Chen Yan sensed the confusion in her heart, and seeing that the teasing was almost over, he stepped back a few steps, but the person in front of him suddenly raised his eyes, his peach blossom eyes glaring at him, staring at Chen Yan in shock.
Lu Wan was born with a feminine appearance, with red lips and white teeth. This time, her glare did not seem majestic, but rather like she was flirting.
Chen Yan felt irritated for no reason. After all this, he treated him differently.
"Don't worry, if the Queen Mother wanted to get rid of you, you wouldn't be here today." Chen Yan turned his back and deliberately didn't look at her. "What's more, you are my princess. If anyone dares to touch you, I will make her pay with blood."
Lu Wan's expression was complicated when he heard this. What happened to this tyrant all of a sudden? He actually said a few human words. It was really embarrassing.
Shen Yan coughed and said, "But this kind of stupid thing will not happen again."
Lu Wan knew that he had been too willful and reckless in this matter. After all, the emperor was the empress dowager's biological son, and it was natural for her to discipline her own son. Moreover, royal affairs were not something he could do to show off his heroism with just a few words.
"Everyone has their own way of survival in this world." Shen Yan said.
Yes, the emperor had been held hostage and controlled since he was a child, and submitting to everything was his only way to survive. Her rash intervention not only did not play any role, but instead put her in solitary confinement, making her situation even more difficult.
Chen Yan lowered her head and drank tea. She seemed to have some understanding. Finally, she put down the teacup and said, "If you can't bear the little things, you will ruin the big plans."
Lu Wan nodded, took two steps to sit beside her, poured himself a cup of tea, and drank while thinking.
This tyrant actually has some skills. Apart from his good looks, he is not completely useless.
Shen Yan sneered in his heart, and finally heard a few words of praise from her.
The next day.
Lu Wan went to the palace as usual to serve Ji Ran and accompany him in reading. Yesterday's incident had already been widely spread among the palace people, with many different versions of the story. However, it made the palace people respect him more.
After all, only a few people can withstand the Queen Mother's wrath.
In the hall, Lu Wan had no idea that she had become famous outside. She only heard the pedantic chattering on and on, which was even more boring than when she was in school.
Looking at Ji Ran again, his mental state was not as good as that of an ordinary person, and just these things made him yawn and feel dizzy. But the scholar pretended not to hear anything and continued to teach and accept his own ideas.
Lu Wan was just wondering whether he should find an excuse to let Ji Ran rest for a while, when he heard a loud and hoarse voice coming from outside the door.
"The Queen Mother has arrived—"
Ji Ran suddenly woke up, sat up straight, and listened to the lecture seriously.
Lu Wan's heart was slightly moved, but he remained expressionless and paid his respects to the empress dowager as usual.
Everyone in the room was kneeling on the floor, except the emperor who was sitting there in a daze.
The Queen Mother walked slowly to Xiao Jiran and sat down. Xiao Jiran was confused and said, "I am well, mother."
The Queen Mother nodded, and then said, "Everyone, get up."
Lu Wan then stood up and quickly stepped aside, lowering his head, bowing and saying nothing.
The Queen Mother began to ask the scholar about the progress of the Emperor's studies. Lu Wan knew that she was just pretending. Everyone knew the Emperor's current mental condition, but they had to play along.
Lu Wan listened for a while, then lost interest and stopped listening.
After a long time, the Queen Mother stopped talking. The hall fell silent and no one spoke for a long time, creating a mysterious silence.
Lu Wan couldn't help herself and looked up, only to see the Queen Mother staring at her with a cold face. There was a chill in her eyes, like dark and deep stagnant water.
"Empress Dowager." Lu Wan lowered his head and knelt down to pay his respects.
This woman, what had I done to offend her? I thought if I couldn't afford to offend her, I could just avoid her. But now that I can't avoid her, I have no choice but to retreat.
The Queen Mother sneered: "Why has Lu Wanban changed? He is not as brave as he was yesterday. Today he behaves like a subject."
Lu Wan knew that the Queen Mother was referring to her words and actions yesterday being too presumptuous, but she didn't think about whether this minister was her minister or the Emperor's minister.
Lu Wan remained calm and said, "Please forgive me, Queen Mother. It is my fault. I was just an ordinary citizen before. I didn't know the rules and failed to fulfill my duties as a subject."
He emphasized the last four words very seriously: Who is the king and who is the minister? She, Lu Wan, is not the queen, and naturally the queen mother is not either.
The Queen Mother laughed and raised her hand. The palace maid beside her knelt down and handed her the tea. She took a sip and then put it down heavily with such force that the table collided with her with a bang.
The palace maids were so frightened that they fell to their knees.
"Too hot."
As soon as these two words came out, the palace maid who served the tea could not stop kowtowing and begging for mercy. Almost at the same time, two palace maids stood up from the kneeling crowd and approached her quickly.
"Queen Mother!"
The palace servant who served the tea had his hands and feet restrained from behind, and another person pulled his hair to force him to look up, and then slapped him in the face without stopping or showing any mercy.
"You little dog slave, I think you've become too arrogant and now you can't even serve others?" The one who spoke was the palace servant who slapped him.
Lu Wan watched coldly, knowing who this show was for. If she begged for mercy at this moment, the punished palace maid might not survive the night.
The Queen Mother did not speak, but the slapping and crying continued.
Suddenly there was a cry from the seat of honor, and Lu Wan looked and saw it was Ji Ran.
"Mother... Mother, please stop hitting me, I'm scared..." Ji Ran's eyes were confused, tears were pouring down, and he kept sobbing.
The Queen Mother frowned and glanced at him, then finally waved her hand and said, "Never mind, he is just a servant."
The two who were torturing her stopped, and one of them said, "Did you hear that? We are all servants of the Queen Mother. Offending her is a capital crime, but she is merciful and has spared your life. From now on, you must abide by your duties and serve her well."
Lu Wan almost laughed out loud when he heard this. Why, now he had to go in a roundabout way to humiliate her? But she is a PhD student in the 21st century. She has been subjected to PUA by her supervisor many times. These words are just drizzle in her ears and do not matter.
Just as he was thinking about it, the farce over there came to an end, the palace maids retreated one after another, and the empress dowager pulled out a handkerchief to wipe Ji Ran's tears, looking like a loving mother.
"Lu Wan's study companion was frightened." The empress dowager looked at Lu Wan who was standing beside her. Although this man had been humbled again and again, he still became furious when he saw her.
"I am terrified."
"Lu Wan is a study companion who is highly appreciated by Prince Li, but you come from a poor family. Now I am letting you study with the emperor so that you can gather ideas and gain more knowledge so that you can be more loyal to the royal family in the future." The empress dowager smiled as she spoke slowly, word by word.
Lu Wan narrowed his eyes and thought for a few seconds, then replied, "I will live up to the Queen Mother's trust and swear to be loyal to the Emperor until death."
The Queen Mother's smile faded, her expression turned completely cold, and the palace fell into deathly silence.
It had been a quarter of an hour since Lu Wan stepped down. Shuncai stood aside with his head bowed, not daring to look at the expression of the person in a higher position.
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