I swept the harem by pretending to be weak

"Sister, your idea is very good, but now you are under house arrest as the emperor said. If you make a big fuss like this again, I'm afraid it will cause the emperor's dissatisfaction." Cairen Guo persuaded as tactfully as possible.

She was now really disappointed with her sister's brain. According to her parents, before she entered the palace, this child was one of the smartest in the family. But who would have thought that after entering the palace for so many years, she not only did not improve, but became worse and worse?

"What does this matter? The emperor only said that I am not allowed to go out to find Concubine Chun, but he didn't say that Concubine Chun is not allowed to come to find me." Concubine Shu smiled cunningly.

Guo Cairen became even more worried. Compared with her sister who felt good about everything, as a concubine of lower rank, she was more keenly aware of the impending storm.

But she couldn't find any concrete evidence to convince her sister, so she could only bury these things deep in her heart.

No matter how reluctant Guo Cairen was, things still developed in a direction she didn't want to see.

Weiyang Palace, Huailiu Pavilion.

The emperor sat at a desk on one side, reading memorials, while Liu Zhirou sat on the other side, reading some books.

Liu Zhirou has now been deprived of all external activities and can only stay in her own area, reading some books, doing some handicrafts, or strolling in the yard under the care of her maid.

"Rou'er, are you bored?" While the emperor was reviewing memorials, he looked up and found Liu Zhirou playing with her belt out of boredom.

"Not really. It's just that I have stayed in the room for too long. But when I thought about how I met Concubine Shu and was punished in the Imperial Garden, I didn't dare to go out casually." Liu Zhirou lowered her head shyly.

For Liu Zhirou, a cute and innocent character is very important. The emperor has a lot of thoughts. Compared with the concubines who are particularly smart and capable, he prefers the little women who have no brains and no sharpness and can only act like a spoiled child.

Just like the favored concubine before, although she is a little arrogant, she is really smart.

The emperor couldn't help laughing when he saw her conflicted look.

"Okay, stop being so serious. I just happen to be free today, so I'll take you out."

"Thank you, Your Majesty. Can I bring Sister Ai with me?" Liu Zhirou looked delighted.

In fact, she didn't care whether she could go out or not, and she didn't even care whether the emperor would come to her place or not. But now she was in front of the emperor, and she had to pretend to be happy, even if she had to do it.

"Lady Lan? Are you on good terms with her?" the emperor asked with a little surprise.

"Sister Ai has always taken good care of me. If it weren't for her, it would not have been so easy for me to gain a foothold here." Liu Zhirou chose to tell the truth. It was not something difficult to say anyway, and if she lied and the emperor found out the real reason, it would not be an exaggeration to say that it would be a disaster.

The emperor nodded with satisfaction.

"So that's how it is. I've also learned about this. Lady Lan is a bit reckless. But it's a good thing that she is a bit reckless, otherwise who knows what would have happened." The emperor sighed again.

Ai Ziyi came very quickly. Compared to the delicate and slow appearance of other concubines, she looked quite agile, with a hint of heroism in her beauty.

"Your Majesty, your concubine greets you." Ai Ziyi bowed slightly, then walked around the emperor and came to Liu Zhirou.

"Are you feeling better? Are you still vomiting after eating?" Ai Ziyi asked anxiously.

If he hadn't considered that the emperor was also here, he would have come over long ago. Even so, it took the nanny beside him a lot of effort to stop her.

The governess once told her very seriously that if she didn't want to compete for the emperor's favor from Chun Meiren, then she should not come to her when the emperor came to see Chun Meiren.

Ai Ziyi agreed with this. She was afraid that Liu Zhirou would misunderstand her, and she didn't want to see the emperor, so she had to count the time on her fingers to see when the emperor would leave.

But this time, it was Liu Zhirou who sent someone to call her.

"I'm much better. Why did you come just now?" Liu Zhirou asked with a slightly coquettish tone.

Ai Ziyi didn't know how to answer, so she just laughed it off.

The emperor understood what she was facing, but he didn't want to expose her. Instead, he thought highly of Ai Ziyi in his heart.

At least this is a person with a pretty good bottom line.

Liu Zhirou didn't really want to blame him, nor was she really unaware of the difficulties he was facing. She just had to be more innocent and cute in front of the emperor.

But at this moment, Concubine Shu's people suddenly came in. Chuntao originally wanted to stop the other party, but Qiuju stopped her and personally took the person into the house.

"I greet the emperor and the two young ladies. Greetings to the emperor and the two young ladies."

"Is there something you want to do here?" Liu Zhirou asked curiously.

This time she was really curious. After all, she didn't know what Concubine Shu would do.

The emperor couldn't help but frowned, but he didn't interrupt immediately, just let the maid continue.

"It's like this. Madam Shufei misses home very much, so you sent someone to call the women in the family to the palace to pay a visit. It so happens that Miss Chun has a younger sister who happened to marry into the mansion of Duke Deng, and now she has also entered the palace with the old lady. Would you like to meet her?" The maid seemed to be frightened to death, and she could hardly utter a complete sentence. She stumbled and finally expressed what Madam Shufei wanted her to say.

"I remember that I seemed to have punished Concubine Shu by confining her to her house." The emperor's words remained calm, but for no reason they made people feel that a storm was about to come.

He was indeed extremely angry.

He had clearly issued an order to confine Concubine Shu, but Concubine Shu still dared to recruit people into the palace secretly and even colluded with internal and external forces. She simply did not take what the emperor said seriously at all.

In theory, only the queen has the power to summon the women from her natal family and even the families of ministers and royal relatives.

It was just that he doted on Concubine Shu and was grateful for the support of Duke Deng's Mansion, so he gave Concubine Shu this honor. However, he did not expect that Concubine Shu would be so unscrupulous.

"Since Sister Liu's sister is going to enter the palace, why not call her to Huailiu Pavilion alone and let her pay a visit to Sister Liu." Ai Ziyi interrupted at this time.

"Her Majesty Shufei wants to ask Lady Chun to go to Minghua Palace." Even though the maid was so frightened that she could hardly move, she still forced herself to say this.

The emperor frowned even deeper. He was extremely dissatisfied with Concubine Shu's long-term arrogant behavior.