I am favored by the tyrant, so what if I am vicious?

"Bah, you're such an ungrateful person... Are you worthy of the Queen's love and care for you over the years? You have the guts to touch the Queen's man... You're such a bitch."

She had no respect for Zhou Lingge at all and even insulted her.

Qiao Er's face turned pale with anger. She raised her voice and scolded, "How dare you! Don't be rude to the Empress."

Qiu Hui sneered and didn't take Qiao'er seriously at all.

She had always looked down on Zhou Lingge, a mere concubine with a seductive look on her face. Her lowly status meant she was destined to be someone's concubine.

I never thought that such a little concubine's daughter could become His Majesty's Concubine Jia!

In addition to feeling indignant on behalf of the Queen, Qiu Hui also felt a bit jealous.

"Today is the day when all the concubines in the harem pay their respects to the Empress. All of them are here, except for the Sixth Young Lady... From whom did she learn this arrogant behavior?"

"After all, she is a shallow-minded concubine's daughter. She really doesn't know the rules at all."

Zhou Lingge exuded a cold and murderous aura. Without saying a word, she threw a box of rouge at Qiu Hui.

"How dare you... You keep talking about rules, yet you're actually disobeying your superiors..."

"Who the hell are you? How dare you insult me?"

She had been tormented by Qin Feiling all night and was in a bad mood.

Who knew that this bastard would just happen to bump into her.

In that case, there was no reason for her not to accept it.

"Qiao'er, slap me in the face."

Qiu Hui was shocked. She never expected that Zhou Lingge would dare to hit her with the rouge box.

She had never seen Zhou Lingge speak in such a harsh tone.

"you……"

With a snap, Qiao'er moved swiftly, jumping in front of Qiu Hui like a small cannonball, and swung her arm to hit her in the face.

"You think you can insult our queen?"

"Didn't you see what happened to Concubine Liu yesterday? You actually dared to provoke our Empress... Ha, I'll smash your face." Qiao'er cursed and slapped her several times in a row.

Qiu Hui was caught off guard. She had been a palace maid for many years, equivalent to half a master. She lived a life of luxury every day and had never done any heavy work. How could she be a match for Qiao'er?

Qiao'er slapped her a few times and made her unconscious.

She stumbled back and fell to the ground.

She covered her painful cheek and looked at Zhou Lingge in disbelief: "I...I am the Queen's trusted maid, and you are just a concubine Jia. How dare you hit me?"

Zhou Lingge curled her lips and smiled: "I beat Concubine Liu's maid, but His Majesty didn't say a single harsh word, and even demoted Concubine Liu's rank. Do you think I will tolerate the anger of a lowly servant like you?"

"Qiuhui, open your eyes and see clearly. I am no longer the Sixth Miss of the Zhou family. I am now His Majesty's new favorite, Concubine Jia. If anyone dares to offend me, I will never forgive them."

"Even if I kill you right now, His Majesty won't be angry about what you said to me just now."

Qiu Hui's eyes were filled with fear. She shook her head and climbed up from the ground. "No, you don't dare to kill me. You are deliberately trying to scare me. I belong to the Queen... I'm not someone you can kill just because you want."

"Zhou Lingge... you're relying on His Majesty's favor to do whatever you want. If His Majesty gets tired of you one day, that will be your death."

Zhou Lingge's eyes were filled with cold hostility.

She stroked her sleeves gently, looked at Qiao'er, and instructed, "It seems her mouth is still unclean. Since slapping her won't work... then throw her into the lake in the Imperial Garden and let the cold water clean her foul-smelling mouth."

"Don't let her ashore until the stench disappears... Life or death, regardless. I will bear all consequences..."

This was the first time Qiao'er received such an important task. Instead of feeling scared, she felt very excited.

She nodded quickly in response.

"Don't worry, Madam, I will definitely satisfy you."

She immediately called two palace maids, grabbed Qiu Hui's arms, and dragged her out of the inner hall.

Qiu Hui struggled and yelled like a madman, "Ah, let me go... I'm the Queen's maid. You have to look at the owner before you can beat a dog. You can't do whatever you want to me."

Zhou Lingge narrowed her eyes slightly: "Stop her mouth and drag her away."

Qiu Hui's mouth was immediately blocked and she was dragged away.

The entire inner hall suddenly fell into silence.

Zhou Lingge looked at the terrified palace maids and spoke slowly, "I, the Queen, will not tolerate even a grain of sand in my eyes. I will never be weak and endure humiliation. Anyone who dares to offend me will be punished to death... If you think I am too cold-blooded and ruthless, you may choose to leave now."

"But if you choose to stay, you must obey me unconditionally and follow my orders. Now that I am in power, I will naturally treat you well. If you don't do your job well, it doesn't matter... There is only one thing: if anyone betrays me, I will skin them alive... grind their bones to dust!"

The palace maids prostrated themselves and kowtowed to show their loyalty and their refusal to betray Concubine Jia.

Zhou Lingge didn't pay much attention to these palace servants.

She pointed at Qingying, who was kneeling among the crowd, shivering and with a slightly red and swollen cheek.

"Qingying, follow me to Fengluan Palace."

Qingying immediately responded with a trembling voice.

"Yes, slaves obey."

She hurriedly crawled out respectfully, knelt in front of Zhou Lingge, and kowtowed to her.

Zhou Lingge smiled with great satisfaction and gently touched Qingying's head.

"So nice."

"Let's go."

Qingying stood up, bent down and helped Zhou Lingge into the sedan chair.

When the sedan chair passed by the Imperial Garden... Qiao'er had already had Qiuhui thrown into the lake.

Qiu Hui whimpered and struggled with her hands and feet.

When she was about to drown, a stick was thrown over to lift her up and give her a chance to breathe.

After she recovered her breath, he threw her into the lake again.

This cycle repeated itself over and over again. In just half a minute, Qiu Hui had experienced countless deaths and rebirths.

Fengluan Palace.

The concubines from all the palaces had already arrived, and they all greeted Zhou Shiya respectfully and gracefully.

Zhou Shiya was wearing an elegant and luxurious phoenix robe. She smiled dignifiedly and asked them to waive their formalities and take their seats.

The palace servants quickly served the exquisite refreshments.

The concubines took their seats one after another.

Zhou Shiya's eyes were gentle as she looked at the concubines sitting in the palace.

Qin Feiling has been on the throne for five years, but his harem is actually not full.

Except for a talent show three years ago in which five girls were selected, there has never been another talent show.

Including the old people who used to be in the East Palace, there are only more than ten concubines in the entire harem.

Apart from the empress, the most favored one was Concubine Shu. She was born into a noble family and came from a century-old family of military generals. Her father and brother had been guarding the border all year round. Concubine Shu was also quite skilled and was considered the most unique and heroic woman.

In addition to the Shufei, there is also a Lifei.

Although Concubine Li was not particularly favored, she was given the title of concubine because she gave birth to the eldest princess.

Below the rank of Concubine were Concubine Rou, Concubine Jiang, and Concubine Luo. Below them were Concubine Liu, Concubine Sun, Concubine Xiao, Concubine Yu, and Concubine Zhang.

During these five years, apart from Concubine Li who gave birth to a princess, no one else became pregnant with an heir to the throne.

The Queen Mother has been very anxious in the past two years and has been constantly putting pressure on Qin Feiling to select concubines to fill his harem.

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Level of concubines in the harem:

Queen, 1 super person.

One Imperial Noble Consort, first rank.

There are two imperial concubines, both of the second rank.

The Four Concubines (Xian, Liang, Shu, and De) were of the third rank.

There are 5 concubines of the third rank.

There are 6 concubines of the fourth rank.

Nobleman, the fifth rank is not fixed.

There is no fixed number of the sixth rank.

Agree, there is no fixed number for the seventh rank.

There are no fixed numbers of official daughters, and no rank.