So after Li Eimi gave the gift, Su Mengyan just let the palace maid beside her take it, and then said to her lightly, "It's thoughtful of you."
Su Mengyan had no intention of talking to her, but Li Emi didn't give up. She deliberately started to praise him, "Your Highness the Crown Prince is indeed very smart. He has learned to walk at such a young age."
Su Mengyan naturally accepted the praise for her son, but she knew that Li Eimi would never praise her son for no reason. She must have her own purpose.
So, she asked Xu: "Tell me, what's the matter with you coming here today?"
Li Ai Mi smiled slightly and said, "Your Majesty is indeed smart. I came here today because I have something important to discuss with you."
Then, Li Ai Mi told Su Mengyan the news she had learned from Xiang Ling, adding some exaggeration.
"Empress, Lin Xiaoxiang, as the emperor's woman, actually dares to have an affair with the guards in the harem. This is a good opportunity. I hope Your Majesty can seize it." Li Eimi said at last.
After hearing what Li Ai Mi said, Su Mengyan sneered, "You don't do anything important all day long, but just listen to these messed up news. I don't know where you heard this news from today, and you thought of using me to deal with Lin Xiaoxiang?"
Although he didn't know how much truth there was in Li Emi's words, Lin Xiaoxiang didn't provoke him, so there was no need for him to attack Lin Xiaoxiang.
What's more, no matter what, Lin Xiaoxiang is pregnant with the emperor's child. Even for the sake of the emperor's face, he cannot do anything to Lin Xiaoxiang. If something happens to the child, it will be too late to regret.
Li Yuanmi didn't know what Su Mengyan was thinking. She just thought that Su Mengyan didn't believe her news.
Although her words implied that Lin Xiaoxiang was in collusion with other men and the child in her belly was not necessarily the emperor's, Su Mengyan was teasing the child at the time and was not listening carefully, so she did not understand the meaning of her words. She only knew that she was saying that Lin Xiaoxiang was unfaithful to her husband.
After finishing his official duties for the day, Situ Yao relaxed his muscles and bones and thought about going to Su Mengyan for tea.
The small stove on the table was making a puffing sound. Su Mengyan put a handful of tea leaves into the water, picked up a spoon and stirred it gently to allow the tea leaves to come into more complete contact with the water.
After a while, the aroma of tea came to the face. The emperor and the empress sat opposite each other, looking at the tea and chatting.
Su Mengyan thought about what Li Eimi had told her. Although she didn't quite believe that Lin Xiaoxiang would really do that, she would rather believe it than not.
In order to prevent this from happening again, Su Mengyan said, "I have some suggestions on improving the guards in the harem."
"What's your suggestion? Tell me." Situ Yao took a sip of tea and said to Su Mengyan.
"I feel that the guards in the harem are too scattered. If something happens in the harem, I'm afraid one or two of them will be unable to cope with it. I think the guards should be grouped together so that things can be handled more promptly." Su Mengyan said.
Situ Yao lowered his head and thought about it, and felt that what Su Mengyan said made sense. Just as Su Mengyan said, if something really happened in the harem, the mediocre skills of one or two guards would naturally be of no use. But everyone knows that many hands make light work. One or two people may not be of any use, but wouldn't ten or eight people be of any use?
So, he nodded and said, "Yan'er is right. I was negligent in this matter. I will order them to patrol the harem in groups."
After listening to Su Mengyan's words, Situ Yao also remembered some incidents of palace maids and eunuchs in the harem disappearing and dying for no reason. He was not quite sure how many people died in the harem, but he knew that a statistics should be conducted every once in a while. It seemed that he should go to the Ministry of Justice and ask them to do a statistics.
So after leaving Su Mengyan, Situ Yao went directly to the Ministry of Justice.
Those people in the Ministry of Justice did not expect that the Emperor Situ Yao would come to the Ministry in person. They immediately ran out and knelt down to pay their respects to Situ Yao.
"My dear ministers, please don't be so polite. I have come here to discuss some matters with you. Please go in first and we will talk." After saying this, Situ Yao took the lead to walk into the hall of the Ministry of Justice and sat down on the main seat.
Everyone in the Ministry of Justice looked at each other, and knowing that Situ Yao had something to say, they did not delay any longer. They stood up from the ground one by one and followed Situ Yao into the hall of the Ministry of Justice.
"Please sit down. The Ministry of Justice should compile a list of the deaths of palace maids and eunuchs in the harem, so that I can know how many people have died in the imperial palace. I think this matter cannot be delayed any longer, so you in the Ministry of Justice can get started on it." Seeing that everyone had taken their seats, Situ Yao directly stated the purpose of his visit today.
After all, he is the emperor, and these people are his subordinates, so it is natural that they should handle matters impartially.
The Minister of Justice frowned slightly after hearing Situ Yao's words, and said with some embarrassment, "Your Majesty, this matter is not intentionally delayed by us. It's just that the palace maids and eunuchs all have a roster that records the names of everyone in the harem. However, this roster is no longer with us, but with the old concubine. Therefore, if we want to count the names of the deceased, we must go through the old concubine's hand before we can continue."
What? Situ Yao was stunned by what the Ministry of Justice said. What old concubine was he talking about? Why did he know nothing about this so-called old concubine?
Logically speaking, Situ Yao grew up in the harem. He was familiar with all the masters in the harem from childhood to adulthood. He might not be familiar with all of them, but with just a slight reminder, he could tell the person's name. However, at this moment, Situ Yao was a little confused by this old concubine who suddenly appeared. She had no idea where this old concubine came from.
However, Situ Yao could not show any doubt at this time, so he just nodded slightly and said to everyone, "I understand."
Whenever he encountered something he couldn't figure out or didn't understand, Situ Yao always wanted to talk to Su Mengyan. So this time, after discovering that there was an old concubine in the harem that he didn't know about, Situ Yao came to Su Mengyan as usual.
When Situ Yao told Su Mengyan what he had learned from the Ministry of Justice, the woman she met in the cold palace last time unconsciously emerged in her mind.
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