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

...Liang Tan’s mentality collapsed.

A quarter of an hour later, there was a knock on Cui Ling's door.

He was sitting at the table in a daze. When he heard the noise, he was stunned for a moment and then hurried to open the door.

Outside the door, Liang Tan was standing in front of him barefoot in his underwear, with a terrified look on his face: "No, I can't do it."

Cui Ling: “…”

"Don't think I'm weird. I really can't do it. His belly is so big that it can pop out of the belt. The meat is still soft, like a shrimp that has been dead for a long time and is now steamed. I really can't do it..." Liang Tan held his head.

Cui Ling took a deep breath and said, "My queen, let's go back first."

"I've said all this, and you still want me to go back?" Liang Tan looked at him in disbelief.

Cui Ling said helplessly: "I will accompany you back. His guards are outside the palace at noon. You don't want them to see you running to my door in disheveled clothes instead of accompanying the emperor in the middle of the night, right?"

"You are still a child, why do you have to avoid suspicion?" Liang Tan said this, but still followed him obediently.

The two of them returned to the master bedroom together, and the emperor was still sleeping like a dead pig.

People who have been soaking in wine for years have a very strong body odor. At least before Liang Tan went out, there was only a faint smell of wine outside, but now it is so strong that it can suffocate people. The worst thing is that this smell is not pure wine, but mixed with other stinky smells.

Liang Tan: "...I'm about to vomit."

Cui Ling walked to the door of the inner room and casually glanced at the person on the bed, a trace of disgust flashing in his eyes.

His wife is a fairy from the ninth heaven, a compassionate bodhisattva. This piece of rotten meat is certainly not worthy of her.

"What should I do now?" Liang Tan felt ashamed for having to rely on a child.

Cui Ling pursed her lips and said, "Don't go in yet. I will help him undress."

"Okay," Liang Tan nodded, and then thought of something else, "Don't take his life while he's drunk."

"I know." Cui Ling was helpless.

Seeing that he was still rational, Liang Tan did not go into the house, but stood at the door and looked around.

After a long while, Cui Ling folded the robe he had taken off and placed it beside the bed. He then covered the sleeping man with a blanket and said, "When he wakes up, you can say that you served him yourself."

"He will wake up?" Liang Tan was shocked.

Cui Ling: "...You told me not to kill him, so he will definitely wake up."

"Well, then..." Liang Tan couldn't help but frown.

Cui Ling knew what she was thinking, so he comforted her: "Don't worry, there are two ways to deal with it now, which one do you want to choose?"

"What method?" Liang Tan asked hurriedly.

"The first one is to give him some tranquilizers to ensure that he won't wake up again before court tomorrow. But this method only treats the symptoms and not the root cause. There is another problem..." Cui Ling hesitated.

"What is it?" Liang Tan asked again.

"The emperor likes young women. He came to your palace today just to express his gratitude for saving his life, but his preference will not change. The second method is that you do something to her so that he will not be able to accept her at first sight and will not ask you to sleep with him in the future," Cui Ling said after a pause, "but in this way, you can't regain his favor by sleeping with her."

"...I'm so old now, it's impossible for me to regain the emperor's favor by sleeping with him. The reason I didn't avoid him before was because I was worried that it would make the emperor unhappy." Liang Tan was speechless.

Cui Ling frowned: "Your Majesty is still beautiful, don't underestimate yourself."

"Now is not the time to flatter me. What should I do with my body?" Liang Tan only cared about business.

Cui Ling paused and said, "That's easy. Do you have any rouge or powder?"

Liang Tan was stunned and quickly went to the dressing table to get all the things for eyebrow and eye painting.

Cui Ling quickly turned his face away, then realized that now was not the time to be shy.

……

The emperor was much more awake now. When he saw her come in, he muttered, "Where is my beloved concubine?"

"I went to the toilet. Is the emperor okay now?" Liang Tan smiled and showed concern.

The emperor responded, but his eyes seemed unable to open.

Liang Tan gave a dry laugh, then carefully walked around him and lay down on the bed.

"How long has it been since I last had the pleasure of seeing my beloved concubine?" The emperor said, and he began to untie her clothes. "Today I will treat you well."

Liang Tan was relieved to know that the emperor's gratitude would not diminish because of her aging. While helping her father and brother from her natal family to consolidate their status, she also settled the score with Concubine Zhou for the slap. Concubine Zhou was shocked at first, and then she cried and made a scene in front of the emperor. As a result, the emperor heard about it and directly sent her to the cold palace.

Even the most favored concubine who offended Liang Tan was still banished to the cold palace. Everyone in the palace realized that Liang Tan's status was no longer the same as before. The queen no longer dared to ask her to follow the rules, and other concubines did not dare to provoke her. Liang Tan became the most popular concubine in the palace.

At the same time, the emperor also granted amnesty to the Cui family and allowed them to return to their hometown. When Liang Tan heard about it, he gave them half of the reward, ensuring that even if they did not have an official position, they could still live a life of wealth and glory.

Cui Ling was also called to serve the emperor.

When Cui Ling heard the news, he did not sleep all night. When he left the next day, he went to the master bedroom and bowed to Liang Tan three times solemnly.

"Why are you always so polite?" She smiled but didn't stop him.

Although Cui Ling's relationship with Liang Tan had eased before he left Chenshi Palace, people in the palace still felt that he would take the opportunity to retaliate against Liang Tan after he went to the emperor's side, so they were all waiting to see the former master and servant turn against each other. Unfortunately, the two of them would greet each other politely every time they met, without any signs of discord, so everyone gradually forgot that Liang Tan had "abused" Cui Ling.

Since Cui Ling left, Liang Tan seldom saw him. He only knew that he was working in the imperial study. Because he was smart and could read and write, he was valued by the emperor. Not long after, he began to be responsible for sorting out memorials.

After Cui Ling experienced the assassin incident, he began to believe in Liang Tan's ability to "dream about the future". Although it was incredible, he soon figured it out -

His wife is a fairy from the ninth heaven and a compassionate bodhisattva, so she is naturally different from ordinary people.

Time flies, and a year has passed in the blink of an eye.

During this year, Cui Ling went from being a small eunuch who swept the floor to a civil servant who sorted out memorials, and then from a civil servant he gradually became the most favored eunuch beside the emperor. He no longer just sorted out memorials, but also began to frequently follow the emperor in and out of the harem and the front court.

The biggest change was that he started to grow taller.

Liang Tan was the first to notice it.

At that time, the emperor turned over her card and went to bed as it was late.

As usual, the emperor came only to chat with her, and went straight to sleep after the chat. He had no intention of asking her to sleep with him.

Liang Tan didn't want to sleep with him either, so he endured the discomfort and waited for him to fall asleep. Then he went to the outer room to talk to Cui Ling. As they were chatting, he suddenly noticed that his sleeves seemed to be shorter: "Have you grown taller?"

"It is indeed a bit high." Cui Ling answered obediently.

Liang Tan smiled: "It's good that you've grown taller. Before, you didn't grow taller no matter what you ate. I thought you would never grow taller in your life."

The two of them had hardly met each other this year, but her tone was not unfamiliar at all, and her words were full of concern. Cui Ling was grateful in her heart: "Thank you for your concern, Your Majesty."

Liang Tan heard his polite words and knocked on his head with his hand. Then he realized something: "You are starting to grow. Doesn't that mean you are going to grow..."

At this point, she suddenly became nervous.

"What is development?" Cui Ling was puzzled.

Liang Tan didn't know how to explain it to him. After stumbling for a long time, Cui Ling finally understood. His face suddenly turned red: "I, I understand."

"You don't know," Liang Tan glanced at him, "eunuchs won't have these changes."

Cui Ling was stunned for a moment, then realized the seriousness of the matter, and his hands clenched unconsciously.

Liang Tan couldn't help but sigh when he saw his expression: "You have been with the emperor for a year, and I thought you had made some progress, but now it seems that you still show your emotions on your face."

Cui Ling paused, wanting to say that he was not like this in front of outsiders, but after meeting her worried look, he just smiled without further explanation.

She is his only relative in the palace, and he likes her care.

Liang Tan frowned and recalled how the hero in the original text covered up the truth, and then carefully told him a method to deceive people. Cui Ling wrote it down one by one and had a plan in mind.

Because she had made preparations in advance, when her body really started to develop, Cui Ling was not too panicked. She quietly washed the sheets and dried them in the house without revealing any flaws.

As the days passed, the emperor's health had deteriorated significantly, and he was forced to learn to be simple-minded, so he came to Liang Tan more and more frequently.

Liang Tan was also quite welcoming, after all, she only needed to deal with it for a short while every day, and then she could go to the outer room to chat with Cui Ling. Although she didn't usually say it, Cui Ling still felt her loneliness, so every time she came, she would secretly bring her something, today it was a string of candied haws, tomorrow it was a small cake, all of which were things that could be obtained in the palace, and Liang Tan liked them very much.

Gradually, the gifts he gave became rarer and rarer. Although they were not expensive, they were all things that could not be found in the palace. Liang Tan knew that he was now completely different from the past.

In front of outsiders, the two of them remained indifferent, one was a popular eunuch, and the other was a favored concubine. But in private, they seemed to become two children, quietly sharing what gifts they had received recently and what happened to them. Their relationship had never changed because of power.

Time flies, and four years have passed in the blink of an eye. Cui Ling is almost eighteen years old, and Liang Tan has also become Concubine Chen from Concubine Chen.

On the Mid-Autumn Festival, a grand banquet was held in the palace.

The Queen offended the Emperor two years ago and was punished to reflect on her mistakes in seclusion for three years, so today Liang Tan is the only one accompanying the Emperor.

She came to the Imperial Garden with a smile on her face. She bowed to the Emperor first, and the moment she turned around and sat down, she lowered her voice and said to Cui Ling, "After the banquet tonight, remember to come to Chenshi Palace."

Cui Ling lowered his eyes, and a subtle curve appeared at the corner of his lips.

The banquet started soon. Liang Tan put on a professional fake smile and responded to the flattery of the ministers and their families below the stage.

Five years ago on Laba Festival, she attended a palace banquet for the first time. No one took her seriously at that time. Even when they came forward to toast, they only toasted the emperor and not her. Now, only a short time has passed, and these people seem to have forgotten what happened that year.

But Liang Tan didn't mind, and even hoped that they would talk less to her. She just wanted to eat quickly and then find an excuse to retreat.

However, things always go against one's wishes.

"Looking at the fact that your Majesty has remained beautiful for so many years, I know that the feng shui of this palace is extremely good. I feel envious when I see it," a woman flattered, "I am so bold as to ask your Majesty for a favor."

Cui Ling's eyes moved slightly.

Liang Tan took a look at her and recognized her as the wife of the Minister of Rites, so he asked with a smile: "Madam, please feel free to speak."

"My second daughter has been weak since she was young. The fortune teller said that her fate is too weak and she needs to be taken to a blessed person for care in order to get better. I think carefully, is there anyone in this world who is more blessed than the emperor and the queen? So I would like to ask the queen to let my useless daughter live in the palace for a few days."

After the woman finished speaking, she knelt down, and the Minister of Rites followed suit and knelt down: "I hope the emperor and the queen will show mercy."

Liang Tan raised his eyebrows: "How old is your daughter?"

"To answer your Majesty's question, I am now over sixteen."

She was over sixteen, which was the age for engagement in ancient times. Sending her to the palace at this time was Sima Zhao's intention, which was obvious to everyone.

Seeing this, Liang Tan knew that she had no room to speak in this matter, so she shut up. Everyone looked at her with sympathy, but she was unaware and focused on eating. Only Cui Ling next to her raised his eyes and glanced at the Minister of Rites.

The eunuchs around the Minister of Rites understood and replaced the couple's fruit wine with original brewed liquor.

After three rounds of drinking, the wife of the Minister of Rites was so drunk that she fell on the table. The Minister of Rites was also very drunk and could only sit still with difficulty.

"Sir, the emperor is talking to you." The eunuch next to him whispered while pouring wine.

The Minister of Rites was slow-witted and looked up after a while: "Hmm?"

"The emperor said that now that the second young lady has entered the palace, you will be the father-in-law of the emperor. Why don't you express your gratitude quickly?" the eunuch urged.

The Minister of Rites looked towards the platform in surprise. Cui Ling leaned over to remind the emperor: "Lord Liu is looking at you. Does he have anything to say?"

The emperor looked over immediately, and thinking that this man was going to send his daughter to the palace, he smiled at him.

The Minister of Rites was flattered and was about to stand up. The eunuch beside him quickly supported him and whispered to him, "The emperor hates politeness the most. Since he calls you the father-in-law, you should just accept it generously."

Minister Liu, whose mind was stiff from drinking, nodded in agreement, knelt down and said, "The emperor thinks highly of me and regards me as the father-in-law of the emperor..."

Everyone's face changed immediately after hearing his words. They all thought that this man was going to die. He was a dozen years younger than the emperor, but he wanted to be the emperor's father-in-law. The emperor was stunned at first, and then he reacted and became furious.

The Minister of Rites was completely unaware and continued to flatter the emperor by saying that he would spare no effort to help him. The emperor was so angry that he slammed the table and stood up suddenly: "Liu Yu! You are so bold!"

The Minister of Rites was still feeling dizzy, and looked puzzled when he saw that he was angry.

"Announce my decree. Liu Yu is demoted to a cripple and is ordered to get out of the capital. His entire family is never allowed to enter the capital. No male or female member of the Liu family is allowed to serve as an official or enter the palace. I want to see how you can continue to be the father-in-law of the emperor!" The emperor had not been offended like this for many years. If he had been in such a bad mood before, he would have definitely killed all nine generations of his clan. But now he was only exiled.

The Minister of Rites was completely awake, but it was too late. Before he could cry and beg for mercy, his entire family had been dragged out.

All these changes happened too quickly. Liang Tan couldn't help but look at Cui Ling. Cui Ling lowered his eyes and refused to look at her.

Liang Tan let out a sigh, pretended to comfort the old ugly man who was frightened, and then found an excuse to leave.