Chapter 229 From Maid to Imperial Concubine, Watch How I Deal with You!
For some reason, when Meng Yanzhi looked at Xiaoyue, it was as if she saw herself when she was a child. In fact, Meng Yanzhi was also very greedy when she was a child.
Even though she was in the village at that time, she always tried to find some good food for herself.
Looking at Xiaoyue now, Meng Yanzhi wished she could give her all the best food she had, as if she were making up for herself back then.
Meng Yanzhi took Xiaoyue's hand and tentatively tried to get into the water.
"Oh, isn't this Consort Meng?"
"Your Highness, you are now an imperial concubine, not some wild girl. How could you do such a thing?"
Lingfei's voice came over, and then she stood not far from the shore, looking down at Meng Yanzhi.
Meng Yanzhi became a Noble Consort without anyone noticing, which almost made Consort Ling furious. Before, she was a servant kneeling in front of her, but now she was a Noble Consort riding on her head!
How could she not hate it!
Consort Ling stared at Meng Yanzhi with her eyebrows tightly furrowed.
Meng Yanzhi smiled, then pulled Xiaoyue to her feet, tilted her head, looked at Consort Ling, and said calmly, "Consort Ling, you've been in the palace for so many years, don't you know that you should bow to a Noble Consort?"
Upon hearing this, Xiaoyue nodded in agreement: "Sister Meng, it seems that she really should bow to you. I heard from my brother that insubordination is punishable by thirty strokes of the cane!"
"Oh? Thirty strokes of the cane?"
"What are you all standing there for? Guards, give him a beating!"
Meng Yanzhi looked at Xiaoyue with a face full of curiosity, then her expression changed, and she gave Qingdao behind her a cold look.
"How dare you, Meng Yanzhi! Do you think that just because you've become a Noble Consort, you can humiliate the other concubines at will?"
"Let me tell you, I'm the General's sister! You dare hit me? You try it!"
Consort Ling's expression immediately changed, and she slapped Qingdao hard across the face.
"You worthless bastards, you bunch of lackeys, I'd like to see who dares to touch me!"
Meng Yanzhi, holding Xiaoyue's hand, walked step by step to Lingfei, raised her hand, and slapped Lingfei hard across the face.
"Light knife, hold her down!"
"Little Corn, give him thirty strokes of the cane! Give him the beating!"
Meng Yanzhi would never forget how this woman had broken her master's breath. Today's incident was nothing more than a small interest payment.
Without the slightest hesitation, Xiao Yumi picked up the cane and slammed it down hard on Lingfei's body.
As for those around Consort Ling, they were no match for Qingdao and were utterly defeated.
Seeing this, the quick-witted went to find Consort Liu and Xiao Xingyuan, who arrived almost at the same time.
"Stop! Stop right now!"
"What are you doing?"
Consort Liu hurried over, let out a low growl, and then looked at Meng Yanzhi with a puzzled expression.
She frowned slightly: "What are you doing?"
"Greetings, Your Highness." Meng Yanzhi bowed respectfully and then said directly, "Your Highness, Consort Ling has committed insubordination, so I am dealing with her according to palace rules!"
Upon hearing this, Consort Ling burst into tears: "No, Your Majesty, you must do justice for me! I beg Your Majesty to do justice for me! Meng Yanzhi is bullying me!"
"Insolence!" Xiao Xingyuan's expression immediately changed, his face darkening as he glared at Consort Ling. He said irritably, "Shut up! I ask you, what right do you have to address Consort Meng by her given name? Such insubordination deserves a beating!"
"Consort Liu, you have committed insubordination. How should you be punished?" Xiao Xingyuan roared, taking charge for Meng Yanzhi.
Now, Consort Liu understood what was going on. She frowned, looked at Consort Ling, and said unhappily, "You are a senior member of the palace, how can you be so ignorant? Hurry up and apologize to Consort Meng!"
Consort Ling truly did not expect things to turn out this way overnight. Even though she was unwilling, she knew that both Xiao Xingyuan and Consort Liu were helping Meng Yanzhi and were deliberately trying to establish Meng Yanzhi's authority here!
"Yes, it's all my fault."
"Your Majesty, I apologize to Consort Meng."
"Consort Meng, I know I was wrong. I beg Your Highness to be lenient and not hold it against me."
Consort Ling spoke these words with great difficulty, her eyebrows tightly furrowed together, as if she were enduring a great humiliation.
Seeing Consort Ling's state, Consort Liu sighed and looked at Meng Yanzhi: "We are all in the palace and sisters, so let it go. She will certainly not dare to offend us again in the future."
"yes."
Meng Yanzhi did not continue to press the matter, but simply nodded obediently and bowed to Consort Liu.
Both of them were imperial concubines, but Consort Liu managed the affairs of the six palaces, so her status was higher than that of Meng Yanzhi.
Xiao Xingyuan simply grabbed Meng Yanzhi's hand and strode away.
Before leaving, he didn't forget to give Consort Ling a cold snort.
"Someone, summon the imperial physician."
Consort Liu had no choice but to stay and clean up the mess.
She looked at the disheveled and tearful Consort Ling and sighed helplessly, saying, "I thought you were very clever, but I didn't expect you to be such a fool. Why? Why did you provoke Consort Meng? Don't you know that she is the apple of the Emperor's eye?"
Who does she think she is!
"You shameless vixen!"
Consort Ling roared angrily, her eyebrows furrowed tightly as she stared at Consort Liu.
"Your Majesty, you are in charge of the six palaces, are you just going to turn a blind eye to this?"
Consort Liu originally intended to persuade Consort Ling, but she never expected that the person would be so stubborn. Helpless, she could only sigh, then turned around and strode away.
Pearl followed behind Consort Liu and whispered, "Your Highness, are you really not going to do anything about this?"
"I can't control her." Consort Liu gave a helpless twitch of her lips. "Consort Ling was in the wrong from the start. She has no right to complain. Besides, His Majesty is clearly biased towards Meng Yanzhi. Am I supposed to go against His Majesty?"
At this moment, Pearl didn't know what to say. She could only sigh helplessly, lower her head, and say in a muffled voice, "But this servant is a little worried about Your Highness. If the Emperor continues to favor you like this, won't you soon lose all power in the six palaces?"
"There's nothing better, and I wasn't really interested in worrying about that anyway," Consort Liu waved her hand dismissively.
Who wants to look at ledgers, do accounting, and worry about so many messy, trivial things?
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