Then she took out a letter from her pocket and handed it to Su Wan'er.
Su Wan'er took it out and opened the envelope without any hesitation. She began to read the letter inside.
The younger sister of the Su family turned to look at Si Junlin, her eyes full of questions as if asking, "Sister, why is the emperor in such a hurry?"
Si Junlin shook his head helplessly, indicating that she should just ignore it.
As the empress now, he naturally had to take care of all matters in the harem. He waved his hand to ask the maids to bring some pastries and let the younger sister of the Su family eat them beside him.
Then Su Wan'er turned around and came to Si Junlin, handing the letter to him.
Si Junlin looked up at her in confusion.
Su Wan'er explained, "After all, you are the mother of the nation, and this matter just happens to be related to you. Naturally, you should also take a look at it."
Si Junlin didn't say anything more. He reached out and took the letter from Su Wan'er's hand, then carefully examined it.
The letter was sent by Su Wan'er's second grandfather. It was obvious that the old lady of the Su family had just glanced at it before sending it over. The general content of the letter was that Su Wan'er's second grandfather had gone to the Heavenly Craftsmen's Sect. He had directly talked to their sect leader, and the people from the Heavenly Craftsmen's Sect had agreed, but they only sent an outer - sect disciple. The reason was that the martial arts sects were not allowed to participate in court affairs.
Moreover, after that person came, he would go directly to the Su Mansion to stay. They were told to make preparations in advance.
"Do they all take state affairs as a joke?" Si Junlin was really angry this time. He had endured the Rong family sending a child over, and now the people from the Heavenly Craftsmen's Sect were doing the same?
Seeing that he seemed about to get angry, Su Wan'er quickly grabbed his wrist. "Your Majesty, since the Heavenly Craftsmen's Sect has sent someone, let's just use him. It's better to have someone than no one, right?"
Si Junlin took a deep breath, then slowly looked up at Su Wan'er. "Yes, then let's follow the emperor's wishes and give it a try."
After that, the two of them left the younger sister of the Su family to have lunch in the empress's palace, and then Su Wan'er arranged for someone to send her back to the Su Mansion.
When they returned to the palace, Su Wan'er saw that Si Junlin still looked worried, so she couldn't help but comfort him. "Your Majesty doesn't need to be so worried. The worst - case scenario is just to release Concubine Mei..."
"Would you be willing if Concubine Mei is released?" Si Junlin turned to ask Su Wan'er.
Su Wan'er smiled. "There's no such thing as willing or not..."
"The country comes first. I'm a daughter of the Su family. I must put the country first." Si Junlin interrupted Su Wan'er.
Su Wan'er was stunned for a few seconds, then couldn't help but laugh.
Si Junlin sighed. "Wan'er, it's been three or four months since we swapped bodies, right?"
Su Wan'er was taken aback and counted on her fingers. "It seems so."
"Then why are you still saying these empty words to me?" Si Junlin had heard too many empty words in the court. He didn't want to hear them even when he was resting.
Su Wan'er nodded, indicating that she understood.
No one knew which big - mouth had told the Empress Dowager about the younger sister of the Su family's visit to the palace.
When the Empress Dowager heard about it, she was really angry. She sent her personal nanny to find Si Junlin.
After hearing this, Su Wan'er ignored the maids' persuasion and went to the Empress Dowager's bedroom with Si Junlin.
"Lin'er, why are you here too?" When the Empress Dowager saw her son coming, there was a look of surprise in her eyes. Then her gaze fell on the leading maid.
Under the Empress Dowager's stare, the maid was suddenly frightened.
She was about to kneel down in a hurry, but was stopped by the two nannies behind the Empress Dowager. At the same time, the Empress Dowager motioned for her to leave first.
Then the three of them sat down.
As for the Empress Dowager's question, Su Wan'er said in a tone as if she was talking about her lover. "It's because the empress was injured during the hunting. Naturally, I have to take good care of him."
The Empress Dowager frowned. "Lin'er, you are the lord of the country. How can you serve someone in person? Can't the maids beside the empress take care of him? If they really can't, it's better to drag them all out and behead them. Find some people who can serve well."
As she said this, she also glared at Si Junlin fiercely, with a warning look in her eyes.
Of course, Su Wan'er couldn't let the Empress Dowager's words come true. Those were all her trusted maids that she had painstakingly trained. If they were all gone, she would be heart - broken.
To prevent the Empress Dowager from being impulsive and beheading Qingcao directly, she quickly explained. "Mother, you misunderstood. This is not a problem of the maids not serving well. It's just that the empress was injured because of my momentary negligence. Naturally, I have to make up for it."
The Empress Dowager looked at Su Wan'er disapprovingly. "If you want to make up for it, just give more rewards. There's no need to do it yourself. This will affect your image as the lord of the country."
Su Wan'er walked behind the Empress Dowager, massaging her shoulders while saying, "Mother, you're wrong. If I take care of the empress in person, it won't damage my reputation. Instead, it will make the world praise the deep love between the emperor and the empress."
When Su Wan'er said this, she glanced at Si Junlin from time to time. She thought he should know that she was just putting on an act, right?
Si Junlin did know that she was putting on an act, but he hoped that they could turn this act into reality.
Thinking carefully, if the outside world spread the story of the deep love between the emperor and the empress, it would be a good story that would be passed down through the ages.
Su Wan'er didn't know what Si Junlin was thinking. She just continued to explain to the Empress Dowager.
At first, the Empress Dowager couldn't accept Su Wan'er's statement. But as Su Wan'er kept persuading her, the Empress Dowager finally stopped pursuing the matter of Su Wan'er serving Si Junlin in person.
After this matter was slightly resolved, another matter came up.
"This matter is over. Now, Empress, I'd like to talk to you about another matter." The Empress Dowager looked at Si Junlin seriously.
Si Junlin was quite helpless, but at this time he couldn't reveal his identity. He could only bear it silently.
"I heard today that the younger sister of the Su family entered the palace?" Su Wan'er and Si Junlin glanced at each other. They both saw deep emotions in each other's eyes.
The Empress Dowager was so well - informed. It was needless to say that someone in the harem must have tipped off the Empress Dowager.
As for who it was... the most suspect was Concubine Xi. In the entire harem, she was the only one who always liked to hang around the Empress Dowager. As for the other concubines, most of them didn't like to stay beside the Empress Dowager.