Mu Xingrou steadied her nerves. It must be because she was too nervous and misread. She smiled at Concubine Jing and asked, "Your Ladyship, do you have any troubles?"
"Of course I do. You see, there are quite a number of women in the palace, but so far His Majesty still has no offspring," Concubine Jing said with a worried look.
Concubine Jing's seemingly casual remark made Mu Xingrou's eyes light up. Right! His Majesty still has no heir. As long as she can find a way to conceive His Majesty's child and give birth to a dragon son for him, wouldn't she be able to rise to great heights overnight? Maybe her child will even become the crown prince in the future.
Thinking like this, Mu Xingrou began to daydream. She imagined that after her son became the crown prince, wouldn't she be able to become the queen? After all, how could the mother of the crown prince have a low status?
Concubine Jing watched Mu Xingrou, who was full of ideas, and secretly curled her lips. Among the women in the palace, the only ones who haven't been drugged are those without power and Concubine Hua's side.
Although she didn't know how Concubine Hua managed to avoid His Majesty's harm, His Majesty would definitely not allow the child in Concubine Hua's womb to be born. How could a woman from another country be allowed to give birth to a dragon son? If the child is a princess, it would be fine, but if it's a prince... Concubine Hua's treatment might be "much better".
"Your Ladyship, here are four hundred - tael silver notes," Xiao Cui said as she walked over with four one - hundred - tael silver notes and handed them to Concubine Jing.
Concubine Jing glanced at the silver notes in her hand and then gave them to Mu Xingrou. "Lady Mu, here are four hundred taels. Please check them carefully."
Mu Xingrou checked the four silver notes in front of Concubine Jing. After making sure there was no problem, she asked to leave, and Concubine Jing didn't stop her.
"Your Ladyship, why did you lend her the money so readily?" Xiao Cui frowned as she watched Mu Xingrou leave in a hurry. She didn't quite understand. Shouldn't they have given Mu Xingrou a hard time first?
"Xiao Cui, sometimes, to give someone a hard time doesn't have to be done right away," Concubine Jing took out the IOU she had just written for Mu Xingrou and gave it to Xiao Cui. "Take a good look at the content on this paper."
Xiao Cui took the IOU and read it line by line. After reading, the corner of her mouth twitched. "This Lady Mu... actually signed it?" Xiao Cui was a bit skeptical. If she hadn't been there at the time, she would really have reason to suspect that her ladyship had used force on Mu Xingrou.
Mu Xingrou actually signed such harsh conditions without even blinking an eye. Xiao Cui didn't know what words to use to describe Mu Xingrou.
"You think too highly of this Lady Mu. Feng Qie has already told this palace that this Mu Xingrou... can't read," so Concubine Jing took a big advantage of Mu Xingrou. Not only did she help Feng Qie, but she could also make some money.
When Concubine Jing said this, Xiao Cui understood. No wonder Mu Xingrou's handwriting was so ugly. Her own handwriting was even better than Mu Xingrou's.
The IOU clearly stated that if Mu Xingrou couldn't return the four - hundred - tael silver notes within three days, then the interest would be calculated according to the rules of the money shops outside, and it would increase every day. Although it was calculated in wen, the daily increase was not small.
Judging from Mu Xingrou's appearance just now, she didn't plan to return the money in the near future. If she guessed correctly, Mu Xingrou might have to pay back this money for several years. However, if she had other ways out, it wouldn't take that long.
However, when Concubine Jing thought of what had just happened, her eyes suddenly became deep, and her face turned cold. As soon as Xiao Cui saw Concubine Jing's sudden change of expression, she became worried.
"Your Ladyship, is something wrong?" Xiao Cui looked at Concubine Jing worriedly.
"Just now, Mu Xingrou tried to push this palace down," Concubine Jing stared blankly at the direction where Mu Xingrou had left and said calmly. Although Mu Xingrou had hidden her intention well just now, she still saw it through the reflection on the water.
She really didn't expect that Mu Xingrou could be so cruel and actually wanted to kill her. If she hadn't turned around, she might have become a wronged soul under the water by now.
"What!" Xiao Cui's voice suddenly got louder when she heard Concubine Jing's words. Then she nervously looked around, walked to Concubine Jing's side, and whispered, "Your Ladyship, are you okay?" This Mu Xingrou was really a despicable person.
"This palace is fine."
"Your Ladyship, do you want this servant to find some people to teach Lady Mu a lesson?" This lesson had to be severe. Otherwise, she couldn't get over her anger. Their ladyship was such a kind person, but Mu Xingrou actually wanted to kill her. She couldn't be forgiven.
"No need. Just this piece of paper will be enough for her to suffer," Concubine Jing now lived in the palace with the attitude of "as long as others don't provoke me, I won't provoke them".
Moreover, she had been getting quite close to Concubine Shu recently. Since she had clearly told Concubine Shu that she could no longer conceive, and Concubine Shu had also sent someone to check on her, after confirming this, Concubine Shu no longer regarded Concubine Jing as an enemy.
A woman who couldn't conceive would have no support in the palace, so the two of them had reached a cooperation.
However, when it came to Concubine Shu, Concubine Jing also felt a bit helpless. Concubine Shu had only entered the palace for less than half a month, and they originally had no interaction. But once when she went out for a stroll, she accidentally saw the ambition in Concubine Shu's eyes and thought of giving her a hand.
She thought that in this way, she would have an assistant. But although Concubine Shu did have ambition, her mind was really too simple. She really didn't know how this woman had managed to climb to the rank of concubine and how she had survived in the palace.
"Let's go. Let's go to Concubine Shu's palace and sit for a while. It's been a long time since we last visited her," Concubine Jing said as she leaned on Xiao Cui and slowly walked towards Concubine Shu's palace.
"Sister Jing, why do you have time to come to visit me today?" Concubine Shu had just come of age half a month ago and was sent to the palace by her family. She was also a poor girl.
"This palace was just idle, so I came to see you, sister. If it's inconvenient for you, sister will come another day," Concubine Jing said as she was pulled by Concubine Shu into the room.
"Of course it's convenient. How could it be inconvenient? It's already great that sister can come to see me. Sister doesn't know. In this palace, I don't even have anyone to talk to," she was almost bored to death. Every day, all she did was embroidery, and her eyes were almost going blind from it.
"If you're idle, just come and find sister. Sister has nothing to do either," Concubine Jing looked at Concubine Shu as if she were looking at a child.
"By the way, sister, is it really impossible for your illness to be cured?" Concubine Shu stared quietly at Concubine Jing's stomach, with a look of pity on her face.
Concubine Jing looked at the expression on Concubine Shu's face and smiled...