It was late at night. Today was the second day that Concubine Xian moved into the Yanx Palace, and it was also Ruyi's birthday. Naturally, Hongli had to stay overnight in the Yanx Palace.

But Hongli had been very depressed recently. Logically, he was unwilling to let the concubines in the harem participate in the affairs of the previous dynasty, nor was he willing to let them interfere in the contest between himself and the empress dowager.

But ever since Qingying changed her name to Ruyi, she has made this mistake repeatedly.

Today he came to see Ruyi, originally wanting to comfort her for the hardship she had suffered from the empress dowager's troubles in the past few days, and to accompany her on her birthday. The emperor served Ruyi a bowl of longevity noodles, and said to Ruyi in front of him tenderly:

"Ruyi, today is your birthday. Eat this bowl of longevity noodles and you will live a long and healthy life."

Unexpectedly, Ruyi turned around and knelt down, saying what she had planned for a long time in order to win the emperor's heart in one fell swoop.

As expected, the next day, the whole palace was rumored to have heard that the emperor was furious in the Yanx Palace yesterday. Concubine Xian was supposed to enter the palace for the first time to serve him, but the emperor returned to the Yangxin Palace to rest alone.

In the harem, the emperor's favor is the weather vane. Concubine Xian fell out of favor as soon as she entered the palace. The Imperial Household Department, a group of people who take advantage of people, naturally would not give the Yanx Palace a good life.

When she paid her respects to Fucha Langya the next day, Concubine Hui was happier than ever.

"Your Majesty, Yuyan, have you heard? Ruyi proposed to the emperor to posthumously confer titles on the maids and court ladies who served the late emperor in the temporary palace. The emperor was very angry. Ruyi is really stupid. She deliberately stabbed the emperor in the heart."

Fu Cha Langya also said doubtfully:

"I just don't understand what Ruyi's purpose is this time? Our emperor cares most about his reputation. Isn't Ruyi's mentioning this reminding the emperor that he is not the son of the noble Niuhulu and Aixinjueluo, but the son of a palace maid?"

After saying that, Langya also looked at Yuyan. Like Xiyue, she needed Yuyan's external brain to help them think.

Jin Yuyan looked at the two beautiful sisters and said charmingly:

"The Empress and the Imperial Concubine naturally don't understand, because we are normal, and the abnormal one is Ruyi. We serve the Emperor to make him happy, but Ruyi needs the Emperor to serve her and meet her unreasonable demands. Only then can she demonstrate her unique status."

Gao Xiyue suddenly realized, "Could it be that Ruyi is the reincarnation of Li Jingui, the maid in the palace of the previous emperor? That's why she came to ask the emperor for a legitimate status."

Fu Cha Langya said coquettishly: "Xiyue, don't talk nonsense. Li is an elder no matter what. Although the emperor doesn't say it, he probably cares about her in his heart."

Xiyue's eyes rolled and she said obediently, "I know, I won't say anything nonsense."

After listening to Fu Cha Langya's words, Jin Yuyan admired in her heart that the Queen was actually the most intelligent. She only needed to give her a little more guidance and the Queen would understand everything. So she started talking with the word "Yo" again.

"Oh, the Empress is smart. In fact, Ruyi is also smart in this matter. You also know that the Emperor cares about Li, and Ruyi can naturally understand it. Although Ruyi did something stupid, she also has her own ideas. As long as the Emperor does what she wants this time, the Emperor will reach a state where he feels aggrieved but has to listen. Ruyi will be able to gradually control the Emperor's thoughts."

Fu Cha Langya nodded, "Then I will not get involved in this matter. This is the emperor's inner decision. No matter who gets involved, the emperor will be wary."

The three were still talking when Zhao Yitai ran in and knelt down.

"Empress, A-ruo and Concubine Mei, who are beside Concubine Xian, got into a fight on the long street. A-ruo slapped Concubine Mei, and Concubine Mei slapped her back more than a dozen times."

Fu Cha Langya stood up and said, "How dare you! This is so shameless."

Xiyue stood up and said, "How dare you! This is against palace rules."

Yuyan also stood up, "Oh my God, what the hell is going on? Go and prepare the sedan chair."

The three of them came to the long street and saw A'ruo grabbing Mei's hair, Mei's pulling A'ruo's collar, and the palace maids next to them pulled the two of them to stop them from continuing the fight.

"You are such a bold servant. Mei is also a master, no matter how big or small. How can I allow you to be so presumptuous? Come, take Ah Ruo down."

After Fu Cha Langya finished speaking, A Ruo was pulled aside by Zhao Yita. Bai Ruiji knelt down with tears on her delicate little face. She had never been insulted like this before.

Fu Cha Langya asked Bai Ruiji: "Mei agreed, tell me, what happened?"

Mei agreed and thought about it. In fact, she entered the palace as a spy under the order of the empress dowager. She heard that the empress dowager was very unhappy about Concubine Xian asking the emperor to confer titles on the concubines of the previous emperor, so she wanted to give Concubine Xian a hard time to please the empress dowager.

So she went to the imperial kitchen and asked them not to be too elaborate when sending meals to the Yanx Palace recently. Unexpectedly, Qin Li directly stewed the leftover rice and swill collected from various palaces and sent it to the Yanx Palace.

"I don't know either. I was walking along the road just fine when Ah Ruo came over and slapped me."

Fucha Langya looked at A Ruo again. This servant beside Concubine Xian relied on her family background to bully her master. So she said to A Ruo, "A Ruo, do you have anything to say?"

Ah Ruo felt wronged. She had been recuperating from her leg injury in the past few days in bed, and relied on惢心 to bring her meals. Today,惢心 directly brought her a bowl of stinky soup. Ah Ruo got angry on the spot, "惢心, you think the master doesn't like me, so you deliberately use this soup to humiliate me?"

Unexpectedly, Suo Xin put down the soup and sobbed softly, "Sister A Ruo, the master was reprimanded by the emperor. The dishes sent by the imperial kitchen these days are all rotten. We have already started to have diarrhea. This bowl of soup is one of the few that looks okay."

While A Ruo felt guilty, she also felt a surge of anger in her chest. Their master had only been in the palace for a few days, and the Imperial Kitchen dared to treat the Yanx Palace like this. Wouldn't she be at the mercy of others in the future?

"惢心, stop crying. Let me ask you, didn't the master go to the imperial kitchen to argue with someone?"

Suo Xin shook her head. "The master said that we just entered the palace and we can't cause trouble. We should be patient. Winter is coming soon and the Ministry of Internal Affairs has not yet measured our winter clothes."

A Ruo is the oldest and has the highest status in the Yanx Palace, so she naturally cannot bear to watch the younger ones suffer.

She asked惢心 to help her go to the imperial kitchen first. Unexpectedly, the people in the imperial kitchen said that it was Mei Dacong who gave the order personally. Mei Dacong was favored and was the empress dowager's person, so they dared not disobey. So A Ruo came to Mei Dacong to argue.

After the two started fighting,惢心 quickly ran back to the Yanx Palace to ask for help from Empress Xian.

Ah Ruo was forced by Zhao Yitai to kneel on the ground, and she said unconvincedly:

"Empress, you are in charge of the six palaces. Are you going to watch Concubine Mei, a low-ranking concubine, bully our master? We haven't had fresh meals in the Yanxi Palace for several days, and until now, no one has made winter clothes for us. This was all ordered by Concubine Mei. I am not convinced."

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