Chapter 171 Did Your Majesty Forget? I've Served You Tea

Throughout the whole day, almost all the news heard in the harem was related to Xi Danying.

She moved into Yanning Palace. The emperor went there for lunch and ordered a small kitchen to be set up in Yanning Palace. It was still Xi who agreed to sleep with him at night.

If everyone's feelings were not so intuitive when Yun Qin lived in Tongming Palace before, after this day, they finally understood what it meant to be favored.

The next day, the faces of the concubines sitting in the Fengyi Palace were not very good.

As usual, the queen was late. She leaned on the armrest of the phoenix chair. She was not in a particularly good mood. Her eyelids were a little swollen and red.

It feels like crying.

Everyone in the hall looked at each other, and naturally thought of what happened yesterday.

It seems the Queen is also very sad...

After the formalities, some people couldn't wait to speak.

"This Xi Da Ying is really arrogant. He actually made the Empress wait for so long."

Just as she finished her sarcastic words, a palace maid came in and said that Xi Ying was not feeling well, so the emperor exempted her from paying her respects today.

The face of the concubine who was speaking immediately turned pale and red, which was very beautiful.

The queen had no expression on her face, and even her eyebrows did not move. She simply waved her hand and asked the palace maid to leave.

"What's wrong with you? Didn't you have a great time yesterday?"

"Sister, haven't you ever heard of what it means to be arrogant because of being spoiled?"

But no matter what they said, the Queen sitting at the top always had a calm expression. She didn't look angry at all, but rather a little impatient.

The Queen Mother is still "sick" and there is no need for people to pay respects to her. The Queen simply said:

"I am feeling a little unwell. If you have nothing else to do, please go back."

“My queen…”

Everyone remembered the last time Xu Danying was punished, and no one dared to say more. They could only stand up and bow and leave.

But there is talk behind the scenes.

"The queen is obviously not happy either. She is too weak."

"Maybe our Queen is good at pretending?"

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When everyone here left, Yun Qin was sitting in front of the mirror, combing her makeup with no energy. She was not fully awake yet and felt a little lazy.

His clothes were tightly covered, and only when he raised his hands occasionally did a few red marks on his wrists show.

In the hall, besides Rong Xin who was combing her hair, Dan Xue and Ting Chun were also there.

But compared with Rong Xin's calmness, the two people with their heads down had red ears.

These were the clothes that the two of them had worn when they served Yun Qin. The marks of pity on her clothes were too eye-catching. They were so embarrassed that they couldn't even raise their heads, and they haven't recovered yet.

Rong Xin looked at Yun Qin who was yawning in the mirror and whispered, "After breakfast, agree to sleep for a while."

Yun Qin responded indifferently.

When she and Rong Xin were the only ones in the hall, Rong Xin began to show some worry.

"The day after we moved in, we should have gone to the Queen's place to thank her. Is it really okay not to go?"

Yun Qin was writing a snack recipe for the new cook. When she heard this, she looked up and smiled at her, "Didn't the emperor order me to be exempted from paying respects? Don't worry, sister."

Come to think of it, Rong Xin could only put this matter aside for the time being.

Yun Qin lowered her head and continued to write the recipe, but she smiled. It was only one day, and this was just the beginning.

then.

For the next three days, even though the Emperor only came to have dinner with Yunqin, Yunqin still used feeling unwell as an excuse and did not step out of Yanning Palace, and naturally did not pay her respects to the Empress.

The day before the Queen Mother's birthday, Yun Qin finally got up early, yawned, slowly got dressed, and took Rong Xin to pay her respects to the Queen.

When Yun Qin arrived, the Queen was already sitting on the phoenix chair.

Before she showed up, everyone thought she would send someone to say she was not feeling well, as usual.

So everyone who saw her appear was more surprised than when she didn't come to pay her respects on the first day.

When their eyes moved to her face, everyone's gazes were filled with surprise that was difficult to conceal, as well as helplessness.

Because the gap is so big, I feel powerless to compare myself with others.

Yunqin wore a brocade pleated skirt today and a double-breasted long gown, the colors of which were mainly pink and green, which immediately brightened people's eyes in this dull winter day.

Although they are all bright colors, the styles of the clothes are not particularly outstanding. Even the floral patterns embroidered on the lapels are gentle and low-key.

However, the slightly bulky clothes, when worn on her, make her figure look even more slender and graceful. Coupled with her gorgeous and charming face, even if she wears a low-key outfit, it is difficult to hide her charm.

The people in the palace who had dressed up carefully were made to look like ordinary people, so vulgar and unbearable.

Yun Qin looked straight ahead at the empress with cold eyes and walked forward step by step.

"I pay my respects to Her Majesty the Queen, may Her Majesty be blessed with good health."

Normally, a newly-conferred concubine should kneel three times and kowtow nine times before the empress, and also serve tea to concubines of higher positions.

Even after serving the queen, he should come over and pay his respects to her.

But it has been so long since Yunqin was crowned as a concubine, and there is no need to perform the ceremony now.

Even if she was supposed to perform a salute, Yun Qin did not do it, so she did not even kneel, but just squatted and performed a common salute.

Before the Queen could tell her to stand up, she heard Xu Daying beside her chuckle and say:

"Sister Xi has been in the palace for a while, how come she doesn't even know the etiquette? When a concubine comes to the empress's palace to pay respects for the first time, she must kneel down and kowtow!"

Yun Qin ignored her and just squatted on the ground, waiting for the queen to speak.

The Queen looked at her with a somewhat gloomy face. Even though the Emperor had already given instructions and she had agreed, she still disliked Yun Qin.

But for the emperor's sake, she had no intention of making things difficult for Yunqin.

She said coldly, "Stand up."

The three words "Empress" shocked everyone in the palace, even Yun Qin couldn't help but raise her eyebrows.

I thought we were going to have a tough battle, but why did the queen suddenly change her temper?

The moment of shock was only a moment, and Yun Qin then said, "Thank you, Her Majesty."

After saying that, she stood up.

"Your Majesty, it is a rule set by our ancestors that concubines should pay respects to the Empress after being conferred a title. Xi agreed to do this and disregarded the rules. How can Your Majesty take it lightly?"

Just because the Queen dislikes Yun Qin doesn't mean she likes others.

She glanced coldly at Xu Danying, then looked at Yunqin and said, "You are not in good health, so you can skip the formalities, but you must serve tea!"

The matter of serving tea is related to the status of concubines.

Only when the empress accepted the tea, the position of concubine could be considered legitimate.

Yun Qin raised her eyes to look at her and could naturally see her superior attitude.

"Your Majesty, have you forgotten?" She said with a smile in a soft voice, "I have already served you tea."

The Queen immediately recalled what happened in Tongming Palace that day when she teased her by serving her tea, and her face instantly turned three degrees colder.

But she thought that if she turned around, the emperor might come to cause trouble, so she could only suppress her anger for the time being and said coldly:

"Think carefully, this concerns your own reputation!"

Yun Qin couldn't help but sneer in her heart.

What's the point of having status or not? She has already got the reality, so who would care about those empty formalities?

Besides, her title was not given by the empress, but by the empress dowager.

The Queen Mother hasn't even had a drink of the tea she served her!

On the surface, Yun Qin remained neither humble nor arrogant, "Your Majesty has indeed accepted the tea that I have offered you. The Emperor was also present at the time and knows about this."

Speaking of what happened that day, the queen couldn't help but grit her teeth.

Without saying whether it was true or not, he simply pulled out a phoenix hairpin from his head, handed it to Yun Qin, and said in a cold voice: "Here's the tea gift."