However, as it rained, Jiang Muyu noticed something was wrong.

At first, she was still trying hard to make her own chess pieces line up in a line, but later, she was trying hard to intercept Liang Qingchen's chess pieces the whole time. He became the attacker and she could only be the defender.

Because his chess piece was placed far away from Jiang Muyu's initial chess piece, two positions appeared directly on the chessboard, and the piece she had been managing at the beginning became useless.

The more Jiang Muyu played, the more he felt exhausted. He hesitated for a long time before making a move. On the other hand, Liang Qingchen was calm and composed throughout the whole process. He would also make a move right after Jiang Muyu had thought for a long time before making a move, forcing Jiang Muyu to think about the impact of his move on the whole game.

In the end, Jiang Muyu lost without any suspense.

She stared at the chessboard and fell into self-doubt, "It was fine at the beginning, when did I go wrong?"

Liang Qingchen raised his eyebrows and smiled, saying, "If you are willing to bet, you must accept the loss and not cheat."

"Who said I was kidding?" Jiang Muyu snorted.

Then he stood up, walked over and kissed him hard on the face, leaving a red mark on his porcelain-white skin.

Liang Qingchen's brows wrinkled, "You bite me?"

"I didn’t."

"Why did you bite so hard?"

Jiang Muyu smiled slyly and said, "My husband, this is my heavy love for you."

Seeing this, Tangtang shouted, "I want a kiss too."

"Okay." Jiang Muyu touched her little head and gave her a light kiss on her chubby little face.

"Uh..." Liang Qingchen narrowed his eyes unhappily.

Jiang Muyu didn't even look at him. He sat back in his seat and picked up the chess pieces on the board one by one. He said, "Next, I underestimated my opponent in this round."

He didn't say anything, but just gently rubbed the chess cup with his fingertips.

In this round, Jiang Muyu made the first move again. She had learned her lesson this time. She attacked him relentlessly from the beginning and did not give him any chance to connect. She had an attitude of "If I can't win, you can't win either."

But in the end she still lost.

Jiang Muyu wanted to overturn the table and leave, but she took a deep breath and tried to calm herself.

She moved closer and was about to kiss Liang Qingchen on the face again, but he dodged. Just as she was stunned and confused, he turned around and pecked her lightly on the lips.

She immediately stepped back, covering her lips and said, "You...you took advantage of me!"

"I just said that if you lose you have to kiss me, but I didn't specify where you want to kiss me."

“Uh…” She swung her sleeves angrily: “Fuck! I don’t want to play anymore!”

"Oh?" Liang Qingchen tilted his head and looked at her, smiling: "Can't you afford to lose?"

"Who said I can't afford to lose? I...I just simply don't want to play anymore."

"Really? Why don't you play another round and I'll let you go."

"unnecessary!"

Seeing that she seemed really annoyed, Liang Qingchen decided not to tease her anymore and said seriously, "How about this, if you win the next round, I will not only give you the antidote, but also agree to one of your requests."

Hearing this, Jiang Muyu's expression finally relaxed. He looked at him suspiciously and asked, "Any request is fine?"

"As long as it is something that I can do, I will do my best."

"Well then." Jiang Muyu sat back down, looking generous, and said, "Since the prince has invited me so kindly, I will play one more round with you."

Liang Qingchen couldn't help laughing when he saw her proud and coquettish look, and said, "Thank you, my beloved concubine, for your kindness."

In this game, Liang Qingchen made the first move. Jiang Muyu played very cautiously from the beginning, weighing the pros and cons of every move, which made Tangtang, who was sitting in the audience, nervous.

Liang Qingchen remained calm and composed throughout the whole process, and even the loss was not a problem at all.

"Yeah! I finally won!" Jiang Muyu jumped up excitedly and hugged Tangtang and kissed her again and again.

Tangtang wiped the saliva off her face and followed her silly smile, "Mommy is so great!"

Jiang Muyu raised his chin proudly and said to Liang Qingchen, "I accept defeat."

Liang Qingchen smiled helplessly, took out the antidote and put it in her hand, "Take this first. Heather Ye also wrote a prescription. I have asked Xu Lang to get the medicine. Taking it for three days will be enough to completely eliminate the parasite poison."

"Ah? You need to take medicine again?"

"In order to save your life, you must take this medicine."

Although she was reluctant to take the bitter and smelly medicine, she had to take it anyway. She would not joke with her own life.

She opened the small porcelain bottle and took a look. There was only a thumb-sized, round, yellowish-brown pill inside.

“Can I eat this directly?”

Liang Qingchen poured her a cup of warm water, handed it to her, and said, "Just drink it with water."

Jiang Muyu poured the pills into her palm, threw them into her mouth, took the cup of water from his hand and swallowed it whole. As a result, the pill got stuck in her throat and she almost vomited it out, but she forced herself to swallow it down. She felt so uncomfortable that tears came out in an instant.

"Why are you so careless?" Liang Qingchen stroked her back to soothe her.

"Ahem...why didn't you tell me that this thing would expand when it comes into contact with water?"

"Eh?? Heather didn't tell me, so I don't know."

She patted her chest to calm down.

Tangtang came over and patted her back like Liang Qingchen did, and asked, "Why does mother need to take medicine? Are you sick?"

Liang Qingchen said: "I'm not sick. Mother is taking medicine that will allow you to have a little brother as soon as possible."

"So..." Tangtang immediately picked up the small porcelain bottle she had placed on the table and shook it, then said in disappointment, "Only one?"

Jiang Muyu: “???”

…

For the next three days, Jiang Muyu stayed in the palace to recuperate.

Every day, she would eat and sleep, and drink Chinese medicine until she felt that her whole body was filled with the smell of medicine. However, without the threat of crickets in her body, she felt refreshed.

The day before yesterday, Qingman sent someone to deliver a letter saying that the clothes she requested were ready, so she took advantage of the clear weather today and planned to go to the shop to take a look.

The carriage slowly drove away from Rui Palace.

Jiang Muyu fanned herself with a round fan and couldn't help but sigh: "It's almost September, why is the weather still so hot?"

Yunyan said: "After September, the weather will turn cooler."

"That's right." She thought for a moment and said, "Will many people be left without food when winter comes?"

"Yes." Yun Yan also sighed and said, "Although the capital seems to be prosperous and peaceful, other places in Tiangan Country are not like that, especially some border towns. Normally, life is not peaceful. Once winter comes, life will become very bitter and cold."

Jiang Muyu saw that she felt the same way, pursed her lips, and asked, "Yunyan, are you from Tianqian?"

Yun Yan nodded and said, "I am originally from Yingzhou. My family was robbed by bandits and my parents and brothers were killed. I was stranded with the refugees. Fortunately, you saved me and I now have a place to stay."