While Qingying was still sweetly intoxicated with her childhood sweethearts and their deep love for Hongli, Jinzhong finally arrived late.

When Zimu saw Jinzhong arrived at the Yanx Palace, he didn't want to look at the two mentally ill women anymore, so he put on the silver fox fur cloak beside the bed, held the heater in his hands and sat at the door to watch the snow scene in the Yongshou Palace.

"You guys, go and remove the wooden boards covering the doors and windows. Move quickly so that Empress Xian won't get cold."

When Qingying heard Jinzhong say this, she thought that Hongli remembered that she was still freezing in the Yanx Palace and asked Jinzhong to come here on purpose.

Seeing Qingying hesitate to speak several times, Hailan simply asked Jinzhong herself: "Eunuch, how is the girl in Yongshou Palace?"

"Miss Wei is still in a coma. This dangerous situation triggered the weakness that the girl had in her mother's womb. Doctor Qi said that the girl must be taken care of carefully from now on. If she is not taken good care of, her life span will be affected."

Jinzhong looked at the sisters Qingying and Hailan with a fake smile. After the guards had removed the wooden boards, Jinzhong said to them, "After this incident, the door frames and windows of the Yanxi Palace may need to be repaired. The Ministry of Internal Affairs will send a list of repairs to the Ulanara and Keliye families."

Hailan was still a little embarrassed. Her parents were no longer around and she had been fostered in her uncle's house since she was a child. Hailan knew the situation in her uncle's house very well. He might not be able to afford the cost of renovating the palace.

Qingying also knew Hailan's previous situation, and thought that Hongli just wanted to teach her a lesson, so she walked forward and pouted and said, "Just send the list of repairs to the Ulanara family's mansion. My Ulanara family has not fallen to such a state."

"Okay, I feel relieved with what you said, Empress Xian. I'll ask my personal maid to make some ginger soup for you to warm up your body so you can rest early."

After Jinzhong delivered the message, he left quickly, which was in stark contrast to the slow pace with which he came.

After hearing about Zimu's illness, Qingying felt a great deal of guilt.

After returning to the main hall, Suo Xin took the initiative to light a charcoal fire. A Ruo also ordered the little palace maid to go to the small kitchen to boil ginger tea. She also specifically asked the little palace maid to boil more so that everyone in the Yanx Palace could drink a bowl to warm their bodies.

After drinking the ginger tea, Qingying couldn't sleep either. She sat by the window and sighed to herself, "Maybe I shouldn't be so impulsive."

Hai Lan, who knew her uncle's situation well, became even more sincere to Qingying after Qingying took the initiative to bear the cost of repairs.

Hai Lan was about to take a rest when she saw that the candlelight in the main hall of Qingying was still bright, obviously not asleep yet, so she resisted the urge to sleep and went to the main hall.

"Sister, why aren't you asleep yet?"

"Hai Lan, I can't sleep."

"Sister, the imperial physician in your palace is the best. If Wei Jia is well taken care of, it won't necessarily affect her life span. At worst... Sister, please take better care of Wei Jia in the future."

"Yeah." Qingying didn't say that what she was worried about was not Zimu, but the way Hongli looked at her in the afternoon.

"Hai Lan, the way the emperor looked at me this afternoon was so strange." Qingying is now increasingly unable to understand Hongli. She is really afraid of losing Hongli.

"Didn't the emperor say that the Yanxi Palace would not be unsealed until Wei Jiashi woke up? Didn't Eunuch Jinzhong just say that Wei Jiashi was still in a coma?"

Hailan held Qingying's hand and continued, "The emperor looked at me like that this afternoon because he was too angry. Don't think too much about it."

That’s true, but Hai Lan is not sure whether the emperor still has her sister in his heart. What if he doesn’t?

——————Yongshou Palace——————

"Girl, you just woke up, why are you sitting here? Are you cold?"

Jinzhong pushed open the gate of Yongshou Palace and just walked into the main hall, he saw Zimu sitting at the door of the main hall with a heater in his hands, wearing a silver fox fur cloak of exquisite workmanship, a style that even the concubines in the harem had never seen.

Zimu shook his head and looked at the scenery outside, which was as beautiful as the dawn reflected by the heavy snow. "I slept for a long time and can't sleep now. Eunuch Jinzhong, go and have a rest. I'm fine now."

Jinzhong didn't say anything. He turned and went to the inner hall to take out a small charcoal basin that Chunchan had used to dry Zimu's hair. He put new charcoal into the basin, re-ignited it, and placed it at Zimu's feet.

"The Emperor has asked me to stay with you. I will not be on duty today. I will go back to the Qianqing Palace to rest after Lancui and Chunchan, the two maids, come."

"Eunuch Jinzhong, please move a chair and sit down. You must have worked so hard all night."

As the snowflakes became smaller and smaller until they slowly disappeared, the snow that had been falling for seven or eight hours finally stopped.

"What is the girl thinking about?"

"I miss home and wonder if the snow scenery outside the Forbidden City will be as beautiful as this."

Jinzhong looked at Zimu's profile illuminated by the candlelight without saying a word, and just sat with Zimu.

As soon as the sky was getting light, the palace maids and eunuchs in Yongshou Palace got up to sweep the snow. Lan Cui and Chun Chan also quickly went to the main hall to help Zimu wash up.

"Thank you, Eunuch Jinzhong, for taking care of my girl. You can go back and have some rest."

As Lan Cui spoke, she handed the purse filled with silver to Jinzhong, who refused it as he did in the past.

"Keep it. You are not on duty today. Go back and ask someone to get some wine. Drink it to warm yourself up before you rest."

Jinzhong took the purse after hearing what Zimu said: "I am back, young lady, you should rest more."

"it is good"

When Lan Cui sent Jinzhong out of Yongshou Palace, Jinzhong specifically told Lan Cui that Zimu did not fall asleep in the second half of the night, and asked Lan Cui to remember to remind Zimu to take a nap.

"Yes, I understand."

After leaving Yongshou Palace, Jinzhong first went to the Imperial Household Department and discussed the cost of repairing all the doors and windows of Yanx Palace.

The one in the Ministry of Internal Affairs at the moment was Zimu's uncle from the same clan. Uncle Wei frowned and added up the cost of labor and materials for the renovation of the Yanx Palace again and again.

Finally, he polished it up a bit before handing it over to Jinzhong with satisfaction.

"Eunuch Jinzhong, take this and tell Lord Narbu that our Ministry of Internal Affairs always refunds more than it actually deserves. After the repairs are completed, the extra money will be sent to Empress Xian of the Yanxi Palace."

Jinzhong and Uncle Wei both knew that there was no need for the concubines' families to pay for repairs of this magnitude; it was not like they were going to burn down the palace and rebuild it.

However, both of them were smart people, so no one said much. They understood each other with just a glance.

Jinzhong happily took the list from the Ministry of Internal Affairs and went to Ulanara's residence.

Qingying's father Narbu couldn't help but frown when he saw the numbers on the list.

"Don't worry, sir. The Ministry of Internal Affairs said that the extra money will be returned to Empress Xian after the repairs are completed."

"What you said, Eunuch Jinzhong, is not reasonable to return the extra money after spending time and effort. The extra money should be regarded as a gift to you. Please take care of Empress Xian."

For the sake of his family's reputation, Narbu gritted his teeth and paid the fee.

Arruo went to see Bai Ruiji on purpose the next day. After hearing what Arruo said, Bai Ruiji completely regarded Concubine Xian as the enemy who had harmed her child.

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