After her luck was taken away, she fell in love with the woman who traveled through time.

As they were talking, Lady Zhou had already put down her cup and continued to talk about the emperor's love for her. Liang Tan glanced at the sky outside and realized that it was already evening. In order to avoid the woman staying for dinner, she cried out.

Concubine Zhou was interrupted and immediately became dissatisfied: "What's wrong with my sister?"

"I suddenly feel unwell and I'm afraid I can't accompany my sister." Liang Tan forced a smile.

Concubine Zhou frowned and smiled: "You were fine before, why did you suddenly feel unwell? Could it be that you have heard too much about the love between your sister and the emperor and your heart is sour?"

Liang Tan pulled the corner of his lips and said, "Sister, what are you talking about? You and the Emperor are in love, and I am so happy. How could I be jealous? I am really not feeling well and need to rest."

After saying this, without giving her a chance to refute, he immediately looked at Cui Ling and said, "Cui Ling, show the guest away."

"Yes." Cui Ling lowered his eyes and agreed.

Concubine Zhou sneered and stood up: "In that case, I won't bother you anymore."

After saying that, he walked straight out the door. Cui Ling immediately followed him, and when he was almost at the door, Concubine Zhou suddenly turned around and slapped Cui Ling in the face.

She didn't hold back when she slapped Cui Ling, causing his face to tilt. Her long nails also scratched a scar on his cheek.

Liang Tan stood up suddenly: "What are you doing!"

"This dog servant is too close to my sister. If you don't know, you would think he is trying to take advantage of her." Concubine Zhou said slowly.

Liang Tan was furious, but he didn't show it on his face: "He's only thirteen."

"Yes, you are already thirteen, but still so ignorant." Concubine Zhou sneered, glanced at Liang Tan and left.

Liang Tan's fists tightened and unclenched, and after a long while he walked up to Cui Ling and asked, "Are you okay?"

"Lady Zhou doesn't have much strength. I'm not hurt. Your Majesty, please don't be angry." Cui Ling looked at her.

Liang Tan pursed his lips: "...Go find Eunuch Li and ask him to apply medicine to you."

"Yes." Cui Ling agreed and left.

Liang Tan stared at his receding back and stood alone at the door for a long time.

That night, she couldn't sleep at all. She tossed and turned in bed for a long time before finally making a decision.

The next morning, she called Cui Ling over and said, "I want to regain your favor."

Cui Ling was stunned.

"I need your help in this matter." Liang Tan already had an idea in his mind.

Cui Ling suddenly asked, "Your Majesty wants to regain your favor, is it because of me?"

Liang Tan paused: "Why do you think so?"

"Because Your Majesty has suffered so much injustice from the Queen and other concubines, but has never mentioned the matter of regaining favor, I know that Your Majesty is not a person who likes to fight for power and profit," Cui Ling pursed his lips after saying this, and the glaring scratches moved with it, "Not to mention that Your Majesty does not like the Emperor."

"He is my husband, how could I not like him?" Liang Tan smiled.

Cui Ling looked at her in silence.

The two looked at each other for a long time, and the smile on Liang Tan's face gradually faded. After a long time, he sighed softly: "I am indeed because of you, but not just because of you."

Cui Ling suddenly felt a pang in his heart.

"You have seen that in this harem, the emperor is everyone's heaven. Even if I am in a high position and not favored, I still cannot protect you. Today you have received this slap, and tomorrow, maybe this slap will be on my face." Liang Tan explained slowly.

Cui Ling stared at her for a long time before frowning: "But my lady, there are three thousand beauties in the harem. I'm afraid it won't be easy for you to regain her favor."

This is what it means to help her.

A hint of smile flashed in Liang Tan's eyes, and he deliberately put on a stern face and asked, "Why, do you think I'm old and ugly and can't compare to those young and beautiful newcomers?"

"In my heart, Your Majesty is the number one person in the harem." Cui Ling said hurriedly.

Liang Tan glanced at him and said, "Just try to make me happy."

"Everything I said is true." Cui Ling explained quickly.

Liang Tan raised his hand and knocked on his head.

Cui Ling smiled immediately, rubbed his forehead and asked, "My queen, what are you going to do?"

When Liang Tan was asked, he realized that the two of them had been chatting for so long, but in the end they hadn't talked about important things, so he hurriedly said, "Ten days later, it will be Laba Festival. The emperor will hold a palace banquet to entertain all the ministers. The queen and I will attend... I want you to think of a way to prevent the queen from attending."

Cui Ling paused and said, "Your Majesty wants to attend the banquet with the Emperor herself."

"That's right," Liang Tan nodded, "Only if she doesn't attend can I sit next to the emperor instead of sitting with the ministers' families in the audience."

Cui Ling looked puzzled. "Your Majesty, the palace holds banquets no less than ten times a year. You have attended all of them over the years, and you have sat beside the emperor before. I have seen him more than once when I attended banquets with my parents before, but it seems..."

The next words were somewhat hurtful, so Cui Ling tactfully shut up.

"Don't worry, this time is different from any previous time." Liang Tan blinked.

Cui Ling did not move: "What's the difference?"

Liang Tan didn't want to say it, but he was determined to get to the bottom of it, so she had no choice but to say, "There will be assassins on Laba this year."

Cui Ling suddenly opened his eyes wide.

"Only if I am closest to him can I protect him from disaster at the critical moment." Liang Tan said slowly. The current emperor is incompetent, but he has one advantage, which is that he values ​​favors. Many of the treacherous ministers in power are the ones who helped him ascend to the throne. If she can save him from this assassination, she will definitely receive favors different from all the women in the harem.

Because what she wanted was the emperor's gratitude, not temporary attention. If physical suffering could be exchanged for enormous wealth, then of course she would try.

Thinking of this, Liang Tan gestured with interest on his shoulders and arms: "It's just these two places. It won't be a big deal if I get hurt a little. It will heal in ten days or half a month. It will be enough for the emperor to bear a lifetime of love... A lifetime is too long. At least our lives will be very good in the next few years, so I must get hurt by then, otherwise it won't be enough."

Cui Ling stared at Liang Tan in a daze, and after a while he suddenly knelt down: "Your Majesty, you can't do that!"

Liang Tan: “?” This plan is absolutely perfect, what’s wrong with it?

"My Lady, assassinating the Emperor is too risky. You must not act rashly!"

Liang Tan: "...I didn't assassinate him."

Cui Ling looked unconvinced.

"It really wasn't me," Liang Tan said, not knowing whether to laugh or cry. "I've been with you all day, can you see that I planned this?"

Cui Ling frowned deeply: "Then how did you know that someone would assassinate the emperor that day?"

"Because... I am a bit wise, and I sometimes dream about things that are going to happen." Since this is a rebirth story, she decisively chose a slightly supernatural excuse, "It was because I dreamed about this yesterday that I came up with this idea today."

Cui Ling frowned, not knowing what to say for a moment.

"You don't believe me?" Liang Tan narrowed his eyes.

"Your servant...believes." Cui Ling spoke after thinking for a moment.

Liang Tan laughed: "Why do I see that you don't believe it at all?"

Cui Ling gave a dry laugh.

"Whether what I said is true or not, you will know on that day. Before that, we should find a way to prevent the Queen from attending the palace banquet on Laba Day." Liang Tan became more serious when talking about business.

Cui Ling hesitated for a moment, and finally nodded.

Liang Tan exhaled lightly, and then thought of something: "By the way, no matter what your plan is, the prerequisite is to protect yourself and not put yourself in danger, understand?"

"I will not take any danger. I still need Ganweizi." Cui Ling was still thinking about the assassin, so he gave a perfunctory answer.

Liang Tan frowned: "Are you still going to use the same trick? What if Zhao Fu doesn't go to Fengxi Palace during the days leading up to Laba?"

"Then I will give him heavy medicine starting today, and fumigate his clothes with licorice seeds every day to make him smell the flavor. Now there is still half a month before Laba Festival, and he has to go there. I guarantee that once the earth dragon is turned on, all of them will be constipated for ten days to half a month. The people in our palace will mix the antidote with the rice, so that even if he enters the warm room on the day of the palace banquet, the drug's effects will not suddenly take effect." Cui Ling answered seriously.

Liang Tan: “…” A moment of silence for all the staff of Fengxi Palace.

After the master and servant talked, Cui Ling went back. In order to facilitate Cui Ling's poisoning, Liang Tan assigned Zhao Fu some work every day to spare enough time for Cui Ling to go to the house to poison. Cui Ling lived up to expectations and sneaked into Zhao Fu's room every day.

Thanks to the efforts of the two, the people in Fengxi Palace finally started to suffer from collective diarrhea on the third day of the twelfth lunar month. However, this time was different from the previous ones. Whether it was the queen or the palace maids, their condition was so serious that even anti-diarrhea medicine was of no use.

The queen was furious. While enduring the stomach discomfort, she ordered the palace servants to investigate the matter thoroughly. Finally, they found Zhao Fu. After all, it was after he came that everyone had diarrhea last time, and he himself also showed symptoms. However, this time Zhao Fu ate the antidote and mixed it with rice every day, and he had no symptoms at all. As for the medicine that was fumigated with Ganweizi on his body, Cui Ling also cleared it out early after the incident in Fengxi Palace.

The master and servant waved their sleeves and got away from the incident perfectly.

When the Fengxi Palace was in a state of chaos, the Laba Festival was approaching. The Queen had diarrhea for several days in a row, and her face was yellow and dry. She wanted to force herself to attend the palace banquet, but the Emperor was disgusted when he saw her appearance and told her not to go.

Liang Tan sat next to the emperor as he wished.

"Is this Cui Shu's son?" After the emperor sat down, he glanced at Cui Ling who was beside Liang Tan.

"He's just a servant. If the emperor doesn't like him, I'll ask him to leave." Liang Tan originally wanted to bring Eunuch Li with her today, and she told her the plan in detail. But when she was about to leave, Cui Ling suddenly came and knelt down and begged her to take him with her. Only then did she replace Eunuch Li with him.

Originally, I thought that the emperor had only seen Cui Ling from a distance a few times in the past palace banquets, so he probably didn't remember him. But who knew that he recognized him right away when he arrived. Liang Tan immediately regretted it and turned to look at Cui Ling and scolded him: "Today is a good day, don't be an eyesore here, leave."

"Wait." The emperor spoke slowly.

Liang Tan hurriedly said: "Your Majesty..."

"Raise your head and let me see you." The emperor took a sip of tea and looked at Cui Ling indifferently.

Liang Tan suddenly broke out in a cold sweat on his back.

The warm room was already full, and among the officials below the stage, there were many who had once been close friends with Cui Ling's father, and many of Cui Ling's former playmates. But now, they were still the emperor's guests, but he had become a slave in the palace. When the emperor spoke, everyone looked at him.

In front of everyone, Cui Ling knelt down and raised his head again: "I, I pay my respects to the Emperor."

Hearing the panic in his tone, Liang Tan was stunned for a moment, and then suddenly felt relieved.

Very good, he still knows how to be humble and pretend to be afraid, it seems that he has not been blinded by hatred. A trace of unnaturalness flashed across Liang Tan's face, and he quickly picked up the cup and took a sip.

The emperor sneered when he heard Cui Ling's flustered tone, and the fat on his face trembled: "He looks more pleasing than his father."

Cui Ling clenched his hands hidden in his sleeves, but did not show any expression on his face, because Liang Tan once taught him that if you show some emotions on your face, you will lose your life.

"Thank you for the compliment, Your Majesty." Cui Ling quickly lowered his head again.

"Praise?" The emperor sneered, "Cui He has been arrogant all his life, but I didn't expect that his son would be a natural servant. He has only been in the palace for a short time, but he has already learned to flatter."

Many people in the audience laughed in agreement.

"My father must have realized his mistake by now." Cui Ling stared at the ground expressionlessly, but his voice was nervous.

The emperor thought of something when he heard this and burst into laughter: "It's too late for him to realize his mistake."

Cui Ling looked up suddenly.

"Your Majesty, it's getting late. Why don't you serve the meal?" Liang Tan, who had been silent, said hurriedly.

The emperor seemed to have found some fun, and he still kept nagging Cui Ling: "You don't know yet, Cui He is seriously ill, I'm afraid he won't live for many days."

Cui Ling's head buzzed, as if thunder had exploded in the ground. Just as he was about to ask, Liang Tan's voice rang out again: "Your Majesty, don't worry about what a little servant of yours does. You should have your meal early."

Cui Ling regained his senses instantly, his eyes reddened and he leaned over tremblingly.

When the emperor saw his cowardly look, a trace of disdain flashed in his eyes. He ignored him and turned to talk to the ministers below the stage, ignoring Liang Tan the whole time.

When Liang Tan came here, she knew that this emperor preferred young girls. No matter how beautiful a woman over 30 was, he would not even look at her. So she was calm and just glanced at Cui Ling worriedly. After making sure that he was okay, she focused her attention on the banquet.

After three rounds of drinking, the emperor showed his ugly side, pulling a palace maid to laugh, and many people in the audience laughed and cheered, only some old ministers who couldn't stand it left in a hurry. Liang Tan kept smiling all the time, serving as a tool to host the palace banquet while waiting for the assassin to come.

Unfortunately, I didn't wait until the palace banquet was almost over.

Cui Ling, who was standing by, had regained her composure. While no one was paying attention, she lowered her voice and spoke to Liang Tan, "My queen, tonight..."

"Wait a little longer." Liang Tan said slowly.

Seeing her determined expression, Cui Ling also began to hesitate.

He never believed in dreams about the future, but Liang Tan acted as if it were real, so he was somewhat influenced.

If...if there really was an assassin today...Cui Ling pursed her lips, and a hint of hesitation flashed across her eyes as she looked at Liang Tan, but she quickly became determined.

Liang Tan only appeared calm on the surface, but he was actually very panicked inside. Especially after seeing the emperor looking tired, he was even more worried that he would leave first.

Fortunately, the emperor is a playful person and has not left until now.