Time Travel: The actress's acting skills exploded, and she was favored by the harem

"Lady Shen, I have already made the decision for you. This matter is caused by Lady Zhao who does not know her limits. You should stop arguing with her."

Concubine Zhao, who was present, felt her temples throbbing as she listened to Shen Zhiyao's accusations. She felt heartbroken and thought that Shen Zhiyao was unwilling to let her go!

The emperor wanted to keep the peace. He originally thought that in order to give an explanation to everyone and Queen Dowager Zhao, Concubine Shen must be severely punished today, and the Shen family must be blamed for not educating their daughter well. However, Shen Zhiyao performed beyond her expectations. Not only did she exonerate herself, she also turned around and put the blame on Concubine Zhao.

The emperor thought that Shen Zhiyao should quit while he was ahead.

“Your Majesty, I don’t feel wronged about what happened today, but I feel wronged for Your Majesty and the Empress. How can the old concubine put Your Majesty and the Empress in this position when she does this?” Shen Zhiyao spoke with great righteousness, deliberately “making a big deal out of a small matter”.

Shen Zhiyao's words were sharp and directed at the old dowager concubine Zhang Wang, which made Concubine Zhao feel relieved. However, the old dowager concubine Zhang Wang was not happy about it.

"Lady Shen, you are too good at accusing me of something! I am just worried about the disorder in the harem. I have never mentioned the emperor and the empress. What does this have to do with the emperor and the empress?" The old concubine could not help but refute vigorously.

The old concubine was almost speechless. This Concubine Shen was too unreasonable!

"The old concubine has never said anything to the emperor and the empress from beginning to end. The old concubine is an elder, and the emperor and the empress naturally respect her very much. But you wrongly accuse me of not following the palace rules and committing crimes, and then you worry about the disorder in the harem, which is managed by the empress herself. Aren't you questioning the empress's ability to manage the affairs of the six palaces? The empress is in charge of the harem with the approval of the empress dowager and the emperor. Aren't you also questioning the vision of the empress dowager and the emperor? Aren't you smearing the harem and the entire royal family?"

Every word Shen Zhiyao spoke was like a string of pearls, and her attack made the old Queen Mother Zhang Wang extremely anxious.

Hearing this, the emperor and the empress became excited. Shen Zhiyao was so good at making plausible arguments. It was brilliant!

There have always been many royal relatives who take advantage of their seniority and always like to interfere in the affairs of the harem. What's worse, they even interfere in the emperor's decision. The emperor and the empress have long wanted to find an opportunity to teach these people a lesson. Now, Shen Zhiyao has created a great opportunity for them!

"You...you are just a beauty, yet you dare to arbitrarily accuse me and force such a serious crime on me! I just hate evil and cannot stand things that violate etiquette and law. How can you question the emperor and the empress? How can you discredit the harem and the royal family?!" The old concubine Zhang Wang turned to Shen Zhiyao and shouted angrily.

She had relied on her husband's status as a prince and her excellent relationship with Queen Dowager Zhao, and had long been inflated. Now she was unwilling to suffer any loss.

"I don't really know whether the old empress dowager is really jealous of evil, but I can feel that you don't take us concubines in the palace seriously. Even if my rank is low, I am still the emperor's concubine. How can I be wronged? You don't care about the royal concubines, and you think the rules in the harem are chaotic. That means you don't take the emperor and the empress seriously!" Shen Zhiyao was extremely calm at this time, but she acted very angry on the surface.

"Not only did you discredit the harem, you also slandered the Shen family's family tradition. If the Shen family's family education is not strict, the emperor and the empress will be responsible. How can you be here to say irresponsible things? The late emperor praised the Shen family's pure family tradition many times, and the empress dowager also personally acted as a matchmaker and ordered my father to send me to the palace to serve the emperor. Old concubine, are you going to deny the vision of the late emperor and the empress dowager? In front of all the clan members, you dare to talk nonsense like this, which shows that the old concubine has never taken the royal family seriously!"

Shen Zhiyao was quick-witted and had strong logic. She fabricated out of thin air the attack by Queen Mother Zhang on her and elevated it to the level of disrespect for the royal family.

"That's enough, Lady Shen, you said enough." Although Bo Muxi felt happy, he still had to put on a show. After all, the old concubine was his elder.

"Your Majesty, I feel really bad for you and the Empress! Your Majesty and the Empress always put filial piety first and have always been extremely respectful to the old concubine dowager. But the old concubine dowager openly and covertly accused the Empress of not managing the harem well and accused the Shen family of not educating their daughter well. Is this what a subject should say? If this is not disrespectful to the royal family, then what is?!"

After Shen Zhiyao said this, she stopped talking, but tears began to flow down her cheeks again. This time she was actually crying out loud, full of helplessness and sadness, and her emotions seemed so sincere that it was really disgusting.

"You are such a sharp-tongued beauty... I am really... Your Majesty, I am so innocent... Your Majesty!" The old Concubine Dowager Zhang Wang was so angry that her facial features were twisted into a ball. She could not speak clearly and her old body was shaking violently.

Seeing her like this, Bo Muxi felt amused in his heart, but he pretended to be angry and scolded, "Lady Shen! Why don't you leave immediately!"

At this point, no one dared to say anything more. Even the most experienced King Rui was afraid of bringing trouble to himself, so he had to pretend to close his eyes and think.

The queen, who had been sitting beside him, suddenly said softly, "Your Majesty, please calm down. It is also my fault that I failed to handle the situation properly yesterday. Your Majesty entrusted the harem to me to manage. I have failed your grace..."

The look in the Queen's eyes when she looked at the Emperor did reveal a deep sense of self-blame, as if she had made a huge mistake.

Bo Muxi sneered in his heart. The queen was indeed amazing and she acted the role just right.

"My grievances are nothing, but how aggrieved must the Empress be! The Empress has always handled the affairs of the harem in an orderly manner. She is a role model for us concubines! All the concubines in the harem respect and love the Empress, and she is the model of a mother of the country. Today, the old concubine denied all the hard work of the Empress with just a few words. I really feel very sorry for the Empress!" Shen Zhiyao, who had been planning to withdraw, was obviously excited again and started to speak crazily.

"You...you...Empress, I really didn't mean that..." The old Concubine Dowager Zhang Wang was so angry that she didn't know whether she should reprimand Shen Zhiyao first or explain to the Queen first.

But everyone understood that the Queen's statement was not about blaming herself, but was clearly accusing the old concubine of being rude.

Shen Zhiyao was getting more and more unreasonable. She smiled contemptuously and said sternly, "If the old concubine really didn't mean to mock the queen, then why didn't she ask the queen about this in private? Why did she choose a day when so many royal family members were present to ask in public? Does the old concubine have a lot of opinions about the queen in private, so she had to deliberately make things difficult for the queen today and make her look bad?"

"Enough!" Bo Muxi suddenly threw the tea bowl on the table. Instantly, tea and tea leaves rolled out, shocking everyone so much that they immediately knelt down and apologized.

"Someone, send Miss Jing back to Cuiweixuan!" Bo Muxi's tone was extremely angry and frightening.

On the surface, the emperor was angry, but he did not punish Shen Zhiyao in public. So who was he angry at? This was particularly subtle...