Yanruo said in a flustered manner, "Thank you for your kindness, Your Majesty, but I... I will not bother you any longer."

Watching her hurried departure, Su Wanwan asked Heying:

"How long has she been here?"

"After waiting for more than an hour, I asked her to go back first, but she still refused." He Ying also felt a headache coming on from Yan Ruo's persistence.

What if Yanruo hears those comments today and goes back to say bad things about the Empress?

Su Wanwan frowned slightly.

He glanced towards the study.

Yanruo fled in panic after seeing the person in the study.

It's not the theft itself that's scary, it's having someone eyeing it.

There are many people inside and outside the palace who care about him.

If she were to forcefully block their path to success, who knows what kind of retaliation she would suffer.

It's better to guide than to block.

On the way back to Renshou Palace, Yanru kept replaying in her mind the exclamations she had heard from the woman, as well as the handsome figure in his undergarments.

What kind of treatment must one have received to produce such an out-of-control sound?

Yanruo clenched her hands in pain.

Why?

Why should we let her fall for a married man?

God is so unfair to her!

At this moment, she was truly jealous of Su Wanwan.

Why was she chosen to catch his eye and be married to him as his empress?

She was clearly no less talented, better looking, or less elegant than her.

Her reputation has left her hundreds of miles behind.

He had met the emperor several times before.

He simply failed to make a lasting impression on the emperor.

When Empress Dowager Wang saw that Yanruo had just returned, she asked with a smile, "Did you see the Emperor?"