I was given the contraceptive soup and became the emperor's white moonlight

"How is your health lately, Madam? Are you still coughing from time to time?"

"It's okay, they are just old problems." The Queen smiled and stretched out her hand to support her. "Su Zhaoyi has just recovered from a serious illness. There is no need to be polite. Please take a seat."

"Thank you for your consideration, Your Majesty," Su Minglang said politely, "I was able to recover so quickly thanks to Your Majesty's mercy and care."

"I didn't do anything." The Queen shook her head and said indifferently: "If you want to thank someone, you should thank the emperor for his great grace."

"Your Majesty, you are wrong," Su Minglang said with a faint smile, "Your Majesty, of course, should be thanked for your grace, but if it weren't for the help of Your Majesty and Miss Lin Xin beside you, I'm afraid that the maids here alone would not be able to handle the matter."

"Xiao Ye is a good child," the queen nodded approvingly at Xiao Ye, "nothing big will go wrong with her by your side."

"As for Nanxing, I haven't heard you talk about her much. With such a big incident happening this time, how are you going to deal with her?"

"It's not a big mistake," Su Minglang smiled calmly, "I see that she has suffered a lot this time, so let it be."

"If you want to be in charge of the affairs of the palace, you should be clear about rewards and punishments." The queen disagreed and said, "She almost killed you. Even if it was unintentional, it was a big mistake. If you don't want to deal with her, you have to expel her. Otherwise, how are your subordinates going to deal with themselves?"

"Your Highness, what you said is the principles of managing the harem, but my place is just a small exquisite palace. I am stupid and not good at these methods of controlling subordinates. However, I always remember a saying: trust people when you employ them, and don't employ people if you don't trust them."

"Nanxing was asked for by me personally from the laundry department. I trust her 100%, this goes for Nanxing and Ye Zi as well." Su Minglang turned around and smiled at Xiao Ye. Xiao Ye felt warm in her heart when she heard her words.

"You really make me confused." The Queen smiled noncommittally and said self-deprecatingly: "It would be great if I could have the open-minded mentality of Su Zhaoyi."

"The Queen is the master of the six palaces, so she must not be as stupid as this concubine!" Su Minglang jokingly stopped her, "Otherwise, Your Majesty's harem will be in chaos."

The queen knew that she didn't want to say more, so she simply didn't respond to her words. "I have already passed the news of what you mentioned to my family, but it was in my name."

Su Minglang nodded, obviously agreeing with the Queen's approach. After all, as a concubine, if she contacted foreign officials in private, she would inevitably be gossiped about. If she was plotted against by someone with ulterior motives, it would be unacceptable.

"Your Majesty has been very thoughtful. It is I who was a little abrupt."

The Queen shook her head and said, "I think Concubine Su has some abilities."

"After all, Shuyi agrees with your opinion." The queen paused and signaled the people around her to close the outer door. "To be honest, when Shuyi agreed with your point of view, I was also very surprised, especially when Shuyi later sent a message saying that my father had already had such a plan."

"I am really curious, Su Zhaoyi, since you are in this deep palace, how do you know so much about the affairs of the previous dynasty and the people?"

"Your Majesty, you are too kind," Su Minglang smiled shyly, "I am just guessing."

"Guess? If you were guessing, you wouldn't come to me!" The Queen said with certainty, "But since you don't want to talk about it, I won't ask any more questions."

"Su Zhaoyi, you are indeed a little wronged for being born in the harem, but..." The queen suddenly became serious, and her eyes towards Su Minglang were no longer friendly. "I will give you a piece of advice. Since you have entered the harem, you must fulfill your duties as a palace maid. It is a serious crime to discuss state affairs without permission."

"This time you said it in front of me, so I can ignore it. But next time if you say it in front of someone else, I won't be able to do anything about it."

Su Minglang's heart was screaming with resistance and rebuke, and she even wanted to stand up and speak her mind, but she knew that those words could not be said.

Having experienced life and death in a lifetime, she didn't know exactly what would happen in the court, but at least she had heard a little about it. In her previous life, due to insufficient protection and food storage, a heavy snowfall caused countless deaths and injuries. The dead had nowhere to be buried, so they could only be burned to death. The injured had nowhere to be treated, so they could only watch their wounds fester until they died.

Even more were those who had managed to survive, becoming increasingly thinner due to the extreme cold and hunger. In some places, people even had to eat their own children in order to survive.

Compared with the so-called irresponsible discussion of state affairs, this is the greatest sin and an indelible trauma.

But she is, after all, just one of the thousands in the harem, with a low position and little influence, and she still needs to rely on a man to survive. Those so-called honors and favors are nothing but exploitation and endless betrayal. In such an environment, if she wants to survive and climb up, she can only live a miserable life.

To live a stealthful life, to live a stealthful life means to learn to keep silent like a little thief.

"Your Majesty, I admit my guilt." Su Minglang raised her head slightly, and no one saw the contempt that flashed in her eyes.

The queen looked obedient on her face, but inexplicably felt that she must be unwilling in her heart. Wen Ji's answer came back to her mind.

"Sister!" Wen Ji often addressed the queen like this when no one was around, instead of calling her by her honorific title. "Do you really think so?"

Master Xiaowen, who was always calm and steady, showed unusual admiration: "Shuyi and father both think so."

When Wen Ji received the letter from the Queen, he was in disbelief when he read the contents of the letter. He even made a special trip to the harem for the occasion.

"Although His Majesty has always felt that this would not be a big problem, after all, the weather is normal now, and even a little warm. But my father and I have always been a little worried." Wen Ji walked slowly to the side and sat down. "Father specially sent someone to find the head of the Lingnan Wang family. He has always been good at astronomy."

"When Mr. Wang heard my father's intention, his face became very serious. He told my father that he had also encountered a snowstorm when he was a child, and the conditions of that nightmare were almost exactly the same as what he was experiencing now."

"It started with a warm autumn, which made everyone think that this winter would be unusually warm, and thus lowered their vigilance. Until one night, a sudden heavy snow fell for several days, breaking the roofs and collapsing the houses. Countless people were trapped under the roofs and could not get timely treatment. They were even left without clothes and food. When Mr. Wang mentioned all this, tears flashed in his eyes."