After sending Du Wanru away, Su Jing continued to pace back and forth.

  "Little master, arent you afraid of offending Du Xuans servant by doing this......" Dai Man said with some concern.

  Su Jing turned her head and glanced at her, coldly snorting, "If one day I fall out of favor, whether or not I have offended someone is always secondary, and those who will be gloating wont just be the people Ive offended."

  When she was in favor, no one dared to trample on her head. When she fell out of favor, everyone came to find fault with her, because from the moment she entered the palace, she had already offended them.

  Dai Man was about to speak again when he heard a voice, seemingly carried on the wind from afar, "Regardless of whether Im in favor or out of favor, those who have offended me will not be let off easily."

  After a few moments of contemplation, she suddenly understood and hastily said, "I swear to follow Young Master to the death, recognizing only Young Master as my master."

  Su Jing pulled her back and didnt let her kneel down, smiled and said "Look at how scared you are, I didnt even scold you, what would people think if they saw this?"

  Dai Man nodded, "I know I was wrong."

  Su Jing nodded and said, "Lets go back first."

  Drunken Cloud Villa

  "Su Xiaozhu, youve finally come back," Su Shuns face lit up with a smile as he waved his duster.

  "Long awaited, Mr. Su," Su Jing walked in, "I dont know what brought you here, is it an order from the Emperor?"

  "His Majesty ordered me to send some things to Young Master. The Dongting Biluochun tea that was tributed a few days ago, and also the books that Young Master wanted."

  Of course there are other things, its just that these two things are naturally different when mentioned at this moment.

  Su Jing swept a glance at the usual rewards, and then focused her gaze on the dozen or so books, looking at the two large packages of tea leaves with a smile. "Please trouble the eunuch to thank the Emperor for me. The weather is hot, please also ask the Emperor to take care of his dragon body."

  "Its all natural, young master doesnt have any other orders, Ill take my leave first and report back," he bowed and retreated.

  "Put those things away and bring all the books to the inner room," he ordered, "Its scorching hot outside, give each of them five taels of silver, be careful not to get heatstroke."

  "This humble servant thanks the young master for his reward."

  In ancient times, one or two silver coins were equivalent to one string of copper coins, which is equivalent to 300 yuan in the heavenly dynasty. The monthly salary of these palace maids and eunuchs was only two or three silver coins, of course, this is the lowest rank.

  "Has anything unusual been found?" Su Jing held a cup of tea and stirred it.

  After taking a sip, its fragrant and rich, with a delicate orchid flavor, indeed a good tea.

  "Reporting to Young Master, nothing unusual has been found so far. Everything seems calm and peaceful."

  Beautiful people dont have many privileges. The ice cubes in the summer are all used by those high-ranking and favored people, and Su Jing also only uses them when she sleeps at night.

  "Looking calm doesnt necessarily mean being calm, its still early days, just watch and see, you should know what to do."

  "I understand."

  That night, Su Jing still wondered if the emperor would come again, but news arrived that the emperor was staying at Ling Changs place.

  Moreover, the Emperor has not come to Zuiyun Pavilion for many days in a row.

  Su Jing was somewhat puzzled, by rights, shouldnt the Emperor have no aversion to her?

  Everyone thought she had lost favor, and when they were at ease, except for occasionally making a few sarcastic remarks to her, most of the spearheads pointed to He Lian Lingyu, who had newly gained favor. However, they didnt dare go too far, after all, her father was Su Yong Hou.

  Of course, apart from Shangguan Waner, the daughter of the late Princess Yongtai and the Emperors niece, "Ling is indeed a flower that understands human speech. I heard that yesterday she chatted with the Emperor until the second watch."

  The people below stopped laughing and joking for a moment, privately inquiring about the Emperors whereabouts was a great crime, let alone inquiring about the Emperors affairs.

  "All right, all right, since you dont understand the rules, copy out The Womens Classic ten times as punishment," said the Empress, mediating.

  Although Princess Chang and the Emperor were not born of the same mother, after all, the Empress Dowager was still alive, so she couldnt punish her too severely as the Empress Dowagers own great-niece.

  Shangguan Mei also knew she had misspoken and hummed a sound without saying anything.

  "I pay respects to Her Majesty the Empress. My mistress rose early today and is not feeling well, so she cannot come to pay her respects to Your Majesty. She has specially sent me, a servant, to apologize and beg for your pardon." A palace maid walked in and knelt down, saying this.

  Su Jing knew this was one of Shu Guifeis palace maids, no wonder nobody had come until now.

  The queens smile remained unchanged on her face, but her eyes had cooled down a lot. "Is Consort Shu all right? Has she been asked to summon the imperial physician?"

  "Reporting back to the Empress, when I came out, the Emperor had already sent over the imperial physician. Consort Shu also asked me to thank Your Majesty for your concern," Qing Xiang replied with a bow of her head.

  Su Jing nodded slightly, what a clever palace maid, she conveyed the meaning while also making it clear about Shu Guifeis position in the emperors heart, and also made it impossible for the empress to find fault.

  Su Jing noticed that the empresss smile stiffened for a moment, but quickly returned to normal, only her hand tightly grasping the handkerchief, her pale fingers betraying her.

  "In that case, let your wife take good care of herself. I have a hundred-year-old ginseng in the palace, bring it back to her to nourish her body." The empress waved her hand and a palace maid went to fetch it.

  Qingyi took over the box and said, "Thank you, Your Majesty." Then she retreated.

  After this, the queen obviously didnt have the heart to listen to them gloat and be jealous anymore, and she signaled for them all to withdraw.

  Su Jing followed behind as usual, slowly walking in the direction of Zuiyunwu. She had to think carefully about whether she had offended the Emperor somewhere, but didnt know herself?

  "The Garden of Flowers", "Dai Man, why are you walking in this direction?"

  Just now didnt notice, actually walked another road.

  "Young master, you just walked here yourself, I thought you wanted to come and enjoy the view," said Dai Man with some regret.

  The young mistress of the house walked this way, she should have reminded her, but she seemed unhappy and thought she just wanted to come out for a walk.

  "Never mind, since were already here, there wont be a next time," Su Jing rarely set foot in the Imperial Garden, subconsciously thinking it was an accident-prone area.

  Dai Man hastily replied, carefully supporting her as she walked.

  The garden, as its name suggests, indeed has many beautiful flowers. Although its summer now, not only are the June snow and early chrysanthemum in bloom, but also the begonia, rose, and many other flowers whose names I dont know.

  "Oh, Su sister is also here to enjoy the flowers? I thought Su sister would only stay in Zuiyun Pavilion and not come out," a voice came from behind.

  Su Jingxiang hastily turned around and saw that it was Chang Jieyu and Du Wanru from the Yueying Xuan, "The servant greets Chang Jieyu."

  To talk about this Chang Jieyu, she is also a freak known for being brainless, an old lady in the palace, after entering the palace she was just a concubine, all others were above third rank.

  Its just Du Wanru and her being together, dont ask when they hooked up, its just that today she should have run into trouble.

  "This young lady seems to have a bit of an attitude problem," he said, walking around her in a circle.

  "Sister Su is indeed a beauty, gentle as a willow in the wind, lovely as a flower reflected in water."

  Su Jing still maintained her half-squatting posture, with fine sweat seeping from her forehead. In fact, she wasnt weak at all, and compared to Yu Xunmei, she seemed a bit more plump.

  "It seems His Majesty doesnt like it very much."

  Su Jing knew there was still a trick left, but she really couldnt squat down anymore, her legs slightly trembling. "The emperor doesnt like concubines, its the concubines shallow fate."

  But the emperor doesnt like you either, youre even more superficial than me!

  Chang Zhe Yue smiled lightly and said, "It seems that Su sister is quite self-aware. Why dont we just have her kneel here for two hours to reflect on herself?"

  Su Jing knelt down and said, "This servant girl obeys your orders."

  The bigger the official, the more people he oppresses.

  She is now in a place paved with cobblestones, and after kneeling for two hours, I estimate that her legs will be crippled.

  Chang Zhenyu walked away with a satisfied heart. "Master, Ill accompany you," Dai Man also knelt down to follow him.

  Su Jing furrowed her brow, "Stop it, get up quickly, Ill still be relying on you to go back later."

  She knelt here for another purpose, which was to test whether the trick of pretending to be pitiful would work or not.

  Kunning Palace

  "Your Majesty, Su Mei has been ordered by Consort Chang to kneel in the Imperial Garden and has already knelt for a quarter of an hour."

  The queen adjusted the hairpin on her head and said, "Is that so?"

  Jīn Móu thought for a moment, "Niang Niang, should we go..."

  "Hmph," the queen coldly snorted, "its been quite some time since His Majesty last visited her. Lets observe for now, its not certain whether she can be a useful pawn or not. This palace doesnt want someone useless."

  "Your Majesty, now that you have someone to help her, isnt it a good opportunity to win her over?" Jin Moumou was somewhat perplexed, helping her out was merely a matter of moving ones lips for the Empress.

  The queen shook her head slightly, "Just watch for now, I understand what you mean, but even if I help her, I dont want to adopt her child."

  "Girl, whats wrong with you again?"

  "The second prince of this palace died so miserably, how could I not know? Adopting someone elses child, I have never been willing to accept it in my heart," The empress showed a painful expression, and every time she thought of that night, her heart was like a knife cut.

  "Your Ladyship, its just that Su Meis position is low and her family background isnt prominent..."

  "Never mind, let me think about it some more."

  Zichen Hall

  Su Shun was stunned after listening to Xiao Taijians words and looked around inside, unsure of what to do.

  He always thought the emperor had a different attitude towards that person, but suddenly ignored her for so long, and couldnt figure out what it meant.

  After some thought, I still went in, just try this once.

  "Whats up?" Zong Zhengjin was painting, seeing him come in, still focusing on the painting in front of him.

  "Your Majesty, Su Mei has been kneeling in the Imperial Garden for a quarter of an hour now."

  After finishing speaking, he bowed his head and waited quietly for the reaction of the person above him.

  "Uh-huh."

  Its hard to guess what hes thinking, Su Shun saw that he seemed to have put this matter aside and was about to leave when he heard, "Who did you say was punished?"

  "Returning to Your Majesty, it is Su Mei Ren from Zui Yun Wu."

  "The royal carriage enters the garden," the red brush in his hand fell onto the painting, and the ink marks quickly spread out, a nearly completed painting was instantly ruined.