The Legend of the Concubine in the Harem

"what happened?"

When the emperor saw Xia Zhi whispering a few words to Xie Ruizhen, the latter showed a hint of anger on his face, so he asked out of curiosity.

Xie Yuzhen did not hide it from him: "Just now, a palace maid was not very careful and almost spilled a bowl of soup on Guanying."

"Oh?" The emperor raised his eyebrows. "Why would they ask such a clumsy maid to serve at the front of the banquet for the captives?"

"We need to ask your Majesty's Chonghua Palace chief steward about this. That maid is clearly from Chonghua Palace. Why did she appear at the banquet and go straight to Guanying?"

Chonghua Palace is the residence of the royal heirs. Unless there are unexpected circumstances, most of the royal heirs of Da Sheng would move into Chonghua Palace when they are around ten years old.

Hearing this, the emperor also understood: "Li Zong, go and call the chief steward of Chonghua Palace over and interrogate him carefully."

"Yes." Li Zong, the chief steward of the imperial court, wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and left.

The emperor turned his head and said: "Young people are just a little impulsive, thinking that as long as they do this, they can..."

"I don't think this is just the impulse of youth." Xie Yuzhen poured herself a glass of wine. "Your Majesty, before I entered the palace, I had the honor of hearing an interesting story from other ladies. It said that a young lady from a certain family got her clothes dirty at a banquet, so she went to the room next to the reception area to change clothes. Who knew that there was a man hiding in the room, who suddenly jumped out when she was halfway through undressing... And at that time, a group of ladies also went to that room to rest. Guess what happened to the young lady later?"

Her "story" reminded the emperor of some not-so-nice past: "I guess I have no choice but to marry that man."

Xie Yuzhen shook his head: "No, that lady pierced the man's eyes with a hairpin, and then pounced on the other lady who had led the main lady here in front of everyone, strangled her neck and dragged her into the pond, and both of them died underwater."

The emperor was stunned: "...I am narrow-minded. I think Xianming has already asked Xia Zhi and others to search the palaces around this palace?"

Xie Yuzhen nodded and said, "Although I don't know whether this method should be used, it is better to check it carefully just in case. As for the person who did it, Your Majesty will investigate it."

Seeing her angry and slightly irritated face, the emperor felt uneasy: "The child has grown up and is no longer under the control of his father. I can now understand the pain of the late emperor."

Although he said it with heartache, there was a meaningful smile on his face.

Which unlucky kid did it?

If this plan succeeds, not only will Lin Qiao's identity as a woman be exposed at the prisoner-surrendering banquet that promotes the country's prestige, but her reputation will also be tarnished. This move... is so stupid.

Do you think this will deal a heavy blow to Queen Xie's party?

But could it be possible that his face, as an old father who is the emperor, would become particularly bright and beautiful because of this incident?

Did this silly child incur the displeasure of both the emperor and the empress at once, or did he/she think that his/her method really left no trace?

He was really ruthless, he colluded with the Imperial Guards, poisoned his old father's food and wine, and killed him in a rage, so that he could quickly ascend the throne...

Oh.

wrong.

They don't have the ability to reach out to the Yulin Guards yet.

That's fine.

The conscienceless old father thought cheerfully: "Xianming really doesn't care?"

"I believe that Your Majesty will give me justice. Could it be that Your Majesty wants to deceive me on such a fatal matter?" Xie Yuzhen covered his heart and pretended to cry.

Although the emperor knew in his heart that the woman was only pretending to cry and was actually forcing him to express his opinion, he had long been accustomed to coaxing and giving in to Xie Yuzhen, and he enjoyed Xie Yuzhen's various requests for him, so he hurriedly coaxed her: "How could I do such an unbecoming thing for a husband?"

"If a son is not well-educated it is the fault of his father. I would like to apologize to you, the queen mother, on their behalf." As the emperor said this, he took the wine cup in front of Xie Yuzhen and drank the wine in it.

Then he looked at the clean wine cup several times and said, "I was wondering why Xianming didn't seem drunk after drinking several cups. When did you switch to fruit juice?"

Xie Yuzhen rolled her eyes at him secretly: "I am not a good drinker, and your majesty has seen it too. It is better not to make things complicated on such an important occasion."

"Xianming, in order to make the new ruler of the South say those words about sex in the palace today, and to hide it from everyone along the way and from me, you must have spent a lot of effort. It is indeed not advisable to make things more complicated. But Xianming, you didn't make such arrangements just to stage such a farce, did you?" The emperor said jokingly in a relaxed tone.

He only reacted after the New South King spoke. This person's surprising words must have been instigated by someone else. Otherwise, he was the ruler of a country after all, and he had been under the supervision of the Central Plains people all the way. How could he not react to the wrong translation of "male and female" in the two tribes' languages?

After a little thought, the emperor identified Xie Yuzhen as the mastermind behind this.

"Don't worry, Your Majesty. There will be more fun things to come." Xie Yuzhen took the wine cup from the emperor's hand, poured another glass, and drank it himself.

Seeing her lips kissing the place he had kissed, the emperor couldn't help but blush: "This is really getting more and more uncivilized. If those old masters see you and I drinking from the same cup again, I'm afraid they will complain about how impolite it is."

"Isn't it their blessing that the emperor and empress are in love?" Xie Yuzhen didn't care at all about the opinions of those pedantic old scholars. Ever since he intervened in the government, there has been no shortage of slanderous remarks about him.

However, Xie Yuzhen was not affected at all. He just focused on doing what he wanted to do. From assisting and learning from the emperor, he has now figured out some tricks of officialdom on his own and formulated and implemented better policies.

Xie Yu really didn't care how the old stubborn people cursed her in secret. She only knew that her policies were indeed beneficial to the people, and her name was not erased from the policies that benefited the people. The people also knew that all this came from the kindness of Queen Xie. That was enough.

She rarely expressed her love to the emperor, and the emperor, who was convinced that he and his wife were in love, only nodded: "We are indeed a loving couple. Those bad guys are as sour as century-old vinegar."

Xie Yuzhen silently watched the emperor trapped in the self-woven illusion of "marital love" and decided to push him down further, sinking deeper: "Let them be jealous, anyway..." She lowered her head to reveal her slightly red earlobes, and between her gorgeous eyebrows, there was a fleeting shyness that was hard to tell whether it was true or false, but the emperor could capture it accurately.

"Can this fruit juice actually make people drunk?" the emperor joked.

Xie Yuzhen immediately wiped away that trace of shyness and replaced it with a stern face: "I'm afraid your majesty is drunk. Come, eat some bitter melon to sober up."

The emperor's face fell, but he was reluctant to give up this rare opportunity to be fed by his own hands, so he ate it with a frown.

Lu Weiyuan, who sat between the two and watched his parents' confrontation for a while, said: "Wow."