Traveling to the ancient harem

Chapter 201: Confrontation between Xu Rou and the Queen

Kunning Palace.

"I'm here." A beautiful lady in gorgeous attire walked in. She didn't even look at anyone else, but went straight to the queen and saluted: "Your concubine Xu, I pay my respects to the queen."

Empress Chen looked at Xu Rou, who had her hair covered with pearls and jade, and was wearing a scarlet jacket and skirt, and a silver-red fox fur cloak. It was obvious that the jacket and skirt were not made in the palace, so she must have brought them in from outside. Her ambition was not concealed at all. You know, only the principal wife could wear bright red. Today she was wearing a scarlet jacket and skirt that was very close to bright red, which was clearly a demonstration.

"Get up." The queen's voice was indistinguishable from her emotions. "Today is the first day for you newcomers to pay your respects to the emperor. Considering your new arrival, I will forgive you for being late this time. Don't let it happen again."

"Thank you, Queen." Xu Rou felt that she was enduring a lot. She and Chen Huixian had met before she entered the palace. In order to marry her cousin who was the prince at that time, she also fawned on her. Now that she became the Queen, she acted like a Queen. Later... she, Xu Rou, would not let her go.

"Go sit in your seat." The queen was too lazy to pay attention to this idiot. People who put their ambitions on their faces are not difficult to deal with, but those who do things secretly and appear calm on the surface are to be feared.

Xu Rou turned around and walked towards her seat. When she reached Gao Meiren, she stopped and said, "You were the one who talked about me behind my back just now. I'll remember you."

Huang Ye felt that Xu Rou was really stupid. Wouldn't saying this expose the fact that she had just eavesdropped outside?

Lady Gao was so angry that she laughed: "You are a concubine, but you didn't show respect to me and threatened me. Who gave you the courage?"

Xu Rou looked arrogant: "Everyone in this palace knows that you, Lady Gao, are a foul-mouthed person. Even if the king of heaven comes, you will still speak ill of others behind their backs. This is not what a concubine should do." She endured it in front of the queen. She didn't even take a beauty seriously.

Lady Gao's face flushed. She stood up and walked a few steps to the Queen, kneeling down. "Please Queen, please help me. I just said a few words out of my heart, and I was humiliated like this..." She kowtowed again. "Please help me, Queen."

Looking at Xu Rou who was standing there with an indignant look on her face, Huang Ye was excited. She had thought that it would be very boring to be in the palace, but she didn't expect that there would be such fun. It would be great if it was so lively every day. She and Hongdou both loved to watch the fun.

The queen felt her head hurt even more: "Xu Fei, apologize to Concubine Gao."

"Why is she right to talk about people behind their backs?" Xu Rou was also furious. From the time the emperor didn't come to her place last night until she got up in the morning and went to Kunning Palace, nothing had gone as she wished. Besides, she was right in this matter.

"You are so arrogant and disrespectful. You dare to threaten a beauty who is higher in rank than you in front of me, the queen, in Kunning Palace." The queen's voice became louder and she was obviously angry.

Huang Ye then took a serious look at the Queen. The Queen's appearance was average, neither pretty nor ugly. However, when she got angry, her face looked a little harsh. Moreover, from a doctor's perspective, the Queen's spirit seemed to be quite bad. She should have some hidden illness. However, this was none of her business as there were many capable people in the Imperial Hospital.

Xu Rou stiffened her neck and remained stiff for a while. Concubine Gao was still kneeling on the ground. The Queen stopped talking and just looked at Xu Rou majestically. She could not tolerate anyone daring to challenge her authority in Kunning Palace. For a moment, one could hear a pin drop in the hall. People of low status like Concubine Jin did not even dare to breathe.

Xu Rou was finally defeated. She bowed to Concubine Gao and said, "I was wrong. Please forgive me." Xu Rou took note of this.

Lady Gao is not a pushover: "It doesn't matter whether I forgive you or not. You are clearly slapping the Empress in the face by doing this. It would be right for the Empress to forgive you." She is not afraid of Xu Rou. She has always clung to the Empress's thigh and is naturally opposed to the Empress Dowager. Xu Rou is the Empress Dowager's person, and she would be unworthy of her mouth if she didn't kill her.

Xu Rou knelt down in front of the Queen again and said, "My words were rude, please forgive me, Queen."

Huang Ye: Xu Rou has been imprisoned for several years and has learned to be flexible. Now that she has knelt down, the Queen has no choice but to forgive her even if she doesn't want to. Because of her status, she has to give face to the Queen Mother and the Emperor.

In fact, just like Huang Ye thought, the Queen was angry, but she had to swallow her anger: "Both of you should stand up. Now that we are in the harem, we are all sisters. We should live in harmony with each other. Go back to your seats."

The two thanked him and returned to their seats.

"Today is your first time to come to Kunning Palace. I don't want to say much. Just remember that in this harem, you must remember the palace rules and be careful with your words and actions. If you violate the palace rules, no matter who you are, you will be punished. Do you remember this clearly?" said the queen majestically.

Everyone in the hall stood up and saluted: "Remember the Queen's teachings."

"Okay, everyone sit down." The queen was satisfied. Whether somewhere else or in her Kunning Palace, she should be treated with respect like this.

"There is one more thing. Each of you who enters the palace this time will have a small kitchen in the yard. If you do not need to go to the imperial kitchen to get meals and are willing to cook by yourself, you can sign up. In the future, the meals will be converted into silver and distributed into the monthly salary. This is also the palace's sympathy for you." said the queen.

"Me." Huang Ye raised his hand impatiently. This proposal was so humane that he should give a thumbs up.

"Oh, Concubine Huang has signed up, who else would like to sign up?" asked the Queen, and no one else spoke.

"No one else is signing up, so follow me to the Empress Dowager's Cining Palace to pay your respects to her." The Queen stood up, and everyone stood up and followed the Queen according to their rank to the Empress Dowager's Cining Palace.