The next morning, Timothy, who rarely slept peacefully, got up and felt refreshed. He glanced at Gianna, who was still not looking very well, and said, \"You stay in the palace and have a good rest. There will be a Lantern Festival in the city tonight. I will show you the lanterns of Dazhou.\" Gianna rubbed her sleepy eyes, puzzled for a while. Why would he take her to see the lantern? But as soon as the man was done speaking, he opened the door and left, leaving Gianna alone in the bed. \"Is he going impress you with a lantern show?\" Suddenly, there was a joking voice in the room. Gianna\'s eyebrows were furrowed as she pulled the quilt to cover her body, and then said, \"A life is not even enough for what he owes me, let alone a lantern show.\" Baron stared at Gianna closely as if wanting to see any flaws on her face. \"I\'m very pleased to hear your determination,\" Baron\'s voice softened slightly, \"but, Sophia, I d
When he arrived at the gate of the palace, Gianna saw Timothy\'s tall and straight figure standing firmly in the night. He only slightly smiled when Gianna walked in, and then took out a white silk cloth from behind and covered Gianna\'s eyes. \"Your Majesty,\" Gianna said, a bit surprised. \"Hush!\" Timothy touched her face, slowly took her hand, and said like a child, \"Wait a while, I will remove it for you when it\'s time.\" His voice was gentle that Gianna couldn\'t help but feel her heart soften. She closed her eyes obediently as the expectation in her heart was getting stronger and stronger. As the carriage was passing through the street, she felt Timothy lead her out of the carriage and guided her to another place. Although her eyes were closed, she could still feel the surroundings lighting up for her. Gianna wanted to take off the white silk, Timothy seemed to have guessed her thoughts and asked her to wait a little long
\"I\'m tired, I want to go back to the palace.\" She started to walk away as soon as her body turned. \"Stop!\" Timothy\'s voice immediately became cold and stern, Gianna thought about her current identity, and turned her body gently. \"What else does Your Majesty want to do? Next is to tell Gianna how much you love the Empress? No need!\" How much he loves Veronica, she already learned it three years ago. Timothy\'s eyes flashed a dark color. He sauntered toward Gianna, and pinched her chin. \"If I said that I love the Empress, what would you do?\" Gianna was losing her patience. She glared at Timothy straight in the eyes, and her heart was suddenly stunned. Immediately, a charming smile appeared on her face. \"If that\'s the case, then Gianna can only do everything possible to torture Your Majesty until Your Majesty falls in love with Gianna.\" \"Then torture me!\" When the w
After a month of being locked up in her palace, Veronica couldn\'t wait to confront Gianna after she got out. She took the initiative to lead people to the Baohua Palace of Gianna, took a look at Gianna who was arranging flowers, and strode over, \"My sister was wronged a few days ago. It was the sister\'s fault. My sister apologized to my sister here. \" Gianna glanced at Veronica\'s hypocritical face and curled her lips, \"Gianna ranks ninth in Xixia, with three older brothers and five older sisters in front. I wonder who the Empress thinks is the oldest.\" Veronica was startled, her face immediately ugly. But thinking of the purpose of coming today, she chose to be patient, \"Since we are in the same harem, then we are a family. Could it be that the younger sister is still blaming the older sister for the poisoning last time? If that\'s the case, the older sister is here to kneel and ask my sister for forgiveness!\" With that said, Veronica was
After Penny returned to Baohua Palace, she told Gianna what she had seen. \"My lady, do you think our strategy will fail?\" Penny asked worriedly. Gianna continued to fiddle with the flowers in the bottle, and said reassuringly, \"Don\'t worry, when she was holding the cup of tea just now, the poisonous gas has already entered her scarred skin. It won\'t be long before her face slowly rots!\" Penny was relieved now. Gianna looked at the bracelet on her wrist. The bracelet looked no different but she didn\'t believe that Veronica would have such kindness. With doubt in her mind, she pulled out a hairpin and immediately scratched the bracelet\'s face, then put the bracelet by the tip of her nose and sniffed it lightly. After three years of practicing incense and perfumery, Gianna\'s sense of smell has always been better than that of ordinary people. With a light sniff, she knew that there was musk in the bracelet. It was no
\"But how did I get poisoned? I have always been very careful—\" Gianna\'s sentence was cut short by her intense coughing. Timothy slowly moved his gaze to Gianna\'s wrist. On her pale wrist, the golden carved bracelet was lying quietly. \"Doctor, check this bracelet.\" Timothy took the bracelet down and handed it to the imperial doctor. The doctor first tried poking it with a silver needle, but the silver needle did not change. Just then, the carved bracelet suddenly cracked and several pea-sized pills popped out of it. The doctors picked them up and kissed them, and their complexions changed immediately. \"Your Majesty, this turns out to be a musk!\" Musk! Timothy\'s face changed suddenly, and Gianna, who also seemed to have just learned about it, was lying in Timothy\'s arms with a look of horror. \"Musk! How could it be musk? Your Majesty, what did the Empress want to do? Did she want me to
These excuses were already thought by Veronica beforehand. Timothy strode to Veronica\'s side, and spoke in a cold tone, \"Empress, I haven\'t said anything yet, why are you in such a hurry to defend yourself?\" \"Your Majesty!\" Veronica looked at Timothy at this moment. Timothy stood beside Veronica, his deep eyes scrutinizing her carefully as if he was meeting this woman for the first time. \"Veronica, have you ever told me the truth? When did I say that there was musk in the bracelet? Why are you so nervous?\" Veronica\'s body suddenly stiffened, her hands and feet turned cold. She raised her head and looked at him incredulously, finally understanding what Timothy meant. After all, she was too careless. At this time, she has been at a disadvantage, and she has lost her usual wisdom. \"Of course, the imperial doctor told the Empress,\" Veronica said with a hint of nervousness. \"But why did Doctor Zen say that
\"Doctor Zen!\" Veronica wanted to pounce Doctor Zen to silence, but Gianna grabbed her. \"Empress, why are you panicking? Is it because you know you have done a lot of bad things and is now afraid of retribution?\" Gianna smiled cunningly. Veronica wished to choke this woman to death with her own hands, but she was instead silenced by her words. Doctor Zen kowtowed, and said, \"Your Majesty, the minister has only done one thing other than putting musk in the bracelet of the Imperial Noble Consort. That was when the Empress asked the minister to diagnose the pulse of Lady Sophia. She asked me to deliberately manipulate the result and add an extra month to the age of the fetus, but the truth was, Lady Sophia\'s fetus was only two months old at that time!\" Timothy felt the world spin. He froze on the spot, his heart felt like he was being poisoned, and he clenched his fists until it hurt. And his breathing was getting heavier.