Tingxue said, "Your Highness Consort Xi is overthinking it. It's just that everyone arrived early. The Imperial Noble Consort is having her meal right now, so there's no trouble at all."

In fact, over the past two years, Tingyu Tingfeng has trained Tingxue Tingshuang to be able to stand on their own.

Tingxue said, "Besides, isn't it only natural for a concubine or imperial noble consort to be of such rank?"

Consort Xi said, "But the Imperial Noble Consort is not the Empress after all."

Tingxue replied, "In response to Consort Xi, even if you are not the Empress, you still hold the Phoenix Seal and manage the affairs of the six palaces. Moreover, in the absence of an Empress, the Imperial Noble Consort is the mistress of all the concubines in the harem. Consort Xi, wouldn't you agree?"

In this situation, what could Consort Xi say? Could she say no? Of course not, so she kept quiet.

Aside from Consort Tong, the others, such as Consort Hui, Consort Rong, Consort An, and other Noble Ladies, felt that Consort Xi was ungrateful for what she said. Didn't she see that the ceremony for conferring the title of Imperial Noble Consort yesterday was the same as that for establishing an Empress?

Who gave her the audacity to speak to Wanwan like that? Did she think it was the late Empress Hesheli?

She might be overthinking it. Any concubine who has been in the harem for a while knows what kind of person Hesheli is. Although Kangxi did not say anything about it in order to save face for the royal family, who in the harem did not know? Besides, the late empress had only been dead for half a year when Kangxi established a new empress. Can't you see that?

So all the concubines made a decision: to stay away from Consort Xi, as they might easily catch her stupidity (?_?)

Wanwan had just finished her breakfast when she heard Consort Xi shouting outside.

But she didn't go out immediately. Instead, after rinsing her mouth, she sat down at the dressing table, picked up the lip rouge, and applied a bright red lipstick to her lips.

Sure enough, after applying lip rouge, her complexion improved even more, and with Kangxi's "help" last night, she became even more radiant.

Seeing that the person in the mirror was dressed neatly and there was nothing wrong with it, she then took Tingyu's hand and walked out.

Wanwan: "What are my sisters saying? I can hear the noise from behind."

The phrase implies a noisy person (Consort Xi) who doesn't understand etiquette.

When the concubines at the head of the table saw the doll come out, they first stood up and bowed to it.

"Your humble servant/concubine/servant greets Your Highness the Imperial Noble Consort. May Your Highness enjoy boundless blessings and peace."

Wanwan walked directly to the phoenix chair above and sat down, saying to the concubines below, "Get up, all of you."

The concubines thanked the Imperial Noble Consort.

After everyone had stood up and sat down, they looked up and saw Wanwan's attire.

A bright red phoenix robe, pearl earrings, and a phoenix crown unique to the empress were all worn by Wanwan.

The others didn't expect this, not even Consort Tong. They just thought that Emperor Kangxi favored Wanwan and was giving face to Wanyan and Wanwan, so he made the ceremony for conferring the title of Imperial Noble Consort the same as the ceremony for establishing the Empress.

But unexpectedly, Kangxi truly treated Wanwan as the Empress. Otherwise, these exclusive empress ornaments would not have been worn by Wanwan.

Oh no, not just now, but probably everything that belongs to the Empress will be given to the protagonist in the future?

The only difference might be that Wanwan will continue to live in Jingren Palace instead of moving to Kunning Palace.

Wanwan sat down on the phoenix chair, placed her hands on the armrests, and looked at the people below, saying, "I think I just heard Consort Xi saying that I made things difficult for you."

Wanwan said, "This is my first day as Imperial Noble Consort. I don't know what I did wrong that made Consort Xi mistakenly think that I was making things difficult for you."

It must be said that Consort Xi was indeed a brave woman; she really did speak her mind directly.

Consort Xi replied, "Your Majesty is joking. I just felt that the Imperial Noble Consort is not the Empress after all, and it would be inappropriate to keep the concubines waiting for too long."

In fact, the moment Consort Xi looked up after Wanwan sat on the phoenix throne, she saw Wanwan's attire, which made her even more resentful. Why was her older sister, a concubine's daughter, the Empress, while she was a legitimate daughter? Just because there were no girls of marriageable age at that time, she was only a concubine.

Wanwan: "Have you been waiting for a long time? In my opinion, this time is about the same as when I was a Noble Consort and you were asked to come and pay your respects."

"Tingxue, does this take longer than the time I used to spend paying my respects when I was a Noble Consort?"

When Tingxue heard Wanwan's words, how could she not understand?

"Your Highness, this time is the same as the time you usually request to pay your respects."

Wanwan: "That's good, otherwise I would have thought I overslept."

Wanwan said, “As for what Consort Xi said, it’s not without reason. However, there is no Empress now. As the Imperial Noble Consort, I hold the Phoenix Seal and manage the affairs of the six palaces. It is normal for you to come and pay your respects to me.”

"Don't say that I came out at the same time as usual today. Even if I came out later, you would still have to wait."

"However, it seems that Consort Xi is quite dissatisfied. In that case, Xi Ping no longer needs to come and pay her respects to me."

Wanwan said, "Just stay in your Jingyang Palace. You don't need to come out anymore, and you don't need to wait for anyone."

Wanwan's words essentially meant that Consort Xi was placed under house arrest.

Consort Xi was still somewhat unconvinced, "Your Highness, I am only a Consort."

Wanwan said, "So what if I'm a concubine? As the Imperial Noble Consort, I am now in charge of the six palaces and naturally have the right to punish any of the concubines."

Wanwan said, "After you come with me to pay your respects to Cining Palace today, you should stay in your own palace tomorrow. You can come out when Consort Xi realizes her mistakes. However, you should stay for at least half a year, otherwise it seems that Consort Xi will not realize her mistakes."

Consort Xi: "You, how dare you! I am the late Empress's sister!"

Upon hearing this, not only Wanwan, but also some other concubines, especially Consort Hui, Consort Rong, Noble Lady Duan, and Noble Lady Jing, who had been harmed by the Empress, were even angrier.

Previously, when Empress Hesheli was the empress, there was nothing they could do. But now that Consort Xi is only a concubine, would they be afraid of someone of only one rank?

Consort Hui said, "Consort Xi is joking. You know you're referring to the late Empress, but you're just a concubine. How dare you be so disrespectful and speak to the Imperial Noble Consort like that?"

Consort Rong said, "Consort Hui is right. As a consort, Consort Xi's words to the Imperial Noble Consort are indeed disrespectful and must be punished."

After the two of them finished speaking, Consort Jing and Consort Duan said the same thing.

Consort Xi had been in the palace for a year, but she never expected it to end like this. She thought she was well-liked in the palace. In reality, she was arrogant and looked down on the other concubines, believing herself superior because she was the late Empress's sister.

Consort Tong also disliked Consort Xi, but Consort Tong disliked not only Consort Xi, she disliked everyone, so when the other concubines were dealing with Consort Xi, she was just watching the show.

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