Thinking about the fact that I am seriously ill in bed, looking at my current condition, I am afraid that even the imperial physician cannot save me.

  In fact, Old Man Zhang has already prepared himself mentally. He may not be able to see the sun tomorrow when he closes his eyes.

  It could be gone at any time.

  He couldn't even hold on until Zhang Yingzi left the palace.

  Even in such a situation, Zhang Yingzi was able to enter the palace without even thinking about him.

  I wonder if Zhang Yingzi thought of her seriously ill father outside the palace at all when she was left behind in the palace by the Queen.

  But have you ever thought that he might not be able to make it at any time and go away at any time?

  She couldn't even wait for anyone to notify the palace.

  Li Mumu smiled and said, "Don't think too much. Miss Zhang is worried about you. It's just that we are here to take care of you, and the imperial physician is here. The palace will ask about your situation every day, so Miss Zhang can know at any time. Miss Zhang is a little relieved."

  "What you need to do now is to take good care of yourself. Once you are well, Miss Zhang will be able to rest assured, right?" Li Mumu said with a smile, "If so, she can stay in the palace for a few more days. When she leaves the palace in the future, she will have the reputation of being taught by the Empress in the palace."

  "At that time, why worry about finding a good husband?" Li Mumu comforted.

  Li Mumu said that if things were so smooth, there would be no need to look for a husband after leaving the palace.

  He has money and a good reputation, so no one dares to mess with him.

  Wouldn't you be happier?

  But Old Man Zhang obviously wanted Zhang Yingzi to marry into a good family.

  Hearing Li Mumu say this, Old Man Zhang was indeed relieved. "Thanks to Madam Gu for her good words, if this is really possible, it would be great."

  Li Mumu smiled and said a few words to Old Man Zhang, asking him to have a good rest, before leaving Old Man Zhang's yard.

  However, Zhang Yingzi discovered that life in the palace did not seem as she had imagined.

  She came into the palace without anyone with her, and had no one she was used to having around her.

  Now he lives in a side hall of the Queen's bedroom, and the palace maids around him are all sent by the Queen.

  Usually, these people follow her wherever she goes.

  At first, Zhang Yingzi thought it was pretty good and was very proud of it.

  She had never been served by so many people.

  Whether it was the family in Chong'an that became wealthy because of Li Mumu, or after coming to the Gu Mansion, there were never so many servants around them.

  But after some time, Zhang Yingzi realized something was wrong.

  Wherever she went, there were people following her, and if they were just there to serve her, that would be fine.

  But the space she could move around in the palace was limited.

  To be precise, one cannot leave the queen's bedroom at all.

  Whenever she wanted to leave the queen's bedroom, the palace maids who served her would stop her from going out.

  It is said that one cannot move around the palace freely and one needs the consent of the Queen Mother.

  But since the first day she met the queen, the queen never summoned her again.

  When Zhang Yingzi took the initiative to ask for a meeting, Eunuch Xu would always say that the queen was busy.

  I am busy every day, sometimes meeting the concubines.

  Sometimes I went to the Queen Mother's palace.

  Sometimes I am handling official business.

  Sometimes, he was meeting the prince.

  Sometimes I am resting.

  Every time Zhang Yingzi went there, she got a different reason.

  It's hard for Eunuch Xu to find so many excuses.

  If it were someone else, they would definitely know that the Queen Mother didn't want to see her and asked Eunuch Xu to make up an excuse to get rid of her.

  But in Zhang Yingzi's view, it was Eunuch Xu who was blocking her outside, deliberately preventing her from seeing the Queen.  

  Maybe the queen herself is completely unaware of it.

  It was Eunuch Xu who was causing trouble.

  The more Zhang Yingzi thought about it, the angrier she became, especially when she thought about the first day she entered the palace, when she was reprimanded by Eunuch Xu in front of the Queen.

  But no matter what, Zhang Yingzi could never see the queen, and could not leave the queen's Ciyuan Hall.

  Moreover, even in this Ciyuan Hall, Zhang Yingzi could not go anywhere.

  There are often situations where you can't go here or there.

  for example.

  "Miss Zhang, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and His Royal Highness the Crown Princess are talking to the Queen in the garden. It is not convenient for you to go over."

  "Her Royal Highness the Crown Princess is drinking tea with the Queen in the garden today. You cannot go over."

  "Today, the Empress Defei is here to drink tea and enjoy the flowers in the garden with the Empress. Miss Zhang is not available to go over."

  "This is the Queen's study. Miss Zhang cannot enter."

  Later, Zhang Yingzi finally discovered that her range of activities was actually limited to the side hall where she lived and the courtyard of the side hall.

  This is worse than being in Gu's house!   At least she can walk around freely in Gu's house, and can ask servants to buy whatever she wants to eat or drink.

  You can go out for a stroll when you have nothing to do.

  In the Gu Mansion, no one except them would prevent her from going to see Gu Shangqing and would not allow her to enter Gu Shangqing's yard.

  She can go anywhere else.

  Although the palace is large, the only place she can go is this small side hall.

  Zhang Yingzi cried out of grievance.

  In other words, Zhang Yingzi did not know the third Turkic princess.

  Otherwise, the third Turkic princess would tell her that she was living a similar life in the palace.

  Zhang Yingzi even doubted whether the queen liked her.

  However, perhaps those palace servants deliberately made trouble.

  Did she do this under the orders of Eunuch Xu?   Anyway, Zhang Yingzi was going crazy staying in the palace.

  Since she couldn't see the queen, she could only go to Eunuch Xu and say that she was worried about Old Man Zhang's health and wanted to leave the palace to see him.

  She asked Eunuch Xu to report to the Queen on her behalf.

  Eunuch Xu thought to himself, of course you entered the palace happily, why didn't you think of Old Man Zhang?   However, you can circle Zhang Yingzi in the palace, but after all, it is the Queen's excuse to like Zhang Yingzi.

  Zhang Yingzi now proposed to go and see Old Man Zhang, but Eunuch Xu had to report it.

  He asked Zhang Yingzi to wait while he went to report.

  Eunuch Xu would naturally not let Zhang Yingzi catch him doing anything wrong.

  As a daughter who is worried about her father and wants to go back to see him, how can she refuse?

  So Eunuch Xu immediately went to report to the Queen.

  Only then did the Queen meet Zhang Yingzi.

  When Zhang Yingzi saw the queen, she couldn't help but feel aggrieved. "Your Majesty, you have been busy these days. Yingzi wanted to see you, but she couldn't. Every time Eunuch Xu said you were busy, why are you so busy?"

  Zhang Yingzi thought that her complaint was inconspicuous, but Eunuch Xu looked at her with his eyes and her nose, and sneered in his heart.

  The Queen said, "I have many palace affairs to deal with every day. I am really too busy to care about other things. But do you think I am wronged?"

  Zhang Yingzi quickly shook her head, "I dare not, and I don't feel wronged."

  The queen smiled coldly and said, "I heard from Eunuch Xu that you want to go back to see your father?"

  "Yes." Zhang Yingzi said, "I have lived in the palace for quite some time. Although I know about my father's situation at Gu's house every day, I still miss him and want to go back to see him."

  "That's right, you are a filial son. You must miss your father after being in the palace for such a long time." The queen nodded.