Volume 1 ◆ Chaos in the Harem 007 Servant girls are too naive!

  Hong Feng quickly knelt down and pulled Su Jinping down as well: "Your humble servant greets Lady Yin, Su Jinping has just become a palace maid and doesn't understand things yet, please forgive her, Lady Yin!"

  Su Jinping was pulled by her, hesitated for a moment, thinking of those thousands of sharp arrowheads, and knelt down with a sullen face. Compared to her life, her dignity was nothing, as long as this woman didn't go too far!

  But this "Yin Meiren" obviously didn't want to let her off, and circled around her a few times: "Sister really has good skills, having only been a palace maid for one day, you can already get Hong Feng to speak up for you, it's making me a bit envious!"

  Hong Feng immediately spoke up, "Your Ladyship, it's this servant's fault for speaking out of turn! Please don't punish this servant!" However, she didn't show a hint of genuine fear, instead causing Su Jinping to furrow her brow - this Hong Feng was not simple at all!

  Yin Qiuyue naturally knew that this Hong Feng was not someone to be trifled with. Having been able to mix in the imperial palace for so many years, rising straight up like a dark horse, and yet not being under any of the empresses' command, she usually had an air of having someone backing her up. There could only be one explanation - she was the emperor's person! She wouldn't dare offend the emperor just because of Su Jinping!

  Smiling, she said: "Hong Feng is an old hand in the imperial palace, I would only say such things to her, and Auntie shouldn't take it to heart."

  "How dare I!" Hong Feng still had a moderate and dignified appearance.

  Su Jinping rolled her eyes in boredom and said, "Just finish speaking already, hurry up and let's go, my legs are all numb from kneeling!"

  "Sister, you are also the number one beauty of Dongling, and it can be said that you are a thousand gold in the Xiangfu House. Although you are a concubine's daughter, you are still a young lady. Now that you have become a palace maid, what do you think?" Yín Qiūyuè stood with a gentle smile, while the palace maid behind her considerately held up an umbrella to block out the not-so-dazzling sunlight, and she looked like a perfect ten!

  "What's your impression?" "I'm just a humble servant, I don't have any impressions to speak of!" She said this with a straight face, completely disregarding the feelings of her audience.

  The people present couldn't help but twitch the corners of their mouths, and Yin Qiuyue also felt a sense of being choked. Taking a deep breath in her heart, she spoke again: "Yesterday, younger sister was still a fifth-rank lady-in-waiting, today she became a palace maid, how could she not have any thoughts about it? Come on, tell older sister and let older sister help you dispel your worries!"

  "Yin Meiren, shouldn't you stop making reckless claims of kinship? No, I mean to say that Yin Meiren's status is noble, while I am just a lowly palace maid. How could I possibly bear the title of 'sister' alongside yours? Please, Yin Meiren, be more cautious with your words!" What the...?! You'd better get out of here before I lose my temper! I'm not afraid to kick even the Emperor into a toilet, let alone a mere beauty like you!

  Listening to the previous sentence, Yin Meiren's delicate face naturally became quite ugly, but the latter part greatly satisfied her vanity, and she looked at Su Jinping with a smile: "It's rare that you still have some self-awareness!"

  Su Jinping's ears perked up, and she could sense that nineteen people were approaching. Her killer instincts were still sharp! She raised her head and saw the woman in brocade clothes walking towards her with a group of palace maids from afar. With an imperceptible curl of her lips, she thought to herself: "So it's Yin Meiren? Well, today I'll let you know that I'm not someone to be trifled with!" "This servant naturally has self-awareness, but some people just don't have any self-awareness at all."

  "Su Jinping, what do you mean by this?" The expression on Yin Meiren's face immediately turned unpleasant.

  It's just a literal meaning! "The meaning of 'slave' is...". She seemed to be in a bit of a panic, her eyes drifting back and forth, but she was only staring at the woman in the bright yellow brocade dress who was getting closer and closer, the sinister smile at the bottom of her eyes becoming more and more apparent.

  "Your Majesty, I only think that the Empress is truly more noble than Lady Yin. I absolutely did not mean to imply that Lady Yin lacks self-awareness, so...so...I spoke out of turn and said such a thing! Please forgive me, Your Majesty!" Su Jinping put on an extremely flustered appearance, but her eyes were full of cunning. As for the lowly woman, she herself couldn't take action, but letting someone else help take care of it wasn't a bad idea either!

  That empress also beat her own mistress before, none of them are good things!

  Yin Meiren was furious upon hearing this: "You cheap thing, how dare you bring up the Empress to mock me? If I don't teach you a lesson today, you won't know my power!"

  She raised her hand and was about to slap Su Jinping's face, but just as she lifted it halfway, her hand was caught by the woman behind her...

  Everyone was shocked and only then discovered He Lianyu's presence. They quickly knelt down: "Greetings to the Empress!"

  I bet it's her, and she really is the queen!

  In memory, the retinue that accompanied the imperial concubine on an outing was as many as eighteen people. If it wasn't the Empress Dowager, then it must be the Empress. This woman was so young, which is why she could guess her identity.

  "Yin Meiren, it seems you have many grievances against me!" The woman's elegant and refined voice carried a barely concealed majesty, with an air of a mother of the nation.

  That beautiful woman was frightened pale, and quickly knelt down and said: "Your Majesty the Empress, I admire you so much, how could I be dissatisfied with you?"

  He Lian Rong stretched out her slender jade hand, wearing a golden and luxurious ring on her finger, lifted up Yin Mei Ren's pointed face, examined it for a while, and coldly laughed: "You're still a pretty girl, but has anyone ever told you who's in charge of the harem? Who is the emperor's legitimate wife? A small fourth-rank beauty like you dares to not put me in her eyes, tell me, who gave you the guts?"

  "Your Majesty, I, I really didn't mean to overstep my bounds, I, I..." Her head was still spinning, how did the Empress suddenly appear out of nowhere? And those two sentences she exchanged with Su Jinping had clearly put her at a disadvantage!

  He Lian Rong looked at her with a face full of obedience and panic, and also began to think. The harem is not a place where everything can be seen on the surface. She has been in the harem for so many years, naturally she understands, so there are already some suspicious colors on her face.

  Su Jinping, who had been quiet for half a day, suddenly spoke up and pleaded: "Your Majesty the Empress, Concubine Yin has already said that she didn't have any ulterior motives, so please let her off this one time!"

  She finished speaking, lowering her head to conceal the smile in her eyes. The Empress only said that Lady Yu didn't take her seriously, but this foolish woman actually revealed her own "treasonous heart". The Empress hesitated, and decided to let her help push things along! This "schemer" wasn't someone to be trifled with!

  As expected, this obvious reminder made Helian Rong's face turn cold: "Good you, Yin Qiuyue! This palace almost got fooled by you! Are you worthy of having such audacity? Today, this palace will definitely teach you a lesson!"

  "The heart of usurpation", these four words reminded her of another woman in the harem, another woman who hated each other to the bone, and hated that she couldn't get rid of her quickly. So it was also very natural to vent her anger on Yin Qiuyue's body.

  "Ah, Your Majesty the Empress, I, I..." Those venomous eyes suddenly turned to Su Jinping, "It's you, it's you who wants to harm me, Your Majesty the Empress. This is all her scheme, it has nothing to do with me! This is her scheme!"

  "What's her plan?" He Lianrong turned her head, looking at Su Jinping with a hint of doubt.

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