Zhao Meng'er was so angry that she was shaking all over. She had never suffered such injustice since she was a child, but she could only endure it when she thought of her father's instructions.

"Sister...it's no wonder, my empress, that woman is really ignorant. Let's not talk about her humble background. A woman from a brothel dares to dream of flying up a branch and becoming a phoenix. Isn't this a discredit to the royal family? Isn't it to the people of the world?

Are you making fun of the emperor? Besides, the emperor doesn’t really like her, he just regards her as your substitute. But she knows it clearly, but she still charms the emperor and wants to trap him into injustice. How can I keep such a woman as my concubine?

Huh?" She said with indignation, as if she was sacrificing herself for justice.

"You are talking nonsense. Our girl is not the kind of person you said at all. She did not confuse the emperor, and it is impossible for her to trap the emperor into injustice." Dongmei couldn't stand listening anymore, and did not care about the consequences, so she stood up boldly.

To be fair to her former master, Li Ji loved the emperor, but she never wanted to seduce him or fly up a tree.

Snapped--

As soon as Dongmei finished speaking, a loud slap sounded on her cheek. Half of her face turned red immediately, which showed that the person who did it showed no mercy.

"You are so presumptuous, can I contradict you? Who do you think you are? You are just as despicable as your despicable master, and you dare to show off your power in front of me. You don't know how to live or die. Someone..."

Before Zhao Meng'er finished speaking, there was another slap in the face. This time everyone opened their eyes in horror, because the one who was slapped was no one else, but their arrogant and domineering imperial concubine, and the person who slapped her was

The future queen.

Zhao Meng'er was slapped, and her eyes were full of anger as she glared at the woman in front of her. She couldn't care less about her original intention of being patient, and shouted angrily: "Why do you hit me?"

Chu Xia was also full of anger. Before she could settle the score with her, this vicious woman actually attacked her people. Although she really didn't want to be the so-called queen, at this moment she suddenly felt that this title was quite good.

The palace attendant said: "Tell her, why should I beat her?"

The person who replied was Xiao Dezi, the manager of Huanyi Palace. Hearing this, he hurriedly stepped forward and said seriously to the imperial concubine: "Your Majesty, our empress has not yet held a canonization ceremony with the emperor, but the emperor has already asked someone to enthrone the empress."

Her name has been written into the royal family tree, so the Queen is the legitimate master of the harem and has the power to handle all matters in the harem."

This was to tell her whether Chu Xia was qualified to beat her. Although she did not hold a ceremony, she was already the default candidate for the queen according to the national law and the family, and there was no doubt about it.

"Zhao Meng'er, you are so brave. Who gave you the power to dare to hit my people in my palace? You are clearly slapping me in the face. You think I haven't been officially canonized yet, so you came here to give me the power.

Am I going to show off my power?"

Chu Xia spoke harshly, and her tone was harsher than ever before.

When Zhao Meng'er heard this, she trembled all over and knelt on the ground with a thud, "Mom, please calm down. I didn't mean this. It's just that the slave was too arrogant, so I couldn't help but teach her a lesson."

"Then you mean that my discipline is lax?" Chu Xia asked coldly.

"I didn't mean that, it's my fault. Please calm down, the queen." Zhao Meng'er said apologizing, but her heart was full of hatred. I'll let you be proud for a few days, and one day we will avenge all the old and new grudges.

Chu Xia was not a fool. Naturally, she saw unwillingness and hatred in her eyes. She smiled coldly in her heart. For such a vicious and scheming woman, even if she did not become the Queen of Donghua, she would not be able to take advantage of her.

"Wrong? What's the mistake?" Chu Xia walked back to the couch slowly, with a lot of manners. She looked sideways at the woman on the ground and asked.

Zhao Meng'er winked at Caiying behind her, and Caiying understood and quietly retreated.

Of course, their little moves could not escape Chu Xia's eyes. However, she pretended not to notice, picked up the tea cup and took a sip. She wanted to see what tricks she wanted to play today?

"I should not take matters into my own hands and deal with the people under me for the Queen. I have overstepped my bounds." Zhao Meng'er lowered her head, looking aggrieved like a frustrated little daughter-in-law. She would endure it for the time being, and she would look good later.

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Chu Xia glanced sideways at her and said leisurely: "Royal Concubine, I'm not qualified to accept your kneeling, because after all, I haven't been officially canonized yet, but you are a legitimate concubine. So you don't have to do anything to me.

Kneel down, but I think that as an imperial concubine, you have been in charge of the harem in this palace for many years, so you should naturally know that human life is at stake. Since you admit that you killed Miss Li Ji, you can correct your mistakes if you know them, and there is no such thing as good, so I can't

How about you? Just kneel down and make atonement for her."

After Chu Xia finished speaking, Qiu Ju and the others looked at Zhao Meng'er with even more indignation, but Zhao Meng'er herself was surprised that this woman actually asked her to kneel down to that despicable woman. Is this clearly humiliating her?

"What? Do you have any objections?" Seeing her dissatisfaction, Chu Xia asked.

"I don't dare." Zhao Meng'er lowered her head again, but the hatred in her eyes only increased instead of decreasing.

"Why am I always sleepy? It's not like some people who are so energetic and come out early in the morning to look for trouble."

Chu Xia was too lazy to look at Zhao Meng'er again, stretched, yawned and returned to the inner room with Chun Xia Qiudong. If that woman likes to kneel, let her kneel. If she really has a way to prevent herself from becoming the queen, she said

Maybe she would still thank her?

Returning to the inner room, I saw half of Dongmei's swollen face, and felt pity in my heart. They were all poor people, and just because they were born in this world, they were destined to be inferior and bullied everywhere.

"Qiu Ju, go get the medicinal wine and rub it on Dongmei."

"No need, my dear, my slave is thick-skinned and thick-skinned. I have been beaten often in the past and I have long been used to it." Dongmei was moved. She had been sold into a brothel since she was a child and had suffered all kinds of grievances. This slap was a real blow to her.

It was nothing. It was just that the master treated her like this, which moved her little heart.

Qiu Ju and several other girls were also moved. The lives of slaves have always been like ants, who cares about their life and death. The money they paid for them was not worth a bottle of wine, but what they bought was their lifelong servitude. Miss Li Ji

It was relatively good, and they never punished them. They thought they had finally found a good master who was willing to serve her all their lives. But they didn't expect that she died early. They were thinking that they didn't know where to go in this life, so they could meet Miss Chu.

They were truly lucky. What they didn't expect was that Miss Chu was a loyal woman and cared so much for them. How could they not be moved?

Chu Xia felt even more sad when she heard this. It seemed that they had really suffered a lot since childhood.

"Don't worry, as long as I'm here, I will never let you suffer even a little bit." She hates good people being bullied the most, let alone people who really care about her.

The four of them looked at each other and knelt down to Chu Xia, "Thank you for your kindness. The four of us will do our best to serve you. We will never be able to repay you in this life. We will continue to repay you in the next life."

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Chu Xia hurriedly went to help them and said earnestly: "Will you all get up? If you really treat me as your master, don't kneel down at every turn. I can't do this here. It's fate that we met each other, don't say who is against whom.

Yes, let’s take care of each other from now on.”

The four people were moved to tears. They really met a good person this time.

At this time, I heard a respectful voice outside, "See your Majesty."

Qiu Ju and the others looked at Chu Xia together, why did the emperor come? Seeing such a situation, I wonder if the emperor would blame the empress for not knowing the general situation? There was a look of worry in their eyes.

Chu Xia, however, didn't take it seriously, and there was a trace of ridicule at the corner of her mouth. It turned out that she had sent someone to move the emperor. She also wanted to see how the emperor would handle this matter, so she simply lay on the soft couch with her clothes on and listened quietly.

Outside, when Zhao Meng'er saw the emperor coming, her eyes flashed slightly, and her tears were like broken beads. However, they came quickly. She spoke pitifully to the emperor: "I am here to see the emperor. I treat you like a sinner. I am rude."

Yes, please forgive me, Your Majesty."

Jing Yuan just got a treasure, and he came here with great joy to please Chu Xia, but he didn't expect this woman to be here. He originally thought that she would be quiet for a while after being injured, but he didn't expect to come out and jump around so soon. It seems that

Her injury is still not serious enough, her Chu Xia is just too soft-hearted. Junquge

"Is the imperial concubine's health already well? Or... there is no room for you in Ximeng Palace?" Jing Yuan originally didn't want to talk to her, but thinking that her appearance in Huanyi Palace at this time would definitely make Chu Xia unhappy again.

, if she was unhappy, he would naturally not be happy either, so he asked coldly.

Zhao Meng'er's body was shaken, and she knew that the emperor would not really care about her, and now that that woman was here, he would not even care about her.

"I'm here to accompany my sister. What happened last time was a misunderstanding. I hope my sister can be tolerant and forgive me for my ignorance." As she spoke, tears fell again, and she clearly meant what she meant.

, since she is a person who wants to be a queen, she should be broad-minded and tolerant of others, but she obviously does not have this magnanimity, and naturally she is not qualified to be the queen.

Jing Yuan's deep phoenix eyes darkened, and he naturally heard what she meant.

"Since the noble concubine admits that she is ignorant, why don't you regret it here? Fortunately, Chu Xia is not an ignorant person, otherwise I really don't know who should be my queen." There was no hidden dislike for Zhao Meng'er in her tone.

There is also the praise given to Chu Xia. Anyone with eyes can naturally tell which one is more important in his mind.

Zhao Meng'er's face turned pale. If it weren't for the veil, it would have been even more ugly. Qiu Ju and others in the inner room heard it clearly, and they were all overjoyed. The emperor was indeed facing the empress, so they didn't have to worry.

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Chu Xia was astonished and closed her eyes to rest her mind.
Chapter completed!