Ying Huai felt an itch behind her ears and quickly turned her head away.

His voice was helpless and hoarse: "I didn't yell at you."

Seeing that he had successfully grasped the wrong point, Li Yunyan smiled triumphantly, but quickly suppressed it.

"Sir, you must keep your word!"

Seeing that he was still tilting his head and not looking at her, she walked to his other side and quickly whispered two words in his ear.

"Good night!"

Then she ignored him and went straight into bed.

Yinghuai returned to the roof beam, but something still felt off!

Staring intently at her peaceful sleeping face, I lost all interest in thinking.

He Beiyi woke up feeling refreshed once again. He always felt that with Yan'er by his side, he slept particularly well!

He kissed her forehead tenderly, then went to the outer room and asked Yuan Qing to help him change his clothes.

As usual, Li Yunyan went to the Empress's place for a cup of tea. This was the third time she had brought tea with medicine.

The empress looked delighted after seeing her drink it.

No matter how much the Emperor favors this vixen, if she cannot bear children, after a few years, when a new generation replaces the old, no matter how beautiful she becomes, she will not be able to cause any trouble!

Looking at the Empress's seemingly gentle yet menacing smile, Li Yunyan couldn't help but sneer inwardly.

The Queen was confident of victory, but who was truly in the game was still uncertain!

That evening, He Beiyi came to Chonghua Palace as usual.

The most nervous person was Ying Huai!

He stared intently at the two figures intertwined on the bed, fearing that His Majesty might suddenly faint again, and also fearing what would happen to her if His Majesty didn't faint.

The next instant, the boulder that had been hanging there finally fell to the ground.

His Majesty has indeed fainted!

He didn't know whether to be angry or laugh.

Ying Huai reappeared by the bedside with a complicated expression, looking at Li Yunyan, hesitant to speak.

How much medicine do you have left?

Li Yunyan lazily got up. Today, the thin ribbon around her neck was barely hanging on, about to fall off. Every move she made made Ying Huai tremble with fear.

Seeing her step off the bed, he quickly grabbed the thin shawl beside him and wrapped it tightly around her.

The movement was so gentle that even he himself was unaware of it.

Li Yunyan was enveloped by him, and smiled as she saw him staring intently at her, as if waiting for her reply.

"What if I said I still have a lot?"

"What?!" He unconsciously raised his voice. What did "a lot" mean?

Upon hearing this, Li Yunyan shrank back slightly, her eyes welling up with tears. "You promised you wouldn't be mean to me."

Ying Huai sighed helplessly and softened his tone: "I'm not being mean to you, but you have to give me your medicine."

"If I don't reveal it, are you really going to tell His Majesty about this?"

He didn't answer, so Li Yunyan asked again, "If I don't have this medicine, and His Majesty succeeds, I will seek death."

Seeing that he finally looked over, just as Li Yunyan's tears rolled down her cheeks, she quickly lowered her eyes and said in a low voice, "I haven't done anything wrong. Is it really so unforgivable that I just don't want to submit to His Majesty?"

Without having to meet her gaze, Ying Huai finally dared to look her in the eye. Seeing her crying helplessly and miserably, his heart felt as if something had tugged at it.

Yes, she did nothing wrong. She was simply captured and sent to the palace because of her beauty.

She was so innocent and helpless, why should I force her?

He softened a little, but just then, she suddenly raised her head, her eyes filled with determination.

"The pills are all on me. If you insist on taking them, then take them. Yunyan will not resist."

Her eyes held a death wish; if he dared to take all her medicine, she would immediately commit suicide.

She pressed closer and closer to him, inch by inch, until finally she leaned against him.

Ying Huai backed down, forced to retreat step by step until his back hit the wall, with nowhere left to go.

Seeing that she was about to get any closer, his hand reflexively grabbed her waist.

Her waist was soft and slender, so delicate that it could be grasped in one hand.

The warmth of her touch made Ying Huai's heart skip a beat. Finally, unable to resist, he moved his hand to her shoulder and twisted her away forcefully.

Then he disappeared into the house.

After that, Ying Huai never appeared again while He Bei Huai was in a coma.

Li Yunyan breathed a sigh of relief. The first small goal was achieved. Time to start the second small goal!

*

Everyone in the palace knows that Li Yunyan is the emperor's darling and the most dazzling presence in the harem! In just over a month, she has not only been promoted from Liangdi to Lipin, but has now been directly granted the title of Fei!

She became Consort Li!

At this rate of advancement, if she were to become pregnant, she might be directly promoted to Imperial Concubine!

What should we do?

The women of the harem tore their handkerchiefs in half, all watching to see what the Empress would do.

The Empress, too, gritted her teeth and broke them!

She thought she would receive good news last month and waited with high hopes, but in the end, she was disappointed and resentful.

She felt frustrated and resentful, wondering why she couldn't conceive despite taking fertility-enhancing drugs every day.

She directed all her anger at Li Yunyan.

She originally thought that as long as Li Yunyan couldn't have children, she could rest easy. But she never expected that Li Yunyan would be so favored; the Emperor even stopped visiting the palaces of the other concubines because of her!

If things continue like this, it's entirely possible that His Majesty might be bewitched by her and depose her as Empress. If we wait until then to devise a countermeasure, it will be too late!

The Empress has become wiser now. Knowing that His Majesty will protect that vixen Li Yunyan no matter what, she no longer acts so blatantly as before.

She is the Empress; she doesn't necessarily have to do everything herself!

Ever since Li Yunyan drank those three cups of tea laced with medicine, the Empress has never tried to trip her up again. Even the best of the palace's allowances are sent to her Chonghua Palace first.

He Beiyi even praised the Empress a few times for this, saying that she was dignified and virtuous and managed the harem very well!

As a result, the Empress was all smiles every day, and even when she paid her respects to the concubines, she no longer found fault with them.

"The Empress is truly dignified and graceful, possessing the demeanor of a national mother, unlike some people who are always trying to seduce His Majesty."

The speaker was Consort Xu, the Empress's number one sycophant.

Before Li Yunyan entered the palace, Consort Xu was considered the most beautiful woman in the harem. Besides the Empress, He Beiyi spent the most time visiting her each month.

But ever since Li Yunyan entered the palace, His Majesty has hardly visited any other palaces. Apart from visiting the Empress's palace on the first and fifteenth of each month as usual, he spends the rest of his time in Chonghua Palace.

How could they not be angry!

Xu Meiren glanced at Li Yunyan intentionally or unintentionally, and felt angry as soon as she saw her face.

Li Yunyan knew immediately that she was talking about herself.

She couldn't bear the thought of being teased by crickets in front of her, so she immediately feigned ignorance and asked, "Why doesn't Sister Xu hook up with His Majesty?"

Is it because you don't want to?