Ever since she learned that a noble concubine Qing had died in Qinghe Palace, Noble Concubine Ming's face has not been very good. Especially when she heard that this noble concubine Qing had died tragically, she did not sleep well the whole night and had to pay her respects to the empress dowager the next day.
After getting up in the morning, Concubine Ming had dark circles under her eyes. The female official beside her looked at Concubine Ming and said, "Madam, do you need to put some makeup on your eyes? You look pale. Did you not sleep well last night?"
Concubine Ming sighed, "Jin'er, I feel so bad. Tell me, what's the meaning of arranging me in Qinghe Palace? Look at your face, so let's just leave it at that. Go and pay your respects first."
Jin'er was a female official beside Concubine Ming, and she also came with Concubine Ming from the Cui family to assist Concubine Ming. After hearing Concubine Ming's words, she nodded, combed Concubine Ming's hair, and put on her clothes, and then went to the Cining Palace.
In the Cining Palace, the Queen Mother hadn't gotten up yet! She was originally very leisurely, but she promised to fight for her grandson and possible granddaughter. Fortunately, she was of a certain generation, so she could get up later. Other people who came to pay their respects were waiting outside, and they didn't dare to object.
After Concubine Ming arrived, she realized that she was the first one to arrive. Then people came one after another, all of them were old people in the palace. They were all stunned when they saw Concubine Ming, and then went up to salute: "Greetings to Concubine Ming."
Although many people were not convinced, there was nothing they could do, because they were of a higher status! Soon, Concubine Han and Concubine Liu also arrived.
Looking at the situation in front of them, the two looked at each other, and Concubine Liu laughed twice: "Sister Ming Concubine is really hardworking. She came so early by herself."
Concubine Han suddenly laughed: "Then you have to come earlier. Everyone who comes here must come up and pay their respects. This is your first time and you have been treated well."
Concubine Ming was upset. These two people were bullying her. When she was in the palace, she hadn't even had a fight with them! They were still bullying her. The other old people in the palace looked at Concubine Ming, and their eyes seemed to agree with Concubine Han's words.
I was really holding my breath, not knowing how to refute: "Sister Han Guifei misunderstood, I just couldn't sleep well, so I came early."
Concubine Liu was a little surprised: "Ah, so you came here because you couldn't sleep. I thought you were really so loyal to the Queen Mother!"
Concubine Ming was blocked again: "Of course not, you..."
The concubines in the palace were discussing something. It was obvious that what Concubine Gao was saying was no longer important. Was she being ostracized by the entire palace? Speaking of which, Concubine Ya, that idiot, hadn't come yet. What was going on
Ya Fei was not in a good mood. She almost woke up late today and came here in a panic. She found that everyone was standing at the door! Fortunately, the Queen Mother had not summoned them yet. Ya Fei breathed a sigh of relief and went up to salute the three concubines.
"Meet Concubine Han, Concubine Liu, Concubine Ming, and Concubine Yan."
Speaking of Imperial Concubine Yan, she has been squatting in the corner since she arrived. She doesn't mind that her posture is ugly. She is waiting silently. Everyone ignores her. If it weren't for Concubine Ya's salute, no one would have noticed her.
Concubine Han was speechless. She and Concubine Liu had already been instructed by the Queen Mother to take good care of Concubine Yan. Although they didn't know what was going on, they still had to do it. But in the current situation, everyone was looking at her. Didn't she feel ugly
Concubine Ya looked at Concubine Yan in astonishment: "Concubine Yan, are you tired of standing?"
Imperial Concubine Yan nodded: "Yes, the Queen Mother doesn't know when to call us in! I'll squat for a while and get up later. You guys can do whatever you want, just don't mind me."
Everyone looked at each other in bewilderment. What were they arguing about? As soon as Concubine Yan said this, everyone who wanted to speak stopped talking. Wasn't this just an argument
Who could have thought that this sentence would make everyone shut up? Fortunately, at this time, the gate of the Cining Palace slowly opened. A nanny stood at the door: "Greetings to all the ladies, the Queen Mother has woken up, please move."
Finally they could go in, and all the concubines breathed a sigh of relief. The atmosphere at the gate was really weird. After the nanny led the ladies in, they should have stood in their respective positions and waited for the arrival of the empress dowager.
Although the queen didn't come, her seat was always reserved! Concubine Yan came to pay respect once, and she knew her seat, so she stood there obediently. Concubine Han and Concubine Liu also had their own seats, leaving Concubine Ming standing there. It was her first time here, and she didn't know where her seat was.
Seeing Concubine Han and Concubine Liu standing aside, she walked over to Concubine Yan and stood beside her. Seeing Concubine Ming standing there, all the concubines were stunned. At this moment, another concubine was led in from outside.
Looking at the position where Concubine Ming was standing, they frowned and walked directly towards Concubine Ming. The old people in the palace showed expressions of watching a good show on their faces. Concubine Ming was so high and mighty when she came, waiting for them to salute, and now someone could control her.
"Who allowed you to stand here? Didn't anyone tell you whose position this is? Is your Cui family so unruly?"
Concubine Ming was completely confused. She had been confronted by Concubines Han and Liu at the door, and then silenced by that fool Concubine Yan. Now someone was actually rushing up to her to cause trouble.
Could it be that Concubine Ming had the words "easy to bully" written on her face? She snorted coldly: "Why can't I stand here?"
Concubine Chen looked at Concubine Ming and said, "Are you going to sit here again?"
Concubine Ming nodded: "Of course!"
Concubine Chen was instantly furious: "Okay, very good! Someone, get her out of here!"
Concubine Ming was stunned: "Who are you? How dare you offend me?"
Concubine Chen turned around and looked at Concubine Han and Concubine Liu: "Is this how you manage the six palaces? This man committed a crime of insubordination, you can't see it, are you blind?"
To be honest, in this harem, some people's positions don't represent everything. They are cheating existences, such as the one in front of me. As long as she doesn't actively bully others, others can't bully her.
Concubine Ming still didn't understand who the person in front of her was. How could he be so bold? Not only did he not take her seriously, but why did he scold the two concubines
At this time, Concubine Han suddenly said, "Come here, take Concubine Ming away and make her kneel at the door. When she understands what she did wrong, she can get up."
Concubine Ming had no idea what she had done wrong, she was completely confused, okay? The maids in the Empress Dowager's palace had just heard Concubine Chen's words and were about to step forward. Now that Concubine Han had spoken, she had even more reason.
Without even seeing the Empress Dowager, Concubine Ming was punished to kneel. Concubine Ya suddenly felt lucky at this time. It seemed that Concubine Chen had shown some mercy to her yesterday.
Just look at how miserable Concubine Ming is. At this time, the Queen Mother came in, and everyone began to salute her: "Greetings, Queen Mother."
The Queen Mother nodded: "Please sit down."
All the concubines stood up and sat down. Concubine Yan then realized that the place on her right where Concubine Ming had stood just now was empty, and her left was also empty. After watching everyone sit down, she suddenly knew why Concubine Chen was angry.
The seat on the right was obviously for the Empress. Although the Empress was not here, standing in the Empress's seat was like committing an insubordination. Thinking of this, she actually felt a little sympathetic towards Concubine Ming.
"Why is Concubine Chen here today? Are you feeling better?"
As soon as they sat down, the Queen Mother asked about Concubine Chen. Everyone thought the Queen was going to blame her! Who could have thought that she was concerned? Now everyone understood that Concubine Chen was backed by the Queen Mother. No wonder no one dared to provoke her.
The concubine pouted her lips: "It's not so good. I was almost done with my rest, but I was disturbed by someone. I'm very annoyed!"
Ya Fei had a bad feeling in her heart. Wasn't this matter over? Why did it come up again? She quickly stood up and knelt down: "Your Majesty the Queen Mother, please calm down. I really didn't mean to disturb the Queen Mother Chen."
The Queen Mother glanced at Concubine Ya and said, "Stand up. I don't blame you. Why are you so scared?"
Ya Fei was so scared that she was almost sweating. How could she not be afraid? There was someone kneeling outside! The floor of this palace was so hard. I wonder what happened to that person
If the Queen Mother felt that it was time to leave, that person would probably feel better. But the Queen Mother started to talk about all sorts of things and even asked people to talk about interesting things. It must be said that the people in the harem are all shrewd people. Pleasing the Queen Mother is the first priority.
Half an hour later, the Queen Mother finally showed some tiredness and looked at everyone: "Okay, I am a little tired too, let's go. By the way, Concubine Chen, please stay for a while."
The concubine said, "Okay."
All the concubines stood up, bowed to the Queen Mother and left. After leaving, they all passed by the main gate and saw Concubine Ming kneeling at the main gate in a state of embarrassment.
At this moment, Concubine Ming wanted to kill someone, but she didn't reflect on what mistake she made. And that Concubine Chen, was she crazy? Was she attacking indiscriminately? Yesterday it was Concubine Ya, and today it was herself
The more she thought about it, the angrier she became, but there was nothing she could do. In the morning, she had been letting these people pay their respects to her, but now, they had seen her ugly behavior, without missing a single one.
Concubine Han and Concubine Liu naturally left together and went straight to the gate. When they reached the door, they laughed, which Concubine Ming thought was a mockery.
When the other concubines saw this situation, they all realized that Concubine Ming would not be able to stay in the palace for long. After all, how could someone who was targeted by Concubine Chen go far
The last one was Concubine Yan, who walked up to Concubine Ming and squatted down again.