After being a widow, the empress dowager was favored by the powerful ministers

Chapter 77 The Little Emperor's Secret
Sheng Baoling's words seemed to be saying that Liu Zhaorong was good, but in fact, they were forcing Liu Zhaorong into a dilemma.

Even if the little emperor wanted to defend Liu Zhaorong, he couldn't refute Sheng Baoling's words right now.

His original idea was to make Jin Guiyi and Gao Xiuyi quarrel because of this matter, so that Sheng Baoling didn't have the heart to take care of the affairs of the court, but Sheng Baoling named Liu Zhaorong by name, so his thoughts could only be thoughts.

Now, Liu Zhaorong can only take over the matter.

And just as Sheng Baoling expected, that night, the little emperor had dinner at Liu Zhaorong's place, and he got the news that the Empress Dowager's birthday banquet would be hosted during the day, so he couldn't get up or down at the moment.

It's not that she doesn't want this opportunity to show off, but, with her current status, it's extremely disadvantageous to get involved in such a thing.

Now that Jin Guiyi and Liu Zhaorong knew the news, they were probably cursing themselves.

Liu Zhaorong is not stupid, she knows in her heart that the Empress Dowager doesn't like herself as much as she expresses on the surface, she mostly wants to make the harem into a mess.

Although she couldn't figure out why, she knew that every word and deed of the Queen Mother had no good intentions.

"Your Majesty, the empress dowager's birthday banquet is so important that the concubine may not be able to handle it well." Liu Zhaorong wanted to push this matter away from himself when the emperor was young.

The little emperor frowned, with a slightly displeased expression, as if he was very dissatisfied with Liu Zhaorong's actions.

His eyes fell on Liu Zhaorong's eyes. At this moment, the eyes that originally resembled that person completely changed.

She will never show weakness like Liu Zhaorong, she is not a weak person.

Liu Zhaorong couldn't see anything he wanted to see, the little emperor was dissatisfied in his heart, but he didn't show any emotion on his face.

When Liu Zhaorong showed his grievance, he comforted him in a gentle voice, "My mother thinks highly of you, so I entrust this matter to you. I believe you can do it."

Liu Zhaorong showed embarrassment, the little emperor in front of him seemed to comfort him, but in fact he couldn't allow himself to refuse this matter.

He can tolerate other things and can satisfy himself, but it seems that as long as it is related to the Queen Mother, he never allows himself to refuse.

It seems to be so filial.

But she always felt that it was not like that.

The little emperor and the empress dowager, if you look closely, you can see that they are actually not in harmony, which is quite different from the rumors in Beijing.

But the little emperor treats the empress dowager differently, it is this slight difference that makes her unable to figure out what attitude she should have towards the empress dowager when she is in front of the little emperor.

As if feeling that Cai's tone was a bit harsh, the little emperor raised his hand and patted Liu Zhaorong's shoulder, "If you find it difficult, I will go to my mother and tell you that I will arrange two helpers for you."

The senior nuns in the palace are the best at handling these matters.

This is already the biggest concession.

But Liu Zhaorong was not happy in her heart. After all, she agreed. It is better to have the help of the mothers than not. It is one thing to be hostile to the daughters of the Jin family and the Gao family. In addition, it is well known to all civil and military people in the Manchu Dynasty.

"Thank you, Your Majesty, my concubine will definitely live up to His Majesty's expectations." Liu Zhaorong spoke softly and behaved delicately.

But this remark made the little emperor frown, "It is very important to please the queen mother."

Hearing this, Liu Zhaorong bit her lip, "The concubine understands."

After dinner, the little emperor rested at Liu Zhaorong's place that night.

Half asleep, half awake, looking at a pair of familiar yet unfamiliar eyes, the little emperor couldn't help stretching out his hand, touching Liu Zhaorong's closed eyes with his fingertips, and what appeared in his mind was the appearance of another person...

He muttered in his heart, unconsciously calling out that person.

After a while, he was startled and lost his composure, and saw that Liu Zhaorong was sleeping soundly, and there was nothing wrong with it, so he turned around and stopped looking at her.

But at the moment when he turned around, behind her, her eyes were closed tightly, her eyelashes trembling uncomfortably, and she was trying to restrain the shock and panic in her heart from showing.

I was afraid in my heart that I had glimpsed a secret that should not have been discovered.

She knew in her heart that once the person next to her pillow noticed her pretending to be asleep, she would definitely die!
Just because, just now, when he touched his eyes, he yelled...

It's the queen mother.

At this time, Liu Zhaorong got the most correct answers to all the confusion and doubts in his heart.

The Liu family was not prominent, and the difference with Jin and Gao was that they were picked into the palace by the queen mother, but she was picked up by the little emperor and brought into the palace.

Liu Zhaorong knew in her heart that in terms of appearance, she was not as good as Gao Xiuyi, and in terms of talent and cultivation, she was not as good as Jin Guiyi.

At that time, I didn't understand why the emperor took a fancy to her.

But now, my heart is clear.

Just because of my own eyes, I look very much like this young and beautiful empress dowager.

The little emperor's thoughts towards the queen mother were not pure.

Today is like this, which is still vague, but I don't know what will happen in the future.

She was terrified in her heart, but slowly, that trace of fear turned into other thoughts...

It is an unchangeable fact that she gave birth to such a pair of eyes similar to those of the Queen Mother.

The little emperor wanted to find the shadow of the queen mother from himself, so why couldn't she turn around and use and imitate the queen mother to please him?
As long as the little emperor is happy, she can easily get what she wants.

Even if he could replace the Empress Dowager's position in the little emperor's heart, perhaps the empress position would be within easy reach.

At this time, she peeped into the deepest thought hidden in the little emperor's heart, fear only occupied Liu Zhaorong for a moment, and more, how to use this thought to get what she wanted.

...

After half a month, Liu Zhaorong went to the Hall of Compassion and Peace every day to talk with Sheng Baoling.

In the eyes of others, Liu Zhaorong wanted to hold a good banquet to please the Queen Mother.

But only she herself knows best that she is getting close to Sheng Baoling, exploring her preferences, and imitating her every move, but it is not very obvious in front of outsiders.

Sheng Baoling faintly felt that there was something wrong, that weird feeling, but he couldn't explain it, only Liu Zhaorong, something was wrong.

As for what's wrong, I'm afraid only Liu Zhaorong himself knows.

In fact, the little emperor was also the one who clearly noticed Liu Zhaorong's change, after all, she was learning for the little emperor.

Ben has learned a lot, in order not to arouse suspicion, Liu Zhaorong only dared to reveal a little bit.

But just one or two is enough to attract the attention of the little emperor.

In Liu Zhaorong's heart, he was both surprised and proud.

Fortunately, the people in the palace thought that the emperor favored her.

On the other hand, to her surprise, what she saw in the eyes of the young emperor was not only joy... but also murderous intent.

She kept comforting herself that she was wrong.

But one day, when I was flipping through the scrolls, I accidentally knocked over a wooden box on the shelf, and a painting rolled out...

(End of this chapter)