Could it be because she has been a married woman for many years and has lived in the deep palace for so long that she has never heard of any of the things that are popular among young girls nowadays?
The Empress was completely bewildered by the idea of chickens, movies, and roller coasters.
Moreover, she, as the empress, knew absolutely nothing about the Manchu Han Imperial Feast.
At grand banquets in the palace, Manchus and Han Chinese always sat at separate tables. Even at the Thousand Elders Banquet held by the late emperor, Manchus and Han Chinese were seated separately in two separate sessions.
Despite the myriad thoughts swirling in her mind, the Empress remained as steady and unmoved as Mount Tai.
"I'm not too late, am I?"
[Ahhhh, she's out! She's out! Hua Pangpang is walking out with an 80 million yuan banner on her head!]
Consort Hua's smug expression froze, and then she was about to get angry.
How dare they call her... call her Fatty Hua...
She's not fat at all! She looks elegant and graceful!
However, having recently eaten a few more crab roe pastries, Consort Hua quietly tucked in her stomach and straightened her chest.
Consort Hua gave the bowing concubines a stern look, but ignored them and walked straight to the front.
"Greetings to Her Majesty the Empress."
“Sister Huafei, you may rise and be seated.”
Consort Hua swayed her hips as she sat down in her designated spot. Today was the day a new concubine entered the palace, and the Emperor had spent the previous night with her, which was enough to demonstrate her importance in the Emperor's heart.
[The iconic moment is here! I hereby announce: Qi Erha is about to sing!]
Sure enough, as soon as the voice fell, Consort Hua heard Consort Qi say, "Today is the day for the newlyweds to pay their respects, and Consort Hua is so late. Is something wrong with you?"
Consort Qi's words, ostensibly expressing concern for her health, were actually an accusation that she had deliberately arrived late and was disrespectful to the Empress.
Consort Hua knew perfectly well that she had never lost a conversation with Consort Qi!
"His Majesty is busy with state affairs. He was reading memorials late last night, so I stayed up a little late with him. This morning, he insisted on not letting me get up early, so I was a bit late."
As she spoke, Consort Hua turned to the Empress with a smile and said apologetically, "Your Majesty, you won't be angry, will you?"
[Damn it, I've been tricked by Hua Pangpang again! How can I still run into the Master of Versailles even hundreds of years ago!]
[Empress: Who says I'm not angry? I'm so angry I'm going crazy! (◣д◢)]
As Consort Hua listened to the voices around her, her smile widened even more. The angrier the Empress became, the happier she was.
Who told her to occupy the title of the legal wife? She's getting old and no longer favored by her husband. If she knew better, she should have stepped down and given way to a more virtuous wife.
However, what about a few hundred years ago?
Consort Hua couldn't believe it. Could this person be from the future?
The Empress said, "How could that be?"
"His Majesty is busy with state affairs and inevitably neglects some things, which is why he is more fond of his younger sister."
"However, Consort Hua is young and beautiful, how could the Emperor not love her?"
"Meeting my new sisters today will make the harem a bit more lively. Not only will the Emperor have more sisters to serve him, but we sisters will also have more companions."
[Hua Pangpang is openly ruthless, while the Empress is secretly wicked; in this round, the Empress wins completely.]
A cold glint flashed in the Empress's eyes, but even her closest confidante, Jianqiu, failed to notice it.
Compared to Sun Miaoqing at this point, Consort Hua was nothing.
She always concealed her true nature very well, even the emperor was kept in the dark, and thought she was an extremely virtuous empress.
Just who is this Sun Miaoqing? How could a mere concubine who has only just entered the palace and hasn't even gotten to know everyone know all these things?
But thinking about what I've heard before, if such strange things have happened, what else is impossible?
When Xia Dongchun saw that Consort Hua was so flamboyant as soon as she came out, even though she didn't understand the exchange, she could sense that something was wrong.
She wanted to ask, but remembering that An Lingrong was standing next to her, and recalling what she had just overheard, she was afraid of attracting the attention of Consort Hua and the others. So she suppressed her curiosity and shrank back, not daring to say anything more.
The auspicious hour has arrived, and Jiang Fuhai called out from the side, "All ladies, please perform the full kowtow to Her Majesty the Empress."
Sun Miaoqing followed the main group in performing the three kneelings and nine kowtows ceremony. Such a grand ceremony was only used in her previous life when worshipping ancestors, but now it was used to kneel before living people.
Well, let's just consider it as adapting to local customs...
But it's quite a vivid image to see so many people waving handkerchiefs together!
[Ding dong, a room full of newly arrived lucky cat figurines is waiting for you.]
[Is fate playing a cruel joke on me? I was born under the red flag and grew up in the spring breeze. Socialism has been around for so many years, yet I'm destined to be someone else's concubine.]
[It's not just about mistresses; based on the current number of women in my harem, I'm already ranked thirteenth!]
[Your Majesty, your thirteenth sister has arrived!]
The Empress couldn't help but cough a few times.
What the hell is this Thirteenth Sister?! She and the Emperor only have a thirteenth brother!
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