"Qiulan, hurry. Send word to Daoist Priest He and tell him I'm going to see him tonight."
Only Master can save her now.
Only Master will help her.
The Emperor...
Thinking of how cold he had been toward her these past few days...
The Emperor could no longer be relied upon.
Qiulan was frantic. "Empress, absolutely not! You're the Empress. How can you leave the Imperial Palace so casually? If the Emperor finds out..."
Besides, the Empress had grown far too close to Daoist Priest He.
And Daoist Priest He clearly harbored those kinds of feelings for her.
The Empress made no effort to avoid suspicion and instead kept meeting him so often. Something was bound to happen.
"Then we just won't let him know."
Since you're heartless, don't blame me for being heartless too.
As for the affection we once shared, I, Su Yue, must have mistaken you for someone else.
"He hasn't stepped into my Phoenix Palace once in the past half a month. I doubt he'll come tonight either."
"But..."
Qiulan thought that what the Empress needed most right now was to speak honestly with the Emperor and clear up the misunderstanding, rather than...
However, Su Yue was so anxious about her own body that she had no room to think about any of that.
She only wanted to see He Zhou as soon as possible and have him solve the problem with her body.
She couldn't stand by and watch herself grow old.
She simply couldn't imagine herself with a face full of wrinkles.
Every time she thought about it, she felt as though she were about to go insane.
"No buts!"
*
That very afternoon, Su Baiwen finally returned from South Mountain, where he had gone to help Su Qiao collect poisonous creatures.
He had