"This was clearly what you said when you entered the palace," Concubine Xi's eyes were red. Her aggrieved look would have made an on - looker think that Si Junlin had done something to her.
"I don't remember." He wasn't Su Wan'er, so it was normal not to remember. As for how Concubine Xi regarded Su Wan'er in her heart, that was a matter between Concubine Xi and Su Wan'er.
Daring to decide not to bear his offspring when entering the palace, Su Wan'er was really audacious.
She even dared to make promises to other concubines? He would let her know the consequences of speaking carelessly.
"Achoo!" Su Wan'er, who was dealing with memorials in the imperial study, sneezed loudly for no reason.
"Your Majesty, do you need to summon the imperial physician?" Fang Xi looked at his master with some concern.
Su Wan'er waved her hand. "No need. Maybe someone is missing me."
Although Fang Xi was a favorite servant beside the "emperor", in the end, he was just a slave. Whatever the master said, he had to follow.
"Eunuch Fang Xi." At this moment, a young eunuch tiptoed outside the imperial study. After taking a glance at the "emperor" who was still buried in the memorials, he quickly whispered to Fang Xi.
Fang Xi glanced at Su Wan'er who was dealing with the memorials and then at the young eunuch outside the door. A look of embarrassment flashed across his face.
Su Wan'er felt the awkward atmosphere around her and casually said, "Go out and check."
"Yes, thank you, Your Majesty." Fang Xi bowed respectfully before walking towards the door.
"What's going on?" Fang Xi frowned and asked the young eunuch.
The young eunuch whispered to Fang Xi, "Concubine Mei asked me to pass this to the emperor."
"Since when did you learn to be a messenger?" Fang Xi didn't take it. He knew all the rules in the harem. Passing an item of unknown origin to the emperor so casually. If something went wrong, he would be the one to take the blame.
The young eunuch whispered to him, "Concubine Mei said this is the tonic she made for the emperor to replenish his body. You don't need to worry, eunuch."
Fang Xi looked at him coldly and said, "Come with me."
The young eunuch quickly followed him into the imperial study.
Hearing the footsteps, Su Wan'er looked up. Then she saw Fang Xi bringing a young eunuch in and couldn't help asking curiously, "What's up, Fang Xi?"
Fang Xi had no choice but to say helplessly, "Your Majesty, this is Xiao Fuzi from the side hall. He said that Concubine Mei made a nourishing decoction for Your Majesty and hoped that Your Majesty would do her the honor of tasting it."
Su Wan'er glanced indifferently at the young eunuch kneeling below. After thinking for a while, she said to Fang Xi, "Summon the imperial physician to take a look."
After Fang Xi responded, he turned around and sent someone to find an imperial physician.
After the imperial physician came and verified that there was no poison in the decoction and that it was indeed beneficial to the body, Su Wan'er ordered Fang Xi to send the decoction to the Queen's palace.
A look of confusion flashed in the young eunuch's eyes, but in the end, he left without saying a word.
When Fang Xi sent someone to deliver the decoction to Si Junlin, Si Junlin was about to go to bed. After listening to the maid tell the whole story, Si Junlin asked someone to accept the decoction.
However, he didn't drink it. Instead, he picked it up and poured it into the flower pot beside him.
Qingcao asked puzzledly, "Your Ladyship, why did you pour out the decoction?"
Si Junlin said very calmly, "Why? Naturally, because this decoction is only beneficial to men's bodies."
That woman really left him speechless. Concubine Mei clearly hoped that the "emperor" would drink the medicine and then remember her and lift her house - arrest.
He didn't believe that Su Wan'er didn't understand. After knowing Concubine Mei's intention, she still sent the decoction to him. It was nothing more than hoping that he would make the decision.
He had thought about this decision for a long time before making it.
Although Concubine Mei had indeed made a mistake, she had been imprisoned for a long time. They couldn't lock her up for a lifetime. Let her go this time. If there was a next time, they would make other plans.
Si Junlin didn't deny that he did this partly out of consideration for the old feelings with Concubine Mei. After all, she had once been his most favored concubine. It was not good to go too far.
After hearing the maid's report, Su Wan'er issued an imperial edict to lift the restriction on Concubine Mei.
She didn't really care. After Concubine Mei was released, even if she wanted to make small moves, she would only cause trouble for Si Junlin. She didn't believe that Concubine Mei would dare to act against her, the emperor.
The news that Concubine Mei's restriction had been lifted quickly spread throughout the palace.
The palace servants speculated whether Concubine Mei was going to regain the emperor's favor.
But since the current "emperor" was so unpredictable, even if the palace servants had such speculations, they didn't dare to curry favor with Concubine Mei too much. At most, they just sent some nice - looking dishes to Concubine Mei.
Then there was news that although Concubine Mei had sent the decoction to the emperor, in the end, it was sent to the Queen's palace. It was obvious that the "emperor" favored the Queen most.
At this moment, the palace servants were a little glad that they hadn't curried favor with Concubine Mei too much. Otherwise, they might have curried favor with the wrong person this time.
Concubine Mei had hoped that after the restriction was lifted, she could regain her former status in everyone's eyes. However, when she was really released, she found that it wasn't as good as she had thought.
She really didn't understand why the Queen, whom the emperor didn't even want to look at back then, had now become the emperor's most favored queen.
The way the emperor favored the Queen was even more than the way he had favored her back then. It was even fair to say that the emperor "doted on" the Queen exclusively.
"Your Ladyship, don't worry. Now that your restriction has been lifted, it's only a matter of time before you regain the emperor's favor," Cuisi comforted Concubine Mei while dressing her up.
Regarding this matter, Concubine Mei could only hope that things would really be as Cuisi said and that she could regain the emperor's favor.
On the second day after the restriction was lifted, according to the rules in the palace, Concubine Mei had to go to the Queen's palace to pay her respects.
Si Junlin had already been sitting in the palace waiting.
The other concubines had already paid their respects. But Concubine Mei was late.
She first apologized insincerely and then bowed respectfully.
Si Junlin frowned slightly. He had thought that after experiencing the house - arrest, Concubine Mei would restrain her temper. Who would have thought that she was still the same as before. Maybe he shouldn't have let her off just because of the old feelings.
To give a warning, Si Junlin didn't immediately tell her to get up. He wanted to see how arrogant Concubine Mei could be.
Facts proved that Concubine Mei had restrained herself a little.
If she had been at the height of her favor before, she wouldn't have cared whether the Queen would tell her to get up or not. She would have just stood up by herself.