Murong Qing's eyes were filled with smugness.

Although Su Muxi is now the Princess of Yong'an, she is the Consort Shu, personally appointed by the Emperor, and is always one step above Su Muxi!

With Ye Zeyu in the military camp, Su Muxi lost her support.

Now that the palace is her territory, it's perfectly justified for her to teach Su Muxi a lesson!

Just as the two old women were about to grab Su Muxi, an old and authoritative voice rang out.

"Stop it, all of you!"

Upon seeing the Empress Dowager, Su Muxi hurriedly ran to her side.

"Empress Dowager!"

Her voice was choked with sobs, and her eyes were full of grievance.

This wasn't something Su Muxi was putting on to make things difficult for Murong Qing; she genuinely felt wronged.

She didn't do anything wrong, so why are they all bullying her?

Feeling a sharp pain in her lower abdomen, tears welled up in her eyes for no reason. She blinked slightly, and large tears dripped from her eyes.

Seeing this, the Empress Dowager took Su Muxi's hand with heartache and patted it gently, "Xi'er, don't be afraid, I'm here."

His originally loving expression turned cold when he looked at Murong Qing.

"Consort Shu! What are you trying to do?!"

Murong Qing cursed the Empress Dowager in her heart, but on the surface she had to show a respectful attitude towards her.

"Your Majesty, Ye Zerui has now been demoted to a commoner by the Emperor, yet Princess Yong'an still refers to him as the Second Prince. In my opinion, Princess Yong'an's actions clearly show that she does not respect the Emperor."

And it's so late at night, the palace gates are already locked, yet Princess Yong'an still insists on going out, which is breaking palace rules. As Princess Yong'an's elder, I thought I'd teach her some manners.”

The Empress Dowager sneered upon hearing this: "Ha! You call this teaching people manners? You're the one who should be learning manners the most!"

"As a concubine, one should act like one. Spending all day using seductive tricks to seduce the emperor is utterly disgraceful!"

After saying that, he instructed Granny Gao, who was standing to the side, "Granny Gao, since Consort Shu is so particular about etiquette, then starting tomorrow, you shall go to Consort Shu's palace and teach her the rules of our Qi Kingdom!"

Granny Gao gave Murong Qing a cold look, a malicious smile playing on her lips, and bowed, saying, "Yes! This old servant will certainly teach Consort Shu proper manners!"

Upon hearing this, Murong Qing's face turned pale instantly.

The old nannies in the palace are all very shrewd. When she was in Northern Yan, she often instructed the nannies around her to teach others manners under the pretext of disciplining them.

Therefore, she naturally understood the Empress Dowager's true intentions.

"Your Majesty, Su Muxi broke the palace rules, which was wrong in the first place. As the Empress Dowager, are you going to favor Su Muxi?"

But then Su Muxi spoke up, "His Majesty has been poisoned, and I am rushing back to the palace to prepare an antidote for him. If Consort Shu insists that my leaving the palace is breaking the rules, then I will not leave. But if His Majesty's health is harmed as a result, I wonder if Consort Shu can bear the responsibility?!"

Then, with a look of surprise and doubt, she continued, "Or is it that Consort Shu's actions are intentional? Is she deliberately delaying my preparation of the antidote for the Emperor, and then trying to take the opportunity to harm him? Could it be that the letter from Northern Yan is fake, and that inviting Consort Shu to our Qi Kingdom for a marriage alliance is also a pretense, with the real intention being to harm the Emperor and give Northern Yan an opportunity to take advantage of the situation?!"

Unexpectedly, Ye Jingchun, who had just come out, heard these words clearly.

Even a wife would try every means to harm him, let alone a princess from an enemy country!

Without giving Murong Qing any chance to explain, Ye Jingchun directly ordered, "Guards! Take Consort Shu back to the palace. Without my order, she is not to step out of her chambers!"

"yes!"

The disguised house arrest came too suddenly, leaving Murong Qing at a loss.

No matter how much Murong Qing cried and begged, Ye Jingchun did not soften his heart in the slightest.

When Su Muxi saw Ye Jingchun, her heart, which had been half relieved, became anxious again.

"Your Majesty, Empress Dowager, since there is nothing else, I will return to my residence now."

Seeing that Su Muxi's complexion was not good, the Empress Dowager ordered someone to escort Su Muxi out of the palace.

Seeing that the Empress Dowager was there, Ye Jingchun didn't know what to say. He just gave Su Muxi a deep look and felt extremely suffocated.

Su Muxi sped along until she walked out of the palace gates and got into the carriage of the Prince of Yong'an's residence, only then did she breathe a heavy sigh of relief.

"Your Highness? What's wrong?"

McQueen had been guarding the palace gate, and seeing that Su Muxi's appearance was not quite right, he couldn't help but feel worried.

Su Muxi felt the pain in her lower abdomen getting worse, and hurriedly told Mai Kun, "Hurry back to the manor!"

McQueen did as he was told, and the carriage sped along, returning to the palace in less than a quarter of an hour.

When Ge Mao heard that Su Muxi was feeling unwell and had someone prepare medicine, the medicine had already been prepared by Bai Zhi and brought to Su Muxi.

"Su girl, what's wrong? Did something happen in the palace?"

As he spoke, he took a deep sniff of the medicinal aroma emanating from the medicine bowl, and suddenly his eyes widened.

"Su girl, what... what are you doing..."

Su Muxi smiled and spoke for Ge Mao, "Yes, I am pregnant."

Upon hearing this, Ge Mao excitedly stomped his foot on the spot. Then, after watching Su Muxi finish drinking the medicine, he hurriedly stepped forward to take Su Muxi's pulse.

Seeing Ge Mao's anxious expression, Su Muxi comforted her, "It's alright. She probably smelled the fragrance of the aconite in the Empress's palace, which caused some discomfort during childbirth. Fortunately, she came out in time, and the baby in her belly is fine."

She was quite surprised when the pregnancy was first diagnosed.

Calculating the timeline, she never expected that she would become pregnant on her very first night with Ye Zeyu.

But after the initial surprise, joy followed.

She didn't actually like children that much, but this was her and Ye Zeyu's child, so it was different.

I wonder how Ye Zeyu will react when he finds out she's pregnant.

Ge Mao carefully examined Su Muxi's pulse for a long time and, seeing that Su Muxi was indeed fine, finally put his worries to rest.

"Su girl, the baby is still very young, you have to be extra careful! Luckily nothing happened, otherwise I wouldn't know how to explain it to the Prince!"

Su Muxi gently touched her still flat stomach and softly assured him, "Don't worry, Elder Ge, I will definitely pay more attention in the future."

She didn't know about the child before, but now that she does, she will definitely protect her and Ye Zeyu's child!

Thinking of Ye Zeyu, Su Muxi felt inexplicably worried again.

I wonder what the situation is like over at Black Bull Mountain?

But I think everything should be fine.

Ye Zeyu could easily defeat the enemy troops of Northern Yan, so he should be able to subdue the Bai family's private soldiers soon.

Sometimes, what's truly frightening isn't the enemy, but rather your own people hiding behind you.