Returning after a three-year escape from death, the tyrant has turned evil.

Chapter 41 Love Potion

Upon seeing this, Lady Su's expression turned extremely unpleasant, and she put down her chopsticks.

After having breakfast, Lady Su voluntarily withdrew.

She went straight to Yongfu Palace.

At this moment, the Empress Dowager was sitting in the hall, where incense was burning, and resting with her eyes closed.

"This concubine greets the Empress Dowager."

Su Meiren spoke cautiously.

The Empress Dowager glanced at her and asked directly, "Did you serve the Emperor?"

Unexpectedly, the Empress Dowager asked so bluntly right away. Consort Su's face turned pale for a moment, and she murmured, "This concubine is useless. I have not yet served the emperor."

The Empress Dowager snorted coldly and glared at her, saying, "Don't you dare tell me that it was Consort Song who has been accompanying His Majesty these past two days."

Consort Su said urgently, "Your Majesty, that Consort Song only warms the bed in the Golden Palace every night; she doesn't do anything wrong at all."

"enough!"

The Empress Dowager suddenly interrupted her in a deep voice, looking at her delicate features with great disappointment.

"In the past few years, the only woman His Majesty has ever loved is Consort Yun. I have gone to great lengths to transform you into her. No one in the entire harem resembles her more than you!"

"I was hoping you could win His Majesty's heart and give birth to an imperial heir as soon as possible, but you turned out to be a useless pretty face."

Consort Su kowtowed and explained with some grievance, "Empress Dowager, it's not that I haven't thought about it, but His Majesty is not interested in women. If I get even a little close to him, he will get angry."

The Empress Dowager knew Jiang Lanye's personality best, and that's why she tried to put so many women around him, but all her efforts failed.

Now the Empress Dowager has a full head of white hair, but she has no imperial grandson by her side.

The Empress Dowager sighed softly and said, "It seems that I can't count on you for this."

Su Meiren trembled all over, her eyes wide with horror.

"Empress Dowager, what is the meaning of this?"

The Empress Dowager chuckled, "You don't need to be afraid, I'm here to help you."

After saying that, she gestured to the maid beside her to come forward and take out a packet of medicine powder from her sleeve.

"This is."

Su Meiren took it, opened it, and saw that it contained pink powdered medicine.

The Empress Dowager whispered, "This stuff is for flirting. When the time comes, find an opportunity to mix it into the incense burner. Once it's lit, within the time it takes for an incense stick to burn, anyone who smells it will have hallucinations. At that time, your face will be the best aphrodisiac."

Seeing that Consort Su had put it away, the Empress Dowager took out another packet of medicine powder.

Su Meiren asked in surprise, "How come there are still some?"

This time, the powder is white.

"This is added to the tea; it's colorless and tasteless."

"His Majesty is perceptive, and I am afraid that if I only give you the sleeping incense, you will not find an opportunity, or he will notice something is wrong. So it is better to be prepared for both possibilities."

"These next few days, keep these two small packets of powder with you at all times. When the time is right, once you two are together, I will ask His Majesty to promote you to the rank of Consort. What do you say?"

Upon hearing this, Lady Su's face immediately lit up with joy.

妃位
This is a position that is currently out of her reach.

As long as she can successfully serve the emperor and climb into his bed, His Majesty will definitely not say anything more. When she becomes pregnant in the future, the imperial heir in her womb will be Jiang Lanye's only child!
She was second only to the emperor, above everyone else!

Consort Su said, "The Empress Dowager still favors me the most."

The Empress Dowager smiled faintly and looked at her, saying, "Go, don't disappoint me."

"Yes."

into the night.

Inside the Jinluan Hall.

The sound of hot water could be heard coming from behind the screen.

Song Yi had just returned to Yingchun Palace and finished bathing when she entered and found Jiang Lanye bathing. At that moment, Jiang Lanye was hiding behind a screen, his back exposed, searching for the robes he had taken off.

Jiang Lanye casually hung his robe on the screen, and steam rose from it, drifting slowly down from above. Song Yi tiptoed and fiddled with his robe, and sure enough, she saw the jade pendant. She hesitated for a moment, but ultimately didn't take it.

It's no use for her to take it now. The weather is never so coincidental, and she doesn't know when the clouds will clear and the sun will shine again. If she takes it now, Jiang Lanye will definitely notice that his jade pendant is missing immediately.

With that in mind, Song Yi only briefly confirmed where his clothes would be placed during his bath before preparing to tiptoe back to the dragon bed to warm it properly.

Unfortunately, the ground was covered with a layer of moisture, making it very slippery.

She felt like she was doing something wrong, and felt extremely guilty. In addition to being nervous, her toes were also a little stiff. When she took the next step, her foot suddenly slipped!
She fell heavily to the ground, but with her strong willpower, she managed to suppress a groan.

However, the noise of her fall was so loud that it alerted Jiang Lanye.

"Who?"

He asked in a cold voice.

Song Yi covered her mouth, feeling that her bottom was numb from the fall, and sat on the ground grimacing in pain.

"crash"

The sound of water was heard, and Jiang Lanye stood up, casually put on his dragon robe, and walked out with wet hair. He immediately saw Song Yi sitting on the ground.

Jiang Lanye:
"What are you doing?"

Song Yi covered her mouth, looked up at him, and her eyes were red from the extreme pain.

Jiang Lanye forcibly pulled her up.

Song Yi pursed her lips tightly and uttered through gritted teeth, "This concubine accidentally fell."

Jiang Lanye looked at her with a strange expression, noticing her awkward stance, and asked knowingly, "Where did you fall?"

Song Yi shook her head, "I didn't fall anywhere, it doesn't hurt anymore."

Jiang Lanye nodded and said, "Go warm the bed."

"Yes."

She turned around with difficulty.

Jiang Lanye's gaze followed her back down to her buttocks.

She walked with a limp, trying her best not to cover her buttocks with her hands.

Jiang Lanye lowered his eyes, looking thoughtfully at the jade pendant at his waist.

Song Yi was lying face down on the bed.

After Jiang Lanye wrung out his hair, he gazed at her silently and asked, "Where did you fall?"

Song Yi stubbornly insisted, "I really didn't fall anywhere. I just find this sleeping position comfortable."

Jiang Lanye stared at her for a while, then deliberately took off the jade pendant in front of her, casually placed it on the table, and said, "Go in."

Song Yi moved further inside, but her gaze would occasionally drift towards the jade pendant.

"You like jade pendants? I can give them to you."

Song Yi thought for a moment and said, "Then, Your Majesty, could you give me something with a dragon pattern?"

Jiang Lanye sneered.

A jade pendant with dragon patterns is not something an ordinary person can obtain at will.

She knew it was hopeless.

A moment later, she asked again, "Your Majesty, I have been feeling uneasy these past few days and have been having nightmares at night. I always dream of stormy weather. Could you please have the Imperial Observatory come and calculate the weather for the next few days to see if there are any strange omens?"

Jiang Lanye's eyes flickered slightly as he scrutinized her.

"You're having nightmares?"

Song Yi nodded. "Really."

The weather has been quite nice these past few days, with no cloudy days and no rain.

In truth, Jiang Lanye didn't believe in things like observing celestial phenomena at night, but Song Yi clearly did.
Jiang Lanye always felt that she was secretly plotting something.

The countdown to Song Yi's downfall has begun...

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