They used to think that the emperor was too handsome, like a pretty boy, and wondered if he could really sit on the throne properly. If it weren't for the empress dowager, could he really do it?
But later, the other party proved to them with his strength that he was far more powerful than they had imagined, even more so than the late emperor, who could not have lived several decades longer.
I wonder what will become of this little prince in the future. Will he be all show and no substance, or will he surpass his father, the emperor?
Zishu Yan didn't speak much in court, but every plan and every word he uttered was exactly what the emperor wanted.
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After the court session, Zishu Yan wanted to go back to find Wan Ge immediately, but instead he saw the Prime Minister acting suspiciously.
Zishu Yan seemed to recall how his sister had tried to match him with Wan Ge, and how his father had also wanted to bestow a marriage upon them. He had even considered killing him.
So in the end, Zishu Yan followed without leaving a trace, seemingly wanting to see what the other party was planning to do.
Court officials were not allowed to enter the inner palace at will, and Mu Shu could not be considered to have completely entered the inner palace; he merely lingered within that area.
Soon a girl dressed in nice clothes came along carrying a basket.
"Little guard, I'm sorry to have kept you waiting. Eat up!" Zi Shuhua handed the basket in his hand to Mu Shu in front of him.
Neither of them seemed to realize that Zishu Yan was observing everything. It wasn't until Mu Shu finished eating and left that Zishu Yan appeared in front of her sister.
Zishu was startled to see her younger brother suddenly appear: "Ayan, what are you doing here? You scared me!"
She thought it was someone else! Can you please not scare her like that?
Zishu Yan looked at his older sister and then said, "When did a minister who had just finished court in his official robes become your little bodyguard?"
"What?" Zi Shuhua had never actually seen court robes before. She would not usually go to the front hall, let alone appear in the main hall where they held court.
Since they were not married, she had never seen her husband wearing court attire when attending court.
“But he…” Zishu Hua looked up at her younger brother: “So who is he?”
Zishu Yan frowned and looked at Zishu Hua in front of him: "Didn't you want Wan Ge to marry him back then? What? Don't you recognize him now?"
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Zi Shuhua suddenly remembered that it was no wonder she felt the little guard looked so familiar when she first met him!
Zi Shuhua had never actually met Mu Shu in person; she had only seen his portrait and heard others describe what kind of person he was. That's why Zi Shuhua thought he was perfect and a good match for Wan Ge.
After all, if portraits of people from this era can be this good, how bad could the person themselves be? Just seeing the portrait and the calligraphy and painting is already amazing.
She got to know Mu Shu because of the time when Zi Shuyan was away.
Besides matters of state, it was also important for the emperor to find his young crown prince, so he often couldn't spend time with his son studying calligraphy and painting.
Once, when Zi Shuhua went out to offer incense, one of the people protecting her was Mu Shu. She always thought that he was just a guard sent by her father to protect her.
Even if his status was high, it couldn't be that high, especially since he was behind other guards. So she kept calling him "little guard" and didn't ask for his real name, because she preferred the way she addressed him.
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