I don't want to be the favorite concubine of this palace anymore

Xiaoqin has always been very obedient and didn't think much about it. Her master has always been generous to her, and she is also very happy when her master makes money, so she quickly nodded in agreement.

They started working right away. This time, An Muxi created a new picture book titled "I'll Pay for Tonight's Prince".

This time she was taking revenge on someone personally, and deliberately described the prince in the album as an unsatisfied, short-sizing five-second man, and then portrayed the heroine as an extraordinary woman who sacrificed herself for love, detoxified the prince, and ended up with bruises all over her body and gave up everything.

It was self-evident who the sketchbooks were referring to. After finishing the first one, she smiled slyly with satisfaction.

I wonder if the group of women in the backyard will still be so attracted to the prince after seeing this?

After reading this, Xiaoqin looked at her master with a little sympathy. She didn't expect her master to have experienced such a tragic thing yesterday. She must be better to her in the future.

The two were busy until noon. In order to save time, they did not go out to get food, and just made do with the food they brought back in the morning.

They continued to make picture books, and by the afternoon, they had finally made 20 books, and both were exhausted.

Normally, the two of them would produce at most 10 books a day. They had no sense of crisis before and just did whatever they wanted. It was obvious that An Muxi was determined this time.

An Muxi told Xiaoqin to take the picture book out to the west courtyard for a walk, and sure enough, all 20 books were sold out very quickly. Everyone seemed to be very interested in this new picture book.

At this time, a kitchen helper also brought over the herbs that she asked Uncle Zhang to buy. An Muxi took the herbs and looked at them. After checking that they were all ok, she told Xiaoqin to boil the herbs in the small shared kitchen in the west courtyard.

Fortunately, she should be able to make it in time. If she takes the medicine later, her chances of getting pregnant will increase significantly.

After a while, Xiaoqin brought the medicine over. After An Muxi waited for the medicine to cool down a little, she raised her head and drank it in one breath. The bitter taste of the medicine irritated her and wrinkled her facial features.

In this era, people who were sick basically drank boiled medicine. Only in the palace or the homes of some high-ranking officials would they take expensive pills.

An Muxi thought that when she got out, she would buy some medicine-making tools and make some pills for self-defense. Otherwise, drinking this bitter medicine soup would be fatal if she got sick.

In the study room of Lingfeng Pavilion in Wutong Courtyard of the palace, Li Rui sat behind a mahogany desk and listened to Jian Feng's report.

"Your Majesty, the whereabouts of the Purple Pearl Man Grass have been found."

Li Rui put down the book in his hand and looked up at him: "Oh? Where did you find it?"

Jian Feng quickly replied: "It was found in Rongzhou in the south of Tiansheng. I heard that it was found by a hunter while hunting in the mountains, and then sold to a local landlord. The landlord gave it to the local prefect in order to curry favor with the officials."

"The prefect was planning to present it to the emperor, but the news leaked out and was known to our people."

"Notify the Shadow Pavilion and make sure to bring this medicine back to me."

"Yes."

Seeing Jian Feng still hesitating and unwilling to leave, Li Rui asked coldly: "What else?"

Jian Feng said, "Your Highness, today Concubine An asked the kitchen to buy some herbs for her. Our people followed her into the pharmacy and found out what the herbs were..."

"What is it? Why are you hesitating?"

Jian Feng felt that the concubine was really ungrateful for buying that kind of herbal medicine, so he said, "My men asked the doctor, and the combination of those herbs is a contraceptive medicine!"

The room was silent for a moment. Jian Feng secretly observed the prince's expression. Fortunately, he was as cold as ever.

Li Rui was a little surprised that he didn't take the initiative to give her the contraceptive soup, but she was quite tactful and went to prepare the medicine herself. Well, she drank it. His child was not something that could be born by just any cat or dog.

Over the years, countless women have tried to seduce him, and some are even fearless enough to get into his bed.

These women wished they could get pregnant with his children as soon as possible so that they could have wealth and glory, although none of them ended up well.

But this time, there was a reason. He took the initiative to ask for her, so he didn't do anything to her. I didn't expect that she didn't want to have a child for him? This concubine is quite interesting.

Suddenly, he saw Jian Feng still standing in front of him, and he couldn't help but scold him coldly: "What are you still doing here?"

When Jianfeng saw that the prince's face looked strange, he quickly took out something that looked like a book from his arms and placed it on the table, then turned around and rushed out.

Li Rui was a little curious about what was going on behind the scenes.

I picked up the sketchbook and saw the words "I'll Pay for Tonight's Prince" on the cover.

A few black lines appeared on his forehead. What a shitty name.

But out of curiosity, I still opened it and started reading. The more I read, the more I felt something was wrong. Why did this content seem familiar?

"Jianfeng! Get in here!"

When Jian Feng heard the roar, he knew that the prince was angry.

But he didn't dare to disobey, so he had to push the door open and go in.

"My Lord, do you have any other instructions?"

"Where did you get this sketchbook?"

"Your Highness, I got this from a little maid in the backyard."

"Didn't you ask us to keep an eye on Concubine An? This is what she drew. She sold it to some concubines and maids in the backyard. So I got you a copy."

Li Rui's veins popped out. This concubine An was so bold that she actually dared to make up such a story about him.

Thinking of this, he said angrily: "Go, catch her for me!"

Jian Feng hesitated for a moment and reminded, "What do you want to do by arresting her, Your Majesty?"

Li Rui suddenly realized. If he arrested her and questioned her, wouldn't that mean he admitted that the contents of the sketchbook were true?

This is the first time I've been pissed off by a little woman. I feel a little aggrieved!

But thinking about the woman begging for mercy with tears in her eyes last night, he felt that there was no point in arguing with a woman. Whatever! Forget it this time.

He picked up the half-read book on the table and waved at Jian Feng, telling him to go out.

Jianfeng didn't expect that the prince would let the concubine go so easily, so he left Lingfeng Pavilion.

An Muxi and Xiaoqin happily counted the money they made from selling picture books today. Very good, 10 taels of silver. At this rate, they will be able to leave the palace in no time. The two of them slept soundly.

The next morning, Xiaoqin went to the big kitchen to get breakfast. An Muxi kept asking Xiaoqin to eat with her since there were no outsiders here anyway.

So when there was no one around, Xiaoqin didn't worry so much about hierarchy, and the two of them finished breakfast together.

Xiaoqin said to An Muxi: "Master, aren't you going to pay your respects to the princess today?"

An Muxi was startled: "Why should I go to pay my respects to the princess?"

"Didn't you sleep with me yesterday?"

An Muxi understood. Yes, there was a rule in the backyard of this place. Concubines who had slept with the mistress had to greet her and offer her tea. Some mistresses would even give her a lecture if they were strict.

Oh, it's really a mess. Go ahead. What else can I do? As long as I'm in the backyard of the palace, I have to abide by the rules here. Now I'm in the spotlight. It would be bad if I was caught doing something wrong.

An Muxi could only ask Xiaoqin to dress her up simply and took Xiaoqin to where the princess lived.

The princess lived in Wangyue Pavilion, which was not far from the prince's Lingfeng Pavilion. The style of the building was similar to the ancient buildings filmed on TV in the previous life.

Xiaoqin was even more nervous than An Muxi as she followed behind. Seeing her master looking around all the way, she almost held her forehead with her hand.

If the princess is strict and sets rules for her, the master will probably not be happy later.

"Master, stop looking around and think about how to deal with the princess." Xiaoqin couldn't help but remind him in a low voice.

An Muxi was usually trapped in the backyard and had almost no chance to come out. Until now, she had never seen the entire palace. Now that she had the chance, she definitely wanted to take a closer look.

After hearing what Xiaoqin said, she didn't care at all. Her only advantage was that she was broad-minded. She had died once, so why should she care so much?

The worst that can happen is that I die again.

But she didn't want to reject Xiaoqin's kindness, so she said, "Don't worry, I know my limits."

As they were talking, they arrived at the door of Wangyue Pavilion. There were two maids guarding the door. Xiaoqin stepped forward and announced, "Sister, please inform that the concubine An is here to pay her respects to the princess."

The two maids looked An Muxi up and down, and then one of them said to the master and servant, "Please wait a moment, young master."

After saying that, he turned around and went in.

Soon the maid came out and said to the two of them, "Princess, please greet me. I will go in."