Chapter 53 If you're going to pretend, then pretend to the end.

Chapter 53 If you're going to pretend, then pretend to the end.

The mother and child's crying soaked the emperor's robes. The child's tears and snot were all wiped onto the emperor's robes.

When the mother and son finally stopped crying, only Kangxi had wet robes; the two of them had already started playing.

Kangxi was quite helpless and could only go down to change his clothes before returning.

The family of three enjoyed a cozy dinner together.

That night, the Emperor naturally followed the Empress and Chenghu back to Kunning Palace.

Emperor Kangxi, mindful of the Empress's illness, only disturbed her twice during the night before stopping and falling asleep peacefully in her arms.

Fanghua slept soundly through the night and didn't wake up until noon the next day, feeling full of energy.

Especially when she wakes up and sees her eldest son sleeping peacefully beside her, she feels incredibly content.

"When did Chenghu arrive?" Fanghua asked, standing up.

"Your Majesty, Prince Chenghu has only been here for a quarter of an hour. He is such a good boy. When he saw that Your Majesty was sleeping, he lay down right next to you without moving." Qiaoling praised her little prince with a smile that never stopped.

Fanghua's heart melted upon hearing this.

"That's right, look who his son is." Fanghua said with pride.

Her son is so sensible.

Seeing their mistress like this, everyone laughed.

After playing with the child in bed for a while, Fanghua got up to wash up.

After having breakfast, Fanghua planned to go to Cining Palace.

Just as she was about to leave the palace gate, Su Ma came over.

"Why did Aunt Su come here? Is there something wrong with Grandmother?" Fanghua asked, a hint of confusion on her face.

Seeing that the Empress still cared about her princess at this time, Su Ma felt very comforted. "Greetings, Your Majesty the Empress. May Your Majesty enjoy boundless blessings."

Su Ma bowed respectfully before replying, "Your Majesty, the Empress Dowager is well." She then smiled genuinely, "The Empress Dowager knows Your Majesty's benevolence and filial piety, so she sent me to tell Your Majesty to rest for another day."

She came today for two reasons: first, to deliver a message, and second, to see if the Empress was truly as filial as she appeared.

A servant should naturally investigate his master from multiple angles.

"I am not tired. Besides, my grandmother is not well, so I can't rest peacefully. Aunt Su, there's no need to persuade me. Let's go see my grandmother first. The imperial physician is going to take her pulse right now, and I need to hear what he has to say."

Fanghua shook her head, then said firmly.

She's been putting on an act for so many days; she wouldn't be so foolish as to let herself be seen through at this point.

Hmph, do they really think she's an ignorant child?

Su Ma wanted to say a few more words of advice, but Fang Hua cut her off, "Aunt Su Ma, there's no need to say more. I can't rest easy if I don't personally visit my grandmother every day."

And so, Fanghua went to Cining Palace once again.

No one knows who spread this news, but everyone in the imperial court and the inner palace who heard it praised the Empress for her filial piety.

The Empress Dowager was also pleased. Even the Empress Dowager treated her better than the Empress. How could she not be happy with such a filial granddaughter-in-law?

Fanghua had her own reasons for insisting on going. After all, the medicine needed to be broken down by her and would take at least seven days to be effective.

In this way, she would go to care for the sick person for the next four days without fail, rain or shine.

Naturally, the empress, being so filial, also received many rewards.

Fanghua was overjoyed; the cost of raising a child had increased again.

Before long, the day of administering the medicine was over, and Fanghua, who had been taking care of him day and night without taking off her clothes, finally wore out her body.

The Empress Dowager's illness has improved, but the Empress's high fever persists.

This further enhanced the Empress's reputation for virtue.

During her convalescence, Fanghua received many gifts.

This led her to a way to make money.

Xiao Feng was very dissatisfied with her master's behavior of faking illness to swindle money.

"Master, we have plenty of treasures in our space, why would you use yourself as a raft?" Xiao Feng asked, puzzled.

She is currently recuperating and has no one else around, so Fanghua and Xiaofeng went into the space to rest.

“We’ll have a lot of expenses in the future. Changtai will need a lot of money soon. If we don’t raise more, the family’s assets probably won’t be enough to support my plans.”

In her previous life, Fanghua followed Yinreng until his death, so her knowledge and experience were far superior to those of people now.

To reach the top, wealth and power are indispensable.

Now is the perfect time for her to accumulate wealth; if she misses this opportunity, she will regret it later.

After all, Yinreng had done many wrong things in his previous life because of his pursuit of wealth, and she didn't want the same thing to happen to her child.

Xiao Feng opened several boxes. "Master, you must have misunderstood the treasure I found this time. Look, isn't this gold enough for future expenses?" These were all painstakingly collected into its spatial storage.

Fanghua glanced at it and then looked away. "It's enough, but there has to be a reason for it. Do you think people won't be suspicious if you just pull it out of thin air?"

She is the Empress. If she suddenly takes out so much money, I'm afraid all those who are watching her will turn into the Minister of the Court of Judicial Review.

Little Phoenix's bird brain couldn't figure out the intricacies of the matter, so it could only silently accept its master's idea. "Oh, then I'll find more treasures to store in my space in the future, so you won't have to work so hard, you can just find someone to pretend to be someone else."

Xiao Feng still feels sorry for her master.

"Don't you have anything else to do? Didn't you say you could cultivate after you had a physical body? Instead of cultivating properly in the space, why are you running around outside all the time? I can't find you when I need to."

Fanghua was truly exasperated with Xiaofeng. She never did anything productive all day long. When she asked Xiaofeng to keep an eye on the palace, it would run away from the palace.

He even said to have his subordinates keep an eye on things so that they wouldn't be able to find anyone when it came time to do its job.

Hearing her master mention this, Xiao Feng felt wronged.

"Master, you're suffering!" It sobbed. In its past life, the Phoenix Seal was damaged, which harmed its soul. Coupled with its master's overflowing resentment, its cultivation path is now even more difficult.

It had kept quiet because it was afraid its owner would feel guilty, but now its owner was actually urging it to cultivate.

What does it repair?

Does it mean it can no longer cultivate? Or should it cultivate using its soul?

Oh well, let's just muddle through for now.

"It wants to wait for its master to cultivate together in the future." It will reincarnate after its master's death, and then... we'll see.

Fanghua didn't think much of it, after all, she knew she was different and that she could explain it to herself.

"Alright, then I won't rush you. But I can't do without you these next few years, Xiao Feng, I'm counting on you." She didn't want to suffer the pain of her past life again.

Xiao Feng lowered her head in shame, "I'm sorry, Master, I was wrong."

After drinking the spiritual spring water and resting for a while, Fanghua left the space.

Time inside the space is not equal to time outside. No matter how long she stays in the space, when she leaves, time will still be the same as when she came in.

Once outside the space, Fanghua started sweating and felt very uncomfortable.

She knew that the fever was going down, so she didn't rush to ask someone to bring her water. She decided to let her sweat it out first.