The queen has four sons and six daughters, and she can call the wind and rain

Unlike New Year's Eve, Yun Zhining today truly showed the demeanor of a favored concubine.

She wore a blue Su brocade bamboo embroidered cloud pattern and pearl-dropped Ruyi skirt, a rose gold Begonia pattern long cape, and a Shu brocade Ming embroidered shoe with a huge pearl on it.

The pearls were as white as jade, smooth and full. They were picked out by Qi Yejing from his private storehouse on the day she was found to be pregnant. There was a whole box full of them, and each one was extremely large. It would be too ostentatious to make a pearl necklace from them. She had originally planned to keep them hidden and give them to her daughter when she got married. But when Luo Su counted them, she found that there was an odd number of pearls, so she simply picked one out to make an embroidered shoe. It's true that her craftsmanship was really amazing. The embroidered shoes she made were beautiful and comfortable. Yun Zhining loved them very much.

Today she had her hair done in a fairy-like bun, a crabapple flower ornament on her forehead, cherry red earrings on her ears, and red lips and white teeth. She instantly outshined all the beauties in the hall.

However, although her makeup was very delicate, the fatigue in her eyes and the dark circles under her eyes were still visible, and everyone's mood calmed down instantly.

Seeing that the way everyone looked at her had changed, Yun Zhining curled up the corners of her mouth into a faint smile.

In the morning, when Qingzhu was helping her put on makeup, she wanted to cover up the dark circles under her eyes, but she deliberately left them there. In this way, she joined forces with others to deal with Yun Fulan, instead of making herself the target of public criticism and letting Yun Fulan laugh at her.

"Ming Xiaoyi, this is your fault. Although the emperor has been doting on you recently, you can't let this spoil you and stop the emperor from favoring other concubines. If the two queen dowagers find out about this, even if the emperor himself comes forward, he won't be able to protect you."

Seeing that Yun Zhining targeted Yun Fulan as soon as she came in, Sun Da Ying immediately jumped out to help.

Yun Zhining touched the golden hairpin on her head and her eyes were stunned for a moment.

"Who are you,……"

Aunt Qi suppressed her laughter and spoke.

"My lady, have you forgotten that Lady Sun was the first lady you met after entering the palace? You two have had many dealings with each other and are very familiar with each other."

"Oh, it's her. I haven't seen her for a while. She looks much more haggard. No wonder I couldn't recognize her."

"its not right!"

Yun Zhining seemed to remember something and her brows frowned instantly.

"If I remember correctly, she seems to have been demoted to a concubine. Why do you still call her Lady Sun?"

Aunt Qi was stunned at first, then quickly apologized.

"I am old and confused, and have forgotten about this matter. Please forgive me this time. I will remember everything carefully in the future and will never embarrass you."

"Okay, since you serve me wholeheartedly, I'll forgive you this time. You must never make this mistake again in the future, otherwise people who don't know will think that I deliberately humiliated her."

Qi Guiji chuckled.

It feels so good to listen to Yun Zhining criticizing others!

"Sun Da Ying has a very good relationship with Concubine Yun. Concubine Yun was sent to the cold palace, and everyone tried to avoid her. Only you cared about Concubine Yun and visited her every now and then. You also arranged for the people in the cold palace to take good care of Concubine Yun and not to bully her. Otherwise, Concubine Yun would not have survived until now, and would not have been rescued from the cold palace by her own sister."

"If Qi Guiji is envious, you can also find someone with whom you have a good relationship, someone who will stick with you even when you are in trouble. However, with your personality, I don't think anyone will be willing to accompany you, let alone stick with you."

Qi Guiji did not get angry but laughed instead.

Although she loves to argue with people, she knows how to distinguish between occasions and what is important. She also knows when she can argue with whom and when she cannot argue with whom. But this Sun Da Ying seems to have no idea at all about what to do and when.

She has a good relationship with Yun Fulan and protects her everywhere, not letting anyone bully her. This is a good thing, but before she speaks, she seems to have forgotten that Yun Fulan was stripped of her title and sent to the cold palace by the emperor because she poisoned the queen. Although Yun Fulan was wronged, the queen will still hate her before the real murderer is found. Not only does she not try to reduce Yun Fulan's presence, she also keeps adding hatred to Yun Fulan. Does she really want to protect Yun Fulan, or does she deliberately make Yun Fulan the target of public criticism?

She was very confused, but Yun Zhining had experienced a lifetime and her mind was as clear as a mirror.

She fiddled with the chain on her hairpin and chuckled.

"Sun Da Ying has finally found a backer, and now she has the confidence to speak. However, you must have forgotten that Concubine Qi is much higher in status than you. When is it your turn as a concubine of a lower rank to speak when the high-ranking queen is speaking?"

Sun Da Ying was stunned at first, then a sarcastic smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

"Everyone present here can blame Concubine Yun, but you, Ming Xiaoyi, cannot blame her. If it weren't for her, you wouldn't be qualified to enter the palace, let alone gain the emperor's favor, or successfully conceive a dragon heir, and you wouldn't be sitting here and laughing at her."

"You are right. If Yun Fulan had not poisoned the Empress and was banished to the cold palace by the Emperor, my father and stepmother would not have privately broken up my engagement and sent me to the palace, threatening me with the lives of my biological mother and brother and asking me to do everything I could to rescue Yun Fulan from the cold palace."

"If all this had not happened, I would have been married now, the mistress of the household, in charge of the household affairs. Although I am not as honorable as the imperial concubine, at least I can stand beside my husband with a legitimate reason and accept the attention of others. So it is not me who should thank Yun Fulan for making me an imperial concubine, but she should apologize for ruining the life I should have had."

Sun Da Ying's fighting ability today was very strong and his mind was very flexible. He immediately grasped the handle in Yun Zhining's words.

"Ming Xiaoyi, what you mean is that being the emperor's favorite concubine is worse than being the first wife of an ordinary family?"

Yun Zhining couldn't hold her forehead with her hand.

"I think you shouldn't call me Sun Da Ying, but stupid Da Ying, because you can't understand a single word I say."

"The point is not who I should marry, but that Yun Fulan changed my fate in order to escape from hardship. I worked so hard to rescue her from the cold palace, but not only was she not grateful to me, she also spoke ill of me after she gained favor, making me a target and making me bear everyone's jealousy and difficulties for her. She is really vicious!"

"If you think what she did was right, then I hope that one day you will be implicated by Yun Fulan, take the blame for her, and end up with nothing left. That should satisfy you, right?"

"you,……"

Sun Da Ying was so angry that he was shaking all over. Just when he was about to roll up his sleeves to formally confront her, he heard a voice coming from outside.

"The Emperor has arrived."