Xia Dongchun was so frightened by the cold gaze of the emperor that she fell to her knees. Thinking that she had already offended Concubine Hua and could not turn back, she simply gritted her teeth and cried, "Your Majesty, Concubine Hua was unfair and favored Concubine Wan."

The emperor twisted his hands holding the Buddhist beads and tightened them little by little. Su Peisheng, who was standing by, observed his expression and rolled his eyes at Concubine Xia.

"You know you are wrong but you refuse to correct it, and you still have the nerve to make excuses. You even dare to be disrespectful to Concubine Hua! Someone, take Concubine Xia away and give her thirty lashes with the cane!"

Concubine Hua grabbed the emperor's sleeve and looked at Xia Dongchun worriedly, "Your Majesty, considering that this is Concubine Xia's first offense, please forgive her this time and just give her a minor punishment."

The emperor turned around and looked at Concubine Hua in disbelief. According to Concubine Hua's temper in the past, she would have beaten Xia Dongchun to death. Why did she plead for Xia Dongchun today?

The more the emperor looked at Concubine Hua, the less he understood.

However, he also wanted to see if Concubine Hua was really tolerant, so he pretended to sigh and looked at Xia Dongchun, "Concubine Hua is so kind, I will spare you the caning for her sake. However, in order to make you remember, I order you to kneel in front of Concubine Hua, slap yourself twenty times, and apologize to her!"

Xia Dongchun was frightened when she saw the emperor's rage. At this moment, no matter how much she disliked Hua Fei, she could only kneel down and slap herself in front of Hua Fei.

"I am guilty of contradicting Concubine Hua!"

"I am guilty of contradicting Concubine Hua!"

"I am guilty of contradicting Concubine Hua!"

The emperor frowned, "Didn't you have breakfast? You only have this much strength?"

Xia Dongchun gritted her teeth, raised her arms, and slapped herself hard in the face. After 20 slaps, both sides of her face were red and swollen, and she cried in pain.

Concubine Hua sighed, her face showing heartache, and ordered Songzhi, "Go to Yikun Palace and get the five-spice pills for Concubine Xia."

Song Zhi pouted and said unwillingly, "My queen, she is riding on your head, and you actually gave her such good medicine!"

The emperor also glanced at Concubine Hua and a meaningful smile appeared on the corner of his lips.

Hua Fei knew that the emperor was deliberately testing her tolerance, so she glared at Song Zhi and said, "Just go get it when I tell you to. Why are you talking so much nonsense?"

Seeing that Concubine Hua was angry, Songzhi had no choice but to go get the medicine.

Songzhi stuffed the medicine into the hands of Xia Dongchun's maid unhappily. When Concubine Hua saw that Songzhi's words and actions were wrong, she blamed her again, then smiled and said to Xia Dongchun's maid, "Help your young lady go back to take the medicine."

The maid quickly helped Xia Dongchun up. Xia Dongchun was furious with Concubine Hua, but she did not dare to lose her temper in front of the emperor, so she had to retreat in an orderly manner.

The emperor watched Xia Dongchun walk away, and Concubine Hua was not angry at all from beginning to end. He couldn't help but have a slightly different opinion of Concubine Hua.

"Concubine Xia bullied you so much, and you were willing to let her go?" The emperor was no longer serious. He smiled and gently patted Concubine Hua's shoulder.

Hua Fei bowed slightly and said softly, "Everyone makes mistakes sometimes, so forgive others when you can."

The emperor nodded with satisfaction, "If everyone in the harem were like you, it would probably be much calmer."

Hua Fei stood up and gently tugged at the emperor's sleeve, "The queen is kind and virtuous. With her in charge of the affairs of the six palaces, the harem will surely be peaceful. It is me, the concubine, who has the will but not the strength."

After saying this, Concubine Hua coughed lightly a few times and her face looked a little bad.

The Emperor asked her if she was feeling unwell, and Concubine Hua replied that she had been feeling tired and lacked energy lately, and was afraid that she could not share the Empress' worries.

"I think Lady Shen is dignified and steady, and she is fair in her work. She is more suitable to help manage the six palaces than I am." Hua Fei said, smiling at Zhen Huan, with an indescribable kindness in her smile, "Mrs. Wan, what do you think?"

Zhen Huan was shocked to see that the rumored tyrannical Concubine Hua actually smiled at her, and her smile was so sincere and kind.

Zhen Huan, who was always eloquent, stuttered when she spoke, "Thank you, Empress Hua, for appreciating Sister Mei."

Concubine Hua reached out to pull Zhen Huan to her side, and then gently put her into the emperor's arms, "After all, the person your emperor should comfort the most is Concubine Wan. I guess Concubine Xia saw that Concubine Wan was favored, so she was looking for Concubine Wan to make trouble."

Zhen Huan also hurriedly said: "Thanks to Concubine Hua for coming in time and helping me out, otherwise I don't know what to do."

When Zhen Huan first entered the palace, she was only seventeen years old, and Emperor Yongzheng was already forty-five, so it was not an exaggeration to say that he was her father. Looking at Zhen Huan, who was as beautiful and youthful as a flower blooming in the morning, the shadow of Queen Chunyuan once again emerged in the emperor's mind.

Huanhuan, have you come back to me in another way?

Seeing the emperor staring at Zhen Huan in a daze, Concubine Hua sneered in her heart, this bastard began to miss the late Queen Chun Yuan again. Poor Zhen Huan, she didn't know that she was just a substitute.

"Your Majesty, I am not feeling well. I will take my leave first." Concubine Hua left very tactfully and returned to her Yikun Palace.

Songzhi was still upset about Xia Changzai's matter, "My queen, what are you going to do about Xia Changzai's matter?"

Hua Fei leaned on the chair, her posture was lazy, and her expression returned to her previous arrogance. She hooked her finger at Song Zhi, and Song Zhi hurried forward.

Concubine Hua stretched out her hand, and Songzhi closed her eyes reflexively, thinking that Concubine Hua was going to hit her.

There was a gentle poke on the forehead, and Hua Fei's gentle but domineering voice sounded, "From now on, you and Zhou Ninghai should be more low-key in doing things for me, and you can't act recklessly like before. Before doing anything, you must inform me, and you are not allowed to act on your own. Do you understand?"

Zhou Ninghai rushed back at this time and just heard what Concubine Hua said to Songzhi.

Hua Fei knew that Zhou Ninghai was unreliable. In his previous life, he confessed his crimes under torture. Therefore, Hua Fei deliberately gave Zhou Ninghai a good scolding, "Do you remember what I just said to Songzhi?"

Zhou Ninghai bent down to 90 degrees and said, "I will remember this."

Concubine Hua glanced at Songzhi and Zhou Ninghai, "You just have to remember and do it. Otherwise, if you continue to act recklessly as before, you won't know when you will die, and who will plot against you."

Zhou Ninghai raised his head and flattered, "The general is the emperor's right-hand man. Who in the harem dares to plot against you, the queen?"

Hua Fei narrowed her eyes slightly, stood up, and shouted in a tender voice, "Kneel down!"

It had been a long time since I saw Concubine Hua get angry. Zhou Ninghai was so scared that he fell to the ground, trembling. Concubine Hua looked at Songzhi and asked, "Do you know why I asked him to kneel down?"

Songzhi was Hua Fei's maidservant after all, and was even more hurt by what Hua Fei said. She hurriedly said, "Your Majesty, you said that we are not allowed to mention the general's name and merits in the palace in the future."

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