Difficult strategy? The Queen's top white lotus, directly grasp

Lan Yinruo's wrists began to ache from playing the piano. She quietly looked up at Song Chuji and found that the man was sitting there in deep thought. She had no choice but to lower her head and continue playing the piano. This song was Song Chuji's mother's favorite song when she was alive.

Song Chuji's mother was always humiliated by Concubine Xuan because of her beauty and low status. She was often asked to go to her palace to play the piano in the middle of the night and would not stop until her fingers bled. She was also mocked for being a prostitute who could only play the piano and music, and no wonder she could only rely on her vixen-like face to seduce the late emperor.

Unfortunately, the late emperor was fickle and had seen so many beauties that naturally no one cherished them anymore, and his time was wasted.

As a result, Song Chuji used the most brutal means to kill Concubine Xuan, torturing her for a long time before finally killing her. Although the late emperor committed suicide by taking poison, it could be said that he was forced to do so by Song Chuji.

Lan Yinruo's behavior and speech were like Concubine Xuan, but her playing of the zither really sounded like her mother was still alive.

My mother is good at singing and dancing, and no one in the palace can match her, so she found Concubine Xuan out of jealousy.

His father was also a disgusting person. Even if he didn't favor them, he would not condone the abuse to please the Xuan family. So the first thing Song Chuji did after ascending the throne was to clean up the Xuan family thoroughly. The fire burned for three days and three nights, and not even a corpse was left!

Lan Yinruo was playing the piano and because she was too tired, she accidentally played a wrong note and instantly knelt down in nervousness.

"Your Majesty, I played the wrong note. I hope Your Majesty will forgive me."

She is obviously more restrained now. When she sees Song Chuji, she no longer rushes to scold him like before. Instead, she is more reserved and calm. This temperament is quite like that of a queen.

Unfortunately, Song Chuji just couldn't like her face.

"Get up, my beloved concubine, you have worked hard playing the piano today. Go to bed early. I will come to see you tomorrow."

After saying this, he left without waiting for Lan Yinruo to try to persuade him to stay.

When His Majesty came, the Zhongcui Palace was bustling with activity, but after he left, it was quiet again without any sound.

Yun Wei came in with the ointment, knelt on the ground and carefully applied the ointment to Lan Yinruo's fingers, whispering to comfort her, "Your Highness has suffered a lot today. No matter how much you practiced the piano in the past, you never reached this level. Your Majesty is too inconsiderate to your Highness."

Lan Yinruo didn't say anything. She felt a slight pain at her fingertips, but in her eyes, the pain was nothing.

"But today, His Majesty actually came over to help you up, but he didn't even look at the Queen. This is too strange."

The deep love between the emperor and empress has always been a legendary story in the harem, but now it has become like this, it is inevitable that some people will gossip behind their backs again.

"Let's not be too happy. Tell everyone under your command to keep a low profile and not to show off at Fengluan Palace. If they embarrass me, I will not let them go!"

Yun Wei agreed.

The Empress has been the most favored queen in the harem for many years and has never disrespected anyone. Now her queen has only played the piano for His Majesty, and has not even been arranged to sleep with him. This is really not a favor.

However, the news spread quickly in the harem.

These ladies who vented their emotions in the imperial garden all day were also trying to guess the emperor's intentions, and the outrageous rumors gradually became known to everyone.

"I heard that the Queen's former lover took advantage of the fact that the Queen was out praying and came to the door. I don't know what to do with a man and a woman alone in the same room."

"Ah? Sister Qifei, what you said is too irresponsible. Although the Queen is gentle, you can't make up such a story. If the Queen knew about it, Sister Qifei would be punished."

The person who spoke was Xiang Changzai, who had been in the palace not long ago. The Xiang family was in business, so they were not qualified to be selected. However, because the Xiang family was rich enough to rival a country, they were made an exception and allowed to enter the palace.

The Nie family and the Xiang family had a pretty good relationship and interacted with each other, so Xiang Changzai liked the Queen very much and naturally didn't like these women who liked to speak ill of her.

Concubine Qi glanced at her with some dissatisfaction in her eyes, "Sister Chang Zai has just entered the palace and you still have to know the hierarchy. I didn't talk to you."

Xiang Changzai: “…”

Well, she is of low status, and people of low status are not worthy of speaking!

But the rumors could not be stopped and finally reached Song Chuji's ears.

He immediately slammed the table, which even startled Wang Xiaorui.

"There are more and more groundless rumors in the harem. Doesn't the queen care?"

He went to Zhongcui Palace every day these past two days to ask Lan Yinruo to play the piano, which lasted the entire night, and laughter could be heard from time to time.

But her hands are unlucky. She has to spend a long time applying medicine after playing the piano every day, otherwise they will be swollen the next day.

Wang Xiaorui wiped the non-existent cold sweat from his forehead and whispered, "The Queen has been staying in Fengluan Palace these past few days. She hasn't been anywhere and she doesn't have to pay her respects on a daily basis. I heard that it seems that because of the Second Young Master's visit, the Queen is refreshed every day.

The queen is in a good mood, so she naturally doesn't care about these groundless remarks in the palace. As for the other ladies, they may just be teasing the queen because they are lonely and bored."

He felt that what he said was quite good, as it not only explained things for the Queen, but also defended the ladies in the harem.

Song Chuji narrowed his eyes dangerously and said, "What did you say? She's been very happy these days?"

She didn't even ask where he was going, and she completely ignored the unfavorable comments about her in the palace. What on earth did she want to do?

Based on Song Chuji's understanding of Nie Shuangshuang, she seems gentle and well-behaved but is actually very thoughtful. She must know why his attitude changed 180 degrees. It's just that he just doesn't want to spend time and effort to coax him.

He always had to leave her alone to prevent her from becoming spoiled and controlling him.

Wang Xiaorui became even more nervous after hearing this. "Your Majesty, the Queen has always been a person of a peaceful temperament. When have you ever seen the Queen get angry with anyone? I have never seen it. The Queen has always been like this..."

"She clearly doesn't take me seriously!"

Song Chuji took a sip of tea and slammed the cup heavily on the table.

Since he was a child, he had never received love from anyone except his mother, including his father. Therefore, he always didn't believe that there was anyone in this world who truly loved him. If he couldn't get that person's 100% love, he would rather not have it.

Wang Xiaorui quickly tried to comfort him, "Your Majesty, what are you talking about? If the Queen didn't care about you, how could she block the knife for you?"

If he didn't really like that knife, he wouldn't have reacted so quickly, it was almost subconscious.

If this isn't love, then what is?