Chapter 18: Female Competition King of Kings
Sun Miaoqing's current ability is unknown. Rashly testing her will only alarm the enemy and expose herself. Hua Fei obviously hasn't thought of this yet. The Queen can't let Hua Fei act recklessly.
The Queen was about to speak when Concubine Qi spoke first.
"I heard that Concubine Sun's family and Concubine Hua's family are in-laws. I wonder if Concubine Sun has visited Xie En since she entered the palace?"
Sun Miaoqing lowered her head, a hint of sneer flashed across her eyes.
The insignificant Qi Erha had no say in front of the emperor, the empress, or even the queen mother. He was of no use at all except causing trouble everywhere.
She said calmly, "In reply to Concubine Qi, my entry into the palace was ordered by the Emperor. If Concubine Qi has any objections, I am willing to accompany you to discuss it with the Emperor in person."
"You..." Concubine Qi wanted to use this to attack Nian Shilan, but she was speechless by a newcomer. She was angry, "Don't think that I can't do anything to you just because you are favored by Concubine Hua."
"Your Majesty, you have misunderstood. The Nian family, the Sun family, and even the families of the sisters present here are all subjects of the Emperor. They are loyal to the Emperor and no one dares to make friends with them privately. I entered the palace only to serve the Emperor and the Empress and have no other intentions."
Who in the palace doesn't know that the Empress and Concubine Hua are in conflict with each other?
Sun Miaoqing openly said that she would serve the Empress. Isn't this trampling on Concubine Hua's face?
Not only were the newcomers silent, even the old folks didn't dare to say a word.
[Humph, serving the Queen? Well, your future is bleak and you will have no descendants. It's a good place to go. I will wait and see what happens to you.]
Sun Miaoqing's intention to draw a clear line between herself and the Nian family was obvious, and the queen instantly connected all the speculations in her mind.
Although the Queen didn't know how she, who had never entered the palace in her previous life, could know so much about the affairs of the harem, she did want to replace Zhen Huan.
Replacing Zhen Huan also means that she wants to catch both herself and Concubine Hua in one fell swoop.
Simply put, the enemy!
Humph, just rely on her?
The Empress already has so much royal blood on her hands, she doesn't mind one more. Since Hua Fei said that she has "a bleak future and will not have any descendants," then let Hua Fei do as she wishes.
But for now, we still have to maintain the past.
The queen took over the conversation, praising Sun Miaoqing for her gentleness and giving her some rewards.
It seems that she is still against Concubine Hua.
[Reward? This time I won't give any, and neither will anyone else. Don't ask. If you ask, just keep it simple. This is the Emperor's order. If you want to find it, go to the Emperor.]
The queen listened and shook her head slightly: Well, how many years can she live without me?
Sun Miaoqing thanked his gratitude for returning to the team, her half-closed eyelids hiding the joy in her eyes.
Nian Shilan guessed wrong.
Sun Miaoqing is not reborn.
She traveled through time and space, and it was through her womb.
Before she traveled through time, she was an employee of a large factory and a manager in the department who had the final say. She reported to the director above and to the employees below. It was a blessing that brought her here.
She doesn't like men, so she doesn't care about their appearance or figure.
She prefers to make friends with career women like herself, but the people she has met since she was a child, whether they are in school or at work, are all chattering, pretentious and fussy.
It takes her two hours to put on makeup every time she goes out, and she always asks men for gifts.
Can't even afford a cup of milk tea, a bunch of prostitutes.
Moreover, each one of them is more petty than the other. They hold grudges over the smallest matters and cry at the slightest provocation.
She didn't want to work with men, but she had to admit that men were purer and more generous than women.
Normally when I'm with those men, we always curse at each other, but I never get angry no matter what they say.
Although she couldn't recite "The Legend of Zhen Huan" by heart, the women in the company were all like Zhen Huan, so it was hard for her not to know about it.
Since she was born, she knew that she would face this at the age of sixteen, so she has been trying hard to recall all the plots of "The Legend of Zhen Huan".
Naturally, she didn't love the emperor, but if she lost her etiquette in front of the palace and returned, she would have to live out the rest of her life in seclusion.
The original Sun Miaoqing had been implicated for her entire life.
The current Sun Miaoqing would never do that!
In order to prepare for the palace selection and life in the harem, she asked her brother to find out Queen Chunyuan's preferences and abilities by all means, and also found the female teacher in Queen Chunyuan's palace to teach her.
Her facial features were natural and she had no power to change them, so she focused on singing and dancing, and worked hard on poetry and calligraphy.
Even though she couldn't reach 100%, she thought that 70% or 80% would be no problem.
Based on her understanding of the plot and analysis of the characters, she concluded that the reason why Sun Miaoqing failed in the talent show selection was not because of the cat or the cup of tea, but because the Sun family was trying to curry favor with Nian Shilan.
How can I allow others to snore beside my couch?
The petty-minded emperor was jealous of the Nian family, so how could he allow the Sun family, who wanted to show goodwill to the Nian family, to step forward?
She has finally entered the palace. If she continues to follow the old path and rely on Nian Shilan, she will be nothing more than a noblewoman in the future. Moreover, like Nian Shilan, she will not be able to have children.
Not only that, if the Nian family loses power in the future, she will also suffer.
The Nian family is destined to fall, so instead of exiting silently, it is better to use it as a springboard for yourself.
It was their family's good fortune to be used by the chosen one.
The Emperor loved to establish checks and balances. Fearing that Concubine Duan's family was too powerful, he used Concubine Hua to establish a check and balance. Fearing that Concubine Hua would become too powerful, he brought in Concubine Jing, and later Shen Meizhuang.
Everyone thought that he loved Junyuan, but in fact he was just using Junyuan to create a love-loving persona for himself to cover up his own cold-bloodedness.
This man loves himself, the throne, the country, his thirteenth brother, and Zhang Tingyu, but he does not love women.
Poor stupid women in the harem, they keep rushing up to him.
Especially Concubine Hua!
The Queen of Queens!
For the sake of a man, I would like to kill all the women in the world.
But he was extremely stupid. He had to ask Zhen Lucha to explain it to him until he died, only then did he realize that he had been deceived his whole life.
Even though she is not as vicious as the Empress, she is still evil in open terms, so how can she not be vicious?
Damn it!
Sun Miaoqing was not a stupid woman. She wanted to pursue her career, be favored, have children, and become the empress dowager. Now that she had made her position clear in public, she was extending an olive branch to the emperor.
Actively serve as his pawn so that he can better deal with the Nian family. In fact, the Sun family has already done this and has never offered tribute or flattery.
Nian Shilan, don’t blame me. You have a brother who dotes on you, and so do I!
If you want to blame someone, blame you and your brother for seeking death. I just wanted to save the Sun family.
As for Zhen Huan, Shen Meizhuang, An Lingrong... these love-brained women in the harem who can't live without men, she will make good use of them, but if their value is gone, she can't blame herself.
In the words of Huanbi, the maidservant beside Zhen Huan: Only those who are useful can survive in this palace. Only by being a useful person and being content to be used can you use others.
The palace examination is like the college entrance examination.
Sun Miaoqing prepared for sixteen years. She was worried that any change in the characters would affect her own selection results, so before she was successfully selected, even when she was waiting for the palace selection, she did not contact any of the main characters.
I only watched from afar as Zhen Huan helped An Lingrong out of trouble, and heard that she took An Lingrong to live in Zhen's mansion...
When Sun Miaoqing was very excited, Nian Shilan mentioned Zhen Huan and Shen Meizhuang separately as usual.
Shen Meizhuang originally wanted to compliment Concubine Hua with words like "Empress Hua is a beauty as beautiful as a fairy", but because she was so shocked that Concubine Hua could speak without opening her mouth, she felt panic and said nothing.
It was a blessing in disguise that I "escaped a disaster".
[That's not right. If Sun Miaoqing was reborn, she was not in the palace in her previous life and had no idea what happened in the palace. Why should I waste my breath on her?]
The queen pinched her nose: Did she just find out?