I swept the harem by pretending to be weak

Just when Eunuch Lu felt that he was in a dilemma and didn't know whether he should continue to recommend his mentor's orphan to the emperor, the young eunuch outside suddenly came in, half-knelt down respectfully, and announced: "Empress Lan wants to see you."

Eunuch Lu felt as if he had been pardoned and wiped the cold sweat from his head.

He knew that, given the emperor's current favor for Ai Ziyi, he would have asked the eunuch to pass the request in the moment she asked for an interview. In this case, it would be impossible for him to continue talking to Eunuch Lu about Concubine Shen's brother who seemed to be very handsome.

Even if the emperor thought of this person again in the future, Eunuch Lu was confident that he could get away with it. After all, the emperor was busy with all kinds of affairs, so how could he have so much time to think about an insignificant little person!

This hurdle was passed. Although the emperor's wish to pardon his guilty ministers was not fulfilled, at least he was not turned into a male concubine. Overall, it was a false alarm and nothing serious happened.

But when the emperor heard the news that Ai Ziyi wanted to see him, his face was not particularly good. A cold light flashed in his eyes, and then, like a Sichuan opera face-changing, he said in a doting and gentle tone: "Why don't you come in quickly? Why are you stopping me?"

Ai Ziyi walked in quickly and was about to salute when she was held by the emperor. The two of them flirted with each other for a long time before Ai Ziyi shyly asked to come see her tonight. Of course, the emperor agreed without hesitation. This kind of drama was common for a period of time after the Lianmeng Palace incident.

It seemed that ever since Ai Ziyi took care of the sick emperor, the relationship between the two had heated up rapidly. Now that the emperor has left Ai Ziyi, he seems to have lost his appetite and sleep well. The two of them are like a pair of young lovers in love.

Even on the first and fifteenth days of the lunar month, when he should have gone to the Queen's palace according to ancestral rules, the Emperor only sat in the Queen's palace for a short while before going to see Ai Ziyi immediately.

However, Eunuch Lu was quite pessimistic about their relationship. After all, the emperor was a heartless monster. The only ones who could see this clearly were Concubine De and Concubine Xian, the two concubines who had served the emperor for many years, and him, the personal eunuch.

No matter how affectionate he seemed on the surface, in reality the emperor never took these concubines to heart. The emperor had only two attitudes towards the concubines in the harem: one was to treat them with indifference and the other was to pamper them on the surface but actually hate them.

Eunuch Lu sometimes couldn't help but wonder if the emperor was hurt too badly by a woman when he was young, so he harbored great malice towards any woman in the palace.

But as soon as Ai Ziyi left the house, the emperor's expression immediately turned cold.

Eunuch Lu looked at the emperor, but did not dare to report his unpleasant expression. After all, this emperor had always been a moody master, and countless eunuchs had been dragged out and beaten to death for accidentally violating his taboos.

"Tell me, am I being unfair to my aunt by doing this?" the emperor suddenly asked.

"If the late queen were still alive, she would probably hope that you would be happy and healthy." Eunuch Lu replied cautiously.

Eunuch Lu really didn't understand why the emperor behaved so strangely towards the late queen, as if he had split into two people.

It was the current supreme emperor who used extremely cruel means to destroy the late queen's mind, ruin her health and force her to death.

Even though Eunuch Lu could be considered a man who had seen the world, he had to admit that the late queen was quite capable, whether in serving the emperor and the empress dowager or in uniting the concubines in the harem, she was the best. At that time, many concubines in the harem did not look forward to the emperor's visit, but instead looked forward to the queen coming to see them. This shows the queen's personal charm.

Although the current queen has not committed any major mistakes, her personality charm and interpersonal skills are far inferior to those of the previous queen. She can only be considered mediocre.

If the emperor had not appeared to be affectionate on the surface but was actually very heartless, and had not taken every step carefully, bit by bit destroying the late queen's ambition through her child, she would probably not have fallen ill so easily.

But why after the death of the late queen, the emperor missed her again and again and even wrote many poems to commemorate her?

Doesn't he really feel disgusted?

Although he was thinking this in his heart, Eunuch Lu did not dare to show it at all and continued to flatter the emperor with his affectionate words.

"Ha, I hope I am happy and healthy. She probably wishes I would die. But it's all in the past now, so I won't bother with her." The emperor turned the jade ring on his thumb and suddenly laughed.

Eunuch Lu had no idea what the emperor was thinking, he just lowered his head even lower. He knew that the emperor didn't need any response from him now, he was just venting his emotions.