The ministers have always been unwilling to be ignored by the new emperor, and always want to take advantage of him. Even though Jiang Mu clearly stated that there was only one queen in the harem, they still had evil intentions and tried every means to put people in front of Jiang Mu.
Today, a prince of a certain county came into the palace, bringing with him his sixteen-year-old daughter, under the pretext of paying his respects to the Empress.
However, Lan Shuang waited in her palace for a long time but did not see anyone.
She was bored, so she went out to see if the legendary county lady was lost.
…
In the imperial garden, a girl in a pink dress and white clothes stood among the flowers, holding a round fan in her hand and wearing the most innocent smile on her face. She asked the maid beside her stiffly, "Didn't you say that His Majesty would pass by here? It's been so long, why hasn't he come yet? My face is almost frozen with laughter."
The maid looked around and whispered, "Would you like to take a rest first, my Lord? His Majesty is discussing something with the Prince, so I'm afraid they won't be here soon."
"Tsk, what a waste of emotion."
The county lady straightened up and waved her round fan vigorously, causing her hairpin to sway.
Lan Shuang, who was walking around the corner, just heard this sentence. Her eyes lit up and she quickly gestured to the people behind her, asking them to be quiet.
888 looked at her sneaky appearance and asked suspiciously, "Host, what are you doing?"
"Life in the palace is so boring. I finally got an interesting one in, so of course I have to watch the show."
888: “…”
Lan Shuang hid behind the rockery and secretly looked at the county lady.
The county lady was only sixteen, a perfect age for a young girl, with fair skin, beautiful features, and a petite figure. She looked pitiful, with watery almond eyes, and she looked very likable.
Lan Shuang nodded: "It looks pretty good."
No wonder the prince was so confident in bringing his daughter in.
The palace maids and eunuchs following behind: "..."
"My Lady, this little devil is here to snatch His Majesty's favor from you. Why are you so excited? Aren't you worried at all?!"
As it turned out, Lan Shuang was not worried at all. She looked at the master and servant with interest.
The county lady raised her hand and gently adjusted the tassels at her temples. She chuckled softly, covering her face with a round fan, and whispered, "I heard that His Majesty is extremely handsome. I wonder if it's true."
"Of course it can't be faked. I heard that Your Majesty disguised himself as a girl. If he was ugly, I'm afraid he wouldn't be able to keep up the pretense, right?"
"That's right." The county lady's eyes showed a hint of longing. "Then do you think he will like me? Will he take me into his harem? If this doesn't work out, my father will take me back to marry someone else. The border is full of rough men, all black and unhygienic. I don't want to marry him."
The maid's expression changed, and she said hurriedly, "County Lady, please be careful with your words!"
The county lady snorted, turned around and walked towards the rockery, saying gloomily, "I heard that His Majesty announced that there would only be one Empress in the harem. I wonder how stunningly beautiful this Empress is that she could make the king of a country say such a thing in public. To be honest, I'm quite envious of her. If I had the chance to meet her today, I would learn from her how to capture a man's heart."
Maid: “…”
"County Lady...if you really entered the palace, you and the Empress would be rivals in love. Do you think she would tell you this?"
The county lady was stunned and blinked her big eyes blankly. "That's right... Actually, I don't really want to enter the palace. I just want to find a backer and stay in Kyoto so that I don't have to go back."
She said distressedly, "My father only wants to use me to win over his subordinates. He doesn't even look down on ordinary Kyoto nobles and would definitely not agree to let me marry him. Only when I tell him I want to enter the palace will he bring me out. This is my only chance."
The maid wanted to say something to persuade him, but she didn't know what to say, so she kept her mouth shut.
However, Lan Shuang understood after listening to it. This young county lady had no bad intentions. She just wanted to escape her father's control by entering the palace as a concubine. It was understandable. She could show her a way out.
After coming up with an idea, she stood up and walked out leisurely, saying with a smile: "I thought the county lady was lost in the palace, so I came out to look for her. I didn't expect to see her here."
The county lady was startled and turned around quickly, only to see Lan Shuang wearing a light blue palace dress, standing in the sunlight, as graceful as water. She had no complicated jewelry to embellish her, and only a few jade hairpins casually inserted in her hair, but she had a natural beauty, like a lotus emerging from the water.
Beautiful as an orchid growing in a valley.
The county lady was stunned for a long time, her eyes shining.
"Who are you? You're so beautiful!"
The palace maids behind Lan Shuang were hostile to her at first, but when they saw her ignorant look, they couldn't help but want to laugh.
Lan Shuang smiled and said, "I am the Empress you mentioned."
The maidservant following the county lady was startled and quickly pulled the county lady aside. She knelt down first and said, "This servant did not know that the queen had arrived. Please forgive me, queen!"
The county lady also reacted and knelt down to pay her respects, not forgetting to secretly glance at Lan Shuang again. Lan Shuang found it funny and reached out to pull her hand, but unexpectedly, she grabbed her hand and said with a smile: "The Empress is indeed stunning. It's no wonder that His Majesty favors her so much. If I were His Majesty, I wouldn't be able to get enough of looking at her day and night."
These words were somewhat outrageous, but when she said them, they carried a certain naiveté and sounded endearing.
"Don't you want to enter the palace and be a queen?" Lan Shuang teased her.
The county lady was silent for a moment, then said with embarrassment, "This humble servant does not want to be an empress. No matter how nicely you say it, I am only a concubine. But this humble servant has no other choice. Your Majesty, you must have heard what I said just now. This humble servant does not want to go back and marry someone else. I do not want to become a tool."
"That's not without other options."
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