The imperial concubine, who had always been at odds with the queen, rarely refuted this time. Her charming eyes wandered over Shen Yizhi for a while, and she laughed at herself: "I used to boast of my outstanding beauty, but now I know that there are always people better than me."

When she said this, others were very surprised. They didn't expect that the imperial concubine, who had always been narcissistic, would one day think that she was inferior to others.

How could they know that the imperial concubine had long known that Shen Yizhi was the one who provided her with the spiritual flowers. She could have her current beauty and look so young all thanks to Shen Yizhi.

She certainly wouldn't be stupid enough to slander Shen Yizi in public just to argue with the Queen.

The queen's gaze moved between the imperial concubine and Shen Yizi, her eyes flickering slightly. Could it be that this bitch had some kind of relationship with Shen Yizi?

The eunuch brought tea, Gu Xueting and Shen Yizhi took it and bowed to offer tea to the empress dowager.

The Sixth Princess Gu Yi, who was sitting by the Queen Mother's footstool, exclaimed, "Aunt Wang is so arrogant. She didn't even kneel down to offer tea to the Royal Grandmother."

Before Shen Yizhizi could speak, Gu Xueting glanced at him coldly, accompanied by a sense of pressure.

Gu Yi's body suddenly sank, as if a mountain was pressing down on him, and he fell down directly, with his head facing Shen Yizhi, making it look like he was kneeling down to her.

Her face turned purple and the shame in her heart almost overwhelmed her.

Gu Xueting said calmly: "Gu Yi, do you know what the rules of us cultivators are?"

Gu Yi was completely speechless.

The Queen was furious when she saw her precious daughter being humiliated in this way, but she did not dare to act presumptuously in front of Gu Xueting.

"The strong are respected. Among cultivators, it has always been the case that the weak kneel before the strong." Gu Xueting changed the subject, "But Zhizhi and I respect our mother and respect her as an elder, so we pay our respects to her as juniors."

The Queen Mother tried to smooth things over: "Xue Ting, Ayi is not sensible. As the uncle of the king, you should not bother with her."

Reach out to help Gu Yi.

Gu Xueting relaxed his control over her.

The tea-serving incident just passed.

Gu Xueting then took Shen Yizhi to meet the Queen and others.

The queen was angry and replaced the gift she had prepared with a flying phoenix hairpin. The hairpin was exquisite and gorgeous. The queen personally inserted the hairpin into Shen Yizhi's temples and smiled warmly: "I hope you two will live in harmony in the future and have children for the royal family as soon as possible."

Shen Yizi sneered in her heart. This queen was so frustrated and hypocritical. She was obviously so angry with her and Gu Xueting that she was about to burst out, but she still had to put on a smiling face.

Did she not know that "hairpin" and "open" are the same? The Queen gave her the phoenix hairpin, which seemed generous, but in fact she was secretly cursing that she and Gu Xueting would be separated soon.

However, Shen Yizi had no intention of staying here any longer. He just wanted to complete the process and leave here as soon as possible, so he did not expose the queen.

When it was the imperial concubine's turn, the gift given was much more thoughtful: a pair of heart-shaped pendants.

The jade pendant was carved into the shape of a red carp. The craftsmanship was very exquisite, and the size of the leaves and every detail were very realistic. At certain angles, there were even faint water ripples on the body, as if it was really swimming in the water.

The most amazing thing is that this fish can be divided into two halves, each half is only the size of a little finger, and it still looks like a complete fish.

The imperial concubine demonstrated it to Gu Xueting and Shen Yizhi, and handed the two halves of the fish to them respectively. "This heart-shaped pendant, you each have half. I hope you and your husband will be united in heart and live happily ever after."

Shen Yizhi liked this gift very much, "Thank you, Your Majesty."

The imperial concubine said angrily, "Why call me Imperial Concubine? Don't call me old. We are obviously of the same generation. Call me sister."

Shen Yizhi readily agreed, "Sister."

"Oh, you are so good." The imperial concubine touched her head and took off the hairpin that the queen had just inserted. "This hairpin looks really redundant. It messes up your beautiful hairstyle. I think you should take it off."

Oh, this imperial concubine is really tough! But she likes it! Shen Yizhi smiled and stuffed the Feifeng hairpin into the storage bag.

The Queen looked at the two men and saw that every word they said was clearly meant to bully her. She was so angry that her face turned blue, but she couldn't get angry in public. She felt so upset that she almost got hurt.

After the Imperial Concubine, it was Concubine Xian’s turn.

Concubine Xian is the biological mother of the second prince Gu Heng.

Gu Heng already knew last night that Shen Yizhi was the brother Shen who had saved him from the men in black. After returning, he sent a letter to his mother to inform her of the matter. Therefore, Concubine Xian was very grateful to Shen Yizhi and prepared a gift with great care, which was a Tianshan snow lotus that was more than three hundred years old.

Tianshan Snow Lotus has miraculous effects of clearing away heat and detoxifying, replenishing blood and strengthening yang, prolonging life, and beautifying the skin.

Shen Yizi had long wanted to find one. As long as she had one, she could cultivate more, but she had never been able to find one.

Unexpectedly, it was delivered to Concubine Xian now.

"Thank you, Sister Concubine Xian." Shen Yizhi said sweetly, and secretly decided to return the favor.

Empress Xian, just like her title, is an elegant and gentle woman. Upon hearing this, she smiled like an elegant daffodil, "As long as you like it."

Next came Concubine Li, Concubine Mei, and Concubine Lan.

The gifts prepared by these people were all quite standard, and Shen Yizi thanked them one by one.

Afterwards, a group of young people came to pay their respects to the young aunt Shen Yizi.

At this time, the Crown Prince and several princes came over after the morning court session.

Shen Yizhi gave each person a lucky bag with a gift inside.

It may seem that everyone’s gifts are the same, but in fact they are very different.

The Crown Prince and Gu Yi were born to the Queen, and their maternal family was the Zhao family. Shen Yizi already had a grudge against Zhao Fulan from the Zhao family, and she also had no good feelings towards the Queen and her two children. In addition to the previous incident, she naturally could not prepare too good a gift for them. Just a token of her appreciation would be enough.

After all, the prince is the heir to a country. Although he may not be very cunning, he still manages his facial expressions very well. He did not show any curiosity about the gift from his young aunt Shen Yizhi, but put it directly into his sleeve pocket and expressed his gratitude to her.

Gu Yi was much more direct and immediately took out the gift from inside.

Originally, she was prepared to show contempt for Shen Yizhi's gift, but when she saw that it was actually a Dongzhu the size of a quail egg, she was speechless.

She really likes this oriental pearl.

But she didn't want to show it at all, and even curled her lips deliberately: "It's just a broken bead, how dare you use it as a meeting gift."

Shen Yizhi would not indulge her bad temper, "If the Sixth Princess doesn't like it, you can return it to me."

Gu Yi subconsciously held Dongzhu in her hand and said, "How dare you ask for something back after giving it away? Aunt Wang, you are really losing face, aren't you?"

Shen Yizhi smiled, "It's better than feeding the dog. Oh, some people are worse than dogs. At least dogs know to wag their tails at me, but some people are just being ungrateful after getting the advantage."

"You! You actually said I was a dog!" Gu Yi pointed at her viciously.

Shen Yizhi's expression turned cold, and he stroked his sleeves: "I always hate it when people point fingers at me, Sixth Princess, you really need some discipline."