"Lianzhi, shut up! How dare you speak ill of Consort Tong behind her back!"
Xu Lejin's face was serious as she sternly reprimanded Lianzhi.
Lianzhi awkwardly shut her mouth, lowered her head and quickly pondered. Ruhua, who was standing to the side with her eyes lowered, glanced at Xu Lejin out of the corner of her eye, her mind clear as day.
Chuxiu Palace
Consort Zhao sat in the main seat with a gloomy expression.
"Consort Tong is a beauty of unparalleled grace? Beauty of unparalleled grace has always been used to describe empresses. Even I, the new empress already chosen by the Emperor and the Empress Dowager, dare not call myself a beauty of unparalleled grace."
"It's one thing that Consort Yu was born a palace maid and couldn't speak properly, but Consort Tong? She actually dared to answer."
With a 'smack,' Consort Zhao slammed her hand on the table, and the porcelain on the table crashed to the ground, shattering into pieces. Caiyue and Lianxing, who were bowing and serving her, exchanged a glance, not daring to utter a sound.
Consort Zhao's eyes turned sinister as she said in a deep voice, "A beauty of unparalleled grace, I'd like to see just how beautiful Consort Tong truly is."
"Caiyue, pass down the order to have our people in Chengqian Palace find a way to ruin Consort Tong's face. I want to see how Consort Tong can seduce the Emperor without her face."
Caiyue timidly raised her head.
"Your Majesty, Consort Tong's palace is heavily guarded. Our people can't get close to her at all in Chengqian Palace. It will probably be difficult to disfigure her."
"Furthermore, Consort Tong is, after all, the Emperor's own cousin. Even when the old master was alive, he was wary of the Tongjia clan, but now..."
Upon hearing this, Consort Zhao's face darkened.
"Am I just going to stand by and watch Consort Tong ride roughshod over me?"
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