That noon, Gu Yuyao dropped by to pass her the documents she had requested from He Lianchen. She was accompanied by Li Meili, who just came back from her short business trip.

  "He told me to deliver this to you urgently. What is it about, Moyu?" Gu Yuyao asked curiously. She rarely saw her fiance and Moyu talk to each other, and for Moyu to ask He Lianchen a favor meant that it was something urgent and confidential.

  "Preparing for an upcoming war." Tang Moyu replied, keeping the issue about her sister from her friends. This was a family matter she needed to tend to on her own, and she didn't need to drag them into the problem.

  "War? I don't think this is a war, Moyu. This is a massacre." The devil commented beside her. The empress didn't bother to correct him. She wouldn't spare nor pity Han Shaohui once she started taking action on him. She would make sure that he would have nothing left once she was done with him.

  Gu Yuyao could only shrug and let it slide. If these two were up to something, then she wouldn't have to worry about Moyu getting in trouble on her own. The devil wasn't particularly a team player, but if it was Moyu who's with him, Gu Yuyao thought that her friend would be the level headed one between the two of them. She couldn't imagine the empress leaving a mess behind for others to clean up.

  "Moyu, you've only been working for a week at home, but how come you seem to have gain weight overnight?" She asked Tang Moyu as she took a bite of the savory sweet and sour pork they were having for lunch. Since the little buns had already eaten their share a little earlier, they were already back in the garden to play with the new swing Feng Tianyi and Song Fengyan had made for them.

  Tang Moyu dropped her chopsticks dramatically in shock. She stared at Gu Yuyao as if she had just dropped a bomb on her.

  "I-I gained weight?" She asked back in disbelief.

  Was it because she had missed her morning routine these days? Maybe she should really restart her morning run before it's too late.

  She turned to look at Feng Tianyi who had an innocent look on his face, as if he hadn't done anything to have caused her weight gain.

  Was he too obvious that he'd been feeding the empress more lately? He always made sure to give her an extra serving of the dishes he made or add a little more portion for her desserts whenever she wasn't paying attention to her plate.

  Other men would prefer their women to be fit and sexy, but Feng Tianyi would rather see Moyu healthier and a little plump.

  However, that wasn't enough to please the empress as her frown deepened in thought. She was always conscious of her weight since she hit puberty, courtesy of her mother— Zhang Wuying, who had always nitpicked on her appearance and weight growing up.

  "I don't see any difference, Moyu. But I think you should find better ways to burn those extra calories Mr. Qin has been feeding you." Li Meili said before giving her best friend a flirty wink, to which Gu Yuyao had enthusiastically nodded, clearly agreeing with her.

  Tang Moyu huffed and looked away, a little annoyed to admit that she was indeed gaining weight lately. But can anyone blame her? The food and dishes that her boyfriend was making were out of this world, always giving her culinary and gourmet bliss whenever she took a bite of them. How could she say no to good food anyway?

  Still, for Feng Tianyi not to mention anything about her sudden weight gain when he was the one responsible for it… Tang Moyu's eyes turned into slits as she looked at the devil suspiciously. When Feng Tianyi coughed and looked away, the empress was appalled to realize that he'd known it all along!

  She gasped and glared at the devil, who was clearly feigning innocence right now.

  "You! You knew about it all this time but you didn't bother to tell me?"

  "Hey! I didn't think that you would be bothered by it. I know you religiously worked out in the mornings. But you haven't left home since your sister's arrival, so why is it my fault now?" Feng Tianyi said in his defense, which caused Gu Yuyao and Li Meili to snort and chuckle at the same time.

  These two lovebirds… won't they spare them a little and not throw dog food in their way all the time?

  "He is definitely aware of it, Moyu. I can tell." Gu Yuyao commented. As for why the devil kept it from the empress, it might be because he had intentionally tried to make her friend gain a little weight for whatever twisted reason he had in his mind.

  "Nothing that you can't burn with a good workout, Moyu." Li Meili grinned mischievously. "I'm sure Mr. Qin won't mind helping you with your problem."

  It was really too bad that she wasn't able to witness the awkward scene between her best friend and Feng Tianyi on his bed herself and had only heard it from Gu Yuyao and Little Star, who gave her firsthand account of the situation. It must have been a sight to behold.

  "Li Meili!" Tang Moyu chastised her best friend. This woman really didn't know when to stop her double entendre. No wonder she was able to corrupt Gu Yuyao during the past years they had spent together abroad.

  "What? Don't look at me like that, Moyu. I wasn't the one who didn't watch what she ate and gained weight, alright?"

  The empress still had a long way to go in terms of learning about intimacy.