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"Your Highness, these pastries were specially prepared for you by the Imperial Kitchen at His Majesty's request."
A group of palace maids arranged various exquisite snacks on the table, with Fang Dehai leading the way, a broad smile on his face.
Having served by the Emperor's side for many years, it was the first time he had seen him care so much for a woman.
As the Emperor's cherished one, she certainly deserved his utmost attention.
"Please thank His Majesty for me." Consort Qing loved delicate pastries, and Li Xuyiao often had the Imperial Kitchen prepare them for her once he learned of her preference. She casually picked up a piece of Plum Blossom Cake and popped it into her mouth, nodding in satisfaction as she savored it.
Fang Dehai smiled and took his leave. Just as he stepped out of Leng Xue Residence, he heard a loud "bang" behind him, followed by terrified cries from the palace maids and eunuchs: "Your Highness! What happened? Someone call for help! The Consort has fainted!"
Consort Qing had been poisoned! As soon as Fang Dehai reported this, Li Xuyiao abandoned all his duties and rushed to Leng Xue Residence.
The imperial physician was already attending to her. Upon seeing Li Xuyiao arrive, he bowed and reported, "Your Majesty, Consort Qing has been poisoned with Mandragora Poison. This poison does not endanger life but will cause deep unconsciousness."
"Is there any way to wake her?" Li Xuyiao asked with a darkened expression. His hands clenched into fists behind his back, trembling uncontrollably.
The physicians exchanged glances, hesitant to respond. Li Xuyiao glared at them: "Speak!"
"Your Majesty, Mandragora Poison... is incurable!"
"Nonsense!" Li Xuyiao roared in fury, grabbing a teacup from the table and shattering it against the floor. The physicians were so frightened that they all fell to their knees. He pointed at them, enunciating each word: "If Consort Qing does not wake up, you will all accompany her to the grave!"
"Your Majesty, please spare me! Your Majesty, please spare me!" The imperial physician kept bowing his head in supplication.
At that moment, a faint voice came from the bed, "You're so noisy!"
" Qing'er!" Li Xuyiao exclaimed joyfully as he rushed over to grasp her hand. "You’re awake! Are you alright?"
The imperial physician stepped forward to check her pulse and was quite surprised. "How strange, the poison has actually resolved itself. I've never seen such a thing before; it's quite remarkable."
All the palace maids and eunuchs serving in the inner chamber had been sent outside by Li Xuyiao. Quan Qing lazily leaned against the bed, reflecting on everything that had happened. "Perhaps we who have crossed over are immune to all poisons; otherwise, there's no way to explain this."
"I will find out who did this; it's too much!" Li Xuyiao said angrily.
Quan Qing straightened up, a hint of a smile on her lips. "Uncle, you are a police officer. Just now the physician said that Mandragora Poison is incurable, and yet you want to kill them? That would be unjustified slaughter!"
Li Xuyiao sighed. "I was just so angry and scared. In this unfamiliar time and space, it’s not easy to find someone I can truly talk to. If you hadn’t woken up, I feared I would never find someone I could speak freely with again in this long life."
Quan Qing patted the back of his hand. "I understand. It’s like one twin losing the other; the remaining one will surely be lonely for life."
"So, I will protect you and not let anyone harm you," Li Xuyiao said earnestly.
The incident of Consort Qing being poisoned caused an uproar in the palace, and the Emperor ordered a thorough investigation.
In the end, all evidence pointed to the Empress, although she adamantly denied it.
Li Xuyiao ordered the deposing of the Empress, banishing her to the Cold Palace.
This served as a warning to all the women in the harem: for the sake of Consort Qing, he could remove even the Empress. Anyone who dared to harm her would face a fate no better than that of the Empress.
The women in the harem were frightened; no one dared to provoke Consort Qing anymore. Currently, the only person with a higher rank than her in the entire harem was Consort Shu. His Majesty had entrusted Consort Shu with the affairs of the six palaces, making her effectively the deputy Empress. However, everyone knew in their hearts that the true master of the harem was Consort Qing.
She could disregard Palace Regulations, skip daily greetings to Consort Shu, freely command the Imperial Guards, and come and go from the palace as she pleased.
She enjoyed many privileges that others could only envy.
Quan Qing said to Li Xuyiao, “If you are truly Chu Mo and have deposed the Empress for my sake, protecting me without question, I will definitely fall in love with you.”
Li Xuyiao replied with dissatisfaction, “Don’t you feel that way already?”
Quan Qing responded earnestly, “Although I have a thing for older men, don’t you think our relationship feels more like that of family right now?”
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