At night, Zhou Shuren came home and recounted the events of the flower banquet, relaying the words the Retired Emperor had told him to his wife.
Zhulan paused in her accounting work, "Who do you think wrote the Zhezi?"
Zhou Shuren hummed lightly, "It doesn't matter who wrote it. As a high official valued by the Emperor across two dynasties, I am still too conspicuous."
Zhulan pondered, "This Zhezi has two purposes: one is to test whether both the Emperor and our family are interested, and the other is to test whether our family is plotting for the position of Crown Princess Consort, aiming to expose the Zhou family's ambitions, thereby damaging the Emperor's trust in the Zhou family."
Zhou Shuren fiddled with a glass vase, "It's a pity they don't know, I had declined the position of the Crown Prince's mentor before the Emperor ascended the throne, now it's just the Retired Emperor and the Emperor setting me up."
