eurekapd Chapter 148 The Prime Minister is actually a woman, and His Majesty the Emperor drools over her.
Chapter 148 The Prime Minister is actually a woman, and His Majesty the Emperor drools over her.
It wasn't that Mu Wanwan was unfilial for not coming to pay her respects, but rather that Mu Chenfeng was worried that Mu Wanwan would be wronged, so he directly reported to the Empress Dowager that Mu Wanwan would no longer come.
Although Mu Wanwan did not come, the emperor was much more attentive than before.
Furthermore, after Mu Wanwan became pregnant, the Empress Dowager did not care whether Mu Wanwan came to visit her.
"Come here quickly! Let me see you!"
Mu Wanwan walked up to the Empress Dowager with her pregnant belly, and the Empress Dowager placed her hand on her belly.
Suddenly, the belly under her palm bulged, and the Empress Dowager said happily, "It actually kicked my hand! Not bad, it's a naughty child. I like it!"
She then pulled Mu Wanwan down to sit, patted her hand, and sincerely apologized, "Mu Mu, I was wrong to you before. I was just too eager to hold the imperial grandson, alas!"
She sighed and continued, "As you can see, I am in poor health. The reason I am so eager to hold my grandson is because I am afraid that one day I will fall asleep and never wake up again. I will not have the face to meet the Emperor Emeritus in the underworld."
Mu Wanwan smiled and returned the Empress Dowager's hands, her face always maintaining a gentle smile. "Your Majesty is too kind. I know you are doing this for the Emperor's good, and I know why you are working so hard. I understand."
As expected of a woman who was once a prime minister, she is a million times better than other concubines who only knew how to feign compliance and fight for favors.
At this moment, she had to admire Mu Chenfeng's eye for talent.
On the way back, Mu Wanwan was sitting in the sedan chair when Piggy suddenly appeared. "Master, be careful, there's danger! Consort Xiao has sent many cats to harm you!"
Before Mu Wanwan could find out how the cats harmed people, a large number of cats suddenly appeared on the surrounding walls and pounced on her.
"Ah~"
Cui'er, standing to the side, screamed, "Hold the sedan chair steady, don't hurt Her Majesty!"
As the cat attacked, the eunuchs carrying the sedan chair became unsteady on their feet, and the sedan chair swayed from side to side.
"Ah~ Get away, all of you get away!"
That damned Consort Xiao! I already spared her life and had the Emperor spare her, yet she still dares to cause trouble.
Mu Wanwan felt a sharp pain on her face. She called out to Cui'er. The sedan chair was put on the ground, and the eunuchs carrying it immediately began to chase away the cat. Cui'er held Mu Wanwan tightly, protecting her.
"Cui'er, quick, quickly find the imperial physician! My belly!"
Her stomach was aching slightly, and she felt very unwell. When Cui'er looked at her face, she saw that it was deathly pale and bloodless.
The emperor, sitting on his sedan chair, heard a scream and came over, only to see Mu Wanwan in a disheveled state.
"Mumu~"
Mu Wanwan clutched her stomach, crying and pleading with Mu Chenfeng, "Chenfeng, my stomach hurts, you must save the baby!"
Mu Chenfeng was going crazy. He shouldn't have agreed to let the Empress Dowager send Mu Mu over.
As soon as they arrived, trouble struck. Mu Chenfeng picked up Mu Wanwan and ran towards Jiaofang Palace. Eunuch Qian, seeing the cat corpses scattered all over the ground, ordered his men to collect the bodies.
Jiaofang Palace
As the imperial physician took her pulse, he wiped away sweat. Fine beads of sweat glistened on Mu Wanwan's forehead. "Imperial physician, please, you must save my child."
"Your Majesty, please do not worry. The fright has affected your pregnancy. I will immediately prescribe some medicine to help with the pregnancy. Please be sure to take it on time and in the correct dosage. In the next few days, please do not move around and just rest and take care of your pregnancy."
With the imperial physician's reassurance, Mu Wanwan finally felt at ease.
Mu Chenfeng sat beside her, tears streaming down his face. "Mu Mu, you scared me to death! I thought you and the baby..."
"If the imperial physician says it's nothing, then it's nothing. I will definitely take my medicine on time, don't worry."
"You are not allowed to go to the Empress Dowager's palace again." He felt extremely guilty. If he hadn't agreed to let her go today, she wouldn't have been attacked by the cats.
He didn't want to live anymore if he lost her and the child.
When the Empress Dowager learned that Mu Wanwan had an accident on her way back, she was so angry that she got out of bed and rushed to Jiaofang Palace.
Mu Chenfeng naturally didn't give the Empress Dowager a friendly look, and Mu Wanwan nudged him, telling him not to be so rude.
Moreover, Mu Wanwan genuinely felt the Empress Dowager's affection for the child today. She didn't believe that the Empress Dowager would harm the child or her, given how much she valued the imperial heir.
"Your Majesty, there must be something fishy about what happened today. How could there be extra cats out of nowhere, and they almost endangered the Empress and the imperial heir! This must be thoroughly investigated!"
The Empress Dowager was in poor health, and seeing her travel-worn and weary from her journey to visit him, he couldn't vent his anger on her.
"I know that I will bring the bad guys to justice."
After the Empress Dowager left, Mu Chenfeng stared at her nervously, afraid that she might feel even the slightest discomfort.
When the medicine to prevent miscarriage was served, he personally fed her the medicine, and the two seemed to have returned to the days when she was wounded by the arrow.
Eunuch Qian was also a very efficient person. After Mu Wanwan fell asleep, he came to inform the emperor that the murderer had been found.
Mu Chenfeng couldn't sit still; anyone who harmed his admirers would only die.
Mu Chenfeng arrived at the palace where Consort Xiao was imprisoned. Consort Xiao's hair was disheveled, her clothes were tattered, and she was sitting on the ground laughing loudly.
"Now that the vile woman's child is gone, my child can be the emperor!"
She lowered her head and stroked her belly, murmuring to herself, "Child, you will soon be the crown prince, and the world will belong to our Xiao family."
Mu Chenfeng looked at Eunuch Qian, who quickly stepped forward to explain, "Some of the cats that attacked the Empress escaped, and we chased them into Consort Xiao's palace."
His eyes were sharp, as if he wanted to tear the man surnamed Xiao to pieces immediately.
"Xiao Miaoyin!" he shouted her full name angrily.
"Mu Chenfeng, what brings you here?" She recognized Mu Chenfeng at a glance, even though she seemed a little crazy.
"Don't kill me, don't kill my child!" She scrambled to her feet, clutching her stomach in fear.
"pregnant?"
Eunuch Qian shook his head. "Your Majesty, Consort Xiao, no, Xiao Miaoyin, did indeed have a child, but due to her own reasons, she miscarried."
Mu Chenfeng was quite satisfied with the result. The child in her womb was Zhao Yihan's. Now that Zhao Yihan was dead, leaving the child would only bring trouble. No matter what the reason for the child's death, not being born was the best outcome for the child.
"Xiao Miaoyin, how dare you lay a hand on my Empress! You almost killed my child!"
Mu Chenfeng angrily questioned the woman in front of him.
"Who does Mu Wanwan think she is? Why should her child become the crown prince while mine can't? I am Consort Xiao, appointed by the Emperor. Only my child can ascend the throne, while her child is nothing but a stumbling block for my child. I just want to get rid of this obstacle for my son. Is that wrong?"
Seeing the stubborn woman in front of him, Mu Chenfeng became furious and stepped forward to slap Xiao Miaoyin across the face.
"You unrepentant wretch! Mu Mu begged me to spare your life, yet you, imprisoned in this deep palace, still managed to bring cats to harm her. It seems I underestimated you."
Stunned by the slap, Xiao Miaoyin instantly snapped back to reality. Crying, she questioned Mu Chenfeng, "Mu Chenfeng, why is Mu Wanwan allowed to surpass me? I was the one who married you first, so why do you only dote on her?"