Tangyuan felt even more determined to lose weight while pitying the original owner. Outside the Imperial Palace, she would have to strive for life, but while here, she might as well focus fully on losing weight until her health improved, only then would she negotiate with those people!
At this point, she had already discovered who had harmed the original owner in her previous life. Hearing such a big secret meant she needed to accumulate strength before she could avenge the original owner.
She had been growing organic apples and radishes in her space for some time now, earning coins, and had purchased seeds that grew in Red Land soil.
At Level 28, she could grow the Bottle Tree, also known as the Bottle Tree, with the thickest part reaching a diameter of five meters and heights up to 30 meters. It was said to be the plant with the highest water storage capacity, able to provide ample water resources for people in the desert.
Since Level 28 had only this plant available, Yuan Yuan had no choice but to sell her previous harvests and bought six seeds of this type to plant.
Besides the hard labor in her space, she planted vegetables and fruits in every possible growing spot of Yikun Palace.
For instance, in the corners were pumpkins, winter melons, flat beans, and snake beans; in sunny spots, cucumbers, tomatoes, eggplants, chilies, and green beans; in slightly less favorable places, sweet potatoes, potatoes, and peanuts. The seeds brought by the eunuchs were limited, so she bought any unavailable seeds from the Space Mall. The more variety she planted, the more she harvested, and the more options she had. Follow current ɴᴏᴠᴇʟs on N()velFire.net
Because farming required strong ground, all the compost buckets of Yikun Palace were poured into dug pits in the vegetable plots. Even covered with soil, they still smelled bad.
Of course, she didn’t do the heavy work herself, but she did direct the eunuchs to do it. Fortunately, since everyone benefitted from her daily, nobody dared to complain about these tasks.
Because of the stench emanating daily from Yikun Palace and its location in the Central Palace, passersby had to cover their noses to get by.
Thus, rumors of the Empress having poor hygiene spread, but Yuan Yuan, who didn’t hear them, didn’t care.
As for the palace attendants, aside from picking up supplies and food, they often didn’t leave the Yikun Palace since there were Edicts from both the Empress Dowager and the Emperor. No one dared to neglect her, the Empress with effective power.
Although people dared to talk in private, they didn’t dare to openly discriminate against those from Yikun Palace. Thus, even with rumors circulating, everyone lived peacefully.
In the evening, the Empress Dowager personally sent a doctor to check Yuan Yuan’s pulse.
Yuan Yuan already knew her relationship with the Empress Dowager but kept acting as if she didn’t, maintaining courtesy on the surface but scorning her inwardly.
After checking the pulse, the Empress Dowager and the doctor went to the side hall. Yuan Yuan was aware of her health condition and had no interest in following them; she tidied up and sat down to drink tea instead.
In the side hall, the doctor conveyed his findings in detail. His final conclusion was,
"From the pulse, the Lady’s vitality and spleen are weak, and the organs are overly burdened. From the results of the acupuncture, the Lady has been poisoned. It’s a toxin that has been latent in the body for many years. While not immediately lethal, it could lead to premature death if not addressed. Moreover, this reckless eating habit of the Lady might be caused by that toxin. To determine the exact toxin, we must consult medical texts."
Upon hearing this, the Empress Dowager collapsed into a nearby chair, Nanny Liu hurriedly stepped forward to support her, "Empress Dowager, please calm down!"