When a new bride enters the palace, she must meet everyone once before serving the emperor. The next time is after serving the emperor and becoming a full concubine, she will meet everyone again.
But these things should be arranged by the Queen, but Ning Chen doesn't have a Queen now, so it's hard for him to decide what to do.
In the end, it was Yuan Jiu who suggested that the Queen Mother come forward.
After all, the Queen Mother had been recuperating for some time, so meeting a foreign guest during this time was nothing big.
When the Queen Mother heard the news, she did not refuse.
It's a small thing.
So, after a long absence, when the third group of new people entered the palace, all the concubines in the harem paid their respects together in the Cining Palace.
Looking at the group of familiar yet unfamiliar women, the Queen Mother was a little dazed.
It took a long time before he said "no need to be polite".
"Who are Concubine Ying and Concubine Xu? Come forward and let me see them." The Queen Mother whispered.
As soon as she finished speaking, two young women stood out from the end of the concubines' line. They looked to be about sixteen years old, young and beautiful.
"Your humble concubine, the talented Changsun, pays respects to the Queen Mother!"
"Your humble concubine Xu pays respects to the Queen Mother!"
They both saluted.
"No need for that. Just raise your heads so that everyone can recognize you." The Queen Mother waved her hand.
They both responded and slowly looked up.
The talented lady Changsun had the appearance of a typical Jiangnan lady, soft and gentle, with eyes and eyebrows full of the charm of spring water. Because she was born into a scholarly family, she also had a scholarly air.
There is a feeling of being well-read and elegant.
But Xu made people pause suddenly.
She is also beautiful, but her eyes and eyebrows look too much like someone else.
And this person was not someone else, but Ye Jun.
Because Xu was young, only just turned sixteen, and Ye Jun also entered the palace at the age of sixteen, so Concubine Xu looked very much like Ye Jun when she first entered the palace.
In fact, their looks are only 30% similar, but she put a lot of effort into her makeup, and after some tinkering, they look 40% or 50% similar. If you look closely at her expression, they are also very similar.
The overall assessment is six points similar to Ye Jun.
For a moment, everyone's expressions became subtle.
Is it really that similar, or was it deliberately cultivated by someone
Anyway, Ye Jun believes more in the second approach.
This made Ye Jun feel completely disgusted.
Her original authentic product hasn't even been taken off the shelves yet, and now she's bringing in a high-end imitation. This is just causing trouble for her.
"Oh, Ming Zhaoyi, I heard that Concubine Xu is the cousin of Princess Kang, but now I see that she looks like your cousin. Look at her little face. Oh, I almost thought they were sisters."
Concubine Shu immediately spoke in a sarcastic tone.
This caused everyone to immediately look over.
Ye Jun did take a sip of tea slowly.
"There are many strange things in the world. It is normal for this Concubine Xu to be somewhat similar to me. Your Majesty, there is no need to panic."
After all, it's in the Empress Dowager's palace. It would be ugly if there was a commotion, so now is not the time to be fussy.
Sure enough, when Concubine Shu wanted to say something, she was stopped by the Empress Dowager.
"Well, now that we've met, you'll have plenty of time to talk about anything later. I'm not feeling well and a little tired, so you all may leave."
This is a direct order to expel the guest.
Concubine Shu had no choice but to hold back the words that were about to come out of her mouth.
The Empress Dowager needs to recuperate. Anyone who dares to cause trouble in the Cining Palace must be thinking that they are living too comfortably.
So, no matter what everyone thought in their hearts, they had to leave the Cining Palace obediently first.
The concubines left according to their rank.
Concubine Jingde did not ride in the sedan chair today, but walked back with Concubine Qin.
Ye Jun looked at her back, his eyes flickered slightly, and after thinking for a moment, he took a step forward.
"Your Highness, you have been working hard in the palace recently. The summer clothes for the servants in my palace were delivered early yesterday morning. Your Highness really cares about the affairs of my palace. Thank you very much."
"These are all trivial matters. Everything is done according to the rules. Ming Zhaoyi, there is no need to thank you." Concubine Jingde said with a faint smile.
It seemed that he didn't hear the hidden meaning in Ye Jun's words.
Although Wan had been dealt with in that incident, the matter of the purse was still full of doubts. Ye Yun sent people to investigate secretly and found that this matter was somewhat related to Concubine Jingde.
Although Concubine Jingde has always presented herself as a good person for many years, Ye Jun still became suspicious.
If nothing else, Concubine Jingde also has a prince.
The second prince is healthy and smart. What if Concubine Jingde also wants to make some money
The harem is not a place where you judge people by their appearance. Everyone has worn a thick mask.
But when Ye Jun deliberately emphasized the words "caring about the affairs in her palace", Concubine Jingde behaved very calmly.
I couldn't see any problem at the moment.
If you want to test it, you have to find another opportunity.
So, after exchanging these two simple words, the two of them went their separate ways.
When Ye Jun returned to Zhaochunxuan, he saw Ning Chen's carriage parked at the door.
Sure enough, as soon as I entered the yard, I saw Ning Chen sitting in front of the window with a cup of tea.
The fourth prince went to class, but Nian Gao couldn't follow him.
So at this moment, Ning Chen was sitting and drinking tea, with Nian Gao lying at his feet.
It looks like a leisurely and carefree picture.
But what I am about to say next is not enough to match this picture.
When Ning Chen heard the familiar footsteps, he stopped Ye Jun and saluted.
He just grabbed the person and pulled him to sit next to him.
"The person Qingqing picked for me really lived up to my expectations. This Li Zhirui is very smart, and his methods are no less than those of Mei. Now that Mei's housekeeper power has been taken away, he has established a firm foothold in Chen Xianwen's backyard."
Two days ago, the Chen family hosted a banquet for guests and the atmosphere was lively at the front, but then news came that Aunt Li had a miscarriage.
This matter was known to outsiders, and Mei did take action against Li Zhirui. For a time, outsiders knew that the eldest daughter-in-law of the Chen family could not tolerate illegitimate children and concubines.
Treating illegitimate children harshly is something that only wealthy families with no moral integrity would do. The Duke of England was very proud and was naturally very angry.
So he took away Mei's housekeeper rights.
In this way, Li would be less constrained and could slowly plan other things.
Seeing Ning Chen's smiling face, Ye Jun snorted twice in displeasure.
"The person I chose for Your Majesty is excellent, but the one Your Majesty chose is so pissing me off that I want to die in one day!"
"What's going on?" Ning Chen was confused for a moment.
Ye Jun lowered her eyes and said, "The Emperor has just selected Concubine Xu. Today, even Concubine Shu said that she looks very much like me. Could it be that the Emperor thinks I am too old, so he is looking for someone younger and similar to me to replace me?"
"What are you talking about!" Ning Chen immediately frowned and turned to look at Yuan Jiu, "What's going on? Go check it out."
Yuan Jiu responded and went down immediately.
I thought to myself, if this was really intentional, then the Xu family would be in trouble.
On the other hand, Ye Jun was still unhappy.
I feel suffocated whenever I think of Xu Cairen's face.
Ning Chen asked Huiyue who was following her carefully and was also troubled.
There was no serious talent show at the time, so I didn't get a close look at the newcomer's portrait. Who would have thought that something like this would happen