Empress Zhou paid no mind to their expressions. "With physiques like yours, having to stop and gasp for air after just a few steps, you're simply not fit. How can you possibly serve the Emperor well like this?
Noble Lady Xu, you're looking at me with that expression. Do you feel I haven't made you run enough today?"
Xu Meixin, her face covered in sweat, respectfully lowered her head. "Your Majesty, the Empress, this kind of running in circles... it doesn't seem to be doing any good. I just feel waves of dizziness when I run."
'If we keep running like this, we'll all become burly and our bodies will get hard as rocks. How are we supposed to win the Emperor's favor then?'
'The Empress's move is truly vicious. She's exhausting us every day, trying to destroy any trace of our beauty.'
Empress Zhou said, "Noble Lady Xu, if you are feeling unwell, you should have said so directly. I will have someone summon a physician to take your pulse immediately."
