Chapter 233 Smart Woman
Concubine Yu smiled and replied, "Concubine Xiao said that she admired the peerless beauty of the Imperial Concubine. Today, even if she is a palace maid, she has to come to pay respects to the Empress. I have no choice but to bring her here. The Empress will not blame me, right?" Concubine
Xiao is only an eighth-rank concubine. According to the palace rules, she is not qualified to pay respects.
But the palace rules refer to the Empress, not the Imperial Concubine.
Concubine Yu is using Concubine Xiao to slap Jiang Xinyue in the face, challenging her openly and secretly. Moreover,
it is not customary to praise someone for having a peerless beauty in such a straightforward way.
If Jiang Xinyue said nothing, wouldn't it mean that she also thinks that she is beautiful and outshines all the sisters in the harem?
Although this is true, no woman is willing to admit that her appearance is worse than others.
Especially, they are both the emperor's women and are rivals in love.
If she says something, people will think she is fickle and can't even praise her.
How can I reply to Concubine Yu's words? It's all Jiang Xinyue's fault.
But is Jiang Xinyue a person who plays by the rules?
She glanced at Concubine Xiao with the side of her eyes: "How ugly is Concubine Yu? You feel it hurts your eyes to look at her every day, do you want to come and see me to purify your mind?"
She looked at Concubine Yu who was about to get angry, and raised the corners of her mouth: "I understand. After all, the book also said that what you look at every day, you will look more and more like that thing. Concubine Xiao is afraid that you will become more and more like Concubine Yu and then lose the favor of the Emperor, right?"
Concubine Xiao was about to say "no", but Jiang Xinyue raised her hand to stop her and not let her speak, as if to say that everyone understood and you don't need to say more.
The next moment, she sat down on the main seat belonging to the Imperial Concubine, and her eyes became stern again: "I understand, but if I see someone who shouldn't be in Hexi Palace next time, I will drive you out together. Don't blame me for not reminding you when you lose face."
Concubine Xiao rarely had contact with Jiang Xinyue before. After all, she was an unfavored concubine and an even less favored little beauty in the palace. Since Jiang Xinyue had a name, she has always been a favorite concubine of the emperor.
Concubine Xiao couldn't touch Jiang Xinyue's knees even if she jumped up.
She just often heard Concubine Yu complaining about Jiang Xinyue and insulting her in Shun'an Palace, so she thought that Jiang Xinyue was young and could be manipulated by others. She was just pretty and well protected by the emperor. In the first confrontation
today, it was clear who was more powerful as soon as they opened their mouths.
It's not that Concubine Huang Gui is not powerful, she just cleverly used the emperor as her mouthpiece, packaged herself as a kind and weak white lotus, and aroused the emperor's sympathy and protection under his wings.
In fact, such a woman is the smartest.
She doesn't have to fight with other concubines and make plans. Everything she wants can be obtained through the emperor.
It was the emperor who was tired, and it was the other concubines who were warned by the emperor who were tired. As soon as Jiang Xinyue spread her hands, someone offered all the rare treasures with both hands.
Look at her...
When the emperor was not around, her mouth was also very sharp, and she was not afraid at all.
But Xiao Meiren had already taken sides, and even if she didn't want to confront Jiang Xinyue, it was impossible.
She gritted her teeth and faced the urging eyes of Concubine Yu, and spoke carefully: "The Imperial Concubine is the role model of the six palaces. She should be for the royal family... the royal family has expanded. The emperor has not entered the harem for almost a year. I... I am risking my life to see you today, because I want you to persuade the emperor to... to treat everyone equally."
Oh!
Admiring her peerless beauty is also fake. The real purpose is for Concubine Yu to push her out as a leader to seek benefits for the concubines in the harem.
"Miss Xiao is right."
Jiang Xinyue took a sip of the fragrant light green tea, with a gentle smile on her face: "I will report to the emperor today."
"Ah?"
So easy to agree? Just that simple?
Concubine Yu has another trick up her sleeve!
How can she use this?
"Don't say one thing to your face, Concubine Yu."
Concubine Yu didn't believe what she said at all, and said sarcastically: "If you had told the emperor earlier, the sisters wouldn't have been alone in their empty rooms for nearly a year."
The implication is that Concubine Yu is not only the initiator of their loneliness in the harem, but also will not persuade the emperor to favor the harem for them.
This won't do!
Among the concubines who came to pay their respects to Jiang Xinyue, although none was as stubborn as Yu Fei, the survival of the harem depends on the emperor's presence. If the emperor does not visit the harem, what is the use of their fighting?
Immediately, the concubines in the palace looked at Jiang Xinyue with unfriendly eyes.
Who had "instructed" Yu Fei again? She had learned to provoke everyone's anger.
Jiang Xinyue looked at De Fei, but De Fei raised her teacup to her, and then drank the tea as if it had nothing to do with her.
This is a high-level provocation.
The low-level one is the little cutie like Yu Fei who was used as a gun by others.
However, Yu Fei was able to survive in the harem for so long, thanks to her not being very smart.
In this palace, those who died early were smart.
As for the stupid ones...
the palace is boring, so they are kept here to relieve boredom.
The concubines' eyes like sharp arrows could not penetrate Jiang Xinyue's face like a bulletproof vest. She leaned against the backrest, her posture became more and more charming, but her movements did not seem lazy. Instead, there was a kind of relaxed dignity, and her aura was overwhelming.
"Xi Que, go and notify the Jingshifang and ask them to send green cards to Chengqian Palace starting today. If the emperor asks, just say that I invite the emperor to visit the harem, and everyone will be treated equally."
Xi Que immediately agreed and withdrew from the hall.
Several concubines winked at the palace maids beside them, and they followed Xi Que out.
Xi Que really went to the Jingshifang and said the same thing to the eunuch in the Jingshifang.
Everyone was relieved. The Imperial Concubine was indeed a person who kept her word.
In Chengqian Palace, candles were brightly lit. Li Zhong, the chief steward of the Jingshifang, stood in front of the emperor again with trepidation after eight or nine months.
"Oh? You said that the Imperial Concubine advised me to treat everyone equally?"
Li Zhong swallowed his saliva: "Your Majesty, you will know after you turn over the cards."
He did not dare to say a word more.
After all, the emperor now looked like he wanted to eat someone.
Emperor Xuanwu exhaled a breath from his nose in great annoyance. Doesn't Jiang Xinyue have a heart?
Doesn't she understand how he feels about her?
He can withstand the pressure from court officials and favor her alone, so can't she withstand the dissatisfaction of the concubines in the harem and push herself out?
Good!
You want him to turn over the cards, right?
Then he did as she wished.
Emperor Xuanwu turned over a green card: Imperial Noble Consort.
Turned over another: Imperial Noble Consort.
He turned over four or five cards in a row, and each one had Imperial Noble Consort written on it.
Li Zhong and Wang Dequan looked at each other. The Imperial Noble Consort's method was indeed effective.
Going to Hexi Palace is also a visit to the harem!
She has already advised, whether to listen or not is up to the emperor.
Jiang Xinyue did not give her a choice, the other eunuch in the Jingshifang had the green card of other concubines on his plate.