Now that all the officials have put on this show, if they all resign and leave, the court will be in chaos, and he, as emperor, will simply be unable to continue.
…
About half an incense stick's time later, Wan Ge appeared in front of Zi Shutang.
"Greetings, Your Majesty." Wan Ge bowed respectfully and looked at the person before her, saying, "May I ask why Your Majesty has summoned me here?"
Zishu Tang threw her father's memorial requesting to resign in front of her: "Don't you want to protect the Chang family? Look at what your father has done! He actually dared to threaten me with resignation."
"So Your Majesty used the Chang family to threaten me." Wan Ge looked up at the person in front of her, her gaze cold, without a trace of fear in her eyes.
In that instant, Zishu Tang panicked, seemingly realizing that he had spoken too harshly: "You know, I didn't mean that. In fact, I'm a little angry. Not only your father, but other court officials are pressuring me. I just lost my temper."
Wan Ge snorted coldly, sat down on a chair to the side, poured tea into a cup, and calmly took a sip.
The original owner believed the other party's words not only because she trusted their honesty and genuinely wanted to protect the Prime Minister's residence, but also because she had another reason for believing them.
That's because the other party is the male protagonist. Regardless of whether the original owner was attracted to him, what the male protagonist said had a certain degree of credibility.
So the original owner believed him, and even fell for him. She wanted to help him do what he wanted and make him happy while helping the Prime Minister's mansion.
She never imagined that Zishu Tang would only drag her into an endless abyss.
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After calmly finishing her tea, Wan Ge put the cup down before interrupting the other person's incessant chatter: "Your Majesty, do you know? I suddenly realized something. If we want to truly eliminate danger, we must nip it in the bud before it even arises."
"What do you mean?" Zishu Tang suddenly froze, a chill running down his spine.
"Isn't it strange? I only realized it suddenly myself. What Your Majesty threatened me about is something you simply can't do now. If you can never do it, then I don't need to worry about this issue."
"How could that be? How could I possibly threaten you? Aren't we cooperating with each other?"
Wan Ge didn't reply to him, but simply stared at him calmly.
Looking into the other person's calm, even somewhat unfathomable, eyes, Zishutang unconsciously clenched his fist, and a thought suddenly flashed through his mind: "Did you do what happened to Amei?"
They were made to suddenly realize the existence of this being, and they were made to deliberately break into Yunmei's palace to learn the truth! This led to the current situation.
"I did it."
"How dare you!" Zishu Tang grabbed her neck with his hand, the veins on his forehead bulging.
But Wan Ge's expression didn't change at all. When the other party exerted force, she slapped his hand away.
To be honest, Wan Ge didn't initially intend to reveal her true intentions so soon; otherwise, she wouldn't have had the palace maid secretly do that thing.
But when she realized that Zishu Tang was not a threat at all, his power had not yet been developed. Apart from becoming emperor in name only, he had no military power, no real power, and could not even make decisions. Why should she be afraid of him with her status? What would happen if she confessed to him?
"Why do this?" Weren't they always on good terms before? He was able to sit so comfortably on the throne and start building his own power, all because of her and the Prime Minister's Mansion. No one dared to make a move, which gave him the opportunity.
But why did everything suddenly change? Why did she suddenly become like this?
"When you were trying to get something for nothing, did you ever think that one day you might be bitten in return?" The other party deceived and coaxed her. Even if there was a little bit of truth in what he said, such as the emperor's fear of the Prime Minister's mansion.
But the fact that the emperor hadn't touched the Prime Minister's residence before proves that even the late emperor, who had military power, didn't have that strength, let alone the current Zishutang.
With just a few words, the other party completely fooled the original owner. A classic case of getting something for nothing.
It's not entirely fair to blame the original owner for being so foolish as to trust him so easily; the other party's aura and so-called honesty blinded the original owner.
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