Seeing that Emperor Wu of Zhou was busy, Sun Kui was about to leave. At this moment, Emperor Wu of Zhou raised his head from the memorial and told Sun Kui: "She likes to read local chronicles. Find a few more local chronicles and send them to her."
Sun Kui was slightly startled, then said respectfully: "Yes, Your Majesty."
After Emperor Wu of Zhou finished his explanation, he lowered his head to read the memorial.
Sun Kui hesitated for a moment and then asked cautiously: "Your Majesty, I paid tribute to some pens, inks, paper and inkstones some time ago. Do you want to give a set to Liang Zhaoyi?"
Emperor Wu of Zhou said without raising his head: "Then give her a set."
Sun Kui thought it was true. He hesitated again and asked: "Your Majesty, a lot of good fabrics have been sent as tribute in the past few days. Would you like to select some and give them to Liang Zhaoyi?"
"Cloth?" Emperor Wu of Zhou picked up a cinnabar pen and wrote the words "I understand" on the memorial he had just read. He immediately put down the cinnabar pen in his hand and asked, without rushing to take down the memorial. Which fabrics?”
"The fine fabrics such as brocade, damask, Luo, and silk were sent as tribute from the south of the Yangtze River," Sun Kui said.
"She likes plain colors. Pick out some plain fabrics for her." Emperor Wu of Zhou added, "Pick out some brightly colored fabrics for Xiao Shi."
"Yes, Your Majesty." Sun Kui asked again, "Your Majesty, do you have any other orders?"
Emperor Wu of Zhou thought for a moment and said, "No more."
"My slave, please leave." Sun Kui retreated from the imperial study. When he walked to the door, he frowned slightly with a thoughtful expression.
Seeing his appearance, his disciple stepped forward and asked with concern: "Master, what's wrong?"
Sun Kui came back to his senses, looked at his apprentice and asked, "Do you think Liang Zhaoyi is favored?"
"Liang Zhaoyi?" The apprentice was suddenly asked, and for a moment he didn't remember who Liang Zhaoyi was. After a while, he remembered that there was a queen like Liang Zhaoyi in the harem. "You are not favored. Master, why do you ask this?"
"The Emperor just ordered me..." Sun Kui told his apprentice what Emperor Zhou Wu had just ordered. After hearing this, the apprentice opened his mouth wide and looked surprised.
"The Emperor actually remembers that Liang Zhaoyi likes to read books and what kind of books Liang Zhaoyi likes to read." The apprentice looked surprised. "The Emperor also remembers that Liang Zhaoyi likes plain fabrics. How is this possible?" The apprentice often went to the harem to present rewards from Emperor Wu of Zhou. s things. Every time the emperor gave a reward, he was very casual and let the master choose. Only when rewarding Concubine Rong, the emperor would specifically explain what to reward. None of the other empresses, including the empress, had the honor of letting the emperor choose the items himself.
"I'll go pick out the things and you can send them to Kunde Hall tomorrow morning."
"Master, Liang Zhaoyi..." The apprentice raised his eyebrows, his meaning obvious.
Sun Kui said sternly: "You don't need to go out of your way to please me. What you were like before is what you are now."
"I understand, Master." The apprentice said, with a happy expression on his face, "Fortunately, I listened to Master before and never looked down on Liang Zhaoyi."
He sighed, "I didn't expect Liang Zhaoyi to be so capable of letting the emperor know her preferences."
"How can it be simple for someone who can be favored by the emperor every month?" Sun Kui discovered this before. He remembered that when Liang Zhaoyi first entered the palace, the emperor invited her to sleep with her three or four times a month.
There are only three or four times a month, which seems like a small amount, but is actually a lot. Among the ladies in the harem, Concubine Rong was the one who slept with her the most every month. She slept with her at most seven or eight times a month. Other empresses, including the empress, sometimes do it twice a month, sometimes once a month, and sometimes not even once.
At that time, apart from Concubine Rong, Liang Zhaoyi was the one who slept with her the most. Just when everyone, including him, thought that Liang Zhaoyi would be the second concubine Rong, the emperor suddenly refused to recruit Liang Zhaoyi to serve as his bedfellow. However, at the end of every month, the emperor would go to Kunde Hall to spend the night. No matter how busy you are, nothing can be done.
The emperor was not addicted to women and did not go to the harem frequently. Sometimes when he gets busy, he doesn't see a single empress, not even Concubine Rong, but at the end of the month, the emperor still goes to Kunde Hall.
In other words, sometimes for a month, the emperor only went to the Kunde Hall and not to the other empresses' halls. The emperor only spent one night in Kunde Hall, and rarely stayed in Kunde Hall for two or three consecutive nights.
At that time, he discovered that Liang Zhaoyi was not simple. He always felt that the emperor and Liang Zhaoyi had some agreement. Later, he thought that the emperor was doing it for the sake of His Royal Highness. However, the emperor did not favor His Highness very much.
The emperor had no special favor for Liang Zhaoyi, and the rewards given to Liang Zhaoyi were nothing special, nor did they exceed Liang Zhaoyi's status.
Sun Kui always felt that the emperor's attitude towards Liang Zhaoyi was strange. He said he loved Liang Zhaoyi, but he didn't. It may be said that he does not favor Liang Zhaoyi, but the emperor goes to Kunde Hall every month.
Before, when the emperor rewarded Liang Zhaoyi with something, he didn't explain anything specifically. Today, the emperor specifically told Liang Zhaoyi what to reward. Although he asked the emperor whether to reward Liang Zhaoyi for the latter few things, the emperor remembered Liang Zhaoyi's preferences.
The emperor has many things to do every day, so he doesn't pay attention to these things on weekdays. Even Concubine Rong's preferences were unknown to the emperor at first. Later, Concubine Rong often said what she liked in front of the emperor, and then the emperor remembered it.
Even if Liang Zhaoyi often told the emperor what she liked, given the prince's temperament, he might not be able to remember it.
Also, Liang Zhaoyi is also weird. Call her fighting for favor, she has never taken the initiative to do anything to please the emperor. Like other empresses, such as Concubine Rong and the Empress, they often made snacks and soups and delivered them to Chengguang Hall in person. They also often made some clothes, shoes and socks for the emperor and gave them to him.
In order to please the emperor, Concubine Rong even learned to dance. Although the empress did not learn to dance for the emperor, she deliberately learned new songs for him.
Not to mention the other empresses, who used different methods to please the emperor every day. However, Liang Zhaoyi did not do anything for the emperor.
That's not right. Every time the emperor comes to Kunde Hall, Liang Zhaoyi cooks the food himself. Liang Zhaoyi also made clothes and shoes for the emperor, but Liang Zhaoyi never made it public. It was only when the emperor came to Kunde Hall to spend the night that Liang Zhaoyi would give the emperor the clothes, shoes and socks she had made.
If he hadn't been waiting for the emperor to change his clothes, he would never have known that the emperor's underwear was made by Liang Zhaoyi.
Sun Kui suddenly remembered something. The clothes and shoes and socks Liang Zhaoyi gave to the emperor were often worn by the emperor.
The emperor wore the clothes that Concubine Rong and the Queen made for him once or twice and then stopped wearing them. However, the emperor often wore the clothes made by Liang Zhaoyi.
He had asked the emperor before if the clothes made by Liang Zhaoyi were good. The emperor said that the clothes made by Liang Zhaoyi were comfortable to wear. He compared it carefully and found that the clothes made by Liang Zhaoyi were not better than those made by Yufu Ling. Furthermore, the materials used in the clothes made by Liang Zhaoyi were not as good as those of Concubine Rong and the Empress.
In fact, Liang Zhaoyi's craftsmanship is not better than that of Concubine Rong and the Empress. Concubine Rong Gui grew up with the emperor. It is said that she often made clothes for the emperor when she was a child. Before entering the palace, the Queen Empress learned the art of female embroidery from the best embroiderer in the capital, and her skills were very good.
The clothes made by Concubine Rong and the Empress were no worse than those made by Liang Zhaoyi, but the emperor preferred the clothes made by Liang Zhaoyi.
Along the way, Sun Kui thought of many things that he had not noticed before. He suddenly discovered that Liang Zhaoyi had some status in Emperor Zhou Wu's heart.
Speaking of Liang Zhaoyi, her appearance is not outstanding in the harem, her temper is too quiet, she has no outstanding talents, and her natal family has no power. Compared with other empresses in the harem, Liang Zhaoyi is too ordinary. However, Liang Zhaoyi gives people a very comfortable feeling.
Concubine Rong and the Queen were very polite to him because he was the eunuch serving the emperor. However, he could feel that in the eyes of the Queen, he was a eunuch. In Concubine Rong's eyes, he was just a slave. In their eyes, he was not a human being. But in Liang Zhaoyi's eyes, he is a human being.
Liang Zhaoyi always treated them eunuchs and maids gently, never treating them as human beings. He had always felt that Liang Zhaoyi was too gentle and kind. In this palace that was full of dangers, her gentleness and kindness were unnecessary and even fatal, and would make her unable to survive in the palace.
He had always felt that Liang Zhaoyi would soon fall out of favor, and then disappear from the palace soon. However, what he didn't expect was that Liang Zhaoyi became pregnant with the dragon species not long after, and then successfully gave birth to His Highness the Tenth Prince. Liang Zhaoyi was promoted to a higher position based on the wealth of her mother and her son. Since then, Liang Zhaoyi has been doing well in the palace.
