Her casual conversation with the young emperor shocked the six ministers time and time again. They dared not interrupt, and only spoke in hushed tones when she was leaving.
"As expected, Lord Li is still closer to His Majesty."
"How can it be the same as Lord Li assisting His Majesty in growing up?"
"Don't overthink it. They earned their treatment through their own abilities. You and I should just focus on doing our own jobs!"
...
The six ministers usually argued fiercely in court, but now it seems that they have a pretty good relationship in private. Yun Qing saw their backs as they chatted together from afar, completely unaware that she was the one being talked about, and just sighed that it was quite nice this way.
[A facade of harmony masking underlying differences—that's the kind of atmosphere a good court should have.]
Yun Qing thought with a smile.
Before she could think further, Xie Rang suddenly held up a memorial, gently tapped her shoulder, and smiled slightly: "Grand Tutor, would you like to take a look?"
Yun Qing was puzzled. She hadn't helped Xie Rang with his memorials for a long time, partly to avoid suspicion and partly because she genuinely didn't want to. But when Xie Rang was really unsure about something, she would take a look and offer some advice.
So when she opened it without any suspicion and found that it was a memorial requesting His Majesty to open the harem and take concubines in order to give birth to imperial heirs as soon as possible, she was stunned for three seconds.
Yun Qing clenched the memorial slightly: "Why does Your Majesty want me to see this?"
"I didn't do anything," Xie Rang said slowly, a smile playing on his lips. "I just wanted the Grand Tutor to take a look."
He said it was nothing, but his eyes clearly showed he was waiting for an answer with great anticipation.
Yun Qing: “…”
When Li Yunshu was watching the fun, did she ever think that one day her older sister would be roasted over a fire?
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