Chapter 4: Delicate Palace Maid VS Cold Emperor 4
"Su Su? Her name suits her." Shen Qi nodded and carefully looked at the palace maid who was kneeling to salute. She was not extremely beautiful, but there was a light, simple and gentle temperament between her brows. Unlike those women in the palace who were heavily made up, the little palace maid in front of him was wearing plain palace maid clothes, without any gorgeous jewelry. Her black bun was simply fixed with a plain silver hairpin. She was as beautiful as a flower fairy even without makeup.
He had never had much interest in women, but when he saw Su Su, who was completely different from the other women in the harem who were all dressed in fancy clothes and heavy makeup, he suddenly became interested.
Su Zhiruan didn't say anything, but just lowered his brows and let the Lord of the Plane look at him.
Shen Qi suddenly waved his hand, "Okay, you can leave first and call Xiao Fuzi in."
"Yes, I'll take my leave." Su Zhiruan bowed as she was told, then limped away.
After she left, the chief eunuch Xiao Fuzi came in and saluted, "Your Majesty, what do you want?"
"What happened to that palace maid's leg just now? The palace maid who served in front of the emperor came to work while being sick. People outside saw it and said that I was being too harsh on my servants!" Shen Qi's hawk-like eyes swept over Xiao Fuzi, and the jade ring on his hand was flicked by his slender fingertips.
Xiao Fuzi suddenly broke out in a cold sweat.
Others might not know, but he had followed the Emperor for more than 20 years, so how could he not know what was meant? So he quickly replied, "Your Majesty, the palace maid just now was Susu, who was transferred from Chuxiu Palace to serve the Emperor. It is said that she is meticulous and honest, and has never made any mistakes in her work. But today just so happens..." He stopped talking halfway and carefully glanced at the expression of the person at the top.
Shen Qi had no expression on his face. "What happened today?"
"Today, she went out and bumped into the Imperial Concubine. The Imperial Concubine was angry and made her kneel down." Xiao Fuzi lowered his head and added that the Emperor's question about Su Su's situation just now meant that His Majesty was interested in her, but since it involved the Imperial Concubine, His Majesty's interest was definitely reduced by half.
"Did you offend the Imperial Concubine?" Shen Qi knew without even thinking that it must have been the Imperial Concubine who started the trouble first.
He didn't say anything.
Now there are no heirs or queens in the harem, and the entire harem is useless.
He had average feelings towards the Imperial Concubine, but she was the Empress Dowager's niece after all. There were no children in the harem, so keeping a Imperial Concubine would at least give the Empress Dowager someone to talk to.
As for Su Su, even though she was somewhat pretty, she was just a palace maid after all. There was no need to mobilize so many troops just for a servant girl.
"Okay, go down now."
Xiao Fuzi left, and the only thing left in the imperial study was the lingering aroma of tea.
After Su Zhiruan walked out, he returned to his little house.
Serving in the imperial court is a very mentally stressful job, as the saying goes, serving the emperor is like serving a tiger.
But for a palace maid like her who does menial tasks, it would be much easier, as she just had to clean up.
With this little free time, she decided to study the system.
[Host, I am here]
"Have you always been in my mind?" Su Zhiruan heard the system's voice. She rubbed her knees and asked, "As long as I call you, you will appear?"
[No, host. Apart from the novice gift pack, the system does not have any available cheat codes to give to the host. They are not very functional and most of them are dormant in your consciousness.]
[You just now were able to perfectly integrate into this world. You have strong adaptability.]
[Previously, the host had openly challenged the imperial power in order to win the favor of the Son of the Plane, and had also drugged and tempted, and exposed the system and was treated as a monster. Unexpectedly, the host followed the original plot.]
"I was just a worker before, and what I'm best at is taking things as they come. Of course, there is another important reason, and this is the most fundamental reason," Su Zhiruan's voice was soft, but it aroused the curiosity of the system.
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"I am just an ordinary little maid now. If I were the emperor at the beginning, maybe I could act like one." She curled her lips and lay down on the bed without waiting for the system to say anything. "As a personal maid, I can get closer to the emperor than a concubine. Take your time."
The system nodded in approval.
As the saying goes, a cat, whether it is black or white, is a good cat as long as it can catch mice.
Although Su Zhiruan looks ordinary and dull, and likes to lie down, as long as he completes the task, he will be the angel host in his heart.
(End of this chapter)