For the time being, they did not know what the Empress Dowager Chen wanted to do, so Wang Rong decided to put it aside. There were some who were used to long lines to catch big fishes, but when there were no fish, he would not know where to bury his line.
However, from the start, Wang Rong didn't completely let down his guard. This vigilance wasn't because the Empress Dowager Chen was just the direct mother of the empress dowager, the status of his wife and daughter-in-law seemed to be naturally opposing each other, especially his royal wife. There was such a complicated thing as palace power in between them.
It was just that the Empress Dowager Chen had a long line to catch big fish, this itself was still enough to surprise Wang Rong. Wang Rong and she would never treat her as the empress dowager without desire. However, in Empress Dowager Chen, from Prince Yu's wife to the empress and the empress to the empress dowager, there was not much to show for the journey.
When Former Emperor went there, as the empress she would rise to become the empress dowager, which was a level higher than Empress Dowager Li. But when Empress Dowager Li made a suggestion from Empress Dowager Li beside her, Empress Dowager Li took advantage of the fact that the Emperor was kind enough to bring her identity to the same level as Empress Dowager Chen. Empress Dowager Li didn't relax her authority even if she wanted to assist the imperial government by her side.
Empress Dowager Chen did not take advantage of her at all, as the person who served her in the past.
The Empress Dowager Chen seemed to be completely open-minded, she had a gentle smile on her face, but the was always the leader of the direct mothers. Wang Rong thought that the reason was because she had a good temper, and might be because she had no choice but to stay alive. However, since she could do this outside, was there any fishing line in this palace?
When Wang Rong He went to pay his respects again, and saw that Empress Dowager Chen did not have any desires nor intentions, he felt chilled in her heart. The people in the palace sure knew how to act. Moreover, it was not a temporary thing. It was a show that had been going on for many years. With a mask on her face, she would probably forget which one was the real him.
Wang Rong Ye leaned into Zhu Yijun's embrace, "Does your majesty sometimes feel that I'm a stranger?"
Zhu Yijun's hand was originally on her back, stroking it rhythmically, time after time. Upon hearing this, he asked, "Why did you suddenly ask me this?"
"I feel that everyone in the imperial harem is too deceptive. I'm a bit afraid that I might be the same as everyone else, wearing a mask and acting like I'm not myself."
"Who allowed you to have such insights?" Zhu Yijun asked.
"Don't worry about that. Answer my question first." Wang Rong He said.
"At a certain age, how can one not have a mask?" Zhu Yijun said in an unconcerned tone, "If you were to act like a spoiled child in private with us, you would definitely not let the imperial concubines see you act like this. Then, do you think that you, who are with us, are the real you, or are you the real you in front of the imperial concubine?"
"His Majesty didn't mean it by that." Wang Rong He said, "Of course, people have multiple sides. When facing different people, they naturally have different attitudes, and are not ignorant children."
"The person I'm talking about always looks like he's very kind. He actually isn't that kind, or he doesn't seem like someone with wild ambitions. The truth is that the outcome is very heavy, the difference between victory and defeat is so great." Wang Rong He said, "Do I look like I'm pretending to be very kind and not fighting?"
"You're not pretending to be kind. You're really very kind." Zhu Yijun said, "There's really such a gap. When We found out that you intentionally did not sleep together with us, the sky and the earth crumbled and we didn't know which empress was fake? Are you joking with me? Is the gentle and petty empress fake? Or is she cold and heartless? She doesn't like my empress to be fake at all. "
Wang Rong He reached out his hand to cover Zhu Yijun's mouth, "I was the one who brought up the wrong topic, let's go to sleep."
Zhu Yijun looked at her and laughed, then gently pecked her palm. "It was only later on that I found out that the previous gentle and petty empress was actually a fake, and the cold and heartless empress was the real one."
"Because I only realized later that your true love is even more touching than my old tender little feelings." Zhu Yijun said.
"His Majesty said that I was heartless, that I did not like Your Majesty, and that I would not admit it." Wang Rong looked at him and said, "It is because I like His Majesty that I made such a foolish decision. If I really did not like His Majesty and had plenty of ways to deal with him, then I wouldn't have to use this kind of trick to kill an enemy thousand times over."
Zhu Yijun looked at her, and after a moment, he suddenly used his strength to climb onto her, and with one hand, he pulled Wang Rong He's legs to wrap around his waist, "Hurry up and give birth to my son."
Fangruo sneakily went out in the middle of the night and changed the clothes of the young eunuch behind the fake mountain before heading over to Chen Ju's place. When she knocked on the door, Chen Ju had only been assigned to work for the first half of the night.
Fangruo pushed the door and entered, "Send supper time for me."
Chen Ju heard that something was amiss, he looked up to see, "Why are you here? Didn't you say that you want me to mind my own business and not meddle in other people's business? "
"He got angry with just a single sentence?" Fangruo said, "I thought that I was certain that there would be someone watching your every move. If you reveal your abilities, I do not expect you to come rescue me, but rather, I hope that I can save you."
Chen Ju looked at her, "Then stand here properly, this means that you have settled it yourself. Since that's the case, why aren't you staying here? "
"I came to see how you were doing." Fangruo said that the small box she was carrying actually had a midnight snack, two plates of bean cake and two bowls of milk tea.
"This is what I saw Wuyou making when we were at the Kunning Palace. I said it was something empress likes to drink, and it was sweet without the taste of milk. I tried it on my own at the food prison, you can try it. " Fangruo said.
Chen Ju said coldly, "I don't dare to eat the food that empress is eating, I'm afraid of offending you."
Fangruo looked at him, "Why are you angry with me?"
"Of course not. Aunt Fangruo is very capable now. " Chen Ju said.
"I was wrong to say that. I'm leaving now, and I won't bother you in the future." Fangruo said as she prepared to leave.
Chen Ju coldly watched her leave.
When she arrived at the door, Fangruo did not wait for him to stop. She turned around angrily, bit her lower lip, and tearfully said, "Are you really going to break with me?"
"It's you who think of me as a fool." Chen Ju said, "If there's no need for it, then I'll be coming. If there's no need, then I'll just leave it at the side. It's just that I'm an idiot, but I have a limit on how I can be used again and again by you."
"What did I use you for? Why don't you explain it clearly? " Fangruo said, "If I am to use you, then if you did not get what you wanted, wouldn't my pure body be given to you?"
"Yes." Chen Ju fumed, "So don't use anyone right now, I don't want your body, and don't come looking for me either."
"Did you take a fancy to someone else?" Fangruo's eyes suddenly widened, she rushed in front of Chen Ju and scratched, "Son of a b * tch, you started randomly and ended up abandoning everything."
Chen Ju held her hand, "Don't cause trouble without reason. When you came to find me, it was only for a backer. Now that you have become a backer yourself, you naturally don't have to be wronged and come hang out with me, a eunuch. "I understand what you mean. I'm letting you go, so why are you pestering me here?"
Fangruo looked up at him, "Just because I'm not willing to go to your house and let you keep me, you think so much about me?"
"Not just because of this." Chen Ju said, "If you trust me, or if you truly want to be with me, when encountering this kind of matter, why would you allow others to tell you to mind your own business?" How did he react when he heard this sentence? It wasn't that he couldn't protect her, but she didn't need it.
She didn't need it.
Then what did she need him for? What could he give her?
"Then why do you think I came tonight?" Fangruo looked at him and said, "Now is really the time to be at the heart of the struggle. If I come to your place and someone sees me, just close the door and we will be unable to escape.
"Why do you think I should come tonight when I value my life so much?" Fangruo's eyes were filled with tears, "empress has arranged a good place for the palace maid beside me, why do I not want it, I just want you, the eunuch."
Chen Ju held her tightly in his embrace, "I never had any intention to take a woman, you came up to me yourself. If one day you make me look so pitiful, I won't let you go.
Fangruo held onto him tightly, "The chance you gave me to leave, was when I wouldn't leave by myself. In the future, even if you kill me, I won't blame you. "
After the two of them had a warm time on the bed, Fangruo asked him, "Have you dealt with all the things from before? No one found out. "
"You can't count for yourself, there were a few times that you came. Why did I leave those things behind? They were all destroyed." Chen Ju said, "Look at the eunuchs and palace maid s involved, because the Empress said that they had to be punished severely, palace maid said that they were all forced.
"This time, His Majesty was furious. He didn't even send Nanjing down to Lingnan to explore the wastelands. What kind of place is that? It's a narrow escape."
empress said that the weather in Ling Nan is very warm, and even winter is warmer than spring here. There are a lot of fruits that we have never seen before, so going to Ling Nan is not a bad thing. Fangruo said, "If the palace maid s are found out, they will all be chased out of the palace. If they say that they are willing, what can we do in the future?"
"palace maid will speak up for palace maid." Chen Ju did not want to argue with her.
"Then aren't you speaking up for the eunuch?" Fangruo said, "eunuch forced palace maid, and not just one or two of them died.
"Now you know what's good for me." Chen Ju said, "If you don't land in my hands, you won't be able to win."
"If it wasn't for the fact that you are so powerful, no matter who it is, don't even think of taking advantage of me." Fangruo said that when she had wanted to find a eunuch as her backer, she had asked around and found out who Chen Ju's real backer was. At that time, he was only a eunuch at the end of the line. If he had fought for power, there would have been many better candidates. There was no need to spend so much effort to get into the line.
"It's just that you're leveling up too fast." Fangruo suddenly blurted out the words in her heart. She had become the biggest head of the eunuchs, one of them had to worry that he would be tired of them, and the other one had to worry that he would accidentally die.
"Afraid that I would fall for someone else?" Chen Ju said, "I will tell you the truth, but whenever I go out to do something, a woman will be waiting for me in my room."
"I'm afraid you might accidentally throw yourself into it." Fangruo said, "These eunuchs still have the option of exiled in Lingnan, I'm afraid you have chosen the wrong path, there is only death."
When Chen Ju heard this, no matter if it was true or not, he still felt very satisfied in his heart, "Do you see how stupid I am?"
"I personally witnessed Feng Bao's ending. As long as I don't follow his path, I will naturally be safe until I'm old." Chen Ju said.
Fangruo looked at the two items in his possession, and chided, "I'll take this undergarment, and give you the one I have, it's plain, let me turn it into a handkerchief for you." Fangruo immediately took out the needle and scissors and began to change.
Chen Ju asked the bell?
"I'll take the bell with me." Fangruo said, "In the future, besides being caught red-handed, you cannot leave any evidence."
"Fine." Chen Ju said and played around with Fangruo until she was weak like a pool of water in his arms, when Chen Ju put the bell back to its original position, "This is how it should be used, hold onto it tightly and don't fall down."