Wang Zhaoyi didn't care about Concubine Li's expression. She sacrificed her sleep time and came to Fengxiang Palace early in the morning just to know what this beautiful lady looked like.
As a result, when she saw Wushuang's face clearly, she couldn't help but feel a sense of crisis.
Such a beautiful person is definitely a strong rival.
Of course, Wang Zhaoyi did not regard Wushuang as her number one rival, because according to their "understanding" of Qin Mu, their majesty valued family background the most.
Look at the ranks and positions of the concubines in the harem. They are all given according to their family background.
And Wushuang, a tofu girl, no matter how beautiful or favored she is, can never surpass them.
For women like them who come from aristocratic families, the emperor's favor is important, but the most important thing is the interests of their family.
As long as the family's interests are not harmed, they do not feel such a strong sense of crisis when the emperor favors a concubine with no background.
"The beauty Shu is truly stunningly beautiful, she lives up to the title 'Shu'." Wang Zhaoyi looked at Wushuang and said.
"I heard, Lady Shu, that your parents sell tofu?" The Lady Wang who followed in covered the lower half of her face with a folding fan in her hand, but one could still tell that she was smiling with contempt.
"Your concubine pays her respects to the Imperial Concubine." Lady Wang was quite polite, and she was not as arrogant as Wang Zhaoyi who looked down on the Imperial Concubine.
It’s just that she was quite respectful to Concubine Li, but Wushuang looked down on her with condescending contempt.
"Madam Shu is so lucky. A little girl like me has been chosen by His Majesty. Now she is on equal footing with girls from noble families like us. She is really... so lucky." Madam Wang said sarcastically.
Concubine Wang also knew that others wanted to see her take action against Wushuang because she and Wushuang were both fourth-rank beauties. She knew it but still couldn't control her anger.
Even though she didn't want to be laughed at by other women, she couldn't suppress her resentment when she really saw Wushuang.
Why?
Why does Your Majesty allow her, the daughter of the dignified Wang family of Langya, to be on equal footing with this tofu girl?
Concubine Wang really wanted to become a concubine, or even a virtuous concubine, or even the queen. She didn't want to be like this tofu girl, who was also a fourth-rank beauty.
Wushuang was not unhappy because of Concubine Wang's contemptuous words. In fact, the person who should be happiest about what Concubine Wang said was Wushuang herself.
After all, she was just a girl from an ordinary family, but she could be on equal footing with these girls from prominent families and call them sisters. It should be the others who were angry.
Wushuang also picked up a small round fan to hide her smile and said, "I have to thank Your Majesty for your kindness to me. Today, I am able to meet you sisters again."
"My sister comes from a poor family. The fact that I can meet you sisters is due to the great grace of Your Majesty."
"I am so grateful to Your Majesty for giving me this opportunity. Otherwise, how could I have met all of you sisters who come from noble families and live in the deep palace?" Wushuang said "obediently".
Concubine Li, Wang Zhaoyi and Lady Wang all had good expressions, because Wushuang's words seemed to compliment them, but in fact they were being trampled under his feet.
They claim to be noble ladies from aristocratic families, extremely noble and dignified, and that a girl like Wushuang can never compare to her. The difference between them is simply like heaven and earth.
But now, because of Emperor Qin Mu's favor towards Wushuang, she had the opportunity to treat the noble ladies as sisters, which made them feel sick.
At this time, the first thought that came to the minds of the concubines was -
What's wrong with the emperor? Why would he favor such a woman of humble origin? Where can these noble ladies put their dignity?
But Qin Mu was not a puppet emperor, he had real power, and two-thirds of the Qin army obeyed his orders.
Being strong means you can do whatever you want.
No matter how much these concubines from aristocratic families hated Wushuang, they could not vent their anger on Qin Mu.
Qin Mu had great power, and no civil or military officials could shake him.
Even if the Qin Dynasty had aristocratic families, so what? Although the aristocratic families were still high and mighty, they didn't stand much chance of winning against the emperor.
The most important thing is that the aristocratic families do not want to be controlled by the emperor and lose their status as aristocratic families, and do not want to be reduced to the poor families that they look down upon.
"Madam Shu is really eloquent." Concubine Li said with a stiff smile.
"Isn't your mouth the reason His Majesty favors you?" Wang Zhaoyi couldn't help but say to Wushuang, "You're quite talkative."
"Sisters, you're joking. The reason I can gain His Majesty's favor is all thanks to my stunning face." Wushuang said confidently.
What she is most proud of is her face. In order to protect this face, she can practice very hard, for fear that someone will destroy her face when she is weak.
Of course, with such a beautiful face, she has no ability to resist when others have bad intentions towards her, which is also one of the motivations for her to practice hard.
Wushuang's proud look made several people hate her, but she was not wrong.
Of course Qin Mu was attracted to her face, but was he attracted to other aspects of her?
She has no family background and no ability. What else does she have besides her face?
Wushuang yawned softly and said to Concubine Li and the others tenderly, "Your Highness, may I go back now?"
"It's all His Majesty's fault. I told him to stop making such troubles, and I didn't sleep all night..." Wushuang kept complaining, but suddenly she remembered that she couldn't say these words in public, so she quickly shut up.
"Sisters, please just pretend that I didn't say anything just now, okay?" Wushuang asked shyly.
Concubine Li: “…”
"Miss Shu is truly..." Wang Zhaoyi gritted her teeth and said, "How vulgar."
"As expected of a tofu girl, don't you even have a sense of shame?" Concubine Wang said unhappily, "Oh, by the way, it is said that Concubine Shu was found by the Imperial Household Department's Shaoqing while she was selling tofu on the street."
"Being found on the street by Cheng Shaoqing and sent to the palace shows that she doesn't even know what the word 'shame' is," said Concubine Wang.
Wushuang was surprised, "What? My sister is selling tofu on the street and helping my parents. Is that not allowed?"
"Does the Great Qin law prohibit women from selling things on the street? My sister is not well educated and didn't even know there was such a law in the Great Qin."
"Have I violated the law? Sisters, will the fact that I sold tofu get me thrown into jail?" Wushuang's face was full of worry and fear as she sought help from several "sisters".
Concubine Wang choked.
Yes, the laws of the Qin Dynasty did not stipulate that women could not sell things.
The laws of the Qin Dynasty did not stipulate that women could only hide in the backyard and could not go anywhere, but there was no rule that women could not go out.
The customs in the Qin Dynasty were very open. Unmarried men and women could go out and meet each other. There was no rule such as "boys and girls over seven years old cannot sit at the same table".
So the fact that Wushuang was selling tofu on the street was actually not a big deal.
You can even say that she is self-reliant and filial because she helps her parents sell things, so you really can't blame her for showing up in public.
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