The naive concubine is only interested in being a bad person. Your Majesty, please change your favor

On the first and fifteenth day of every month, all the concubines in the harem who have been favored by His Majesty must go to Ci'an Palace to pay their respects to the Empress Dowager.

Jiang Wange was dug out of bed by Qianyue early in the morning.

"My lady, please don't go to sleep. Yu Jin told me that the Queen Mother is not easy to get along with. You have to pay your respects to her today. If you go late, you will be punished."

Qianyue kept chattering while she was dressing Jiang Wange.

Jiang Wange was sleepwalking with her eyes closed throughout the whole process, until they finished dressing her up, then they urged her to open her eyes.

Looking at herself in the bronze mirror, Jiang Wange was already aesthetically fatigued. It was such a pity that such a beautiful face was wasted on her.

Jiang Wange specifically asked Yu Jin to go with him to Ci'an Palace, and let Qian Yue stay in Xianfu Palace.

On the way to Ci'an Palace, Jiang Wange asked Yu Jin a lot about the Empress Dowager's past. Her intuition told her that the most difficult person to deal with in the harem was the Empress Dowager.

When Jiang Wange arrived at Ci'an Palace, many concubines had already gathered there.

"I pay my respects to the Empress Shufei and the Empress Chenfei——"

They were the only two concubines present and needed to perform the ceremony individually. As for the other concubines with higher ranks than her, she only needed to nod her head.

"This little sister is so beautiful. Please raise your head so I can have a good look at her."

The Concubine Chen looked at Jiang Wange carefully and was shocked by her beauty.

Even though there are so many beauties in the harem, there is only one as outstanding as Jiang Wange.

"Thank you, Her Majesty, for your praise. I am not as dignified and generous as you." Jiang Wange's tone was very lazy, and it made people feel comfortable just listening to it.

"She acts like a foxy girl and uses her beauty to please the king. She won't get far." Concubine Shu sneered, not hiding her displeasure with Jiang Wange.

When the others saw this, they kept silent and watched the undercurrent between them.

Jiang Wange did not refute Concubine Shu's evaluation, but smiled calmly:

"What Madam Shufei pointed out is that I am not as stable and generous as you, and I am petty and not presentable."

"Humph, you are at least self-aware. Don't think that you can be arrogant and complacent just because you have a face like a foxy woman and sleep with her a few more times. There are many people in the harem who are more favored than you."

When Concubine Shu heard Jiang Wange's self-deprecating words, she smiled with satisfaction.

The concubine next to her almost laughed out loud:

This Concubine Shu is really stupid. When Concubine Jiang scolded her for being ugly, she thought she was praising her. She is hopeless.

Jiang Wange couldn't help but smile when she saw that Concubine Shu hadn't come to her senses yet.

Not long after she finished speaking, the empress dowager was supported by Nanny Sun and appeared in everyone's sight.

"Your humble concubine pays respects to Her Majesty the Queen Mother. May Her Majesty be blessed with good health—"

"Everyone, get up." The Queen Mother glanced at everyone calmly and sat down.

"Thank you, Queen Mother—"

Everyone sat in order of their social status, at their closest distance to the Empress Dowager, and did not dare to overstep the line in the slightest.

"It just so happens that you have come to pay your respects to me today. I have something to discuss with you."

"Please tell me, Your Majesty. If you can use me, please let me know." Concubine Shu was the first to speak.

The Queen Mother nodded, and then continued:

"In a month, it will be the Mid-Autumn Festival. According to the ancestral system, it should be hosted by the Empress. But now that His Majesty has not yet appointed a empress, someone has to take on this task. Who of the Concubine Shu and the Concubine Chen is willing to host the Mid-Autumn Festival?"

After saying this, the empress dowager looked at Concubine Shu and Concubine Chen.

Before Concubine Chen opened her mouth, Concubine Shu spoke first:

"I am willing to share the Queen Mother's worries. Sister Chenfei is a military officer, so I don't think she knows the rules of the palace banquets. I'd better let me do it for her. Do you have any objections, Sister Chenfei?"

After Concubine Shu finished speaking, she gave Concubine Chen a very provocative look.

The Concubine Chen smiled calmly, not caring about the job being snatched away.

"Empress Dowager, since Concubine Shu is willing to take charge, please let her do it. I am not really suited for this kind of job."

"In that case, the Mid-Autumn Festival Banquet will be hosted by Concubine Shu."

"Your Highness, thank you."

When Concubine Shu got this job, she seemed very proud and smug, as if she was afraid that others didn't know that she was going to hold this banquet.

"There are a few unfamiliar faces here, but are they concubines who just entered the palace to serve at the beginning of this month?"

"Replying to the Queen Mother, Guiren, Jiang Guiren, He Guiren and Wen Changzai are all newly promoted concubines." Shufei responded softly.

"I remember that there was a beautiful girl who was canonized as Jiang Changzai. She was so beautiful that I was delighted when I saw her. Why is she not among them?" The Queen Mother asked deliberately.

Jiang Wange was startled, knowing that the Queen Mother was coming towards him, so he responded generously:

"Reporting to the Queen Mother, the Jiang Changzai you are talking about should be a concubine, but the concubine was promoted to a noble lady by His Majesty a few days ago. Perhaps the Queen Mother does not know."

"Oh? She was promoted to a noble lady right after entering the palace? Noble Lady Jiang is really amazing. What seductive tricks did she use to seduce His Majesty? She is so bold!"

The Queen Mother was speaking softly and smiling at first, but suddenly she changed her tone and spoke harshly, becoming angry.

All the concubines were frightened by the Queen Mother's sudden anger and quickly knelt down.

Only Jiang Wange sat on the chair, motionless.

When the Queen Mother saw Jiang Wange like this, she felt that she was provoking her, and her expression became even uglier.

"Lady Jiang, the other concubines have all knelt, why don't you kneel? Don't you think I'm serious? You really are so good!"

"My dear Queen, I don't know where I went wrong, so I dare not kneel down and admit my fault." Jiang Wange straightened her body and responded to the Queen Mother neither humbly nor arrogantly.

"You seduced His Majesty first, and then disrespected me. Now you say you don't know where you went wrong? Kneel down before me—"

The Queen Mother asked Jiang Wange to kneel down by name, and no matter how confident Jiang Wange was, he had to surrender.

Seeing Jiang Wange kneeling down, the Queen Mother continued to insist:

"Didn't you just say that you didn't do anything wrong, so you didn't kneel? What's the point of kneeling now?"

"Just now I didn't know I was wrong, so I didn't kneel; now it's the Queen Mother's order, I have to kneel."

Jiang Wange looked straight ahead and calmly narrated the reasons why he knelt and did not kneel.

"You are such a sly-tongued vixen, how dare you speak to the Queen Mother like that? Do you have the Queen Mother in your eyes? Queen Mother, in my opinion, such a daring concubine should be punished, so that she will remember this lesson and not become more rampant in the future."

Concubine Shu shouted harshly, wanting to use the Queen Mother to intimidate Jiang Wange. It would be best if she could directly sentence this little bitch to death!

"Empress Dowager, Sister Jiang has just arrived and it is inevitable that she may not know the etiquette. Please be merciful and let Sister Jiang go this time. Lady Jiang, why don't you confess your crime to the Empress Dowager and beg for mercy!"

Concubine Chen could not bear to see Jiang Wange punished on her first visit to the Queen Mother, so she spoke for her and told her that if she kowtowed and confessed her guilt to the Queen Mother, there might be a chance for a turnaround.