After Xiao Qingyun left.
The handkerchief in Ye Wanning's hand was almost torn to pieces. She gritted her teeth and said, "That bitch is really capable!"
Her personal maid Qiu Ting gently massaged her back and said, "Your Highness is young and full of energy, so it's nothing to seek novelty. There are so many concubines in the palace, aren't they just for show?"
Ye Wanning was still upset. "But she was the first one who could coax the prince into hosting a banquet for her! But she's just a concubine's daughter from a fourth-rank official's family. Is she worthy of that?"
Moreover, when she entered the palace as a concubine, she kept everything simple.
Now Xiao Qingyun wants to take a concubine in a high-profile manner, which is simply a slap in her face!
She changed her mind, sneered twice, called the maid who served her personally, gave her a few instructions, and the maid bowed and left.
When Qiu Ting saw this, he knew that the newcomer was in trouble and couldn't help shaking his head.
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Xia Qinghe was so anxious at the Xia family that blisters formed on her lips. Finally, the bridal sedan from the Prince Regent's Palace arrived.
Father Xia's face was beaming with joy as he personally brought the sedan chair carried by four people into the house.
Before leaving, Xia Qinghe knelt down to say goodbye. Father Xia helped her up, stroked his long beard, and smiled as if basking in the spring breeze.
"My son is in such a situation. I am really proud as a father."
Xia Qinghe raised the corners of her mouth sarcastically. What's the point of being proud? She and her other sisters in the family were just stepping stones on his road to success.
He even gave his own daughter to the sadistic Prince Ning to be played with until she died.
In his mind, whether legitimate or illegitimate, they are all tools to cling to the powerful.
It's so cold and indifferent that it makes people feel disgusted and scared.
In the evening, facing the jealousy of her stepmother and the red eyes of her other sisters, Xia Qinghe, holding the silver notes and house deeds given to her by her father, stepped into the sedan chair of the Regent's Palace with a smile.
The sedan chair carrying Xia Qinghe trembled as it entered the alley, and carried her into the palace through the back corner door.
As the matchmaker who was supposed to pick her up still didn't come, Xia Qinghe got out of the sedan chair by herself.
She still had a red gauze veil on her head. When she slowly walked to the corner, she vaguely saw two maids standing behind the wall through the veil.
The two maids were dressed in luxurious clothes and were obviously the respected maids in the palace.
Seeing Xia Qinghe, the two men didn't even step forward to help her. Instead, they just looked up at her and said, "Concubine Ye asked us to take you to the main hall to serve tea. Come with us!"
Xia Qinghe didn't move, but asked: "Where is the prince?"
"The prince will go there when the time comes. Aunt Xia, you'd better go there quickly so that the concubine won't have to wait for too long." The maid urged.
Xia Qinghe nodded. Now that there was no principal wife in the Prince Regent's Palace, according to the rules, Xia Qinghe had to offer tea to the concubine Ye Wanning before the ceremony was considered over.
She followed two maids to the main courtyard. Before she even reached the outside of the hall, another maid came hurriedly: "Concubine Ye has fallen asleep. Please wait, Aunt Xia."
Xia Qinghe knew that Concubine Ye was trying to intimidate her, so she could only stand in the sun and wait.
Ye Wanning looked through the window at Xia Qinghe who was standing obediently in the yard as punishment.
Xia Qinghe stood straight, her face still covered with a veil, and her emotions could not be seen.
Ye Wanning looked her up and down. She was wearing a light red long dress with a gauze of the same color draped over it, revealing her white neck and delicate collarbone.
At first glance, she's a seductive vixen!
Ye Wanning returned to her seat angrily. Concubines were not allowed to wear red. Even when she came in, she was wearing pink. This Xia Qinghe was really good at trying to please people.
Xia Qinghe stood in the yard waiting for a long time, until her legs were numb, before she was allowed in.
When she entered the main hall, she saw a graceful woman sitting upright. She immediately bowed and said, "Qinghe greets Concubine Ye."
"It looks good."
Ye Wanning picked at her nails, which were painted with nail polish. "Since the prince has taken a fancy to you, it is your blessing. Just serve him well. You will surely enjoy wealth and glory in the future."
Ye Qinghe bowed and said yes, then offered tea to Concubine Ye with both hands: "Please have some tea, Concubine!"
Concubine Ye curled her lips, but did not accept it immediately.
The maid behind her snorted coldly, "Hmph! Do you understand the rules? When serving tea to a concubine, you must kneel down and perform the ritual of kowtow."
Xia Qinghe didn't expect Ye Wanning to be so difficult to deal with. She felt a lump in her heart for a moment, but she quickly concealed it.
With a respectful smile on her face, she knelt before Ye Wanning, raised the teacup in her hand above her head, and said respectfully, "Please have some tea, Concubine Ye."
Ye Wanning raised her eyes and glanced at the teacup in Xia Qinghe's hand: "Oh, the freshly brewed tea is too hot. Let it cool in your hand for a while."
Xia Qinghe suppressed her anger and said, "Yes."
She just knelt there holding the teacup.
Only when her hands were sore did Ye Wanning slowly reach out to touch the teacup: "Oh? It's cold! I like to drink it warm. Change it to another cup..."
Ye Wanning deliberately suppressed him and used this annoying method to torment him constantly.
She shook her head several times in a row until Xia Qinghe was bullied to the point of being furious and her hands were burned with blisters. Only then did she stop.
Seeing that she was finally willing to take the teacup, Xia Qinghe breathed a sigh of relief and secretly rubbed her legs which were numb from kneeling.
Ye Wanning slowly drank two sips of tea, glanced at Xia Qinghe, and then took off a jade bracelet with a uniform emerald green color from her hand. She said, "This jade bracelet is of the highest quality. I'll give it to you as a gift!"
"Thank you, Concubine Ye, for the reward!"
Xia Qinghe was delighted and stretched out her hands to take it.
But just as the jade bracelet was about to fall into her palm, it was suddenly swept away by a strong force, and immediately rolled to the ground, breaking into several pieces with a "pop".
Ye Wanning threw the jade bracelet on the ground.
"How dare you! This concubine gave me this out of kindness, Xia Qinghe, and you are so ungrateful!"
Xia Qinghe suddenly looked up at Ye Wanning. She didn't expect Ye Wanning to be so shameless. She broke the bracelet herself but insisted on blaming her.
Xia Qinghe could clearly see the coldness and disdain in Ye Wanning's eyes.
"You are just the daughter of a fourth-rank official. It's a great honor for you to be his concubine. Don't try to climb the prince's high branch. Do you think you are such a nobody?"
Xia Qinghe was almost mad with anger. She never thought that Ye Wanning would insult her like this in public!
She gritted her teeth, her face filled with anger: "No matter how unbearable I am, it was the prince who chose to take me in. Concubine Ye is making things so difficult for me. It's simply too much."
"Intent on you?"
Ye Wanning smiled coldly, her eyes glaring. "Originally, having more people in the mansion wouldn't be a big deal. We could just keep them like cats and dogs. But who knew you would be so ignorant of the rules?"
"Xia Qinghe, you are just a little concubine, a slave who can be sold, and you dare to yell at me! Qiu Ting, teach her some manners!"
"yes!"
Qiu Ting stepped forward and slapped Xia Qinghe hard in the face.
Xia Qinghe was knocked to the side and her veil fell to the ground.
Xia Qinghe covered her burning face with her hands, her eyes full of disbelief.
"You... actually dared to hit me?!"
Being beaten on the first day of her marriage was a great humiliation for her!
Seeing her in such a state of disgrace, Ye Wanning was in a good mood: "If I don't beat you, will you, my new concubine, ride on my head?"
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