Chapter 110: Advising the Emperor to Treat Everyone Equally

After Lu Yi moved out of Zhao Shizhu, Nanny Ning could no longer have any opinions, but she was unwilling to let her go home like this.

Since it was agreed that Su Ci would be invited to Ci'an Palace, she had to wait for Su Ci.

But she didn't expect that Su Ci could sleep so well, and she waited for more than an hour.

Su Ci didn't know that Nanny Ning had come. If she had known, she would have definitely slept for an extra hour before coming out.

Nanny Ning greeted Su Ci before explaining her purpose: "The Empress Dowager asks you to go to Ci'an Palace. She has something personal to say to you."

Su Ci didn't want to pay attention, but seeing Nanny Ning's smug look, she changed her mind instantly: "Mammy, please go back first. I will go to Ci'an Palace to pay my respects to the Empress Dowager after dinner."

Nanny Ning looked at Su Ci in disbelief: "Your Highness still wants the Queen Mother to wait?"

She had been waiting for this woman for more than an hour. How could Su Ci dare to keep the Empress Dowager waiting?
"I haven't had breakfast yet, and I'm starving." Su Ci said, looking at Lu Yi with a pitiful look, "Lu Yi, can't I have breakfast and then pay my respects to the Queen Mother?"

"Of course. His Majesty has instructed that the Empress must not be left hungry. I have already ordered people to prepare breakfast. It is important for the Empress to eat." Lu Yi said, ignoring Nanny Ning and ordered someone to bring up the breakfast.

Su Ci ignored Nanny Ning and focused on eating breakfast, while Lu Yi served her personally, leaving Nanny Ning aside.

In the past, Nanny Ning never looked anyone in the eye at the palace, let alone the fact that she is now a close attendant to Empress Dowager Gao?

Since the new emperor ascended the throne, this was the first time someone had offended her, and this person was the empress. Although there was no ceremony to crown the empress, the new emperor had just given his order and it was a fact.

Due to Su Ci's identity, she could not express her dissatisfaction and could only wait obediently.

Of course Su Ci saw that Nanny Ning was angry but dared not say anything. She really wanted to laugh, but she held it back.

After she had eaten and drunk her fill, she stood up and said, "Sorry to have kept you waiting, Madam. I will go to the Cihe Palace to pay my respects to the Empress Dowager."

Seeing this, Lu Yi wanted to follow Su Ci, but Su Ci said to her, "I should have gone to pay my respects to the Empress Dowager a long time ago. Now that I have entered the palace and am your Majesty's queen, I should be filial to the Empress Dowager on behalf of your Majesty. The Empress Dowager will not make things difficult for me, so it's okay for me to go alone."

Lu Yi seemed to want to say something but stopped herself.

There is no reason why a smart person like Su Ci could not see that Empress Dowager Gao had bad intentions in calling her over, but she also didn't allow her to follow. What was her intention?

After Su Ci and Nanny Ning left, the more she thought about it, the more she felt that she should report the matter to Zhao Shizhu.

His Majesty asked her to serve Su Ci. If Su Ci made any mistake, she would be the one to bear the responsibility, so she dared not be careless.

Ci'an Palace.

When Su Ci saw the Empress Dowager Gao, she paid her respects politely. The Empress Dowager Gao disliked Su Ci anyway, and she could find a lot of faults in her palace rules: "I think you are new to the palace, so it is understandable that you don't learn the palace rules well, but you are a role model for concubines after all. As the mother of a country, if you can't even learn the palace rules well, won't you make a fool of yourself in the future? How about this, from today on, let Aning teach you to learn the palace rules until the day you learn them well." Su Ci listened carefully, and after a while she said: "I think it's time for the Empress Dowager to change her previous lifestyle. Everything in the palace is good, but there are too many rules. People are alive, and rules are dead. Why do we have to live so rigidly? Now that I'm back in the palace, I'll change some of the bad palace rules in the future. By the way, I will remember to mention this to Your Majesty, so don't worry, Empress Dowager."

Empress Dowager Gao didn't expect that Su Ci would make a long rebuttal to her words. She almost couldn't help but lose her temper. Fortunately, Nanny Ning beside her coughed vigorously a few times, which stopped her in time.

She remembered the real purpose of calling Su Ci over, so she changed the subject: "The emperor insisted on making you the queen, and I have nothing to say. But since you got married, you have not been able to conceive a child, which is your dereliction of duty. I have to remind you that you have monopolized the emperor, and it is even more dereliction of duty for you to be the queen. The emperor has three palaces and six courtyards, and since you have taken the position of queen, you have the obligation to persuade the emperor to share the rain and dew equally."

Su Ci thought to himself that Empress Dowager Gao called him just to hurt his heart. Did he think she would care?
Without thinking, she replied, "The Queen Mother is right. It is my fault. I will advise Your Majesty to treat everyone equally tonight."

Empress Dowager Gao and Nanny Ning looked at each other. Neither the master nor the servant had expected Su Ci to agree so readily.

They had known for several years that Su Ci liked Zhao Shizhu very much. Like those girls in Liangzhou who admired Zhao Shizhu, Su Ci fell in love with him at first sight.

Since Su Ci likes Zhao Shizhu, how can she tolerate Zhao Shizhu having other women? Especially when she is the exclusive favorite of Zhao Shizhu?
Empress Dowager Gao wanted to use this incident to kill Su Ci, but Su Ci didn't care at all, which was beyond their expectations.

At this point, Empress Dowager Gao gritted her teeth and added another dose of ruthless medicine: "As the king of the Great Zhou, the emperor has an empty harem. As the queen, you have the obligation to urge the emperor to hold a selection as soon as possible to fill the harem!"

She just couldn't believe that Su Ci, who was favored by the emperor every night, could tolerate the emperor's many new women entering the palace. Any normal woman would not be able to tolerate her husband having a bunch of concubines, and Su Ci was no exception.

"The Empress Dowager is right. I will also mention this important event to Your Majesty when I have the chance." Su Ci responded readily.

Empress Dowager Gao was unable to see Su Ci's sad expression, and her face darkened. She looked at Nanny Ning, but Nanny Ning also had no idea what to do.

This woman Su Ci is not normal, otherwise her reaction would not be so calm.

At this moment, Qixi's voice came from far away: "The emperor has arrived!"

Empress Dowager Gao frowned when she heard this. She didn't expect that Zhao Shizhu would follow her right after she asked Su Ci to come to Ci'an Palace. Was he afraid that she would make things difficult for Su Ci?
Not long after, Zhao Shizhu, wearing a dragon robe, hurriedly appeared.

Su Ci rushed forward immediately. She ran so fast that she was about to throw herself into Zhao Shizhu's arms, but she quickly slowed down her pace and said, "Look how anxious I am. I just suddenly remembered that the Queen Mother said that I was not well behaved. I must be more careful in the future."

Zhao Shizhu had opened his arms, intending to catch Su Ci, but Su Ci suddenly braked and said these words. He then realized that Su Ci was deliberately complaining to him.

"Since you are the queen, you follow the rules in the harem and don't need to act according to anyone's wishes." Zhao Shizhu said as he took Su Ci's hand.

Su Ci was secretly shocked. She didn't expect that Zhao Shizhu would protect her in front of Empress Dowager Gao.

She placed her hand obediently in Zhao Shizhu's palm and continued to complain without reservation: "Just now, the Queen Mother said that it was not good for me to monopolize the emperor's favor, and asked me to persuade His Majesty to share the favor equally."

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Su Ci: Please call me the expert in telling complaints!