"Everyone, please get up. I'm here to pay a visit to Concubine Xi. Please give me a message."
Zhou Xue said in a crisp voice with her hands behind her back.
"I would like to inform you that my master has gone to the Buddhist hall to pay homage to the Buddha and is not in the palace."
Shuangxi, the eunuch in charge, crawled forward and answered truthfully.
"That's a bit unfortunate, but it's nothing. I'll do the same later."
As soon as Zhou Xue finished speaking, she led the people directly inside.
The guards, eunuchs, and maids of Xihua Palace were all stunned and looked at each other. The Crown Princess just... just went in like this?
The rules of the harem clearly stipulate that each palace owner must obtain permission from the owner before entering, otherwise it will be provocation and will be punished.
This palace arrangement may seem absurd, but it is really necessary in the harem. Jealousy and secret fighting among concubines are almost the norm. If you can break into the other party's palace at will, wouldn't there be trouble all day long?
"Why is this Crown Princess like this? Is she allowed to come in? Then she comes in?"
"What do you think of our Xihua Palace? Eunuch Xi, don't you care?"
Xiao Rong and Xiao Meng looked at Zhou Xue's back and said angrily, they and Xiao Cui were both personal maids of Concubine Xi, but Xiao Cui knelt down and said nothing. She had just brought the memory card over in the afternoon.
Zhou Xue came to the door, and it’s possible that the person who came was evil! “I don’t care?
I am the eunuch supervising the princess?"
Shuangxi glared at them fiercely, "You two really think highly of me, hurry up and follow the scouts, by the way, I must remind you two, don't rely on the favor of the empress, ignore the dignity, and be disrespectful to the crown princess.
!The Crown Princess is not like those little masters!"
The harem also has a hierarchy. The queen is the master of the harem. There are eight levels below the queen: the first-grade concubine, the second-grade concubine, the third-grade Zhaoyi, the fourth-grade Jieyu, the fifth-grade nobleman, the sixth-grade Changzai, the seventh-grade Baolin, the eighth-grade
promise.
Although the Xihua Palace is not as large as the Biyue Palace, it is indeed vast and luxurious. The palace has overhanging eaves and is magnificent.
"Your Majesty, it's windy outside, please go to the guest hall to drink tea."
Shuangxi bowed.
"No, I'll just drink tea in this courtyard."
Zhou Xue sat casually on the stone bench and said with a smile.
"yes."
Shuangxi first responded, and then ordered the people around him, "Quickly go make tea for the queen and serve snacks and fruits."
After a while, more than a dozen palace maids came over with trays, and they all knelt in front of Zhou Xue. They held the trays steadily and allowed Zhou Xue to choose what was practical.
"Your Majesty, this sweet-scented osmanthus cake is a tribute from the Great Wolf Kingdom. Would you like to try it?"
Double happiness recommendation.
“Sweet but not greasy, not bad.”
Zhou Xue praised.
"If your Majesty likes to eat, please eat more. Wait a minute and I will have someone carry a few boxes and send them to the palace for you."
Shuangxi bent over and tried his best to please her.
"Well, then I would like to thank Eunuch Xi."
Zhou Xue smiled.
Zhou Xue ate two more pieces. When she wanted to grab the third piece, she suddenly frowned, her face showed pain, and she tightly covered her stomach with her hands.
"Mother, are you feeling uncomfortable?"
Shuangxi asked hurriedly.
"My stomach suddenly hurts. Please take me to the Imperial Concubine Xi's bedroom to rest for a while."
Zhou Xue said, her tone noncommittal.
What?
Everyone in Xihua Palace was startled. None of them could have imagined that Zhou Xue would actually make such a request. The bedroom has special significance for the privacy of the concubines in the harem and is sacred and inviolable. Unless ordered by the emperor and empress, even a first-grade concubine will not be allowed to do so.
You are not allowed to enter the young master's bedroom below.
Xiaorong and Xiaomeng were almost furious. This Zhou Xue was simply too much. He didn't take Xihua Palace seriously, nor did he take their master seriously! Xiaorong couldn't help it anymore.
: "Your Majesty, this is the palace, not the countryside outside."
Xiaomeng followed up and said: "You are the empress, and our master is also the empress, and she is also a noble concubine!"
The two of them were brought over by Concubine Xi from their natal family, and they never forgot to protect Concubine Xi's face. In addition, they were arrogant and spoiled by Concubine Xi. They subconsciously felt that Concubine Xi was supporting them and they didn't need anyone.
Afraid, no one would dare to touch them.
"Haha, you two slaves are so courageous. You dare to talk to me like this."
Zhou Xuejiao laughed and directly ordered, "Hit them, give each of them thirty blows, don't hold back, beat them to death, drag them out and bury them!"
In fact, Zhou Xue would not be acquainted with them at all, but would use her to scare the monkeys. She had to let Concubine Xi know that she, Zhou Xue, was not provocative, but she was not easy to offend either.
Li Yang stood nearby and nodded involuntarily.
Xuexue finally grew up, and after experiencing the incident of being buried, she already had an unyielding sense of struggle.
The accompanying guards of Biyue Palace received the order and immediately grabbed them like wolves and tigers, pushed them to the ground, and executed them with sticks.
"It hurts, it hurts so much. Stop beating me. Please be merciful, my queen. This will kill me."
"Mother, we were wrong, we were really wrong, please spare your life, spare your life."
Xiaorong and Xiaomeng were still very tough at first, but when the wrench hit her body and her skin was torn, she immediately cried and begged for help at the top of her lungs.
By the time they finished playing thirty pieces, the two of them had fainted from the pain, and the clothes on their backs were stained red with blood.
The whole place was silent, deathly quiet.
Zhou Xue's eyes looked around the left back, and finally stopped at Shuang Xi: "Eunuch Xi, can you take me to rest now?"
Shuangxi said with a bitter face: "Empress, you'd better give me a spanner. I really don't dare to take you there."
"you!"
Zhou Xue stomped her feet angrily, and for a moment she was completely helpless against him. First of all, she didn't want to punish people all the time, and secondly, after beating Double Happiness, who else would she ask to take her there? Who would dare to take her there?
"Happy father-in-law, our mother-in-law is pregnant and is not feeling well now. If you don't take her to rest, can you bear the responsibility for what happens if something happens?"
Li Yang spoke slowly, "Besides, I have to remind you that our queen got a stomachache after eating the sweet-scented osmanthus cake you recommended. It's clear what's going on. It's you who wants to harm the emperor's heir. That's not clear.
You may also suspect Concubine Xi."
When Shuangxi heard this, he immediately trembled, his face turned pale, he was scared and regretful. If he was convicted of harming the emperor's heir, he would have to be chopped alive. He shouldn't go into trouble to please. What kind of sweet-scented osmanthus cake do you recommend?
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"Your Majesty, I will take you to rest right now. I will take you there right now."
Zhou Xue followed him to the dormitory, while Li Yang went to the side courtyard under Ah Fu's guidance. However, neither Li Yang nor Zhou Xue gained anything. They searched the room and found nothing they were eager to pursue.
Something to return.”
did you find it?"
Li Yang returned to the yard and saw Zhou Xue coming out, so he immediately approached him and asked.
"No."
Zhou Xue shook her head.
"Are you dirty?"
Li Yang asked again.
"I can't do such a despicable thing!"
Zhou Xue replied, giving him a fierce look.
Li Yang suddenly became anxious, and just when he was about to rush in to hide his dirt, the sound of kneeling outside the door sounded: "Welcome your empress back to the palace!"