The Female Psychology PhD Who Time Traveled to the Royal Harem

The sound of fabric rubbing together seemed particularly intimate, as Jiang Xinyue's clothes were hastily draped over her, revealing a pair of long, slender, and perfectly proportioned legs.

Her delicate and fragile appearance made the "sated" Xuanwu Emperor reflect on whether he had been too unrestrained earlier. What if he had hurt Yue'er?

The Xuanwu Emperor picked up the delicate beauty lying on the chaise longue and dressed her himself. Her snow-white shoulders and neck were covered with dark red marks.

He darkened his gaze and turned his head away, fastening the jade belt around her waist: "Can you walk? If it hurts too much, I'll go out and have a sedan chair arranged."

That would be announcing to the world that she and the Emperor had been playing a private, intimate game, wouldn't it?

Jiang Xinyue shook her head and stood up: "No need!"

She was still worried about her mother's situation, so she wrapped her arm around the Emperor's and cooed, "Someone just told me that my mother is also in trouble, it seems to be related to Minister Pei of the Privy Council's eldest grandson. But just at that moment, Tang Shiliang came to me and said Your Majesty was in urgent need, so I had to ask my father to go to my mother. I'm really worried about her condition now; she's always been timid and weak due to her background, and she wouldn't dare to stand up for herself if she were bullied."

That was essentially asking the Emperor to stand up for Lady Ruan, wasn't it?

The Xuanwu Emperor, feeling guilty for using Jiang Xinyue as a "cure" and having long wanted to deal with the Pei family, saw this as an opportunity handed to him.

"Don't worry, Yue'er, I will not let your mother suffer any injustice."

He agreed, but Jiang's father might not be willing to let it go. The Emperor felt that he and Jiang's father had this much mutual understanding.

Returning to the room, Concubine Ye's poison had been neutralized by the imperial physician, and her clothes were neatly put on. She knelt on the ground, waiting for the Emperor's judgment.

"Attempting to drug me in the palace, execute her immediately."

He knew very well that as the Emperor, having many women was not excessive. Even if he only loved Jiang Xinyue in his heart, he could still favor any woman in his harem.

The problem was, he didn't like Concubine Ye, yet she drugged him.

"Your Majesty, please be clear!"

Concubine Ye crawled over, trying to cling to the Emperor's leg but failed. She could only kowtow vigorously: "I really didn't drug you; even if you gave me a hundred guts, I wouldn't dare to do such a thing! Moreover, I don't have the ability to do it. Please investigate clearly and restore my innocence."

The Xuanwu Emperor didn't want to waste energy investigating. Even if the drug wasn't from Concubine Ye, her deliberate waiting for an encounter with him and undressing in front of him were true.

If Yue'er had walked in at that moment, he would have had ten mouths and still couldn't explain it.

Before Yue'er arrived, for a moment, when he threw Concubine Ye onto the bed after she pretended to twist her ankle and clung to him, he almost lost control.

The drug's effect was too potent, and he was only human.

Fortunately, Jiang Xinyue arrived just in time, entering before his reason crumbled.

Otherwise...

"Concubine Ye doesn't seem to be that capable."

If she were truly capable, she wouldn't have pretended to twist her ankle and asked the Emperor to carry her when they disembarked at the palace.

This time, waiting halfway and pretending to twist her ankle again, Concubine Ye's foot was quite pitiful.

Jiang Xinyue clung to the Emperor's arm: "Your Majesty, could it be the butterfly's fault? Or the wine? Let's investigate carefully to see who is doing such harm to Your Majesty's health. As long as this person isn't found, I'll worry about Your Majesty every day."

Her sweet talk was now second nature, completely sincere.

"Yue'er is right, let's detain her first and investigate later."

Concubine Ye's cold sweat finally stopped. Being detained was better than being executed!

And after she was drugged, the imperial physician gave her the antidote, but the physician said the antidote was harmful to the body. She now felt dizzy and weak.

She was too exhausted to prove her innocence.

It was thanks to the Imperial Noble Consort pleading for her that she escaped this calamity.

If Jiang Xinyue knew what she was thinking, she would laugh.

She just didn't want to let the real person who drugged the Emperor go unpunished. If it were someone with weaker willpower, by the time she arrived, it would be too late.

Once this precedent was set, there would be an endless stream of beauties vying for the Emperor's bed.

Her position was not yet secure; how could she allow others to share the Emperor's favor?

When she no longer needed the Emperor's protection, even if the Emperor entertained ten women in one night, she wouldn't mind.

But not now.

Her child was still young and not yet the Crown Prince. She couldn't allow any variables.

In the banquet hall, the most uneasy was undoubtedly Consort Zhang.

But tonight's events were far more exciting than the performances, and those in the know had varying expressions, so no one paid attention to her differences.

"Isn't the Emperor and the Imperial Noble Consort going back to rest? Why haven't they been seen for so long?"

"Impossible! If the Emperor returned, the eunuchs would have informed us."

"Oh? Isn't that them coming now?"

Compared to when the banquet started, Jiang Xinyue's hair was now disheveled, and her face was flushed with a springtime glow, making her alluring beauty even more captivating.

"Seductive witch!"

Consort Zhang muttered under her breath, not daring to be heard.

"I remember that the late Emperor already banned the use of Radiant Silk, didn't he? Did I get it wrong?"

A voice of doubt carried by the evening breeze reached Consort Zhang's ears.

Just as the previous performance ended and the dancers exchanged places, the music softened, and people's conversations were deliberately lowered, not wanting to disturb the Emperor.

"The Imperial Noble Consort's dress today is beautiful, but I remember that Radiant Silk is a forbidden item in the palace. Isn't it inappropriate for the Consort to wear it in such a public setting?"

The clear voice of a woman stood out in the silence, as if she wanted to announce to the world that the Imperial Noble Consort had violated the ban and should be punished.

It was only then that everyone remembered why the Imperial Noble Consort's dress seemed so radiant, but they weren't sure if it was Radiant Silk.

The younger ones didn't even know what Radiant Silk was!

They only knew that the fabric of the Imperial Noble Consort's dress was the most beautiful they had ever seen.

It turned out to be a forbidden item?

This made the ladies who originally wanted to inquire about the fabric retreat, as they didn't have the courage to use banned items for their dresses, despite their love for beauty.

The whispers below were incessant, and Jiang Xinyue covered her mouth and laughed: "Your Majesty, see, I told you that Chief Clothing Officer Fang's craftsmanship is superb, capable of creating her own Radiant Silk, didn't I?"

Here was a fool who mistook Chief Clothing Officer Fang's Radiant Silk for Radiant Silk.