Chapter 181: Concubine De is particularly irritable

Ten days after arriving at the palace.

The emperor finally rested.

That evening, Liang An returned from gathering information. "Your Majesty, Jiangzhou has always been a land of plenty, with prosperous people. It's the best fiefdom in Daqi. Since the founding of the dynasty, many favored princes have been assigned here. The imperial mausoleum has been renovated in the suburbs, so the emperor will be free tomorrow after offering sacrifices."

Pei Tingyue nodded gently: "Then I will go to Chaoyang Palace tomorrow evening."

Plays are performed for people to watch.

If the person is not there, there is naturally nothing to perform.

Liang An hesitated for a moment, then told what he had learned: "Besides that, something else happened in Chaoyang Palace tonight."

Pei Tingyue raised her eyebrows slightly: "You say."

Liang An said, "I heard that tonight the prefect of Jiangzhou bypassed the prefect and, thinking it was clever, presented five stunning beauties to the Chaoyang Palace. The emperor was furious and stripped the prefect of his position."

Pei Tingyue became interested: "Really?"

She suddenly changed her mind.

She will go to Chaoyang Palace tomorrow morning.

She prepared a big show first so that the emperor could watch it directly when he came.

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The second day.

Pei Tingyue got up very early.

Today she wore a scarlet skirt embroidered with crabapple blossoms, with a gilded hibiscus hairpin inlaid with peach tourmaline inserted in her bun, and a mud-gold palace fan in her hand. She dressed beautifully and brightly as she went to Chaoyang Palace.

There were only palace servants in Chaoyang Palace.

Seeing her coming, the palace maids and eunuchs hurriedly bowed and saluted, "This servant greets Her Majesty the Virtuous Consort."

Pei Tingyue asked someone to get up.

The deputy steward in charge came forward with a smile and said, "Your Majesty, you have come early today. The Emperor has not returned from his ancestral worship yet."

Pei Tingyue's words were full of meaning: "It's better that he didn't come back."

Surrounded by the crowd, she entered the Chaoyang Palace and strolled around.

As expected of an emperor's residence, the Chaoyang Palace is several times larger than the Ningxiang Pavilion, and the entire palace is interconnected.

There are dozens of large golden nanmu pillars in the main hall, and above them is a high platform. On the platform is a golden chair with a coiled dragon pattern. The emperor's majesty and oppression are overwhelming.

There are two side halls on the left and right. One is a study for reviewing memorials, and the other is where the emperor carries out daily activities. Going through this hall is where he lives.

After strolling around for a while, Pei Tingyue sat down on a couch in the side hall to rest. She propped up her cheek and lazily asked the Deputy Chief Steward, "Chief Steward Ye, I heard that an official presented a beauty to the Emperor last night?"

The deputy steward quickly smiled and said, "Indeed, there are, but the emperor does not favor them."

Pei Tingyue said quietly, "Just because the emperor doesn't favor them doesn't mean they don't have the desire to curry favor with him! I've heard these beauties are all incredibly beautiful, so why not invite them over for me to see?"

The deputy chief steward smiled and said, "Madam, why are you looking at them? No matter how beautiful they are, they can't compare to you. You are the bright moon in the sky..."

Pei Tingyue's face darkened, and her tone turned cold, "You can't hear what I said, right?"

Just one sentence made the deputy general manager sweat on his forehead.

He was surprised. Why was Concubine De different today than usual? She seemed a little irritable.

Seeing that he was still silent, Pei Tingyue became angry and slammed the small table on the couch. "I heard that although the emperor did not summon these beauties, he kept them in Chaoyang Palace. Now that I am here in person, why don't you invite them to let me see them?! Do you want me to go there in person?"

The deputy general manager's back was completely wet.

These beauties are in Chaoyang Palace, but there is a reason for this.

Yesterday, after the Emperor sent the prefects, he questioned these girls and found out that they were all forced. That’s why he kept them and will send them back after finding out their origins.

But now, seeing how aggressive Consort De was, things were going out of control...

Pei Tingyue suddenly swept the powder green glaze bottle off the table, "Why don't you bring it here!"

The deputy steward knew how favored she was, so he didn't dare to refuse. He quickly said, "These girls are in the palace servants' quarters. Your Majesty, please come and have a seat. I will come and find them right away."

After saying this, the deputy general manager hurried away with his men.

Pei Tingyue sat on the couch with a sullen look on his face, a gloomy look between his brows.

The young palace maids in the hall had never seen her like this before, and they picked up the broken porcelain pieces tremblingly.

Not long.

The deputy steward returned and reported, "Your Majesty, the five young ladies are waiting outside the palace. Shall we summon them in?"

Pei Tingyue raised her eyelashes and sneered, "Xuan."

The deputy steward clapped his hands.

The next moment.

Five beauties from the south of the Yangtze River with slender figures and beautiful faces walked into the hall side by side.

Several people bowed gracefully, their voices as melodious as the chirping of orioles, "This humble lady greets Her Majesty the Virtuous Consort. May Her Majesty the Virtuous Consort live in peace and happiness."

They were collected and presented to the emperor, and they also knew some of the situation in the harem. They knew that the most favored one in the palace was Consort De.

She had originally planned to leave the palace immediately, thinking that she would never have any contact with this group of noble ladies again. However, she did not expect that today, the favored Concubine De would want to meet them.

As soon as they saw her, they knew why this Defei was favored.

She simply sat on the couch, but she could not be ignored.

She is so beautiful that it is no exaggeration to say that she is breathtakingly stunning. She also has a natural aura and noble temperament.

How could such a woman not be favored? !

They felt even more timid, and bowed even more sharply, being extremely respectful.

But when Pei Tingyue on the couch saw them, his face became even colder.

She got off the bed.

Walk around these five beauties.

Finally, he lifted the chin of the most outstanding girl and slowly traced her beautiful face with his white fingertips. "She is truly a stunning beauty with a thousand charming charms."

Her movements were gentle, but her tone was ruthless.

The feeling of oppression from the superior made the girl tremble all over. She spoke in a trembling voice, "I am but a humble girl, and Your Majesty is the most beautiful woman in the world."

Pei Tingyue stroked her slender neck and lowered his voice: "This little mouth is quite talkative, but this voice is so charming and soft, did you learn it specially to seduce me?"

The girl's eyes suddenly widened, and the girls next to her felt waves in their hearts.

No matter how slow-witted they were, they could see that Concubine De hated them.

Pei Tingyue withdrew his hand, snorted coldly, and sat back on the couch.

"Do you know that seducing the emperor is a capital crime?"

The girls were so frightened that they trembled all over and knelt on the ground to kowtow.

One of the more astute ones immediately replied, "Your Majesty, please understand that we women would not dare to harbor such thoughts."

Pei Tingyue slowly stroked the hibiscus hairpin beside her temples, then moved and pulled out the hairpin next to it and threw it on the ground.

The golden hairpin made a bone-chilling sound on the floor tiles.

"Okay, if you scratch your own face, I will trust you."

The girls were all in disbelief.

I stared at the hairpin on the ground, unable to recover for a long time.

Pei Tingyue became angry again: "If you don't draw it, how can I believe it? If so, then you are deliberately seducing the emperor and should be executed!"