"Yes, Your Majesty, I understand."
After the Grand Empress Dowager dismissed everyone, Mu Xingrou directly called out to Mu Fengqie.
"Sister hasn't had a good talk with you for a long time. I wonder if you have the time to visit my palace and catch up?" Mu Xingrou warmly invited Mu Fengqie.
"I can go, but you'd better change your way of addressing me. Stop calling me sister. It makes me uncomfortable." She had heard the Queen calling her "sister" for so long today. Now, just hearing Mu Xingrou call her that made her feel ill at ease.
"Alright then, Fengqie." Mu Xingrou pretended to sigh helplessly. The way she looked at Mu Fengqie was as if she were looking at a petulant younger sister.
Mu Fengqie felt disgusted deep in her heart. After Mu Xingrou returned to her palace, she no longer pretended. She simply sat on the imperial concubine's chair and stared at Mu Fengqie expressionlessly.
"Come on, tell me. What do you want from me?" Mu Fengqie knew that Mu Xingrou wouldn't come to her without a reason. As for whether she would help or not, that was another matter.
"I want to know if my body can still be nursed back to health." Mu Xingrou stared at Mu Fengqie gloomily.
"What do you think? Don't you know your own body well enough? Why do you still need to ask me? I already made it very clear to you that day." Mu Fengqie sat on a stool beside and slowly sipped her tea.
"Is there really no way at all? Aren't you the Valley Master of the Pharmacist Valley? How could there be no way?" Mu Xingrou clearly didn't believe what Mu Fengqie said. She thought Mu Fengqie was deliberately not treating her to take revenge.
"The Valley Master of the Pharmacist Valley is also a human being, not a god. How could she cure every disease? Instead of asking me, you might as well ask that Kong woman who gave you the prescription. Maybe she has a way. Then you can tell me, and I'll help you figure it out." Mu Fengqie looked at Mu Xingrou innocently, as if she were really thinking about Mu Xingrou's well - being.
Mu Xingrou stared at Mu Fengqie with a venomous look. She had already asked that bitch. But since Mu Rendong was "beheaded", that woman had gone crazy. She was never normal for a single day, and no one could understand what she said.
If she hadn't been really desperate, she wouldn't have come to beg Mu Fengqie.
"Your Majesty, instead of worrying about whether you can still have children, you might as well calm down and raise your own child. As for the future, who can say for sure? Maybe the child you want will come to you unexpectedly."
However, the probability was really too small, almost non - existent. Mu Xingrou's body had already been ruined by that bowl of medicine from Kong. It had damaged her root.
Mu Xingrou fell into deep thought after hearing Mu Fengqie's words. Yes, she now had the help of Eunuch Hai. As long as she raised her son to be the unrivaled candidate for the crown prince, her status in the future would definitely not be low. And since there was already a Queen in the palace, whether the future children could be born smoothly was still uncertain.
After figuring this out, Mu Xingrou felt much better. Mu Fengqie was of no use here anymore, so she just kicked her out. Mu Fengqie didn't care too much about Mu Xingrou's attitude of using and discarding people.
She was also a mother now. As long as Mu Xingrou didn't provoke her on a daily basis, she wouldn't cause trouble for her.
The third day after the Emperor and the Queen got married was the day for the Queen's maternal family to visit the palace. Old Lady Feng brought several of her pretty granddaughters into the palace.
In the Queen's Cizao Palace, when Old Lady Feng saw that there was no one in the hall, she didn't perform the courtesy. Instead, she directly sat on the throne exclusive to the Queen.
"Queen, these are the girls carefully selected from home. Take a look and see if there are any you like. Let them stay and take care of you." Old Lady Feng sounded nice, saying they were here to take care of the Queen, but anyone with a discerning eye knew what these girls were really for.
"Thank you, Grandmother. But there are already enough people here. I don't need you to add more." The Queen directly rejected Old Lady Feng's "kindness". It was already extremely difficult to survive in this palace. If she added these brainless girls sent by Old Lady Feng to cause trouble, she could already imagine how difficult her future days would be.
Old Lady Feng was offended. Her face immediately changed. Sitting on the throne arrogantly, she stared at the Queen and said, "Don't forget who your maternal family is. Without our support, your days in the palace won't be easy."
The Queen gritted her teeth as she watched Old Lady Feng blatantly threaten her. "Grandmother, you may not know that all the people in the palace are now under the control of the Grand Empress Dowager. If there are strange faces around me, I'm afraid I won't be able to explain it to the Grand Empress Dowager."
Old Lady Feng also fell into deep thought after hearing the Queen's words. If it was just about the Queen, it would be easy to talk about. After all, she was from their own family. But when it came to the Grand Empress Dowager, it was really hard to say. After all, she was the second most powerful person in the palace after the Emperor.
One careless move could lead to beheading. Thinking of this, Old Lady Feng temporarily gave up the idea of sending people into the palace. "You should take control of the harem as soon as possible. After all, you are the Emperor's wife. How could that old woman, the Grand Empress Dowager, have the nerve to keep the Phoenix Seal for so long?" Old Lady Feng complained dissatisfiedly.
"Yes, I will definitely do my best." As for how long it would take to do her best, it wasn't up to her. It would depend on when the Grand Empress Dowager died.
If Old Lady Feng knew what the Queen was thinking, she would definitely jump up in anger. What she meant was for the Queen to seize power from the Grand Empress Dowager, not for the Queen to wait for the Grand Empress Dowager to die and then take over the power!
"Queen, it's not that Grandmother doesn't love you. You should know that those who achieve great things must endure the pain that ordinary people can't bear." Old Lady Feng looked at the Queen with a pained expression.
"Grandmother's teaching is right. I've always understood this in my heart." The Queen replied expressionlessly. There was no emotion on her face. She was already used to this kind of thing.
It was well - known that Old Lady Feng favored Feng Qiao. As long as Old Lady Feng didn't cause trouble for them, they would be extremely grateful. How could they expect the old lady to feel sorry for them?
Old Lady Feng stayed in the Queen's palace for a whole morning. When she left, she took away a lot of boxes. The smile on her face couldn't be hidden.
"Your Majesty, we've already separated from the Feng family. Why do we still have to be so afraid of the old lady?" the Queen's personal maid asked puzzledly.
Back then, their treatment in the Feng family wasn't too good, but it wasn't too bad either. In general, they would only get what Feng Qiao didn't want.