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

Chapter 566

"You concealed your participation in the imperial selection and entered the palace from everyone, while your Zhou family knew that your appearance was flawed but still insisted on sending you into the palace. Knowing this but not reporting it is already a serious crime of deceiving the emperor."

"The crime of deceiving the emperor is punishable by death, no matter who it is."

Zhou Zhilan turned pale with fright. She knew the crime of deceiving the emperor; even a three-year-old child knew that it was a capital offense.

"I...I didn't mean to deceive the emperor. I was tricked by Lin Bao'er."

Yun Xiyue narrowed her eyes slightly, "You're still colluding with Lin Bao'er? She's a spy from an enemy country who stole our country's weapons blueprints."

"His Majesty is investigating this matter; I never expected the Zhou family to be involved!"

Zhou Zhilan instinctively covered her mouth, secretly furious. "I did not collude with spies from enemy countries. Don't even think about... slandering me."

"Whether it's slander or not is up to His Majesty," Yun Xiyue chuckled. "Guards."

"do not want!"

Zhou Zhilan was immediately frightened and knelt down to kowtow to her, "Your Majesty, I know I was wrong. Please forgive me! I will not compete with you for the Emperor, and from now on I will obey your every command in the palace."

"I beg you, please give me a way to live."

She didn't know if the Zhou family would be convicted.

But if the emperor knew of her ugly face, he would definitely despise her and banish her to the cold palace.

The thought of being banished to the cold palace was unbearable for her.

Yun Xiyue's expression was indifferent. "I can help you restore your appearance."

what?

Zhou Zhilan was crying when she suddenly heard what she said. She looked up at her in disbelief, "Is what Your Majesty said true? You helped me restore my appearance and also helped me hide it from the Emperor?"

"Well, but I have one condition."

Zhou Zhilan breathed a sigh of relief. She would accept any condition. "Go ahead," she said.

"I don't need you to do anything now, but when I need you to do something, you must do it for me."

Zhou Zhilan frowned, not understanding what she was trying to do. "What is it?"

"You'll know when the time comes." Yun Xiyue didn't say much, and took out two boxes of scar removal cream for her.

Zhou Zhilan burst into tears of joy, unable to believe that Yun Xiyue would be so kind.

"You...you really won't tell the Emperor?"

"As long as you don't do anything stupid, the Emperor will naturally not know. You've stayed quietly in the harem for the past two years without giving yourself away. Don't you understand?"

Murong Yu had absolutely no interest in her.

Otherwise, how could she have kept it a secret for so long?

Zhou Zhilan was both angry and furious, but she couldn't refute him.

It was indeed because the emperor had never paid attention to her that she escaped a calamity; this was all because she was out of favor.

That's a dead man!

She took the plaster and went home first.

Murong Yu, upon learning that she had been there, asked curiously, "Zhou Zhilan came to cause trouble. Does she bother you?"

Yun Xiyue smiled and said, "No, it's because Zhou Yan was injured. He came to me asking for the scar-free ointment, and I thought it was an opportunity to win people over, so I gave him two boxes."

Murong Yu didn't care at all, and didn't ask any further questions after hearing about it.

"Yes, there's news about Master."

"Really?"

Upon hearing this, Yun Xiyue became very excited and grabbed his hand, asking, "Is Master saved?"

"They've been rescued, but we don't know their current condition yet."

"It will take them about a month to get back."

Yun Xiyue breathed a sigh of relief. "Mm."

Finally relieved, he ordered the imperial meal to be served.

I asked him to eat with me.

These imperial dishes were all prepared in the small kitchen of the Jiaofang Palace.

"Ah Yue, isn't today's imperial meal a bit too nourishing?" Murong Yu glanced at her and couldn't help but stare at her.

Does this mean he should eat a lot during the day and then eat her at night?

He's been drinking the goji berry tea she prepares every day lately.

He was burning with desire, but she wouldn't give it to him, saying she'd have to wait a few days.

Yunxi Yue's ears burned, and she said in a low voice, "But today, this is the recipe. I calculated my period, and these few days are... the best time to get pregnant, so we can have sex."

It refers to the ovulation period as described in the pharmacopoeia.