Time Travel: The actress's acting skills exploded, and she was favored by the harem

"Qiuyue, please invite Lu Wanyi in." Shen Zhiyao said with a smile.

After all, human beings are social animals. No matter how strong we are, we still hope to have someone we can talk to in confidence, even if that person can't help us in any way.

What's more, Lu Wanyi was obviously doing her best to help her.

After a while, Qiuyue led Lu Wanyi and her personal maid Taoxiang into the Cuiweixuan Hall.

"My sister is a big celebrity now, it's hard to see her! When Qiuyue led me in just now, someone stared at me with eyes that were almost bloodshot!"

Lu Wanyi was not at all unfamiliar. As soon as she saw her, she started to joke.

"Sister, please stop making fun of me. This may not be a good thing. It's giving me a headache!" Shen Zhiyao pretended to hold her forehead.

"Indeed, my sister is now in the limelight, so she needs to keep a low profile. There are too many people in the palace who are interested in her!" Lu Wanyi said seriously.

Lu Wanyi originally felt that, apart from revenge, she seemed to have no other hope for the rest of her life.

The friendship with Shen Zhiyao started out of interest, but unexpectedly added a lot of color to Hei Bai's life.

She had no intention of fighting for it, but because Shen Zhiyao was good to her, she also hoped that Shen Zhiyao would be well.

"My right eyelid has been twitching since this morning. Could it be that someone is looking for trouble again?" Shen Zhiyao said while rubbing his eyes.

"Don't think too much, sister. Nothing may happen."

Lu Wanyi said this half out of comfort, but the other half was also based on facts. She hadn't heard any news about Concubine Zhao from Baoluan recently, so there wouldn't be any big moves.

"Maybe I'm really overthinking it. I'm very happy that my sister is here, so of course I want to talk about happy things." Shen Zhiyao smiled and held her hand.

"When I went to pay my respects this morning, I heard that my sister was not feeling well, so I wanted to come and see you. By the way, I want to express my sincere gratitude again. I can say that it is all thanks to my sister that I was able to be promoted this time!" Lu Wanyi said sincerely.

"Sister, why are you so polite? If you hadn't taken the trouble to help me, how could I have defeated Zhu Baolin!" Shen Zhiyao said with a smile.

"It looks like I'm helping you, but actually, I'm helping myself more. I've been in the palace for so long, but only during those few days when I helped you make the saddle did I feel what it's like to live a fulfilling life, and how happy I was!"

Speaking of deep affection, Lu Wanyi held Shen Zhiyao's hand tightly with both of hers, tears welling up in her eyes: "I like to do interesting things with you, not for anything else. If there is a chance next time, I would like to help you again!"

"Okay, if this happens again next time, I won't be polite to you!" Shen Zhiyao said with a smile.

"Yeah!" Lu Wanyi nodded with a smile, very happy.

"Sister Lu, I'm curious about one thing. I followed the Queen voluntarily because I admired her magnanimity. Why did you choose to follow the Queen?"

The atmosphere was right, so Shen Zhiyao asked a relatively private question.

"The Emperor and the Empress have issued orders strictly prohibiting the palace from spreading the details of my poisoning. You probably don't know the inside story very well."

Lu Wanyi paused, raised her eyes and said, "Although I was infected with the Five Elements Grass for a long time, my child is not hopeless!"

Shen Zhiyao was shocked when she heard this: "The child can be saved? Then why..."

Lu Wanyi said sadly: "Because the Queen gave me the opportunity to choose, and also because I am not great, and perhaps not worthy of being a mother..."

Shen Zhiyao gently patted the back of Lu Wanyi's hand and comforted her, "Sister, please speak slowly."

Lu Wanyi nodded: "After all, I am the eldest daughter of Lu Fengqi, the first-rank minister of the Ministry of Personnel. Since I became pregnant, the emperor and the queen have been very concerned about me and have taken care of me in many ways. I was naive at that time and thought that the fetus was stable and the child should be safe..."

Lu Wanyi wiped the tears from her eyes with a handkerchief and said with a bitter smile, "I didn't expect that I was still poisoned. During the period of poisoning, I often felt slight pain in my abdomen, but I couldn't find the specific cause until the Queen Mother replaced the 'ghost hand' doctor Qiu, who diagnosed the strangeness."

"This shouldn't be possible. Being poisoned by the Five Elements Grass shouldn't be difficult to diagnose and treat!" Shen Zhiyao felt that something was very strange.

"There are many poison experts in the palace. For example, when he used the Five Elements Herb on me, he not only cleverly mixed it into the pregnancy-preserving medicine, but also made it difficult for the imperial physician to judge based on the pulse. Fortunately, I am naturally sensitive to this substance and have a strong reaction, so I discovered it not too late. Imperial Physician Qiu privately told the queen that he still has a secret method to save the fetus. However, this ancient recipe is extremely harmful to the mother's body and may cause her physical exhaustion or even become a disabled person!"

The tears that had been accumulating in Lu Wanyi's eyes finally slipped out of her eye sockets and flowed freely down her cheeks.

Shen Zhiyao picked up the handkerchief at hand and gently wiped it for her. Lu Wanyi was undoubtedly a victim of the harem struggle.

"The Queen Mother could have made the decision in private without telling me, but she chose to tell me the truth and let me make my own choice." Having said this, Lu Wanyi's tears could no longer be stopped, like the autumn rain of the season, and began to fall in large drops.

"Sister Lu, don't be sad, your choice is not wrong." Shen Zhiyao wiped her tears, but didn't know how to comfort her.

Any comfort, at this moment, seems pale and powerless.

There is no such thing as empathy in this world. Only people who have experienced the same thing can truly empathize.

"Everything is my own choice...but the Queen...still gave me a way out. She saw my hesitation and weakness, and just said that if my mother's health collapsed and she lost her favor, the children would suffer even more."

Lu Wanyi's words were somewhat embarrassing, as no one wanted to face their own ugliness.

"The Queen is right, and your choice is also correct... Sister Lu, remember my words, it is right to choose to live for yourself, and you should never feel ashamed of it." Shen Zhiyao said seriously.

This was the first time Lu Wanyi had ever heard such remarks in her life. She was so shocked that she forgot to cry and just stared at her blankly.

"In fact, most people understand that your choice is the most cost-effective decision. Rather than saving a fetus that is not yet fully formed and full of unknowns, it is better to save yourself first."

Shen Zhiyao actually agreed with her choice which was "against women's ethics".

Lu Wanyi couldn't help but stretch out her soft hand and gently place it on Shen Zhiyao's lips.

She finally understood why she liked Shen Zhiyao so much, because she could feel the resonance of soul from Shen Zhiyao.

"I'm very relieved that you can say that!" Lu Wanyi was very afraid of losing this confidant.

Shen Zhiyao smiled, held Lu Wanyi's hand on her lips, and slowly moved it away.

"Sister Lu, I really feel sorry for you." Shen Zhiyao said seriously.

The two looked at each other for a long time.

"The Queen is a very extraordinary woman and absolutely worth following." Lu Wanyi suddenly said.

Shen Zhiyao nodded, agreeing deeply with it.

"Shen Zhiyao..." Lu Wanyi hesitated to speak.

"Empress, it may not be what you see..." Lu Wanyi's face was full of confusion and she spoke hesitantly.

"Is there something that you can't tell me?" Shen Zhiyao asked.

"For some things, the less you know, the better." Lu Wanyi sighed.

Shen Zhiyao smiled. She knew in her heart that Queen Gu Yunran seemed perfect enough to deserve many compliments in this world, but at the same time, she was also a very scary woman...