The cold emperor reigns supreme, the arrogant empress begs for a truce.

Chapter Nineteen: Three Women Make a Drama

Seeing the dumbfounded faces of Rong Momo and Ziyan, Leng Yuling felt a little smug, but this smugness didn't last long.

After Rong Momo realized what was happening, she took the clothes that Ziyan was holding and, without any regard for Leng Yuling's opinion, draped the clothes over Leng Yuling's body.

After realizing what was happening, Leng Yuling was about to speak, but was interrupted by Rong Mama: "Your Highness, many other ladies are waiting for you outside the palace."

Leng Yuling sensed a subtle, indescribable threat.

"Are you threatening me?" Leng Yuling looked directly into Rong Mama's eyes and said, but when she met Rong Mama's gaze, she also felt a little guilty.

It has to be said that she herself is the same as the ruthless and extremely loyal Rong Momo that Leng Yuling knew from some source in her previous life. If they didn't look alike, Leng Yuling would really think that the person in front of her was Rong Momo.

But she couldn't be.

"This old servant has served His Majesty since he was a very young age. His Majesty instructed this old servant to assist the Empress in managing the harem, and this old servant has done so..."

Before Rong Momo could finish speaking, Leng Yuling interrupted her, saying with a sneer, "When did I say I was going to manage the harem? If you like managing so much, let Mo Zhen manage it himself, or... haven't you been serving him since he was very young? Then you can manage the harem for him."

What does it have to do with me?

This is Leng Yuling's inner monologue, but no one can hear it, and no one can see her inner thoughts.

"Your Majesty, this old servant has said..."

Before Rong Momo could finish speaking, Leng Yuling interrupted her again, saying brazenly, "Are you the Empress or am I the Empress? Anyone who didn't know better would think you were the Emperor's mother."

"Your Highness, you can't just say things like that!" With that, Rong Mama and Ziyan knelt down with a thud.

It wasn't until she saw Rong Momo and Ziyan's actions that Leng Yuling realized how inappropriate her words were in this era. However, she didn't think she had said anything wrong; instead, she felt that the so-called 'law' of this era was too inhumane.

She could understand this so-called 'law', after all, she was a modern person who had read history books, and even if she hadn't actually witnessed it before, she had heard of it.

"Stop kneeling, okay? I'll wear it!" Leng Yuling couldn't stand the 'rules' of kneeling all the time in this era, but she also knew that she couldn't change their habits on her own in this life.

Leng Yuling reluctantly put on clothes that were not much lighter than those she wore at yesterday's wedding. After washing up, she was helped by Ziyan to the outer room, where she took the seat of honor.

She knew that next, Mo Zhen's concubines would come to pay their respects to her, a scene often seen in palace intrigue dramas.

Sigh, three women make a drama, let alone so many women.

Thinking about this, Leng Yuling felt uneasy. It wasn't that she was less imposing than the other person, but rather that she happened to dislike this kind of thing the most, and she felt that she couldn't compromise.

All they're doing is trying to survive, so why all this scheming and backstabbing? As the saying goes: Why do women have to make things difficult for each other?

"Your Majesty, from this position down to the next are all concubines of increasingly lower status. The one sitting here in a moment will be Consort Ma."

After Ziyan explained, Leng Yuling asked directly, "Consort Ma? Is her high rank due to Mo Zhen or her family?"

Ziyan and Rong Mama were taken aback. They looked at each other and remained silent.