It was not an easy matter to determine the status. In the end, the Cui family won because the Cui family was not only a prominent family, but also had many family members serving as officials in the court, which made them stronger than the Zheng family.
So Zheng Xinya, the daughter of Zheng family, became the Yafei, and Cui Mingzhu, the daughter of Cui family, became the Ming Guifei. After the morning court, the two of them should also enter the palace.
The Queen simply claimed to be ill and could not go out, but everyone knew that it was because of the quarrel between her and the Emperor over Concubine Yan. Some people even began to say that the Queen was becoming arrogant because of her favor.
Fortunately, the Queen's elder brother Lin Zezhi has a solid position in the court. These people only dare to say something behind his back but not in front of others. They think Lin Zezhi is not worthy of them doing so, but Lin Zezhi's wife must be treated with caution.
It was because she was the aunt of Princess Bingjian and her family, all from Mingyue Island, who would dare to offend her? If someone offended her, they would go to their mansion at any time and take their heads without knowing it!
Of course, the people of Mingyue Island would not do this, but these people could not help thinking so. They were all so cowardly that they only dared to talk about it behind their backs. And obviously because of this marriage, the queen also had the protection of Mingyue Island, so who would dare to offend her
That’s why the queen had the confidence to close the palace gates after the quarrel with the emperor and not allow anyone to enter her palace. The matter of the two women entering the palace was handed over to the queen mother. After all, the queen is not in charge now, so the queen mother can only take charge.
The Queen Mother felt that she was too old to take care of two young girls, which would be embarrassing, so she looked at Concubine Liu and said, "Concubine Liu, I'll leave this matter to you. You and Concubine Han are used to managing the affairs of the palace, so there won't be any problems."
The two looked at each other. How could they dare to say there was a problem? Of course there was no problem. They stood up and looked at the Queen Mother: "I obey your order."
The Queen Mother nodded in satisfaction: "Okay, if that's the case, then let's go. If you have anything to say, please go find Concubine Han and Concubine Liu. If you have nothing to say, please don't bother me."
After driving everyone away, the Queen Mother began to think about what gifts to prepare for Nannanbeibei when they came back. At this time, Nannanbeibei and Qian Jiujiu and his party also received news from the Emperor, asking them to go back for the New Year.
Qian Jiujiu and Mu Yexiao discussed and decided that they would still have enough time to go back this time, so they left Qingye behind and discussed the voyage with Wan Houyu. They took Ziyuan and others with them to take care of them, and then they started to set off for the trip back.
At the palace gate, Concubine Ming and Concubine Ya, who had just been canonized today, had arrived. They got off the carriage, looked at each other, snorted at each other, and seemed unconvinced.
The queen suddenly conferred the titles of noble concubines on two women. Originally, both of them should have been noble concubines, but unexpectedly, one was a noble concubine and the other was a concubine. Naturally, she felt unbalanced.
Concubine Ming looked at Concubine Ya and suddenly said, "How dare you! I am a concubine and you are just a concubine. How dare you disrespect me?"
Ya Fei's face changed. What Ming Guifei said was really like this. Then her eyes drifted to someone coming over. Ya Fei's face suddenly became weak: "Greetings to sister Ming Guifei. I am ignorant. Please forgive me."
Concubine Ming thought she had the upper hand and could not help but snorted coldly: "Since you have apologized, as your sister, I will naturally not blame you anymore. Get up."
Just as the two of them decided the winner, Imperial Concubine Liu arrived with her people and looked at them: "I am Imperial Concubine Liu."
They were both stunned, and then they spoke at the same time: "Greetings to Sister Liu Guifei."
When Concubine Liu heard the word "sister", she raised her eyebrows and said, "Sister? That's right. I am much older than you and have been in the palace for many years. I deserve to be called sister. I will be responsible for arranging your accommodation in the palace. Come with me."
Concubine Liu sat in the sedan chair and never got off. She spoke condescendingly from beginning to end. Of course, there was no sedan chair prepared for the two of them. Instead, someone directly carried the sedan chair in front to lead the way.
Concubine Ming and Concubine Ya were both stunned. They had never expected that Concubine Liu would be so disrespectful and let them walk over. The palace was huge. They would be exhausted if they walked over there!
But looking at Concubine Liu in the sedan chair in front of them, both of them dared to be angry but dared not speak. Concubine Ming thought more. Just now, Concubine Ya openly admitted her fault and called her sister on the century, saying that she was old. She glared at Concubine Ya, and the feud was settled.
Concubine Ya looked weak to begin with, and was very good at playing the role of a weak woman. When she was suddenly glared at, she simply lowered her head in grievance and followed Concubine Liu towards their residence.
The residences of the two had been arranged long ago. Qinghe Palace was the palace for Concubine Ming, and Concubine Ya was assigned to Qingyu Palace. Concubine Liu was the first to bring people to Qinghe Palace: "Concubine Ming, this is your residence. Someone will send you the palace maid you need later, and you can choose by yourself."
Concubine Ming could only bow and say, "Thank you, Sister Concubine Liu."
Concubine Liu looked at Concubine Ya again and said, "Keep going. Your residence is further ahead. Let's go."
Ya Fei continued to follow. She had been walking for a long time and felt that she could not hold on any longer, but she could not say anything. Fortunately, she finally arrived at her residence, Qingyu Palace.
"This is Qingyu Palace. Someone will come to give you someone later. You can choose for yourself."
After saying the same thing, Concubine Liu turned around and left. When she returned to her residence, she saw Concubine Han waiting by the side: "Did you see those two people? How do you feel?"
Concubine Liu curled her lips in disdain: "It seems that these two people have bad tempers and personalities. They actually started a quarrel at the palace gate. Those who live in the same palace with them are afraid that they will suffer."
Concubine Han raised her eyebrows: "Isn't this what they deserve? When the Queen was in power, she treated them so well, but they were never satisfied. Now that life is hard, they will miss her."
And in this harem, whoever makes trouble, the more troublesome the person is, the faster he will die. Besides, the people living in Qingyu Palace don't seem to be easy to get along with. And next to Qingyu Palace is Xinglin Palace. The two palaces are close to each other. Although the person in Xinglin Palace is only a concubine, she is even more difficult to deal with.
Judging from the situation, the palace was about to get lively. The two looked at each other, and Concubine Liu suddenly said, "What do you want to eat tonight? I'll ask the imperial kitchen to bring it over."
The two of them always get along very well, even eating and sleeping together, and no one bothers them, and the atmosphere is good. However, the Xinglin Palace mentioned just now, Chen Fei Ren Yu, has been very quiet recently, because she has a cold and has not left the house, and she doesn't know what is going on outside.
Since the last time he was poisoned, he has changed a lot. Although his personality and temper are still a bit aggressive, he no longer has the desire to fight for power and gain. Seeing that the harem has become clean, these people have stopped making trouble.
She just lived her life quietly. She was not young anymore and wanted children, but couldn't. She was one of the people who knew the emperor's situation, so she treated the queen's children as her own.
The noise coming from next door startled her: "Someone, come and check what's going on outside? Why is it so noisy?"
The maid Jia Jia immediately rushed out to check the situation. After asking a few questions, she quickly came back to report: "Your Majesty, a new person has moved into the Qingyu Palace next door."
Newcomer? Concubine Chen looked puzzled: "When did a newcomer come to the palace? How come I didn't know?"
Jia Jia quickly told her everything that had happened recently. Concubine Chen's eyes widened. She was only sick for a few days, how could such a big thing happen? "That won't work. I have to go to the Queen's palace and comfort her. The Emperor is going too far."
Hearing this, Jia Jia was speechless. Ever since the last poisonous insect incident, the Queen had completely given up on the Emperor, and her mind was entirely on the Empress.
"Your Majesty, the Queen has closed the palace and won't see anyone! She even brought the eldest prince to Kunning Palace."
Concubine Chen's eyes widened. "So I haven't seen the Empress and the princes these days. It's all because of those women. It looks like it's time for me to come back and let these latecomers have a taste of my power."
No matter what happened to her, she had to go and vent her anger on the Queen. What the Concubine Chen didn't know was that all the women in the harem were thinking the same thing.
The Qingyu Palace was busy with the move. The palace maids and eunuchs were selected, and then the house was tidied, and the rooms were decorated according to their own preferences. The senior palace maid beside Concubine Ya came in with her, and was sent by the family to take care of her.
"Your Majesty, there are not enough eunuchs and palace maids here. It seems that there are not enough people to complete so many tasks."
Although Concubine Ya pretended to be pitiful, she was actually very strong. She looked at the palace maid and said, "Remember, there are two noble ladies living in Qingyu Palace! Let them bring some help."
When the palace maid heard this, she naturally went there in high spirits. These two noble ladies were the daughters of officials of some importance in the court. It would not be appropriate to say that they had no backing. It could only be said that their backing was not as strong as that of Concubine Ya.
Concubine Qi and Concubine Xiang are usually relatively law-abiding people. After all, the Empress is too powerful in the palace, so they can only behave themselves.
Today, I heard that there would be a new concubine moving in, and I was a little worried that it would be difficult to get along with her. After all, she was here, and as nobles, they had to listen to the concubine. This is called the higher the official, the more powerful he is. When they heard the palace maid coming to call them and arrange for someone to help, the two looked at each other.
Although they were a little indignant, they still went back and called their eunuchs and palace maids to help. The entire palace was mobilized, and only then did the noise become a little more serious.
Concubine Chen looked at Jia Jia and said, "Go out again and tell the people in Qingyu Palace to be quiet and stop disturbing me, or I'll make them suffer."