"Why would you refuse? It's just hunting. The late emperor was unwell and hadn't been to the hunting grounds for years. Your Majesty has been on the throne for over half a month now. It's time to go to the royal hunting grounds. Otherwise, the animals will be so fat and strong that they can't even walk."
Leng Yu looked at her with a frown on his face.
"You know clearly that's not what I meant."
Luo Lan looked at him as if he didn't understand.
"What does the Emperor mean? Are you worried that Princess Xingnan has other plans for you?"
Leng Yu's face fell in an instant.
Luo Lan hurriedly explained softly,
"Princess Xingnan herself doesn't know that she wants to stay in Daning Kingdom, and even the Second Imperial Sister doesn't know. This is just the idea of the Emperor of Nanping Kingdom and the First Imperial Sister. Your Majesty doesn't need to deliberately avoid her. She is only seventeen years old and would not be attracted to an old man like you, Your Majesty."
"Am I old?"
Leng Yu suddenly frowned and looked at her.
"Does the Queen think I'm old?"
Luo Lan smiled lightly and nodded playfully.
"It's not old for me, but it's definitely old for a girl of sixteen or seventeen. Oh, and the Second Princess has left you six concubines. You're going to draw your names tonight. Do you want to use these concubines to prove your age?"
Leng Yu looked at her with slightly deep eyes, and raised his eyebrows slightly.
"How about the Queen waiting to sleep with me tonight to test whether I am old or not?"
"Your Majesty, don't you want to try someone new? You and I have been sleeping together for over ten years. Isn't Your Majesty tired of it?"
"here we go again?"
Leng Yu frowned. Ever since he took the throne, she always said sour words to test him. Since she wanted to be jealous, let her be jealous!
Thinking of this, he narrowed his eyes slightly and looked at her evilly.
"Then I'll try it tonight. Anyway, I'm in a good mood and have good physical strength recently."
“You dare…”
Luo Lan looked at him with a playful look on her lips.
"Just testing you, do you really have any evil intentions?"
Leng Yu stood up from the chair, walked forward, took her hand, and looked at her affectionately.
"Right now, I only want to quickly stabilize the Daning Kingdom's political system. I have no evil intentions. As for those palace maids, you are the master of the harem, so you can make your own arrangements!"
Luo Lan raised her hand, gently lifted his collar, looked at him with deep eyes and complicated expression,
"You are the Emperor of Daning State. You hold supreme power over Daning State. Even if you want to have three harems and six courtyards, I, as the Empress, cannot stop you. I used to think that we could always live like this, with only me in your eyes and you in my heart. But now our statuses are different. I know it would be unreasonable for me to ask you to keep your promise to me. These concubines are all beautiful and intelligent. If you wish, you should choose two of them to sleep with you."
She felt very sad when she said this, but she still pretended to be calm.
Ever since she saw those concubines, she felt that she had long lost their vitality. If she let them hang around Leng Yu all day, he would inevitably feel itchy. Instead of waiting until the day Leng Yu favored one of them and then she would find out, it would be better for her to take the initiative and make her position clear.
She knew better than anyone that in this closed-off ancient times, practicing monogamy seemed unrealistic.
Leng Yu's face darkened, as if he was considering something. He did not respond to her directly, but said softly:
"We'll discuss this later when the cards are turned over tonight. I'm going to the imperial study to handle government affairs first."
Leaving these words behind, he let go of her hand, swung his clothes, and walked out of Fengyi Palace with big strides.
His back made her feel cold.
She didn't mean to test him this time. She was speaking from her heart, even though Leng Yu had told her many times that he would not take another woman as his concubine and that she was the only woman in the harem.
However, she still felt vaguely uneasy in her heart. She even wondered if she had suffered from what people in her previous life called menopause?
At dusk, Qin Shun came to Leng Yu with the girls' plaques.
"Your Majesty, please turn over the card."
Leng Yu continued to bury his head in his work and refused without even looking up:
"Let's all go back. I'm staying in the Yangxin Palace tonight."
"Your Majesty, Princess Yongning just came to instruct me to choose one of these beautiful ladies to serve you in the Yangxin Palace..."
"presumptuous."
Leng Yu suddenly dropped the pen in her hand, looked up and glared at him.
"Am I your master, or is she your master?"
"Of course it's you, Your Majesty."
"That's good to know. You're my servant, so you don't have to listen to anyone else. You should be like Eunuch Liu when he served the late emperor. You should know what your master is thinking. You should know when to refuse and when to please. Do I need to teach you these things?"
Qin Shun hurriedly bowed and replied:
"No need to teach me, I just rejected Princess Yongning, but...but I don't know the emperor's thoughts, so I dare not jump to conclusions."
"Then do you think I would sleep with all of these women first? And then casually give them concubine positions, letting them fight for favor in the harem? And let the Queen worry about these trivial matters every day?"
"I don't know."
"Don't you know that the Queen and I have a deep bond? Don't you know why I'm where I am today? If it weren't for the Queen, I would have died countless times already. Therefore, there can only be one woman in my harem, the Queen. You stay by my side, and you must learn to shield me from certain things. Don't ask me about everything. I'm too busy worrying about state affairs to worry about these trivial matters."
Qin Shun blinked hard a few times, bowed cautiously and said:
"I understand. I know what to do next."
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