In the main hall of Fangcao Xuan, the atmosphere was dull and depressing, Mrs. Xuan sat on the main seat, her face was gloomy and terrible, her personal palace maid Biying stood beside Mrs. Xuan with bated breath, and the palace maids on both sides were bowing their heads, and they did not dare to come out.

There was a little palace maid standing next to Mrs. Xuan who served tea, maybe she had been holding it for a long time, her hands were numb, one was not holding it, the teacup in her hand fell off the tray, fell at Mrs. Xuan's feet, and suddenly stained Mrs. Xuan's skirt.

The little maid fell to her knees with a frightened thud, completely ignoring the pain caused by the tiny piece of broken porcelain under her knee that had pierced the skin on her leg.

Because this palace maid knew that Mrs. Xuan was very hot-tempered when she was angry, and if she was not careful, she would be punished, and if she was serious, she might even be beaten into a violent room, so she was so frightened that she kowtowed again and again, and she couldn't speak.

Mrs. Xuan kicked over, and directly kicked the little palace maid to a heel, the little palace maid trembled all over her body and quickly got up and continued to kneel, Mrs. Xuan was in a bad mood, and said angrily: "Useless, what's the use of not even holding a cup of tea, come on, pull down and beat twenty whips!" ”

"Niangniang, the slave maid didn't mean it, please let the slave be merciful, Niangniang, Niangniang, spare the slave." The little palace maid was trembling with fright, and seeing that a little eunuch came in from outside and dragged her out, she couldn't help but beg in a panic.

This time, without waiting for Mrs. Xuan to continue to be angry, Bi Ying beside her had already spoken to reprimand first, "Shut up, you made a mistake and the mother punished you with twenty whips is already a grace, don't you hurry up and thank you, do you still want to be punished." ”

Although Bi Ying opened her mouth to reprimand this little palace maid, she was actually completely kind, Mrs. Xuan was short-tempered and didn't like the slave to cry to her for mercy, if this little palace maid continued to beg for mercy without knowing what to do, maybe Mrs. Xuan would really replace the whip with a board.

It is not terrible to be whipped in the harem, but the whipping of a slave is actually a light punishment, because there are rules in the palace that whipping a slave is not allowed to bleed, so as not to affect the work and serving the master, so the whipping is at most a flesh wound, that is, it hurts and does not hurt the body.

But it's different when you hit the board, the board is heavy, and if you hit the body, the skin will open the flesh and the flesh will be heavy, and there will be internal injuries, and even the person with the black hand, if you hit it with twenty boards, the bones can be broken.

The little palace maid also knew the difference between the whip and the board, she was scared before she instinctively pleaded, but now she also remembered Mrs. Xuan's character, hurriedly closed her mouth, thanked her head with tears, and was dragged out with the strength of the two eunuchs.

At the same time that the little palace maid was dragged out, another little palace maid had already stepped forward to clean up the broken teacup lightly, and at this time, another little palace maid came in to report to Mrs. Xuan, "Report to Niangniang, Ruan Zhaoyi asks to see Niangniang." ”

Hearing that the little palace maid reported that Ruan Zhaoyi was coming, Mrs. Xuan's face softened a little, and she said lightly, "Let her in." ”

Ruan Zhaoyi is a small jasper type beauty, her beauty is not stunning, nor eye-catching, but it is like a trickle, silently moistening people's hearts, and she is a beauty who needs to calm down and appreciate it carefully to find her beauty.

Ruan Zhaoyi is smart and means, she is Mrs. Xuan's brains, if Ruan Zhaoyi is not married to a man like the emperor who is surrounded by stunning beauties, with her clever means, she will definitely be favored by her husband.

It's a pity that Ruan Zhaoyi is married to the emperor, and there are countless beauties around her, how can she have the time and mind to appreciate Ruan Zhaoyi's beauty, so Ruan Zhaoyi has not had much favor since she entered the palace, and the only bit of favor still relies on Ruan Zhaoyi to take refuge in Mrs. Xuan, and there is a reason why Mrs. Xuan said good words in front of the emperor.

Ruan Zhaoyi knows Mrs. Xuan's temperament very well, Mrs. Xuan is straightforward in front of the emperor, she is a person with no scheming and a bright temperament, she is happy and angry, and if you offend me, you will give you ugly revenge on the spot.

But after the revenge is over, there will be no accounts behind it, the matter will pass, and there will be no grudges, it looks simple as if he doesn't even know how to hide his joy and anger, and he is so broad-minded that he has no heart and lungs, and he doesn't know how to hold grudges, and he can see through it at a glance.

For the emperor, who has seen a lot of complex and cunning people's hearts, such a simple temperament like a clear water that can see the bottom at a glance makes him feel relaxed and like.

So although Mrs. Xuan is very popular in the harem, she often speaks out of place and can't get off the stage, and even many people ridicule her behind her back that she is as simple as a straw bag, only a beautiful skin, but the inside is empty, but the emperor still loves Mrs. Xuan very much for so many years.

But in fact, is Mrs. Xuan really so simple and stupid, that is impossible, how can a simple-minded person survive in the harem, Mrs. Xuan just understands that the emperor likes her to be so simple-minded and shallow and good-looking, so she maintains her current character.

Just like Mrs. Xuan offends people every time she has no scheming, she never displeases the emperor anymore, she doesn't want her to offend people when she offends someone, and she never speaks directly to the queen who the emperor values the most.

In fact, no one knows more than Ruan Zhaoyi how small Mrs. Xuan's heart is, it is not a matter at all to take revenge in person, and no one will find a post-account afterwards, and no one knows better than Ruan Zhaoyi how irritable and calculating Mrs. Xuan's temperament is.

In the past, because the emperor said that Mrs. Xuan's eyes were very similar to Gao Jieyu's eyes, Mrs. Xuan had a grudge against Gao Jieyu since then, and she couldn't get along with her everywhere, and Gao Jieyu, who was inexplicably found fault with Mrs. Xuan, still doesn't know why Mrs. Xuan doesn't like her.

In the past, Gao Jieyu could be said to have been stepped on by Mrs. Xuan everywhere, but now she suddenly entered the seal, and Mrs. Xuan wanted to further become one of the four concubines, but she failed to do so for seven or eight years.

Under such circumstances, someone who had not been sealed for several years like himself suddenly entered the seal, so how could Mrs. Xuan not be angry and angry.

What's more important is that Ruan Zhaoyi saw at the entrance ceremony that the huge pearl on the phoenix beaded hairpin that Gao Jieyu was wearing on her head today turned out to be the pearl on a step that Mrs. Xuan had loved very much before.

That step shook Mrs. Xuan was in pain for a long time, and she agreed to donate it in order to buy it in front of the emperor, and after donating it, Mrs. Xuan talked to her about this pearl in private, and she was very distressed.

But now this pearl is inlaid on another hairpin today, and it is worn on the head by the opponent who has always looked down on her, and as soon as she saw this hairpin, Ruan Zhaoyi knew that Mrs. Xuan would definitely be very angry in her heart, even angry.