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Chapter 446 No matter what you do, remember your place! (Please subscribe and vote!)
"This is alright. Let the head maid train them properly, and send them to His Majesty tomorrow." Zhu Zhuying sat high on the side hall of the inner palace, lazily surveying the empresses and concubines presented by the southern kingdoms.

Of course, not just any ugly or deformed person can have the opportunity to serve the current emperor of the Tian Ce Dynasty.

After all, different countries have different aesthetic standards due to regional differences. Some countries consider plumpness to be beautiful, and the princesses and queens sent there look like heads growing on wooden stakes. Other countries consider dark skin to be beautiful, and the queens and princesses look like coal.

As the only concubine who came with Li Chen, Zhu Zhuying naturally took on the responsibility of the selection process without hesitation.

At this moment, a palace maid quickly approached Zhu Zhuying and whispered a few words in her ear.

Upon hearing this, Zhu Zhuying's languid expression vanished, replaced by one of confusion and disbelief. However, her pretty face quickly lit up with a mischievous grin as she waved to the palace maid and said, "What are you waiting for? Bring her in quickly!"

Before long, a palace maid led the Empress Dowager, who was holding prayer beads, slowly into the hall.

As the Empress Dowager gazed at her former daughter-in-law sitting high in the hall, a rare, complex emotion flickered in her usually cold eyes. Her thoughts drifted back to the time when she held Zhu Zhuying's hand and praised the flattered Zhu Zhuying.

At that time, she was still the Empress Dowager, while Zhu Zhuying was just the daughter of a minister; the difference in their status was still quite significant.

Now, however, they've climbed up to the Emperor of Tian Ce, and their status far surpasses mine.

With a slight sigh, the Empress Dowager bowed to Zhu Zhuying, who was bowing, and said, "This concubine greets the Imperial Concubine."

The past is gone, and now Zhu Zhuying is someone she can only look up to. She came here for the sake of the Xingluo Empire's national destiny, so naturally she dares not overstep her bounds in the slightest.

"Hmm?" Zhu Zhuying, who was lounging in her chair, immediately stood up upon hearing the sound. She pretended to search for the source of the voice in the main hall, but finally fixed her gaze on the Empress Dowager. Her face beaming with joy, she rose from her chair and took the Empress Dowager's hand in three quick steps. Smiling, she said to the Empress Dowager, "Auntie, you've come too? We haven't seen each other for many years. You've become more and more beautiful; I hardly recognize you! Oh, Auntie, you still love Buddhist rituals so much?"

While chatting about everyday matters, Zhu Zhuying pulled the Empress Dowager toward the phoenix chair in the side hall.

"Come, come, Auntie, sit with me!" Zhu Zhuying reached out and pressed down on the Empress Dowager's shoulder, intending to push her onto the phoenix chair.

The Empress Dowager was intimately familiar with this chair, this scene, and these everyday things.

She was exactly the same when she first met Zhu Zhuying, except that the person who was led by the hand to that chair back then was not her, but Zhu Zhuying!
At this moment, how could the Empress Dowager dare to sit? She had not forgotten the important matter she had come for!
"Your Majesty, I am well. I am grateful for your concern." The Empress Dowager said with a long smile, her beautiful eyes filled with complex emotions, lamenting the changes that had taken place.

Upon hearing this, Zhu Zhuying's face immediately hardened.

This startled the Empress Dowager, who dared not even breathe and cautiously inquired, "Did I do something wrong to displease the Imperial Concubine?"

“Auntie, when we used to travel together, everyone said we were sisters. Isn’t it a bit too formal for you to always talk like that?” Zhu Zhuying gave the Empress Dowager a reproachful look.

The Empress Dowager is so beautiful, with a tall and firm figure, and she has an aura that keeps strangers at bay. Li Chen will definitely like her, so Zhu Zhuying thinks that she still needs to cultivate a good relationship with her, after all, the Empress Dowager has taken good care of him in the past.

In the past, whatever she needed, the Empress Dowager would give her, which is why she agreed to be Dai Xiaoyao's fiancée.

It's just that Dai Xiaoyao had a relapse of his illness and kept it a secret, which made her angry.

"This..." The Empress Dowager was speechless for a moment. It was one thing to be about to share a husband with her former daughter-in-law, but at this moment she didn't know how to address Zhu Zhuying.

Logically speaking, she was Zhu Zhuying's elder, but in this place, she probably should call Zhu Zhuying "elder sister." However, she was a little embarrassed to say the word "elder sister."

Zhu Zhuying clearly noticed the Empress Dowager's hesitation and said earnestly, "Aunt, if you want to go in and serve His Majesty, you must not have any sense of shame. You must abide by the rules. No matter who you are facing or what you are doing, you must remember your place!"

"Sister, please teach me some manners!" The Empress Dowager didn't hesitate this time, but stammered as she spoke.

The fact that the Empress Dowager spoke like this proved that she had understood Zhu Zhuying's words, which meant that she had already been given initial instruction.

Having received the answer she wanted, Zhu Zhuying knew that the Empress Dowager would surely obey Li Chen's every word, saving her trouble.

Then, smiling, he patted the Empress Dowager's hand and said, "That's more like it. From now on, we'll address each other differently. You call me 'elder sister,' and I'll call you 'auntie'!"

"Yes." The Empress Dowager quickly calmed down. Just as Zhu Zhuying said, those below the stage were all empresses and empress dowagers. Her Xingluo Empire could only be considered average among them. Just as Zhu Zhuying said, she really benefited from the situation.

“That’s more like it. For this one call of ‘sister,’ I’ll personally teach you how to serve His Majesty today.” Zhu Zhuying smiled and patted the Empress Dowager’s hand, then whispered in her ear.

These were all Zhu Zhuying's insights, such as how to make women take the initiative when Li Chen likes them, what clothes to wear, and how to behave in a way that would excite Li Chen more. She told the Empress Dowager all of this.

This made the Empress Dowager, who had experienced human affairs but had not been fully developed, blush and for a moment did not know how to respond.

Isn't that a matter of just a few breaths? Does it have to be so complicated? Is it because Li Chen is the emperor of the Tian Ce Dynasty, and therefore special? If that's the case, the Empress Dowager still nodded and carefully noted it down.

Under Zhu Zhuying's arrangement, the time for the Empress Dowager to serve her soon arrived. That night, the Empress Dowager, who originally had no interest in matters between men and women, seemed to have opened the door to a new world. She felt very guilty for not being able to accompany the ancient Buddha, and at the same time began to have some desire for matters between men and women.

Zhu Zhuying watched as her aunt, the Empress Dowager, became increasingly infatuated with Li Chen, seemingly unable to resist him, and a smile appeared on her lips.

She thought to herself: Dai Xiaoyao, you were sleeping with women behind my back back then? Now I'll let you know what it feels like to lose all the women around you!

However, as the number of times increased, the Empress Dowager had already been opened to a new world.

Just as Zhu Zhuying had guessed, Li Chen really did like mature, voluptuous women with a touch of shyness. He was completely captivated by them and rarely left their side.

Other women envied and were jealous of her, and other kings envied Dai Xiaoyao for having such a mother.

The Empire of Eternal Day.

"Damn it! Thirty thousand Imperial Guards could turn the entire capital upside down in less than five days, and you couldn't even find a single hair on my brother's head? Did my Eternal Day Empire raise you just to eat?" Charles Stan smashed the jade cup in his hand in front of a general.

The general's cheek was cut by the scattered fragments, leaving traces of blood, but he could only bury his head even lower.

Upon returning to the Empire of Eternal Day, Charles Stan immediately mobilized the Imperial Guard to arrest the Cardinal who wanted to murder his brother, but after many days, he still found nothing.

“Your Majesty, now is not the time to be angry. The Pope will be putting you on trial in a few days, and the materials we have prepared are incomplete. We may find it difficult to extricate ourselves from the situation,” a minister standing behind Charles Stan cautioned in a low voice.

(End of this chapter)