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

Chapter 821

Yunxi Yue has already weaned her child from breast milk.

But wet nurses are still needed.

For a moment, Murong Yu was busy and flustered.

Taking care of children is more tiring than attending court; he was drenched in sweat in no time.

The kids are so noisy, and each one is more energetic than the last. They don't sleep at night, but they sleep soundly during the day.

Evenings were his time, and he finally had a chance to be alone with the Empress, but it was disrupted by the three little ones.

They finally fell asleep after playing until they were tired.

Murong Yu breathed a sigh of relief, just then Yun Xiyue came out of her bath.

"Your Majesty? What happened to you?" Yun Xiyue couldn't help but laugh when she saw the milk marks on his face.

"Xiao Bao did this. That child is naughty. I want to give him a good spanking."

Yun Xiyue smiled and said, "Then you should go and wash up quickly."

"Ah Yue, you will come with me."

Murong Yu picked her up and gestured for someone to take the child away.

"emperor......"

After the child was taken away, she was placed on the bed.

Yun Xiyue had just taken a bath, and her body felt fragrant and soft.

Murong Yu stared at her with burning eyes.

His Adam's apple bobbed violently as he attacked her waist with both hands.

“Ah Yue…”

Yun Xiyue's eyes and cheeks were flushed, and she looked delicate and fragile. Her heart raced when he looked at her like that, and her eyes were slightly glazed over, as if she were drunk.

She wrapped her arms around his neck and gave him a kiss.

"emperor."

How could Murong Yu possibly tolerate this?

Her robes loosened, and with that movement, his gaze fell on the patch of snow-white skin on her chest, his eyes darkening.

In an instant, he took the initiative and kissed her lips fiercely.

The soft moonlight shone on the peach branches outside the window, and the peach blossoms, which had been dormant all winter, quietly bloomed on the branches.

The palace was also filled with the feeling of spring.

......

Afterwards, the two lay face to face in bed. Murong Yu cupped her face with one hand and held her waist tightly in his arms with the other.

"Ah Yue, you've lost weight recently." Her eyes were full of heartache.

She had to take care of three children and also manage the affairs of the harem.

How can I not lose weight?

Murong Yu felt increasingly distressed.

"Is it alright? I've gotten back to my old figure." Yun Xiyue was quite satisfied with her weight loss.

She doesn't want her figure to change.

Murong Yu laughed and said, "That's too skinny. It would be more comfortable to hug someone with a bit more flesh."

"Be serious!"

"Can you make me be serious for once, compared to when we're in bed?"

Yun Xiyue felt an itch on her neck from his teasing and quickly stopped him, saying, "Stop fooling around, you have to go to court tomorrow."

"By the way, why did you agree to go on a marriage alliance with Pei Fang?"

Murong Yu leaned his face against her soft embrace, speaking in that position, "It was their own choice."

He recounted the story of the Empress Dowager.

Yun Xiyue finally understood, "So, Pei Heng and the Empress Dowager were in cahoots? They knew you wouldn't agree, which is why they had the Empress Dowager make those demands."

"Hmm." Murong Yu chuckled. "Regardless of their purpose, it's already a done deal."

"It's good that Pei Fang is leaving."

Yunxi Yue thought this was for the best. In a foreign land, with no one to protect them, they would naturally behave themselves.

"How did Pei Heng persuade Cui Yan to agree?"

“The Prince of Ling married a woman from the Cui family. She is Cui Yan’s woman. It is said that she is not his biological sister, but an adopted daughter of the Cui family. However, Cui Yan could not protect her, and she was forced into the marriage.”

"Cui Yan hopes that the Pei family and the Empress Dowager will protect her in the future, and also find a way to keep Prince Ling in the capital."

It's equivalent to exchanging hostages.

He married Pei Fang because the Pei family and the Empress Dowager cared about her.

Princess Dongling was also someone Cui Yan cared about.

"Cui Yan seems quite capable, yet there are people he can't protect?" Yun Xiyue was surprised.

“The Cui family is very complicated.” Murong Yu could understand Cui Yan.

Everyone has a weakness.

Since he personally sent the person here for the marriage alliance, it must have been a last resort, a choice he was forced to make.

We can also use this woman to keep Cui Yan in check later.

Therefore, he agreed to the marriage alliance between the three kingdoms.