"I don't know what's wrong with me lately, whether it's because I'm too heartbroken or I've accepted the facts and stopped making a fuss."
"Then let's find a royal physician to give her a proper examination," the Empress said through gritted teeth.
"It's Your Majesty the Empress." Consort Liang's eyes flickered. "Recently, I've heard that Consort Zhen has been wanting to keep taking some kind of medicine to help her conceive."
"She really can't hold her tongue." The Empress sneered, "If this fertility-enhancing medicine really worked, wouldn't the entire harem be overflowing with babies?"
Consort Liang did not speak, but a strange, indescribable expression flashed across her face.
"Let's go see the First Prince at the Princes' Residence," the Empress said, her gaze inadvertently glancing again towards the entrance of Qiluan Garden.
Consort Liang spoke significantly less.
All the way there, I heard the Queen complaining about the current talent selection.
Consort Liang felt a headache coming on from listening to it.
We finally arrived at the prince's residence.
It was time for the princes to leave school.
One prince and princess after another walked back from the school.
Even after the last prince returned to his residence, the eldest prince was still nowhere to be seen.
She grabbed Mu Junxi's arm: "Have you seen the First Prince?"
"Greetings, Your Majesty." Mu Junxi, holding a book in his hands, politely bowed to the Empress: "Your Majesty, the First Prince did not come to the school today."
"Didn't they come?" the Empress asked in surprise.
"Yes, Your Majesty, my elder brother has not been to the school for two days." Mu Junxi bowed politely to the Empress again: "If Your Majesty has nothing else, I will take my leave."
"Very well, very well." The Empress nodded somewhat blankly. "You may leave now."
Mu Junxi has just left.
Consort Liang couldn't help but sigh, "The Fifth Prince is acting very strangely today; he doesn't even have a chicken leg in his hand."
The empress then realized what was happening.
He didn't have any chicken legs in his hand.
The person gives off a completely different vibe.
Know the rules and be polite.
She spent several years carefully cultivating a host of bad habits and vices in Mu Junxi.
How long has Granny Li been in the palace?
So I had her change everything.
Consort Shu's two sons are already outstanding enough; if we add Mu Junxi to that list...
Does that mean the entire harem will become hers?
She had been planning to spoil Mu Junxi so that she could find flaws in him later.
Now it seems unlikely.
The Empress already has enough on her mind.
Just then, the eldest prince staggered back from outside, reeking of alcohol.
His cheeks flushed, and the moment he saw the Empress, he couldn't help but let out a burp.
Consort Liang couldn't help but cover her nose with a handkerchief.
The Empress felt a sudden sense of unease. She grabbed the eldest prince's arm and pulled him into the prince's room.
"Why aren't you in your study during the day? Where have you been?" the Empress said irritably.
"Mother." The eldest prince had drunk quite a bit, and he looked dazed. He held up a finger and drew a circle in front of the empress's eyes. "Mother, what brings you here today?"
"If I hadn't come here, I wouldn't have known where you've been all day instead of studying properly!" The Empress's hands trembled with anger.
"Mother, the tutors in the study talk about the same things every day. I'm tired of hearing it all." The eldest prince said, slumping down on the stool like a lump of mud. "I was feeling down today, so I went out of the palace to have a couple of drinks with some friends."
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