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Inner Court, Imperial Palace, Jade Capital.
“Leave us.” Xie Wei’s voice was cold and sharp, her frosty gaze cutting across the physician bowing deeply before her. Every line in her expression screamed useless trash.
The physician wiped the sweat from his forehead, nodding rapidly before scurrying out like a mouse chased by a hawk.
“Next.” Xie Wei’s tone was like winter frost, her Empress’s authority radiating outward in invisible waves.
The surrounding guards and palace maids froze, silent as cicadas in the cold. Not daring to breathe too loudly, they rushed to summon the next physician waiting outside.
Meanwhile, Xie Wei sat by the imperial bed, her beautiful face shadowed with worry as she looked at the Emperor lying weakly before her.
It had been days since the Emperor had returned from his inspection tour of the Jade Capital, where he had accidentally entered the Apparel Atelier ghost domain and suffered grievous injuries from an attack by the atelier ghost.
In these days, the Empress spent her mornings managing endless palace affairs, stabilizing the recently rebuilt court. But whenever she found a moment of rest, or when night fell, she would come here without fail, staying...
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