"What's that sound?"
"Who is speaking?"
Although he was still in shock, as an emperor who had successfully emerged from the bloody and brutal battle for the throne, Min Huang instinctively controlled his emotions.
He didn't ask these questions out loud, but was just confused in his heart.
Even the panic and confusion from waking up from a nightmare disappeared from his face.
Being able to remain calm even when facing a crisis is a necessary skill for a prince who grew up in the palace.
It is also the most basic and best skill for a new king.
He remained calm and began to look around.
"His Majesty?"
The middle-aged eunuch prostrated himself on the ground, not daring to look up at the emperor's face, and could only ask cautiously.
[Has the Emperor still not come out of his dream? Oh, what kind of dream did he have? How could he lose his composure like this?]
Heard it again!
It’s still that voice!
Min Huang continued to look around, but could not find the source of the sound.
However, as sharp and alert as Min Huang was, he still found a clue -
This voice sounds a little familiar!
seem?
Min Huang had a vague guess in his mind, but he didn't show it on his face. He asked in a hoarse voice, "Zhou Shouyuan?"
This was the name of the middle-aged eunuch in front of him, and he was also Min Huang's most trusted and relied-upon confidant.
When Min Huang was still an unpopular prince, Zhou Shouyuan served him.
He is ten years older than Min Huang and is only thirty years old this year.
But maybe it was because of his physical defect or because he suffered too much in his early years, but Zhou Shouyuan looked nearly twenty years older than Min Huang.
However, Zhou Shouyuan has gained a little weight, but his skin is still tight, making him look more mature, not "old".
"It's a slave!"
Zhou Shouyuan responded respectfully.
Almost at the same time as he answered, there was another voice -
[Your Majesty really had a nightmare. There was something wrong with the look in his eyes when he looked at me just now.]
[Alas, Your Majesty is also pitiful. In the early years, because of your mother's humble status, you were not favored by the late emperor. You were like a transparent person, and anyone could bully you.]
[After finally overcoming all the difficulties and obstacles, he ascended to the throne. The harem was a riot of beauty on the surface, but a mess in secret...]
Min Huang tried his best to control his emotions, but he was still shocked.
First, he did hear a familiar voice.
And that voice seemed to come from Zhou Shouyuan's body.
Ventriloquism?
Or is it simply Zhou Shouyuan’s “inner voice”?
Could he hear what Zhou Shouyuan was thinking?
Realizing this, Min Huang was shocked and confused.
Yes, he was shocked and he was suspicious, but he was not "happy".
As a prince who grew up in the harem and an emperor who ascended the throne by stepping on the flesh and blood of his brothers, he is no longer naive.
Suspicion is his nature.
Min Huang felt something was wrong with him, and the first thing he did was to suspect—
Is this a conspiracy?
Could it be that someone is using witchcraft to haunt me?
Or am I sick or poisoned?
Are you hallucinating due to illness or poison?
Min Huang's heart was filled with turmoil, and he clenched his hands tightly under the quilt.
Besides being surprised and suspicious, Min Huang also caught the key point in Zhou Shouyuan's "voice" -
"The harem is all glitz and glamour on the surface, but it's a mess behind the scenes!"
How could that be?
Although Min Huang would not be so foolish as to think that his harem was truly happy and harmonious, it was not "a mess" either.
Queen Mother Wang was the empress of the previous emperor and his biological mother.
He was also the benefactor who helped him sit on the throne.
Of course, this does not mean that Queen Mother Wang is really kind. There is no so-called "motherly love and filial piety" or "deep grace and virtue" between him and Wang. There is only an exchange of interests.
If Wang supported this unpopular prince to succeed in his bid for the throne, Min Huang would honor Queen Wang as the Queen Mother and grant Wang the hereditary title of Duke.
Mutual benefit and fair trade.
The Queen Mother is rational and sober, and does not regard herself as "Queen Mother".
As long as Min Huang gave her the honor of empress dowager and the wealth that the Wang family deserved, she would not interfere with Min Huang.
...Well, it was only after a brutal battle that the Queen Mother was forced to retreat to the harem to "live out her days in peace."
Three years ago, when Min Huang had just ascended the throne, the Queen Mother used the excuse that "the emperor was young" to rule the country from behind the scenes.
Min Huang only had the title of emperor, but he couldn't even touch the edge of government affairs.
In order to take power and break the deadlock, Min Huang had to "drive out the wolves and chase away the tigers."
He asked to marry the eldest daughter of the famous Gu family as his queen.
After marrying the queen, Min Huang was no longer a child.
Moreover, since ancient times, a young emperor's marriage was a prelude to "ruling the country personally."
Furthermore, if he married a daughter of the Gu family, the entire Gu family would help him fight against the Wang family.
Three years, a full three years, Min Huang and Queen Gu fought side by side, one in the front court and the other in the harem, and finally regained the rights that the emperor and queen should have.
The Queen Mother was defeated in this round of competition and reluctantly withdrew from the previous dynasty.
In the harem, palace affairs were also handed over to Gu.
On the surface, the mothers in the harem are loving, the children are filial, and the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law live in harmony.
But secretly, the waves are still surging and a new storm is brewing.
Apart from the Queen Mother, Min Huang's biological mother, Concubine Xie, seemed to be much gentler.
But, it’s still “terrible”.
Xie was just an ordinary commoner's daughter. She was selected by the palace and entered the palace as a maid.
Her appearance was quite good, but she was not very outstanding in a harem filled with beauties.
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