Crazy Queen, Striving to Become the Most Beautiful Lady in the Harem

Zhonghe Palace

Main hall

Today, all the concubines in the harem have come. The remaining ones of lower status can only stand and wait respectfully to pay homage to Lin Junxue.

Only those who are of high status and favor have seats. Of course, Chen Xier is the most respected among them. She sits on the left hand side below the queen.

today

Chen Xier was wearing a peach pink silk dress, with the sleeves and cuffs made of fine silver thread, outlining auspicious cloud patterns. She had a flowing cloud bun on her head, with precious pearls and jade inserted in it.

She was wearing around her neck the pearls from the East China Sea that Xie Yu had just rewarded her with a few days ago. There were more than a dozen of them, and each one was priceless.

The whole person looked very luxurious, as bright and beautiful as ever, attracting the attention of the concubines standing below, with envy in their eyes.

Chen Xier picked up the teacup and took a sip, with a hint of pride in her eyes.

Zi Shuang stood beside her, also with a look of arrogance on her face, as if she didn't care about anyone.

The concubine opposite Chen Xier, Sun Manrou, also dressed up specially today.

However, Sun Manrou's appearance was not outstanding among the concubines in this room.

She looked at Chen Xier's fancy dress today and thought to herself that she was just pretending.

A daughter of a lowly official from a humble background somehow won the favor of the emperor. God must be blind.

Chen Xier pretended not to see Sun Manrou's unfriendly look.

In this harem, the two of them looked down on each other and

Concubine Mi sat next to Sun Manrou. She was very well-behaved and chose a light blue palace dress with low-key accessories. There was nothing outstanding about her.

But that quiet temperament is the first among these women.

Concubine Yue was also an elder, so she sat next to Concubine Mi.

The remaining ones are the concubines, Zhaoyi, Xiuyi, Ronghua, Jieyu.

In general, Xie Yu's harem has only a few dozen concubines who have actually slept with him.

This is really not a lot for the harems of emperors of all dynasties.

The atmosphere in the room is too depressing.

Finally, it was Yuepin, the good person in the palace, who spoke up and broke the atmosphere.

Yuepin covered her handkerchief

"Empress Xi, what you are wearing around your neck is the East China Sea pearl that the emperor gave you a few days ago. I heard that this pearl will glow faintly at night. I wonder if it is true or not?"

Chen Xier was very pleased to hear Yuepin's envious tone and praise. She nodded.

She said, "Yuepin has good eyesight. This is indeed the East China Sea pearl that the emperor gave me a few days ago. It's just a new thing."

Chen Xier's nonchalant tone instantly caused some of the concubines standing there to exclaim.

Look at the imperial concubine. The priceless East China Sea pearls are just a novelty.

Concubine Yue smiled and continued, "Imperial Concubine Xi, you have a lot of good things in your hands, so naturally you treat them as new toys. The concubines are very envious."

At this moment, Sun Manrou, who was sitting on the side, suddenly spoke

"Princess Yue, what's wrong? You've never seen such a good thing before. This is the first time I know that this little East China Sea pearl is also a rare thing."

Sun Manrou's hot temper has caused many concubines in the harem to suffer losses, but they dare not speak out.

Who can blame her for not only being one of the four concubines, but also having a strong maternal clan to support her?

Hearing this, the concubines who were standing lowered their heads and dared not breathe.

Yuepin's face froze.

Although she was an old lady in the mansion, her position and her mother's family could not compete with Sun Manrou.

Yuepin could only bite the bullet and say, "Sister Chenfei, I'm sorry for making fun of you."

Sun Manrou snorted coldly

Across the street, Chen Xier looked at her

"Sister Chen Fei, why are you so angry today? I wonder who made you angry this morning? The Empress will be out soon, so you better suppress your anger. If you offend the Empress, it will be terrible. Don't be like Qin Sheng from the Imperial Kitchen and Zhang Fufa from the Ministry of Internal Affairs who were punished to kneel at the gate of Zhonghe Palace for a full hour yesterday, don't you think?"

Hearing this, Sun Manrou's face immediately turned ugly.

This Chen Xier actually compared herself to two slaves?

Sun Man was angry and was about to speak when she was interrupted by the concubine beside her.

"Sister Chen Fei, today, all of us sisters are here to pay our respects to the Empress. Sister Xi Guifei, you two are just joking around, please don't scare the other sisters in the palace."

After hearing Concubine Mi's words, Sun Manrou calmed down and did not make a scene in Zhonghe Palace.

Chen Xier gave Chen Mi a cold look.

If you think about it, the two can be considered to be of the same clan.

But before, Chen Mi was the daughter of the noble Duke's Mansion, and her useless father was just a side branch.

The emperor can visit Chen Mi's palace twice a month.

Compared to flipping her cards, the frequency and the favor are naturally not comparable.

But in this harem, how many concubines can the emperor frequently choose?

Therefore, Chen Xier has always been wary of Chen Mi, and has used some tricks in secret, but she was always able to turn danger into safety by Chen Mi.

Later, Chen Xier realized that Chen Mi really had no intention of competing for favor, so she stopped targeting her.

Chen Mi gave Chen Xier a generous and appropriate smile.

Chen Xier also smiled back

After Sun Manrou calmed down, the atmosphere in the hall returned to its previous state.

Sun Manrou turned to look at Chen Mi and whispered, "If you don't stop me, I will have a few words with Chen Xier. Don't think that because the emperor favors her and makes her a concubine, she dares to belittle me like this."

Chen Mi looked at Sun Manrou with a hint of helplessness in his eyes.

Sun Manrou has suffered so many losses from Chen Xier, and she still doesn't know how to restrain herself

In terms of scheming and tactics, Sun Manrou is no match for Chen Xier.

If Sun Manrou made a scene in Zhonghe Palace today, she would not only offend the Queen, but also anger the Emperor.

Chen Mi didn't really want to save Sun Manrou, but his sister had specifically told him when she entered the palace that if possible, he should take care of this brainless Sun Manrou.

After entering the palace, Chen Mi found out that her father wanted her sister to marry into the Sun family, which was also the emperor's intention.

After all, the Sun family and the Lin family together control almost half of the military forces of the entire dynasty. The emperor is naturally worried about who the Sun family will eventually marry into?

It would be the most suitable for the Sun family to find a marriage with the Chen family, a prestigious but powerless duke's mansion.

Chen Mi said, "You have always been impatient since you were a child. Concubine Xi is the apple of the emperor's eye. Why do you have to make trouble for her?"

Chen Mi has said all he wants to say. As for whether to listen or not, it's up to Sun Manrou herself.

When Sun Manrou heard Chen Mi say that Concubine Xi was the emperor's favorite, her eyes immediately darkened and she said nothing.

Chen Mi knew from the look in her eyes that she was stubborn and would not change her mind.

Chen Xier looked at the two people opposite her who were covering their hands with handkerchiefs, wondering what they were talking about?

Eyes flashed

If this Chen Mi gets in the way again, don't blame her for not caring about the relationship between the clan members.

Next second

There were footsteps behind the curtain, and then everyone heard "The Queen has arrived."

The concubines of lower rank immediately knelt on the ground to pay their respects, while Sun Manrou, Chen Mi, and Yuepin stood up to greet them.

最后

Chen Xier stood up slowly and raised her head nonchalantly.