The Rising Phoenix-Chapter 652: The Empress Dowager Invites Her Over.

Bai Xifeng did not care what the servant thought about her. She followed her to the Jasmine Palace. They entered the hall where the empress dowager was sitting with someone. They seemed to be talking. The servant greeted the empress dowager.

Bai Xifeng finally recognised the person who had been talking to the empress dowager. It was the empress. She was surprised to see the empress here. The empress seemed to be a different person here. It was different when she saw her last night.

"Lady Bai, you are here." The Empress Dowager smiled as she looked in Bai Xifeng’s direction.

"Mother, is the person that you have been waiting for, Young Lady Bai?" The empress asked.

"Yes. She is the one." The empress dowager nodded.

Bai Xifeng slightly bowed to the empress dowager and the empress, greeting the empress and the empress dowager. The servant who escorted Bai Xifeng earlier frowned again. This time, she did not hold back. She began to criticise Bai Xifeng, thinking that she had her master to back her up.

"Lady Bai, when greeting the royal family members, you should kneel down. Only then, you greet them. Your servant knows better than you." The servant taught Bai Xifeng and praised Xiao Li, who knelt down.

Everyone was silent. Bai Xifeng looked at the servant speechlessly. How many times that she need to explain that?

The empress dowager turned around and faced the servant.

"Caixie, go and accept your punishment." The empress dowager said.

"Huh?" The servant, Caixie, was confused.

She did not understand the meaning of the empress dowager’s order. She also did not understand why she needed to be punished. She was supposed to get praise from the empress dowager.

"Mother, it seems she does not understand why she should be punished." The empress said.

The servant thought the empress was helping her. She thanked the empress in her heart. However, the next words from the empress stunned her.

"General Bai and his descendants don’t have to kneel to the royal family members. Well, it is not why Mother was angry at you. Mother was angry at you because it is not your place to speak up." The empress continued.

The servant was shocked. She was one of the people who stayed long beside the empress dowager. She used to scold people using her position. So, she thought it would be the same.

"Your Highness... I am sorry for speaking out like that." The servant said.

"Go and accept your punishment." The empress dowager said.

"Yes." The servant nodded and rushed out.

"Lady Bai, sorry on my servant’s behalf." The empress dowager said.

"It’s fine. I don’t care much about that." Bai Xifeng did not care much about that.

"Mother, why are you calling Lady Bai today?" The empress asked, feeling curious.

’Does Mother want to talk about the engagement between the crown prince and Lady Bai? Does she want Lady Bai to break the engagement between the third prince?’ The empress was waiting for the empress dowager’s answer.

If Bai Xifeng knew what the empress’s thoughts were, she would roll her eyes. Bai Xifeng looked at the empress and the empress dowager. She remembered that the empress dowager was from the same family as the empress. ’Oh... If I am not mistaken, the empress dowager is the empress’s auntie. No wonder...’ The empress position did not change to someone else after many years, even though the empress did not have any children to help her keep her position.

It was probably because of the empress dowager. The emperor did not dare to defy his mother. That was why the empress managed to keep her position.

"Lady Bai..."

"Lady Bai..."

"Young Miss." Xiao Li patted Bai Xifeng’s shoulder.

Bai Xifeng snapped to reality. "Sorry."

"So, Lady Bai, can you treat me?" The empress dowager asked.

"Of course, I can." Bai Xifeng nodded while displaying a confident smile to the empress dowager.

"Mother, what are you talking about? Treat what?" The empress asked, demanding to know what they meant by this conversation.

The empress dowager ignored the empress and looked straight at Bai Xifeng. Then, she slightly bowed her head to Bai Xifeng.

"Lady Bai, please help me. Treating this illness." The empress dowager humbly asked for Bai Xifeng’s help.

"Of course, I can treat you if you pay me." Bai Xifeng said.

"How much do you want?" The empress dowager asked.

"10 million." Bai Xifeng said. freeweɓnovēl.coɱ

"10 million?" The empress dowager was surprised.

"You will get three elixirs. One of them is a fifth-grade elixir, Soul Devouring Heart Rotting Elixir, another one is a fourth-grade elixir, Elemental Heart Elixir, and the last elixir is a second-grade elixir, Purple Heart Barrier Elixir. The first one is 5 million. The second one is 4 million. The last one is 1 million. Even though the second one was only a fourth-grade elixir, it is considered a lost recipe. You will never get that anywhere else. The first one is needed to neutralise the toxin that has accumulated in your heart before we can treat your injured heart. The second elixir is to treat an injured heart. The last one is to protect your heart. This protection will last for 100 years." Bai Xifeng explained why her treatment was so expensive.

"I am willing." The empress dowager agreed without blinking her eyes.

She had suffered so much for a long time. She could not bare anymore.

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