When Qin Ranran entered the courtyard, Murong Yue had been sitting in the main seat waiting for Qin Ranran for a long time. She had seen many tricks like Qin Ranran's in the palace.

Relying on his temporary favor, he became so spoiled that he even forgot his own identity.

"I pay my respects to the princess." Qin Ranran perfunctorily bowed to Murong Yue and stood up before Murong Yue could say anything. "I didn't get up late on purpose. It's just that the prince kept me up too late yesterday, so I missed the time to pay my respects to the princess."

Murong Yue glanced at Qin Ranran out of the corner of her eye and said lightly, "It's okay."

Seeing that Murong Yue didn't make things difficult for her, Qin Ranran thought that Murong Yue must be afraid to make things difficult for her because of Prince Xiang, so she became even more presumptuous. "I just looked at the servants in the princess's room, and there are not even half as many as in my room. When the prince comes back tonight, should I ask him to send more people to serve the princess? Otherwise, if outsiders find out, he will be known as favoring his concubine over his wife."

Murong Yue said coldly, "Don't worry about the affairs of my courtyard, sister. Just take care of the affairs of your own courtyard and don't overreach."

Qin Ranran seemed oblivious to the expression on Murong Yue's face as she continued to speak, "What are you talking about, Princess? According to age, I should be your elder sister. What's wrong with an elder sister taking better care of her younger sister?"

Murong Yue snorted coldly, stood up suddenly, pinched Qin Ranran's cheeks tightly, forced her to look at him, and said sternly: "Who do you think you are? How dare you call yourself my sister?"

Then he loosened his grip on Qin Ranran's hand, took out a handkerchief and wiped it carefully several times before handing it to the maid beside him, saying, "Burn this handkerchief. I think it's unlucky."

After a pause, he continued, "Come here—the concubine has committed insubordination and does not know the rules. Drag her out and give her twenty strokes of the cane!"

Before the servants could step forward to hold Qin Ranran down, a voice came from outside: "I'll see who dares!"

Compared with Prince Xiang, the servants naturally listen to Prince Xiang more.

King Xiang walked in angrily, and the first thing he did was to protect Qin Ranran behind him, as if Murong Yue was a monster.

Murong Yue refused to give in: "Your Highness, the concubine has only been married for a day, and you've already revealed your true nature of favoring your concubine over your wife. Isn't this inappropriate?"

Prince Xiang was annoyed by Murong Yue's attitude and immediately issued an order: "Do I need you to teach me how to do things? Come here - the princess has offended me and will be confined for half a month from now on. Anyone who dares to let the princess out will be beheaded!"

Murong Yue was also a smart person. From King Xiang's attitude, she realized that she had probably lost King Xiang's trust and even her value to be utilized. Otherwise, King Xiang would not have been so angry with her as he did today.

But Qin Ruoruo had not given herself enough poison. If she stopped now, judging from King Xiang's current attitude towards her, she would probably never have the chance to poison him again in the future.

As soon as the confinement imposed on her by Prince Xiang was lifted, Murong Yue had a carriage prepared and entered the palace. She entered the palace under the pretext of paying her respects to the empress dowager, but after staying in Cixi Palace for half an hour, she got up and took her leave.

Her real purpose of entering the palace this time was to ask Gu Yanyue to teach her how to cook. She planned to cook a meal for King Xiang herself to apologize to him.

After hearing the purpose of Murong Yue's visit, Gu Yanyue, who considered herself a stingy person, taught Murong Yue some extremely spicy Sichuan dishes, such as Kung Pao Chicken, Mapo Tofu, Twice-Cooked Pork, Dongpo Cuttlefish, etc. These dishes might not taste like anything to someone like Murong Yue, who was used to eating chili peppers all year round, but for a member of the royal family like Yuwen Ran, who only had access to spicy food a few times a year, it would be quite difficult.

Just thinking about the scene where King Xiang was eating spicy food and was speechless because of the spiciness, Gu Yanyuejiu felt happy.

Murong Yue already had some basic skills, so she learned these four dishes very quickly, and had mastered them all in less than an hour.

After learning it, Murong Yue asked Gu Yanyue for a lunch box, intending to pack it up and take it back to the palace, where she could heat it up and eat it directly.

The dishes that were finally served, except for the vegetarian dish Mapo Tofu, all the other dishes were poisoned by Murong Yue in large doses. In order to make the dose reach the target all at once, she even smeared the poison on her own body.

After being led into the courtyard by his servants, King Xiang began to smell the aroma of food coming from the house.

The reason why he came to Murong Yue's yard today was because Murong Yue sent someone to the study to invite him, saying that she had personally cooked a table of delicious dishes and planned to apologize to him in person.

Prince Xiang has always known that Murong Yue can cook, but he has never had the chance to taste the food cooked by Murong Yue. This time Murong Yue took the initiative to cook for him, so he naturally had no reason to refuse.

Before he even entered the room, he couldn't help swallowing his saliva. After entering, he looked at the delicacies already placed on the table. Without waiting for Murong Yue to speak, he sat down consciously, picked up the bowl and chopsticks in front of him, and began to feast on the food.

One bite and you can't stop eating. Even for someone like him who doesn't like spicy food, the taste is excellent. These dishes are also very delicious with rice. The King of Xiang drank three bowls of rice with these dishes.

Murong Yue watched as Prince Xiang cleared all the dishes, even the Mapo Tofu. The smile on her lips never faded, and she even felt less disgusted when serving Prince Xiang.

Seeing Prince Xiang put down his bowl and chopsticks, Murong Yue leaned over and nestled in his arms, rubbing circles on his chest with her fingers. "Your Highness, you have never set foot in my courtyard since the concubine entered the palace."

King Xiang could hear the jealousy in Murong Yue's words. With his lust at the top of his mind, he tried to coax her with kind words. When Murong Yue finally gave in, he immediately carried her to the bed.

On the other side of the palace.

Yu Wenran felt that Gu Yanyue's attitude towards him had become increasingly cold recently. Even when he took the initiative to ask for sex, she kicked him off the bed.

Yu Wenran climbed onto the bed again with perseverance, hugged Gu Yanyue from behind, put his head on her shoulder, and said aggrievedly: "Ayue, why are you so cold to me now? You kicked me off the bed and didn't even bother to comfort me..."

Gu Yanyue was thinking about the surprise she had prepared for Yu Wenran in a few days. She kept telling herself in her heart, "I must hold back! Hold back! I can't give up the surprise I'm going to give him in a few days just because I feel soft-hearted towards him."