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

Lin En was very tactful and personally led Shen Zhiyao to retreat. After all, he had followed the emperor for many years, so he knew that the emperor was not really angry with Shen Zhiyao, so he was quite polite to her.

Because she had to go back to serve the emperor as soon as possible, he ordered his most capable eunuch to send her back to the palace, which was considered to be giving her enough face.

Inside Changdeok Palace, Prince Sang stepped out and explained with a panicked look, "Your Majesty, please calm down. My mother lost her temper in a moment of anxiety. I hope Your Majesty will consider that my mother had good intentions and not blame her."

The emperor raised his head without expressing his opinion, and even acted as if he didn't hear him, which made the Prince of Xiang very embarrassed.

Prince Xiang is different from his mother. He is closer to Prince Rui. Therefore, Prince Xiang and Prince Zhang's old concubine, mother and daughter, walk between Prince Rui and the Zhao family respectively, trying to please both sides. They have always been fence-sitters. The emperor looks down on this family from the bottom of his heart and even thinks that they are a disgrace to Prince Zhang's reputation as a hero.

After a moment, the emperor turned his head and said softly to the queen, "Queen, Concubine Shen really deserves to be punished for talking back to her elders. However, I think she is quite reasonable in one point. I have wronged you today!"

The empress naturally understood the emperor's intention. How could the cold-hearted emperor empathize with her for no reason? In the eyes of the emperor, there is no right or wrong, only the choice of interests.

The emperor just wanted to use this incident to give a warning to the feudal forces headed by Prince Rui and the Zhao family who were eyeing him covetously, and also to give some fence-sitters a warning.

"I am grateful for your majesty's love and care. I am fine, but I feel quite guilty and uncomfortable in my heart. But, Your Majesty, please stop blaming Concubine Shen. It seems that she is also a victim, and she has been wronged one after another. She is really pitiful..." The queen's tone was full of sympathy for Shen Zhiyao.

"She has a mouth that never lets anyone off once she's right. You'd better be less lenient with her!" the emperor pretended to be angry.

The emperor and the empress sang the same tune. The empress seemed to sympathize with Shen Zhiyao, while the emperor was criticizing her on the surface, but in fact he wanted to express that Shen Zhiyao was right.

If everyone still doesn't understand this, then they should not stay in the court.

Queen Mother Zhao sat on a high seat with a kind look on her face throughout the whole process. She twirled her Buddhist beads in one hand and placed the other hand lazily on the armrest, always maintaining an attitude of indifference.

At this moment, she felt an indescribable regret in her heart. It was a pity that she could not win over the girl from the Shen family. She really lacked such a strong helper in the harem. This was one point.

If she couldn't be won over, she would have to be eliminated. This was her second regret. It was rare for a girl to have such a capable person. It would be a pity to get rid of her.

So, Queen Dowager Zhao had a third idea. She wanted to find an appropriate time to give Shen Zhiyao one last chance. It would be great if she was willing to join her.

But this time, Queen Dowager Zhao did not intend to let Concubine Zhao get involved. This is what Queen Dowager Zhao was thinking.

"Your Majesty, I feel that although Concubine Shen has a straightforward and fierce personality, her spirit of not willing to suffer any loss is somewhat similar to that of me when I was young. I still like her more." Queen Mother Zhao said with a smile.

Shen Zhiyao dampened the morale of the meritorious family in public today, but Queen Mother Zhao didn't seem to care much.

Instead, it made everyone feel even more terrified. They knew Queen Mother Zhao's character very well. Although she looked like a kind-hearted old lady, she was a vengeful person. Sometimes, the more nonchalant the Queen Mother acted, the faster and more severe her revenge might be.

"Yes, now that I think about it carefully, the girl from the Shen family is quite tenacious. She is really likable!" The old Queen Mother Zhang Wang suddenly changed her expression and said with a smile.

"She was just too aggressive. Today, my sister-in-law has been wronged. You should not take it to heart with her." Queen Mother Zhao smiled gently. Obviously, she was also trying to give the old concubine a way out. What happened just now was indeed a bit too ugly.

"The Queen Mother is absolutely right. It's all my fault. I'm old and confused now. I shouldn't have said too much. The Queen is such a good child. She manages the harem in perfect order." The old Concubine Dowager Zhang Wang was also a shrewd person. She quickly went down the stairs. After all, she was of a higher generation, so even the emperor could not blame her easily.

"My sister-in-law, you are too polite. The Emperor and the Empress are both open-minded and kind-hearted. They don't take such a small matter to heart. Let it go." Queen Mother Zhao said with a smile.

In this way, everyone seemed to be happy, but Concubine Zhao was made to feel ashamed. Her face turned red and white. She couldn't understand why she was the victim and now she was the bad guy with ulterior motives.

Now she felt that everyone was looking at her as if she were a fool, and even the emperor no longer looked at her straight in the eye.

Concubine Zhao was deeply depressed. In this game, she was the only one who suffered a big loss. She really lost both the lady and the army!

Concubine Zhao felt her heart burning with anger. She wanted to explain to the emperor immediately, but she didn't dare to, so she could only bear it.

On the other side, Shen Zhiyao returned to Cuiweixuan. The three palace maids were still frightened. Qiuyue said worriedly: "Master, were you too impulsive just now? The emperor looked really angry. What are you going to do next?"

Qiuyue felt that Shen Zhiyao's reaction was too radical. Shen Zhiyao had always been very tactful since she was a child. In comparison, her recent behavior was indeed too abnormal. Qiuyue was a maid who followed her from her mother's home, and now she also felt confused.

"I'm not sure how angry the emperor is, but I know that if I don't fight back today, I will never be able to make a name for myself again, and the emperor and queen will treat me like an abandoned child."

Although Shen Zhiyao left early, after her output, the emperor and empress would definitely do something.

After a busy day, Shen Zhiyao was extremely tired. After washing up, she fell asleep without a care in the world.

Shen Zhiyao felt relieved, but Concubine Zhao felt even more uncomfortable. She forced herself to sit for a while longer, and left early on the pretext of taking care of the eldest prince.

As soon as she returned to Yuquan Palace, Concubine Zhao began to vent her anger and smashed two jars one after another. Dai Tao watched over her carefully, fearing that she would hurt herself out of her anger.

"Does the Emperor like her so much? Does he like her so much that he disregards etiquette and filial piety?" Concubine Zhao sat down on the couch angrily and complained.

After all, Concubine Zhao had been with the emperor for a long time, and she knew very well that the emperor did not really blame Shen Zhiyao. In fact, the emperor might like women like Shen Zhiyao who could not bear to suffer losses and could argue for themselves and gain benefits. Unfortunately, such people were most needed in the harem.

Dai Tao consoled her, "Your Majesty, the Emperor may not really like her. I think the Emperor is angry with the old Concubine Dowager Zhang. It is a small matter to wrongly accuse Lady Shen, but it is a big matter to hurt the Emperor, the Empress, and even the entire royal family. This time, Lady Zhao has done something that is thankless."

"Hmph, Concubine Zhao is a waste. I don't know what the point was in my aunt bringing her into the palace. She's tongue-tied and useless at the critical moment. She's so disgusting!" Concubine Zhao couldn't help but complain, and there was even a hint of gloating in her tone.

"Your Majesty is right. I will go get you some water for you to soak your feet. Please don't think about these troubles anymore." Dai Tao continued to coax her.

While preparing the water for footbath, Dai Tao tested the water temperature and secretly lamented that there was a reason why her master, despite having the support of the huge Zhao family, could not gain any influence in the palace.

Dai Tao knew very well that her master's mind, tolerance and vision were all a little narrow. If she continued to move up, she was afraid that... her virtue would not be worthy of the position, and if she did not win over more people and was always jealous, how could she compete with the Queen?