"What phoenix? It's a chicken or a phoenix. You better keep your eyes open and don't say anything that might offend someone you shouldn't offend."
The person who said this was none other than Madam Mu, the wife of the Right Prime Minister who had suffered a setback in the Prince Ding's Palace a few days ago.
Upon hearing this, the ladies of high rank quickly gathered around and said, "Madam Mu, do you know anything about this? I heard that Prince Ding treats this Princess very differently and dotes on her very much."
"Oh, you are just a concubine's daughter. Now that you are in power, you have forgotten your identity and who you are. You will eventually be despised for using your beauty to serve others. When the prince gets tired of you, besides being divorced, what other way will you have?"
"Will it?" A lady said, "The Dingguo Palace is not the kind of family that would care about worldly views. If they didn't like it, how could there be those rumors? It seems that this prince's consort must be very favored."
Just then, a low cough came from the door.
Everyone looked over and saw Princess Ding standing at the door with an expressionless face. Next to her stood an extremely beautiful woman. From the clothes she wore as a princess, one could guess her identity.
hiss!
They all heard that she was extremely beautiful, but few had actually seen her. How could they have imagined that a concubine's daughter who was rumored to be so bad could be so beautiful.
"Your humble servant pays respects to Her Majesty the Princess and His Majesty the Crown Prince's wife."
Although they were ladies of noble birth, their status could not be compared with that of the royal family, so they hurried forward to pay their respects.
"Get up!" Princess Ding sat on the chair and said coldly, "This princess has been away from the capital for a few days, and there are so many rumors. You really have nothing to do."
"My servants, I am just chatting casually."
Shang Ruoyi smiled and said, "Mother, this Madam of the Mu family was driven out of our palace a few days ago. I guess she has not learned her lesson. She didn't take your words to heart at all."
Madam Mu's shoulders shuddered when she heard this.
"Princess, I heard it from others. Don't take it seriously." Madam Mu was sweating profusely, and her voice was trembling slightly. "Please have mercy on me, Your Majesty!"
Princess Ding glanced at her and said, "I said at that time that if I heard you slander Ruoyi again, I would never forgive you."
"Your Majesty, please have mercy on me! Your Majesty, please have mercy on me!" Madam Mu knelt on the ground, trembling, "I will never dare to do that again."
Princess Ding did not want to forgive her and was about to punish her when she heard a palace servant come to report: "The Queen invites all the ladies to go to Fengyi Palace."
Madam Mu took a breath, then crawled to her feet and walked towards Fengyi Palace.
At this time, the queen had finished dressing and was sitting on the phoenix chair, looking coldly at the ladies who were paying homage to her.
"Your Highness, I respectfully wish you the best of health and happiness."
"Stand up and take a seat."
"Thank you, Queen."
As soon as they sat down, they heard the palace servant say, "Your Majesty, Princess Xiao is here."
The Queen frowned slightly. It had always been the case that ladies of noble birth entered the palace in advance and came in to pay their respects when the auspicious time came. Now that the time for paying respects had passed, Princess Xiao came late. This clearly showed that she did not take the Queen into consideration, which was actually very disrespectful.
"Let her in."
"yes."
Not long after, Princess Xiao walked in.
"Greetings to Her Majesty the Queen, long live Her Majesty." Princess Xiao said with a smile, "Your Majesty has just finished her confinement and she has summoned the ladies. Can you handle it?"
The queen said calmly, "Thank you Princess Xiao for your concern. I am doing well."
"That's good." Princess Xiao sat down and looked at Princess Ding and Shang Ruoyi: "Oh, who is it, isn't this Princess Ding? The one next to her is the Crown Prince's Consort?"
Shang Ruoyi stood up and leaned forward slightly: "Greetings, Princess Xiao."
"Oh, she is so beautiful. There is such a beautiful girl in this world. No wonder Jing Heng is so obsessed with her."
Bewildered?
Where did these words come from?
When did I become so bewildered by He Jingheng?
"Princess Xiao, why are you saying that?" Princess Ding frowned slightly, "They are clearly a loving couple, how come from what you said, Jing Heng has become a man who covets beauty?"
Princess Xiao did not expect Princess Ding to be so sharp in her words. After all, Princess Ding had a softer personality before, and would not get angry even if she was ridiculed. She did not expect that she would directly refute it today.
Not only her, even the queen was a little surprised.
"What do you mean by coveting beauty? I didn't say that." Princess Xiao snorted coldly, "I heard that Jing Heng spent a lot of money to buy a piece of land in order to win the smile of a beautiful woman. Now your Dingguo Palace has just returned to Beijing. I heard that everything in the warehouse has disappeared. It is extremely difficult to even make a living, let alone buy land. I advise you to be more careful. After all, people's hearts are separated from their stomachs. Don't end up with nothing."
After hearing Princess Xiao say this, the other ladies all started to snicker with their heads down.
Everyone knows that Prince Xiao is on good terms with the Crown Prince. Now that the Crown Prince is in power, Prince Xiao's status will naturally rise with him. Princess Xiao is very popular in front of many ladies of high rank, and now she even ignores the Queen and is extremely hostile to Concubine Zhao.
Concubine Zhao was the biological mother of the crown prince. In the future, the crown prince would inherit the throne. Concubine Zhao was the empress dowager who truly held real power. Naturally, she was more honorable than the queen in the hearts of the people.
"Princess Xiao, when is it your turn to comment on the affairs of Prince Ding's Palace?" Princess Ding sneered, "Your Prince Xiao's Palace is poor and destitute, relying on the Crown Prince to survive, how can you understand how the military servants live?"
"You!" Princess Xiao said angrily, "Qin, who do you think is relying on the prince? How dare you humiliate him? The emperor showed mercy and pardoned you. Didn't you, the Dingguo Palace, rely on the few soldiers in your hands? You are so arrogant, could it be that you have some rebellious intentions?"
At this moment, Shang Ruoyi stood up, bowed to the queen first, and then walked to Princess Xiao.
Princess Xiao had a cold face and raised her lower body slightly: "What are you doing? You are a concubine's daughter. The fact that you can come here today is already..."
Before she finished her words, Shang Ruoyi raised her hand.
“Bang!”
As the voice fell, Princess Xiao's face was hit to the side and her body fell to the ground.
Everyone was shocked. No one expected that she would be so bold as to slap Princess Xiao in front of the Queen and all the ladies.
"You! You!" Princess Xiao covered her face and said angrily, "You little bitch, how dare you hit me!"
"I'll hit you if I want to. Do I have to pick a day? Besides, wasn't this day picked by Princess Xiao herself?" Shang Ruoyi looked down at her and said coldly, "Didn't Princess Xiao deliberately choose the day when the ladies of high rank came to the palace to pay homage? If you are really worried, why hasn't Princess Xiao come to visit the Dingguo Palace after so many days of returning to the capital? Isn't it because you want to embarrass us on this day? Do you think that the Dingguo Palace is easy to bully? Can anyone step on it?"
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