Chapter 903: The Young Empress (40)

Tang Guo burst out laughing and couldn't resist reaching out to pinch his cheek. “You're so adorable. Since I don't love them, why should I keep them in the palace and let them waste away here?”

“But if Your Majesty lets them leave, will they really be able to find a good home?” Jing Cheng couldn't help asking in return. “Perhaps life outside the palace would be even harder.”

Tang Guo paused for a moment before smiling. “Then what do you think should be done?”

The question was tossed back to him, leaving Jing Cheng speechless.

That's right. If they weren't sent away and remained in the palace, what would become of them?

He had once believed that if he alone could possess the Empress, perhaps those men in the harem would still be able to find a good ending.

But then he felt annoyed with himself. Was he asking for too much?

To encounter an Empress like this was already their good fortune.

“It seems I was overthinking things,” Jing Cheng said with a relieved smile. “If Your Majesty is willing to release them from the palace, that would be their blessing.”

He certainly wasn't going to hypocritically suggest that they stay.

He had long dreamed of monopolizing the Empress.

Tang Guo naturally saw through his little thoughts, but she didn't expose them.

As for those men in the harem, whether they were pitiful or not, they had all come with their own purposes. She neither sympathized with them nor intended to mistreat them. Of course, that was provided they did not betray her.

During Nan Yunchuan's absence from the palace to recover, Tang Guo visited Su Qing every day to listen to his qin. As a result, the winds in the harem began to shift once more.

Meanwhile, Nan Yunchuan wasn't actually recuperating outside the palace. Instead, he took advantage of the opportunity to draw closer to Tang Nuoyue.

With nothing more than that silver tongue of his, he managed to sweet-talk Tang Nuoyue until she revolved entirely around him.

At this moment, Tang Nuoyue was caught between Xiao Jin and Nan Yunchuan. Of course, the conflict wasn't too intense yet. After all, she already had Xiao Jin, and Nan Yunchuan had only recently appeared. According to her original temperament, she wouldn't immediately do anything with him.

But when two people harbored feelings for one another, how could Xiao Jin fail to notice something?

And so, the three of them each concealed their own thoughts while putting on a grand performance of mutual affection.

Tang Guo watched their daily drama with great relish. In particular, Tang Nuoyue's acting skills had improved more and more. If she hadn't witnessed everything personally from beginning to end, she would have truly believed Tang Nuoyue to be nothing more than an innocent little fool.

“I have to admit, when people are pushed too far, the potential they unleash is astonishing.”

Tang Guo rose to her feet, smiling. “It's time for me to visit the Yun Chuan I've been missing day and night.”

The system shivered in a corner. Sneaking a glance toward the residence outside the palace where Nan Yunchuan lived—and the fiery relationship developing between Tang Nuoyue and Nan Yunchuan—it couldn't help wondering just what its host was planning.

Could it be…

Was she actually going to walk right into that battlefield?

What should it do? It was even a little excited.

“Chief Eunuch, prepare some things Yun Chuan likes. Bring plenty of tonics as well. I've suddenly decided to leave the palace and see how he's doing.”

The Chief Eunuch's lips twitched violently.

Recently, she had finally begun to understand a little of what the Empress was thinking.

The one she truly loved in her heart was the Imperial Consort, but the one she appeared most devoted to was Nan Yunchuan.

Yet she still couldn't understand why the Empress behaved so differently in public and in private, or what purpose all of this served.

Of course, once the Empress gave an order, she would carry it out faithfully.

Even knowing that the Empress did not truly love Nan Yunchuan, she still carefully selected every gift, ensuring they were things Nan Yunchuan liked and of the finest quality, never cutting corners in the slightest.

After all, the Empress had never openly declared that she didn't love Nan Yunchuan, had she?

As servants, they only needed to follow orders properly and do their jobs.