"What does this have to do with you?" Concubine Li was furious. She waved her sleeves angrily and said with a smile, "I'm just worried that the Empress might not be able to judge people well. If the Empress took this matter seriously, I wouldn't have anything to do with it."
Jin Suting raised her eyebrows, "Oh, then you go back."
Concubine Li frowned, and Jin Suting said again: "I am very serious now, you can go back."
"Don't take advantage of your power to bully others!" Concubine Li looked at Jin Suting coldly, still sitting there motionless, with no intention of leaving.
Yueji couldn't bear it any longer and glared at Concubine Li and said, "My Lady Concubine Li, don't forget who is the Empress!"
"To contradict the Empress is to be disqualified as a concubine!"
Concubine Li was shaking with anger, but still refused to leave. She couldn't bear to see this woman stuffing everyone into the harem. The emperor didn't visit her often to begin with. If there were a bunch of women competing with her for favor, how could she survive in this palace?
"Qinglai!" Yueji shouted at Concubine Li's personal maid, "Why don't you take your master away!"
But at this time, Jin Suting spoke up to stop them, "Okay, Yueji, since Concubine Li is so reluctant to leave, then don't leave. If the concubines outside see us, they will laugh at us."
"The most taboo thing in the harem is the open or covert fighting. Concubine Li and I are good friends, right?" Jin Suting smiled, but she was indeed doing it for the concubines outside to see.
Concubine Li certainly didn't appreciate it, but she still sat obediently in her seat and stopped talking.
The next batch of five beauties came in and knelt on the ground in unison, saying "Greetings to the Queen" and "Greetings to the Concubine Li".
Jin Suting deliberately called out to Concubine Li, "Concubine Li, take another good look. Is there anyone here with a flat nose and small eyes that you don't like?"
Concubine Li had a sullen face and remained silent. Jin Suting smiled and said, "Her Majesty Concubine Li has no objection. The young ladies, please introduce yourselves first."
"Let's start with you."
The girl that Jin Suting picked out was a girl with big, watery eyes.
"Your Majesty, I am Nangong Xiangle, the youngest daughter of the Nangong family. I am sixteen years old this year and live in the Nangong family residence at the east corner of Funing City Street. I can play chess and dance." Nangong Xiangle's voice was sweet, and her big eyes blinked as she looked at Jin Suting without fear.
"Can you play chess?" Jin Suting's eyes lit up.
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