Chapter 451: Duty

“Your Imperial Highness, what are you doing?” When Qing Zhu saw that Ning Shu had smashed the mermaid pearl, she hastily said, “Your Imperial Highness, this is something the marshal gave you as part of your dowry. This is the only mermaid pearl in the world!”

It was the only one in the world? Good. Rather than leaving it for the fox, it was more refreshing to smash it herself.

Ning Shu dusted off her hands and said mildly, “Was in a bad mood so I decided to smash a pearl for fun.”

“…Your Imperial Highness.” Qing Zhu looked at Ning Shu speechlessly.

“Clean things up. This empress is going to take a nap.” Ning Shu went back to the bedroom to continue practicing the Unsurpassable Martial Arts. She had to fix her health before she could deal with anything else.

This round of meditation ended up lasting half the day. Ning Shu only opened her eyes when she got hungry and found that it was already night.

Qing Zhu was pacing around worriedly outside. When she saw Ning Shu come out, she sighed in relief and asked, “Your Imperial Highness, would you like the evening meal now?”

“En.” Ning Shu sat down on the chair and palace maids came in with the dishes. Qing Zhu stood next to her and said, “Your Imperial Highness, the little prince came in the afternoon, but left after this servant told him that you were resting.”

Ning Shu just replied ‘en’ and started eating. The food was not bad. Qing Zhu glanced at Ning Shu cautiously, then carefully said, “Your Imperial Highness, the little prince is still young. Although he likes to play a little too much, it might be because studying is really too hard for him right now.”

Ning Shu put down her chopsticks. Qing Zhu’s expression changed drastically and she hastily bowed and said, “This servant has overstepped her bounds. This servant deserves to die.”

Ning Shu looked at the girl. This girl had grown up with the original host. After the original host died, she lowered her presence and lived quietly. She wanted to get revenge for the original host and tried to poison the fox to death, but her plan was seen through and before she could, Huo Qing had already forced her to drink poison.

Qing Zhu was the daughter of a servant from the