After a moment, Murong Hong laughed, "In the harem, only Mei'er can relieve my worries."
That night, Murong Hong stayed in Fenfang Palace.
In the bedroom, Tao Yuan said as she was untying Su Man's hair ornaments, "Your Majesty, you have just been released from house arrest. The Emperor should have come to see you. Why did you stay at Concubine Shu's place?"
Su Man took off the bracelet on her wrist and put it in the jewelry box, saying, "It seems that Concubine Shu can't wait any longer."
Taoyuan tilted her head, "What do you mean I can't wait?"
"Nothing. Did you find the painting I told you to ask Dad to look for?"
"The master said that the painting is not easy to obtain, but he told the queen to rest assured that he would definitely send the painting before the Queen Mother's birthday."
Su Man nodded, "As long as it doesn't delay the Queen Mother's birthday."
Tao Yuan's eyes swirled, "Your Majesty, the Emperor isn't close to the Empress Dowager. You rarely even went to pay your respects to her before. Why are you going to all this trouble to choose a gift for her now?"
"The Emperor clearly wants us to fight the King of Peking. The more allies we have, the safer we will be."
The woman in the bronze mirror smiled with her lips curled up.
...
The next day, we heard that a large number of refugees fleeing famine were pouring into the suburbs of the city.
Murong Hong was busy investigating where these refugees came from and how they had fled to the capital, and he did not set foot in the harem for several days.
That morning, Su Man was combing her hair when Concubine Song and Concubine Liu came in to greet her and help her with her makeup.
The two men were not very old and were selected from the last talent show. Because they were young and ignorant, they were scolded by Guman. Now when they saw Suman, they were like mice seeing a cat, and they didn't dare to breathe.
Concubine Song had a baby face. When she was putting the hairpin on Su Man, her hands were shaking so violently that she accidentally pulled Su Man's hair.
"hiss."
Su Man rubbed her scalp which was hurt by being pulled.
Concubine Song immediately knelt down and said, "Your Majesty, I didn't mean it."
Liu Changzai also knelt down, trembling with fear and saying nothing.
Before Su Man could say anything, Aunt Zhao beside her raised her neck and said, "Noble Lady Song, the Empress's body is supreme, how dare you hurt her."
Concubine Song's face turned pale. The experience of being punished to kneel and copy Buddhist scriptures was still vivid in her mind. She hurriedly explained, "I really didn't mean it. I wouldn't dare."
Aunt Zhao bent over beside Su Man and instigated, "Your Majesty, Concubine Song was disrespectful to you before. If you don't punish her well, what will happen if the concubines follow suit in the future?"
“…”
If Su Man remembered correctly, although Concubine Song's family background was ordinary now, her sister was about to marry into a wealthy family. Her sister had always loved her and often asked her brother-in-law to find fault with the Gu family.
It was precisely because Guman made too many enemies in the palace that the Gu family was attacked from all sides.
Thinking of this, Su Man glanced at Aunt Zhao and said, "Aunt is right. I have to punish him."
Concubine Song collapsed on the ground, her eyes red and she couldn't even speak.
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