I don't want to be the favorite concubine of this palace anymore

An Muxi had a thousand little cute heads running through her heart. Couldn't Concubine Xu be more thoughtful when she framed someone?

She helped Xiaoqin up, looked at Concubine Xu and said calmly, "My Lady Concubine, we were walking peacefully, and you suddenly rushed out and bumped into Xiaoqin. It's not Xiaoqin's fault that the jade hairpin was broken, right?"

Concubine Xu pretended to be very angry: "What do you mean by this? Am I so bored that I come out to frame a slave girl?"

"Then who knows?"

Concubine Xu said angrily: "An Muxi, don't think that you can be domineering in the backyard just because you sleep with the emperor. You are just a little concubine. Know your position."

An Muxi couldn't help but roll her eyes in her heart: "What does the Concubine want? Just say it."

Xu Wanying rolled her eyes and said, "What else can I do? Since you broke my hairpin, just compensate me. I am a generous person, so I won't take your disrespect seriously."

After saying that, his eyes went straight to the mahogany box in An Muxi's hand, and it was obvious that he was trying to blackmail her for the hairpin.

Originally, if this was really An Muxi and Xiaoqin's fault, she might have really compensated her with the hairpin.

But today she was deliberately framing her, and An Muxi couldn't stand it. Before she could argue a few more words, Xiaoqin suddenly spoke.

"You are slandering me, Concubine. It was you who wanted to hit our young master, and I found out. I blocked it, so how can you still blame us?"

"How dare you speak to the concubine like that? It's simply lawless. Who gave you the courage?" A large maidservant next to Concubine Xu scolded angrily.

The other one was not to be outdone and quickly echoed, "That's right, the Concubine is of noble status, how could she frame a little concubine like your master."

An Muxi was speechless, thinking to herself, Xiaoqin, I know you are anxious, but don’t be anxious yet. I don’t need you to stand up for me. Aren’t you just making things more complicated?

Talking to the concubine who is in charge of the household affairs like this, are you sure she won't make things difficult for us in the future?

But she remained calm and said, "My Lady Concubine, first of all, we didn't bump into you just now, you were the one who got bumped into. Secondly, this hairpin was given to me by the Princess, so I can't just give it to someone else."

Concubine Xu sneered: "Why, your maid broke my hairpin, don't you want to pay for it? Then let her suffer a little."

"Chunlan, give this servant girl fifty slaps across the face!"

The maid named Chunlan hurried forward and wanted to slap Xiaoqin.

An Muxi also became anxious, and quickly pulled Xiaoqin behind her. As they were pulling and pushing each other, they accidentally bumped into Concubine Xu again.

This time, another clear sound was heard and the scene suddenly became quiet.

A few people looked down and saw a jade hairpin of good quality fell to the ground.

It was broken into several pieces.

An Muxi took a look and realized that he had really fallen this time.

Xu Wanying saw the jade hairpin on the ground and cried out in pain: "You two bitches, do you know that this hairpin was given to me by the prince when I entered the mansion?"

The white jade hairpin that she had used to frame Xiaoqin was just a cheap item of average quality, but this jadeite hairpin was worth a fortune and was one of her favorite pieces of jewelry.

Just when she was preparing to perform a series of moves to make a big deal out of the matter and make An Muxi pay the price.

An Muxi directly stuffed the mahogany box in her hand into her hand: "Here, this is for you as compensation. This time it's my fault and I admit it. Please be magnanimous and forgive Xiaoqin."

How could Xu Wanying give up this opportunity to make things difficult for her? It would be best to kick her out of the palace this time.

At this moment, a voice came, "My Lady Concubine, what happened here? I am here to take a look at what the prince has ordered."

Xu Wanying was shocked. Did the news reach the prince so quickly? This shouldn't be the case.

An Muxi saw Nanny Zhao coming over with two little maids.

He walked closer and bowed to both the concubine and himself.

Concubine Xu's eyes were red as she looked at Madam Zhao: "Madam Zhao, you don't know that this Concubine An and her maid just bumped into me and broke my white jade hairpin and jade hairpin."

As she spoke, she took out the broken hairpin and hairpin to show Zhao Ma. When Zhao Ma saw this, her brows slightly frowned.

Looking at An Muxi: "I wonder if what the concubine said is true?"

An Muxi had no choice but to tell the story again: "It was not our fault that the white jade hairpin was broken. The hairpin was indeed broken because the concubine wanted to punish my maid. We accidentally bumped into the concubine and broke it when we were pushing and shoving."

"But I have already compensated the concubine with the hairpin that the princess gave to her. I don't know why she is still nagging me?"

Concubine Xu wanted to say something else, but then she heard Nanny Zhao say, "Since you have already compensated the Concubine with a hairpin of good quality, why don't we just let it go? What do you think, Concubine?"

Concubine Xu still refused to accept: "That hairpin was given to me by the prince when I entered the palace. How can I just let it go like this?"

Madam Zhao said softly, "Can you show me the hairpin that the princess just gave me?"

Concubine Xu opened the mahogany box reluctantly. Madam Zhao took a look and nodded secretly.

"Concubine Xu probably doesn't know that this white jade hairpin was made in the palace. If you look carefully, there is a mark on it that says it was made by the emperor. Its value is no less than your hairpin. Let's just leave it at that."

An Muxi didn't expect that the princess would give her a hairpin bestowed by the emperor. But before she could even warm it up, she gave it to Concubine Xu. It was a pity.

Concubine Xu then asked, "What about my white jade hairpin?"

An Muxi didn't expect that there was someone more greedy than her, but she really didn't want to get entangled with her anymore, so she asked directly: "How much is that white jade hairpin worth? I'll compensate you."

After saying this, I wanted to slap myself. How could I compensate her? Besides, it wasn't my fault.

Madam Zhao said, "I've seen that white jade hairpin, and its market value should not exceed 20 taels."

An Muxi knew that Nanny Zhao was helping her and didn't want to be blackmailed, so she made a quote.

He could only grit his teeth and say, "Okay, I'll give the silver to the concubine later."

"Is Madam Concubine satisfied now? May I take my leave now?"

Concubine Xu saw that this was the only option. After all, the loss was compensated, and Nanny Zhao was still watching by the side.

This Nanny Zhao was the personal maid of the prince's biological mother, Concubine Rong. After Concubine Rong passed away, she had been staying by Prince Rui's side, taking care of him. Prince Rui respected her very much.

She was in charge of the household expenses, and many accounts had to go through Madam Zhao's hands. Her words in the palace sometimes represented the prince's opinion.

So he pretended to be generous and said, "Okay, let's just let it go today. I won't pursue your crimes. I advise you to take care of yourselves."

An Muxi brought Xiaoqin back to the west yard cottage angrily.

Xiaoqin was so scared that she dared not speak. This time it was all her fault and her master suffered heavy losses.

As soon as she entered the door, An Muxi said sinisterly: "You dress up colorfully like a butterfly all day long, then I will fulfill your wish!"

After that, he took out 20 taels of silver and handed it to Xiaoqin: "Go, give this to Concubine Xu. Be nicer, don't let others catch you again."

"Wait until I get back to vent my anger on you!"