"I greet Her Majesty, the Virtuous Consort. You're joking, there's no need to bother her. It's just that you're pregnant now, so there's no need for you to come in person."

"How can this be possible? You and I are both from bannermen families. Although the emperor has raised the banner for us, compared to other people, our relationship should be closer.

Now that you're pregnant, I, as your elder sister, will naturally take extra care of you, sister, don't you agree?"

Defei's intention was to win over Mu Sili first, and then find an opportunity to take action against the child in her womb.

As long as they have a good relationship, if the child really has any problems, no one will suspect her. After all, she and Mu Sili are good sisters. How could good sisters harm others?

"Your Highness is also pregnant. If you distract yourself from taking care of me, I'm afraid it will be exhausting for me. The Emperor just said that he would send an experienced nanny to serve me. I will feel at ease with her around."

Defei's face froze for a moment. Why did she feel that Mu Sili was a little ungrateful?

She came all the way here and said she wanted to form an alliance with her, but this is her attitude?

Oh!

If that’s the case, it’s no wonder that she did something to the baby in her womb. No matter whether it’s a boy or a girl, the baby in her womb cannot be born healthy!

"In that case, I'm sorry to bother you, sister. Take good care of your pregnancy. I'll go back to Yonghe Palace first."

"Her Majesty, take care. Chunzhi, escort Her Majesty Defei out of the palace."

"yes."

Concubine De returned to Yonghe Palace angrily. No one dared to give her face even to the position of a concubine. Did she just pick up the position of a concubine?

"Come here, send a message to the Imperial Kitchen. From now on, Chengpin's meals will be prepared separately. I don't want her unborn child to be well."

"Your Majesty, Concubine Cheng is very favored. Wouldn't it be inappropriate for you to do this? If someone says you are targeting her, it will be bad for your reputation.

You are pregnant now, so you shouldn't worry too much. Why don't you wait until you give birth before taking action against her?

By then, you will be in confinement after giving birth, so even if something happens to Concubine Cheng, it will have nothing to do with you."

Although Concubine De thought this made sense, she was very unhappy with Mu Sili's attitude just now, and she didn't want to wait in this situation.

"No need for that. I will let her know now that if she offends my harem, the imperial kitchen will have been infiltrated by the Wuya clan. If she wants to eat well, it depends on whether I am willing or not.

Now that she's unwilling to stand by my side, I'll naturally punish her. Of course, I'm not a fool, so I'll keep this a secret and won't let anyone find out I'm the one behind it."

Seeing that he couldn't persuade Concubine De, the person who was trying to persuade her stopped trying and decided to deal with it later if something really went wrong.

Based on her understanding of Concubine De, she was probably wanting to take action against Mu Sili for a long time, but she didn't have the opportunity before. Now that she has it, she will naturally not give up easily.

"Don't worry, Your Majesty. I will make arrangements right away. This matter will not be traced back to Yonghe Palace."

"That's great."

In Jingyang Palace, Mu Sili smiled after learning about Concubine De's thoughts from 9527.

"Does she think that by changing my diet, I will give birth to a child with problems as she wishes? How naive."

[Whatever the host is going to do, I think we should give him a taste of his own medicine.]

"9527, you've been becoming more and more humane lately. Why, you want to go out for a walk?"

[No, the host is overthinking. Life has too many worries. I don't want to.]

Mu Sili curled her lips in boredom. She had a lot of worries. If she had a choice, she wouldn't want to be a human being.

"The Virtuous Concubine's attitude towards me today is very strange. I suspect she has ulterior motives. We are all pregnant concubines, so I hope she doesn't go astray.

If Concubine De wants to take action against me, let's see if she has the ability to do so.

Come here, send someone to monitor the imperial kitchen. If anyone makes any unusual movements, arrest them immediately.

I have never been a good person. Since Concubine De wants to take action against me, I will give her a taste of her own medicine.

This palace has always believed that one should not have the intention to harm others, but one must always be on guard against others. Since it was Concubine De who started it, then whatever consequences she suffers are her own fault and have nothing to do with this palace."

"Your Majesty is right, don't worry, we have people in the imperial kitchen.

If Empress Defei really sends someone to tamper with your food, it will be discovered at the first time.

You are pregnant and it has not been three months yet. You should not overwork. I will arrange these things.

You should take good care of your pregnancy, and it would be best if you could give birth to a healthy little master."

"That's great."

After helping Mu Sili lie down, Chunzhi passed the message to the people in the imperial kitchen.

The queen finally got pregnant, she must not be harmed by anyone.

Wei Xi, the head chef of the imperial kitchen, was E Can's apprentice. After receiving the news from Yonghe Palace, he immediately ordered people to study the meals in Jingren Palace.

As the head steward of the imperial kitchen, they knew which foods were incompatible and which pregnant women should avoid eating.

Now that Concubine De has ordered people to tamper with Mousse Li's diet, he must study it carefully before taking any action.

After some research, Wei Xi decided to prepare incompatible foods for Mousse Pear little by little.

As long as he prepared different meals every time, no one would notice, and even the imperial physician would not be able to discover the secret.

By then, I would have completed Concubine De's instructions and completely cleared myself of the matter. Why not do it?

After making the decision, Wei Xi immediately ordered people to start preparing meals for Jingren Palace.

As one of the only two pregnant women in the harem, Mousse Li's meals can be prepared separately.

Zhou Cheng, the deputy general manager of the imperial kitchen, was Dai Jia's man. After seeing people from Yonghe Palace sneaking into Wei Xi's house, he had a guess in his mind.

Especially after Wei Xi came out, he said he wanted to prepare meals for Jingren Palace. He had been observing secretly and found that Wei Xi had indeed tampered with it.

Pregnant women cannot eat hawthorn cake. Ordinary people don’t know this, but people who are familiar with pharmacology know it. However, Wei Xi still added this dish to Mousse Pear’s diet.

In addition, Chunzhi had contacted him before, and he knew that Mu Sili was already wary of Concubine De. In order not to hurt the baby in her belly, Zhou Cheng decided to change her diet.

Wei Xi was so happy that he thought his plan had succeeded that he ran to Concubine De to ask for a reward.

After all, the problematic meals sent to Jingren Palace had almost been used up. If this went on for a long time, there would definitely be problems with Mu Sili's pregnancy.

After learning about this, Concubine De directly rewarded Wei Xi with a hundred taels of silver, which made Wei Xi even more devoted to working for Concubine De.

Anyway, it's just some tampering with the diet, which won't be discovered. Since Concubine De is so helpful, he can't let her down.

As long as Mu Sili gave birth to a problematic prince, he would definitely be favored by Concubine De as a meritorious official.

As for the child in Mu Sili's belly, we can only blame him for being born at the wrong time.