Chapter 4 — The Emperor Favors His Royal Highness, I Make Him No Longer Emperor

This place is not big. Just set up one banquet table. When we get there. The emperor hasn't arrived yet. And Lam Nhuoc Lan was present before. Today she changed into a goose yellow palace outfit. In her sideburns is a branch of white jade orchid. The whole person looks elegant, clean, and neat. Compared to yesterday's overly ostentatious aqua pink outfit, it's much more pleasing to the eye. Just saw me walk in. She immediately stood up and bowed. This time was indeed much more obedient than yesterday.

“Please rest in peace, Your Highness the Queen.”

“Stand up.”

I walked past her and sat down in the chair. She also followed. Sit in the position on my left. Then kindly pour me tea.

“Your Majesty is in a very good mood today.”

“It seems that the nursing care at Ho Quoc Pagoda is very good after half a year.”

"The Queen Mother eats vegetarian and recites Buddha's name, purifying her mind."

"This palace follows you in peace for half a year."

“The natural mood is also better.”

I take the cup of tea.

“On the contrary, it's you.”

"Last time, I replaced the palace to manage the six palaces."

“It must have been a lot of hard work?”

Lam Nhuoc Lan's hand that was pouring tea slightly paused.

“I don't dare accept it.”

"It's just that I'm just expressing my condolences for the Emperor and running errands for the lady."

“Running errands to the point of losing three thousand taels of silver in the books.”

I took a sip of tea. Speak up slowly.

“These legs of yours are really expensive to run on.”

The words have reached this point. If Lam Nhuoc Lan still doesn't understand. So it could only be intentionally pretending to be stupid. Her face changed slightly. But he quickly regained his usual gentle and gentle appearance.

“Your highness is joking.”

“I really don't understand the bookkeeping thing.”

“It's all the people below who are in charge.”

“If there is any mistake, I will definitely investigate.”

“Then you should investigate carefully.”

I smiled at her.

"If you keep looking, you still won't find the reason."

“This palace will investigate on your behalf.”

Lam Nhuoc Lan sat upright. The corners of the lips still maintain a proper smile. But the hand placed underneath tightened his grip on the corner of his shirt until it turned white.

“The Emperor has arrived.”

The eunuch's shout broke the tense atmosphere between the two. I stood up. Lam Nhuoc Lan also stood up. Both performed the ceremony together. The Emperor entered. He was wearing black plain clothes. On the side is a jade belt with gold thread. Compared to when we left the capital. The person is a little thinner. The first person's eyes looked towards Lam Nhuoc Lan. Those eyes were very gentle. So gentle that it seemed like he was worried that she would be bullied by others. The new person turned his eyes towards me.

“The Queen has returned.”

“I pay my respects to the Emperor.”

A cold feeling suddenly arose in my heart. This is no longer the person I married in the past. People have changed a lot. But it also doesn't seem to change anything. Just a little bit of tenderness that was once given to me. Now it's all been given to another woman.

“Everyone stand up, no need to be polite.”

The person walked over and sat down in the chair position. On the left is me. On the right is Lam Nhuoc Lan. The person's hand naturally moved to the right. Lam Nhuoc Lan obediently raised the tea cup and placed it in her hand. There is a kind of chemistry between the two of them that I have never had before. We look at the scene that. Then he raised the glass of wine in front of him and took a sip.

"Queen."

“I heard that yesterday, as soon as you returned to the palace, you publicly disgraced the Noble Concubine?”

We know right away. This cleansing party was not held for me. It's to demand justice on her behalf.

“Your Majesty, who did you hear say that?”

I'm not too quick or too slow to ask again.

“In the palace, everyone is saying that.”

The Emperor's eyes stopped on my face.

“The Queen has just returned to the palace.”

"Even though things haven't been clarified yet, I'm angry."

"That's not enough dignity, I'm afraid."

“When did I get angry?”

I put down the wine cup. Raise your head to meet people's eyes.

“This concubine is just teaching her the rules.”

“Teaching rules doesn't have to be done in front of so many people…”

“Your Majesty.”

I directly interrupted people's words.

“My concubine is the Queen of the Middle Palace.”

“Teaching etiquette to concubines in the harem is the duty of a concubine.”

"Yesterday at Phuong Nghi Palace, she directly rushed into the main hall without even passing the media."