She's a master of feigned retreat. She just refused when she asked to take a look at the regulations to see if there were any problems. Now that she's saying this again, how can Consort Yi refuse?
And she just received a very rare compliment... She was saying that she has a good personality, so she had to act like she has a good personality, since it's rare for someone to praise her like that.
She had underestimated the person in front of her. He looked harmless, but he was actually quite clever. However, Consort Yi was still happy. It was better to deal with a smart person than to talk to a fool!
It's quite interesting that there's another clever person in the palace now. If someone were as reckless as that young Lady Tongjia, they would have suffered greatly.
In fact, Consort Yi was quite free-spirited at times. She wasn't the most disciplined person in the palace, and sometimes her behavior was even a bit unconventional. She had her own rules, and while adhering to the palace rules, she could also live a free and easy life...
Xiao Niu Hulu smiled... She had already inquired beforehand and found out that although Zhong seemed the most difficult to deal with, she was actually quite easy to talk to as long as you didn't offend her.
Take this matter as an example. Didn't Consort Yi agree to it? As long as she agrees, everything will be fine. She just wanted to seek a little help, but she couldn't find a suitable concubine...
Lady Niohuru wasn't afraid of those who looked intimidating; she was only afraid of those who were two-faced! Those who appeared smiling but secretly plotted against others were the most detestable!
"I dare not presume, but since my sister has said so, I will take a look for you..." Consort Yi smiled.
This isn't a difficult task; it's just a matter of taking a look. Even if I can't find any flaws, I can't really say anything about it...
Overwhelmed with gratitude, Niohuru hurriedly had someone hand her a booklet, which she then presented to Consort Yi with both hands, her eyes brimming with anticipation.
Clearly, she had been prepared in advance. Seeing how well she had prepared, Consort Yi couldn't help but glance at her a few more times.
In fact, Lady Niohuru really had no choice; this matter was originally to be handled jointly by her and Lady Tongjia.
Xiao Tongjia was the one who first took on this task. She was rather easygoing, but since she had taken on the task, she had to do it well.
She still needs to establish herself in the palace!
As a result, Xiao Tongjia readily shared the burden of the matter without saying a word.
Since the burden was shared, she didn't have much of an opinion. However, Xiao Tongjia's own mishandling of her own affairs delayed her progress, which was truly a headache!
If you don't have the skills, you shouldn't take on a job you're not qualified for. She was so eager to host the flower viewing banquet back then, I thought Xiao Tongjia was capable of something, but this is what happened.
She was helpless, but blaming each other at this point was useless. With the deadline fast approaching, she had to speed things up!
She could only work harder and finally managed to arrange the rules for the flower viewing banquet. Part of it was already underway, but there were still some things she was unsure about!
But when she went to see the Empress Dowager, she felt that she really didn't have the face to do so. Xiao Tongjia was too afraid of the Empress Dowager to go. Was she supposed to be the one to suffer the humiliation?
Helpless, she had to come up with another idea. Then she thought of Consort Yi at the first birthday banquet that day. Consort Yi had left a deep impression on her. Little Niohuru was very friendly to her... so she shamelessly came over this time.
Now that I've finally agreed to this, I have to get everything ready quickly before I pay my respects!
Leaving aside the background of this matter, she was happy to see that Consort Yi was willing to help her.
For her, this trip was not just about attending the flower viewing banquet and asking for help; it was also an opportunity to open up a social circle among the concubines in the imperial harem.
She wasn't as foolish as Lady Tongjia, thinking that her birth and the Emperor's favor would guarantee her a place in the palace! Even if she did have a foothold, whether she could live well and for a long time was a much bigger question!
If you want to live a good life in the air, you still have to deal with these concubines; at the very least, you have to keep a respectable appearance!
If it were solely based on the emperor's favor, there would be so many women in the harem who would receive his favor, and many who would lose it, including some of whom came from very high social standing. So why couldn't they stay together for long?
After all, the two of them entered the palace with such family backgrounds, like two bright signs telling others that they were there to compete with them for the emperor's favor.
Therefore, they did not receive much favor from others, especially the concubines in the palace. Even if they were not hostile to them, they would all observe coldly and would never greet them with a smile or extend an olive branch of friendship.
“Look at this place… There has never been such a precedent in the palace…” Having held power in the palace before, Consort Yi could see something inappropriate at a glance.
The fact that there is no precedent in the palace does not mean that it cannot be done. It's just that if we want to be on the safe side when holding this flower viewing banquet, we should be more cautious... This can be considered her well-intentioned reminder.
If the other party were someone with a flamboyant personality who wanted to show off at the flower viewing banquet, Consort Yi would definitely not say a word. She would simply watch the show with amusement, regardless of what they were up to or how they were going to accomplish it!
But looking at the little Niohuru clan member who came to find him, he didn't seem like the kind of person who was overly high-profile and lacked self-awareness.
The young Niohuru was indeed very grateful, because even though she had read through the palace rules and received instruction from the nannies, she was not very familiar with many of the unspoken rules of the palace.
Even though she had her elder sister's connections in the palace, her sister had been gone for several years, and even the strongest connections didn't have much left...
Unlike Xiao Tongjia, she didn't insist on showing off. She agreed to the matter because Xiao Tongjia had already spoken up.
In everyone's eyes, the two were one entity. As the two with the best backgrounds to enter the palace through this selection, they seemed inseparable. Whether she agreed or not seemed to be unimportant. It was already assumed that she would handle this matter, so they had no choice but to agree.
In fact, if it were up to her to handle this matter, he wouldn't want to meddle in such a trivial matter!
But it's too late to say anything now, so she's not going to complain about it anymore.
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