The naive concubine is only interested in being a bad person. Your Majesty, please change your favor

"I believe that after a night of careful consideration, you, my dear ministers, have made up your mind. My harem is under my control, and you have no right to interfere. Please do not mention this matter again in the future."

"Yes, we will obey the imperial decree..."

When Xiahou Xuan saw that they had surrendered, he put away his cold expression.

After the court was dismissed, Xiahou Xuan arranged for a carriage to send all the ministers who were punished to kneel yesterday back to their respective residences.

Xiahou Xuan was an expert at giving a slap in the face and then a sweet date.

Xia Qingyuan and one of his colleagues were sitting in the carriage, looking at each other.

"Lord Xia, His Majesty is serious this time. It seems that Chen Zongyuan can't be saved. Abandon him as soon as possible so that we can make plans early."

"You don't need to remind me. I know the seriousness of the matter. Don't worry. As long as Your Majesty can't find the account book, you can't convict the Xia family."

Chen Zonghe, who is Chen Zongyuan's cousin, nodded and felt relieved.

What he was most worried about was that Chen Zongyuan’s corruption case would affect him.

Jiang Huaiyuan and Xiahou Cong were discussing where the account books might be hidden, but they couldn't figure it out no matter how hard they racked their brains, and they were very distressed.

On the other hand, Xiahou Xuan also asked the Xuanyi Guard to investigate who had delivered the letter to Jiang Wange yesterday.

"My Lord, the Black Guards were standing in the dark and saw that it was Rou'er from Chenghuan Palace who bribed a palace maid from Fengming Palace to drop this letter in the courtyard. Do you need me to continue investigating Rou'er?"

"No need, I know who it is, you can go down."

"Yes."

After saying this, the Xuanyiwei disappeared.

Jiang Wange lifted the curtain, slowly stood up and walked towards Xiahou Xuan.

"So it was Concubine Shu who tipped me off? If it was Concubine Shu, then it makes sense why she would know what would happen in the court in advance, but why would she help me?"

"I also want to know the answer to this question. If I remember correctly, she had always wanted to kill you."

Jiang Wange shrugged, indicating that she didn't quite understand why Concubine Shu did this.

Is he trying to show his goodwill to her?

That's even more impossible. Concubine Shu and the Queen Mother are cousins. They are always on the same front. How could they help me and show goodwill to me?

However, Concubine Shu really helped her once, and she would remember this favor and would find a chance to repay it.

"Don't you want to know why?"

Xiahou Xuan saw that Jiang Wange looked uninterested and asked her.

"I do, but I don't know, so I won't dwell on it. If I dwell on everything, I'll get breast nodules. Ancient people can't perform surgery on me. I have to think about my own body."

Seeing Jiang Wange start to say something that he could not quite understand, Xiahou Xuan could not help but curl his lips and smile:

"The Queen Mother wants to join forces with the previous dynasty to force me to favor Concubine Shu and make her pregnant with an heir. Before, I didn't touch anyone and no one got pregnant, so I could maintain a superficial peace. But after you got pregnant, the people in the harem knew that I had really begun to favor concubines, so the Queen Mother and Concubine Shu's party were the first to bear the brunt, wanting me to make Concubine Shu pregnant. If Concubine Shu gave birth to a son, they would threaten me to make him the crown prince, and gradually undermine the imperial power and control the government."

As Xiahou Xuan spoke, his expression became more serious and his eyes became darker.

Jiang Wange looked at Xiahou Xuan with interest:

"Your Majesty is in a situation where there are wolves in front and tigers and leopards behind."

"As long as you know."

Xiahou Xuan reached out and touched her nose, his eyes only looking at her.

"If I had known that cooperating with His Majesty would be so dangerous and difficult, I would never have agreed. Even if His Majesty asked me to stay in the cold palace for the rest of my life, I would not have agreed."

"But you still promised me, didn't you?"

"Hmm, maybe I am doing this out of pity for His Majesty."

At the beginning, when Xiahou Xuan proposed cooperation to her, she actually saw confusion and determination to risk her life in Xiahou Xuan's eyes, just like... herself when she was bedridden and knew that she didn't have much time left.

"You said I'm pitiful? How am I pitiful?"

Xiahou Xuan couldn't understand why she felt pity for the emperor. How did she see that?

"Eyes, a person's eyes can't lie. I saw the determination of your Majesty to risk everything in his eyes. I thought that life in the harem was boring anyway, so it would be interesting to help your Majesty fight monsters and level up."

After hearing what Jiang Wange said, Xiahou Xuan remained silent. He seemed to be embarrassed because he was hit on the head, or as if he was seriously thinking about the truthfulness of Jiang Wange's words.

This was the first time someone told him that he was pitiful.

"Wanwan, has anyone ever told you that you are good at judging people?"

"No, your Majesty is the first."

"Really? Then I am honored to be the first man in Wanwan's life, and I also hope to be the last one."

As Xiahou Xuan spoke, he began to make moves, and as soon as he stretched out his hand, he held Jiang Wange in his arms, holding her tightly and firmly, unable to break free.

Jiang Wange had long been accustomed to Xiahou Xuan's sudden attacks, so she put her arms around his neck smoothly and moved her position to make herself more comfortable.

"That depends on your Majesty's performance. If your performance is not good, I will kick you out at any time and find another father for the child."

"How dare you say such outrageous words?"

"Why not? I am free, and so are my children."

Freedom? Such a broad and distant word. For Xiahou Xuan, perhaps he will never reach such a level.

Therefore, he would also be selfish and imprison the people around him so that she cannot escape.

Xiahou Xuan's kiss gently fell on her ear, and then he asked Jiang Wange to accompany him to deal with memorials, and the years passed peacefully.

Jiang Wange lay on the chaise longue, eating grapes sent from the south, and asked Yu Jin to read a storybook to her.

At first, Yu Jin strongly refused. She felt it was very shameful to read out the dialogues from the storybook. However, Jiang Wange offered so much that she could not refuse.

As time went by, Yu Jin became more relaxed and even interpreted the tone of the conversations vividly. Jiang Wange also found it interesting and would ask Yu Jin to read a small book every day until she felt sleepy, and then he would let her stop.

At this time, Qianyue and Yufeng were standing aside, listening, and occasionally covering their mouths and laughing.

"Okay, let's stop here today and continue tomorrow. I'm tired of listening."

Jiang Wange yawned and suddenly felt sleepy.

"My lady, shall I help you change your clothes and rest?"

"No need to change clothes, I'll just lie on the couch for a while, you guys go wait outside the door."

Jiang Wange still wasn't used to having someone next to him when he slept, and felt it was weird.

"Yes, then we servants will withdraw first. Your Majesty, please shout outside the door and we will go in and serve you immediately."

"Well, let's go."

Jiang Wange straightened his clothes, then lay on his side on the couch and closed his eyes to rest.