The instant the teacup fell to the ground.
As the tea in the cup splashed, a crisp sound of shattering porcelain rang out.
Since that incident.
Emperor Yuanwu never used swords again.
Even on one occasion, an assassin broke into Emperor Yuanwu's bedchamber and his sword was already aimed at him.
He still didn't pull out the dagger that was on the bedside table.
If it weren't for the quick reaction of the guards, Emperor Yuanwu would probably have been assassinated on the spot.
Oh!
Now he's changed everything for a little bitch.
"The Emperor's guards really need to be replaced; they're utterly useless," the Empress said sullenly.
Sanxi paused for a moment: "Your Majesty, actually, the ones who went to rescue the Seventh Princess today were not the Imperial Guards from the Emperor's side."
"That is...?" The Empress turned around, her voice trailing off.
“They are two guards from Consort Shu’s palace. I heard that the Second Prince brought them back from the imperial mausoleum,” Sanxi said truthfully.
"Brought from outside the palace?" The Empress scoffed. "This Consort Shu is really pretentious. What, the palace guards can protect the Emperor but can't protect her? She actually needs to bring two people in from outside the palace. Who is she trying to impress?"
“That’s right,” Sanxi chimed in.
He paused and said, "But those two guards were indeed very skilled. They could move through the woods without making a sound."
"Is it really as miraculous as you say?" The Empress was skeptical. "I heard from Xiao Dezi, who serves the Emperor, that those two are incredibly skilled in light-footed martial arts. When they flew up the tree, the branches only swayed slightly. Pearl, standing below, didn't even notice. If it weren't for the orders from Consort Shu and the Empress, they wouldn't have dared to act rashly, and Pearl would probably be dead already."
"Oh...?" the Empress drawled. "The Yuan Kingdom still has such skilled martial artists among the common people."
“This…” Sanxi was taken aback, realizing he had said too much: “…This servant does not know.”
"If you don't know, go and investigate the background of these two people," the Empress said sullenly.
"Yes!" Sanxi hurriedly left the room.
-
Emperor Yuanwu's imperial edict was issued quickly.
The imperial examination and the talent selection were only three days apart.
Consort Shu was extremely busy with the selection of concubines.
"Pah!" Consort Liang spat as she watched the palace maids and eunuchs coming and going in Qiluan Garden from afar. "I want to see how long she can be so smug after those young ladies enter the palace."
"Instead of wasting your time on this, you should think about why, even though you and Consort Shu are both consorts, your positions in the harem are not equal at all. On the contrary, she always surpasses you," the Empress said calmly.
Consort Liang's expression froze, and the color drained from her face at an alarming rate: "Your Majesty the Empress is right."
Although the Empress was verbally reprimanding Consort Liang, seeing Consort Shu's house now bustling with visitors, she felt a mix of emotions.
This was originally something that she, as the empress and head of the harem, should have been handling.
Now she's as idle as a person with nothing to do.
If things continue like this, wouldn't she become just a figurehead as empress?
wrong!
She's now just a figurehead.
It was still a decoration that Emperor Yuanwu did not like.
They're all Princess Chang'an.
"Has there been any news from the imperial palace lately?" The Empress's hand silently clenched into a fist at her side.
"I heard from the guards at the imperial palace that that wretched woman cried and made a scene for quite a while after learning that Princess Chang'an was dead." Consort Liang's lips twitched.
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