"Thank you for making this trip, Your Majesty. Please rest assured, I will do my best to take care of the Empress Dowager," Yun Qingluo said gratefully.
"Your Highness is too kind. I'll head back to report now." The eunuch finished speaking, bowed to the Empress Dowager, and left.
Seeing Yun Qingluo's exhausted face, the Empress Dowager said, "Good child, go and rest. I just took my medicine and I'd like to take a nap too."
Yun Qingluo bowed respectfully and withdrew.
Upon reaching the entrance, Yun Qingluo dodged the passing palace servants and those on duty, then slipped to the side of the window to listen to the sounds inside.
The nanny beside the Empress Dowager said, "Your Majesty, the Princess Consort is skilled in medicine. How could she not know what was in there? Yet she was able to drink the medicine without hesitation. It seems it is true."
The Empress Dowager said calmly, "Whether it's true or false, once this bowl of medicine is taken, it will become true. The Ninth Prince is so deeply in love with her, I want to see how she, a hen that can't lay eggs, can win his heart now."
The old woman sighed, "The prince has been devoted to the princess all these years. I wonder what his choice will be this time?"
The Empress Dowager seemed to recall the past, her voice faint, "Back then, wasn't he also deeply in love with that slut? In the end, wasn't it that the slut was unlucky and had a short life... Not everyone is fortunate enough to receive imperial favor."
"What the Empress Dowager says is true. No matter how much the late Emperor favored that one, it is still you, the Empress Dowager, who sits firmly in Cining Palace now. You are still the most honored person in Tianmo Kingdom," the nanny said smugly from the side.
"Yes, I am now the most honored Empress Dowager in Tianmo Kingdom. It was all for nothing that I pretended to be a close sister back then, sending her tonics and, with the permission of the imperial physician, taking them with her to dispel the late emperor's suspicions."
"The Empress Dowager was truly wise. The baby was too big and in a transverse position; it would be strange if there wasn't a difficult birth. I just didn't expect that bastard to be so lucky and actually survive." The old woman's voice was filled with resentment.
"Fortunately, the Empress Dowager has always pretended to be very affectionate towards him and his son, so he naturally does not suspect her and has been very filial to her for many years."
"Hehehe, thinking of that slut's son being so filial to his mother's killer, I feel so happy. Now that I've sent my daughter-in-law in to be filial to me, that slut will probably jump out of her coffin if she finds out."
"In the end, it was the Empress Dowager who was truly brilliant, coming up with such a way to vent her anger." The old woman said with a fawning expression.
"Enough of this matter. Don't mention it again. Once I recover, I'll send her away. It's so annoying to see her every day. Like mother, like daughter. She's just as annoying as that little bastard," the Empress Dowager said with disgust.
"Yes, Your Majesty."
A flash of murderous intent crossed Yun Qingluo's eyes, but she quickly concealed it and left without making a sound.
Yun Tao had been waiting for a long time, and when she saw Yun Qingluo finally return, she hurriedly went to greet her.
"Your Highness, you're finally back. Why are you so late today? They specifically told me not to come with you. Oh, Your Highness, why do you look so pale? Has something happened?"
Yun Qinglu shook her head. "Perhaps I've been too tired these past few days. Yun Tao, please take the food away. I want to rest. I'll eat later."
Seeing that Yun Qingluo looked tired, Yun Tao stopped insisting that she eat.
He quickly cleared away the food, made up the bed for Yun Qingluo, and then left.
Yun Qingluo found a large potted plant in the room, opened her mouth, gagged herself, and spat out the medicine.
She took out a bowl of medicine from the medical system to help prevent miscarriage, drank it, and finally breathed a slight sigh of relief.
Since learning she was pregnant, Yun Qingluo had already asked Xiao Yi to prepare the most suitable pregnancy-supporting medicine and other medications for pregnant women, which she kept in the medical system.
"Xiao Yi, thank you." Without Xiao Yi's help along the way, she doesn't know how many times she would have stumbled.
Xiao Yi remained silent for a while before awkwardly replying, "Who needs you to say thank you? It's just trouble every day."
Yun Qingluo immediately remembered the Empress Dowager's words, and her expression turned cold.
She never expected that the Empress Dowager would be two-faced, saying one thing to the face and another behind the scenes.
Poor Ah Chen thought she was genuinely good to him.
The death of A-Chen's mother was actually orchestrated by the current Empress Dowager.
Yun Qingluo felt a pang of sadness. In this world, there truly wasn't a single person who genuinely cared for the young man she loved.
In his previous life, he suffered so much.
Even when it came to finally bringing the emperor down, they were mindful of the Empress Dowager's kindness and handled the matter gently.
The Empress Dowager's special assistance to Mo Beichen back then was perhaps to save his life.
That's a brilliant plan.
Yun Qingluo lay on the bed looking at the ceiling, feeling somewhat irritated.
Ah Chen never doubted the Empress Dowager, and even out of gratitude for her kindness in his youth, he would send good things to Cining Palace.
Although he didn't say it, she knew that Ah Chen valued relationships and must care a lot about the Empress Dowager.
How heartbroken he would be if he knew this news now.
But what's meant to happen will happen...
Since the death of Achen's mother was related to the Empress Dowager, she naturally wouldn't let her off easily.
Since the Empress Dowager doesn't truly love Mo Beichen, then he doesn't deserve to use her medicine.
However, in order to leave the palace as soon as possible and avoid facing this old hag whom she wished she could strangle, Yun Qingluo still used special medicine to treat her body.
After all, only by living could he torment her more effectively.
Yun Qingluo mixed some of her newly developed medicine into her daily medication.
This medicine will be a real problem for the Empress Dowager. Everyone in the palace with status has a history of taking lives.
and......
"Why do I feel so much pain all over my body after applying the medicine lately?" the Empress Dowager questioned Yun Qingluo.
Yun Qingluo explained with a smile, "I didn't want the Empress Dowager's skin to have any marks after the chickenpox subsided, so I used the best medicine. This good medicine will naturally sting, but after it heals, the Empress Dowager's skin will definitely be smooth and delicate, even better than that of the concubines in the harem."
"Is this really true?" The Empress Dowager's eyes lit up with surprise.
Everyone loves beauty, and even an old woman like her is no exception.
Yun Qingluo smiled even more kindly, "It's really true, Your Majesty. How could I dare to deceive you? After all, you took such good care of my prince back then."
Yun Qingluo deliberately emphasized the events of that year, and sure enough, she saw a hint of guilt flash in the Empress Dowager's eyes.
The medicine was supposed to be painless, but Yun Qingluo changed the prescription. She wanted to make her suffer, day and night.
Back then, if she hadn't openly given Ah Chen nice things, those people wouldn't have hated Ah Chen even more, and wouldn't have tormented him even more.
Even if she later changed to delivering it secretly, it was only to prevent Ah Chen from suspecting that she had ulterior motives.
It means that I know it's not good to openly protect you, so I secretly send you food.
Who wouldn't be moved by this action?
What's more, young A-Chen was unloved by his parents and suffered all kinds of bullying.
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