The Beloved Imperial Consort

Chapter 20

Soon Wei Zhen brought news from Yu Gu. The food in the bowl did not contain aphrodisiacs, instead, a sandalwood was added in. Sandalwood flower was usually used for making incense sticks. It possessed no harm to human body. The sandalwood inside the bowl was actually the juice extracted from its petals.

According to his Highness's description, he must have been affected by the mixture of sandalwood and du chun scent. Du Chun was also a commonly used spice. Many incenses contained this one ingredient. Yu Gu guessed that this lady Qi was acquainted with her late elder sister.

Zhong Zheng Lin recalled for a moment and then came to a conclusion that du chun must has been the fragrance Qi shi wore that day when she came to pay him a respect. Later, it was confirmed that Qi shi's birth mother in her youth years had studied fragrance under Yu Gu's elder sister for three years. No wonder then that Qi shi was so knowledgeable about scents.

Before this, Zhong Zheng Lin was already very indifferent toward women inside the inner yard and hence naturally disinterested in lovemaking. This time, it was the first someone has used a drug on him. Even if he disregarded the matter of its harmfulness to the body, his pride as a man could not tolerate that a mere lowly servant had drugged him. As a result, he has turned completely cold toward the inner yard.

"Wei Zhen, have Yu Gu send maidservants that are well versed with scents and settle them in Danruo courtyard." Based on that woman's temper, who knows when someone would scheme against her. It would be wiser to stay cautious.

Wei Zhen immediately went running the errand. He was long used to his master's behavior. Previously, his Highness was both inwardly and outwardly cold toward everything and everybody acted on his own accord and spent most of his time on the court matters. Later, he has somehow developed a feeling for mistress Yao. Ever since beside attending to the official matters he was always revolving himself around mistress Yao. He could not let go of any rustle of leaves on her side.

But that mistress Yao.... Wei Zhen shuddered. If mistress Yao did not harbor such feeling toward his Highness like his Highness has been expecting, the consequences....... Wei Zhen quickly halted, thinking that these were all just his groundless fears.

This day, Mu Xi Yao received a big news that made her very excited. She was originally feeding her cute rabbits in the courtyard when suddenly a little servant girl asked her what was 'Mister rabbit'.

Mu Xi Yao immediately chuckled and asked her where she had heard it. The servant girl said that manservants have gathered in one place at the outer courtyard and have chatted that tomorrow will be Ten Gentlemen's feast. When the time comes, many Mister rabbits will definitely attend the event. Mu Xi Yao's eyes widened right at once and she looked at Zhao Qing behind her with those shining eyes of hers.

Zhao Qing's face darkened. If miss was to learn, there would be surely a lot of fuss around it. Moreover, there was still that person......thus he kept his lips tight. Looking at Zhao Qing's complexion, the little girl knew she had made a trouble, so she quickly took off.

"Zhao Qing, you don't have to tell me." As Zhao Qing has just made a sigh of relief, he heard miss say mystifyingly, "There are others who would tell me~~"

Zhao Qing's body broke in goosebumps. He frowned deeply. After a quarter hour of deadlock, Zhao Qing could only disclose her everything in detail as he could not change Mu Xi Yao's mind.

This Shengjin's Ten Gentlemen's feast was a three-year educational institution event. Great Wei's educational institution consisted of a scholastic and militaristic academy. The scholastic academy comprised of colleges, educational establishments, libraries, folk academy clubs, etc. The militaristic academy included mainly military schools, martial arts halls, martial arts establishments, folk sects, etc. As a result, people that could rise above ten millions of other people and become one of Ten Gentlemen were all top figures among the young generation who were masters of pen and sword, possessing both talent and virtue. As long as they participated in the imperial and military examination, the court will give them priority in the enrollment. Once they have passed through the inspection they will be then entrusted with important tasks. The most well-known of the last season was the head of Ten Gentlemen, Gong Sun Mu Yang. He had now possessed the post of the lower second rank provincial governor of Jinzhou, currently aged twenty-one.