Looking at Tai'an from the full moon

As soon as Xiao Zuochen entered the room, he found Qingya lying on the bed had woken up.

"Your Majesty..."

Qingya was a little weak, and her words were weak. She had heard what His Royal Highness Prince Yun said to the palace servants outside, and that His Royal Highness Prince Yun was also speaking up for her. Now that she saw His Royal Highness Prince Yun entering the room, she forced herself to stand up and salute him. But her body was so weak that she fell back down as soon as she tried to stand up.

"No need to be polite, your health is more important."

Xiao Zuochen stretched out his hand to signal her not to get up and sit at the table, keeping some distance from the bed.

Qingya saw Prince Yun sitting there and knew that he had something to say, so she took the initiative to speak.

"Your Majesty, I said that because I was thinking..."

"Why do you think that?"

Xiao Zuochen suddenly interrupted her.

"Ok?"

Qingya was stunned for a moment, and Xiao Zuochen continued.

"I know you are doing this for my own good and don't want them to cause me trouble. But why do you think this way? Why do you want to help me? Why do you exhaust yourself for me?"

Xiao Zuochen's questions made Qingya look at Xiao Zuochen with wide eyes, and then she seemed to have thought of something and explained hurriedly.

"Your Majesty! This servant is not trying to ask for repayment, this servant..."

Qingya was afraid that His Royal Highness Prince Yun would misunderstand her as someone who wanted to rise to the top, but she didn't know how to explain it so that he would believe her.

Seeing her face flushed with nervousness and then she started coughing, Xiao Zuochen couldn't help but frown. Although he was not a man who sympathized with women, he didn't want to embarrass a little palace maid. Xiao Zuochen poured two cups of tea, put one of them beside the bed, and then sat back at the table.

"Tell me slowly. I have plenty of time to listen."

When Qingya heard King Yun say this, she adjusted her sitting position and spoke while panting slightly.

"If you don't mind, please listen to my story.

A long time ago, there was a wealthy family named Chu. Mr. Chu was an official in the court, and Mrs. Chu was also one of the most beautiful women. They were a perfect match made in heaven.

Later, the two had a pair of children, and Mr. Chu did not take a concubine. The relationship between the two was envied by many ladies in the capital. Therefore, the wives of many high-ranking officials often invited Mrs. Chu to visit, hoping to learn from her how to control their husbands.

But the good times didn't last long, and the emperor soon found out about it. Of course, the emperor didn't care how many wives and concubines Gu had, but he couldn't tolerate others treating this as a good story.

Since ancient times, it is normal for the emperor to have three thousand beauties in his harem, because he is the only true dragon emperor, and should be the man that all women in the world want to marry. Lord Chu is an ordinary man, but he is praised by other ladies because he only married one wife. Even the concubines in the harem are talking about this, praising Lord Chu as an excellent candidate for husband, which makes the emperor furious.

It is said that when the emperor is angry, corpses will float for thousands of miles. Although the emperor was jealous of Lord Chu because of this little thing, he did not dare to tell it, so he found an excuse to keep Lord Chu in the palace. Lord Chu has been an official in the court for many years and is an upright person. He thought that he would be retaliated for reporting corrupt officials, but he never thought that he would be destroyed because of the emperor's jealousy.

That day, the emperor kept Mr. Chu in the palace, pretending to drink and chat with him until he got drunk. Then he kept him in the palace overnight and arranged some palace maids to serve him. Mr. Chu was drunk at the time and had no idea what was going on. When he opened his eyes the next day, he saw a naked woman lying beside him. At that time, Mr. Chu drank too much the night before and his mind was dizzy. He couldn't tell whether he had done anything excessive the night before. But the palace maid insisted that she was raped by him when she was changing clothes for Mr. Chu the night before.

For a time, people in the streets and alleys talked about it a lot, saying that Lord Chu's serious appearance was just an act, and his true colors were revealed after drinking.

This matter was not the end, but the beginning. The emperor just wanted to use this matter to test everyone's attitude towards Mr. Chu. Any man could have three wives and four concubines, but Mr. Chu had been placed at that level, so he could not take concubines. But the maid had to have an explanation, so he finally took her into the palace.

Mrs. Chu naturally believed in her husband, but the rumors outside and the aunt who was always around in front of her had a certain impact on her mentality, and a rift gradually developed between the couple.

Later, there was another banquet in the palace, and all officials were allowed to bring their wives into the palace. At the banquet, all officials drank and talked happily, and it was very lively. It was also this time that completely ruined Mr. Chu's reputation.

The emperor used the same trick as last time. In front of all the officials, he praised Lord Chu for his integrity as an important official of Tai'an, and gave him a bottle of imperial wine. After drinking the imperial wine, Lord Chu fell into a coma again. But this time when he opened his eyes, he saw his colleague's wife, and the woman didn't know how the two of them got together. But before people could figure out what was going on, a group of people came outside to catch the adulterer. And because of this, Lord Chu was accused of disrupting the government, and the emperor secretly asked several of his lackeys to write a joint letter to impeach Lord Chu. Although the emperor knew that everything was a trumped-up charge, he still raided Lord Chu's house, and all the people in the Chu Mansion were demoted to slaves. Mrs. Chu and the two children of the Chu family also entered the palace as slaves..."

"Are you the daughter of the Chu family?"

Xiao Zuochen asked, Qingya looked at King Yun, opened her mouth as if wanting to say something, but finally closed it again, and was silent for a few seconds before continuing.

"Your Highness, please listen to what I have to say first.

...The son of the Chu family was fifteen years old and the daughter was twelve years old. They were just beginning to understand things, but the prince should know that it is useless to be sensible in this palace. What is important is to have the ability to survive. Mrs. Chu had to ask for an audience with the emperor for her two children. The emperor made them attendants and maids of the prince because of their young age. This sounds like a great grace, but people like them who were originally of noble status and finally became humble due to the consequences are more likely to be bullied in this palace.

Because those who were once equals to them can finally punish them openly. And those who were once trampled under their feet and had to pay tribute to them can also beat and scold them at will and vent their anger.

So their life in high school was not easy. But the one who had a harder life was actually Madam Chu. Because the condition that the emperor agreed to spare her children was that Madam Chu offered herself to him.