After returning to the bedroom, Sultan Ruo began to find ways to bribe the eunuchs and palace maids who were doing cleaning in the emperor's palace, and report to him the emperor's daily life and some things happening in the court every day in case of emergency.
But due to their low status, they could never get any useful information, so the Sultan just spent his time listening to gossip in the palace.
The emperor never came to the harem again after he came once when they went to serve tea to the imperial concubine.
She heard from the young eunuchs that the emperor had basically not set foot in the harem since he was diagnosed with fertility difficulties by the imperial physician.
At the beginning, the concubines in the harem would try every means to get close to the emperor, fantasizing that they could give birth to children for the emperor and rise to fame overnight. Later, they gradually gave up.
Gradually, they got used to the fact that the emperor did not go to the harem, so there were rarely any palace fights in the harem now.
Every time this happens, it's after the three-yearly beauty pageant, when a new person comes in, and the imperial concubine will become jealous of the new person.
If the Sultan heard that the emperor would pay his respects to the empress dowager and talk to her after the morning court every day, he would plan to find a time to meet the emperor by chance.
It was said that the emperor hated mosquitoes very much, so the Sultan asked the imperial physician to prepare some insect repellent spices, and also exchanged some special insect repellents in the system mall to mix with the spices.
She made a purse out of the unique special-effect spices she had prepared, and even embroidered a gold ingot on the purse, but her craftsmanship was really unsightly.
She embroidered a nice ingot into a dumpling.
After picking a day, Sultan Ruo took Huo Yun to the Cining Palace to pay his respects to the Empress Dowager.
It has been a long time since any concubine in the Empress Dowager's palace visited her.
Seeing Su Danruo and Huo Yun coming, the empress dowager hurriedly asked someone to find them a seat and brewed some fine tea to entertain them.
Seeing that the empress dowager was very old and had no younger generation to serve her, Huo Yun thought of his own grandmother and felt pity for her, so he took the initiative to volunteer to serve the empress dowager.
The Queen Mother and Huo Yun also got along very well, so they agreed.
During the conversation, the empress dowager asked the two of them how they were serving the emperor.
The two looked embarrassed, and Huo Yun told the empress dowager that the emperor had not been to the harem for a long time.
They had only seen the emperor once since they entered the palace, and that was when they served tea to the imperial concubine.
The Queen Mother's blood rushed up when she heard this. She coughed for a long time before she recovered. She said helplessly to the two of them:
"I will go and talk to the emperor, asking him to visit the harem more often. You also have to work hard and find a way to keep the emperor.
You are newcomers to the palace and are the ones with the greatest hope of bearing an heir to the throne. Please work harder so that I, an old man, can hold the emperor's grandson as soon as possible. I will die with peace of mind.
Especially Jipin, the Imperial Master said you are a blessed person, and I am most optimistic about you, so please don't let me down!"
The two of them nodded quickly in response to the Queen Mother's words.
Sultan chatted with the Queen Mother for a while, and then estimated that the Emperor was about to leave the morning court, so he took his leave from the Queen Mother.
Huo Yun stayed behind to serve the empress dowager.
When he arrived at the gate of the Cining Palace, Sultan Ruo secretly threw the purse he had prepared in advance on the ground and asked the palace maids and eunuchs to help him find it.
Just then the emperor came and saw that Concubine Ji was looking for something here, so he ordered people to stop the sedan chair.
When everyone saw that it was the emperor who had arrived, they quickly saluted him.
The emperor got off the sedan chair, stepped forward to help Sultan Ruo up, took Sultan Ruo's hand and asked:
"What is Jipin looking for?"
When the Sultan was held by the Emperor's hand, his cheeks flushed with shame and he spoke softly:
“It’s not something precious, but I heard that Your Majesty doesn’t like mosquitoes in the summer, so I made a purse for Your Majesty using a secret recipe I learned from the people.
I was thinking of sending something to His Majesty these days, but I accidentally lost it just now, so I'm looking for it here."
The emperor could see through the concubines' little tricks, but when he saw Sultan's rosy face and her graceful neck revealed because she lowered her head slightly,
There was a faint fragrance emanating from her body, and the emperor's heart was suddenly moved.
He asked the servants around him to help look for it, while he held Su Danruo's little hand and felt her softness.
Soon the purse was found and handed to the emperor.
The emperor looked at the purse in his hand in silence, then slowly said, "My beloved, what is this embroidered?"
Sudan Ruo also knew that his handicraft was not good, and explained embarrassedly:
"Before returning to the Prime Minister's Mansion, I was living outside and my favorite thing was gold ingots. I embroidered my favorite thing on this purse as a gift to the man I love most."
Before he could finish his words, Sudan Ruo's face turned red.
The emperor boasted that he had seen countless women and would not be tempted by beauty, but when he saw the Sultan's charming eyes, his heart skipped a beat.
The emperor coughed lightly to conceal his emotions, silently accepted the purse, and then asked the Sultan:
"I remember your hand was burned and swollen when we served tea that day. Is it feeling better now?"
"In reply to your Majesty, thanks to the medicine you gave me, I am now much better. Thank you for your concern."
"That's good. You should go back to the palace and rest. I still have to go pay my respects to the Empress Dowager and will come to see you later."
If the Sultan achieved his goal, he would withdraw his hand, salute the emperor, and then return to the palace to make preparations.
The emperor suddenly pulled out the soft cloth in his hand, and felt his hands were empty, and his heart was also a little empty.
But in addition to paying his respects to the Empress Dowager, he also had many political affairs to deal with, so he could only suppress his inner restlessness and walked into the Empress Dowager's bedroom.
After entering, he found that there was another noble lady named Yun in the room, so he said to the Queen Mother, "It's really lively here today, mother. I just saw Concubine Ji outside the palace."
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