Concubine De glanced at it casually, then went to the inner room without saying a word.

"Just kneel down until the Queen asks you to get up." Before leaving, the palace maid beside Concubine De said something to the palace servant kneeling on the ground.

The palace servants looked at each other, but did not dare to resist.

Concubine De went straight to the inner room, but as soon as she entered, she smelled a strong smell of medicine. She covered her nose with a handkerchief in disgust. The smell was too strong.

"Your servant greets Her Majesty the Defei." The palace maid was holding a bowl of medicine in her hand.

Concubine De ignored it and looked at the woman lying on the bed. Tsk, how pitiful she is, but isn't this all her own fault?

She walked up to the palace maid holding the medicine bowl. The palace maid lowered her head and dared not say a word: "I heard that Concubine Shu was unwell, so I came to see her. Did the imperial physician say when she would wake up?"

Defei reached out and picked up the spoon in the medicine bowl and stirred it gently. When the palace maid heard this question, she answered truthfully: "In reply to Madam Defei, the imperial physician said that he should wake up soon. Madam Defei, don't worry."

Worried? Oh, I'm worried that she'll wake up, right?

"I heard that Your Majesty was guarding here all night last night?" Defei asked.

The maid didn't know how to answer, and after hesitating for a long time, she could only choose to tell the truth: "Your Majesty heard that the Concubine Shu was unwell last night, so he came to take a look. During that time, because the Concubine Shu had a high fever and couldn't drink the medicine, Your Majesty stayed. If Your Majesty hadn't fed the Concubine the medicine, we would have been even more helpless. Later, it was after the Yin hour, because it was too late, so Your Majesty left."

The more the palace maid spoke, the uglier Concubine De's expression became. Did His Majesty personally feed medicine to this vixen?

"Cough..." Cheng Mingran coughed behind him.

The maid on the other side heard the noise and immediately came over: "Madam?"

Cheng Mingran had been in a coma with a high fever for so long, and now she finally opened her eyes slowly. When she just woke up, she felt dizzy, as if she was wrapped in thick clouds, and her vision was also a little blurry.

She felt limp all over, without a trace of strength, as if all her energy had been drained away. Cheng Mingran looked around, but could only see the vague outlines of the surrounding environment.

"Your Highness, are you awake? I'll go get the imperial physician right away!" The maid was about to leave in a hurry, but was stopped by the maid brought by Concubine De: "Concubine De hasn't spoken yet, why are you worrying so much? Do you still have Concubine De in your eyes?"

Defei also indulged the palace maid beside her and did not stop it. When she heard that Cheng Mingran had woken up, she turned around and looked over.

Cheng Mingran finally saw everything around her, including the Defei who was standing in front of her. She moved her lips slightly, but found that her throat was so dry that she could hardly make a sound. Cheng Mingran shook her head gently, trying to wake up, but she felt dizzy.

"Oh, Concubine Shu is finally awake." Concubine De looked her up and down. There was nothing special about her, except for the redness and swelling on her face and her very thin body. So how did His Majesty fall for her?

Cheng Mingran's throat hurt and he couldn't make a sound.

De Fei looked at her coldly. Seeing that she didn't say anything, she began to feel dissatisfied: "Is Shu Fei ignoring me?"

"What are you doing here?" Cheng Mingran squeezed out a few words while enduring the discomfort in his throat.

The palace maid looked at the lady and was about to help her, but because of Defei's look, the people around her pulled the maid away.

"Empress Defei?" the palace maid called out.

But the maidservant beside Concubine De immediately slapped the maid in the face and said, "Did you call her Empress Defei?"

De Fei ignored this and walked step by step to Shu Fei: "Come on, help our frail Shu Fei up."

Hearing this, the maid beside Concubine De went to pull the person up, but this action was really a bit rude. Cheng Mingran was already dizzy, and now she felt even more dazed.

"I just can't understand what ability you have. You can actually make His Majesty take you out of the cold palace and take care of you for half the night without taking off your clothes." When Defei said this, her tone was full of unwillingness.

Cheng Mingran was confused. What was she saying?

"Cheng Mingran, don't you think it would be better for you to just stay in the cold palace? Wouldn't it be the final outcome for you to die in the cold palace? Why do you have to come out and be an eyesore?" Defei's eyes were filled with intense hatred.

It seemed that... her dislike for Cheng Mingran was not just jealousy of His Majesty taking her out of the cold palace.

In fact, even Cheng Mingran herself didn't know how she had offended her. Ever since she entered the palace, Concubine De liked to make trouble for her every other day.

It's unlikely that it was because of jealousy, because everyone in the harem knew that His Majesty didn't like her, so it's impossible that Concubine De was so hostile to her because of this, right? But apart from this reason, what else could it be?

"Get out," Cheng Mingran said weakly. She really didn't have the energy to argue with Concubine De.

However, Concubine De refused to give up. She looked at the bowl of medicine next to her, then picked it up and threw it at Cheng Mingran.

"Empress!" The palace maid of Lianyi Palace was startled, and the medicine bowl hit Cheng Mingran's forehead directly, and blood flowed down instantly.

Cheng Mingran felt a pain on her forehead. She raised her hand to touch it and saw another bright red spot. Her body was also soaked by the bowl of medicine. But there was no ripple in her eyes, as if she was used to it and didn't care about this injury anymore.

"Are you here just to torment me?" Cheng Mingran looked at Concubine De expressionlessly.

De Fei was irritated by her indifferent look: "Do you know how embarrassed you are now? Cheng Mingran, why don't you die in the cold palace? If I had known that you still had this ability, I should have killed you in the cold palace to prevent future troubles, and you would never be able to turn over a new leaf!"

Cheng Mingran didn't care what she said, and just casually replied: "That's a pity, I actually found another opportunity."

"Chance? Ha, you won't have a chance. Even if I kill you today, His Majesty won't do anything to me. Do you believe it? Someone, come! Drag her down for me!" Is Concubine De planning to do whatever it takes?

Cheng Mingran was not panicked. After all, she couldn't do anything with her current physical condition. However, she looked at Concubine De. Since everyone was already here, she wanted to take a gamble...

Seeing that De Fei's men had already come forward to drag her off the bed, Cheng Mingran's heart flashed with determination. After all, nothing could be worse than the current situation, so instead of doing nothing, she wanted to give it a try...

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