Having said all that, would Chen Jia still dare to cry?
She wouldn't dare even if she had three times the courage.
Chen Jia's attempt to hold back her tears was quite comical.
Shi Xiuzhu inwardly scoffed. Someone with such low skill dared to come to Yuqing Palace? Didn't they remember the blood spilled in the back garden of Yuqing Palace?
Consort Tong raised her eyebrows in anger: "Crown Princess, I sincerely offered you a suitable person, what do you mean by your insulting words? Chen Jia has no father or mother and has no one to rely on. You don't need to worry that she will become a second Consort Tong after gaining favor. Such a good person is hard to find."
After Consort Tong finished speaking, the hall fell silent.
The deathly silence, coupled with the footsteps nearby, made Consort Tong close her mouth in a panic.
"Yuqing Palace is the Crown Prince's Eastern Palace, the palace of the Great Qing's heir apparent. How can anyone enter if they are dirty and smelly? Even a sweeping servant is carefully selected by Father Emperor, let alone the concubines who serve the Prince personally. Even Consort Tong and the Noble Consort have never mentioned it. You recommended someone to the Crown Princess. Do you have designs on the Empress's throne?" Tong Wanyan said as she walked in from outside the door.
Tong Wanyan exuded an extremely arrogant aura, her bright clothes and dazzling jewelry making her truly an invincible and favored concubine.
Her bright eyes held a hint of anger, and one glance from them was enough to captivate anyone's attention.
Chen Jia finally understood why there was a saying among the people that no beauty in the world could compare to the Tong family's daughter.
What is a beautiful woman? Fish dive deep upon seeing her, birds fly high upon seeing her, and deer flee at the sight of her.
Chen Jia knelt on the ground, dejected, as blank as a piece of wood.
When Consort Tong learned on Mount Wutai that Tong Wanyan had been recognized by the Tong family and returned to the Tong State Duke's Mansion, she felt a thorn in her side.
When she was with Tong Wanyan, she was always somewhat delirious.
"You useless thing, what are you doing kneeling on the ground with your legs as weak as noodles? The one in front of you was once a concubine's daughter, but she still became the Crown Prince's princess. Now she's so powerful and can even act arrogantly in front of her stepmother. Are you sure you're inferior to her?" Consort Tong said angrily and without thinking.
She lowered her head and scolded Chen Jia, because here, she could only scold Chen Jia.
No one called her to get up, and Chen Jia obediently knelt down, her head almost buried in the ground.
It was because she looked down at the ground that she was the first to see a pair of bright yellow dragon boots appear outside the door.
In the entire world, only the empress and the emperor are allowed to wear bright yellow clothes.
Without a doubt, Kangxi has arrived.
Chen Jia held her breath, letting Consort Tong vent her anger on her.
She secretly hoped that Consort Tong would beat her on the spot, so that Emperor Kangxi would not vent his anger on her, an orphan.
"Tong, is this what you learned from your solitary cultivation on Mount Wutai?" Kangxi's face was expressionless, and there was not even a hint of anger in his words.
That's precisely why it's so disheartening and frightening.
Consort Tong opened her mouth but remained silent for a long time before struggling to say, "Your Majesty, I have come to apologize."
Kangxi stared at her, his face showing disappointment, and said, "I thought that after you knew about Yuanbao'er's background, you would know your place and stop behaving inappropriately. I would then be able to keep my promise to my cousin and protect your wealth and status."
Consort Tong's face lit up with joy upon hearing this, but the next moment Kangxi shattered her illusions: "However, before her death, my cousin did not know that Yuanbao'er was her own cousin. That's why she hoped that I would allow you to live well in the harem, so that outsiders would not think that the Tong family had become estranged from the royal family. She also wanted you to protect Yuanbao'er. Since you have disappointed her, I will not consider it a breach of promise."
"Furthermore, now that you have Yuanbao'er, she excels in everything and her background is impeccable. Since you don't want a good life, go find a courtyard in the North Third Institute and stay there. You don't need to come out anymore."
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