Refusing to let love take a back seat, the scumbag emperor actually seeks favor every day

"Your Highness, the one who took care of your flowers before was my master. He has been unwell recently, so I will take over his care temporarily."

After hearing the eunuch's polite answer, Su Manman's doubts were resolved.

The gardener who originally helped her take care of the flowers was indeed old, and it was only a matter of time before he was replaced.

"You take good care of the flowers."

Su Manman first affirmed the other party's ability and asked him not to be so nervous.

"What's your name?"

"My lord, my real name is Dong Liangyi. When I'm on duty, everyone calls me Xiao Dongzi."

Few people who enter this palace can keep their real names.

No matter who you are, once you enter the palace, you become an accessory of the palace and will not have anything that truly belongs to you.

"Little Winter? That's a good name. I already have Spring Flowers, Autumn Leaves, and Little Summer. If I add another Winter, it will be just right to make up the four seasons."

While others thought she was just sighing casually, Qiu Ye had already understood the meaning of her words.

"The Queen wants Xiao Dongzi to work in Fengwu Palace?"

When Xiao Dongzi heard this, he was stunned.

He didn't do anything.

Su Manman did have this idea - but it was just a spur of the moment idea.

After hearing his real name, she felt that she should help him.

Dong Liangyi was the second son of Dong Hexing, Marquis of Anping in the previous dynasty.

If the Marquis of Anping had not sided with the eldest prince in the rebellion, his property would not have been confiscated after Zhao Chengyuan ascended the throne.

Although Zhao Chengyuan showed leniency to him because of his past military exploits and his contributions to expanding the territory and quelling wars for our dynasty, he did not kill him immediately despite the serious crime that required the execution of nine generations of his clan.

However, the death penalty can be avoided, but the living punishment cannot be escaped.

After the Dong family's property was confiscated, all the able-bodied men were sent to the frontier as soldiers, and all the female family members were enslaved and became slaves.

Dong Liangyi, who was less than ten years old at the time, was sent to the palace for castration.

It is said that he was very talented in both civil and military affairs since he was young. If it weren't for this incident in his family, he would have had a better career.

But... there are not so many ifs.

Su Manman had seen him in a group of people before, but so many years had passed and he had grown a lot, so she had never seen him again and didn't recognize him.

The eldest daughter of the Dong family, Dong Qingsi, had once been kind to her, but unfortunately, this eldest daughter was short-lived and died of illness before anything happened to the Dong family.

So when she learned that the man in front of her was her brother, she felt that she should do her best to help him.

It can also be regarded as another way of repaying Miss Dong.

However, due to the special nature of the Dong family and her current identity, in order to avoid unnecessary trouble, she cannot acknowledge her relationship with the Dong family, nor can she mention the past with Xiao Dongzi.

Only when Qiu Ye said this did she look at him and ask.

"Are you willing to work for me?"

Since one has to survive in the palace, even a fool would know that being an ordinary gardener is not as good as working in the Queen's palace.

What's more, everyone in the palace knew that the queen was very considerate to the servants around her.

Although Su Manman might not be very good at other things, she is really kind to the servants in her palace.

People in the palace rarely heard her say that she was not.

"I am willing! But..."

Xiao Dongzi agreed excitedly, but at the same time, he looked at the peony flowers beside him with embarrassment.

The old gardener originally planned to make him his successor, but now he only taught him how to take care of the garden.

He thought that if he went to work in Fengwu Palace, it would not be good if no one took care of the peonies that the Queen cared about.

"How difficult is this?"

Su Manman saw his worries, and while appreciating his responsibility, she offered a solution.

"After we go to Fengwu Palace, you will take care of this peony field as usual. People taught by Old Hu will not be wrong. If you replace them with someone else, I will not feel at ease."

Now that his worries were resolved, Xiaodongzi agreed to do it.

Su Manman asked someone to go to the greenhouse to tell someone, and then took the person back to Fengwu Palace.

From then on, Xiao Dongzi belonged to Fengwu Palace.

Originally this was just a small matter, and she had many servants serving in the palace, so the sudden appearance of one more person would not usually attract much attention.

However, she felt that Zhao Chengyuan was a man with a terrifyingly sharp mind.

Xiao Dongguo had only been working in her palace for a few days. When Zhao Chengyuan came to Fengwu Palace, he only caught a glimpse of him by accident and realized that he was a newcomer.

"When did a new person come to your palace?"

When he said this, Su Manman was looking at the gift list as usual.

"You can tell that? You can't recognize all the maids and eunuchs in my palace?!"

"almost."

Su Manman was really shocked to get this reply.

Although those people lived in the same palace with her, there were so many of them that she could hardly remember anyone except her personal servants and some common people.

Zhao Chengyuan only visited her occasionally, but he managed to remember everyone.

With such a good memory, why would she need to find someone else to monitor her?

It was simply impossible for her to hide someone in her palace without his knowledge.

Although...she didn't really have that plan.

"By the way, why didn't I know your memory was so good before?"

As I recall, although this person has been very outstanding since childhood, it seems that when it comes to reading, he needs to read many more times than others before he can remember it.

If he had such a good memory, he shouldn't have spent so much time to remember what he read in the past...right?

Or maybe he just isn't that good at studying?

Zhao Chengyuan saw her eyes moving around constantly, but couldn't tell what she was thinking.

When asked, she simply replied, "Queen, who did you follow behind so eagerly in the past? Don't you know what's going on?"

Oh, because this guy was too aloof and difficult to get along with when he was a child, she didn't like to play with him, didn't talk much to him, and went to find the eldest prince and others. I don't know if this makes sense.

There's no point in bringing up such old matters, and if he's not careful he might end up mentioning someone he doesn't want to hear about.

It is not suitable to talk about feelings today as it will hurt the harmony.

So she said "Oh" as if nothing had happened and continued with her list.

After checking the list, she saw that Zhao Yuxian had prepared almost everything he needed for the wedding, and they could get married on the auspicious day. She was very satisfied.

She was satisfied and in a good mood, so she was willing to pay more attention to Zhao Chengyuan.

"Hey~ After the matter between Yuxian and Yunhuang is over, I will go back to Jiangzhou to find my father and mother to act like a spoiled child~"

Whenever she mentioned going back, her eyes would sparkle. Zhao Chengyuan could not see that she had any reluctance to leave the palace where she had lived for more than ten years.

I don't feel any reluctance towards him.

So sad, even though they slept together, the queen still didn't love him.

He was depressed and began to talk nonsense.

"In fact, Queen, you can also act like a spoiled child with me..."

"get out!"