The palace maid who was so respectful and humble in front of Su Zhan just now changed her expression as soon as she left Su Zhan's sight.
She gritted her teeth and touched the red mark on her forehead. When she put her hand down, she could even see streaks of blood on her palm. It was obvious that the skin on her forehead must be broken.
If there is no good wound medicine to apply, it will easily leave ugly scars. In this era, it is obvious what appearance means to an unmarried girl.
Resentment flashed in the eyes of the palace maid, resentful that she had to be trampled on because of her humble status. She was resentful that Su Zhan was unreasonable and unforgiving, even though he had everything, he still had to deal with her as a palace maid.
When the palace maid was thinking about this, she never thought that if it weren't for her ulterior motives, how could Su Zhan have made things difficult for her.
When the palace maid left, Taotao frowned slightly. She always felt that something was wrong, so she didn't notice that her mother-in-law's sweetheart had disappeared at some point.
"Your Majesty, I think there's something wrong with this slave?" Taotao scratched her head and said honestly, "But I don't know what's wrong."
What Su Zhan likes most is that this girl doesn't show any fear in front of outsiders. Even if she doesn't know anything, she will only follow her words, but in private she has the character to say anything in front of her.
Su Zhan lazily leaned against the big tree again and said, "What do you think of my status in this palace?"
Taotao said without thinking, "The empress and your majesty have known each other for more than ten years and have a deep relationship. The reason why your majesty did not canonize the empress must be because he was stumbling over national affairs when he first ascended the throne. But even so, the empress is still under your majesty's care."
It is also irreplaceable in my heart.”
"Therefore, in this harem, apart from Your Majesty, the Empress is naturally the most respected person."
Then you are wrong. As long as I am still standing here, your Majesty will never issue the imperial edict to confer the title of empress. Su Zhan lowered his eyelashes, and there was a rare tenderness between his eyebrows, as if
Back then, she was the well-educated, gentle and virtuous lady of the imperial city's first family. However, her expression only appeared for a moment, and then she returned to her usual careless attitude that didn't care about everything.
"Since I entered the palace, basically there are rules to follow wherever I appear every day. Jinglan Palace is far away from here, and if she wants to go to Jinglan Palace, she shouldn't pass by me at all." Su Zhan smiled.
He said, "What is the reason why she made so many detours and accidentally passed the news about Wanyu to my ears?"
Taotao suddenly understood at first, then her face darkened, and she gritted her teeth and said, "Someone wants to take advantage of the empress? This is too vicious."
Su Zhan smiled and said nothing.
Since ancient times, kings have had 3,000 beauties in their harems, and there are countless beautiful women. Apart from the reason why the king is lustful, there is actually a deeper consideration to this system.
That is to balance the forces in the court. Excluding those special eras, more emperors actually only do one thing in their lives, which is to balance the forces of all parties in the court and prevent any force from becoming bigger and threatening.
To the king's imperial power.
I thought that after Jun Liuyue came to power, he would follow the practices of previous dynasties, but who knew that besides Jiang Liuwan, he would never have a second woman. This made many important officials in the court who wanted the family to take further steps anxious.
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Among them, the right prime minister is the most anxious. Jiang's father is the left prime minister, and the two have always been incompatible. Originally, they were evenly matched during the time of the previous emperor, but since Jiang Liuwan married Jun Liuyue, the new emperor
After ascending the throne, she was the only one in the entire harem.
If Jiang Liuwan gives birth to the eldest son of the emperor, or even the prince, the Jiang family's influence in the court will inevitably become stronger. For this reason, the right minister has recently turned gray due to worry, and the Wan Yu incident happened to happen.
, let him see the light, so he took this opportunity to plan something.
If His Majesty has plans to reopen the harem now, then their daughter can make plans early.
"Have you done everything I asked you to do?" The Prime Minister touched his chin. He had lived a pampered life for decades, so that even though he was in his fifties, his face looked like he was only in his early thirties.
"What I said in reply to the Prime Minister has been settled." A servant in gray clothes with pointed ears and head scratching his head stood at his head and replied respectfully.
The right minister nodded with satisfaction, waved his hand casually, and said, "Go and ask the lady to get ready. Her good days are coming."
"Yes, I will go and report this to the young lady." The servant in gray clothes said with a smile.
After the servant in gray clothes left, the young lady from the Right Prime Minister's family sat blankly in the garden, thinking about what the servant in gray clothes had just told her, and after a while she suddenly burst into tears.
The girl's love is over, but the person she loves has passed away. No matter how much admiration there is, it will not help.
She thought of the man who was good at bow-bending and archery. He was like the sun. Just standing there would inevitably attract the attention of everyone, including her.
As long as I think of that person, I can't help but think of the girl who was inseparable from that person. Now the noble empress, a trace of resentment flashed in the young lady's eyes.
It's only been a few years, why can't you wait so long to catch up with the dragon and the phoenix? If that person knew better and knew that his most beloved person, Pipa, was not in his arms, how sad he would be.
When she thought of this, the young lady suddenly became excited. With Jiang Liuwan's current status, she could not see him at all. If she acted according to the right minister's plan, she would most likely enter the palace. In this way, she would have to take good care of him.
Ask Jiang Liuwan face to face if he has any intention.
No matter how things outside changed, Su Zhan was always nonchalant. Faced with her Buddhist attitude, Taotao, who had always been indifferent to the emperor and anxious to the eunuch, had no choice but to calm down.
Even after that, Jun Liuyue never set foot in the courtyard where Su Zhan lived. Everyone thought that she had fallen out of favor and turned to please the man from Jinglan Palace, and she never said a word again.
Such a quiet look really didn't look like her original personality, so even Su Zhan couldn't help but look at her a few more times.
"What's wrong with you these days? Are you having your period? Are you so quiet these days?" Su Zhan asked curiously.
Taotao's face instantly turned red, and she glanced at Su Zhan with an angry look. Fortunately, she had been following Su Zhan for a long time, and she had long been used to her occasional shocking words. She blushed for a while, that's all. She was not angry.
