Xueying took Rachel to the kitchen. The head cook, seeing Xueying arrive, said, "This servant greets Consort Xueying. May I ask why Consort Xueying has come to the kitchen?"

Xueying said, "This lady has come to collect her own meals."

The head steward dared not treat Zu Ying as he had done before. Although he still did not respect or value this concubine, he still brought out the concubine's allowance and said, "The concubine does not need to come to the kitchen in person in the future. It would not be good if the Prince found out."

Xueying said to the head of the kitchen, "Are you using the Prince to threaten me? I ask you, from now on, will you only serve me my meals if I personally bring them to you? Otherwise, I won't even be able to eat a hot meal."

The head of the kitchen was surprised that the dignified concubine would come to ask him personally. He dared not make things difficult for her and quickly said, "Your Highness is too kind. This servant will provide Zuying with meals on time from now on."

"Is it cold?" Xueying asked.

"No, no, I wouldn't dare," the steward quickly shook his head.

It turned out that every time Zuying came, they would intentionally or unintentionally give her the cold food.

"The cold meal given to the Lady earlier must have been the servants' carelessness," the head steward said, turning around and scolding, "A bunch of useless idiots! You can't even handle such a simple matter! Just wait and see how I deal with you later!"

Xueying looked at him with a cold smile and said, "You don't need to scold them anymore. It was all my fault before."

The head steward hurriedly said, "How could that be? Your Highness is too serious."

Xueying said, "Shut up and let me finish what I have to say."

The steward obediently shut his mouth.

Xueying continued, "It was my fault before. I thought you were all servants, so I was unwilling to lower myself to argue with you. Who knew that my forbearance was seen as me being easy to bully? You gave me cold food, and today you even dared to hit my personal maid. In a few days, will you hit me instead?"

The servants in the kitchen were terrified and knelt down one after another, saying, "We dare not!"

The head steward knelt on the ground and said carefully, "Princess, please calm down. This servant will certainly discipline these servants properly."

Xueying ignored him and continued, "Don't forget, I am a concubine of the Prince's mansion. My surname is Ulanara, and my aunt is the current Empress. If you dare to do it again, I will beat you to death and throw you into a mass grave!"

The steward knew that Xueying was telling the truth and was not exaggerating. In order to appease Xueying, he slapped the old woman who had hit Zuying earlier.

"Ah!" the old woman cried out, covering her face and asking, "Master Steward, why did you hit me?"

The head steward kicked her directly and said, "You still dare to ask why? I'm asking you, where did you get the guts to hit the concubine's personal maid! I think you're tired of living."

The old woman was kicked in the chest by him. She clutched her chest and lay on the ground crying out, "Ouch, ouch."

The steward secretly observed Xueying's expression. Seeing that her expression had softened slightly, he knew that she had calmed down a bit. So he deliberately ordered the others, "Give this old woman a beating and then throw her out to fend for herself."

Upon hearing this, the old woman immediately kowtowed to Xueying and begged for mercy.

"Consort, this servant will never dare to do it again. Please forgive this servant and calm down."

Xueying, being soft-hearted, decided not to pursue the matter further after seeing her plead for forgiveness.

Just as the others were about to make their move, Xueying said, "Stop." Turning to the steward, she said, "Spare her, but don't let it happen again."

The head steward quickly replied, "Yes, Consort, thank you for your kindness."

Xueying nodded and left with Rachel.