"Rongrong! Rongrong!"
Suddenly, a voice rang out.
The old emperor was taken aback and turned to look at Hua Rong.
It seems to be asking, "Is this voice calling you?"
Hua Rong showed no surprise, stepped forward, and, feigning arrogance, declared, "Who dares to be so arrogant before the Emperor?"
Wang Dequan immediately shut his mouth.
That must be one of his lines!
The wind chimes below were somewhat displeased when they heard Hua Rong's words.
However, the thought of soon not seeing that annoying face made her feel a little smug.
"Your Majesty, the voice sounds like a man's. Could the Rongrong he's talking about be the woman beside you?"
As she spoke, Feng Ling'er covered her mouth, as if she had said something she shouldn't have.
Hua Rong looked at her affected manner and felt somewhat dazed.
At first glance, the entire harem was filled with the same affected and pretentious behavior.
It's a miracle that mass production can be achieved like this!
The old emperor also glanced at Hua Rong and fell into deep thought.
The empress was younger than the old emperor, but she must have been too annoyed by the many women in the harem, so she looked older than the old emperor.
In addition, the phoenix crown and jewelry, weighing more than ten kilograms, weighed so much that he couldn't straighten his neck.
It looks... a bit...unbearable to look at.
She disliked Feng Ling'er, but she disliked Hua Rong even more, who might be a woman secretly kept by the old emperor.
Hearing a man call out "Hua Rong" in such a affectionate (?) voice now evoked a sense of familiarity.
This is exactly like the framing technique she's used for decades and still hasn't gotten tired of!
However, she won't expose him; instead, she'll make good use of him.
"I wonder which little bitch plotted against this arrogant slut. Humph! She's done something good!"
Thinking of this, she quickly chimed in, "Judging from that voice, it's truly heartbreaking. Your Majesty, why not let that person come forward? I think he must have some misunderstanding with Miss Hua Rong."
Hua Rong remained silent.
His face looked rather pale under the light, as if he felt guilty.
Hua Rong touched her face; it was truly suffering, always being tormented by her.
It seems I'll have to waste a two-hundred-year-old Ganoderma lucidum when I get back and make some beauty cream.
Seeing her guilty look, it wasn't just the Empress and Feng Ling'er talking to her now.
Even some of the concubines who were usually affected by Hua Rong's smugness began to echo her.
It has to be said that when it comes to stirring up hatred, Hua Rong is truly second to none!
"Alright, someone, bring that person who's shouting up here to me. If he can't give me a proper explanation, hmph..."
The old emperor was very annoyed. What were these women thinking about all day long?
He glanced at Hua Rong and sighed.
If such a beauty were his, he... wouldn't dare to enjoy her!
Recalling the scene the guard had described to him last time, in which Hua Rong wiped out all the snakes with a wave of his hand, he felt a chill in his heart.
He even wanted to pray for the person who had schemed against Hua Rong.
I hope they don't die too horribly!
Soon, a handsome man with eight-pack abs, V-line, and pectoral muscles was pressed down on top of him.
Judging from his attire, he should be a guard.
"Oh my, it's you!" Feng Ling'er exclaimed as she looked at the man.
The next moment, she once again covered her mouth in a pretentious manner.
"What, Feng Chongyuan, you know him?"
The Empress's acting skills were also quite good. Seeing Feng Ling'er's reaction, she probably already knew that Feng Ling'er was the lead actress in this play.
Since that's the case, she naturally had to participate in the filming.
Feng Ling'er also praised the Empress's acting skills and quickly said, "Your Majesty, this person is from my Feng family. His name is Lengmian. He was full of enthusiasm and said he wanted to enter the palace to protect the Emperor. My father saw his loyalty and gave him a chance."
As he spoke, he glanced at Feng Shangshu.
Feng Shangshu, a seasoned actor himself, quickly stepped forward: "Your Majesty, what Consort Chongyuan said is true."
The old emperor's expression softened somewhat.
If there were more people in the world who were so loyal to him, he wouldn't have been poisoned!
Thinking of this, he glanced coldly at his sons.
"Then why did you shout and yell at my banquet?"
The old emperor was a man who valued rules and regulations.
However, the guard's unwavering loyalty to the emperor aroused the emperor's interest in his talent.
"Your Majesty, it's because...it's because Rongrong abandoned me after seducing me!"
That cold-faced guy also took it too seriously, looking angry and sad, and his acting was excellent.
"Ah, now that Lengmian says so, I just remembered. Back in the manor, she and Lengmian did have a very good relationship."
As she spoke, Feng Ling'er felt a pang of self-reproach, "I never imagined that the two of them had already pledged their lives to each other. It's truly... my fault that a pair of lovers could not be together in the end."
"If you say that, wouldn't I, who bestowed this marriage, have made a grave mistake?" the old emperor said unhappily.
"I dare not think that way!" Feng Ling'er said sadly.
The people below have already started discussing it.
The groundwork laid by Feng Ling'er having people spread rumors about Hua Rong's affairs was also very successful.
"My God, I never imagined she was such a shameless woman!"
"This young guard is clearly more handsome!"
"Maybe they just like that old, dried-up pork without a penis!"
"..."
Even the old bastard Wang Dequan, with his manhood intact, would get so angry that it would break!
The old emperor was also somewhat troubled by this scene.
At this point, the Empress added fuel to the fire: "Your Majesty, to put it mildly, this is just a matter of affection between young men and women; to put it more seriously, it is licentious behavior within the palace."
As she spoke, the Empress waited for the old emperor to unleash his power.
She knows her husband, who has been with her for over thirty years, very well.
What he hates most is being cuckolded!
Whether it's true or false!
After all, even the emperors themselves didn't know the truth about the imperial family.
There was once a concubine whom he greatly favored, but he beat her to death simply because a man's silk stocking was found in the palace.
Even after learning that the silk stocking was a setup by another concubine in the palace out of jealousy, he didn't regret it much.
What is there to regret?
She's just a woman; he can have as many as he wants.
In his earlier years, the Empress had also been wholeheartedly in love with him.
But after all these years, once I saw his true colors, I only focused on loving power and status.
Of all the people in the palace who truly loved him, the only one was probably that fool, Consort Shu.
However... the old emperor did not unleash his power.
Instead, he asked Hua Rong in a soft voice, "Miss Gu, what do you think we should do with this person?"
Hua Rong said, "He is so affectionate and loyal that he still thinks of me even after I became a married woman. He even forced his way into His Majesty's banquet for my sake. I am truly moved."
Hua Rong feigned wiping away nonexistent tears and said to the old emperor, "Let him stay by my side and serve me. To avoid chaos in the palace, have that thing cut off."
Everyone: "..."
The men present felt a slight chill in their lower abdomen and clenched their legs.
Upon hearing this, the old emperor exclaimed, "Granted!"
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