Jiang Jiu took the tea and asked with a smile: "How long have you been in the palace? You look quite old. Are you going to leave the palace soon?"

Yun Shu smiled respectfully and said, "My Lady, I am twenty years old this year and have been in the palace for five years. If I want to leave the palace, I need another five years."

Jiang Jiu smacked his lips: "It'll take another five years. Sigh, life in the palace is not easy."

Yun Shu stood there obediently. Jiang Jiu looked at her sideways, his eyes rolling, full of thoughts.

"Hey, now that you're my maid, shouldn't you listen to me?"

Yun Shu nodded even more obediently.

Jiang Jiu smiled cunningly: "Then tell me about the emperor..."

Yun Shu was shocked when he heard this and quickly knelt down.

"Princess, please forgive me. The palace rules prohibit you from talking about the emperor behind his back. Otherwise, you will be punished by death."

Jiang Jiu winked at Taohua and said, "Go and close the door."

Taohua was also smart. Not only did she close the door, she also asked the maid who was sweeping the yard to close the door to the hall as well.

"You guys, stand guard outside. If anyone comes, let them know."

Jiang Jiu made sure the door was tightly closed and personally pulled Yun Shu up.

"Yunshu, you don't have to worry now. There are only three of us in this room. If you say anything, only the three of us will know."

"I promise I won't betray you. You're mine. Selling you out won't do me any good, will it?"

Yun Shu knew that she was very lucky to be chosen as her maid.

After all, she is the future queen.

As long as she can gain her trust, she will be able to do whatever she wants in the harem in the future.

Yun Shu thought for a moment and then prepared to surrender.

"Well, our current Majesty is truly formidable. He's handsome, and he's also ruthless in his actions..."

"When His Majesty was a prince, his fiefdom was in Su City, and his first wife was also from Su City. I heard she was the richest woman in Jiangnan. They also had many shops in the capital, and half of the capital belonged to her."

"However, she was tricked by the former queen and the Zhou family and faked to death. On the day of the explosion, while I was cleaning the palace, I saw a large mushroom-shaped black mist rising from the queen's palace. The entire palace was shaken by the explosion, as if a dragon had turned over."

"Because she was His Majesty's favorite woman. After Madam Jiang died, His Majesty also fainted. I heard that he was in a coma for a long time and was almost dead. The Emperor asked Princess Zhaoyang's granddaughter, Empress Su, to bring him good luck..."

"Who would have thought that His Majesty would actually wake up and be very affectionate with the Empress? It is said that it was because Prince Ling fell in love with Empress Su, and His Majesty accidentally killed Prince Ling during an argument with him. The late Emperor was also frightened and passed away."

After listening to this, Jiang Jiu felt that it was hard to say whether His Majesty was a good person or a bad person.

In short, many people killed their fathers and brothers for the throne.

As long as he is dedicated to the people and is honest and upright, that's enough.

However, there were only two women around him, and they were both posthumously crowned queens. This shows that he is still a man who values friendship.

Well, Jiang Jiu didn't intend to be the queen anyway.

After listening to Yunshu's words, she rewarded Yunshu with a silver ingot.

"Okay, good. Go and rest. I need to sleep too. I'll serve you again tomorrow. Don't worry, as a leader, I will never let my subordinates work overtime..."

Huh? Yun Shu didn't understand, but he understood what she meant.

Satisfied, she could go back to sleep.

As soon as Yunshu left, Jiang Jiu immediately gave instructions to Taohua.

"Go and get the nightgown I prepared."

Taohua was startled: "Princess, what are you doing? If you walk around the palace at night, you will be mistaken for an assassin and shot."

Jiang Jiu didn't care: "Look at this harem, it's empty, is there anyone here?"

"Never mind. Didn't you hear Yunshu say that the Queen's palace was blown up? But where did the explosives come from? Besides, they even have explosives in this era. Don't you think it's strange?"

Taohua was incredulous: "So, the princess just wants to visit the Queen's palace?"

Jiang Jiu patted her shoulder and assured her, "Don't worry, I will never cause any trouble in the palace. I promise, I will be back soon."

Taohua was used to being deceived by the original owner, and knew that even if she didn't agree, the original owner would go, knock her unconscious, and then leave.

In order to avoid suffering, Taohua nodded bitterly.

"Princess, you should go and come back early, and be sure to pay attention to safety."

Jiang Jiu quickly changed into night clothes and quietly went out.

The palace was quiet at night, really quiet, so quiet that it seemed as if no one was there.

There was indeed no one there. The palace was very large, and there were not many people living in the harem. Everywhere was empty.

There is a rule in the palace that people are not allowed to go out at night.

At night, the palace guards would patrol constantly. Anyone caught walking in the palace in the middle of the night would be sentenced to death.

Unless there is something important, such as the master in the palace is sick.

The problem is, there are no other women in Zhao Zhuoxi's harem.

Therefore, Jiang Jiu's journey from her palace to the queen's palace was very smooth.

The Queen's palace is under repair, and the gate is the first to be repaired.

The gates were locked and the repair workers were driven out of the palace at sunset and were not allowed to stay overnight.

Jiang Jiu turned around and didn't find a way in, so she started climbing the wall.

The walls in the palace were very high and smooth. Jiang Jiu originally thought that it would take him a long time to climb up, but he didn't expect that the original owner actually had kung fu skills.

She took a deep breath and quickly climbed up to the top of the wall.

"Ah!" Jiang Jiu lost his balance and fell down.

Just when Jiang Jiu thought he was going to fall half to death, unexpectedly, he fell into a broad embrace.

"Thank you." Jiang Jiu rolled over and escaped from the man's arms.

Suddenly, I thought something was wrong. How could there be an outsider in the palace? It must be a thief.

Then he performed a modern Taekwondo move and aimed at the man.

"Who, who are you? Do you know where this place is? How dare you break into the palace at night..."

The man just stared at her blankly without saying a word, hiding in the shadows and not showing up.

Jiang Jiu gritted his teeth and prepared to run away, but suddenly, he felt a pain in his knee and knelt on one knee on the ground.

She grimaced in pain.

"Who the hell are you? To hurt someone secretly is not what a gentleman does."

Jiang Jiu thought, that’s not right, he even stole things into the palace, how could he be a gentleman?

She was so angry that she gritted her teeth and rushed towards the shadow.

She stepped forward and threw a punch, but unfortunately, her fist didn't have much strength and was caught by the person.

Jiang Jiu struggled for a moment and threw another punch.

The other fist was released, and this fist was caught again.

Jiang Jiu started the third move, kicking the crotch.

The opponent seemed to know her moves and blocked her knee with a counterattack.

Jiang Jiu was so angry that he could only use his last move, a back throw.

He grabbed the other person's arm and was about to lean into his arms when someone held his waist and pushed him hard. The other person's arm twisted hard and locked Jiang Jiu firmly in his arms...

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