“Your Majesty, the weather is sunny today, would you like to go to the Imperial Garden with Yunchuan to admire the flowers and taste tea?” The way Nan Yunchuan looked when he smiled gave people a particularly comfortable feeling. He had a pair of peach blossom eyes, and when he looked at someone, he would make them feel as if he were looking at them with deep affection.
As an Empress who had not yet reached adulthood, the original owner basically did not understand much about love and passion.
However, because of Nan Yunchuan’s initiative, she inevitably had more of an impression of him. Once they became familiar, her impression of this person deepened, and within her harem, she valued him somewhat more.
When a monarch values a specific person, it means that person can obtain many things.
Nan Yunchuan not only spoke in a way that made people feel comfortable, but he was also particularly talented, being proficient in zither, chess, calligraphy, and painting. After he entered the palace, he was the harem male attendant the original owner saw the most.
Since Nan Yunchuan extended an invitation, Tang Guo naturally had to go.
She glanced at Nan Yunchuan, whose smile never faded. This man was a smiling tiger.
On the surface, he gave the original owner much tenderness, but behind her back, he was full of calculations. Although the original owner was young and already had the firm and cold heart of a monarch, she was ultimately still an underage girl.
Perhaps she did not have the love of a man and woman for Nan Yunchuan, but she truly held this person in her heart.
If it were not for that extra bit of trust in Nan Yunchuan, she would not have been defeated so quickly.
Who could have imagined that a consort-servant in the harem like Nan Yunchuan would actually have the thought of wanting to overthrow the Empress’s rule?
“Since Yunchuan has invited me, how could I not go?” A smile unconsciously curved at the corner of Tang Guo’s lips. An Empress’s smile was always slight and very restrained.
Because she was the Empress, her Imperial Mother had educated her since childhood not to reveal too many expressions externally, lest people guess her thoughts.
To use another metaphor, even if she were panicking inside, she must maintain a smile on the surface.
Even if she were very happy, the kind that was beyond joy, she would not laugh heartily like an ordinary person. Her eyes would only curve slightly and the corners of her lips would turn up.
Of course, this was also limited to consort-servants who were familiar with her, like Nan Yunchuan.
If she were in the imperial court, she would not show too many expressions at all. She was always composed, like a young girl who would neither laugh nor cry.
The late Emperor only had two daughters. One was Tang Nuoyue, who was a fool. The other was Tang Guo. Back then, because the late Emperor fought for the throne, her body suffered damage, and her lifespan was not long.
The eldest daughter was born foolish precisely because the late Emperor had been poisoned.
Later, in order to give birth to a healthy heir, she nursed her body for many years and finally had Tang Guo, but this time her vital energy was mostly depleted.
However, she still held on until Tang Guo was ten years old, pushed this young girl onto the throne, and then passed away.
The two of them walked one after the other toward the Imperial Garden, with a large group of palace attendants following behind.
Nan Yunchuan accompanied her with smiles throughout the journey, saying some amusing words, which at most could draw a faint smile from Tang Guo.
But even so, Nan Yunchuan understood that he should make a deeper impression on the Empress.
His goal, of course, was to make the Empress trust him.
Only when the Empress trusted him would he have the opportunity to overthrow the country ruled by this woman, allowing men to stand at the peak of power once again and improve their status.
Tang Guo caught Nan Yunchuan in her peripheral vision and suddenly asked, “Is Yunchuan still unaccustomed to life in the palace?”
“I am accustomed to it. Where Your Majesty is present, how could I not be accustomed to it? Thank you for Your Majesty’s concern, Yunchuan is somewhat overwhelmed by the favor.”
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