Transmigrated into a seven-year-old child, my fate is in my own hands, not in the heavens.

"Laundry Department~"

The three sisters exchanged uneasy glances, uttered these words, and lowered their heads even further.

"Laundry department?"

The Empress Dowager's face was extremely ugly. She was truly disappointed and disappointed. She never expected that these women in front of her would be such lowly slaves.

Most importantly, as an emperor, he had no shortage of women in his harem, yet he chose to take a fancy to such a lowly maid.

The Empress Dowager clenched her hands, took a deep breath, and slowly asked, "What are your names?"

"Your Majesty, my name is He Yuxi."

"My name is He Yuhong~"

"My name is He Yufeng~"

The Empress Dowager smiled and said, "What a lovely name~"

Then, his eyes turned cold: "You lot shouldn't even think about rising to prominence. Get back here now! If a word of what happened today leaks out, you'll all lose your lives."

"Thank you, Empress Dowager, for sparing my life!"

The three sisters stood up shakily and scrambled out.

"Mother, please spare them!" the Emperor said calmly.

The Empress Dowager's sinister gaze deepened: "You know my nature! I told you, if I'm going to be the emperor, then be a good emperor. With so many concubines and young ladies waiting for the emperor, why don't you choose them? Why do you have to cause me so much trouble!"

"I don't want to be emperor, so why do you insist on making me emperor?" Zhu Ji was devastated!

He disliked fighting from a young age, but his mother was competitive and instilled in him the belief that he had to become emperor. She would stop at nothing to put him on the throne.

Furthermore, he hated his identity. Once, he caught his mother and Grandpa Gao having an affair, and he was shocked at that moment.

He intended to kill Eunuch Gao, but his mother revealed his true parentage to him. Only then did he realize that he was not the late emperor's son.

He lived in constant fear, wanting only to be an ordinary person, but his mother insisted on putting him on the throne, killing many people in the process.

Even after becoming emperor, he had no freedom whatsoever. He had to obey his mother in everything, just like her puppet, only there to satisfy her distorted lust for power.

Now that he has been put in this position, he cannot afford to make the slightest mistake. In the past, seeing Eunuch Gao hanging around his mother every day, Zhu Ji felt it was a disgrace to him.

Zhu Ji had previously taken a liking to a palace maid and favored her, but unexpectedly, his mother had planted spies around him.

After his mother discovered this, the palace maid disappeared the next day. He knew that his mother must have been involved.

Zhu Ji felt that his mother was two-faced. She was capable of such an outrageous thing as having an affair with a eunuch, so why couldn't she allow him to like a palace maid?

From then on, Zhu Ji began to go against his mother, doing the things she didn't want him to do.

His mother wanted him to favor the concubines and the empress, disliking him from seeking out palace maids, but he insisted on doing so. These past few days, he'd found these three sisters and been indulging in unrestrained revelry. He never expected his mother to discover it so quickly.

The Empress Dowager said coldly, "Because you are the emperor, you must act like an emperor!"

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty~" Eunuch Li tried to calm the Emperor down.

"Get out of here!" the emperor roared. He was now desperate; he was the ruler of the country, and he no longer wanted to be controlled by anyone.

Seeing that something was wrong, Eunuch Li hurriedly went out as if his pants were on fire.

Watching Eunuch Li walk out, Zhu Ji sneered, "Mother, you appear virtuous on the surface, but you are even more despicable than me in private. As the Empress, you have an affair with a eunuch, so I am despicable and vile. It's innate, it's in my bones!"

"you!"

The Empress Dowager trembled with rage, and with a loud slap, she gave the Emperor a hard slap: "Your mother endured humiliation and hardship for you, and finally helped you ascend the throne. Is this how you repay your mother?"

Seeing his mother's uncontrollable rage, Zhu Ji was secretly overjoyed.

"Mother, you know how many heinous things you've done. How pitiful those imperial brothers are, and what about those unborn children!"

Zhu Ji sneered: "Oh, and let me tell you, that old bastard isn't coming back! Just give up on that idea!"

He knew when Gao Lian'an went out, and he secretly planted four assassins among the men he brought.

They gave them plenty of silver and promised to settle their families with a large sum of money. Their only goal was to ensure that he could never return to the palace, no matter what method they used.

"What do you mean?" The Empress Dowager's pupils contracted.

Mother, are you scared! Actually, isn't this a good thing? Now that I've become the emperor, you don't have to worry about your mask being exposed all the time. Even after he dies, you'll still be the virtuous Empress Dowager. As long as you're happy, you can keep as many male concubines as you like!"

"Snapped!!!"

Before the emperor could finish speaking, several finger marks appeared on his face.

The Empress Dowager's face turned ashen, her whole body trembling as she pointed at the Emperor, unable to speak. She lowered her voice and said, "You...you wretched child! That's your own father!"

Zhu Ji straightened his back and met the Empress Dowager's eyes without fear: "I only have one father, and that is the late Emperor Zhu Tai!"

She paused, then continued, "Mother, you don't look well. Are you feeling unwell? Why don't you go back and rest soon?"

These words sounded like expressions of concern, but the Emperor's tone was cold and devoid of any emotion.

The Empress Dowager's face flushed red and then turned pale with anger. She took a deep breath and said coldly, "The Emperor has talked too much today. You should reflect on your words. You don't need to attend the morning court for the next few days." With that, the Empress Dowager turned and left.

As she stepped outside, the Empress Dowager's body still trembled slightly. The Emperor's appearance was unfamiliar to her. She didn't know when, but the Emperor had somehow slipped out of her control. In an instant, the Empress Dowager seemed to have aged several years.

"Empress Dowager, are you alright?" A palace maid standing nearby asked with concern.

"It's nothing, let's go back to Liuyang Palace." The Empress Dowager's eyes returned to their icy expression.

Back at Liuyang Palace, Haoxuan arrived, and the Empress Dowager summoned He Meixiang, the head of the laundry department.

"Greetings, Empress Dowager!"

After bowing, He Meixiang looked at the Empress Dowager with unease: "I wonder what Your Majesty has summoned this servant for?"

Normally, the Empress Dowager wouldn't care about the laundry department, but today she actually summoned me for the first time. Could it be that someone has done something wrong?

The Empress Dowager glanced at her: "In your laundry department, who washes clothes both cleanly and well?"

He Meixiang blurted out, "Your Majesty, there really is such a thing as the three He sisters."

The Empress Dowager gestured with her chin, and a palace maid brought over several sets of clothes: "I have a few sets of clothes here. Take them back and have them washed. These clothes are made of silk, of superior quality and soft. They must not wrinkle. Also, these clothes must not be mixed colors."

He Meixiang looked at the clothes on the side; the dresses were brightly colored, in red, blue, and yellow.