Hongxiu and Fuliu were woken up in the middle of the night to boil water, and both of them were bewildered.
Boiling water in the middle of the night?
What kind of water should I boil?
Why boil water so late at night?
They recognized the person who gave her these instructions; he was the emperor's personal eunuch.
What's the Emperor's personal eunuch doing here?
Does that mean the Emperor is also here?
"My God, so that means, so that means, then, Miss, Miss—" wasn't slept with?
"That won't do, I have to go save Miss."
Fu Liu suddenly stood up; her thought process had always been unconventional.
There are always many incomprehensible ideas.
"sit down."
Hongxiu said softly, "Sit down, or you'll drag the young lady and young master into this."
"But, Miss, she..."
That scumbag emperor might be in the young lady's room right now. Their delicate, fair-skinned young lady was taken advantage of by that scumbag emperor.
"It's alright, we should be happy." Hongxiu pouted, suppressing the sadness in her heart and the stinging in her eyes. "Yes, we should be happy. It's been over a year since Miss entered the palace. Waaah..."
I couldn't help it.
"Why would the Emperor suddenly become interested in Miss? Will he beat her?"
Fu Liu was even more worried.
Liu Fu was speechless.
Could he say that these two maids had a really wild imagination?
“Um, sir, please forgive us for what we’re saying here.” Hongxiu took out a ten-tael gold ingot and handed it to Liu Fu.
As if suddenly remembering Liu Fu beside her, Hongxiu quickly wiped away her tears, intending to bribe him.
Liu Fu accepted it without hesitation.
This is a trivial matter and there's no need to take it to heart.
However, it seems that the Ning family is indeed very wealthy. Look, even a little maid in the Ning family can throw gold around.
Liu Fu's gaze swept over Hongxiu, and Hongxiu, sensing this, said, "These are from the young master for me."
"How good is your young master at making money?" Liu Fu suddenly asked curiously.
"The student surpasses the master; our young master is even more capable than the master."
When Ning Hongze was mentioned, Hongxiu and Fuliu's faces showed more admiration.
For these people, being able to write poetry and couplets is not as valuable as being able to make money.
The town's pedantic scholar had once come to propose marriage, but was directly rejected by the young master. This man was clearly after their young lady's dowry; he stood there, and in that short time, his gaze repeatedly lingered between her and Fuliu.
The girl hadn't even agreed yet, but he already felt it was a done deal.
When the young master finally kicked them out, he cursed and said that the Ning family were merchants of low status, and that it was already a blessing for them that he had taken a liking to them. It was utterly absurd and laughable.
Around dawn, when it was already light, Qin Mu finally got out of bed.
Ning Zixin felt very uncomfortable all over after her first time receiving pleasure.
But seeing that Qin Mu had gotten up, she could only slowly climb out of bed with her noodle-like legs trembling, and dress him.
"Alright, stop moving. I can manage on my own."
Qin Mu deftly helped her put on her clothes, then dressed himself, and strode away from Wanlan Palace.
After Qin Mu left, Hongxiu and Fuliu rushed into the room.
Seeing their haggard faces and the bruises that their clothes couldn't even cover, the two maids were almost in tears.
Ning Zixin, on the other hand, had a very open and honest attitude.
"Don't cry, I'm so hungry, go get me something to eat."
"Anyway, I was originally the emperor's woman."
More than mourning her lost innocence, she wanted to fill her stomach.
"This servant will go right away."
"Cook more, I feel so hungry I could eat a cow."
"That must be an illusion."
Fuliu went to cook for Ning Zixin, while Hongxiu stayed behind, rolled up her sleeves, and gave Ning Zixin a massage.
Ning Zixin had been up all night, and she was already feeling drowsy before the food was even cooked.
It's fortunate that she has always kept a low profile.
Qin Mu's queen, and Qin Mu's childhood sweetheart.
The two didn't seem like a married couple; they were more like close friends. Seeing Qin Mu in such a good mood, Empress Liu Yun smiled and asked, "What good news has happened?"
"There's no good thing about it, I just had sex with a little wildcat."
"A little wildcat?" Almost nothing in the harem could be kept from the Empress. She already knew about Qin Mu's visit to the little maid in Wanlan Palace last night.
She had no feelings for Qin Mu beyond familial affection, therefore, she never cared who Qin Mu favored.
Should we give her a bowl of herbal medicine?
It was said to be a gift, but it wasn't. In fact, this medicine was to prevent the maids in the harem from casually climbing into the emperor's bed and getting pregnant with his child.
Even if you manage to climb into the emperor's bed, you might not necessarily gain status through your child; instead, you could very well be punished.
The medicine could only be taken off if the emperor had feelings for her.
"No need."
Qin Mu shook his head. If that girl behaved herself, what difference would it make if he gave her a child?
Upon receiving the letter from the palace, Ning Hong was so angry that her eyes turned red.
Qin Mu, that bastard, keeps saying he doesn't like his sister. If he doesn't like her, then he should just sleep with her. How is she supposed to get married now?
No matter how much they calculated, they couldn't have predicted that the Emperor would suddenly become interested in Ning Zixin.
Ning Hong scratched her head; all her plans had been completely disrupted by his sudden outburst.
The mission is to protect the younger sister.
Protect the Ning family.
Protecting the Ning family isn't difficult; after all, the Ning family members are all simple-minded and don't have many ulterior motives. But protecting the younger sister...????
His intention was to hope that his sister could be happy, as it was generally difficult for the emperor's women to find happiness.
Ugh, Qin Mu, what a jerk!
You should just protect your beloved, why did you have to hurt his sister?
Liu Linglong's feelings were also complicated.
I heard that the Emperor went to look for Ning Zixin.
It took them all night to emerge from Wanlan Palace.
Liu Linglong leaned against the window and sat there all day. By evening, she had fallen ill again.
His face was pale and his body was weak.
I don't even have the strength to get out of bed.
Qin Mu felt both heartache and sadness, and summoned all the imperial physicians.
"The Lady Consort is fine; it's just that her blood and qi have attacked her heart."
"I caught a slight cold."
"However, once I prescribe the medicine, you will recover."
These imperial physicians didn't like this Consort Zhaoyi. They always felt that she was particularly pretentious. Although her health was not good, it wasn't so bad that she would fall ill at the slightest breeze. They guessed that she was just using her health to compete for the emperor's favor.
That's absolutely stupid.
However, since the Emperor liked Consort Zhaoyi's style, the old imperial physicians couldn't talk nonsense anymore.
Only one imperial physician, with a serious expression, looked at Qin Mu, seemingly wanting to say something but holding back.
After much struggle, the imperial physician stepped forward and whispered something in Liu Fu's ear.
Liu Fu's expression changed slightly.
He hurriedly went to tell Qin Mu.
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