"Youre the one whos a mother dog!" Lan Ye, the maid beside Jia Lian, chimed in, seeing Yan Xikun scolding her own young mistress in front of many other girls.

  "Slap," Yan Xijun also ruthlessly slapped Lan Ye, coldly saying: "How dare you, a bold and insolent slave, interrupt Masters words? You even dare to scold me, what are you?"

  Tit for tat, the slap he received before playing the qin was now returned.

  "You...?!" Lan Ye glared at Yan Xijun, her round face flushing bright red, but she didnt dare to retort back and instead turned to look at Jia Lifen, saying pitifully: "Miss..."

  Jia Lian glared at Yan Xiu Jun with her charming eyes, pointing at him with her slender fingers, and scolded: "Yan Xiu Jun, you are too presumptuous! When beating a dog, one must consider its master. You even dare to hit someone under my care, do you not want to live?"

  "Hmph, who knows whos being presumptuous? Who made the first move? Im just helping my sister get justice." Yan Xijun sneered coldly.

  "Dont think you have the queen backing you up, Miss. Im not afraid of you, Yan Xiu Jun! Youre asking for death!" Jia Li Fen said as she pounced over, raising her hand to fight Yan Xiu Jun to the death.

  "Miss Jia... dont be impulsive!"

  "You cant hit her."

  "Behind her is the Queen!"

  Jia Lians entourage of pretty girls, having seen the good show they came for, were now worried that things might get out of hand and hastily surrounded her, pulling her back and trying to calm her down.

  "Let me go! Whats so great about being an empress, what does it even mean to be an empress? Im not afraid of that empress!" Jia Lianying shouted loudly as she was surrounded by the group of beautiful women.

  Yan Xijun coldly smiled as she watched the group of women in disarray, and she was waiting to see how long Jia Lixian would continue to make a fuss.

  "Whats going on?" A cold and clear shout came over, causing everyone to stop in their tracks and turn around.

  Two young palace maids in crimson palace attire were walking towards this direction, one of them with a pointed face furrowed her brow and stared at Jia Lianxian with suspicion.

  Everyone was unaware of the identity of the palace maid, "Who are you? Are you not just a palace maid? Mind your own business!" Jia Lian saw that the two palace maids were staring straight at her with their eyes, which made her feel extremely displeased.

  "Hmph," the palace maid in red clothes snorted softly, casting a cold glance at Jia Lixian without responding, and turned to look at Yan Xijun standing quietly beside her.

  Yu Niang, the mistress of ceremonies who had rushed to the scene upon hearing the news, was in charge of training the palace maidens in etiquette. Her face looked unpleasant at first, but when she saw the two palace maidens, she immediately put on a smile and hurried over to greet them: "Xue Rong, Xue Lian, how do you two happen to have time to come to Changqiu Palace today? Why arent you attending to Empress Dowager? She cant do without you two."

  "Henan, we were sent here by the Empress herself." The woman in red clothes said politely, she was the senior maid of the Empress and also the head palace maid, in charge of many things and supervising a group of eunuchs.

  Yus expression changed and she asked nervously: "What has this old servant done wrong? Why have you been sent here, Your Highness?"

  Xue Rong smiled warmly: "Auntie didnt do anything wrong, the princess said that Auntie handled things properly, treated people kindly and did things solidly. After the selection of the imperial concubines is over, the princess will personally reward you."

  Yus expression clearly relaxed, and she said anxiously: "How dare I accept your reward, Your Ladyship? This is my duty as a servant. I will only have done what I should if I do it well to repay your great kindness."

  "The princess is indeed wise and discerning, with clear rewards and punishments. Whatever she bestows upon the wet nurse, the wet nurse should simply accept it." Xue Rong said with a smile, her eyes gleaming as she asked slowly and calmly, "What happened just now? I heard someone being extremely arrogant from afar, shouting loudly and daring to speak words that were disrespectful to the princess."

  "This...this is just a few young masters having a small disagreement!" Yus old eyes stared at Jia Lixiang, and those maids immediately lowered their heads, not daring to make a sound.

  They are all talented and beautiful women, who have seen the world and understood how to observe peoples words and expressions. Now that the senior palace maids by the empresss side have come over, it can be seen how much the empress cares about this selection of imperial consorts. On the surface, they seem to be doing well; who knows, maybe the empress will choose them as consorts.

  "Whats going on? Why would it involve Niangniang?" Xue Rong looked at Yu Niang with confusion.

  "This......this......," Yus mother replied hesitantly, she had just come out of the Long Autumn Palace and was still unclear about what had happened this time.

  "Its alright, I already know. Snow Rong waved her hand: A big tree attracts wind, and in this harem, who knows how many women are jealous of your status..."

  She paused for a moment, smiling at Jia Lians group of elegant ladies, but her tone turned icy as she said loudly: "The empress is after all the mistress of one palace in the harem, this is an unchangeable fact. Some people would do well to be smarter, no matter how noble a miss you were before entering the imperial palace, your mouth must still be controlled. Next time if you speak wildly again, it will definitely be yourself who suffers!"

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