At this time, Empress Ji had come back from Mian Fu Palace, and had changed the Empress’s Diyi (the most honorable ceremonial robe with the embroidered patterns of Di bird) that she wore to pay respects just now into a set of light purple palace costume. She tied up her hair loosely, into which a pair of precious Dian (a kind of hairpin) with the patterns of hibiscus flower inlaid with red agate oppositely inserted. And there was also a green hairpin with the patterns of bamboo, plum blossom and lucid ganoderma. When she was supported by a maid to slowly step up, a pair of about a Cun (about 3.3cm) of pure gold pendants beside her ears were almost motionless. It showed that she was super elegant and dignified.
“What a poor girl. Why did you swim to Small Peng Lai?” After Empress Ji who was supported by the maid’s hands sat down on her noble throne, she looked down at Yun Fenghuang underneath who had been kneeling politely, and said indifferently, “This morning, Noble Co
“Mother, if you have any instructions, just enjoin a eunuch to tell me.” Empress Ji frowned first when she heard Queen Mother of Mercy came, but her expression immediately turned to be respectable and affectionate and then she went out to greet Queen Mother of Mercy, “You elder don’t have to come here in person. This is really my fault.”Queen Mother of Mercy, who was called “elder” by her was actually not old. She was between forty to fifty years old and looked younger because of the superior living environment and the recipes for keeping youth.“You are busy taking charge of the Imperial Harem.” Ms. Yuan supported by the Empress got off the sedan, and patted the back of the Empress’s hand, saying softly, “I have nothing to do now. We are both in the Imperial Harem, and my residence is not far from here, so, it doesn’t matter.”She had a very different temperament from Queen Mother of Honor, Queen Mother Ji. Queen Mother Ji’s majestic manner w
“Your Highness, don’t land in Queen Mother of Mercy’s trap!” Yun Fenghuang raised her head and said aggrievedly, “I am helpless in the Imperial Harem, and I can only rely on Your Highness. If even Your Highness detests and rejects me, then... then I...”Before she finished her words, she began to cry.Empress Ji was unmoved, sneering, “You even play a double game at such a young age! You kept on appreciating Mother’s grace just now, but now you suddenly turn hostile before she had gone away. It’s useless to pretend to be pathetic now. I know clearly what you are planning!”“Your Highness, You’ve really wronged me!” Yun Fenghuang kneeled a few steps forward and shouted, “Queen Mother of Mercy is Consort Yue’s legitimate aunt, and Consort Yue doesn’t like me. Since they stand at the same side, how is it possible for Queen Mother of Mercy to have favorable views of me? It’s her best mercy not to help Consort Yue murder me, not to mention helping m
“I’m afraid something bad had happened to Nian Xuan.” Noticing Yun Fenghuang’s complexion, Xin Qing and the eunuch who had planned to go forward and congratulate her both bowed and folded their hands with surprise, trying to behave submissively.Yun Fenghuang ignored them, and went to the inner room alone to sit down. She thought to herself with frowning, “Queen Mother Yuan is willing to help me ask the Empress for the grade of Mei Ren, from which I can see that though I don’t know whether her intention is good or not, at least it seems that she is not going to make me embarrassed. In this case, why doesn’t she let Nian Xuan return?”Maybe it was not that they didn’t want to let Nian Xuan return, but that it was not suitable to send her back to Xi Xing Building under her current condition.After all, it was not a big deal for Emperor Chunjia and Queen Mother Yuan to beat a maid to death or disability.It was unlucky for Nian Xuan t
“Auntie Zhu, it hurts to hear what you said!” Consort Yue was originally very sad, but Auntie Zhu’s words were like arrows, which pierced her heart deeply. She raised her tearful face, “It’s clear that the bitch Yun Fenghuang...”Auntie Zhu interrupted her impatiently, “You have poured out these words to His Majesty and the Queen Mother for hundreds of times! They are so kind and patient to hear you passing the buck over and over again, but I’m impatient to allow you to be wayward! The Queen Mother had told you clearly that the Imperial Harem was not our family, and you couldn’t afford to be wayward. What did you say? Ah?”“You said that as long as you could be with His Majesty, you were not afraid of anything!”“What now?”“It’s been eight years since you jointed the Imperial Harem, and you almost cry or complain every day. In your heart, the concubines are either miserable or diabolical! Do you really think you are the only one w
“Thanks for her concern.” In Cheng Cai Hall, Noble Consort Shu was as approachable as normal, and took the gifts kindly. She said, “My sister Fenghuang has just joined the Imperial Harem and is busy with her own business, but she still cares about me. How sweet she is!”Then she asked her maids to give some rewards to Xin Qing, and said, “Are you going to Small Jiao E Building? I won’t keep you then.”Xin Qing expressed her gratitude and left promptly.After Xin Qing left, Noble Consort Shu frowned and asked the maids with an indifferent tone, “Is there anyone of you know what Yun Fenghuang is up to?”“Maybe she deliberately shows her kindness to you because she is afraid that you know she went to Yan Fu Palace yesterday.” A maid wearing a blue palace costume guessed, “Although her family background is not powerful, she is quite mean to do so. How can Consort Yue compare with you, My Lady? Her family is not as powerful as yours and
“My Majesty!” Yun Fenghuang personally served a cup of tea to Emperor Chunjia. Glancing at the eunuch she had never seen before, she asked delicately, “I’ve never seen the eunuch you bring today, My Majesty.”Emperor Chunjia opened the lid of the tea bowl, blew on the tea, and said slowly, “Yan Yin serves me newly. It is impossible if you have seen him before.”He said in a bland tone, as if he didn’t mind what had happened to Jiang Lan at all.“You are right, My Majesty.” Yun Fenghuang smirked and sat down in a seat. There was an end table between them. “This eunuch is fair and handsome, much more beautiful than the previous one Jiang Lan. He looks delightful... Is it you who gave him the name Yan Yin?”Emperor Chunjia put down the tea bowl and said, “Jiang Lan had also come with me to see you here several times before. But you didn’t notice him at all at that time. Why do you pay attention to Yan Yin when he firstly comes here? I
The palace hostesses were still on their way to Yan Fu Palace. Among the concubines in the side halls, the highest grade was Pin, Deputy Third-Grade, followed by Rong Hua, Fourth-Grade, Gui Ren, Deputy Fourth-Grade, and then Mei Ren, Fifth-Grade.Since there were a small number of concubines in Emperor Chunjia’s harem, there was only one Pin called Ms. Yan who entered the palace in the Emperor’s wedding day and stayed with Fu Ren Yaoning. There were two Rong Hua. One was Ms. Dong who had been with the Emperor for many years in Consort Xin’s palace, just like Ms. Yan. The other one was Ms. Wei who was cordially invited in Yi Jia Palace recently. It was said that there were two Gui Ren before. Given they both “had died suddenly” in Hu Zhu Palace, there was no Gui Ren in the harem now. There were also several Mei Ren before. But because of various reasons, they had died. The existing three Mei Ren, namely, Yun Fenghuang, Yun Qingman and Mei Ren Xue were newly promoted this
The Empress clearly saw the three people’s expressions on her seat. Rong Hua Wei and Cai Ren Gui of course gloated. Yun Fenghuang felt stunned. Then she seemed to be aggrieved and thought for a while. She pretended to act as if nothing were on her mind. Then she lowered her head and expressed gratitude to the Empress.“She is patient.” The Empress thought to herself, “I thought she will continue to say she is innocent because she is favored by His Highness.”She had planned that if Yun Fenghuang dared to keep arguing that she was innocent, she would keep up her efforts and demote her from Mei Ren to Cai Ren... However, Yun Fenghuang accepted the punishment.The Empress secretly regretted it, glanced at those concubines and servants who were kneeling a little farther to her, and casually ordered her leading maid to rebuke them. The reason was that “You indifferently watched Rong Hua Wei and Cai Ren Gui have a quarrel with Mei Ren Yun. The harmon