Sun Cairen is here again, it’s so lively here, Your Majesty. Ji Jinyou asked curiously, [System, does Sun Cairen have any plot today?]

　　System: [Originally, she had been kneeling. When the old emperor found out, he went to bring her back and comforted her, and also gave her many good things as a reward.]

　　Ji Jinyou: [But Cairen Sun was sent back by the Imperial Noble Consort, and Your Majesty didn’t go to hug her. ]

　　System: [Yes, the plot has changed again, but according to the original plot, the greenhouse delivered a beautifully blooming tiger jasmine in the morning. Your Majesty originally planned to go to the Empress’s place for dinner in the evening and bring it to her. It can be seen that Cairen Sun was crying pitifully, so in order to cheer her up, he just gave it to her.]

　　Ji Jinyou glanced at the fragrant jasmine on the table in the room and said, [Yes, it’s quite beautiful. If Your Majesty really does this, will the Empress know?]

　　System: [Of course. The Empress has been in charge of the harem for so many years. She has a keen eye on everything. Nothing in the palace can be hidden from her eyes.]

　　Ji Jinyou: [Is the Empress angry? ]

　　System: [That was not stated explicitly, but the Empress notified the greenhouse to send all the beautiful jasmines to Cairen Sun. Later, when the old emperor realized what was happening and went to the greenhouse to choose another one for the Empress, he couldn’t find any decent ones.]

　　The Empress looked at Emperor Wen Zhao with a smile.

　　Everyone in the palace knew that her favorite flower was jasmine. If there were any good-looking flowers in the greenhouse, the eunuch in charge would send them to His Majesty, who would then give them to her.

　　Year after year, it has been like this all the time. It has become an unwritten custom and everyone knows it.

　　But Your Majesty gave her flowers to some palace maid who fell from a tree? This bastard man is really heartless.

　　The Empress smiled gently, and her eyes were calm, but Emperor Wen Zhao felt inexplicably guilty. He looked at the Empress for a few seconds, then looked away and looked at Xiaojiu again.

　　After taking a look at Xiaojiu, he finally realized what was happening. This hadn’t even happened yet, so why was he feeling guilty?

　　Then, he bravely looked into the Empress’s eyes again.

　　Liang Quan was still waiting at the door. Seeing that the emperor and the empress were silent, they just looked at each other with such a charming look in their eyes that his old face turned red.

　　Alas, young couples are different. Your Majesty and the Empress are already an old couple, but they are still so loving and affectionate. We shouldn’t disturb them at this time.

　　So he asked tentatively: “Your Majesty, Your Majesty, do you want Cairen Sun to go back first?”

　　Emperor: “It’s up to the Empress.”

　　The Empress snorted in her heart. One of them just slept and threw the mess to her after pulling up his pants, and the other one got a little power and made trouble as much as she wanted. They were all terrible things.

　　Thinking of what the Imperial Noble Consort said, that Cairen Sun would use the child to frame her in the future, the Empress no longer had any good feelings towards Cairen Sun.

　　A person who can even sacrifice his own child can be very cruel.

　　The Empress despised her in her heart, but she didn’t show it on her face. She said gently, “Let Cairen Sun wait outside for a while. I will have some tea first.”

　　Liang Quan responded, bowed and left, saying, “Talented Lady Sun, the Empress Mother asked you to wait a moment.”

　　When she heard that the Empress was also there, Cairen Sun’s face froze and she subconsciously wanted to leave, but she couldn’t, so she could only nod and say yes.

　　Earlier, on the path beside the Imperial Garden, she met Noble Lady Yue and Noble Lady Fang. They were jealous of her because she was favored by His Majesty, so they bullied her.

　　She was so angry, but she couldn’t talk back because of her low status. Later, she simply knelt on the ground, crying and admitting her mistake humbly. Only then did they leave with embarrassed faces.

　　Afterwards, she asked her maid to find a young eunuch from the same hometown, gave him a gold bracelet, and asked him to find someone to deliver a message to the emperor.

　　Everything was planned well, but who would have thought that the Imperial Noble Consort would suddenly show up and, with a fake smile, let the nanny carry her back.

　　Not only did the two maids carry her back to the palace, they also watched over her and made her kneel for a long time, saying that it was the Imperial Noble Consort’s intention. Since she liked kneeling so much, the room was shady and out of the sun, so she could kneel as long as she wanted.

　　Fortunately, she was alert enough and pretended to faint after kneeling for a while. Only then did the two maids leave. Her knee still hurts.

　　She used to be a palace maid. There were too many masters in the palace, both big and small. When there were too many people, there would be a lot of gossip. When a master was unhappy with her, she would be taken out to vent her anger. Punishment, beating and scolding were common. She suffered a lot of grievances.

　　Otherwise, she wouldn’t have gone to such great lengths to climb up.

　　We are all human beings, why should she be a slave, endure hardships and be bullied?

　　To be honest, compared with what I had experienced before, the short period of time I knelt down today was not an unbearable injustice.

　　Besides, it was the Imperial Noble Consort who was almost on equal footing with the Empress who punished her. She was a Cairen who had just been favored, so she could only endure it.

　　What’s more, considering the Imperial Noble Consort’s cruel behavior in the past, treating her like this today can be considered extremely gentle.

　　Therefore, she did not come to His Majesty to complain.

　　It was just that the strange conversation that suddenly sounded in her ears made her feel creepy and her back chilled when she thought about it.

　　She didn’t know whether the person speaking was a human, a god, or a ghost?

　　Why didn’t she see anyone, but the two voices rang so clearly in her ears.

　　And the man said that she was used by someone to harm the Imperial Noble Consort, and was finally killed by the Imperial Noble Consort?

　　God knows, she only wanted to gain His Majesty’s favor and live a good life under His Majesty’s protection. She never thought of harming the Imperial Noble Consort.

　　She admitted that she used dishonorable means to become His Majesty’s concubine, and now the whole palace was probably talking about her and making fun of her.

　　But she doesn’t feel ashamed of herself, and she doesn’t care what others say.

　　At least now she can live alone in a side hall. The room is spacious and bright, the bed is soft and comfortable, the meals are rich and delicious, the clothes are beautiful, and there are two palace maids to serve her.

　　She had been secretly planning for so long and finally escaped the fate of being a servant. From now on, she would no longer be ordered around by others, nor would she be beaten or scolded for no reason.

　　Such good days are hard to come by, and she doesn’t want to die.

　　After being in the palace for so long, she had already realized that none of the women in the harem could be trusted.

　　No matter who she supports or which team she joins, she will probably be used as a gun.

　　She knew too well how muddy the harem was. In order to survive, the only one she could count on was the emperor.

　　Although His Majesty is in his prime and very brave, she doesn’t say that she loves His Majesty very much. She just wants to take advantage of the fact that His Majesty still likes her and quickly get pregnant with a child, whether it’s a boy or a girl.

　　It would be best if it was a daughter, because a daughter would not threaten anyone’s status and would be able to survive well.

　　She didn’t have much ambition and wouldn’t covet a position that didn’t belong to her. She just wanted to have her child around when the emperor was not around. After all, the child was of royal blood, so she would have someone to rely on.

　　But how did she get used by others? How did she harm the Imperial Noble Consort? How did she die again?

　　Also, she originally wanted to tell His Majesty about these things, but now that the Empress is here again, she must tell the Empress.

　　But the Empress and the Imperial Noble Consort are as close as sisters. If she were to hear these words, would she still have a good life in the future?

　　Otherwise, she might as well turn to the Empress?

　　But in that case, she would inevitably be controlled by the Empress. If the Empress asked her to find an excuse not to sleep with the Emperor, then who would bear her child?

　　Cairen Sun stood in the outer hall, hesitant and anxious.

　　In the inner hall, the emperor saw that Xiaojiu didn’t like to talk to him, didn’t let him hold her, and didn’t talk to System, so he pulled her aside and insisted on teaching her how to play chess.

　　Looking at the chubby little girl kneeling in front of the chessboard with a serious look on her face, fiddling with the chess pieces with her wrinkled little hands, the Empress thought she was so cute that she watched her while slowly drinking her tea.

　　She waited until the father and daughter finished playing a chaotic game before she got up and went to the outer hall.

　　After Cairen Sun paid her respects, the Empress smiled and asked her to stand up. Then she asked, “What happened? Why did you rush to see Your Majesty?”

　　Seeing the Empress’s smile, Sun Cairen felt a chill in her heart, weighed the pros and cons as quickly as possible, and then made a decision.

　　She knelt before the Empress and said, “My Empress, I am guilty.”