Here, the imperial physician adjusted the prescription after feeling Chu Qingmeng's pulse. This medication could be made into portable pills, though the ingredients remained as expensive as ever. However, given that Chu Qingmeng's injury was merely a lingering weakness, she only needed to take the medicine daily during the cold weather, while at other times she just needed to take a single pill whenever she felt unwell. After seeing the imperial physician out, Chu Qingmeng returned to her room to rest. Without Mo Liujin by her side tonight, she found it difficult to sleep peacefully.
Meanwhile, back in his courtyard, Mo Liuyuan had a nagging feeling that his mother was about to pull something, though he had no idea what she might do. After all, his mother had always been gentle, kind, and uncontentious. Back when she was the Princess Consort's personal maid, the Princess Consort had given her to the Prince as a concubine-in-waiting simply to shut the gossips up. Only later, after she bore them children, was she elevated to the rank of Concubine. She had always been diligent and respectful toward the Princess Consort, making it impossible for him to guess what she was up to. Yet his intuition told him his mother was about to do something major.
Sure enough, early the next morning, Concubine Liu arrived at Chu Qingmeng's quarters. After exchanging formal greetings, Chu Qingmeng hurriedly had someone invite her into the main parlor. Concubine Liu did not beat around the bush a…
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