Hua Zhi lay down on the bed, thanked Nanny Yuxiang softly, and then took over the conversation: "If grandma really came, you must have come to thank you in your dream. She doesn't come to see me anymore. If you really see her, please tell her that the Hua family is doing well."
"The Hua family is doing well now, and you are doing well too." Looking at the person whose eyebrows softened when talking about her family, the empress dowager sighed. Hua Zhi's weakness was too obvious, so obvious that others could easily find it. She probably knew this herself, so she simply didn't hide it and just laid it out in the open for you to see. This was probably one of the reasons why she had to act tough and let everyone know that the eldest daughter of the Hua family was not someone who was easy to mess with.
A weak person cannot protect her family. She can only arm herself to the teeth to build an impenetrable wall for her family.
The Hua family must have accumulated too much merit, so God sent Hua Zhi to help them overcome this difficulty.
"You still have to take good care of your body. Don't let your roots become damaged at such a young age. You will suffer the consequences in the future. This is for the sake of my grandson who finally has a sweetheart!"
"Yes." Hua Zhi was also somewhat helpless. All her friends and relatives reminded her to take care of her health when they saw her. They knew how miserable she looked now.
The Queen Mother glanced at Yuxiang, and Yuxiang understood and stepped outside the door to guard it herself.
The door was not closed. The empress dowager, who lived deep in the palace, knew that keeping the door open would be more effective in dealing with emergencies.
"I have discovered that Haoyue has targeted you several times. Do you know why?"
Hua Zhi also lowered her voice and replied, "Haoyue has a strange obsession with Yan Xi. Yan Xi once said that she seemed to know him very well when they first met in Yuzhou. She also helped with Yuan Shifang's affairs. She... claims to be good at prophecy. She once predicted that there would be a major flood in Xiangyang, with tens of thousands of casualties. Later, Yan Xi and I thought about it. If we hadn't made some preparations in Xiangyang at that time, there might really be such a large number of casualties."
The Queen Mother frowned anxiously, "Can she really predict the future?"
"I don't think so." Hua Zhi said with certainty, "Later we tried to test her a few times, and most of the things she said had already happened, and the results were different from what she said. At that time, Yan Xi detained her, and she couldn't contact the outside world. She was not well-informed. If she could really predict, how could it be like this?"
"She has another source?"
"So Yan Xi has always been suspicious of her."
The Queen Mother nodded slightly, her brows still furrowed. If this was true, Haoyue would be in great danger. It would be unsettling for such a person to stay in the palace and now be very much favored by the Emperor. Just thinking about it made her feel uneasy.
If she was just harming the emperor, it would be fine. But now it would be foolish for her not to harm the emperor. The fear is that she is trying to achieve some purpose through the emperor. The empress dowager is a little regretful. She should have dealt with Haoyue directly on New Year's Day, which could have saved a lot of trouble.
"So Haoyue is targeting you because of what happened between you and Yan Xi?"
"I can't think of any other reason than this."
“This is really…” The Queen Mother shook her head. If the Emperor knew the twists and turns in this matter, he might not know what he would think of Yan Xi. Then Haoyue would be a disaster!
"Empress Dowager, you have to be careful of her. I guess she must know some medical skills. When she first went out as the leader of the Seven Stars Sect, she once mixed a potion. By the way, Yan Xi said she would bring it back for Old Yu to have a look. Old Yu, do you remember?"
Old Yu stroked his beard and said, "Remember, it's actually a warming and tonic recipe, and it's quite effective."
Hua Zhi suddenly had an idea and sat up a little. "Is it possible that she just has a few good prescriptions? Maybe I only know some superficial medical skills?"
"What kind of medical skills can she have?" Shaoyao snorted, "There's not a trace of medicinal scent on her. Huahua, smell me. All my clothes smell like medicine. No incense will work."
Shaoyao Zhen moved closer to Hua Zhi. Hua Zhi laughed and sniffed her as if to satisfy her. "The smell of medicine on you is so strong that I can boil a bowl of medicine."
Peony raised her chin, not knowing what she was proud of.
The Queen Mother looked at her with a smile and liked Hua Zhi even more. You don't need to look at too many things to tell whether a person is good or not. You can tell by how she treats the people around her. Hua Zhi is a good person.
"Your Highness, you need to be extra careful with your daily food and other things. Shaoyao, check carefully every now and then, don't let Haoyue take advantage of any loopholes. Now you are the only one in the palace who can control her, and she may have her eyes on you."
The Queen Mother's smile was cold, her eyes were like knives, "I understand, but it's not that easy for her to do something to me. The women in the palace have changed one after another, but the methods they use are still the same. I am their ancestor."
Shaoyao suddenly pushed Huazhi down to lie down, "Huahua, don't be stubborn. You must be dizzy after just waking up. It won't be too late to apologize later."
A few people understood, and the Queen Mother continued the topic, "Are you feeling uncomfortable in any other place? Lying on the ground in such a cold weather is probably because the cold has entered your body. You need to drive away the cold."
Shaoyao stood up and said, "I have prepared the ginger and sugar water. Huahua, wait for me. I will bring it to you."
At this time, the footsteps outside were already very obvious. She rushed out angrily, and Haoyue hid behind the emperor with grievance.
The emperor stretched out his hand to stop him, "Alright, alright, what a mess."
Shaoyao glared, "Your Majesty, you have only listened to her one-sided words and you believe her words, right?"
"..." Shaoyao's sudden willingness to use her brain left the emperor speechless.
"Did she say that Huahua was disrespectful to her? Did she say that Huahua was pretending to be so just to wrongly accuse her? Did she say that I didn't believe her and she was still rude to her?" Shaoyao sneered, "Huahua was injured three times. The first time, she ran into the person wanted by the Seven Stars in her own farm. You can imagine how capable someone is to escape from Brother Yan. Huahua managed to hold on until Brother Yan arrived, but she was stabbed several times."
The Queen Mother came out of the room and listened quietly.
"The second time was in Zhenyang. Huahua went to negotiate a deal, and the local tyrants tried to force the sale and treated Huahua rudely. It would have been fine if they were just some thugs and thugs, but in the end, the soldiers from the Yixin Camp came to besiege her, and Huahua was injured again."
"The third time she was injured was at Yinshan Pass. Your Second Prince wanted to harm the Hua family, but Hua Hua fought to protect him and finally saved her life. She had to recuperate for half a month before she could get out of bed. She had to take medicine for half a year in a year, but she still had to do her best to fulfill your orders. You asked her to answer your questions, and she stood there for an hour. She was already exhausted by then, but your beloved concubine deliberately waited there, waiting for Hua Hua to kneel down and kowtow to her so that you could punish her."
Shaoyao looked at the emperor steadily, "Are you here to question me as well?"
PS: Will add more after the update.