[Ding-dong!]
A familiar sound suddenly echoed in Gu Jiangli's mind.
It's System Boy who's appeared.
[Congratulations! The Emperor's favorability towards you has increased by 20. Your mission progress is 10% complete, and you have earned 100 points! Please check your account!]
Gu Jiangli stretched and walked into the house, the task progress was only 10%.
The task is arduous and the road ahead is long.
"But isn't 100 points a bit stingy? A 'One-Time Success Pill' costs 980 points, and those multi-birth pills are probably even more expensive. What can you get with 100 points?"
【Hey, 100 points isn't a small amount! Aside from special items like the Fertility Pill which are quite expensive, all our other items are very cheap.】
How cheap can it be?
【Honey, you can easily determine someone's good or evil towards you for just 5 points! And for your maids and servants later on, you can also determine their loyalty to you—all for just 5 points! Pretty good deal, right?】
Gu Jiangli nodded in agreement, "Yes, yes, it's a great deal."
These points are hard to earn, and some items are too expensive, so we definitely have to be frugal.
It would be awkward if I needed to use some kind of "twin pill" in the future, but couldn't afford it because I didn't have enough points.
The system seemed to have sensed Gu Jiangli's stingy nature, so it quickly added:
【Honey, there's really no need to be so frugal. With the Emperor's current affection for you, spending the night with him is just around the corner! You'll earn 500 points just for spending the night together, and a successful pregnancy will reward you with an additional 2000 points!】
So, dear, you don't need to worry about not having enough points at all!
After hearing what the system said, Gu Jiangli also began to waver.
"You can earn 500 points for spending one night together, so it's not hard to earn points."
【Hey, are you already pretty confident you've earned those 500 points?】
Gu Jiangli confidently raised the corners of his mouth, "Just wait, in three days at most, I'll earn those 500 points from you."
The system was overjoyed to hear this.
That's great! This will bring you one step closer to your mission!
Gu Jiangli remained silent. Based on her understanding of men, she knew that Xiao Dingyuan would come to find her at the latest in three days, or at the earliest tomorrow.
When Xiao Dingyuan will arrive depends on how much of a role Wen Deqing plays in the process.
She lay on the hard wooden bed and closed her eyes peacefully.
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Wen Deqing took the bowl and headed straight for the imperial kitchen.
When the chefs in the imperial kitchen saw Wen Deqing, who was close to the emperor, arrive, they were all terrified, thinking that something had gone wrong with the food.
After all, they, the cooks, knew the emperor's temperament very well.
Especially in the last two years, perhaps because he has no children, the emperor's temper has become particularly strange and unusual.
Often, if one dish doesn't suit their taste, they'll demand that all thirty-six dishes on the table be replaced.
Occasionally, due to a sudden illness, if a piece of meat wasn't properly deboned, the chef would be dragged out and punished.
In short, the people in the imperial kitchen were terrified whenever they saw Wen Deqing.
They were afraid that His Majesty the Emperor might have encountered some problems after eating the food.
"Eunuch Wen, did His Majesty not like today's meal?"
The head chef cautiously asked Wen Deqing.
But Wen Deqing shook his head, which immediately put everyone's minds at ease.
"Does your imperial kitchen have a maid named Fuling?"
The head chef breathed a sigh of relief; it turned out they were looking for someone.
He quickly put on a smiling face, "Yes, Eunuch Wen, but she seems to be injured today and is resting in the back hall."
Wen Deqing nodded. It seemed that Consort Gu was not lying. Fuling was injured, so it was understandable that the meal was delivered late.
"Lead the way."
The head chef of the imperial kitchen bowed and scraped as he led Wen Deqing to the back hall.
Although he wondered why Eunuch Wen was holding a broken bowl, he didn't dare to ask.
Wen Deqing walked steadily toward the back hall without looking to the side.
He hadn't walked far when he heard a woman's shrill voice, mixed with a lot of chattering and laughing.
"Don't you believe me? Even though Consort Gu is the emperor's woman, she was still driven to tears by me, a mere palace maid, today!"
"Really, Sister Fuling? Tell me more about it," a young palace maid asked curiously.
"Hmph, Consort Gu clearly doesn't understand her situation. Every day she complains that the food is spoiled or that it's delivered too late. Ha, she doesn't even realize that she's only alive today because I, Fuling, deliver food to her every day despite the cold and rain. She has no gratitude at all and dares to complain about this and that."
"Wow, Sister Fuling, she's still a concubine, after all. Her status is always higher than ours, the palace maids. Aren't you worried that she might turn the tables on you one day if you treat her like this?"
"Turn the tables? Everyone knows that the Emperor hates Consort Gu the most! If it weren't for her, would the Emperor still be childless? She can only turn the tables if the Emperor is blind and heartless..."
Upon hearing the last few words, the chef's face suddenly turned pale.
"How dare you, Fu Ling! You speak ill of the Emperor behind his back!"
The chef's roar terrified Fuling so much that she almost lost her mind.
She turned around and saw Wen Deqing staring at her with icy eyes.
She suddenly realized what she had just said.
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