The eldest sister was reborn and the younger sister traveled through time. I just want to survive.

Since ancient times, few emperors could live as they pleased, and Yu Jinzhou was no exception. If he wanted to secure his throne, it was common practice for him to win over his ministers through rewards from the harem.

Just as Yan Muxi expected, except for the first and fifteenth days when Yu Jinzhou went to the Queen's Changchun Palace, he favored Jiapin of Biluxuan for more than ten days.

Yan Muxi had been recovering from her illness for more than half a month and finally recovered. On the sixteenth day, she and several concubines followed the Queen to Ci'an Palace to pay their respects to the Empress Dowager.

After the death of the previous emperor, all the concubines moved to the eastern suburbs palace, and only the former Shufei, now the Shutaifei, was allowed to stay in the harem to accompany the empress dowager.

The Queen Mother and Concubine Shu have lived together in the same palace for many years, and they still live together now. They get along more harmoniously and closely than ordinary sisters.

After the greetings, Yan Muxi found that the empress dowager was staring at her, so she looked up and smiled back.

When their eyes met, the empress dowager quickly turned her eyes away, as if she felt that acting stealthily was inappropriate, and turned back, smiling awkwardly at Yan Muxi.

Seeing this, Concubine Shu at the side laughed and joked, "When the Empress Dowager was young, she liked to look at beauties. Now that she is old, she still likes to look at them. If you really like Concubine Yan, you can let someone stay in Ci'an Palace for a while so that you can look at her enough at once."

The Queen Mother glared at Concubine Shu, blushing and complaining softly, "You obviously like looking at beauties, but you always push them towards me."

Because of the two men's joking attempts to keep her, after the other concubines left, Yan Muxi was naturally kept in Ci'an Palace for breakfast.

The breakfast was placed on the table. Yan Muxi wanted to stand beside the table to serve, but was stopped by Concubine Shu with a smile, "Concubine Yan, please sit down and have dinner with us. There is no shortage of palace servants in Ci'an Palace to serve you."

The Queen Mother also said, "What Concubine Shu said is right. I hate being served meticulously. It makes me feel uncomfortable. Concubine Yan, just treat it as if you are eating in your own palace. Don't restrict yourself."

"What a coincidence. I don't like being served too meticulously either. If I do anything indecent later, please don't blame me for being rude, Your Majesty." Yan Muxi spoke casually, and while the Empress Dowager was shyly avoiding her gaze, she glanced at Concubine Shu calmly.

Concubine Shu has been in the palace for decades and has no children, but she has managed to live safely to this day. She is definitely not as simple and pure as she appears.

Before entering the palace, Yan Yongchen reminded her that Yu Jinzhou was suspicious and that Concubine Shu could be befriended. She came to Ci'an Palace to pay her respects today. She wanted to take the opportunity to curry favor with him, but she didn't expect that Concubine Shu would take the initiative to keep her.

After breakfast, Yan Muxi couldn't leave immediately, so she accompanied the Empress Dowager and Concubine Shu to the warm room.

The Queen Mother liked to do needlework and she would spend her free time doing it every day. Yan Muxi took over the work of the palace maid and helped her organize the balls of thread.

Seeing how well and quickly she wound the cotton thread, the Queen Mother said with a smile, "I guess Concubine Yan often does needlework. Her white and tender hands are so deft!"

"Your Highness, please forgive me. I am usually so lazy that I can't even make a pair of decent socks. I don't deserve your praise." Yan Muxi put the cotton thread in her hand back into the basket, picked up an unfinished purse in the basket, put it to her nose and sniffed it, "This purse smells really good, just like the Queen Mother."

The smile on the queen mother's face widened. "It's not me who smells good, it's the fragrance beads on my body that smell good. If you like them, pick a few and take them back later."

Yan Muxi hurriedly refused, "The fragrance beads are precious, how can I take away the Queen Mother's love!"

The Concubine Shu at the side said with a smile: "You can't refuse a gift from an elder, so just accept it if the Queen Mother gives it to you. Besides, things are different now than before, and the Queen Mother doesn't lack a few pearls."

"That's right. Back then, the Empress Dowager was almost killed by Concubine Li because of a scent bead." Yan Muxi realized that she had said the wrong thing and quickly covered her lips to salute. "I spoke out of turn. I hope the Empress Dowager will forgive me."

The Queen Mother knew that she was not scheming or smart, so she was unwilling to deal with scheming people. Not being able to win was secondary, the main reason was that she was too exhausted.

Not only did she not mind Yan Muxi's outspokenness, she actually liked it very much.

"Get up! You didn't say anything wrong. I was often bullied by the late emperor's Concubine Li. But you, Concubine Yan, are not allowed to mention these words to others in the future, lest you bring trouble upon yourself."

Yan Muxi looked very scared, and raised her eyes to carefully observe the Queen Mother's expression, "Thank you Queen Mother for not blaming me. From now on, I will be careful with my words and actions, and stop talking nonsense, so as not to ruin the reputation of the royal family."

Concubine Shu interrupted at the right time, "Concubine Yan, there is no need to panic. There is no one here, and no one will criticize you. Speaking of the theft of the fragrance beads, I still don't understand how the beads got into the clothes of the Empress Dowager."

The Queen Mother also sighed, "That's right! I clearly didn't touch the bead, but it somehow got on my body!"

The ladder of seeking credit was set before her eyes, and Yan Muxi immediately interrupted in a low voice, "I do know something strange about it."

"Oh? What's so strange? Concubine Yan, tell us quickly." Concubine Shu became interested and put down the book in her hand.

Yan Muxi took the opportunity to recount in detail Concubine Li's plan many years ago, including the confession that she had replaced the scent beads on the empress dowager with those on Li Chan'er.

The Queen Mother learned that she was able to escape danger because of Yan Muxi's help. After being shocked, her attitude towards Yan Muxi became a little warmer. She kept Yan Muxi in Ci'an Palace for lunch and let her go reluctantly.

Everything that happened in Ci'an Palace could not be hidden from Yu Jinzhou's eyes and ears.

"Tell the head nanny of Jinxiu Palace to check the rewards from Ci'an Palace carefully several times to make sure there are no mistakes."

Standing below was the maid of the Jinxiu Palace. She bowed and responded, "As you command. The Empress Dowager likes Concubine Yan very much. Do you need to refuse the summons from the Ci'an Palace in the future?"

"No, there is no need to restrict Concubine Yan's freedom. Just keep a close eye on the master and servant."

After the palace maids who had cleaned the room left, Yu Jinzhou summoned a young imperial physician into the hall.

"How is it? Have you found out what's wrong with Concubine Yan's body?"

The imperial physician said truthfully, "My humble servant's Gu-controlling skills are not good. I can only find out that Concubine Yan has been poisoned by a Gu, but I cannot find out what kind of Gu it is. However, based on Concubine Yan's symptoms, I speculate that the Gu that has infected her body may be the love-breaking Gu."

Yu Jinzhou frowned, "What is the love-breaking Gu?"

The young doctor hesitated for a moment and explained, "The love-breaking Gu is a worm-like Gu that the Wuyue tribe feeds to widows. If a young widow is willing to remain faithful to her husband, she can be supported by the tribe with food and clothing, but the condition is that she must take the love-breaking Gu. If a woman who takes the love-breaking Gu becomes aroused, she will be attacked by the worm-like Gu. If she loses her virginity and has sex with another man, she will either become seriously ill or both of them will die."

"Can the love-breaking Gu be cured?"

The emperor's tone was calm, but the imperial physician was inexplicably frightened and broke out in a cold sweat. He replied in a trembling voice, "There is no solution."

Yu Jinzhou stood there, frowning and not saying anything for a long time.

It was not until the young doctor's legs were almost numb from kneeling that he heard a heavenly voice from above, "Back off!"