Chapter 346 Zhao Hede 7
"What a nice day today."
Zhao Hede woke up and began to choose her clothes for the day. Suddenly, she remembered that she had not yet worn the red brocade gown with dogwood embroidery that she had made two days ago, so she chose a plain gauze Zen gown.
"Zhaoyi, do you have to go today? Didn't the Emperor promise you a spring outing yesterday?"
While helping her dress, Palace Lady Fan was trying to persuade her not to attend today's farming ceremony.
Zhao Hede rolled her eyes at her and said, "Stop nagging me. Now that I've entered the palace, there will always be a day when I can't escape. Do I have to stay at home forever?"
"If I don't take advantage of the Emperor's support now to show off my power, am I going to wait until my looks fade and my love wanes before I'm bullied by newcomers?"
Zhao Hede's meaning was very clear. She just wanted to enjoy herself and show off as much as she could while her backer was still there.
After understanding that the other party was not going to be a virtuous concubine, Palace Lady Fan immediately changed her attitude, rubbing her hands in anticipation, and asked excitedly:
"Would Zhaoyi like to style her hair into a Chaoyun Jinxiang bun today?"
As Lady Fan spoke, she waved. Lady Yu quickly pulled out a three-layer lacquer box, which contained some of Zhao Hede's favorite hair accessories, arranged in different categories.
"I can imagine that these two days will not be easy, so just do a simple bun."
Zhao Hede held her face, refusing to add burden to her cervical spine, and even more so, refusing the approach of toxic cosmetics: "I am naturally beautiful, these things are not worthy of touching my face."
"Forget about the jewelry. I'm not going to see His Majesty, so there's no need for me to dress up. Palace Lady Yu, go outside and pick me a crabapple tree."
Yu Kezi did not follow Palace Lady Fan's advice, but turned around and walked out of the bedroom to pick flowers.
Palace maid Fan lowered her head as she looked at the smile on Zhao Zhaoyi's face that didn't reach her eyes. She quickly combed her hair, took the crabapple branch from the palace maid's hand, and inserted it diagonally into her bun.
Palace maid Fan, who had originally wanted to persuade the other party to dress up in order to suppress the Queen and Ban Jieyu and take the opportunity to stir up harem fighting, was once again amazed by Zhao Hede's beauty, and then laughed at herself for being too foolish.
Just based on her face, even without makeup, she could still outshine the others. No...it should be said that it was better to go on like this, making those women who deliberately dressed up look like vulgar women.
Thinking of this, Palace Maid Fan became even more attentive and helped Zhao Hede out of Zhaoyang Palace. On the way, she told her about what Xu Ye, the wife of Empress Xu's sister, Marquis Ping'an Gang, had said about Zhao Hede behind her back yesterday.
Zhao Hede knew that she was trying to instigate her to become an enemy of everyone in the harem, but she did not intend to expose it.
[Just kidding, I'm playing the role of a demon concubine who brings disaster to the country and the people. I want to be arrogant, domineering, and reckless. Just charge in without thinking.]
Thinking of this, Zhao Hede frowned cooperatively: "Did this old woman really say that?"
"Ahem... I heard it clearly, so I shouldn't be wrong."
Before, Zhao Hede had always been with the emperor, and no one dared to make her angry. Therefore, although Palace Lady Fan knew that she was a little willful, she did not expect that she would speak so... uh, bluntly, and she couldn't help feeling uneasy.
"Zhaoyi, when you get there, you can't address Madam Xu like that."
"Do I even look that stupid?"
"Zhaoyi is very talented, how could she be stupid?"
On the other side, Yu Kezi hurried forward to comfort her, as if he was afraid that Zhao Hede would be sad.
Palace Lady Fan was even more speechless, but it was inconvenient for her to say anything more, so she could only remain silent.
When Zhao Hede arrived at the place, all the concubines in the palace had already arrived, even the queen and her sister had arrived. They were chatting and laughing with Ban Jieyu, but when they saw Hede, they fell silent.
The noisy voices suddenly became silent, only the noisy wind continued to whisper.
Zhao Hede raised her hand to stroke a strand of hair by her temple. She had long been accustomed to this kind of attention-grabbing treatment. She walked over leisurely, casually bowed to the queen, and stood aside to admire the flowers.
Xu Ye, who was the first to react, became even more furious and shrieked, "Is this how you salute the Queen?"
Hede, who was just wondering if it was rapeseed flowers, was startled by the other party's sharp voice. She turned her head to look at Xu Ye, whose face was red with anger and was even angrier than her: "Do you always talk so scary?"
"You're so rude, Madam Xu, for yelling so much!"
"How dare you call me rude? Everyone in this palace knows that I'm just a concubine in Princess Yang'e's mansion. I was favored by His Majesty, but unfortunately, even so, I can't change my background. I can't even bow to the Queen. A three-year-old child can do better than me."
"Are you questioning the Emperor's judgment, or are you dissatisfied with the Empress's ability to manage the harem?"
Zhao Hede stood aside with her hands folded, completely unmoved by her words: "The Empress Dowager and the Emperor have never disdained my background, and the Emperor and Empress have never blamed me for my etiquette. Madam Xu, an outsider, actually likes to give orders to the Emperor's harem."
"This is the Xu family's upbringing. I really got to learn a lesson today."
"you!"
"Okay, sister, stop talking."
Empress Xu was certainly bitter about Zhao Hede's favor, and perhaps even harbored a twinge of disdain, but she was unwilling to rashly offend anyone. Being a weak woman by nature, she valued her dignity as queen above all else, and beyond that, she would subconsciously yield in many matters.
Xu Ye glared at Hede unwillingly, but he didn't dare to provoke her any further. He followed his sister's words and kept silent.
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