The Legend of the Concubine in the Harem

Xie Ruizhen didn't avoid it after all.

Meng Ronghua covered her slightly swollen face with a look of grievance, her hair was a little loose. As soon as she came in, she knelt on the ground and cried and begged the queen to make a decision for her. After crying, she raised her head and saw Xie Yuzhen sitting upright on the chair below the queen. Her face immediately became even uglier.

Zhu Guipin, who also knelt down as soon as she entered the hall, did not look as embarrassed as Meng Ronghua, but her face was still not very good-looking. She showed some resentment, some panic, and more of unwillingness.

Perhaps in her opinion, if Meng Ronghua had not spoken harshly, she would not have almost said the wrong thing in front of the eunuch sent by the emperor to deliver the reward, and then became so angry that she lost her mind and slapped Meng Ronghua in the face.

She just brought this upon herself.

Concubine Zhu gnashed her teeth and thought, "Your Highness, please allow me to report this to you. I did not mean to hit Meng Ronghua. It was just that she did not know her place in society and committed treason. I have always been a bit impatient and I was so angry that I used too much force. Who would have thought that I would hit her in the face..."

She stammered in defense.

Meng Ronghua still covered the half of her face with a not very clear handprint on it: "Empress! I just heard that Concubine Xie was pregnant, so I sighed a few times, and didn't say anything bad about Concubine Zhu. Who knew that she suddenly... said that Concubine Xie might not be able to give birth to her child. I had never heard such a thing, and I was shocked for a moment, and then I don't know how, I got slapped in the face."

The half of her face that was slapped felt like it was burning on fire. Meng Ronghua no longer cared that Concubine Zhu was her main wife. She only wanted to vent her anger and teach this evil woman a lesson.

But her eyes couldn't help but pass over the belly of Xie Yuzhen, who was smiling and silent.

It shouldn't be like this.

Obviously, I am the noble lady, and I should be the one who is favored as soon as I enter the palace, and I should be the one who gets pregnant as soon as I enter the palace!

What does Xie deserve!

She was only worthy of being entangled with a shrew like Zhu in Zhaohua Palace, being punished to stand in the rules, being verbally humiliated, and being slapped hard!

Meng Ronghua felt more and more that his and Xie Yu's positions were reversed, and the jealousy in his heart grew stronger. He was completely unaware that his hateful look had completely fallen into the eyes of the Queen.

The Queen frowned and said, "One of you is a concubine from the palace, and the other is a new concubine from an aristocratic family. I have already said that I do not ask you to live in harmony like sisters, but even if there are more frictions, how can it come to the point of hitting each other?"

No matter what Meng Ronghua said to irritate Concubine Zhu, it was wrong for her to beat a palace concubine, so it was not surprising that she was punished by the Queen first.

Xie Yuzhen took a sip of the tea that the palace maid had just brought, looked at Concubine Zhu who had to admit her mistake, and then looked at Meng Ronghua who looked miserable but gradually had a smug look on his face. She suddenly felt that maybe her life after pregnancy would not be so boring.

Meng Ronghua had spoken ill of her several times before she was selected. He looked down on this and that, and was annoying without even realizing it. Concubine Zhu was even simpler. She had been in a bad mood since she first met her. Now that she knew she was pregnant, she even cursed the baby in her belly.

Xie Yuzhen lowered his eyes and blew away the tea stems on the water.

The two of them were biting each other, and Xie Yuzhen was hesitating whether to add fuel to the fire.

Without thinking for too long, Xie Yuzhen bit his lower lip and sobbed softly.

Hearing her sobbing, the queen looked over with a headache.

"I have only been in the palace for two days. I don't know how I have offended Your Majesty... It's fine if you hate me, but why do you say such bad things to this unborn child?" She still looked extremely beautiful and lovable when she cried.

The Queen felt her forehead twitching, and Concubine Zhu looked over with her eyes wide open.

Xie Yuzhen just sobbed to herself, "I heard that Concubine Zhu has never given birth. Maybe she doesn't understand the feelings of being a mother..." She looked at Concubine Zhu's gradually ferocious expression, and knew in her heart that Meng Ronghua must have touched Concubine Zhu's sore spot about fertility, which caused this brainless guy to explode.

So she decided to rub salt into Concubine Zhu's wounds: "Meng Ronghua is still young, and has never been favored by Your Majesty, so she doesn't understand the issue of male and female reproduction. I just said a few words casually, and I didn't mean to mock you, Concubine, for not having given birth at such an old age. How could she, a noble lady from an aristocratic family, be so ignorant of etiquette and show off her scheming in front of the emperor?"

When Meng Ronghua first heard what she said, he just nodded secretly in his heart: This Xie has some savvy. She knows that I come from a poor family and should show goodwill to myself who comes from a noble family.

But as she listened, she realized something was wrong. It seemed that Xie was speaking for herself, but in fact, every word she said was belittling and mocking her, especially mocking her for being young but scheming, and for being a girl from an aristocratic family without any knowledge of etiquette and manners.

After going through many twists and turns to figure it out, Meng Ronghua didn't know who he should hate.

This time the Queen finally understood why the Emperor said that Xie Yu was so difficult to deal with. Others would just take advantage of the situation, but she would make one even if she didn't have one, and would tease both sides in order to not let either one go.

But she was right, her words were just harsh. Compared with the incident where Concubine Zhu slapped Meng Ronghua, it was nothing.

"That's enough." The Queen spoke before Xie Yuzhen could continue speaking. If she were to continue, the Queen was afraid that her palace servants would not have enough time to hold down the two people kneeling below - it was not a big deal for Concubine Zhu to beat Meng Ronghua, but what if the two parties suddenly went crazy and started to unite against a common enemy and worked together to beat up Xie Yuzhen, the precious pregnant woman?

Facing the queen's warning look, Xie Yuzhen shut up obediently and nonchalantly admired the jade bracelet on his wrist.

The Queen punished Concubine Zhu by making her copy Buddhist scriptures and ordered the two of them to apologize to each other. Although Meng Ronghua was beaten, she was also fined one month's salary because she had provoked the incident with her careless words.

Finally, the Queen saw that the two had become resentful of each other, so she ordered Meng Ronghua to move out of Zhaohua Palace and move to Changrui Palace to live with Concubine Deng, who had always been a kind person.

After receiving such a result, Concubine Zhu was naturally filled with anger again, and decided that she would never let those two bitches, Xie and Meng, have an easy life in the future. However, Meng Ronghua was delighted - that month's salary was nothing to her. The most important thing was that she could finally get rid of this old aunt who loved to make trouble for her.

Concubine Deng has always had a good reputation, and she has a son and a daughter, so she would not covet other people's children. Moreover, apart from Concubine Deng, there is only one royal concubine who was selected to enter the palace this time. I believe that my life after moving to the palace will not be difficult.

Next, all I have to think about is how to teach those who bullied me a lesson after I gain favor!

Her eyes were burning, and Xie Yu was watching with great interest. Meng Ronghua's father and brother were of use to her, so the emperor had to give them some face and pamper them. However, no matter how powerful her father and brother were, they could not control the emperor's harem. Once she was favored by the emperor, she would have to manage the favor from her family on her own.

Then Xie Yuzhen would definitely make it impossible for her to run her business.