Suddenly, Mi Shan felt a burning gaze.
He glanced to the side and saw that it was Prince Rui.
Just like when he first saw her, his handsome face showed infatuation, and he quietly came to her side when no one was looking.
"Your Highness, it's been a long time. How have you been?"
"I am well, thank you for your concern, Prince Rui."
Mi Shan lowered her head and replied softly.
"Consort Zhao... since we last parted, I..."
Prince Rui wanted to say something more.
Mi Shan gracefully turned around and walked to the other side.
Now Prince Rui could no longer get close, otherwise it would seem too deliberate.
He could only cough awkwardly, glance at his father's expression, and seeing that he wasn't paying attention, he smiled and returned to the group of ministers.
"You are very charming, able to make a prince so infatuated with you that he still can't forget you."
Mi Shan had thought that escaping Prince Rui would give her a moment to catch her breath.
Unexpectedly, a cold voice sounded beside him.
I looked up in surprise.
What comes into view is that handsome profile, with an air of aloofness that is both noble and unapproachable.
Li Changyu pretended to come over to admire the flowers, his slender fingers fiddling with a peach blossom, gazing ahead as if talking to thin air.
Only Mi Shan could hear him; he seemed to casually utter these words.
"Don't forget our deal. You're one of my men now, so stay away from shady characters."
So his brother is considered neither fish nor fowl?
Mi Shan tugged at the corner of her lips and glanced at him speechlessly.
"Disobedient? Don't you want the antidote anymore?"
An antidote? It seems he hasn't found it yet.
He was the one who was poisoned by the Gu.
Seeing that Mi Shan kept her head down and dared not look at him, Li Changyu thought she was unhappy, and a cold look appeared in his eyes.
"What, you still can't bear to part with him? Well, after all, he's the prince you've been wanting to sleep with."
Mi Shan's face darkened, but she suppressed her anger and did not lash out.
She took a deep breath and pretended to be obedient: "No, I definitely didn't think that. I promise I'll stay far away from him from now on."
"Hmm, she's been pretty well-behaved."
Li Changyu spoke coldly, his gaze slightly darkening.
Seeing that people were already looking at them,
To avoid arousing suspicion, after pausing for a moment, he broke off a peach blossom branch.
I naturally took a few steps, walked past her, and went back.
Mi Shan's eyes darkened: "..."
Gazing at his pristine and handsome back, with a peach blossom tucked between his right hand behind his back, he exuded an air of refined elegance.
I couldn't help but think, what if one day he discovered that love potion?
Or what if the love potion takes effect before he even notices it?
"It's getting late, and we've only seen half of the scenery. Why don't we pause the game and walk forward a bit?"
Empress Ru suddenly spoke, bringing Mi Shan back to her senses.
The emperor did not object and led the way with a group of ministers.
The two groups, neither too close nor too far apart, toured the Imperial Garden together.
The sounds of reciting poems, composing verses, and chatting and laughing never stopped.
Mi Shan dared not relax in the slightest, slowing her pace away from the crowd while glancing at Consort Luo from time to time.
Seeing that there was nothing unusual about her surroundings, he was beginning to have doubts.
The figure of a palace maid suddenly flashed past.
The palace maid quickly bowed and approached Consort Luo's side.
He pulled off a jade pendant hanging from her waist and threw it down a small slope to the side.
That slope is a short, low mound.
It appears harmless and is very deceptive.
It was covered in moss, and anyone who stepped on it would inevitably slip and fall.
"Hey, who dropped something?"
Someone in the crowd whispered something, and Luo Pin looked down the slope. Seeing that it was her jade pendant, she looked anxious and was about to go down to pick it up.
Mi Shan's heart skipped a beat, and she immediately exclaimed in surprise.
"Don't move!"
She originally intended to tell Consort Luo to stand still and let the palace maids go down to pick it up.
There were too many people, it was too noisy, and she was standing far away, so even if she shouted, her voice would be muffled by other sounds.
Furthermore, Consort Luo was completely focused on her jade pendant and paid no attention to what others were saying.
A gasp of surprise was heard.
Luo Pin was about to slip and fall on the moss when she instinctively grabbed the person closest to her.
That person was none other than Qin Miaomiao.
A group of people were checking if they had lost anything.
You push me, I bump into you.
Without her noticing, she was pushed to Luo Pin's side.
"Ah! Don't pull me!"
Qin Miaomiao screamed, and the two of them fell down together.
Bright yellow and purple figures intertwined and tumbled.
Qin Miaomiao suppressed Luo Pin.
Consort Luo's abdomen struck the sharp rocks scattered along the slope below.
"it hurts……"
"Help! Something terrible has happened! Consort Luo and Consort Qin have fallen!"
The palace maid's shouts attracted the attention of the emperor and officials in front, who all turned around and rushed over.
Xia Ranxue gripped Mi Shan's hand tightly, her breathing heaving, her eyes wide with anxiety as she stared at the scene before her.
"Blood! She's bleeding!"
"I saw it."
Mi Shan's face turned pale, and she tried her best to suppress the slight tremor in her voice.
A winding trail of red blood stained Luo Pin's dress, seeping down to her calves.
"No, something terrible has happened! Consort Luo, she..."
"Let me see! Where is the imperial physician? Where is the imperial physician?!"
"Your humble servant is here."
Guo, the physician, immediately came to take his pulse.
His brow furrowed, and he was suddenly startled, falling to his knees.
"Your Majesty, Consort Luo is pregnant with the Emperor's child! But after this accident, I'm afraid..."
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