Demoted from wife to concubine? Reborn, the mistress of a noble family plots another high-status mar

Chapter 289

It's not a good thing for others to know.

She wanted to leave, but she couldn't bear to leave Murong Yu behind.

"Ah Yue, this medicine is too bitter..." Murong Yu looked at the medicine and didn't want to drink it for a long time.

Yun Xiyue glared at her. "How old are you?"

"Humph......"

Murong Yu snorted; he simply didn't want to drink the medicine.

"Your Majesty wouldn't refuse to take medicine because you're not afraid of the hardship, would you? If you did summon the imperial physician, it would alarm the Empress Dowager, and she would definitely force you to take the medicine."

Murong Yu frowned. She actually found out?

"Don't be afraid, I've prepared some candied fruit." Yun Xiyue suddenly found him quite cute and cheerfully brought over a large plate of candied fruit.

"I don't like sweets."

Yun Xiyue was both amused and exasperated. "Why are you so difficult to please?"

"If A-Yue finds it troublesome, she can leave and doesn't need to worry about me."

Murong Yu turned his back to her, refusing both the medicine and the candied fruit.

Yun Xiyue opened her mouth.

Forget it, I'm too magnanimous to hold a grudge against such a petty person.

I won't stoop to his level.

"Your Majesty, this medicine smells bitter, but it's actually not very bitter."

"I tasted it for you."

Murong Yu reached out and put his arm around her waist. "Then A-Yue will feed me."

He lowered his head and approached.

This "feeding" doesn't mean hand-feeding him.

The roots of the moonflower in the cloud stream turned bright red.

"Just one bite..." Murong Yu said with a smile as he handed her the medicine bowl.

Yun Xiyue really suspected that he had gone mad from the fever; if this continued, she really wouldn't be able to leave.

"Ah."

"Just one bite then."

......

"Your Majesty, you can drink the rest yourself!" Yun Xiyue's mouth tasted both bitter and sweet, and her lips were slightly swollen. She didn't dare to look at him and handed over the medicine bowl.

This time he tilted his head back and drank it all in one gulp.

Yun Xiyue helped him into the house and had someone come in to change his clothes.

"Has His Majesty retired for the night?" she asked, preparing to leave.

Eunuch Fu said, "His Majesty has fallen asleep. The imperial physician said that this medicine has a sleep-inducing effect, but His Majesty's willpower is extraordinary, and he will probably wake up soon."

"Young Miss, it's getting late. This old servant will see you out of the palace first. Can you come again tomorrow morning?"

Yun Xiyue nodded.

With the help of the auspicious eunuch escorting them out of the palace, it wasn't too much trouble.

Because of Murong Yu's order, no one dared to stop them.

"Eunuch Fu, do the Empress Dowager and the others know that I went to the palace today?" Yun Xiyue found it strange. In the past, when she went to the palace, neither the Empress Dowager nor Pei Fang would definitely look for her.

"The Empress Dowager is still recuperating. The Emperor said that nothing should disturb her. Consort Pei has gone to Baohua Temple."

Although Baohua Temple is located within the palace grounds, it is some distance from the inner palace.

"Why did the Imperial Concubine go to Baohua Temple?" Yun Xiyue asked in surprise.

Going to Baohua Temple is a punishment, not a reward.

Pei Fang couldn't possibly go to Baohua Temple to suffer on her own.

Eunuch Fu said, "A few days ago, the Imperial Concubine disobeyed and went to make trouble for the Empress Dowager, which aggravated the Empress Dowager's illness."

"His Majesty then ordered the Empress to go to Baohua Temple to pray for the Empress Dowager's well-being."

Yun Xiyue understood that many things in the palace could not be easily known by outsiders, except by those court officials.

She is usually busy looking at account books and doing business.

I rarely inquire about matters within the palace.

"Young Miss, we've arrived at the palace gate. This old servant will not see you off further; I must return to take care of His Majesty. Please be careful."

Eunuch Fu escorted him to the palace gate and then returned home.

Yunxi Yue rode her own carriage back to the mansion.

In the dead of night, Bei Ye dared not let his guard down.

But suddenly the carriage stopped.

"Xiao Bei, protect Miss well." Xiao Wei's stern voice came.