The news that His Majesty personally appointed a Consort Xian soon spread throughout the entire palace at lightning speed. Everyone was curious about who this Consort Xian was and why His Majesty personally appointed her as one of the four concubines before she even showed up.
The entire palace was in an uproar when the imperial edict came out!
The originally silent harem suddenly exploded. In addition to the palace servants, the concubines were also speculating about the identity of this virtuous concubine.
It's just that His Majesty hasn't set foot in the harem for three months, so the concubines didn't suspect the concubines in the harem.
Since she is not a concubine, and the palace has not had any new people for a long time, could it be that this virtuous concubine... is a maid serving His Majesty? ! As soon as this thought came up, the concubines were all furious!
Why?!
Before entering the palace, which one of them was not a lady from an official family with status and talent? How could a palace maid suddenly become one of the four concubines and ride on their heads? !
No wonder His Majesty didn’t enter the harem for three months, it turns out that there is a little fairy accompanying him!
They wanted to see who this little demon was! After the concubines got the news and vented their anger in their own palaces, they all headed towards the Queen's Fengyi Palace.
According to the rules, the newly appointed concubines have to pay their respects to the Queen Mother. Then they will be able to see the true appearance of this virtuous concubine in the Queen Mother’s Fengyi Palace!
The concubines had obviously thought of this, and they met on the road when they went to Fengyi Palace.
The wide palace road seemed a little crowded because of the gathering of so many people. The concubines with higher ranks walked in front, and those with lower ranks followed behind, heading towards Fengyi Palace in a mighty procession.
When everyone arrived at Fengyi Palace, the Queen was already sitting in the main seat waiting, and she was not at all surprised at their arrival.
Like these concubines, she was also very curious about the identity of this virtuous concubine's sister. She wanted to see who could have gained the favor of His Majesty without anyone noticing right under her nose.
"I pay my respects to Her Majesty the Queen."
The concubines wore various palace costumes that symbolized their status, and they all raised their handkerchiefs and bowed to greet the queen.
The queen remained calm and glanced at everyone, "Everyone, please get up. Why are you all here today? My Fengyi Palace doesn't have so many seats prepared."
Even though the queen had already figured out everyone's little thoughts, she still pretended to be ignorant and asked a question.
"Your Majesty, it's alright, I can just stand here!"
Some concubines who were impatient were afraid that the Queen would order them to leave, so they hurriedly said that they could just stand.
"Yes, Queen, today the harem finally has a new person. I want to take advantage of your presence and see for myself what kind of saint this virtuous concubine is."
Another outspoken concubine followed suit.
The queen picked up the teacup beside her without changing her expression, pinched the round button on the tea lid and gently scraped the edge of the cup. Her movements were slow and measured, and her every move showed her dignity and elegance.
"In that case, then please wait with me for Sister Xianfei."
Seeing the queen give in, the concubines were delighted and hurriedly bowed to express their gratitude: "Thank you, Queen."
There were not many seats in Fengyi Palace to accommodate so many concubines. They could only sit according to their status. Those with higher status sat down, and those with lower status stood.
Shufei, one of the four concubines, and Defei were helped to their seats by palace servants, and the others who were in the front seats followed suit.
Everyone automatically reserved a seat for the virtuous concubine whom they had never met before.
After the concubines with higher ranks were seated, two seats became vacant.
One is from the virtuous concubine and the other is from the noble concubine.
The Empress and the Imperial Concubine have always been at odds with each other, and everyone present knew it clearly, and they were certain that the Imperial Concubine would definitely not come to Fengyi Palace to join in the fun today.
One of the concubines with a higher rank was about to walk towards the empty seat when an unexpected voice sounded behind them.
"Hey, what day is it today? Why are all the sisters here at the Queen's Fengyi Palace?"
Everyone turned their heads to look at that direction. Even the Queen paused while sipping her tea, then curled her red lips imperceptibly.
She knew that with the Imperial Concubine's temperament, how could she sit still after such a big thing happened? The Imperial Concubine was wearing a gorgeous palace dress, with an exquisite makeup, her right hand on Eunuch Luo's wrist, and a group of palace servants followed behind her. It was a huge scene.
"Your Highness, I pay my respects to you, Your Majesty."
The concubines hurriedly bowed to the imperial concubine.
"Everyone, get up."
The imperial concubine raised her hand and touched her hair, then walked slowly towards the center of the hall.
"Greetings, Queen. I hope I didn't bother you by coming here today."
The imperial concubine bowed slowly to the queen who was sitting on the main seat. She was polite in her words, but there was no respect in her eyes.
The Queen smiled and said, "Sister, what are you talking about? I am so happy that you have come to Fengyi Palace today. Why would I bother you? Please take a seat."
"I feel relieved with your words, sister."
The imperial concubine twisted her waist and turned around to sit in her own seat.
The concubines looked at each other, and it seemed that the Imperial Concubine was also very curious about the Concubine Xian, who was personally appointed by His Majesty! In order to see the Concubine Xian, she even took the initiative to come to Fengyi Palace! Everyone wore professional fake smiles and flattered each other.
Although he was talking to the concubines present, everyone's actions were obviously absent-minded, and they would look outside the hall from time to time to see if anyone was coming.
Everyone waited for a long time, their feet were numb, but no one came. The time for paying respects was almost over, and they couldn't help feeling resentful and dissatisfied.
"What a big deal, Consort Xian! She made Consort Empress and Imperial Consort Gui wait for so long without any sign of her!"
"Yes, no matter how much His Majesty dotes on them, he can't ignore the Empress and the Imperial Concubine, right? That's really outrageous!"
"This is the first time I have seen such an unruly person. You have really grown up!"
The concubines were all expressing their dissatisfaction, and implicitly saying that the virtuous concubine did not know the rules and was not presentable.
Even though they were angry, they dared not speak out. They could only take the opportunity to vent their anger on the Queen and the Imperial Concubine, hoping that the two masters of the harem would take action and teach the Concubine a lesson! Although the Queen was unhappy, she did not show it on her face. She pretended to be understanding and said lightly: "Perhaps your Majesty was very busy last night, and the Concubine was too tired, so she was late for some time. It's okay, just wait a little longer."
Buzz! When the queen said this, the imperial concubine's eyes widened! (End of this chapter)