Quick Wear: The Enchanting Concubine, Rules of Survival and Plunder

"Consort Shu, how dare you!" Consort Yang was furious. "Do you really think that just because the Emperor dotes on you, I can't do anything to you? Don't forget that I am a Consort, and you are just a Consort. How dare you talk back to me like this? Does Consort Shu want to commit insubordination?"

"Hehe!" Jiang Chunxi laughed. "Your Highness is using my words to shut me up! But the problem is, how have I ever been disrespectful to you? Do you think I don't even have the right to speak on a matter-of-fact basis?"

Jiang Chunxi gave Yang Guifei a disdainful look: "Isn't Your Highness a bit too domineering? Just because you're the Empress Dowager's niece, you act like a tyrant in the harem. But even if you want to bully someone, you have to consider who you're dealing with!"

“Sister, I am not from a humble family. If the Imperial Concubine wants to bully me, she should consider whether my family agrees. After all, you can use your rank to suppress me in the harem, but my family can also use their official positions to suppress your Yang family in the court.”

The Yang family had no outstanding men; it could be said that the entire Yang family rose to prominence thanks to the Empress Dowager. Therefore, their influence in the court was nowhere near that of the Jiang family.

That's right. The Empress Dowager's family background wasn't very good. She was just lucky to give birth to the late emperor's only son. Otherwise, if the late emperor had had more sons, the one sitting on the throne now might not necessarily be the Empress Dowager's son.

Consort Yang was so angry she was about to explode. Just as she was about to get up to hit Jiang Chunxi, the Empress came out.

This forced Consort Yang to first give Jiang Chunxi a fierce glare, and then, like everyone else, rise and bow to the Empress.

"Get up, all of you!" The Empress's voice remained as indifferent as ever. "I think I just heard someone arguing."

The Empress was of course aware of what had just happened outside. If it were anyone else, it wouldn't matter, but since it involved Consort Yang, the Empress naturally had to ask her about it.

“Your Majesty,” Jiang Chunxi quickly replied, “I just had a disagreement with the Imperial Concubine.”

Jiang Chunxi then recounted what had just happened without embellishing anything: "Your Majesty, please tell me, which of the Consort's words was wrong? Isn't the Consort just acting arrogantly and domineeringly in the harem because she is the Empress Dowager's niece?"

"It's fortunate that my family background is decent; otherwise, if my family background were less prestigious, I probably would have been too afraid to speak out."

"You vile woman..." Consort Yang was furious, pointing her finger at Jiang Chunxi with a ferocious expression on her face.

"Insolence!" The Empress's icy gaze fell upon Consort Yang. "As a consort, how dare you speak such vulgarities? Is this the upbringing of your Yang family?"

"Your Majesty is showing favoritism towards Consort Shu," Consort Yang said angrily to the Empress. "As the head of the harem, it's one thing to not handle matters impartially, but to act so biasedly. Is this how an Empress should behave?"

"You mean I'm not worthy to sit on the throne and be the Empress?" The Empress sneered at Consort Yang. "If I'm not worthy to be the Empress, then who is? You, Consort Yang?"

"It seems that Consort Shu's assessment of you was indeed correct. Relying on being the Empress Dowager's niece, you not only act arrogantly and domineeringly in the harem, but you even dare to dream of becoming Empress."

“The Imperial Concubine’s ambition is truly enormous,” Jiang Chunxi said. “But the Imperial Concubine seems to lack a proper understanding of her own situation! The Empress’s position is not something someone like you can covet.”

"As a person, you have to know your own limitations. If you don't even have the most basic self-awareness, you'll just make a fool of yourself and become a laughing stock."