Traveling to the ancient harem

Chapter 153 The Emperor Who Knows His Son Best

Royal study room.

"Old Yu, is it that Xu Rou who has entered the palace again?" the emperor asked Eunuch Yu.

Eunuch Yu tried to minimize his presence. When the emperor was happy, he was Little Yuzi, and when he was unhappy, he was Old Yu. Now he was obviously unhappy: "Your Majesty, the people sent by the Empress Dowager have been waiting for a long time. I don't know the specific situation."

"What else does she want? I have already agreed to the selection. That kind of person... insists on letting her enter the palace. Does he think the harem is a place where filth and dirt are hidden?" The emperor's face, which rarely showed joy, was filled with anger.

Xu Rou, his maternal family's daughter, had always looked pretentious since she was a child. Whenever she entered the palace, he and Xiao Yuzi would take a detour when they saw her. After she got into such a scandal a few years ago and was locked up by her maternal grandfather, he finally let go of his worries and thought that she had nothing to do with him anymore. But who knew that for some reason a few days ago, she entered the palace again inexplicably.

His mother was also a soft-hearted person. After listening to what his grandmother said, she called him over and insisted that he participate in the selection in advance and take the annoying Xu Rou into the harem.

He did not agree at that time, and his mother started crying, saying that she was sorry for her natal family and that she did not help them when she was in power. Now she was left alone, staying all by herself in the harem without anyone to love by her side.

He was extremely annoyed, thinking that even if this year passed, it would be time for the three-year draft next year, and there would still be a draft then, so he agreed to her request. He knew that his mother was afraid that Xu Rou would be twenty years old next year, which would be over the age for the draft.

He thought it was just a matter of having one more person in the harem, and once she entered the palace, he could just ignore her. He didn't expect Xu Rou to become more aggressive and even instigated her mother to send someone to call him over.

"Go and tell the person who comes that I have a lot of memorials to review and I don't have time to go." The emperor felt aggrieved for a long time but still didn't say anything unpleasant. The Great Xia Dynasty ruled the country with benevolence and filial piety, so he still had to give his mother this face.

Eunuch Yu walked out and said to the palace maid waiting outside, "The Emperor is still busy now. The memorials on the desk are piled up like a mountain. We can only have lunch in the imperial study. Tell the Empress Dowager that the Emperor will visit her when he is free." The palace maid saw that she could not go any further, so she could only bow and withdraw, and go back to report.

In the Empress Dowager's palace, Xu Rou and the Empress Dowager waited and waited. Just when they were getting impatient, the palace maid who was supposed to answer the call came back. Although she was a little disappointed, Xu Rou still chose to understand her cousin. Her cousin was the emperor, and it was normal for him to be too busy to eat. It was not that he didn't want to see her. She was so beautiful, and her cousin would definitely like her when he saw her.

"Aunt, let's eat by ourselves." Seeing her aunt's unhappy face, she tried to persuade her, but she was thinking in her heart that maybe this would be the norm after she entered the palace. With her by her side to comfort her aunt, her cousin would definitely thank her. By then, with her cousin's favor, the queen would not dare to compete with her. When the time is right... it's still unclear who will be the queen.

After the meal, the aunt and niece took a short rest, then stood up and leaned back in their chairs to continue chatting. Xu Rou sent away the people serving her, including Qiu Die, leaving only the two of them.

"Aunt, my niece has something to ask you..." Xu Rou did not hide anything and told Huang Ye about her grudge with her. Of course, she did not tell him that she had someone poison Hong Ge'er.

"You mean, you were framed and drugged back then, and it was all done by this Miss Huang?" The Queen Mother was a little bit unconvinced. She had heard that this Miss Huang was raised outside when she was very young and only came back in the past two years. Was she really the one who did all these things? The Queen Mother felt that it was a bit mysterious.

"It's true. You haven't seen her. That person looks arrogant and has bad intentions. She is also on the list for this talent show. I have thought of a way to get rid of her once and for all. If she enters the palace, there will never be peace in the harem." Xu Rou was not exaggerating. She really felt so.

"Besides, I made such a fool of myself back then, and maybe even now some people still remember that I am my aunt's niece, and it has had a great impact on my aunt's reputation. If I don't take revenge, I will never be able to calm down."

Xu Rou knew that the aunt in front of her was planning to kill her back then, but now she picked her up again because she saw that she was useful. As for what she was going to do with her, of course, it was to compete with the queen.

The Queen Mother was provoked by her. She was very embarrassed when Xu Rou's incident happened in her natal family. If it was really done by that girl from the Huang family, she would not let her go.

"Aunt, this is my plan..." Xu Rou's voice became even lower.

At this time, the emperor had already arrived at the palace where his father lived. His father was lying on the bed reading a storybook comfortably. When he saw his son coming in, he immediately looked uncomfortable: "Oh, why do I feel a little dizzy? I can't lift my arms..."

Eunuch Ai, who was serving him, couldn't bear to watch: It's true that he feels dizzy, and it's also true that he can't lift his arms. After all, he is so fat. If you had pretended to be more realistic, the emperor wouldn't have looked so bad.

"Okay, I didn't ask you to go to court anymore, but you're still pretending and don't feel tired." He, the emperor's father, really didn't want to sit on that throne. He was really sick, but it wasn't that serious. Being sick was just an excuse for him to abdicate.

"Tell me, what happened?" The one who understood this son best was his father. This son was a workaholic. If there was nothing going on, he would have no time to come to him.