Yelü Yanyun's methods are simply not worth mentioning; she's only been in the palace for a few days.
They send gifts from various palaces and perform dances, and now they dare to try and steal people from Consort Yi. This sixth-rank noble lady has quite a few tricks up her sleeve. Perhaps this is because women in the northern frontier are so open-minded.
Lu Shiyi was mistaken. When Qi Jingxuan arrived at Lihua Terrace, he found that she was not seriously injured. He scolded her and left.
When they returned, they found that Lu Shiyi had already gone to sleep, and only two eunuchs remained on duty in the palace.
The palace maid quickly knelt down and forced out a few words, "Um, Consort Yi is probably too sleepy, Your Majesty, please don't be angry, this servant will go and light the lamps right away!"
Qi Jingxuan looked in the direction of the palace, indicating that it was unnecessary.
She must be exhausted from all the complicated procedures during the day, so let her sleep. He quietly pushed open the door, lay down next to Lu Shiyi, and fell asleep fully clothed.
Actually, it wasn't a big deal, but in Yelü Yanyun's eyes, this Han woman had stolen her husband. She was clearly the most favored among the new women who had entered the palace from the beginning, and seeing how ugly and unattractive the women in the palace were, who could compare to her except for Qiao Siyu?
The next morning, Lu Shiyi woke up to find that the Emperor had quietly left, but she clearly felt that someone was sleeping next to her. What was going on?
All the concubines came to pay their respects to Consort Yi, except for Geng Yulin, since she was now in charge of the harem and considered herself to be different from the concubines who were vying for favor.
Yelü Yanyun was the first to arrive; she wanted to see how this Consort Yi had stolen her husband and what kind of enchanting woman she was.
This morning, the emperor even summoned the imperial physician to examine him, but he wasn't sick at all. It seems he was deliberately trying to disgust himself!
They were all there, watching themselves make fools of themselves, arriving early in the morning in a menacing manner.
The area outside Yikun Palace was naturally bustling with activity, while Lu Shiyi was still inside getting ready!
Yelü Yanyun immediately targeted Qiao Siyu, saying, "Oh dear, I thought you were something special! You seem to be nothing special today. I haven't seen you in the palace these past few days. You're just average. How can you say you're the most beautiful woman in the Emperor's harem? I don't accept that!"
Seeing this, Qiao Siyu refused to back down, "Your Highness, you don't even bow to me? What are you talking about? Didn't you learn the rules of our Great Qi Kingdom when you entered the palace?"
"You!" The palace maid beside her grabbed her, signaling her not to cause trouble. The Qi Kingdom's harem was strictly hierarchical, unlike the Mongolian yurts in the northern frontier where one could do whatever one wanted. This was not her northern frontier either!
She shut up after a couple of sentences, but Xi Yun's presence with the princess caught her attention. "This child's mother must be a beauty, look at those big eyes." She was really offending everyone. Everyone knew that the princess's mother was Xi Yun's former master, but she just happened to say things that were exactly what she was doing.
"Your Highness, I see dark circles under your eyes. Is it because the weather in the capital is not good for sleeping?" Fu Lu Si Yue stepped forward to defend Qiao Si Yu without letting up.
"Do I have dark circles under my eyes, Qi'er?" Yelü Yanyun, who always cared about her appearance, was immediately diverted to the new topic.
"Consort Yi has arrived!"
"Your humble servant respectfully welcomes Consort Yi!"
"This servant greets Consort Yi!"
Looking at the room full of people, Lu Shiyi's head instantly spun. Good heavens! How many concubines were there?! This morning, the maid said there were 11 of them, all of them of the seventh rank or higher, and the rest were countless!
With so many concubines in Qi Jingxuan's harem, how come only Consort Mu gave birth to two children? And only one of them was a daughter. That's too mysterious.
"Get up, all of you!" The maid beside Lu Shiyi looked at her, implying that so many concubines needed to be rewarded.
Lu Shiyi was not stingy and directly took out the agate beaded string given by the emperor, giving one string to each person regardless of their rank!
"Oh my, the Emperor's favorite people are indeed different from us. Look at this, his generosity is even greater than that of Consort Geng!" The speaker was Li Qingzhou, the granddaughter of a veteran of two dynasties and a newly entered candidate for the imperial concubine examination. Naturally, she was dissatisfied. Even someone of her status had gone through a rigorous selection process. Why was this Consort Yi directly promoted to the rank of consort?
Moreover, none of the procedures were followed.
"Oh dear, my Persian cat is gone!" Yelü Yanyun started her performance again. This was the noble Persian cat that she had specially brought from the northern frontier to keep her company!
You can't find it in the State of Qi.
Everyone went inside to look around.
"Your Highness is here!" Consort Yelü Yanyun's maidservant hurried in, holding the kitten, indicating that they should stop looking.
"That's good, take him away first."
Qiao Siyu looked at the cat, a little plan forming in her mind.
"You're the first person in this harem to keep a cat. You'd better watch out for your beast in the future, lest it bite people randomly outside." Fu Lu Si Yue, as expected of someone from a military family, really said what he meant without any hesitation!
"My cat recognizes its owner and is very intelligent. It won't bite people randomly unless someone pushes it too far!" He retorted to Fulu Private Key in just a few words.
Naturally, she didn't gain any advantage in the conversation.
"Yes, that beast needs to be properly disciplined!" Everyone looked at each other in dismay. The speaker was Consort Yi. The Emperor had been summoned away last night, and now she was speaking like this. It seemed that a grudge had been formed!
The crowd, eager for a good show, assumed that Consort Yi had lost her temper and began to chime in with her words, clearly trying to curry favor.
"Yes, ever since that beast became disobedient, I haven't been able to sleep peacefully at night!" Qiao Siyu spoke first, subtly mocking Yelü Yanyun's nightly revelry.
Clearly, Yelü Yanyun did not understand these things. As women from the northern frontier, if things didn't work out, they would go out and fight. She had no idea how treacherous people's hearts could be in the inner palace.
"It's normal for this beast to be disobedient, but Your Majesty needs to be properly treated for not sleeping well. It's an illness. If you don't sleep well, your beautiful face will age prematurely, and then you'll really have no one to rely on!"
"You!" Having no offspring had always been a source of pain for Qiao Siyu, and these words were like a slow, agonizing death for her.
Upon hearing this, the concubines in the room gasped in shock. They had only been in the palace for a few days, and they were already arguing with the Emperor's most favored concubine, Consort Shuyi, right in front of him!
Consort Yi's face remained expressionless, but she uttered a startling statement: "So you're going to rely on that beast?"
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com
