Harem Daily Life

The virtuous concubine took several deep breaths before she calmed down.

"I didn't expect that Lady Tao, who seemed delicate and weak, was actually eloquent and sharp-tongued. I underestimated you before!" In the past, Concubine Xian would not take concubines of lower rank seriously even if they were a little favored. Unexpectedly, this one was such a tough guy.

She narrowed her eyes and said, "You'd better pray that His Majesty will always favor you. Otherwise, when the day comes that you lose favor, I will definitely send you off so that you can never stand up again!"

When Tao Yanyan met her cold gaze, he felt as if he was facing a poisonous snake spitting out its tongue, and it was cold to the bone.

However, Tao Yanyan, who had died once, was not easy to bully. Usually, the jealousy and quarrels between concubines were just a small matter, not worth taking to heart, but today was different. If she did not resist, it would be a silent acquiescence. Who knows how she will use it to make a fuss later!

Tao Yanyan is usually soft and cute, but her cold eyes can be shocking. She looked straight at Concubine Xian, neither humble nor arrogant: "Concubine Xian is extremely favored, and she is fearless in everything she does. She relies on the favor of Your Majesty. I wish that Your Majesty can continue to be favored. Otherwise, when the day comes that Your Majesty is no longer favored, there will be more people who want to step on you, Tao Yanyan."

"You! How dare you! Someone, come here, Lady Tao spoke rudely to me, slap me in the face!"

When he heard that he was going to be beaten, Tao Yanyan quickly stood up, grabbed Qingfeng and ran away.

The virtuous concubine and her people were stunned.

In the past, no one dared to run!

By the time they reacted, Lady Tao and her maid had already gone dozens of meters away.

"Your Majesty, this..." Jing'er looked at Concubine Xian. Concubine Xian came to her senses and said angrily, "Hurry up and chase her. Catch her and slap her in the mouth. Beat her hard!"

The two palace maids and the maidservants immediately chased in the direction of Lady Tao. Concubine Xian sat in the pavilion, panting angrily: "She actually dared to run? She actually dared to run!!"

At this moment, Qingfeng, who was being grabbed by his master and running towards Yingyue Pavilion, had a confused look on his face and his mind was blank.

"My beauty, what should we do? We have offended Concubine Xian! If she catches us, we will be beaten to death! My beauty, run quickly, I will stop them!"

Qingfeng wanted to stop and stop them, but Tao Yanyan grabbed her and refused to let go: "Don't be silly, run quickly, go back and close the palace gates, don't let her people catch you!"

Qingfeng looked back as she ran. Seeing that she was about to be caught up, she said anxiously, "But I'm afraid I can't run away!"

Tao Yanyan still didn't let go, so he just risked his life and shouted loudly: "Help, help, Your Majesty, help!"

Not far away, Li Zongguan of the Ministry of Internal Affairs was passing by with his men. Hearing the noise, he immediately came over to check. Seeing several people chasing after Lady Tao, he immediately led his men to stop them and said, "How dare you, slave? How dare you chase after your master in the palace?"

When Tao Yanyan saw Manager Li, she felt like she had seen a savior. She pulled Qingfeng and continued to run while shouting, "Manager Li, stop them! They want to beat me! I'm leaving now. I'll thank you another day!"

Seeing Lady Tao running past him with her maid, Manager Li hurriedly ordered people to stop the people chasing after them and question them.

Several people ran out of breath and panted, "Li, Concubine Tao offended Concubine Xian. We are following Concubine Xian's order to ask Concubine Tao to go back and apologize."

When Li Zongguan heard that it was the Consort Xian, his legs went limp with fear. He quickly pinched his philtrum and calmed himself down: "Even if you want to invite someone, you shouldn't do it like this, right? Chasing someone in the palace, especially a fifth-rank master, is extremely disrespectful. If His Majesty and the Queen knew about this, they would definitely punish you!"

The palace maids and servants were helpless and had to obey the orders of Concubine Xian.

"Come on, come on, let's go. Do you guys want to catch up with us and make things worse?"

The virtuous concubine's men were then sent away, wiping their sweat.

The young eunuch beside Li Zongguan reminded him, "Zongguan, you stepped forward to stop this matter today. I'm afraid you will have a hard time with Concubine Xian in the future!"

Manager Li pinched her philtrum again, and then said, "When have you ever seen me have an easy life with Concubine Xian? Humph, she always makes trouble for me even when there is nothing wrong. If I take care of this, it will be even more troublesome. Forget it, it's better to sell Concubine Tao. In Concubine Xian's eyes, I will be on Concubine Tao's side from now on. Let's go, do what we need to do, don't worry about tomorrow's affairs today, we will work it out when the time comes."

Before Tao Yanyan and Qingfeng ran to Yingyue Pavilion, they saw Chang Tai coming over with Xiao Jinan in his arms, followed by Xiao Quanzi.

Chang Tai saw the two people in such a state of disarray, and asked hurriedly, "Beauty, what happened to you?"

Tao Yanyan looked behind him, wiped the sweat off his face, and fanned himself with his hands, saying, "Let Qingfeng talk to you later. I'm too tired. I haven't exercised for a long time, and I don't have the strength anymore."

Then she took little Jin'an's hand and said shyly, "Jin'an, there is a monster in the Imperial Garden today. We can't go. Let's go back first. I will take you to feed the fish another day."

Seeing that his sister was sweating profusely, Xiao Jinan wiped her sweat with his little hands very obediently: "It turns out that it was a monster chasing my sister. Let's go back quickly and close the door tightly to prevent the monster from entering!"

Several people hurried back to Yingyue Pavilion. Tao Yanyan drank two large cups of tea before he came to his senses.

Qingfeng wasn't in a much better condition either. She wasn't as calm as Lady Tao and was now shaking with fear.

Mingyue, Changtai and the others didn't know what had happened and were waiting for Qingfeng to explain it to them.

Qingfeng trembled as she told the main points of what happened after she met the virtuous concubine in the imperial garden. Of course, she did not mention the story of the young wife's miscarriage told by Lady Tao. Only Mingyue and she heard what the imperial physician Liu said about the virtuous concubine's unstable fetus that day. She would not spread it to others and cause trouble for Lady Tao.

When everyone heard this, they were all shocked. They were surprised that Concubine Xian had the guts to lynch a fifth-rank concubine, and they were even more surprised that Concubine Tao had the guts to resist and run away!

Mingyue recovered and said hurriedly, "My beauty, the virtuous concubine will not give up until she is angry. Why don't you go to His Majesty and ask for his protection?"

Tao Yanyan thought about it, unsure who He Linzhang would help if she and Concubine Xian confronted each other, she hesitated and said: "Let's wait and see. By the way, General Manager Li helped just now, Chang Tai, you send twenty taels of silver to him and say that I am thanking him. Also, go around the palace and spread the word that I sprained my ankle again. As for how it happened, just say that I fell in the Imperial Garden."

So, not long after, two big gossips spread in the palace.

One was that Concubine Xian fainted in the Imperial Garden due to the anger of Concubine Tao, and was helped back to Changxin Palace, and the imperial physician was called in. The other was that Concubine Tao sprained her foot again, and it was said that she fell in the Imperial Garden, and the imperial physician was also called in.

Eunuch Zhang had just finished court when he received the news. After some consideration, he reported it to the emperor.

"One fainted from anger, and the other fell?" He Linzhang frowned, "Come with me to take a look."

He Linzhang hurried out without even having lunch.

"Your Majesty, which side shall we go first?" Eunuch Zhang asked hurriedly.