"So you said that noble consort is pregnant?" Lord Chu is asking to his daughter with his anger build up inside of him.

"Yes, while this stupid woman is fooling around rather than seizing the opportunity to get pregnant. If he got a crown prince from that woman than all our effort go to waste," Empress dowager is telling her father about the problem.

Lord Chu intimidate stare make Chu Yi's blood run chill. This is the first time she feels frighten for her life. She can not believe her cousin and uncle become so frightening. She only can ask for mercy when Lord Chu is actually starting to punish her mother for not teaching the right thing to her daughter.

This is the first time for Chu Yi to see the angry lord Chu and her mother get beaten up as the result for her wrongdoing. The blood drip from her head into her face from the teacup. She cannot do anything rather than hold her tears to see her mother get the punishment.

"If you do more stupid things like this and I ever hear again then I will sell you younger sister to the brothel. Bear in mind that your mother is my concubine now and you are my daughter. stop make yourself as the laughingstock and work your butt as the empress to produce the crown prince," lord Chu is telling her with the sarcasm.

"I am promising you to take care and tie my end lose. I will dedicate myself as the empress and bring glory to the Chu clan," Chu Yi is sobbing and make a plea to the lord Chu.

"go back to your palace while I will think about the way out to solve the problem with the noble consort pregnancy," Lord Chu is instructing her niece to leave the empress dowager palace. She is taking her mother with her back to the empress palace.

Lord Chu and the empress dowager are making plan to eliminate the noble consort and the baby. However, they do not know that Jin Yu is making his round of clock security and work from her chamber. It will be hard to find way to eliminate her.

Jin Yu is changing the daily regime only to cater his pregnant wife. However, it does not make Ni Qing to be happy when Jin Yu is always with her. he even changes the location of his court meeting into the courtyard of the Jing Ling Palace where noble consort Qing reside. Physician he is in charge for her meal and tonic. No one can tamper for her meal and tonic as Jin Yu has the same meal and tonic as his wife.

He is not leaving her alone to take care of her needs and he will work in the night or when Ni Qing is sleeping. Ni Qing is getting worried when Jin Yu eyes is getting darker shadow. It means he needs rest.

"Jin Yu, we need to talk this out," Ni Qing is siting up on her bed.

"Hmmm…" Jin Yu is looking at her.

"You have to stop all of this craziness… I am fine if you are going back to the normal schedule. I want to go outside and not confine into bed like this. I want to walk and cook and do a lot of things. I am pregnant and I am not in my last string of breath," Ni Qing is reasoning her husband for the treatment.

"I can help you to walk around…. I am not leaving your side. if you want me to do as my normal regime, then you are moving back to my palace. I can work in the court with the minister and do my stuff in my work chamber while I feel safe for you inside my palace. No one will be able to provoke or do something to you and our baby," Jin Yu is giving her the option. Wang has been busy to travel between two palaces with his work necessity.

"Done, if you are promise to me that you will sleep in the night with me and not working overtime," Ni Qing is asking some condition.

"Deal," Jin Yu is standing up and tell everyone to pack up. they are moving back to the Ku Ning Palace. This time, he can spend more time with her in the night when he can finish all the court matter.

"Husband, I have something that I feel to eat. I carve something but you have to come make it for me," Ni Qing is telling him with her coquettish voice.

He got interrupted with the presence of Ni Sheng and Lin Yue who are coming in her bedchamber to visit her. they are bowing to the emperor.

"Tell me what you want?" Jin Yu is asking her to find out her carving. She never had a significant carving but when she has one, the whole palace maid and eunuch get a headache to find it.

"I want you to cook me the prawn dumpling with the meat noodle soup," Ni Qing is asking him.

"are you serious?" Ni Sheng is feeling amused for her sister request to the emperor. no one in history dares to tell the emperor unless they got defeated.

"I will do it. Ni Sheng and Lin Yue will help me in the kitchen, and I will make the delicious prawn dumpling and beef noodle soup," Jin Yu is agreeing to her request. He is standing up and walks outside the chamber, making Eunuch Wang and Eunuch Li surprised to see him.

In the kitchen, Physician He is preparing for the emperor and noble consort meal when the emperor enters the room with Ni Sheng and General Lin Yue.

"Your highness, let me cook for you and please sit on the chair and see us cooking," Eunuch Wang is pleading to the emperor.

"did you hear from Ni Qing that I have to make the meal by myself?" Jin Yu is putting his apron before everyone knows it.

"Have you cook any of the food?" Lin Yue is asking the emperor who is so confident with his skill.

"Never... I have the servant and eunuch to serve me. I do not have to worry about putting myself to cook," the emperor arrogantly said to his competitor.

"Lin Yue, we have to be in the bigger picture when he told us to help him. it means we are needed to help him. let's go," Ni Sheng is telling to his best friend while he is taking the apron.

Lin Yue is obediently putting his apron and starting to chop some prawn with the pork meat. however, as instructed by Jin Yu, all meat and vegetables have to be tested with the silver needle for poison. Mr He is developing a substance where it can detect the rarest poison into the water or food.

Ni Sheng is teaching Jin Yu to make the noodle. he is asking the emperor to knead the main ingredient in the noodle soup. Jin Yu is folding his sleeves and Eunuch Wang is tying his sleeves when he kneading the noodle dough.

Ni Sheng is making the soup base for the noodle and the meat. at least, the person who gets used to help out his sister to cook. so he remembers all the step from helping her.

Lin Yue finishes with all his prepping for the prawn dumpling when he is going to seasoning it. As Ni Qing always says not to overwork the filling, they will blend into the wrapper beautifully. He is putting aside the filling and working into kneading the dumpling wrapper.

Jin Yu looks so messy when Eunuch Wang is coming closer and wiping his face from all the flour. Meanwhile, Eunuch Li is telling his royal highness emperor the step to make it noodle. Jin Yu is finally finished making the noodle and still boiling on the water. Ni Shen is making sure the noodle cook beautifully.

Jin Yu is helping Lin Yue to wrap the prawn dumpling. however, pm the hand of inexperience Jin Yu, the prawn dumpling look like a prawn money bag. Lin Yue is arguing due to the shape rather than teaching the emperor. Eunuch Li and Physician He is helping to wrap the dumpling. it takes them a mere second to do such a small task.

the food finally finished and ready to eat in the room. everyone is coming inside the bed chamber when Ni QIng is sitting on the dining table with her stack of the document to take care by her. Jin Yu face become darker to see her working and sitting up on the wood chair.

"How many time I have to told you to stop working? I am dealing with this workload tonight," Jin Yu is asking wang to clean it up for her to eat the noodle. Ni Qing can smell the noodle soup and the fresh fragrant of the prawn dumpling on the tray.

"Who is helping until this meal come to this shape? even though the dumpling shape does not look good from the shape?" ni Qing is interrogating them