Chapter 1435: Power Is an Aphrodisiac for Everyone

Chen Guanlou said solemnly to Wang Hai, "I think you should value this newly promoted favorite concubine, value her as much as you value the Empress and Noble Consort Xiao."

"Why? She is only temporarily favored." Wang Hai didn't understand.

He insisted on his view that the woman was just an idiot.

A woman who makes a fuss all day, why value her. She will die sooner or later! The harem cannot accommodate such a noisy woman.

Chen Guanlou took a sip of wine and said with great interest: "This noisy favorite concubine, I think she is actually very smart. She came out of the Jiaofang Division, and she knows very well that everyone in the harem looks down on her. Even those eunuchs and palace maids look down on her. What to do?

Her method, in my opinion, is very effective. Make a fuss, borrow the Emperor's hand to get rid of those eunuchs and palace maids who look down on her and backstab her. Transfer a batch of new eunuchs and palace maids from the imperial palace. This group of people who came out of the imperial palace must be grateful to her.

Look, no need to spend money to bribe, no need for any promises, she got a batch of eunuchs and palace maids loyal to her. From now on, doing things will be without obstacles. And she doesn't need to worry about the palace maids and eunuchs around her betraying her, poisoning her, or framing her.

You all think she is making too much of a fuss, but you don't know that the other party has already completed the arduous task of self-protection in a short time! Don't underestimate any person who actively fights and actively fights for power. Remember my words, ignore gender, treat them equally!"

Wang Hai felt a bit stifled.

"You are optimistic about her?"

"If she can be glorious for three months, I'll be optimistic about her. Even if you don't show favor, don't make enemies. This is my advice to you."

Chen Guanlou said sincerely.

Wang Hai was thoughtful. "I'll wait for her for three months. Let's see if she can be exclusively favored for three months."

"Being exclusively favored for three months is not as good as getting pregnant and giving birth to a son." Chen Guanlou said with a smile, "In the harem, a son is equivalent to ten thousand troops, and there are many cards to play. Even if you don't fight for the throne, if you plan well, you can be named a Prince. Once the Emperor dies, follow the son to the fief to be the old dowager, which is much more refreshing than life in the harem! By then, find a few male favorites to serve you, and it won't matter even if the Emperor's coffin lid can't be covered."

When Wang Hai heard this, he also laughed along.

Concubines in the harem with children live a much better life in their later years than those without children.

If the Emperor dies early, maybe they can enjoy twenty or thirty years. Don't count on accompanying the Emperor until old age; none of them end well!

"The harem has been childless for several years. The Emperor is old and takes medicinal pills all year round, so I'm afraid it's very difficult to conceive." Wang Hai whispered, this was his speculation, fearing that a third person would hear it. If it spread, no one would survive.

Chen Guanlou also lowered his voice and said: "If a woman wants to have a child, there are many ways. As long as her body is fine, healthy and young, she can get pregnant in one go!"

"She came out of the Jiaofang Division, can her body be good?"

"This matter, don't ask me, you have to ask the imperial physician!"

"The imperial physicians' mouths are very tight."

Chen Guanlou spread his hands, indicating there was no way.

Wang Hai pondered again. "You just said she has many ways to have children, could it be that you mean stealing a man?"

He was slow to react!

Chen Guanlou shook his head repeatedly to deny it. "I didn't say anything. It's all your speculation!"

Wang Hai snorted coldly. "My brain is not as easy to use as yours, but that doesn't mean I'm a fool. Pondering, I can still understand your implication."

Chen Guanlou smiled without saying a word.

Wang Hai continued: "The harem has nothing to do with me, even if they kill people or set fires, it's not my turn to worry. You called me here just to listen to harem secrets?"

"Not so! I called you here because there is a business deal for you. Help me investigate someone, Dou Anzhi, a Physician (Director) in the Ministry of Revenue!"

"Why investigate him? Do you have a grudge against him?"

"Do you know him?" Chen Guanlou asked curiously.

"I don't know him, but I know of him. Among the civil and military officials in the court, there is only one official surnamed Dou, so naturally, I have an impression. You haven't said why you're investigating him?"

"There is a bit of personal grievance, unrelated to hatred. Help me investigate him, from his birth to the present, in great detail, investigate everything clearly. Including three generations of ancestors. In addition, there was a servant who looked exactly like him beside him before, this person is also a key point, help me investigate. In short, I want to know everything about Dou Anzhi from childhood to adulthood, including things about the people around him, I also want to know. Can you take this business deal?"

Chen Guanlou asked softly while drinking wine.

Wang Hai frowned. "Things from childhood to adulthood, including the people around him, all need to be investigated. This is not an easy task. Crucially, I also have to go to his hometown to investigate."

"If you find it difficult, I can find someone else." Chen Guanlou smiled half-heartedly.

"Who said it was difficult." Eunuch Wang was dissatisfied; such a small matter couldn't stump him. He had plenty of people he could dispatch, and he couldn't leave the capital, but he could send people under his command to investigate outside the capital.

"Fine, I'll take this business deal. The price must be higher."

Chen Guanlou threw out a stack of silver notes directly.

Only at this time would he appear generous, at other times he was slightly stingy. Especially with Pure Yang Zhenren, he was already on the blacklist.

Eunuch Wang saw the thickness of the silver notes and estimated the accurate amount.

He was very satisfied, flicked his sleeves lightly, and the silver notes went into his pocket.

He drank wine and asked casually: "What kind of grievance is it that's worth you spending a lot of money to investigate him?"

Chen Guanlou smiled mysteriously. "Wait until you have the results of the investigation, then I'll tell you. If I tell you now, it won't be interesting."

Investigation should avoid preconceptions.

He didn't tell the other party about the real and fake Dou Anzhi, just to avoid affecting the investigation results.

He only wanted to see an original, truthful investigation report. Not an investigation report that added fuel to the fire and speculated on various possibilities.

Eunuch Wang wasn't that curious about the truth; he just wanted to make money, and his thinking was just that simple.

He poured a mouthful of wine. "It's still more comfortable here with you, with money and leisure."

"Calling you to work in the Heavenly Prison, you don't want to. Disliking the imperial palace, yet you can't leave it. You are really boring."

"A eunuch who doesn't work in the imperial palace is truly boring. Once a eunuch leaves the imperial palace, he's not even as good as a dog! That bunch of eunuchs and palace maids in the imperial palace dream of being transferred to the imperial palace, even if they die, they are willing! Do you know why? Power! The power you keep emphasizing! It turns out that as long as it's a person, and they are still alive, they want power! I want it too!"

After Eunuch Wang finished speaking, he laughed at himself. Laughing with gritted teeth, full of resentment.

Chen Guanlou poured him wine. "You already have power!"

"Not enough, not enough at all. Not everyone can be like you, willing to be holed up in the Heavenly Prison, viewing power as dung."

"I just want to be the head of a chicken, not the tail of a phoenix." Chen Guanlou said truthfully. He didn't want to have a bunch of mothers-in-law above him, serving people like a grandson every day. He couldn't live the life of a bullied little daughter-in-law for even a day! ===== CHAPTER 1436 =====