"Huh, empress, she deserves it!" Mrs. Wu still said to herself, but her voice was much softer. Thinking about it, she was also scared. "Obviously, except for the empress dowager, everyone is cutting down on the use of ice, but who can
I know if the Ministry of Internal Affairs secretly sent ice to her palace, I'm really angry just thinking about it." Ling Ruo was favored, and there were already a lot of people in the palace who were dissatisfied, but they didn't dare to speak out because of his power.
"Even if this is the case, there is nothing we can do. Who asked the emperor to pamper her so much now!" Dai Jia's voice contained a bit of sourness. She had never received such pampering in her more than 20 years in the palace.
Wu said viciously: "Hmph, I want to see how long she can continue to pamper her. After all, she is in her thirties, and she is not in her youth at seventeen or eighteen."
Chen Guiren, who had been silent all this time, said, "Concubine Yichen, maybe the idea of reducing ice consumption came from Concubine Xi."
"How do you say this?" Both Dai Jia and Wu looked at Chen Guiren, full of curiosity.
Chen Guiren hesitated for a moment and said to Dai Jia: "I heard that the emperor initially only reduced the ice consumption in the Yangxin Palace. But when Concubine Xi came back from Yangxin Palace, the emperor ordered someone to pass on the order to reduce the number of ice in the East and West Twelve Palaces.
With ice, I feel that there must be a connection."
"What a concubine Xi. Fortunately, she spoke so helplessly and righteously just now. I almost let her be deceived. It's really disgusting!" Wu was the first to hold back, her voice rising a little higher unconsciously.
Not long after she finished speaking, she heard a clear voice coming from the other side, "Hey, who are you talking about, Mr. Wu?"
Mrs. Wu's face changed. She knew who this voice was, but she knew it. What a coincidence. How come she was allowed to hear it? Who didn't know that she and Concubine Xi were the best friends? Mrs. Wu raised her head and saw that
Guarjia was walking towards this side.
"My concubine has met Concubine Jin!" Mrs. Wu forced out a smile. After her, Guiren Chen also followed suit, while Mrs. Dai Jia greeted her with courtesy.
"Get up." Guarjia looked at her with a smile, "Wu Guiren hasn't answered my question just yet. Who is this abominable person? Could it be..." She deliberately prolonged her voice and said: "Xi
Concubine, right?"
"The empress is joking. Concubine Xi is tolerant and easy-going. She is always kind to others. How can I say anything about her? I am saying..." Wu Shi racked her brains hard and finally came up with an answer for her, "Mosquito"
!”
"Mosquito?" Gualga tilted his head, somewhat puzzled.
Mrs. Wu continued to make nonsense: "Yes, Madam, you don't know, there was a mosquito buzzing in my ear just now. I was annoyed by it, so I cursed casually, without thinking.
It’s my concubine’s fault that the empress misunderstood me.”
"Really?" Guarjia looked at her with an undiminished smile, and suddenly slapped Wu's left cheek with a heavy palm. When everyone was shocked, she looked at her palm with a pity expression on her face.
: "It's a pity that I didn't hit the mosquito. I just saw it landing on my sister's face."
"You...you obviously did it on purpose!" Mrs. Wu came back to her senses, covering her burning cheeks and getting angry and angry. She was the one who made up the mosquito, how could it possibly exist? Guarjia just took the mosquito for granted.
He made an excuse and deliberately hit her.
"Hey, what my sister said is so strange. It was obviously you who said there was a mosquito, and I just wanted to kill it for you with good intentions. You actually said that I did it on purpose, but it made me sad." Guarjia said.
He held his chest, looking extremely sad.
Seeing that the evildoer Guarjia complained first, Wu was so angry that she almost fainted, and her fingers pointing at Gualjia couldn't help but tremble.
Facing the finger that almost touched the tip of her nose, Guarjia slowly put down her hand, her face darkened, and she turned her head and said: "Congxiang, Ning Guiren pointed at me so shamelessly, it should be done right."
What crime?"
Cong Xiang pursed his lips and said respectfully: "If you want to reply to the master, according to the rules, Ning Guiren should slap you ten times."
"Then why are you still standing here? Go up and slap her mouth!" Guarjia said coldly. When he made eye contact with her, Wu shuddered unconsciously and stretched out his hand to close it.
Not even if you don’t collect it.
Guarjia did it on purpose. She heard everything Wu said just now, and she pretended not to know just to take the opportunity to punish Wu.
Since her friendship with Ling Ruo, her temperament has become much more restrained, but the cruelty deep in her bones has never really gone away.
I will not offend others unless they offend me; if they offend me, I will offend them.
Regarding this sentence, Guarjia did better than Ling Ruo, otherwise she would not have been favored by Nala and used as a pawn against Ling Ruo.
"Yes, I will go get the wooden ruler now." The so-called slapping in the palace does not mean slapping with hands, but hitting the victim's mouth hard with a one-inch thick wooden board. After a slap, the victim's mouth is often full of blood.
If you push harder, your teeth will fall out.
Upon hearing this, Mrs. Wu suddenly panicked and quickly looked at Dai Jiashi asking for help. The latter stepped forward to stop Congxiang who was about to leave, and smoothed things over: "Okay, Ning Guiren didn't mean it.
, sister, why do you have to be so angry? You don’t have to hurt the relationship between sisters."
Guarjia rolled up her sleeves and said in a sweet voice: "Sister, why would you ever want to do this? It's just that some people forget their identity and insist on making the following mistakes. My sister is punishing them with a small punishment and a big warning to prevent her from making the same mistake again in the future.
"
Mrs. Dai Jia was also annoyed that Mrs. Wu could not keep her composure. She pulled down Wu's hand that was still stretched out and said, "What are you doing here in such a daze? Why don't you quickly admit your mistake to me?"
Mrs. Wu felt aggrieved because she had to admit her fault even though she had been beaten. But if she didn't admit it, she would be offended. She was just a noble person and was being suppressed by the Guarjia clan.
He had no choice but to bend his knees and said reluctantly: "I was reckless for a moment and offended the empress. Please forgive me for this time."
"It would be better if you really know your mistakes." Guarjia glanced at her and said, "That's all, just for the sake of my sister this time. Just keep your mouth shut and don't say anything out loud. Remember
Is it done?"
"I will remember it, my concubine." Mrs. Wu responded in a low voice, and the veil was almost torn by her.
"Yeah." Guarjia saw her little move, but didn't say anything. If she wasn't one level higher than Wu, and they were equally favored, how could Wu be willing to accept this softness? It's normal to feel dissatisfied.
.
She nodded to Mrs. Dai Jia and said, "Sister, I'm going to pay my respects to Concubine Xi first, and I'll go sit in my sister's palace tomorrow."
"Well, go quickly." Dai Jia was also eager to leave as soon as possible. After Guarjia walked away, she pointed at Wu and said angrily: "You really should change this habit of speaking openly.
"
Mrs. Wu threw away the twisted brocade handkerchief angrily and said, "My queen, you also saw it. Jinbi clearly did it on purpose."
Dai Jiashi turned her head and ignored her, but Chen said softly: "Sister, don't be angry, everyone can see that she is doing it on purpose, but who told her that she is one of the six concubines? This time it is for the sake of the empress."
I won’t care about it on the face of it.”
"Huh, Sixth Concubine? If she hadn't relied on the power of the one in Chengqian Palace, I wouldn't have believed that she would have been so proud all her life!" After saying these words, Mrs. Wu said goodbye and went back first.
"Sister..." Mrs. Chen wanted to call Mrs. Wu, but she heard Mrs. Dai sigh and say: "Let her go. If you call her now, you are just listening to her complain. If nothing happens, Mr. Chen
If so, why don't you go with me to Cining Palace to pay your respects? It's the only place where it's cooler in the entire Forbidden City."