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After An Shun left, Su Jingyao leaned gently against Jun Zechen's strong chest like a lazy kitten.

His fair and slender hand casually rested on his chest, slowly and gently sliding through his robes.

She tilted her head slightly, her eyes filled with a pitiful expression.

"I am in a bad mood today and do not wish to speak. I offended Your Majesty just now. Will Your Majesty be angry?"

Jun Zechen looked at her with affection, "Why are you angry, Yao Yao?"

Su Jingyao gently bit her lip, a hint of grievance flashing in her eyes.

"I saw Your Majesty and Consort Xu in the peach grove today, and a feeling of sadness welled up in my heart the moment I saw them."

She made a small fist and gently punched his chest before continuing.

"Later, Your Majesty abandoned Consort Xu because of me. I felt very conflicted and didn't know whether I should be happy or not."

"Because I don't want to delay Your Majesty, and I don't want Your Majesty to go against your wishes for fear of upsetting me."

A hint of sadness flickered in her eyes.

"Your Majesty is afraid... While Your Majesty is outwardly comforting me, you are actually thinking of someone else..."

As Jun Zechen listened to her pour out her heart, he suddenly realized that she had so much on her mind.

She has the same anxieties and insecurities that all women have; she gets jealous and envious.

But she always prioritized his emotions, worrying that he might be manipulated.

However, what she didn't know was that everything he did for her was voluntary and uncontrollable.

Jun Zechen held her shoulders, lowered his head to meet her gaze, his expression extremely serious and solemn.

"Does Yao Yao really not trust me? In my heart, no one can compare to Yao Yao."

Su Jingyao blushed at his words.

"It's all because Your Majesty is too good to me. I can't help but want to possess Your Majesty," Su Jingyao said coquettishly.

Jun Zechen suddenly hugged her tightly, his heart filled with joy and sweetness.

He also wanted to possess her every moment, and it turned out that she had the same idea as him.

From an angle unseen by Su Jingyao, Jun Zechen's eyes grew increasingly dark and profound. If it weren't for fulfilling the so-called ancestral precepts, he wouldn't want to touch those women.

He knew Yao Yao would understand him; she was a really good person.

"Yaoyao, you don't need to care about any of the women in the harem, because I never care about them." Jun Zechen's deep voice slowly rang in Su Jingyao's ears.

Yikun Palace.

Meixiang, with a hint of caution in her expression, said softly, "Your Majesty, the eunuch I just sent to Qianqing Palace has returned with news that Consort Chunshu is currently in Qianqing Palace. His Majesty will come to Yikun Palace tomorrow to discuss the Empress Dowager's birthday with you."

As she spoke, Meixiang's eyes flickered slightly.

Since His Majesty's attitude towards the master changed, the master's temperament has become increasingly irritable and easily angered.

"Didn't Consort Chunshu go to Yichun Palace?"

Consort Gui (Ling Yue) frowned slightly. Now that she was in charge of the affairs of the three palaces, she had cultivated some of her own people in the harem, so it was not surprising that she knew about Consort Chun Shu's movements.

She didn't want to bother with the arguments between those beauties.

Consort Chun Shu always liked to do these seemingly kind things.

Lady Shangguan (Shangguan Yi) comes from a humble background and is not favored by the Emperor. What benefit would there be in helping her?

With such actions, isn't Consort Chun Shu openly offending Consort Chu and Consort Lin?

Even though Consort Chu is not particularly favored by His Majesty, she comes from a wealthy family and has a concubine, Lin Ronghua, who is also somewhat favored. Is Consort Chunshu really not afraid at all?

Seeing her mistress's displeasure, Meixiang quickly explained, "My mistress, after you sent someone to invite His Majesty, Xu Baolin (Xu Shiying) also sent someone to deliver a message."

"She ran into His Majesty in the peach grove today. After Consort Chunshu came out of Yichun Palace, she also left the peach grove. When His Majesty saw Consort Chunshu, he left Consort Xu behind and took Consort Chunshu back to Qianqing Palace."

After speaking, Meixiang carefully observed her master's expression.

The imperial concubine frowned even more deeply, pondered for a moment, and then suddenly let out a soft laugh.

"No wonder His Majesty was in such a hurry to appease Consort Chunshu, so why would he come to Yikun Palace?"

I wonder how Consort Chunshu felt seeing one woman after another coming to His Majesty's side.

Will she, like she did back then, be forced to accept it, suppressing her anger, her eyes filled with resentment and despair?

Then the Imperial Concubine thought of Xu Baolin, a hint of satisfaction in her eyes.

"Xu Baolin should have left some impression on His Majesty today."

"It has been half a month since the new concubine entered the palace, but His Majesty has not yet finished touring all the concubines of the rank of Beauty. I was thinking of inviting His Majesty to Yikun Palace tonight so that Consort Xu can make an appearance in front of His Majesty."

"Unexpectedly, Xu Baolin was quite lucky; he actually ran into His Majesty in the peach grove."

Xu Baolin came from a humble family and was originally only entitled to the title of Imperial Concubine.

It was Xu Baolin who came to her door in the first place, and she also set conditions for Xu Baolin. Since Xu Baolin agreed, she would naturally promote Xu Baolin's rank and let her be favored by the emperor as soon as possible.

At this moment, the palace maid Juxiang entered and respectfully said, "Your Majesty, Minister Chen and Minister Li request an audience."

Chen Shangfu was someone Jun Zechen specially transferred from elsewhere to the Shangfu Bureau to help the Consort avoid making mistakes at the Empress Dowager's birthday banquet. However, the Consort was unaware that she was sent by Jun Zechen.

"Let them in," the Imperial Concubine nodded.

Chen Shangfu and Li Shangfu walked in and bowed respectfully to the Imperial Concubine, their tone humble and polite.

"This humble official greets Your Highness, may Your Highness be well."

Get up.

"How are the preparations for the Empress Dowager's auspicious attire progressing?" the Imperial Concubine asked.

Chen Shangfu was a senior and composed person, and she said after she stood up.

"Your Majesty, the Imperial Clothing Bureau has prepared four sets of auspicious robes for the Empress Dowager's birthday banquet. This humble official and I, along with Li Shangfu, will each be responsible for two of them."

The reason for preparing four sets of auspicious robes is that the Empress Dowager will wear one set at the birthday banquet, and then the Emperor will change into another set for the Empress Dowager during the grand court performance prepared for her in the Hall of Supreme Harmony.

Just in case, each set of auspicious clothing has a backup, so a total of four sets were prepared.

Each of the Empress Dowager's auspicious robes was crafted with exquisite skill and was extremely luxurious, with a time-consuming, labor-intensive, and time-consuming production process.

Chen Shangfu paused for a moment, then continued.

"However... besides being responsible for the Empress Dowager's auspicious attire, the Bureau of Ceremonial Clothing is also tasked with preparing banquet attire for you and the other two high-ranking consorts, Consort Chunshu and Consort An. This humble official believes it is appropriate..."

Upon hearing this, the Imperial Concubine involuntarily frowned and interrupted Chen Shangfu.

"For the Empress Dowager's birthday banquet, her auspicious attire is naturally the most important. Everyone else's palace attire can be made as usual."

Chen Shangfu maintained a serious expression, though she was somewhat displeased with the Consort's casualness, she still spoke calmly.

"Your Majesty, the Imperial Clothing Bureau is dedicated to the best of its ability when it comes to the palace attire of every lady. Whether it is Consort Chunshu or Consort An, I believe that the Imperial Clothing Department can be responsible for the palace attire of Consort Chunshu and Consort An."

Upon hearing the names of Consort Chunshu and Consort An, the Imperial Concubine felt a surge of anger.

Consort Chun Shu stole her husband's heart, and Consort An Zhao Rong framed her, causing her to lose her position as Empress.

The Imperial Concubine impatiently interrupted Chen Shangfu.

"Chen Shangfu, I know you are always meticulous, but the most important thing for the Empress Dowager's birthday banquet is her auspicious dress. I have other arrangements for the clothing department, so you only need to prepare the Empress Dowager's auspicious dress properly."

"I will continue to arrange for others to take care of the concubines' palace attire. You may leave."

Chen Shangfu frowned slightly, feeling somewhat helpless, but still respectfully replied, "Yes, Your Majesty."

After Chen Shangfu withdrew, the Imperial Concubine turned to face Li Shangfu, who was standing to the side.

Li Shangfu stood respectfully, a fawning smile on his face.

"Li Shangfu, just have someone make the palace costumes for Consort Chunshu and Consort An. You don't need to put in too much effort."

After saying that, she continued, "I remember that Consort Chunshu chose red cinnabar for this embroidery design. Add some other colors to it, but don't make the red too eye-catching."

"The embroidery pattern on my palace dress is peony, which is most similar to peony. It doesn't matter if it's embroidered more like peony."

Li Shangfu nodded hurriedly in agreement, her fawning smile deepening: "Yes, Your Majesty."

"The palace attire I make for you will certainly be the most magnificent, and I will ensure that there are no mistakes in the Empress Dowager's auspicious attire."

The imperial concubine nodded in satisfaction. "Hmm, very good. You may leave."

Li Shangfu bowed respectfully, then turned and left.

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Zhaochun Palace.

After Miaoxia finished cooking the calming medicine that Physician Jin had carefully prepared for his master, she carefully held the still slightly steaming medicine in both hands and slowly walked into the hall.

"My lord, Lin Mama has been taking meticulous care of your health, so why have you been drinking so much herbal medicine lately? Didn't you used to hate bitter medicine the most?"

Miaoxia frowned slightly, her face full of doubt.

"You are well aware of Physician Jin's superb medical skills. Naturally, this medicine is beneficial to my health, which is why I drank it."

Su Jingyao remained calm and simply responded without offering any further explanation.

The prescription for her recent medicine is as follows: 15 grams of Angelica sinensis, 12 grams of Rehmannia glutinosa, 10 grams of Paeonia lactiflora, 8 grams of Ligusticum chuanxiong, 10 grams of Prunus persica, 8 grams of Carthamus tinctorius, 15 grams of Leonurus japonicus, and 10 grams of Cyperus rotundus.

It was also combined with some of Li Jing's secret recipes.

Anyone with even a slight knowledge of medicine can immediately recognize that most of these medicinal herbs have the effect of promoting blood circulation.

This was a prescription that Su Jingyao specially asked Li Jin to prepare to induce her period to come earlier.

She has been taking this medicine for several days, and on the day of the Empress Dowager's birthday banquet, she will give herself another bowl of medicine.

Based on Li Jin's familiarity with her body, it was highly likely that she would experience heavy bleeding on the day of the Empress Dowager's birthday banquet due to her menstrual period arriving early, given that she had taken so many blood-activating herbs.

Jun Zechen has been on the throne for more than three months, and this time she must make Jun Zechen completely disappointed in Ling Yue.

Then naturally we should go for something bigger.

She planned to feign pregnancy and then miscarry on the day of the Empress Dowager's birthday banquet.

If the Empress Dowager's monthly allowance comes on her birthday, it will be seven days earlier than her usual monthly allowance.

Moreover, she had also calculated the timing of her sexual intercourse with Jun Zechen. If she miscarried after only half a month of pregnancy, even the imperial physician would find it difficult to determine whether she was pregnant by taking her pulse.

Moreover, the blood from a miscarriage at half a month of pregnancy is almost indistinguishable from menstrual blood. Even in modern times, it takes tests such as human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG) to make a diagnosis.

Ancient imperial physicians were basically unable to discern the differences in the blood with the naked eye.

She did not tell Miaoxia and the others about this plan. Although they were intelligent and steady, they were still a little lacking in acting skills.

If they knew beforehand, Su Jingyao worried that they wouldn't be able to cry.

It's best to keep it from them.

Su Jingyao frowned slightly, forced herself to endure the bitter taste, closed her eyes tightly, and tilted her head back to drink the medicine.

After drinking it, a look of pain appeared on his face, and a little bit of medicine residue remained at the corner of his mouth.

Miaoxia quickly took the medicine bowl from her hands, gave her a bowl of flower tea, and then put the medicine bowl aside.

After drinking the flower tea and suppressing the bitterness in her mouth, Su Jingyao's gaze fell on the palace dress sent by the Bureau of Imperial Clothing.

A hint of disdain flashed in his eyes.

If it weren't for her own plans, Su Jingyao would never have wanted to wear such palace attire.

The embroidery patterns on the palace dresses appear bright and elegant on the surface, but a closer look at the stitches reveals how rough they are.

Even the rare brocade she had sent to the Imperial Clothing Bureau was replaced; it's unclear whether the Imperial Concubine was condoning embezzlement by her subordinates.

Miaoxia also glanced at the palace attire with a look of disdain and couldn't help but complain.

"Your Majesty, look at this palace dress that has been sent over. The stitching is so messy that it's only passable at first glance."

"Putting aside how terrible the embroidery is, the most important thing is that the material is wrong too. We clearly sent the best Yun brocade over."

Miaoxia shook her head gently as she spoke.

"Your skin is delicate, this fabric must be uncomfortable to wear. Why don't you tell His Majesty? I'll get you a different palace dress."

"It's alright, I have other plans."

A mysterious look flashed across Su Jingyao's face as she spoke softly.

Miaoxia had some doubts after hearing this, but she knew that her master must have his own plan, so she didn't ask any more questions.