Chapter 172 - The Dinner Preparation

Ni Qing is going back to her palace for her lunch when Jin Yu is checking briefly toward her palace. he is sitting for his quick lunch before he needs to get back to his study for special plan to strengthen his country defence. Lin Yue, Ni Sheng and Zhao Yu already have a pale and their energy has been sucked out and drain from their body.

"What are you doing to them, husband?" Ni Qing is asking toward her husband to see their soulless expression. They even did not want to finish the famous boiled chicken that Ni Qing made. Xi Kai is already in the kitchen and change from his post as the captain of eagle troop into the chef and personal bodyguard of the empress.

"I did not do anything… I just asked them to work a little harder," Jin Yu is informing his wife without any expression or hint of remorse.

"How is Wang Bo carry the task to take out Consort Yin back to her palace?" Ni Qing is asking briefly about the progress. She can't let her to spend time longer with the crown prince and get her pregnant with his seeds.  It can be the sword and dagger in her hand to be use as revenge to Ni Qing and Jin Yu.

"He supposedly to get her now and enter the palace… do you want me to send someone to check?" Lin Yue is asking her for any consent to check into her palace.

"Your highness, can I give consent toward Lin Yue to check? It will be hard for me to sleep if I do not know about her whereabout…." Ni Qing is pleasing with her sweet coquettish voice toward her husband.

"yes…. Lin Yue or Zhang can check her position…" Jin Yu is telling her which make Ni Qing is stealing a kiss on his cheek in front of everyone. IT IS TAKING Jin Yu a little surprise to get a small kiss on  his check.

"Sister, please restrain yourself as this is public place. Where is your etiquette to restrain your own dignity?" Ni Sheng is scolding his sister about her action to kiss the emperor out of open.

"Why? I kiss my own husband inside my own house… why are you so upright about the regulation?" Ni Qing is complaining about his brother complains.

"Okay… Okay… I am full to eat your dog food… my wife is asking about dinner tonight, what is the time?" Ni Sheng keeps complaining about his sister attitude which flaunt their happily love life.

"Tell her not to bring anything… we are going to have a big hot pot tonight at seven," Ni Qing is informing them about her invitation.

"Do I get invited?" Jin Yu is asking after he drink his soup until finish.

"DO you need any invitation?" Ni Qing is teasing him while taking a piece of meat from the table. Her premonition is correct when all the dishes made by Xi Kai taste delicious.

"Thank you…. What is hot pot?" Jin Yu is asking as he never try or eat something like that.

"You will know it tonight… DO not work too hard and I will wait for you.." Ni Qing tries to tease him out. He is in a deep agony to see her temptation. He need stronger will power to restrain himself not to lock her inside his bed.

Jin Yu is trying to refute his wife teasing when Wang Bo is coming with a little wound on his face and bowing to the emperor.

"What happen with you? Xiao Nie, get the ointment in the room for Wang Bo," Ni Qing is instructing her maid to get the ointment. She is rushing to the room to get the small bottle and hand it into Wang Bo hands.

"Your highness, the guard of Crown prince of Liang is beating us up to pick up Consort Liang with the people from brother Ah Tio… If brother Ah Seh did not arrives here then we can't hold and take her back… at this stage, the crown prince is getting furious for missing the consort," Wang Bo is explaining toward them.

"Do not worry anymore.. you did a good job to make the mission to become successful… tonight we are having hotpot party and you are invited…" Ni Qing is making reward for his hard work.

"DO you serve any meat and wine?" Wang Bo eyes get glitter of hope.

"of course, even though I can't drink any wine…" Ni Qing is looking at her husband with puppy eyes look.

"Why are you looking at me?" Jin Yu is flicking his finger to her forehead due to her mischievous mind.

"It's hurt…." Ni Qing is rubbing her forehead from the flicked of her husband.

"Be nice and sleep…. Do not do something to tired and goes to sleep,"  Jin Yu is caressing her head after flicking her forehead. It is feeling warm and nice for her to feel the concern touch of her husband.

Ni Qing is nodding and obediently goes to her bed chamber. In reality, she feel so tired and this time of the day is the time for her nurturing her body and her grown baby.

Xiao Nie is helping Xi Kai in the kitchen to prepare for tonight banquet while she saw her boss is going to rest in the room. Xi Kai need to prepare the base for the hot pot soup and all the ingredients. Wang Bo is waiting in the kitchen and helping her for the cuisine preparation.  They all are helping each other when Xiao Nie is preparing the table and all the decoration. As expected Xiao Nie telling the staff to decorate the courtyard fo the empress. She is also getting the empress palace to be ready for the banquet party.

Wang Bo is checking the wine and the putting it together for the event ready tonight. he is so happy in the end, Ni Qing is allowing them to have her famous hot pot again. Ni Qing is not yet making her special sauce as per Wang Bo expectation when Xiao Nie is taking out the jar from the ground. She is opening the jar and scoop out the famous sauce made by Ni Qing.

In the evening, Ni Qing is waking up with the smell of the hotpot broth. She is sitting up straight away on her bed and want to stand up straight away when her head start to spin. She decides to sit down to recover from her dizziness.

It took her a while before she can stand up and walk to the kitchen. Wang Bo and Xi Kai are busy to prepare for her feast tonight. it is a contrary a captain from a notorious soldier team in the country have to work in the kitchen.

She is using her apron to help with the preparation. She is making some dessert and some extra meat skewer and vegetable skewer to be grilled. She is also making some dessert for the feast which is suitable with the pregnant lady.

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Consort Yin is waking up inside the familiar place in her surroundings. The last thing, she remembers is passed out from the beast day with the crown prince. She remembers his cunning eyes from when the whole country visit to Yin Kingdom. She had detested him so much, but faith bring her to his bed. He had treated her lower than uneducated fellow in society.

She is back to her palace, and it means the hell already close from her life. She just need to cultivate her body as before and she will repay every bit of her suffering to the girl and her husband. she is closing her eyes to continue to sleep.

Jin Yu is arranging his spy to work as eunuch in Consort Yin Palace and get her new maid under the palm of Jin Yu. She is getting limited contact with outside world. Jin Yu even asked Physician He to make her to be baren.

She absolutely can't be pregnant with any of the seeds inside her womb. However, Physician He is informing the emperor that he needs to check her condition before he is able to concoct the medicine.

"You can conduct the examination, but you have to make her baren…" Jin Yu instructed him with his cold iron tone as if he decides their death sentence. It sends a chill into his backbone.

"I am going to check her to measure her condition, your highness. The concoction to make her womb dry is really powerful so I need to know her condition to make the medication to be powerful," Physician He is advising his emperor. Consort Yin must be do something really bad until the emperor is giving the edict to make her baren. He still remembered when the last empress who likes to shop around did not get the emperor to make her baren. She even gets to keep her baby.