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Chapter 1250: Ninth-Rank Selected Attendant · Oct 18, 2026

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1201 Chapter 1201: Fool, Don’t Come Over! 2026-10-18
1202 Chapter 1202: He’s So Strong, He Must Still Be Alive! 2026-10-18
1203 Chapter 1203: He’s Dead! I Am the Emperor! 2026-10-18
1204 Chapter 1204: He Will Definitely Not Die 2026-10-18
1205 Chapter 1205: Is It Really You? 2026-10-18
1206 Chapter 1206: Worse Than a Beast 2026-10-18
1207 Chapter 1207: A Suspicious Clue Uncovered 2026-10-18
1208 Chapter 1208: He’s Definitely Not Dead 2026-10-18
1209 Chapter 1209: The Darkest Nightmare of Her Life 2026-10-18
1210 Chapter 1210: We Will Meet Again 2026-10-18
1211 Chapter 1211: You Finally Came 2026-10-18
1212 Chapter 1212: Empire and Beauty 2026-10-18
1213 Chapter 1213: I’ll Take You Away Right Now! 2026-10-18
1214 Chapter 1214: Joining the Glorious Ranks of Henpecked Husbands 2026-10-18
1215 Chapter 1215: Taking Only a Sip 2026-10-18
1216 Chapter 1216: Seeing You Off 2026-10-18
1217 Chapter 1217: All Things Await Renewal 2026-10-18
1218 Chapter 1218: Return to Peace 2026-10-18
1219 Chapter 1219: Pampered and Spoiled 2026-10-18
1220 Chapter 1220: Leisurely Diversions 2026-10-18
1221 Chapter 1221: Disguised as a Man 2026-10-18
1222 Chapter 1222: Out to Have Fun 2026-10-18
1223 Chapter 1223: Outing 2026-10-18
1224 Chapter 1224 2026-10-18
1225 Chapter 1225: Hiring a Teacher (Part 1) 2026-10-18
1226 Chapter 1226: Recruiting the Teacher (Part 2) 2026-10-18
1227 Chapter 1227: Admitting Fault 2026-10-18
1228 Chapter 1228: Training in Martial Arts Together 2026-10-18
1229 Chapter 1229: Grace Examination 2026-10-18
1230 Chapter 1230: 2026-10-18
1231 Chapter 1231: The Cat Is Chubby, She Is Beautiful! 2026-10-18
1232 Chapter 1232: Jealous 2026-10-18
1233 Chapter 1233: The Harem Is Truly Terrifying 2026-10-18
1234 Chapter 1234: Minor Selection 2026-10-18
1235 Chapter 1235 - 1234: Vengeance 2026-10-18
1236 Chapter 1236 - 1235: Tearing Off the Mask 2026-10-18
1237 Chapter 1237: Mother, Guess What I Brought You? 2026-10-18
1238 Chapter 1238: Out of Sight, Out of Mind 2026-10-18
1239 Chapter 1239: Tracing Back 2026-10-18
1240 Chapter 1240: Investigation 2026-10-18
1241 Chapter 1241: Suspicion 2026-10-18
1242 Chapter 1242: Investigating the Case 2026-10-18
1243 Chapter 1243: Suddenly Enlightened 2026-10-18
1244 Chapter 1244: The Past Is Too Painful to Recall 2026-10-18
1245 Chapter 1245: Turning Point 2026-10-18
1246 Chapter 1246: Glory and Loss Shared Alike 2026-10-18
1247 Chapter 1247: Leaving the Palace 2026-10-18
1248 Chapter 1248: Stirring Up Trouble 1 2026-10-18
1249 Chapter 1249: Stirring Up Trouble 2 2026-10-18
1250 Chapter 1250: Ninth-Rank Selected Attendant 2026-10-18

These words sounded incredibly annoying to the Empress Dowager, and also quite perfunctory.

But thankfully, the Empress Dowager was quite an old Jiang; she held it in and continued pretending to be sincere.

”Sigh!”

”The matters of the past were all my fault, Lady Manman, I owe you a title!”

”Now, I want to make up for this regret, would you be willing?”

The woman called Manman stood there very awkwardly, her eyes full of confusion.

She clutched her handkerchief with both hands and, after a long while, slowly bowed and said,

”It’s entirely up to the Empress Dowager!”

Xia Ruqing: ”...”

This is utterly insane!

It’s heard of sending young girls to the Emperor, but sending old women to the Emperor is a first.

Tsk tsk tsk, she has certainly opened her eyes.

”Emperor, what’s your opinion?”

The Empress Dowager then looked at Zhao Junyao.

Zhao Junyao’s face darkened and he remained silent.

He indeed had a pained expression, but his eyes were full of reluctance.

His thoughts returned to the past...

Indeed, he once liked this palace maid named Manman very much.

All princes, when they reached a certain age, would have a batch of palace maids to serve them.

Generally, they were girls from small families, not qualified to be Fine Ladies, yet being palace maids would be too degrading.

So there was the role of Accountant Woman Official, similar to the chamber maids of wealthy families, only with a more elegant name in the royal family.

These girls, after being specially trained, mainly served their masters’ daily needs, and at night, if the master required... ahem!

Usually, only princes who were old enough not to marry or take concubines but still needed servants would have such maids around them.

In the future, whether the princes became emperors or were granted lands, these personal maids would either enter the harem as consorts or concubines or become concubines in the prince’s mansion.

In any case, they would have a status.

But those who were favored would have a higher status, and those who weren’t would have a lower one; that’s just how it was.

Luo Manman was the chamber maid beside Zhao Junyao then, elegantly called the Accountant Woman Official.

She was quite good-looking and came from a clean background.

Back then, the Ministry of Internal Affairs sent over a dozen girls, and Zhao Junyao picked her at a glance.

She was three years older than Zhao Junyao.

She was elegant and pretty, gentle, witty, literate, and a poetess.

Such a talented and beautiful woman was enormously appealing to the young Zhao Junyao, who was just beginning to understand love.

One was a handsome young man awakening to love, and the other was a beautiful and talented young woman.

In their youthful era, with subtle glances, they first tasted the charm and romance, becoming an idyllic and enchanting story, transcending fairy tales.

But unfortunately...

The story’s ending was not so beautiful.

After Zhao Junyao became the Crown Prince, he became increasingly busy.

And in a mere two or three years, he was busy marrying and taking concubines.

The beautiful wives and concubines of the Eastern Palace flowed in like a stream, quickly leaving the name Luo Manman behind.

Emotions? What emotions? Where is there room for emotions in the royal family?

Let alone for the Crown Prince or the Emperor? Don’t even mention it!

Ultimately, when Zhao Junyao ascended to the throne, Luo Manman, having offended Shih Wanxin, was dismissed by the Empress Dowager for a trivial mistake.

At that time, Zhao Junyao had just ascended the throne.

His mind was full of the kingdom, state affairs, and the mourning of the Late Emperor; he had no time for distractions.

So, he didn’t even know when Luo Manman had been sent away.

Many years later.

When he randomly thought of her and tried to find her again, he learned that she had long been sent away for a mistake, and he didn’t pursue it any further; it ended there.

Just a woman, after all, not worth it.

Didn’t he have countless women in his harem anyway?

In his eyes, she was no different from them.

”Emperor? Emperor?”

Xia Ruqing tugged at his sleeve.

”The Empress Dowager is speaking to you!”

Zhao Junyao snapped back to reality.

He glanced at the complacent-looking Empress Dowager and then at the expectant Luo Manman.

Suddenly, he was very curious about what the Empress Dowager was plotting, so he nodded and said.

”Since she is willing to enter the palace, then let her come!”

”As for her rank, let her be a Ninth-Rank Selected Attendant!”

After a pause, he added.

”Thank you, Empress Dowager, for bringing me an old acquaintance! But now... I already have a beloved wife!”

”In the future, matters like this need not trouble you, Empress Dowager!”

After saying this, he took Xia Ruqing’s hand and walked out, not even glancing back.

The Empress Dowager was utterly dumbfounded.

When she finally came to her senses, no one was there anymore.

”Alas!”

”Just a Selected Attendant?”

”A Ninth-Rank Selected Attendant is the lowest-ranking palace consort, with a status even lower than a palace maid!”

The Empress Dowager was filled with disbelief as she looked at Luo Manman.

”Weren’t you once quite favored?”

”Didn’t the Emperor even write a poem for you?”

Luo Manman’s face was filled with pain and helplessness as she clutched her handkerchief and lowered her head.

”Replying to the Empress Dowager!”

”I am lowly, and after so many years, it’s understandable that the Emperor bears no old affection!”

Upon hearing this, the Empress Dowager felt half her heart grow cold.

”Hmph!”

”I thought you had some skills!”

”Didn’t expect you to be another useless one!”

”In this harem, if you don’t fight, you’re just waiting for death!”

With that, she flicked her sleeves and strode away, leaving Luo Manman alone.

She looked at the desolate moonlight and then in the direction where the Emperor and Empress had left, her eyes full of innumerable despair and pain.

”Ha...”

”Never thought that after all these years, returning to the palace to see the Emperor would be like this!”

”The Emperor could actually be so heartless!”

”And the Empress Dowager, who vowed to help me win favor, shows such a face, haha!”

Luo Manman laughed coldly.

That smile appeared particularly desolate, cold, and eerie under the moonlight.

After who knows how long, she finally lowered her head, stepping into the moonlight, leaving alone.

...

Duanning Palace.

On the way back, Xia Ruqing’s face remained gloomy.

After stepping into the palace gates, her expression was even colder, like a frozen winter landscape with snow for thousands of miles.

Zhao Junyao was deeply uneasy.

He’s always been clumsy with words and never really consoled anyone.

After all, apart from Qingqing, he truly hasn’t coaxed any other woman in all these years.

And Qingqing is the type of woman who brightens up instantly at a table full of delicious food, not needing much coaxing!

So, he truly had no idea how to comfort her.

Despite several attempts, he couldn’t open his mouth to explain.

As the dignified ruler of a nation and a man of nine feet, he was actually breaking out in a sweat.

”Qingqing...”

Xia Ruqing: ”...”

She ignored him.

”Qingqing, I was really wrong!”

Xia Ruqing continued to ignore him.

”Qingqing!”

”I hadn’t come of age at that time and didn’t understand anything, just had a bit of curiosity about women!”

”There’s really nothing between me and her!”

”If it were another woman, it would be the same, just need to be a woman...”

Zhao Junyao started to become incoherent.

God! What was he even saying?

What does ”any woman would do” mean? How could he say such a thing?!

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