Concubine Hua nodded with satisfaction, and when she looked at Zhou Ninghai, her eyes were still stern.

"Zhou Ninghai, do you know where you went wrong?"

Zhou Ninghai was not stupid either, he kowtowed and admitted his mistake.

"I know I was wrong. I ate the wrong thing! I won't do it again! I will keep my mouth shut and never mention the general again."

After saying this, Zhou Ninghai realized in shock that he had mentioned Nian Gengyao again. He looked sad and slapped himself several times in a row.

Hua Fei watched coldly, but did not stop her. In order to live the rest of her life in the harem in peace, she had to make Zhou Ninghai and Song Zhi remember to keep a low profile and restrain their edge, so that they could keep each other safe.

"I will say it again, the honor and favor of me and my brother were given by the emperor. Without the emperor, there would be no glory for the Nian family. Now, the favor of the Yikun Palace has ranked first among the six palaces, which has attracted the envy and jealousy of many people. Whether it is the former court or the harem, they are eagerly waiting for our Nian family to make a mistake so that they can catch us and kill us. If we continue to act recklessly as before, we will not be far from death. If I am gone, how can you survive?"

Hua Fei's words were sonorous and heavy. Song Zhi and Zhou Ninghai were both smart people and understood Hua Fei's good intentions.

Inside Jingren Palace, Xia Dongchun pointed at her own face and cried bitterly.

"Empress, Concubine Hua is going too far! Look at my face, wuwuwu!"

The Queen originally wanted to use Xia Dongchun, a reckless and stupid woman, to deliberately anger Hua Fei and make her make a big mistake. By the way, she also wanted to use Xia Dongchun to give Zhen Huan a lesson.

Unexpectedly, Concubine Hua, who was always fickle and moody, actually endured Xia Dongchun's anger and even helped connect the Emperor and Zhen Huan!

The more the queen thought about her tone and looked at Xia Dongchun's stupid appearance, she couldn't breathe anymore and threw the pen in her hand heavily on the table.

Jianqiu rolled her eyes at Xia Dongchun and said, "Even if Concubine Xia is sad, she should take care of her health."

When Xia Dongchun saw that the queen was angry, she was so scared that she stopped crying immediately.

The queen saw Xia Dongchun's face turn pale with fear, and finally breathed a sigh of relief, but her tone was still stern, "Hua Fei is a noble concubine, and you are just a concubine. How dare you commit treason and disrespect the distinction between high and low?"

Xia Dongchun looked at the queen who was speaking harshly, confused and afraid, "Queen, you asked me to do this!"

Jianqiu gave her a fierce look.

The Queen said angrily, "When did I ever teach you this? Concubine Hua always bears grudges and will take revenge for any slight offense. If you still want to live, go and ask her to forgive you!"

Xia Dongchun opened her mouth in astonishment, feeling wronged and angry, "Empress, please save me!"

The Queen said leisurely: "I have already pointed out a clear path for you."

After Xia Dongchun left, Jianqiu was a little worried, "My queen, what if Concubine Xia colluded with Concubine Hua and betrayed you?"

The Queen carefully described the words on the paper and said confidently, "With Concubine Hua's high standards, she will definitely not accept Concubine Xia. Even if Concubine Xia betrays me, I am not afraid. I am the Queen, and I taught her the rules of the palace, but I never taught her to commit crimes against her superiors."

Jianqiu nodded approvingly, "The Queen governs the harem with etiquette, but Concubine Xia didn't learn from it, and now she blames you, Her Majesty."

"Your Majesty, Concubine Xia is here!" Zhou Ninghai limped in and reported to Concubine Hua.

Hua Fei had just taken a nap. She yawned and waved her hand lazily, "Let her wait."

Songzhi called the palace maids to serve her.

Concubine Hua counted and found that there were eight palace maids just to help her wash. It was really too extravagant.

After everything was dressed up, Concubine Hua asked Songzhi to reduce the number of palace maids by half.

Songzhi felt that it was inappropriate, after all, Concubine Hua was a noble concubine.

Hua Fei pointed at her head again, "Have you forgotten what I told you this morning?"

Songzhi lowered her head, "I don't dare."

She immediately called all the palace maids over, gave some silver to the extra ones, and moved them elsewhere.

Xia Dongchun knelt on the ground tremblingly. When she heard footsteps behind her, she froze and dared hardly move.

Concubine Hua walked over gracefully and stopped beside Xia Dongchun intentionally with a cold smile on her lips.

Xia Dongchun raised her head stiffly, just in time to see the smile on Concubine Hua's face, and quickly knocked her head to the ground with a "bang bang" sound: "Empress Hua, please spare me, Empress Hua, please spare me, Empress Hua, please spare me!"

Songzhi had already knocked away the extra palace maids and followed Concubine Hua in.

Hua Fei turned around and said to Song Zhi, "Hurry up and help Concubine Xia up. She kowtowed to me as soon as she saw me. This frightened me."

Songzhi gave a cold smile and replied sweetly, "Yes, Madam."

"Can't Concubine Xia just sit down and talk it over calmly? Why do you have to kneel and kowtow? If someone doesn't know, they would think our queen is abusing you." Song Zhi said as she forcibly pulled Xia Dongchun up.

Xia Dongchun knelt for a long time, and her knees really hurt. Besides, she had been pampered since she was a child, so how could she have suffered such pain? When Songzhi helped her up, she couldn't help rubbing her knees with her hands.

Songzhi helped Xia Dongchun sit on the chair. When she stood up, she lowered her voice and said, "It is also because of our queen's kindness. The emperor originally wanted to throw the concubine into the Ministry of Punishment. But our queen is kind-hearted and should have saved you."

When Xia Dongchun heard this, he looked up at Concubine Hua who was sitting in the main seat. His knees went weak again and he knelt down with a plop.

"Thank you for your forgiveness, madam."

Hua Fei was surprised and showed a look of reluctance, "We are all sisters in the palace, there is no need to be polite." After saying that, Hua Fei glanced at Song Zhi.

Songzhi understood what he meant and helped Xia Dongchun up again.

Concubine Hua looked at the blood on Xia Dongchun's forehead and sighed, "I know that my sister is straightforward and will definitely not offend me on purpose. I am just afraid that my sister has been taken advantage of without knowing it."

Xia Dongchun's face changed. Does Concubine Hua know that she is colluding with the Queen?

"Thank you, Madam Hua Fei, for not bearing grudges against me."

Concubine Hua also asked Songzhi to bring medicine for Xia Dongchun.

Xia Dongchun expressed his gratitude profusely before leaving Yikun Palace.

Song Zhi looked at Concubine Hua unwillingly, "Your Majesty, are you just going to let Concubine Xia go?"

Hua Fei sneered softly, "The Queen wants me to be the villain and make the other concubines more afraid of me. How can I let her do what she wants? She wants to kill someone with a borrowed knife, but I won't kill her!"

"Bring me the golden medicine given by Concubine Hua!" After leaving Yikun Palace, Xia Dongchun regained his arrogance.

The personal maid handed the medicine to Xia Dongchun.

Xia Dongchun took it and weighed it with disdain, "What kind of thing is this? I don't want it!"

After saying this, he threw the golden medicine given by Concubine Hua into the bushes.

The maid's face changed drastically, "My lady, this is a reward from Concubine Hua!"

Xia Dongchun sneered, "So what if she's Concubine Hua? Am I afraid of her?"

"Bold!" A dull and majestic voice sounded in the dark night.

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