is!]
[A total sucker used for breeding!]
Zhazha: [Little Chuchu, did you see the way the maid beside Imperial Concubine Xian is looking at the Emperor right now?]
[Just like a wolf staring at the meat in a bowl.]
Emperor Shangde looked coldly at the maid behind Imperial Concubine Xian.
At this moment, the maid was indeed looking at him, and that gaze made Emperor Shangde feel extremely disgusted.
The maid met the Emperor’s gaze unexpectedly and withdrew her eyes fearfully, bowing her head.
At this moment, the screaming inside had gradually faded.
Physician Wang came out, carrying his medicine box and followed by another female physician.
“Reporting to Your Majesty, this subject has suppressed the saffron toxins in Consort Liu’s body; there is no longer any danger to her life.”
“However, Consort Liu has damaged her health this time, and I fear she will never be able to conceive a child again.”
Emperor Shangde slammed his hand heavily on the back of his chair.
“Guards, drag everyone behind Imperial Concubine Xian out and beat them to death with clubs.”
At this moment, four women and one eunuch were kneeling behind Imperial Concubine Xian; they cried “Your Majesty, spare me” as they were dragged away by the imperial guards.
Imperial Concubine Xian, who was kneeling on the ground, raised her face, looking at Emperor Shangde with tear-filled eyes.
“Your Majesty, this subject knows she is guilty and is willing to accept punishment!”
There was disappointment in Emperor Shangde’s eyes as he said heavily: “Imperial Concubine Xian has committed such evil deeds; she is stripped of her rank, demoted to a Consort, moved to the Yongsi Palace, to copy Buddhist scriptures, and confined for six months!”
Ye Chuchu blinked: [Ah, this Imperial Concubine Xian tried to kill Consort Liu!]
[And the Emperor is punishing her just like this?]
Zhazha: [Little Chuchu, guess why Imperial Concubine Xian has no children, yet still sits in the position of one of the Four Imperial Concubines?]
Ye Chuchu: [Her father is very powerful?]
Zhazha: [That is one reason, but the main point is that Imperial Concubine Xian is the Emperor’s ‘White Moonlight’ (first love/idealized figure)!]
[But tonight, the Emperor’s White Moonlight has shattered!]
Ye Chuchu: [Oh, this White Moonlight has turned into a Black Moonlight; the Emperor’s taste isn’t that great after all!]
Zhazha: [Right, his taste in women isn’t that great—unlike you, master, you have such good taste, falling for the Second Prince who is rich, handsome, powerful, and going to die early!]
Ye Chuchu: [That’s right, this girl is quite impressive!]
The Second Prince, who was lying on another wall waiting to die early: …There is absolutely no need to take pride in that!
Suddenly, a palace maid came running over in a hurry.
“Your Majesty, Your Majesty, this is bad! Consort Shu just rushed out of the palace, slipped, and now has unbearable abdominal pain!”
Ye Chuchu: [Ah, my second sister fell; she is still heavily pregnant!]
In her panic, Ye Chuchu missed a step…