Chu Xiao intended to make Yun Chaoxi his empress, and the Empress Dowager, wanting to train her, entrusted her with the arrangements for the Mid-Autumn Festival banquet.
After Consort Xian discovered she was pregnant, the Empress Dowager told her to rest and take care of her pregnancy, and that Yun Chaoxi and the Empress Dowager would handle many affairs of the harem.
After the palace costumes were made by the Imperial Household Department, they were presented to Zhaoyang Palace for Yun Chaoxi to review. "Your Majesty, these are the costumes worn by the Empress Dowager and the other ladies at the Mid-Autumn Festival banquet. Please take a look."
Yun Chaoxi looked at them one by one, paying special attention to Consort Xian's clothes. "Alright, send all the clothes to the Empress Dowager and ask the nanny by her side to check them as well. If there are no problems, send them to the various palaces."
"yes."
Zhu'er asked, puzzled, "Why does Your Majesty want the Empress Dowager to check it again? Is there something wrong with the clothes?"
"I have the Empress Dowager check it again to prove that the clothes were fine when they left my palace. If anything happens to the clothes in the future, I will not take responsibility."
This was done to guard against Consort Xian. If Consort Xian were to extort money from them, and Consort Xian had no evidence, they would be unable to clear their name even if they jumped into the Yellow River.
Of course, if Consort Xian really dares to set her sights on her, she won't just sit idly by and wait to die!
After receiving the clothes, Consort Xian made a few inquiries and learned that they had been sent from Shou Kang Palace, which forced her to abandon her scheme.
She originally planned to apply saffron juice to the inside of her clothes. When she suffered a major hemorrhage at the palace banquet, the Empress Dowager and the Emperor would investigate and find that Yun Chaoxi had touched the clothes, making it impossible to wash off the stain. They would then obediently take the blame for her.
Unexpectedly, Consort Zhao was quite shrewd; she directly sent the clothes to the Empress Dowager, fearing she might get into trouble.
The Empress Dowager was the last person to check the clothes. If something happened to her while wearing these clothes, would she be accused of harming her child by the Empress Dowager, an elder?
"Your Highness, why don't you pretend to fall down and we can get past this hurdle first? As for Consort Xian, we can deal with her later," the personal maid suggested. Consort Xian's fake pregnancy had kept her on tenterhooks, fearing that she would be found out and lose her head.
"Shut up!" Consort Xian snapped coldly, her gaze turning icy. "If you're afraid, you don't need to serve me anymore. I don't need someone as cowardly as you."
Given the Emperor's high regard for Yun Chaoxi, only a charge of plotting against the imperial heir could shake his favor towards her. She wouldn't let such a golden opportunity slip by!
Since we can't tamper with the clothes, we have to find another way.
...
Before we knew it, it was time for the Mid-Autumn Festival banquet.
Those qualified to attend the banquet were all key officials of the court. As the head of all officials, Prime Minister Yun also brought his wife and children to the palace for the banquet.
After more than two months, Yun Chaoxi was finally able to see her father and mother. She was very excited when she woke up in the morning and moved around restlessly in Chu Xiao's arms.
Chu Xiao chuckled and gently pinched her upturned nose. "You're happier to see your parents than to see me?"
Yun Chaoxi pouted and snorted, "That's different."
"What's different?"
Yun Chaoxi glared at him with dissatisfaction, "My father, mother and brothers all dote on me, but the emperor only bullies me."
Chu Xiao felt very innocent. "I didn't do anything last night. I hadn't even done anything to you yet and you were already complaining that you weren't feeling well. Didn't I magnanimously let you off the hook?"
A hint of guilt flashed in Yun Chaoxi's eyes. She touched her lower abdomen under the quilt, then quickly regained her composure. She was pregnant now; she couldn't let him do whatever he wanted.
"snort!"
Chu Xiao gritted his teeth. The little concubine's temper was getting worse. He should have known better than to let her go last night.
He had just put on his undergarment, not yet fastening the belt, leaving the lapel wide open, when he leaned down and kissed Yun Chaoxi, who was wrapped up in a ball on the bed, sucking on her milky lips again and again.
"Hmm~"
The sounds of ambiguous entanglement gradually rose.
Chu Xiao savored it carefully, "Why is it so fragrant and sweet, hmm?"
"Ugh...be gentle..." Yun Chaoxi was so overwhelmed by his kisses that her misty eyes were half-open, and her hands were weakly supporting Chu Xiao's exposed chest.
Chu Xiao grew increasingly agitated with each kiss, and his kisses gradually moved downwards.
Suddenly, Zhu'er's excited voice came from outside the hall, "Your Majesty, Your Highness, the Prime Minister's wife has arrived!"
Yun Chaoxi instantly snapped out of her daze and immediately pushed Chu Xiao away with delight, "My mother is here!"
After saying that, he walked past Chu Xiao and got out of bed to see the Prime Minister's wife.
Chu Xiao pulled her back to bed, feeling somewhat unsatisfied, but knowing there was nothing he could do at the moment, he muttered under his breath, "You heartless little thing. You stay here, I'll change my clothes and go out to have Madam Yun come in and talk to you."
"Your Majesty, you are so kind!" Yun Chaoxi kissed his cheek. "Please leave now!"
Chu Xiao, "..."
After calming down for a while, he changed his clothes and said to Yun Chaoxi before going out, "I will come to pick you up later so we can go to the Hall of Supreme Harmony together."
"good."
When the emperor came out, Lady Yun was very shocked. "Your Majesty, I greet you."
It's already high in the sky, and the emperor is only now emerging from his daughter's palace. Isn't that... not a good thing?
Chu Xiao said gently, "Madam Yun, please go in and keep the Imperial Concubine company."
"yes."
After Chu Xiao had walked away, Madam Yun stepped into the inner room. As soon as she turned past the pear wood screen decorated with flowers, birds, fish and insects, Yun Chaoxi flew into Madam Yun's arms like a butterfly.
"Mother, your daughter misses you."
Madam Yun's eyes welled up with tears at the sound of her mother being called "Mother." Back then, when Yun Chaoxi insisted on entering the palace to accompany the emperor, she had always refused. However, Prime Minister Yun had been persuaded by his daughter and finally gave in. On the surface, she smiled and sent her to the palace, but in her heart, she was extremely worried.
He was afraid that his daughter would be mistreated in the palace.
"Alright, alright, you're such a grown man, yet you're still so immature. How did I raise you at home?"
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