She then performed a polite bow to Consort Tong, whose face darkened upon seeing Wanwan's expression.
After exchanging greetings, Wanwan sat down in the first seat on the right, in front of Consort Tong.
In ancient times, the left was considered the place of honor.
The first seat on the left is Consort Zhao, and the first seat on the right is Consort Tong. According to the rules, Wanwan has a title while Consort Tong does not, so she should be ranked before Consort Tong. However, looking at the people in front of her, she knew that they wanted to give her a hard time.
“Sister Consort Tong, you seem to have forgotten that I am a newly arrived concubine, and you don’t even remember that there is a concubine whose rank is half a level higher than yours.” Wanwan’s words were direct and obvious.
You're trying to intimidate me. If I actually sit below Consort Zhao as you wish, I'll not only lose face for myself, but also for the entire Wanyan clan.
He then stood quietly in front of Consort Tong, looked at her silently, said one sentence, and then remained silent.
Seeing the two men locked in a tense standoff, everyone fell silent, fearing for the sake of the little devil.
Although Consort Tong felt embarrassed by Wanwan's gaze, she did not get up.
"It seems that Consort Tong hasn't learned her manners very well yet. When Her Majesty the Empress comes out later, we should speak to her and ask her to assign a governess to teach her manners so she can properly learn the etiquette of the palace."
That's a serious matter. As a concubine, if a maid were to go to the palace to teach her manners, Tongjia would be utterly disgraced.
Consort Tong looked at Wanwan and said, "I am the Emperor's own cousin," the meaning of which was quite clear.
However, Wanwan wasn't buying it. "Of course I know that Consort Tong is the Emperor's cousin, but I don't know if the Emperor knows about Consort Tong's rules... or does Consort Tong think that just because she's the Emperor's cousin, she doesn't have to follow the palace rules?"
"When did the rules in this palace change? I had no idea."
"I wonder if Consort Zhao knows when the palace rules were changed?" "Consort Tong must have her reasons for saying that."
The repeated use of the term "Sister Tong Fei" ignited a fire of anger within Tong Jiaxianrui.
But she had to endure it because she truly valued and loved her imperial cousin. She didn't want to leave a bad impression on him.
Consort Tong suppressed her anger and returned Wanwan's greeting with a polite bow.
"Indeed, I forgot. Yesterday was the day Consort Ming entered the palace, and I forgot to save a seat for her." With that, she got up from her seat and sat down below Consort Zhao.
Seeing that Wanwan was not someone to be trifled with, some people had thoughts of provoking her, while others were of unknown origin. In any case, their expressions varied.
After Wanwan sat down, everyone except Consort Zhao and Consort Tong stood up and bowed to her.
"This servant greets Consort Mingfei, may Consort Mingfei be blessed with ten thousand years of happiness and peace." Only a princess could be called a concubine; those below the rank of Noble Lady were called concubines. However, since these were all concubines, they were called servants.
(PS: It should be "slave" not "servant". In the Qing Dynasty, servants, regardless of gender, were all called "slave" because Emperor Kangxi had not yet established ranks at that time. However, the author did not like women being called "slave", so he had them called "servant". Even if they had ranks, they were all called "concubine". Coincidentally, the author also disliked this (?_?). To distinguish them, concubines were called "servant", those below the rank of "concubine" were called "concubine", and those of the rank of "concubine" and above were called "servant".)
Wanwan glanced at everyone and said, "Get up!" Then she ignored them and just sat there playing with her armor.
In fact, Empress Hesheli had been listening to their game of chess from behind the screen. She also wanted to use Consort Zhao and Consort Tong to give the newly arrived Consort Ming a hard time.
Who knew that Consort Zhao wouldn't respond at all, and Consort Tong was stupid and clumsy; they were truly useless.
The Empress walked out and said, "What are you sisters talking about? It's so lively." Then she sat down on the phoenix throne.
When she saw Wanwan's face, she was also amazed. After all, most of the women in the harem were Manchu and Mongol women, and their appearances were not particularly outstanding. The most outstanding ones were Consort Zhao and Lady Magiya.
(The fairy sister's beauty is no joke (?▽?))
Because Consort Zhao was Ao Bai's adopted daughter, she was not favored by the Emperor, so he spent most of his time in Consort Ma Jia's Zhongcui Palace. But compared to Wanwan, these two could only be considered pretty at best.
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