After Su Fengyi left the side hall, she went to find the emperor. Calculating the time, the emperor should have gotten up by then.

The emperor did get up, but he was still not in high spirits. He sat in the main room of the Zhenxia Pavilion, yawning, and it was unknown what time he went to bed after all the fooling around the previous night.

It's hot in summer, and even though there is ice indoors, it's still hot and stuffy.

Qiao Gui stood aside, physically disabled but mentally strong, and was using his injured hands to reluctantly serve the emperor a bowl of ice drink.

Concubine Wang was sitting nearby, fanning the emperor.

Seeing Su Fengyi coming, knowing that the eldest princess and the emperor must have important matters to discuss, Concubine Wang bowed to the emperor and Su Fengyi and then withdrew.

As for Qiao Gui, he looked at his nose with his eyes and his heart with his nose, pretending not to know and standing aside, refusing to leave.

The emperor was in low spirits. He held the bowl of ice drink and complained while eating:

"I just returned to the palace, and you didn't even let me take a break. What's the matter, sister?"

He then instructed Qiao Gui:

"Not bad, serve a bowl to the princess, too."

When Qiao Gui heard the emperor's complaints mixed with intimacy, he knew that the eldest princess still held great importance in the emperor's heart.

Therefore, when it comes to overthrowing the eldest princess, one must not act too hastily so as not to alert the enemy. One must be absolutely sure of killing her with one strike.

It’s a pity that the defense of the Princess’ Mansion is so strict that Xie Xuan guards it like an iron barrel.

He tried several times to plant secret agents from the Eastern Depot, but was caught each time by Captain Xie and killed on some pretext.

Otherwise, we wouldn't be in the situation now where we don't know where to start.

Qiao Gui went to ask someone to pass on the message and ask for another ice drink. When he came back, he heard the princess say to the emperor:

"Wutong has done a great job in saving the emperor this time. I came here today to ask the emperor for a favor and a status for her."

Qiao Gui's heart tightened. The emperor only went into the harem a few times a year before, and the eldest princess never sent women to the palace.

The emperor had just entered the harem, and the eldest princess was about to send a woman here?

If the eldest princess's people are favored in the harem, it will be more difficult to touch her in the future.

Whether this matter will succeed depends on whether the emperor has this intention. After all, the emperor himself is good-looking and he doesn't like women of ordinary skin.

That Wutong is just outside the door now. Qiao Gui had dealt with him several times before.

The girl is a pretty girl from a humble family. She is not a peerless beauty and she was born a maid. The emperor may not necessarily be interested in her.

Qiao Gui secretly looked at the emperor's face. The more he looked, the gloomier his heart became. He saw that the emperor looked a little nervous after hearing what the princess said. His face turned red and he couldn't even speak clearly. He stammered:

"Yes, did she ask you to beg for it?"

The emperor's behavior was so obvious that not only Qiao Gui noticed it, but Su Fengyi also felt something was wrong.

She had brought Wutong into the palace so many times before, but the emperor had never reacted. When did the emperor start to have such thoughts about Wutong?

It can't be that when Wutong came to the rescue this time, he killed two waves of bandits in a row and his killing posture was more beautiful, right?

Fortunately, this sign was discovered before the emperor spoke.

Otherwise, if after a few days, the emperor himself proposed that Wutong enter the palace, and Wutong was unwilling, could he still disobey the order?

Wutong dared to say that he was unwilling, and the emperor became furious and no one knew what he would do to Wutong.

How could a little maid bear the emperor's wrath?

Su Fengyi had countless thoughts in her mind, but she pretended not to understand the emperor's intention and replied:

"Ah, a maid's matter should not trouble the emperor so much. But, hey, after all, she is my personal maid, I can't just ignore her.

The girl is old and it is time for her to get married. Her family came to beg her and said they had found a good marriage for her.

In the end, she said she didn't want to get married, and if anyone forced her to get married, she would hit her head against a wall and die. It almost resulted in a death in my house.

How can a woman survive in this world if she doesn't get married? Even if I can tolerate her, others cannot.

After all, she has followed me for so many years, how could I bear it? I had to find her someone to rely on. I was thinking that the position of the chief historian in my princess's mansion had been vacant.

It's just empty anyway, so why not give it to Wutong so that she can have the confidence. If she doesn't want to get married, then she doesn't have to. The Changshi is an official appointed by the court, so no one will dare to force her to get married.

Please, Your Majesty, give Wutong this grace for her contribution in saving the emperor."

When the emperor heard this, his face froze.

He thought Wutong wanted to enter the palace, so she came to ask for grace, but what does it mean that she doesn't want to get married? Isn't that just wishful thinking?

A few days ago, when he was escaping from Qingbiankou, he encountered the remnants of the Northern Tartars. The guards of the Princess's Mansion were all pinned down by the remnants, and Wutong was the only one by his side.

Wutong was just a weak woman, but she protected him behind her, stood in front of him at all costs, and killed several people for his safety.

The emperor was moved at the time and thought that her posture of killing for him was truly beautiful.

Later, Wutong escorted him all the way to Jimingyi. The emperor always kept this feeling in his heart and had already thought of letting Wutong enter the palace.

On the way back to the palace, the emperor was very nervous and didn't want to talk about these things with Su Fengyi.

After returning to the palace yesterday, he thought back and became a little hesitant. He wondered what kind of status he should give Wutong if he allowed her to enter the palace.

The main reason is that Wutong's current status is too low. If she is given too high a position, the emperor would feel ashamed for a maid to hold a high position.

If he gave her too little, he would think back to the time when she saved him and feel that he had treated her unfairly.

Before he could make up his mind, Su Fengyi came.

After listening to Su Fengyi's words, the emperor was delighted and thought that he and Wutong were in love with each other. However, it turned out that it was only one-sided.

Not getting married?

Humph, since you don’t want to get married, then you have the ability to never get married in your entire life!

The emperor snorted:

"Well, the Chief Clerk is an official appointed by the imperial court, and it is not right for a woman to do that. But since my sister asked for it for her, and it is an official position in my sister's mansion, I will grant her the wish.

Since you are already an official of our Great Mu Dynasty, you should do your job well. If you don’t want to get married, don’t get married in the future.”

Once the emperor opened his mouth, Wutong was no longer able to get married.

Although Su Fengyi never asked Wutong whether she wanted to enter the palace, based on her understanding of Wutong, she was definitely unwilling to do so.

Let’s get the position of Chief Secretary first. As for marriage, if the emperor still has this idea in mind, Wutong cannot marry anyone else. She has to wait a few years until the emperor has faded his mind.

Su Fengyi pretended not to hear the resentment in the emperor's words and said with a smile:

"Then I would like to thank the emperor on behalf of Wutong. Please give me an imperial decree."

Su Fengyi kept staring at Qiao Gui while she said this, worried that he might do something else. Qiao Gui didn't say anything and said on the spot:

"My hand injury has not healed yet, so I can't write. I will send someone to write the imperial edict for Your Highness."

Qiao Guicai would not cause trouble. He was eager to issue an edict as soon as possible to prevent Wutong from entering the palace.

As for the Chief Secretary, it's just a position in the Princess's Mansion. He has no say in the matter anyway. She can use whoever she wants. It doesn't affect him at all, so why should he care about her?

Just as Qiao Gui was about to ask someone to write the imperial edict, Xue Yu came in with a bowl of iced drink.

In front of his enemy, Xue Yu lowered his head and replied respectfully:

"Mr. Factory, the iced drink is ready."

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