Chapter 23: Canary Captured by the Enemy Emperor 10

After walking around in a circle, Lin Muqing finally got tired and stretched out her recovered, tender, white hand towards Jun Yuanming who was following her.

She said in a coquettish voice, with a soft and relaxed tone: "Your Majesty is very tired and doesn't want to ride anymore."

Jun Yuanming took care of her body which had just recovered, reached out his hand helplessly, carried her onto his horse, and slowly returned to the tent.

"Your Majesty, I have seen Lin Shuyi." Eunuch Qin stepped forward and bowed before saying to His Majesty, "Your Majesty, the Left Prime Minister wants to see you."

Jun Yuanming responded calmly, lifted up her messy hair, and looked at her little face which was flushed pink after exercise. It looked much healthier than the pale face before.

There is a subtle sense of accomplishment.

"Is your Majesty happy today?"

"Well, you go back to Shuyu Palace first."

"Okay." She would never tell him to come after he was done with his work, and she felt that her feelings were different from those of others who reminded her.

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Lin Muqing returned to Shuyu Palace and immediately asked Xiaoliu and Xiaoyu to prepare a table of delicious food.

I have no appetite this month if I don’t eat spicy food. I take medicine every day and my skin smells like medicine.

Now the canteen was very generous to her. The two roast chickens from the system were returned, and the small kitchen delivered a lot of fresh dishes every day.

Xiaoyu is an excellent cook. With the help of Xiaoliu, she served West Lake Sweet and Sour Fish, Braised Lion's Head, Buddha Jumps Over the Wall, Roasted Lamb Leg with Chili Peppers, and Papaya Bone Soup in the second half of the hour. Except for the soup, all other dishes were topped with red chilies. The portions were not big, but the taste was amazing.

"Xiaoyu, did you go to the Yu kitchen to learn how to cook? Wow, it's so delicious."

She had to open a window to sell roasted lion heads and earn a pill or two first.

Xiaoyu wiped her mouth from time to time and said, "My dear, please be careful with your stomach. Don't eat too much at once."

She ate most of the food on the table, and her stomach was bloated.

"Let's go for a walk to help digest the food."

However, as soon as he walked out of the vermilion gate of the outer hall, he was "caught" by an old maid.

The nanny was wearing a dark palace dress. She looked at her calmly and experiencedly, "Lin Shuyi, the Queen Mother wants to see you."

The nanny's voice was neither cold nor hot, and she spoke slowly, but in a commanding tone.

Lin Muqing also heard that the Queen Mother seemed to want to see her several times.

The Queen Mother in the plot spent the rest of her life fasting and chanting Buddhist scriptures. Out of compassion, she just wanted Jun Yuanming to have a child.

The empress dowager was also a great beauty when she was young. She was the only daughter of the prime minister who held great power at the time. She loved the late emperor to death and pushed him to the throne. However, when she found out that the late emperor loved someone else, she still refused to give up, until her father was beheaded for being falsely accused of selling out the country, her mother committed suicide out of humiliation, her son was sent as a hostage to another country thousands of miles away, and she herself was banished to the cold palace.

The empress dowager finally came to her senses, but it was too late. She carried a deep hatred for seventeen years before her son took her out of the cold palace and named her empress dowager.

When Lin Muqing saw it, she wanted to say that this was the script of a sad drama with a tragic female protagonist, or else it was the tragic female supporting role.

Returning to the nanny in front of him, "Then nanny, please lead the way."

Queen Mother's Palace.

Lin Muqing walked in and saw a dignified lady in plain palace clothes sitting on the throne. There were no dazzling ornate accessories on her body, only a string of Buddhist beads twisted in her hands, sitting quietly as if waiting for her. The Queen Mother had a sense of calm and indifference after experiencing strong winds and waves. She could not tell that she was the kind of kind person who prayed to gods and worshiped Buddha. However, she was indeed beautiful in appearance and looked like a lady in her forties.

"Greetings, Her Majesty the Queen Mother." She folded her hands and bowed.

"Stand up, Awan, go get some snacks." The Queen Mother instructed the nanny and nodded at her, "Sit down."

When she saw Lin Muqing for the first time, the Queen Mother was also stunned by her stunning beauty. There was nothing about her body that was not beautiful, even her skin was so white and glowing.

"Are you feeling well?"

"Thank you for your concern, Your Majesty. I am fine now."

The Queen Mother had already learned from the Imperial Physician that Lin Muqing had been poisoned secretly by Concubine Chen Hui, which damaged her health and made her infertile, so she said a few polite words.

Let’s get straight to the point.

"Yuan'er went to the hunting ground with you just now?"

"Yes." Lin Muqing was not nervous at all. She sat gracefully and answered whatever was asked.

"Lin Shuyi should know that the harem has been childless for five years, and the most important thing for the royal family is to have more children. But because of your existence, His Majesty has put a lot of thought into it, and there are fewer children in the harem."

"Since you are no longer able to bear children, you should not occupy the emperor's time and energy all the time."

The Queen Mother saw the little girl's face suddenly turn pale and felt that her words were too harsh.

But how could she not be anxious? She knew Yuan'er's character. He had never been so close to a woman.

Just hearing about some of the things Yuan'er did to Lin Muqing was unbelievable. She was afraid that he would favor his favorite one. If she could have children, she would have let him do it, but the problem was that she couldn't.

If he falls in love with her completely and doesn't even go to the concubines, then his family line will really be extinct.

What should be done with the empire that Yuan'er had worked so hard to build?

"How did Your Majesty hear that I am infertile?" Lin Muqing seemed shocked. Her eyes instantly turned red and she was on the verge of a breakdown.

She never expected that this pillow would be sent at such a timely moment. If she didn't make good use of it, she would be letting down the Queen Mother's good intentions.