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

"My lady... do you really want to take care of this matter?"

After learning about the situation from Concubine Xi, Qiu Ye finally calmed the person down and sent him away. Looking at his own queen who was flipping through a storybook as if nothing had happened, his face was filled with worry.

Su Manman's hand was injured, so it was not very convenient for her to flip through the pages of the storybook.

But this did not bother her as she had a passion for reading.

She flattened the notebook on the table, and blew on it, opening the pages one by one.

The movements were not graceful, but she didn't care at all.

She was reading the notebook on the table with great interest, and didn't react much when she heard Qiu Ye's words.

"They have come to me for help. As the queen, if I don't do anything about it, that would be a problem, right?"

If she didn't care in the past, it would be understandable.

After all, the affairs of the harem are not her responsibility.

Now that the management rights of the six palaces have returned to her hands, if she doesn't take care of it at all, she will definitely be criticized.

In other words, this matter must be dealt with regardless of whether she met Concubine Xi today or not.

When she said this, Qiu Ye naturally understood the relationship.

"But Madam...I am afraid..."

"What are you afraid of? Do you really believe in ghosts?"

Hearing Qiu Ye's hesitant pause, Su Manman finally looked up at her.

She thought that as an atheist, Qiu Ye, who grew up with her, should not be so superstitious.

Qiu Ye, who was mentioned, shook his head.

"Of course I don't believe in that kind of thing, but sometimes, people are much scarier than ghosts..."

Su Manman had just spread the news that she had to deal with something in the harem, and now someone took the initiative to bring the opportunity to her.

This coincidence is too much of a coincidence.

She was afraid that someone was deliberately trying to trip her up.

Although Concubine Xi would never join others in targeting Su Manman, she never got close to her.

Su Manman was in charge of the Six Palaces at this time, and she suddenly encountered such a thing and came to ask for help.

At first glance, what happened today may seem like an accident, perhaps just a coincidence.

But...if the people in Fuhe Palace were really in urgent need of help, no matter which direction they went, it would be faster than going to the Imperial Study to find someone.

Although it can also be understood that she was frightened and at a loss as to what to do, it happened on the day when Su Manman went out.

Although she couldn't tell what was wrong, she couldn't help but feel suspicious.

Although Qiu Ye didn't say much, her thoughts were written on her face.

Su Manman saw that she had a worried face and just smiled calmly.

“It’s not easy to be a good person.”

What she wanted to say more was that it was not so easy to gain control of the six palaces.

Even though Zhao Chengyuan openly promised to let Li Yuwan hand over the real power to her, he did not want her to hold the real power in the harem.

Besides Li Yuwan, there must be other people.

As for who exactly they are, she has a rough idea in her mind.

"It's hard to be a good person, so why do you do it?"

Seeing that she was trying hard to blow the pages of the book, Qiu Ye was really worried about her cheeks, so he took the initiative to turn the pages for her.

She has always respected Su Manman, but on this matter, she felt a little helpless.

Su Manman said nothing more and just read her new storybook.

Not long after, Xiao Xia Zi, who had escorted Concubine Xi back to Fuhe Palace, came back.

Xiao Xia Zi went to Fuhe Palace and took people to carefully inspect the palace, but did not see anything suspicious.

Su Manman was not surprised at all to get such an answer, and just said "Oh" slowly.

"Although I didn't find anything related to Ruo Wu, I learned something very strange from the servants of Fuhe Palace."

As soon as Xiao Xia Zi said this, Su Manman, who had been calm, immediately became interested.

"Tell me."

Xiao Xiazi immediately told everything she had heard.

"I heard that the last person Ruo Wu saw before she died was Xi Guipin. People around Xi Guipin said that she had nightmares about Ruo Wu since then."

Xiao Xia Zi said this and paused for a moment to see Su Manman's reaction.

Seeing that she didn't have any special reaction, he continued.

"I heard that she only had this problem at night before. This is the first time she has had this problem during the day."

Dream?

Su Manman looked at Concubine Xi's reaction and it didn't seem like she was just dreaming at all.

"What did the doctor say?"

Seeing that she was seriously frightened, Su Manman asked someone to send her back and also asked someone to ask a doctor to take a look at her.

"The imperial physician said that Concubine Xi has been nervous for a long time. Apart from being frightened, there is no major problem."

"Oh? So what she saw was just an illusion caused by her lack of rest?"

Xiao Xiazi nodded.

"According to the imperial physician, this should be the case."

"I understand. You can go down now."

After asking all the questions she needed to ask, she waited for Xiao Xiazi to leave. She thought for a moment and then turned to ask Qiu Ye.

"When Concubine Liu was in Fuhe Palace, what was the relationship between Concubine Xi and her?"

Although I'm a palace concubine, I still feel embarrassed.

She didn't care much about the private relationships between other concubines before. She only knew who had a bad relationship with her.

But unlike her, Qiu Ye paid special attention to this.

There was no other reason, it was just that Manman only had eyes for Zhao Chengyuan, and many of the things dealing with the concubines were done by Qiu Ye.

Naturally, she figured out the relationships among the concubines in the harem.

Qiu Ye thought about it carefully, but finally shook his head.

"I have occasionally interacted with people from Fuhe Palace before, but they didn't have any special comments about the two of us, so it should be okay."

After Qiu Ye finished speaking, he looked puzzled again.

"Why are you asking this, madam? Is it related to this incident?"

Su Manman pondered for a moment.

"I don't know much about the personalities of these two people, but I am a little confused when I think about Concubine Liu wanting to move out of Fuhe Palace."

"Is there anything wrong with this? Didn't Concubine Liu take the initiative to ask to move out so that she could better take care of the Queen Mother?"

The reason Qiu Ye gave was a reason that everyone knew on the surface.

Su Manman didn’t think there was anything wrong with this before, but after a series of events, she realized it.

There are some things that I may have really thought were too simple.

Liu Mingyue is Zhao Chengyuan's concubine. Even if she has no one competing for his favor, the first person she should take care of is the emperor.

There are many people who can take care of Empress Dowager Su, so there is no need for her to go to so much trouble.

But if she wanted to use the excuse of taking care of Empress Dowager Su because she couldn't get along with the people in Fuhe Palace, then that's reasonable.

This will not only help her stay away from people she doesn't get along with, but also earn her a good reputation as a filial son and further solidify her non-competitive character.

But is she really such a scheming person?

Su Manman was not sure, but when she thought of what An Yuan had reminded her, many more thoughts popped into her mind.