"Your Majesty, this is the ginseng soup brewed by your humble concubine herself. Would you like to have a taste?" Mu Xingrou served a bowl of soup and handed it to Yuan Yuchuan. The aroma truly captivated him, and he really wanted to take a sip.
Moreover, he hadn't eaten much at noon. Yuan Yuchuan took the ginseng soup from Mu Xingrou's hand and took a mouthful. It did taste good. "Hmm, you've gone to a lot of trouble."
"It's no trouble. It's what your humble concubine should do." As she said this, Mu Xingrou walked behind him and began to massage his head. One had to admit that Mu Xingrou had really put in a lot of effort. Yuan Yuchuan immediately felt much more relaxed.
"Come on, tell me. What do you want from me?" He didn't believe for a moment that this woman had simply come to visit him.
"Your Majesty has misunderstood your humble concubine. Your humble concubine just missed Your Majesty and came here. Since your humble concubine entered the palace, Your Majesty hasn't come to see me even once." Mu Xingrou hugged Yuan Yuchuan from behind. The faint fragrance emanating from her body momentarily entranced Yuan Yuchuan.
"Your Majesty~" Mu Xingrou whispered in Yuan Yuchuan's ear. Instantly, Yuan Yuchuan couldn't think of anything else. All he could hear was Mu Xingrou's voice.
"Since you miss me so much, I'll grant your wish." With that, Yuan Yuchuan picked Mu Xingrou up and walked towards the big bed in the main hall.
Mu Xingrou lay on Yuan Yuchuan's shoulder and smiled triumphantly. This kind of drug, as long as the dosage was well - controlled, could really be undetectable.
Yuan Yuchuan was in his prime, and with the drug Mu Xingrou had put in the ginseng soup, the two of them didn't fall into a deep sleep until midnight.
When Mu Xingrou woke up the next day, she heard the chief eunuch beside Yuan Yuchuan say, "Concubine Mu, the Lesser, His Majesty has promoted you to this rank this morning."
Upon hearing this, Mu Xingrou's eyes sparkled with a dazzling light. She was right. Men were all driven by their lower halves. As long as they were well - served in bed, they could get whatever they wanted.
"And where is His Majesty?" Mu Xingrou cleared her throat and asked coquettishly.
"His Majesty has gone to court. He also said that he wants you to serve him tonight and attend the Mid - Autumn Festival banquet in a few days." The chief eunuch was also quite puzzled. He didn't understand why His Majesty would want this Concubine Mu, the Lesser, to attend the banquet.
A woman of low rank would only become the target of everyone's criticism if she went. However, this was a decision made by His Majesty. He couldn't say anything. As servants, they just had to obey.
"Really? That's great. Please thank His Majesty for me, Father - in - law." Mu Xingrou excitedly got out of bed. She never thought that her path to success would come so soon.
Hahaha, once she climbed higher, she'd see who would dare to provoke her. The first person she'd destroy would be Concubine Hua. She'd always been so arrogant. One day, she'd surpass her.
Until the day before the Mid - Autumn Festival, Mu Xingrou had been serving the emperor. Everyone in the palace knew that Mu Xingrou had somehow won the emperor's favor.
Concubine Hua was quite angry about this and wanted to cause trouble for Mu Xingrou, but was stopped by the nanny beside her.
"My Lady, you mustn't go." The nanny looked at Concubine Hua disapprovingly.
"Why?" Concubine Hua stared at the nanny ferociously. That bitch was trying to climb above her, and yet she wasn't allowed to teach her a lesson. Did she have to wait for that bitch to come and cause trouble for her?
Although she was usually not very smart, she could clearly see the hatred in Mu Xingrou's eyes for her, a hatred that wanted to kill her.
"My Lady, you're pregnant now. If your pregnancy is exposed, we'll be in the spotlight. Now that there's a scapegoat, why don't we make good use of it?" The nanny's words calmed Concubine Hua down.
However, she was still a bit reluctant. Mu Xingrou had been a lackey by her side, and now this lackey wanted to bite. How could it not disgust her?
"My Lady, we can deal with Concubine Mu, the Lesser, after the little prince is born." As long as the child could be born safely, they didn't have to care about anything else.
Concubine Hua thought for a while and agreed. "This time, I'll let that bitch Mu Xingrou go. Anyway, I still have something on her. I don't believe she'd really dare to do anything to me," Concubine Hua said viciously.
The nanny glanced at Concubine Hua but didn't say anything. Her task was to help Concubine Hua give birth to a prince and help the prince ascend the throne smoothly. She wouldn't care about anything else.
The most important thing now was to protect the child in Concubine Hua's belly. There mustn't be any mistakes. But while other things could be hidden from everyone, this pregnancy would be exposed after three months.
So they had to come up with a foolproof plan to ensure that Concubine Hua could give birth to the prince safely.
However, no matter how much Concubine Hua's people guarded against outsiders, they would never have thought that the person who didn't want them to give birth to the child would be the current emperor.
The day before the Mid - Autumn Festival, Concubine Hua's people informed the emperor of this. They had hoped to make the emperor happy, but the person who came to report the good news saw the emperor's face gradually darken.
Yuan Yuchuan hadn't expected that Concubine Hua was actually quite capable. He had sent her contraceptive pills, but she still managed to get pregnant. It seemed that there was a master beside Concubine Hua. But how could he allow his child to have the blood of another country? So this child mustn't be kept.
"I see. You may leave first." After dismissing the servant, Yuan Yuchuan sent a lot of things to Concubine Hua's palace. But he didn't say why he was sending them, leading others to think that this was a reward from the emperor to Concubine Hua.
After Mu Xingrou heard this news, she was extremely panicked. She never thought that Concubine Hua would regain the emperor's favor. What should she do? She must have completely offended Concubine Hua in the past few days. What if Concubine Hua came to cause trouble for her?
Although she had been serving the emperor these days, her rank hadn't been promoted. She was still just a concubine of a lower rank, and there was no sign of pregnancy in her belly.
"Tell me, is that prescription you gave me really useful?" Mu Xingrou glared at Mrs. Kong sitting on the bed. She had been drinking that folk remedy for several days, but there was still no sign.
"What are you in such a hurry for? I also drank that folk remedy for several days before I had Rendong. What's wrong with waiting a few more days?" Mrs. Kong rolled her eyes at Mu Xingrou and continued to look at the bracelet on her wrist. One had to admit that the things in the palace were really good.