The Emperor said coldly, "He's not in good health and yet he's out wandering around. Tell Minister Mo to confine him and his daughter to their quarters."
And the curfew is indefinite!
Miss Mo, still lying on the ground pretending to be unconscious: ...
This time she was genuinely dizzy.
The maid was also dumbfounded; this wasn't the script the young lady had arranged.
But what could a mere maid do?
Before she could do anything, the guards came over and pulled the two of them, mistress and servant, to the side of the road.
Moreover, these people were clumsy and rough, dragging people directly from the ground. Miss Mo's skin was scraped and she bled a lot. The pain woke her up again, but she didn't even dare to cry out in pain.
They had to wait until the Emperor's carriage disappeared before they dared to get up.
Back in the palace, Ning Yan was a little tired. After having water prepared for her to wash up, she ate her meal and rested.
The Emperor had a day of fun, and after returning to the palace, he still had to busy himself with reviewing memorials. He wouldn't be able to come back to rest tonight.
...
The next day.
As soon as Ning Yan woke up, the chief eunuch of Kunning Palace, Eunuch Jing, came to report, "Your Majesty, last night Consort Xian went to the Imperial Study dressed in revealing clothes and stayed there for half an hour before leaving."
Half an hour?
What can you do in 45 minutes?
Bow, try to get close, say a few words, take off your clothes—the foreplay hasn't even started yet, and you have to put your clothes back on because the allotted time is up.
After all, the emperor is quite restless, and this little bit of time isn't enough for him to make a single trip.
However, I won't touch him unless the Emperor does, but I absolutely cannot tolerate the Consort Xian coveting my man!
Fearing that the Imperial Concubine would misunderstand, he rushed back to explain. Before he even entered the palace, he overheard the Imperial Concubine's inner grumbling. It turned out that the Imperial Concubine did not trust him, but rather knew about his abilities!
I feel so angry, but I don't know what I should be angry about!
Never mind, I'll just go back to my study and continue reviewing the memorials.
"Qiu'er".
A cold-faced palace maid approached, "Your Majesty."
Ning Yan flipped her hand, and a black pill appeared in her palm. "Go, give this to Consort Xian."
Once you enter the palace, everyone becomes an enemy; it's either you kill me or I kill you.
She wanted to live to the end; after all, she hadn't slept enough with the emperor yet.
Qiu'er accepted the order and left.
The report came back at noon the next day: "Your Majesty, it's done."
Ning Yan nodded in satisfaction, "Okay, you can go and rest now."
Three days later, Consort Xian suddenly fell seriously ill, vomiting blood incessantly. Her maid rushed to fetch the imperial physician, but after examining her pulse, the physician was also helpless and could not cure her at all.
The imperial physician prescribed an antidote, but it did not improve her condition at all. Consort Xian suspected that Consort Gui had done it to her, but unfortunately, she could only suspect it, because she breathed her last less than 15 minutes later.
Upon learning that Consort Xian had died from poisoning, the Emperor went to Consort Gui's palace.
"Does the Noble Consort know that the Virtuous Consort is dead?"
Ning Yan looked terrified: "I just heard it from the servants."
I heard she died of poisoning. I am very curious, where did all those strange medicines that appeared in the palace come from?
Previously, Consort Wan framed me with an abortion drug, but this time it's even more serious; we can't even identify what kind of poison it is.
If one day I offend someone and they poison me, wouldn't I also die a tragic death like Consort Xian?
"Your Majesty, I'm so scared! I haven't lived enough yet!"
[I'm so scared! I'll have to arrange for more people to test the poison tomorrow.]
The Emperor scrutinized the Consort for a while, seeing that her expression was completely genuine, and in his heart he could only think, "How frightening!" It seemed that this matter had nothing to do with her.
He held her in his arms and gently comforted her: "My beloved consort, don't be afraid. I will send people to search the palace and thoroughly investigate the Imperial Hospital. Once any problems are found, we will not tolerate them."
As a result, a large-scale drug search operation was launched in the palace.
All the concubines were gathered in Kunning Palace for tea. The Imperial Guards watched as the old nannies began searching in groups of a few. It wouldn't be an exaggeration to say they dug three feet into the ground, because they really did.
Needless to say, this search revealed something incredible. Those concubines were truly daring. They had abortion pills, three-person potions, sleeping pills, musk, safflower, incense with special properties, even itching powder, and more than a dozen kinds of poison pills of unknown purpose...
The emperor's mind was buzzing as he looked at those things. How wonderful! It was certain that the three-day medicine among these drugs had been used on him. Damn it!
But if the medicine isn't used on him, then the person who hid it deserves to die even more.
The imperial physicians tested several of the poison pills; some were lethal upon contact with blood, some weakened people, some disfigured them—all sorts of poisons were tested…
"Those who keep medicine in the palace, all of them, are banished to the cold palace, without exception!"
No, he was directly demoted to a commoner and sent to the Jingxin Nunnery to be ordained as a monk.
If they stayed in the cold palace, they would still have to spend his food; if they were demoted to commoners and ordained as nuns, they would have to suffer while they lived.
After all, death is too easy for them.
Soon, all the concubines found to have poison were dragged out by the maids, and cries of agony echoed throughout Kunning Palace.
Ning Yan glanced at it and realized that there wasn't enough room for the concubines who came to pay their respects to her every day, so only concubines of the sixth rank or above could come.
Now a large area is empty.
You guys really are like-minded, you all love hiding poison, I love it!
Why didn't you hide it better?
Like me, hehe, I always hide in...
...
From that day on, the harem became completely quiet. Apart from the Virtuous Consort who was poisoned by Ning Yan, only the Virtuous Consort remained. The ranks of Consort were empty, but there were still four Concubines. The rest were all minor Concubines.
Since those people dared not make a move, Ning Yan could focus on carrying the little prince.
This is the empire that the emperor conquered for her; naturally, it should be inherited by her son. Only a fool would refuse it.
So, the emperor, who had only been eating meat for less than two months, started eating vegetarian food again.
But he enjoyed the vegetarian meal.
"Is my beloved concubine feeling unwell today?"
"Aside from being a little sleepy, I feel fine."
[I'm still craving food, I want to eat the Emperor's food, but what if the Emperor won't let me? I'm so worried.]
Emperor: ...Is it the kind of food he's thinking of?
Although he had long known that his concubine was a womanizer and he still had feelings for her, she was now pregnant.
How can we eat like this?
However, by nightfall, the emperor was still eaten.
Swallowing hard, the Emperor stroked the Consort's hair, trying to calm his breathing before asking, "Yanyan, are you sure this is really alright?"
No one answered him, but he already had the answer.
He was just ignorant before; he never imagined he could do something like this!
I wonder how many tricks the Imperial Concubine still has up her sleeve to use on him. I'm really looking forward to it.
In the blink of an eye, Ning Yan was three months pregnant.
The concubines in the harem felt that the Imperial Concubine was pregnant and could not serve the Emperor, which rekindled their ambitions.
That night, on the way back to Kunning Palace after reading the memorials, the Emperor saw a woman dressed in black dancing gracefully under the moon. He quickly led Jiude away to hide. The Consort said in her heart that if he dared to look at her with the scent of another woman on him, she would never speak to him again.
He doesn't want it.
In this world, only the Imperial Concubine truly captured his heart. Everything they did together was incredibly sweet and harmonious, and he would never want to upset her.
"Who is here?" (End of Chapter)
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