When the sun was high in the sky, the summer sun shone through the hollow carved windows and fell on the ground, casting a small patch of golden spots. The yellow orioles on the branches were singing happily.
Murong Yue felt a splitting headache and subconsciously wanted to turn over, but she felt as if something was blocking her way. She opened her eyes dazedly and was suddenly stunned.
She lay in King Xiang's arms, and King Xiang held her waist tightly with both hands, making it difficult for her to move.
Prince Xiang noticed Murong Yue's movements, lowered his head in a daze, subconsciously kissed Murong Yue's forehead, and said in a hoarse voice: "Be good, sleep a little longer."
Murong Yue stopped moving upon hearing this and nestled obediently in King Xiang's arms. However, the smile from yesterday morning was gone from her face, replaced by cold hatred.
King Xiang was too impatient yesterday, but fortunately she was prepared and had smeared the poison on the wine glass first.
King Xiang slept for a while before waking up. As soon as he woke up, he met Murong Yue's smiling eyes. The sunlight outside the window shone on her body, and her eyes seemed to be talking, twinkling.
Murong Yue said softly, "Isn't Your Majesty going to court today?"
"I'm not going." King Xiang said, "I'll spend some quality time with you today."
Murong Yue stretched out her hand to push Prince Xiang away, frowning, as if she was a little dissatisfied. "What if the emperor blames me?"
"I'm ill, so I need to recuperate in the palace." King Xiang said, pulling Murong Yue onto his body. "So you have to take good care of me today."
Murong Yue followed his instructions and lay back down under King Xiang.
More than ten days after Murong Yue and Prince Xiang consummated their marriage, Murong Yue felt that Prince Xiang was not as interested in her as he was a few days ago.
A few days ago, he would look for her in her bedroom every day, but in recent days, he would go into the study as soon as he returned to the palace. Murong Yue asked the maid to call him, but he refused on the grounds that he was busy with work.
One or two days was normal, but for five consecutive days, the maids sent by Murong Yue were sent back with such reasons, which was not so normal.
Prince Xiang had not been here for a few days, so Murong Yue had no chance to poison him again. After thinking it over again and again, Murong Yue asked her servants to prepare a carriage and prepare to go to the palace to find the Queen Mother.
The carriage from Prince Xiang's mansion could go straight into the palace and drove all the way to the gate of Cixi Palace before Murong Yue got off the carriage.
When the Queen Mother saw Murong Yue coming to the palace to pay her respects, the smile on her face had never faded since Murong Yue entered.
Murong Yue entered the room and politely bowed to the Queen Mother. "Your servant pays respects to the Queen Mother."
The Queen Mother pointed to the seat next to her and said, "The ground is cold. Hurry up and come sit over here."
Murong Yue nodded, walked forward and took a seat.
The Queen Mother leaned forward and said, "You didn't come into the palace suddenly just to chat with me, an old woman, did you? Tell me, did that bastard do anything to you?"
Murong Yue's face showed dejection. "Don't worry, mother. His Highness treats me very well. It's just that in the past few days, because of his busy schedule, he has suddenly neglected me. I'm afraid that I haven't done something right and have upset His Highness, so I want to come to the palace to seek advice from you, mother."
When the Queen Mother heard Prince Xiang neglect Murong Yue because of his busy schedule, she snorted coldly, "How can a powerless prince like him be so busy?" She closed her eyes and when she opened them again, her eyes were full of fierceness, "I will personally talk to him later. I will definitely not let you suffer the injustice of this brat again in vain."
Murong Yue felt grateful and chatted with the empress dowager for another hour before leaving the palace.
On this side, Murong Yue had just left Cixi Palace when the Queen Mother had someone stop Prince Xiang on the road he had to take after leaving the court and brought him to Cixi Palace.
After kneeling before the Queen Mother, Prince Xiang stood up and asked, "Mother, what do you want to talk to me about?"
"I heard that you have been ignoring Princess Murong for several days?" The Queen Mother spoke slowly, with no expression on her face.
Prince Xiang was unsure of the Queen Mother's intentions, so he could only respond based on the facts: "Yes."
"You've done well on this matter." Seeing Prince Xiang nod, the Queen Mother's face showed a hint of expectation. "You'd better not go to Princess Murong's room recently. Besides, I have other things to entrust to you."
"Please tell me, mother. As long as it is something I can do, even if it means climbing a mountain of swords or diving into a sea of fire, I will do it for you."
"When have I ever been willing to let you go through fire and water?" The Queen Mother glanced at Prince Xiang, paused, and continued, "I want you to visit Duke Qin's mansion more often recently. It would be best if you could do something with Duke Qin's legitimate daughter, Qin Ruoruo, so as to dampen the Queen's arrogance."
"Your son obeys your command." King Xiang accepted the order respectfully and withdrew.
After getting on the carriage, he told his servants, "Don't go back to the palace yet, go to Duke Qin's palace first."
When Prince Xiang's carriage left the palace, Gu Yanyue's carriage lagged behind Prince Xiang's carriage half an incense stick of time and also left the palace together. The two carriages were one in front and one behind, heading in the same direction.
Gu Yanyue left the palace this time not to go to Prince Xiang's mansion to find Murong Yue, but because when she woke up this morning, Yuwen Ran hugged her and said aggrievedly: "Ayue, you haven't made me any delicious food in a long time. These past few days, all you have been thinking about is Princess Murong. You don't even have a place for your husband in your heart."
After hearing this, Gu Yanyue felt that these words were sour, and she even had the leisure to tease Yu Wenran: "Tell me, are you jealous?"
Yuwen Ran curled his lips and said stubbornly: "No, how could I be jealous?" But his body was very honest. He kept holding Gu Yanyue's waist and refused to let go until Gu Yanyue promised him that she would prepare a big surprise for him on his birthday. Only then did Yuwen Ran let go of his hand and let Gu Yanyue get up successfully.
Since she had promised Yuwen Ran, Gu Yanyue immediately prepared the menu for the day. Most of the ingredients would be brought in from outside the palace by eunuchs every day, but there were a few that had to be purchased outside the palace.
Gu Yanyue was a little worried about leaving it to the palace maids and eunuchs, so she simply changed into some incognito clothes and left the palace with two palace maids, intending to buy the ingredients herself.
When the carriage passed by the gate of Duke Qin's Mansion, Gu Yanyue deliberately lifted the curtain and looked outside.
Just as her gaze turned to the Duke of Qin's mansion, Gu Yanyue spotted the carriage of Prince Xiang's mansion at the gate. It wasn't the one Murong Yue used to enter the palace, but it looked like the one Prince Xiang used for his daily court sessions. However, Prince Xiang's mansion and the Duke of Qin's mansion were located in completely opposite locations, so no matter how hard he tried, Prince Xiang couldn't get here.
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