Before, Lin Li was very curious as to why Ruyue also gave the Empress Dowager a centenary longevity picture. It turned out that Xiaohe had been Ruyue's person for a long time. Lin Li naively thought it was a coincidence.

Xie Yu didn't have any other concubines yet, but they began to huddle together for warmth, and started to scheme against each other, and even started to use their tricks on Lin Li.

After this incident, Lin Li and Ruyue became irreconcilable from then on, including Princess Shuya.

They could use the contraceptive soup issue to bring down Lin Li, but they had to drag Wang Yangzhi into it and throw dirty water on Lin Li. Their actions made Lin Li feel shameless.

Before Lin Li entered the palace, the eldest lady had already told Lin Li the truth: a big tree attracts the wind, so one must always be on guard against others.

However, she still foolishly believed that the people in the palace would not harm her. In the end, she ended up making wedding dresses for others.

Lin Li didn't care about the other people. The focus was on Xie Yu. Last night, both of them were angry and she didn't explain things to him properly. This was like a thorn in Lin Li's heart.

"Miss, the scriptures have been copied. Go back and have lunch."

Her stomach was growling with hunger. She had not eaten much for breakfast, so she ate a little and then hurried over to copy the Buddhist scriptures.

Although she was sitting on a chair while copying, there was no stove in the palace and Lin Li's feet were numb from the cold, especially her knees, which were freezing cold.

No indecent actions were allowed in the hall, so after leaving the Qin'an Hall, Lin Li found a sparsely populated place, sat on the corridor, took off her shoes, put the hot water bottle on her toes, and rubbed her toes desperately.

"Miss, come to Qin'an Hall tomorrow and bring a blanket for you to cover your knees. It's not a good thing to keep doing this."

"This is the only way."

The Empress Dowager has made it clear that Lin Li must come to Qin'an Hall to copy and cannot stay in her palace. She must also be sincere and reflect on herself.

Lin Li and Yuzhu returned to the palace only after their toes felt a little better.

Passing by the Hall of Supreme Harmony, Lin Li stopped and looked inside. The door was closed. The scene at this moment was as cold as Xie Yu's heart last night.

Xie Yu must still be angry with me. Even if I go to ask to see the emperor now, he may not see me.

Regardless of whether the matter between Lin Li and Wang Yangzhi is true or false, there may be a lot of rumors in the palace now.

In this way, the emperor would lose face, so Lin Li could only stay quiet for a few days, finish what the Empress Dowager asked her to do, and then go to Xie Yu to explain.

If he has become disappointed with me, then I can only ask him to let me leave the palace.

Otherwise, Lin Li would have to spend her whole life lonely and helpless in the cold palace, watching the emperor's new love appear and watching the emperor's descendants grow up.

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Zhou Yue and the others had prepared lunch a long time ago, but Lin Li hadn't come back for a long time, so they had to reheat it several times.

After returning to the palace, Lin Li hurriedly stood beside the stove to warm herself by the fire. She was so cold that she was shivering all over.

The food was placed on the table, but Zhou Yue and the others had not yet eaten and were waiting for Lin Li.

Lin Li asked them to sit down and eat together. After all, they did the same thing when there was no one around. They were as close as sisters, regardless of whether they were master or servant.

Before, only Xie Yu would come to dine, but now, he definitely wouldn’t come.

After drinking a mouthful of hot soup, my body felt warm. I felt like a walking corpse just now, but now, I am finally alive.

"My queen, eat some beef to nourish yourself," Zhu'er was busy picking up some food for Lin Li.

Knowing that the young lady had been wronged, they were powerless and didn't know how to help the young lady, so they could only make some of Lin Li's favorite food and spend time thinking about these little things.

"You guys eat too, don't just focus on me."

At this time, the Ministry of Internal Affairs had not withheld any food ingredients, so Lin Li could still eat delicious food, drink spicy drinks, use a stove, and use the best things in the palace.

She was afraid that one day this place would become a cold palace. At that time, Lin Li didn't know how she and these girls would live if that day really came.

Lin Li will definitely not be soft-hearted. She will try her best to send Yuzhu and the others out of the palace. Lin Li will not let Yuzhu and the others suffer with her.

After dinner, while the snow had stopped, Lin Li went to kneel outside the palace gate.

The ground was frozen, hard, cold, and uneven, and my knees felt like they were going to fail.

Zhou Yue and the others were planning to kneel with Lin Li, but they didn't expect that the Queen Mother would send other maids to supervise Lin Li. They wanted her to kneel for an hour and no one else could help her, otherwise they would be severely punished.

"Come in, it's too cold outside, I don't want you to suffer the cold with me." Lin Li was already in trouble herself and couldn't let others get involved.

"Madam, we are not leaving. We want to accompany you."

Less than an hour later, Lin Li's body was numb from the cold. Snow fell on her hair and eyebrows. The same happened to the maids. Only the nanny was holding an umbrella and a hot water bottle in her arms.

Suddenly, a little palace maid came running over and whispered a few words to the nanny.

The nanny cleared her throat and said, "Madam Lin, someone has pleaded for you. The Queen Mother said that you can be exempted from the kneeling punishment. However, you cannot go anywhere except to the Qin'an Hall to copy Buddhist scriptures. You want to stay indoors for two months to reflect on your mistakes."

"Yes."

After saying that, the nanny and the young palace maid left. Lin Li could no longer hold on and fell into the snow.

"Miss, are you okay? That's great. We can go back to the palace now."

"I don't know which kind-hearted person came to plead for our young lady."

"Help the young lady in quickly, she is freezing."

Several girls were chattering away, talking to each other. Lin Li's mind was now filled with the only person who was pleading for her.

Apart from Xie Yu, who else could make the Empress Dowager give her so much face? He was the only one who really cared about her.

I thought Xie Yu would never forgive me in this life.

I changed my wet clothes, put on clean clothes, lay on the bed, and drank a big bowl of ginger soup.

Lin Ji was invited by Zhou Yue to come and see Lin Li. "It's just a cold. Just take a few doses of medicine and it will be fine."

Yuzhu and the others went to boil medicine, leaving only the two of them in the room.

"How could this happen?" Lin Ji already knew what happened last night. He wanted Liang Ye to enter the palace, but Lin Li sent someone to tell Lin Ji not to act rashly.

He also knew Lin Li's painstaking efforts and was afraid that the Empress Dowager would blame her and punish the Lin family as well.

"Brother, I'm fine," Lin Li was lying on the bed, wrapped in a blanket. There were several hot water bottles on the bed. "The Emperor, didn't look for you either?"

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