The Crown Prince was suppressed by the old emperor and had little room to demonstrate his personal abilities, which is why he spent his days playing around like a spoiled brat.
Jiang Tian was unaware of the stakes involved; she could only see what was right in front of her.
So she concluded that the Crown Prince was an incompetent fool.
From the moment she failed to accurately assess the Crown Prince's true abilities, her fate was perhaps sealed.
A short-sighted person like her will not end up well.
Sure enough, after the crown prince was poisoned to death by her, the mastermind behind it all killed her to silence her, and she too had no way to survive.
She never dreamed of dying in the palace, but she still died there.
In short, her life was a tragedy.
But how many people like her are lucky enough to survive in such chaotic times?
"Jiang Tian, why are you still sleeping? The Crown Prince summons you, go now!"
Just after transmigrating, Jiang Tian heard her roommate, a palace maid, calling her urgently.
She opened her eyes, revealing her usual dazed and honest appearance.
In other people's eyes, she was dull and listless, lacking energy all day long. She would do whatever she was asked to do, and she spoke weakly. She was a complete good-for-nothing servant.
Come to think of it, there's no one like her.
She was chosen back then. If she could become the Crown Prince's first maid, she would definitely have a position in the Eastern Palace. Wouldn't that be a meteoric rise to power?
If a servant is favored by a nobleman, she becomes his master.
It's a pity that she couldn't even seize such an opportunity.
Even with the ladder right in front of her, she still kicked it away.
Having finally been chosen as a palace maid to serve in the emperor's bedchamber, Jiang Tian was actually sent back.
Of course, the other palace maids were also sent back.
But they were shrewd and knew how to make their own way, unlike Jiang Tian, who was later relegated to the Eastern Palace to do the most unworthy cleaning and sweeping work.
Even after becoming the lowest-ranking palace maid, she still didn't know how to adapt and let others bully her.
It's lucky that such a simpleton has survived to this day and hasn't been cheated into having no way out.
Murong Lie's thoughts were similar to those of the others.
Upon seeing Jiang Tian, who stood there obediently without moving after bowing to him, Murong Lie felt a sense of absurdity.
This palace maid, without batting an eye, handed him poison shortly after he ascended the throne and calmly watched him drink it.
Blood trickled from the corner of his mouth, his expression was pained, and his internal organs were aching, but the palace maid remained unmoved.
On his deathbed, he heard the palace maid's calm voice—
"He's dead, he's stopped breathing."
An ordinary woman might be afraid to even kill a chicken.
His mother also had many lives on her hands, but she always ordered others to do it, and she herself dared not even harm a living creature.
Jiang Tian, on the other hand, is quite different.
Murong Lie had heard other palace maids and eunuchs' opinions of her.
Everyone agreed that she was an honest person, a truly honest person.
According to others, Jiang Tian was kind and gentle, never complaining even when bullied, and capable of doing even the hardest and most tiring work well. She was a truly hardworking and good palace maid.
After Murong Lie became emperor, the palace maids who could serve him closely were all strictly selected.
He had no recollection of this palace maid, but how did she manage to get through all the screenings to stand before him? Could it be that she really got incredibly lucky?
Or was it the mastermind behind her murder who plotted against her?
Murong Lie believed the latter explanation.
After all, he didn't think anyone would choose a piece of wood to stand next to him.
But in fact, if Jiang Tian didn't get to serve Murong Lie on her own merits, why would the culprit target her?
If you want to find someone to poison Murong Lie, you'll definitely need to find someone who serves him closely.
If they wanted to go to great lengths to plant a spy by Murong Lie's side, then Jiang Tian was clearly not qualified.
She's so stupid, how much effort would it take to train her?
Then another question arises: did she really become the Crown Prince's personal maid through her own efforts?
How did she manage to do that?
Murong Lie had many unanswered questions, so he wouldn't easily take Jiang Tian's life.
Nothing has happened yet; Murong Lie hasn't even set the stage. How can he allow some key characters to be absent?
Killing a palace maid was not a big deal for someone of his stature, but why did he choose to kill her at this time?
He hadn't even seen the palace maid's pained expression yet.
This palace maid appeared honest and kind, but she clearly saw how much pain he was in when he drank the poison.
Even though someone died in front of her, she remained calm and composed, which made Murong Lie somewhat admire her.
In this lifetime, he must at least make her experience that kind of pain before sending her to the underworld.
Now, he just wants to see her first.
Murong Lie remembered his past life very clearly, but he did not know when this palace maid came to his side.
He didn't care how many servants he had, as long as he had enough.
To be honest, he was also experiencing negative emotions because others easily succeeded in seizing power shortly after he ascended the throne.
Everyone thought that being the crown prince was a very prestigious position, and that he could do whatever he wanted in it. But they had no idea how much the old emperor feared his successor.
The old emperor knew perfectly well that he was incompetent, cruel, and had already earned a bad reputation throughout the land. Therefore, he was even more afraid that the crown prince, under the instigation of others, might inadvertently stage a coup and depose him from the throne.
He knew very well that everything he currently controlled was due to the imperial power, and if he were to fall from that position, he would die without a burial place.
Therefore, he took every precaution, fearing that the crown prince might do anything of importance.
But it won't work without a crown prince.
If a dynasty doesn't even have a crown prince and the successor to the throne isn't determined, then the entire dynasty will be even more unstable.
The old emperor did want to appoint his favorite son as crown prince, but his son was simply too incompetent and was repeatedly criticized by officials in memorials. It was impossible for the emperor to maintain his autocratic rule forever.
Currently, the emperor and his ministers have formed a relationship of mutual checks and balances.
The old emperor had to consider the opinions of his ministers.
If those ministers united as one and fought against him, the old emperor would actually be no match for them.
After all, he wasn't a wise ruler; how much power could he possibly wield?
The emperor restrained the crown prince, yet dared not kill him; the ministers supported the emperor, yet were also able to restrain him. The entire dynasty was caught in a distorted balance.
The emperor needed a clever crown prince to keep the officials in line, and the officials also hoped that the crown prince would stay in his position and wait for the old emperor to pass away so that they could ascend the throne.
After all, the officials have their own ideas.
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