He was slightly startled, and saw that the woman still looked like a girl who had not yet left the court. She looked very bright and lively at the age of fourteen or fifteen.
The girl was dressed in an orange dress and various luxurious jewelry, which jingled as she walked. Her long hair was casually pulled into a bun, and she wore a hairpin with piles of gold threads.
It was embellished with gems and looked very dazzling. The tassels hanging from the hairpin swayed around her cheeks as she walked, making her face even more gorgeous.
She may look young, but her appearance is as gorgeous as a peony flower in full bloom.
Wen Jiaojiao just glanced at the group of palace concubines and walked towards the main hall of Fengyi Palace without stopping.
"Hey, which sister is this? We have never seen such a beautiful person in the palace?"
Wang Jieyu took a step forward and wanted to talk to Wen Jiaojiao.
When she saw that the girl looked rich and noble, she turned a blind eye to the concubines and ignored them without saluting or saying hello.
While I was curious, I also felt a little uncomfortable in my heart.
Wen Jiaojiao looked at the charming palace concubine standing in front of her and curled her lips slightly. What was she doing to stop her? She was not familiar with them and didn't want to talk to them.
Wen Jiaojiao was stopped like this, and for some reason he felt a little unhappy in his heart. Some memories flashed through his mind. When Wen Ruyue was still young, she was rude to the concubines and treated them regardless of their status.
High or low, we are always welcome.
"Is my sister a distinguished guest of the Queen, or is the Queen a new attendant for the Emperor?"
Behind Wen Jiaojiao, Yuzhu heard the palace concubine say that Wen Jiaojiao was the newly selected servant, and his expression immediately changed slightly.
Shen Lanjun knew Wen Jiaojiao, but she also doubted the queen's intentions and wanted to see how Wen Jiaojiao would answer.
"Who is your sister?"
Wen Jiaojiao said unceremoniously: "Are you worthy of calling me a sister?"
Since this concubine was blocking her because she wanted to know who she was, she would tell her who she was.
The queen sister never chooses concubines for the emperor. In previous years, these concubines were selected through drafts. It was rare for women to be included in the harem outside of drafts.
This concubine actually said that she was the servant chosen by Sister A for the emperor, which made her angry.
Wang Jieyu's status was not low, so her face turned pale after Wen Jiaojiao's unkind words.
"What are you doing standing at the door of this palace? Fengyi Palace is not a place for you to gossip."
When the concubines saw the queen coming out, they immediately saluted her: "The queen."
Xiao Qingyu saw the queen standing in front of Wang Jieyu and stretched out her hand to Wen Jiaojiao: "Jiaojiao, come here."
Wen Jiaojiao walked up to Xiao Qingyu and took her hand. Xiao Qingyu held her in his arms and smiled softly: "Why are you so angry? Who has made our Jiaojiao unhappy again?"
Wen Jiaojiao shook her head, "Sister, there's nothing wrong."
Wang Jieyu on the side immediately changed her expression when she heard Wen Jiaojiao calling the queen, sister.
The other concubines also exchanged glances with each other. This girl was actually the queen's sister!
Xiao Qingyu said to the group of concubines with fluttering eyebrows: "Let's all disperse and go back to each palace."
"yes."
The concubines couldn't help but whisper in low voices as they watched the queen lovingly carry the girl into the main hall.
After leaving Fengyi Palace, the concubines immediately started discussing enthusiastically.
"It turns out she is the Queen's sister. A few days ago, the Queen was feeling unwell and I heard that someone came to visit from her mother's house. I didn't know that the Queen's sister was also here."
"Fengyi Palace is like an iron barrel all day long. News rarely comes out. Even if the emperor favors someone in Fengyi Palace, we don't know."
Concubine Li sneered and said: "No wonder the emperor rarely visits the queen, but these days he goes to the queen's palace every day. I thought the emperor took pity on the queen because of her illness. It turns out that there is a beauty who caught the emperor's heart."
Concubine Li Xian glanced at Concubine Li and felt that she was really stupid. She smiled and said: "I advise all sisters to be careful when speaking. The empress regards this sister as her lifeblood and cannot allow others to say anything. The empress has not been able to speak for two years.
It's started, do the new sisters want to see it?"
The other more senior concubines had witnessed the scene of the queen punishing the concubines, so they immediately kept silent.
The new concubine had also heard of the Queen's previous vigorous and resolute methods, and did not dare to say anything more.
Only Concubine Li looked disdainfully at Concubine Xian. Although her family background was not obvious when she first entered the palace, her father and brother's official positions in the palace gradually increased. She herself was very beautiful, and the emperor gave her the word "Li".
The title shows that her appearance can bear the word "beautiful".
In just one year, Concubine Li's status was promoted several levels, and she was directly promoted to the rank of concubine. Everyone speculated that it would be a matter of time before her father's official position was promoted again, and she would be promoted to one of the four concubines of the second rank.
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Now there are still two vacant fourth concubines of the second rank.
As an "old man" who entered the palace at the same time as the empress, Concubine Xian was the most aware of Concubine Li's temperament and was the least likely to stay in the palace for a long time.
They can underestimate anyone, but they must not underestimate the queen.
At that time, the queen, even Shu Concubine, who was one of the four concubines, died of torture without even asking the emperor for permission. It was precisely because Shu Concubine relied on the emperor's favor and did not restrain herself in the palace that she harmed the pregnant concubine, her father and brother.
She also took advantage of her position in the palace to do evil.
In the past two years, the Queen's temperament has become more tempered, and some of the concubines are a little ignorant of the heaven and earth. Concubines like Li Fei, who have received some favors, begin to get carried away, and do not know that a disaster is coming at any time.
Seeing that all the concubines had calmed down, Concubine Xian reminded them: "Dear sisters, I don't know, but this sister of the Empress is her cousin. She is the fourth daughter of the imperial censor's family. She has been frail and delicate since she was a child, and has a bad temper.
She is a bit domineering. We have suffered a lot from this little girl in the past, but we never thought that after several years of seeing her, this little girl is so beautiful, and I didn't even recognize her for a moment."
"I advise you, sisters, to be more careful in your words and deeds, and don't leave any mistakes. The Queen cannot tolerate sand in her eyes."
Wang Jieyu said: "There is nothing that can't be said. We are all watching with open eyes. Miss Wen is really beautiful and she is the queen's cousin. The emperor goes to Fengyi Palace all day long and sees him every day."
Isn’t it tempting to be so beautiful?”
Another concubine also chatted: "Perhaps it won't be long before we have another sister in the palace to make it more lively."
"With the family background of this fourth young lady, and the support of the queen, she might be crowned concubine directly, and her status would be higher than that of you and me."
"Being a concubine? I think there is nothing wrong with being granted the title of a noble concubine. This is only below the level of the empress."
Concubine Li Xian shook her head, not wanting to stand with these idiots.
The queen has always been fed up with this palace, so how could she let her beloved sister get into this den of tigers and wolves?
So what if you are a queen or a noble concubine? You still have to serve the same husband with other women, so what is there to be proud of?
These women spend their days complacently and jealously trying to get some favors, which is very boring.
In Fengyi Palace, the queen sat aside and watched Wen Jiaojiao lying on the couch playing with the building blocks. Zhao Yan ran to her palace as soon as he got out of school and sat next to the couch to play with Jiaojiao.
On weekdays, the queen asked Zhao Yanshao to come to her palace. These days, not only Zhao Yan, but also the emperor also came to her palace every day.
She thought that Jiao Jiao was about the same age as Zhao Yan and could just be playmates together. No matter what the emperor was, she didn't want to see him.