Cheng Mingran sat in the room for more than an hour. She couldn't help it anymore and was worried that something might go wrong if her queen stayed in the room like this.

After repeated hesitation, Shuhua finally decided not to wait and pushed open the door. Cheng Mingran was still sitting on the bed with her knees hugged. Shuhua was also worried when she saw this scene: "Madam, shall I help you wash up first? Or is there anything wrong with your majesty? Should I ask the imperial physician to come over?"

Cheng Mingran shook her head: "No, I'm fine." She wasn't really sick, and she was too lazy to keep pretending.

Shuhua Wenyan would not continue to talk in vain. She took two steps forward and said, "What would you like to eat today, Madam? I will ask the imperial kitchen to prepare it."

"I have no appetite." said Cheng Mingran.

Shuhua looked embarrassed: "My queen, what's wrong with you? Are you in a bad mood? But no matter how angry you are, you can't joke with your body. What should I do if you don't eat or drink? The queen mother will be worried if she knows."

"I'm not angry, I just have no appetite." Cheng Mingran sighed. She didn't know what was wrong with her. She always felt that she couldn't control her emotions.

Especially after what happened last night, her mind was full of chaos. Obviously, the two of them had already torn their faces apart, but why did she still feel so uncomfortable?

Cheng Mingran tried hard to control her emotions and got out of bed. Shuhua stayed by her side, fearing that something might go wrong.

"Shuhua, do you think that people who stay in the palace for a long time will become different from their original selves?" Cheng Mingran asked while looking out the window.

Shuhua was also at a loss when he heard this question. How should he answer such a question?

"Your Majesty, even if you don't stay in the palace, it is impossible for people to remain unchanged forever," she replied.

"If I hadn't entered the palace, what would I look like now? Is there a big change from then?" Cheng Mingran continued to ask.

Shuhua didn't dare to say anything nonsense, but since her master had asked, she couldn't just ignore it, right?

"Then, Your Majesty, do you think this change is good or bad?" Shuhua asked back.

Cheng Mingran heard this and looked calm: "Maybe the way you were before was the most comfortable, right? But now should be the most suitable, right?"

"Your character will be determined by the environment you live in. Why should your majesty be so distressed?" Shuhua said again.

That’s right... Cheng Mingran’s eyes dimmed a little. It’s impossible for her to always be that little child, right?

"Go prepare breakfast." Cheng Mingran said.

Shuhua was very happy when she heard this: "Yes, I will have someone prepare it right away."

Cheng Mingran walked to the dressing table and sat down. She looked at herself in the mirror countless times. Every time she looked, she seemed to be a little different, but she couldn't tell what was different.

She didn’t know if it was because she had stayed in the cold palace for a while, but she felt that her face seemed much more aged.

In the past, she cared the most about her face, and she was always trying to be beautiful. If she bumped into something, she would worry for half a day. But now, she suddenly felt that it was just a face. Compared with other things, what was a face?

Yes, what's the point of having face? As long as you can achieve your goal, what else can you not give up? What is face? Does she have any other choice?

Cheng Mingran sighed. At this point in time, everything can be discarded, and everything can also be used...

She eventually became a person who would do anything to achieve her goals. When she looked up again, her eyes seemed to have changed, but she couldn't tell what had changed.

Shuhua had already had breakfast prepared, and the palace maids had helped her wash up. Cheng Mingran walked to the dining table, but looking at the dazzling array of food made her feel a little ridiculous.

The palace is really a place where people flatter the powerful and bully the weak... Ji Lingzhou said so many nonsense, but there is one point that is correct. That is, only when you stand higher and have more power in your hands, will people be cautious and fearful.

"Starting tomorrow, go and pay your respects to the Queen every morning." Cheng Mingran said.

Huh? When Shuhua heard this, her face was full of confusion: "But your majesty..." Before Shuhua could finish the rest of the sentence, Cheng Mingran spoke first: "The queen is the master of the harem, so I have to go. I was impolite in the past, but I can't hide forever in the future."

Shuhua frowned. How come the queen seemed like a different person? However, this was not something that a servant like him could comment on.

"Yes," Shuhua agreed obediently.

Cheng Mingran didn't say anything else, just ate her breakfast by herself. After all, she was a girl who grew up in the palace, and when Cheng Mingran behaved, these etiquettes really made no difference.

However, Cheng Mingran had only finished half of his breakfast when he heard a loud shout from outside: "His Majesty has arrived!"

When Cheng Mingran heard this, the hand holding the dish paused slightly, but returned to normal in an instant.

Ji Lingzhou walked in from outside, Shuhua and the palace servants who were serving beside him also hurried to pay their respects, but Cheng Mingran was the only one who acted as if he hadn't seen anything and was still minding his own business.

Ji Lingzhou's eyes fell on Cheng Mingran when he first came in. Seeing her like this, he didn't say anything, as if he didn't care at all about her impolite behavior.

He sat down next to Cheng Mingran. Shuhua was also a perceptive person and immediately tried to smooth things over: "Your Majesty may have breakfast? I will ask someone to prepare it right away."

"No need," Ji Lingzhou stopped the person.

When Shuhua was wondering, he heard Ji Lingzhou say something that shocked everyone: "These are all that is needed."

Hmm? Your Majesty, do you want to eat the leftovers?

"Then... I'll go prepare new dishes and chopsticks right away." Although Shuhua couldn't understand, she still did as she was told.

Cheng Mingran never raised her head or spoke a word from beginning to end. Ji Lingzhou looked at her. Why was she so irritable? He had never noticed it before.

Shuhua took the new bowl and chopsticks and put them down after they were checked. Just when Ji Lingzhou was about to move faster, Cheng Mingran stopped what she was doing and took the handkerchief from the maid next to her: "I'm done eating, everyone please leave."

The air was stagnant for a moment. Even Li Sheng admired Cheng Mingran's courage. What was he doing? Anyone could tell that he was doing it on purpose, okay? He looked at his Majesty's face carefully.

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