Gu Pianran followed the little palace maid into the hall.
Sitting in the main seat was a graceful and elegant woman with extraordinary bearing. Gu Pianran knelt down to pay her respects.
"I, Gu Pianran, greet the Imperial Concubine. May the Imperial Concubine be blessed with good health."
Concubine Xiao sat there without saying a word, as if she didn't hear what she said.
Gu Pianran knew very well that this was done on purpose to embarrass her.
Here she is just a powerless commoner. It is easy for those in power to crush her. Even if she is angry or wronged, she has to endure it.
When Gu Pianran's legs were numb from kneeling on the ground, she finally heard a faint voice above her head.
"Get up."
"Thank you, Madam."
Gu Pianran stood up, but her numb legs almost made her unable to stand.
"Raise your head." Concubine Xiao ordered.
Gu Pianran raised her head obediently, revealing her beautiful face.
Concubine Xiao looked her up and down with cold eyes. Her appearance could only be considered average, not necessarily very beautiful, especially her fair skin and those charming eyes.
The moment she saw those eyes, Concubine Xiao was reminded of that bitch, Concubine Zhao, who had used those seductive eyes to seduce the Emperor into spending every night in her palace. That woman was too arrogant, and in the end, she had to suffer the same fate.
Gu Pianran clearly felt that she disliked her, but even so, she still pretended to know nothing and stood there obediently.
She now hopes that Gu Fanzhi will discover that she is missing sooner and come over earlier.
Although she had not had much contact with the women in the palace, she knew from the books and TV dramas she read in her previous life that a woman who could be favored in the harem for many years and successfully sit firmly on the position of imperial concubine was no ordinary woman.
"Do you know why I asked you to come here?" asked Concubine Xiao.
"I don't know." Gu Pianran said softly.
"You don't know?" Concubine Xiao sneered, "I remember correctly, you are Tang Jingyu's woman."
"Your Majesty, Young Master Tang and I are just good friends, not as the outside world has rumored." Gu Pianran distanced herself from Tang Jingyu.
"Oh, really? What is your relationship with my son?" asked Concubine Xiao.
"Just friends."
"What an ordinary friend! I know your family is just a small-time merchant family, but you don't know what the women of the Gu family are like? And you don't even know what it means for men and women not to touch each other. A woman follows a man around every day, and even openly lives in his house. Is this what you call a good friend, an ordinary friend?"
These words slapped Gu Pianran hard in the face.
"I have seen many women like you who try to curry favor with powerful people. When Tang Jingyu was powerful, you curried favor with him. Now that he has lost his power, you are clinging to my son. You are so bold!" Concubine Xiao shouted coldly.
"Do you think that after you get involved with my son, you can rise to the top and become the princess overnight? I tell you, it's impossible. My son's future princess is destined to be the child of an important official, and the same goes for a concubine. As for you, as the daughter of a merchant, you can at most be a concubine who warms the bed." Concubine Xiao humiliated him with every word.
Gu Pianran's face was slightly stiff, but anger was surging inside.
"If you were a pure and innocent woman, I would let you be my concubine because my son likes you. But what kind of woman is this? A slut who was played with by Tang Jingyu, and you still want to be my son's woman."
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