I swept the harem by pretending to be weak

It was already quite late, but Liu Zhirou had not yet finished get off work. The Queen Mother had doted on her very much in recent times and often took her with her no matter what she did. She was currently picking Buddha beans with the Queen Mother in the Buddhist temple.

In Liu Zhirou's eyes, this was a very boring and meaningless action. Since the beans were to be distributed to the civilians as food, why bother throwing them into the Buddha's ashes? Throwing the originally clean beans into the Buddha's ashes and then picking them out one by one was simply an act of self-deception to the extreme.

But now she is living under someone else's roof, and has no way to express her wishes well. She has to do whatever the Queen Mother says. Even if the Queen Mother says that the sun is square, rising in the west and setting in the east, Liu Zhirou has to nod her head obediently to show her agreement. Who told her that she is now the virtuous and filial descendant?

She had thought that today would be like any other day, calm and uneventful, but accidents always come quickly.

Suddenly, a eunuch stumbled into the Buddhist hall. The Queen Mother frowned in displeasure. The old nanny beside her immediately went out and scolded, "Where did this dog slave come from? He frightened the Queen Mother. Can you take responsibility?"

The eunuch took a few breaths, then knelt down with a plop. "Oh no, oh no, Queen Mother. The remnants of the previous dynasty sneaked into the palace and killed Concubine Chen. The emperor was also affected and is now in a coma."

This was really a big deal. Liu Zhirou's hand shook, and the half basin of Buddha beans that had just been dropped immediately fell to the ground with a crackling sound.

The Queen Mother obviously didn't care about this little problem anymore. She stood up suddenly and asked, "Is this true?"

"Absolutely true!"

The Queen Mother was no longer able to maintain a calm appearance. She was spinning around like an ant on a hot pot.

This incident was a shock to the Queen Mother and the entire dynasty. Although the current emperor could not be considered a wise ruler, he was at least wise. Under his governance, the country did not have any major chaos. The subjects could not be said to live and work in peace, but at least as long as they were willing to work hard, they could always find a way to fill their stomachs.

In this situation, if the emperor died suddenly, it would inevitably cause a huge uproar and chaos in the court.

More importantly, the emperor still doesn't have a son! The worst thing is that there is no legitimate heir to the throne.

If the emperor really dies young, then those princes who were once suppressed and lived in peace will become restless and try to seize their rightful interests from here.

Although the Queen Mother knew that no matter who came to the throne and became the Emperor, he would still have to respect her as the Queen Mother, she did not want someone who would really go against her to come to power.

Although the empress dowager is the empress dowager, she is only more honorable on the surface. If the emperor is really extremely filial to the empress dowager, then the empress dowager may be able to obtain certain power and have a certain say.

If the emperor doesn't like the queen mother, or even has great malice towards her, the queen mother can only save her own life at best. As for the honor of the family and the safety of the supporters behind them, those are impossible to guarantee.

The current Queen Mother doesn't want anything to happen to the Emperor more than anyone else. Even if something does happen to the Emperor, she has to wait until he has chosen an heir!

But she also had to consider the worst outcome. If the emperor really died young, she would have to enter the palace as soon as possible to control the palace. In this way, she would have a certain say in the selection of the new emperor.

If you really stay here foolishly to worship Buddha and do nothing, you will truly lose the initiative and can only be manipulated and slaughtered by others.

The reason why an empress dowager became one was never because of her distinguished family background or the favor of the previous emperor, but because of her sharp mind and the ability to make decisions promptly.

Thinking of this, she no longer cared about fasting, and immediately called her confidants and went back to the palace in a mighty manner.

Liu Zhirou did not follow the empress dowager. Unlike the empress dowager, she did not have a high position nor a guard loyal to her that she could manipulate at will. Under such circumstances, it would be difficult for her to ensure her own safety if she suddenly returned to the palace.

Although Liu Zhirou was quite confident in her own abilities and thought that she would not lose her life, she would rather avoid such troubles than get involved, and would rather avoid exposing such information than expose it.

Her skills are not an open card for her, but a trump card. The trump card is most effective only at the moment it is revealed. If others know it in advance, it will be easy for others to be on guard, so she returned to her room quietly.

But this does not mean that she is about to give up. On the contrary, almost the first moment she returned to the room, she immediately began to contact the ghosts who stayed in the palace and used the ghosts to gather information.

Even though it was daytime, her behavior might accelerate the dissipation of the ghosts, but she didn't care. She worked hard to nurture these ghosts on weekdays, so that they could play a role at the critical moment.

Liu Zhirou's intuition told her that things were not that simple. If it was just a remnant of the previous dynasty who sneaked into the harem and murdered the emperor and Concubine Chen, her spirituality would never make her so nervous. She would almost grab her collar and shout, "Hurry up, hurry up, you're finished!"

What could kill her?

Was it the Emperor's dislike? Was it the concubines' frame-up? Was it the army's suppression? Impossible! She was not an ordinary person, and it was impossible for her to die because of such a small problem. Unless the Emperor really found someone with the same special power who could cause fatal damage to her, otherwise, Liu Zhirou would not be easily defeated.

It was impossible to threaten her with her family. She was not the original Liu Zhirou, and she had not grown up here for more than ten years. She was just ordinary to her family.

Liu Zhirou could barely be called to have some affection for her mother Zhao, but she would never sacrifice her life to save Zhao. As for her father Liu Ming, he was just a tool for mutual use. Liu Ming had no deep feelings for her as a daughter, and her feelings for Liu Ming were even shallower.

If it weren't for the fact that Liu Ming could still provide her with a large amount of working capital every month, Liu Zhirou would have stopped taking Liu Ming seriously.

So, what is happening in the palace now is really intriguing.