Hua Fei excitedly stepped forward and gently stroked the Imperial Noble Concubine's clothes, her eyes full of ambition and desire.

The emperor happened to see this scene, and his expression was as cold as ice.

The title of Imperial Noble Consort is equivalent to that of Vice Queen, and is usually bestowed when there is no Queen, or when the Queen is seriously ill, or when a concubine is seriously ill to bring good luck.

Today, the emperor is deliberately testing Concubine Hua.

Before today, he wanted to put all the blame on the Nian family, but today it seems that Concubine Hua has also changed.

It’s really rich and charming!

It seems that the Nian family must be eliminated as soon as possible, otherwise there will be endless troubles.

Concubine Hua was happy for the whole morning and finally waited for Su Peisheng to arrive.

Su Peisheng walked in, shook off the dust in his hands, unfolded the imperial edict and said: "Hua Fei, please accept the order. By the will of Heaven, the Emperor decrees:

Consort Hua, surnamed Nian, is of noble birth and dignified character. I, the Empress Dowager, have appointed her as Noble Consort Hua."

Concubine Hua's expression changed drastically, and she looked at him unnaturally. Su Peisheng asked, "Eunuch Su, isn't she the Imperial Noble Concubine? Why is she the Noble Concubine?"

Su Peisheng wasn't too surprised. He smiled and said, "Noble Concubine, this imperial edict was written by the Emperor himself. There can be no mistakes. Congratulations, Noble Concubine Hua!"

Concubine Hua took the imperial edict from Su Peisheng and confirmed again and again that Su Peisheng was not wrong.

I originally thought that the emperor would confer the title of Imperial Noble Consort on me, but the emperor only conferred the title of Noble Consort on me.

Above him were the Empress and the Noble Consort Xian, both of whom had children, so although his status seemed to have been raised, it was actually the same as usual.

Concubine Hua still refused to believe it, so she asked Su Peisheng again: "But the clothes that the emperor sent were for the imperial concubine!"

Su Peisheng replied with a smile: "The emperor said that this dynasty has never had an imperial concubine. This imperial concubine's auspicious dress is from the imperial concubine of the previous dynasty. It is prepared for comparison with the dress of the imperial concubine in the future. Perhaps the Ministry of Internal Affairs accidentally sent the wrong one."

When Concubine Hua heard this, she frowned slightly and said nothing more. She just asked the palace maid beside her to return the imperial concubine's clothes that were originally sent by the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

Seeing that Concubine Hua was unhappy, Su Peisheng had to comfort her again and secretly painted a rosy picture for her, saying that as long as Concubine Hua gave birth to a child, she would be granted the title of Imperial Noble Concubine.

A hint of jealousy flashed in Hua Fei's eyes. A child is a child again!

Back then, that bitch, Concubine Xian, was able to suppress me just because she had more sons than me.

Now I can't suppress it anymore because I don't have children.

Why can't I have a child? Since I can't have one, then no one else should!

Hua Fei soon seized the opportunity. The emperor and the empress went out of the palace to pray for blessings. Concubine Xian had already sealed herself off from the palace gates and no longer cared about the affairs outside, so the emperor handed over the power to assist in managing the six palaces to Hua Fei.

Concubine Hua specifically called all the concubines in the harem to pay their respects to the Yiku Palace, as if she had already regarded herself as the queen.

Even Noble Lady Fucha, who had been under house arrest by the emperor, was no exception. Even though her belly was already very big, she was called to the Yiku Palace by Songzhi.

Songzhi looked at Noble Lady Fucha and smiled, "Don't worry, Noble Lady Wan went with them. The Imperial Concubine specifically asked the Imperial Physician, and he said that pregnant women should go out and walk around more."

Noble Lady Fucha was a person who bullied the weak and feared the strong. Facing the powerful Concubine Hua, she dared not refuse and had to follow Songzhi.

After Concubine Hua gave her routine lecture, her gaze moved among the concubines, and finally fixed on the big bellies of Zhen Huan and Noble Lady Fucha.

"Today is the first time I've asked all of you sisters to come and pay your respects to me, but some of you are disrespectful to me. You're taking advantage of your pregnancy and acting so arrogantly. You simply don't take me seriously!"

Noble Lady Fucha was so frightened that she quickly stood up and knelt on the ground begging for mercy: "Madam Hua Guifei, I dare not do this! I am now in my advanced stage of pregnancy and my body is a little heavy, so I was late for a while. Please forgive me, Madam Hua Guifei."

Zhen Huan also knelt and said, "Your Highness, Concubine Hua, I feel the same way. Furthermore, the Suiyuxuan is located in a remote area, so naturally I will arrive later than the other sisters. I beg Your Highness, Concubine Hua, to forgive me."

Concubine Hua sneered, saying with a half-smile, "Since you knew you were pregnant and would be late, why didn't you come out earlier? It's okay for Noble Lady Fucha to come, at least she wasn't late. But Noble Lady Wan, you're not as far along as she is, and now you're making excuses too."

Zhen Huan knew that Concubine Hua was targeting her on purpose, so she could only explain, "This concubine did not mean to do this. I have not been feeling well these past few days, and the Imperial Hospital also has my medical records. Please, Concubine Hua, investigate."

Concubine Hua was deliberately targeting Zhen Huan, so how could she possibly listen to her explanation?

"You haven't even given birth to a prince yet, and you're already so arrogant. If you do, won't the entire harem have your surname Zhen? Come on, Concubine Wan is arrogant and doesn't distinguish between high and low. She's offended me. I'll punish her by making her recite the Women's Instructions outside the Yikun Palace as a lesson. Take her away."

Shen Meizhuang quickly stepped forward to plead, "Empress Hua, Concubine Wan is still pregnant, so it's really inappropriate to punish her by making her kneel. If the Imperial Concubine still has any complaints, why not wait for the Emperor and Empress to return before teaching her a lesson?"

Concubine Hua twitched her lip and said sarcastically, "What's the matter, Concubine Hui, are you using the Emperor and the Empress to pressure me? Since the Emperor has given me the power to assist in the management of the six palaces, I have the right to punish the concubines in this palace. Concubine Wan, are you going to leave on your own, or do you want someone to help you?"

Zhen Huan knew that there was no turning back, so she could only walk out obediently and kneel on the ground.

She thought that she would only have to kneel for a while, she was in good health, and the baby in her belly was full-term. Besides, Hua Fei was punishing her openly in front of so many people, so it would not be possible for her to get into trouble.

But unexpectedly, when everyone followed Concubine Hua out of the palace, they saw Zhou Ninghai actually pressing Zhen Huan to the ground.

Everyone's faces changed drastically. Is Concubine Hua crazy?

Shen Meizhuang was so frightened that she quickly stood up, knelt on the ground and said to Concubine Hua, "Madam Hua Guifei, Concubine Wan is pregnant. It is really not appropriate to do this. If we accidentally hurt the dragon fetus, wouldn't it cause a disaster?"

An Lingrong also stood up to plead for Zhen Huan, "Please, Your Majesty, have mercy and spare Concubine Wan this time."

When Chun Changzai saw An Lingrong standing up, she also knelt on the ground and pleaded for Zhen Huan.

Concubine Jing also opened her mouth, but this not only failed to change Concubine Hua's mind, but instead angered her.

"Alright, very good. You all are going against me, right? Who wants to beg for mercy? Then kneel down with Concubine Wan. Since you don't understand the rules, let's recite the Women's Instructions together as a lesson!"

Concubine Hua looked up at the sun in the sky and said with a smile, "It's so hot! Move all the concubines' chairs to the corridor. If anyone doesn't know the rules, let them kneel down."

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