I swept the harem by pretending to be weak

Liu Zhirou really wanted to tell Concubine De, can’t I just exaggerate my description?

However, considering her own face and the pure and beautiful image she had always created, she ultimately did not say anything that would damage her image.

"Your Majesty, what do you think is the sky of this harem? Is it the Queen?" Liu Zhirou said meaningfully.

Concubine De fell into deep thought.

"What you said does make some sense. It seems that I was wrong."

Although the Queen has a noble status, this nobility does not come from herself, but because she is the Emperor's wife.

It seems that I have underestimated this Concubine Chun. Although she has little experience and is timid, she is very sensitive and she also sensed that the emperor has decided to take action against those old nobles.

However, some things cannot be changed just by noticing them, just like when I tried my best to protect Xixi, but the final result was nothing.

"Is there any wine?" Defei suddenly asked.

"I can't hold my liquor, so I didn't prepare anything." Liu Zhirou didn't know what Concubine De meant, but she didn't plan to drink with her. She had too many secrets, so she couldn't let herself lose her mind no matter what.

Liu Zhirou knew that her physical fitness was no longer what it used to be, but the issue of alcohol tolerance had never been determined by physical fitness. She had always been cautious about such uncertain things.

"What a pity! I had been thinking of having a drink to see you off." Defei sighed regretfully.

"I thought Your Majesty understood that drinking would cause trouble." Liu Zhirou poked him lightly.

The conversation between the two people can be described as quite harmonious, and both the host and the guest enjoyed themselves.

Only Liu Zhirou knew that because of Concubine De's visit, she lost a very important opportunity.

An opportunity to explain the problem clearly to Ai Ziyi.

At that time, when Ai Ziyi asked her about the precautions after pregnancy, she gave a very serious answer, especially telling Ai Ziyi that she could trust the people sent by the Queen Mother.

Theoretically speaking, there was nothing wrong with this matter. Liu Zhirou planned it very seriously based on her previous experience.

After all, the empress dowager has no conflict of interest with these concubines, and there is no need for them to compete for favor. In order to stabilize the entire court, she hopes that they will give birth to children.

However, man proposes, God disposes. Liu Zhirou could never have imagined that Concubine Zhang, who was living in the Weiyang Palace, was actually the niece of the empress dowager. She also had a certain influence on the people under the empress dowager. Because of her extreme personality, she ordered people to murder Ai Ziyi, which almost caused a disaster.

Liu Zhirou didn't know whether Ai Ziyi would be angry with her because of this matter. Ai Ziyi was usually a very smart and sensible person, but this was during her pregnancy after all. Pregnant women's emotions were inherently very fragile and their rhythm could be completely disrupted by some small things.

Moreover, the misunderstandings that arose between them during this period will be extremely difficult to resolve later.

It would be fine if Ai Ziyi could give birth to the child smoothly, as time would smooth out all these things. But if she really lost the child, then anyone who behaved badly during her pregnancy would likely become her enemy.

Liu Zhirou seemed to vaguely feel the giant hand hidden behind the scenes, manipulating the fate of all of them.

But there was no point in saying this now. She couldn't go to see Ai Ziyi in the middle of the night. It would only arouse suspicion, and she wouldn't necessarily be able to see her.

Concubine Xian is a very scheming and troublesome person. She is now trying her best to control what is happening in Weiyang Palace, and Liu Zhirou really has no way to intervene.

We can only take one step at a time.

Liu Zhirou ordered Chuntao to take people to clean up the mess, and then she went back yawning.

She needed to make the object for the ghost to possess as quickly as possible and put it inside so that she could take it to Renshou Palace.

The Queen Mother's return to the palace could not have happened overnight, it must have been during the day, and he had no way to control the ghost during the day.

Concubine De was also walking slowly on her way back to the palace.

"After meeting Concubine Chun, the Queen seemed to be in a very good mood. Did something good happen to her?" The palace maid beside her supported her and asked calmly.

Unlike other concubines who had at least two or three senior palace maids, Defei only had this one person whom she trusted the most by her side. Perhaps because of this, this palace maid was quite respectable in front of Defei and would not apologize for trivial matters, and conversations between them were quite natural.

"It's not a good thing. I can only say that this person is quite interesting." Defei said lightly.

"It's really not easy to be evaluated as interesting by the Queen. It seems that this Concubine Chun is also a remarkable person." The palace maid flattered.

"She is a little clever, but a coward. What she can achieve in the future depends on her luck. But to be honest, I don't think highly of her. People who expect to be favored by fate will usually only suffer bad luck." Defei seemed to remember something at this time and frowned tightly.

"Then why does Your Majesty spend so much time and effort on her?" the palace maid asked curiously.

This is indeed true in theory. Since you already know that this person has no future and cannot help you in any way, the best way is to be indifferent and watch her do whatever she wants, rather than trying to make friends with her or even give her some good advice.

"Because, sometimes I also expect fate to favor me." Defei sighed.

If he had been luckier, even better, then the emperor wouldn't have had to gamble with the eldest prince's life, the second prince wouldn't have died accidentally due to someone else's revenge, and Nana wouldn't have been so heartbroken over the loss of her beloved son that she hurt herself and lost her will to live.

But after thinking carefully for a while, Concubine De had to admit that the original situation was a dead end. No matter what choice she made, Nannan would not have a good ending.

She was a woman who was too smart and too kind. She thought more about others and, of course, less about herself.

If she had not met Nannan, Concubine De would have thought that only the stupidest person in the world would make such a choice, but after meeting her, Concubine De could not say such a thing anymore.

You may not like the sun, but it's hard to resist basking in it.