Using Spiritual Spring
Meeting Emperor Jing'an's gaze, Hua Meng panicked inwardly, but she quickly reacted and realized that he also disliked the Elder Princess's family.
Thus, Hua Meng lifted her gaze with a trace of tension to look at Emperor Jing'an, yet in the end she still said firmly, "Afraid! But this concubine is unwilling to lie, this concubine simply dislikes them, why must I pretend to like them? This concubine is the Emperor's woman, and in the future will be the mother of the Emperor's son. This concubine will become the most noble woman in this realm, why should I be afraid of them?"
"You..." Emperor Jing'an truly had not expected Hua Meng to say this.
Aside from shock, there was even more of not knowing how to speak.
Seeing the shock in Emperor Jing'an's eyes, Hua Meng smiled rather bashfully. "Isn't this the rule set by the Grand Progenitor? This concubine has a lot of confidence in herself, and this concubine will definitely bear a son for the Emperor."
Looking at the young-faced yet resolute little maiden before him, Emperor Jing'an's originally calm heart stirred ripples once more because of her words. "You aren't afraid that it might be Zhen who cannot father children?"
Hua Meng truly had not expected Emperor Jing'an to say these words, and she furrowed her brow in a puzzled expression, yet in her heart she clearly knew why he would ask this.
Thinking of what she knew in her past life, she spoke to hint, "The Imperial Medical Academy has so many imperial physicians who pulse-diagnose the Emperor every few days. If the Emperor had an ailment, could it be that they wouldn't discover it?" After saying these words, Hua Meng actively shook her head and said, "This concubine thinks it's impossible. With so many imperial physicians, even if one person couldn't discover it, surely not all of them could fail to discover it."
Hua Meng spoke casually, yet she did not know that Emperor Jing'an's expression froze upon hearing her words.
For all these years, he had actually forgotten this point.
He had only thought that the Head of the Imperial Medical Academy possessed brilliant medical skills and had always been the one to take his pulse, yet he had never thought to have other imperial physicians take a look.
What if there truly was something the Head of the Imperial Medical Academy had failed to discover?
Having suspicions in his heart, Emperor Jing'an did not show them on his face.
Smiling as he informed Hua Meng that because his era title was 'Jing'an', the Elder Princess's family's daughter could not use the character 'an', Emperor Jing'an then looked at Hua Meng and continued, "This ginseng soup has already cooled, so Zhen will not drink it." Having said this, seeing Hua Meng lift her gaze, he hastily smiled again and said, "Accompany Zhen to dine, and then return afterward."
Hua Meng obediently gave assent. Since Emperor Jing'an took the initiative to change the subject, naturally she would not drag the topic back again.
Raising a hand to tidy her sleeves, Hua Meng then obediently accompanied Emperor Jing'an and walked toward the side hall.
During the meal, Hua Meng used the opportunity of personally ladling the soup to drop a single drop of the physical-conditioning Spirit Spring into Emperor Jing'an's soup bowl.
She did not use the hundred-poison-clearing spiritual spring naturally because she did not want him to clear the poison within his body right now, nor did she want him to recover so quickly.
However, he had been poisoned for many years, and Hua Meng wanted to conceive as soon as possible, which was why she added a drop of the physical-conditioning Spirit Spring into the soup.
Even if it could not clear the poison, it could still condition his body, and the effect would certainly be there.
After the meal, Xiao Jiangzi escorted Hua Meng back to the Sparrow Plume Palace. Seeing Hua Meng return, Consort Wan finally heaved a sigh of relief.
"I really was afraid that today would be your night of imperial attendance again. That would be far too glaring."
Hua Meng was not someone ungrateful either. Understanding that Consort Wan was truly worried about her, she smiled and said, "Older Sister has entered the palace for many years, can you still not know the Emperor's temperament?"
Upon hearing Hua Meng's words, Consort Wan was also startled.
"That's right, the Emperor, he truly is not someone obsessed with beauty." Rather, it was somewhat like going through the motions.
Of course, Consort Wan did not speak these latter words aloud.
Emperor Jing'an, who treated favoring palace consorts like a task, did not bestow his favor upon any palace consorts today.
Even the new imperial concubines who entered the palace at the same time as Hua Meng were unable to see him.
Because, not long after Hua Meng left, he began to bathe.