"Did the one from Qiongzhi Palace fall out of favor? I haven't seen His Majesty come here in the past half month..."
"What nonsense are you talking about? When have you ever pampered me, hehe..."
The teasing laughter of the two little palace maids passed through the plum blossoms in the garden and seemed a bit sharp.
"I'll teach them a lesson." Liu Nu frowned, looked very ugly, and spoke angrily.
Ahaya stopped her, shook her head slightly, and her eyes fell on the plum blossoms in full bloom, which were deep and obscure.
The convoy staggered for a month before returning to the capital from Wancheng.
Xie Jie did not give her any status, but placed her in the Qiongzhi Hall next to the imperial palace, adjacent to a plum garden.
This unethical move immediately caused an uproar in the palace. All the palaces were concerned and couldn't figure out what the king was thinking.
It is said that he is valued, but he is not canonized. It is said that he is not valued... and he can go beyond the rules and live next to the emperor, which is closer than the Changning Palace where the queen should live.
From the concubines to the slaves, everyone was either afraid of her or curious about her, a woman brought back by the emperor from his tour. In short, no one wanted to know the details of Ahaya.
Half a month passed like this, but Xie Jie seemed to have forgotten Aheya. He never went to Qiongzhi Hall to visit or summon her.
Everyone in the palace gradually relaxed. These days, even the palace servants serving in Qiongzhi Palace were obviously not caring much.
But these are not important. Those who adapt to the wind will be the fastest to fall towards her.
Ahaya's eyes deepened a little deeper.
This kind of cold reception after being ignored was something she had experienced exactly the same way in her previous life.
The Shen family was just the beginning. Xie Jie could no longer tolerate the "heroes" who were dictating things in the court.
He needs someone to muddy the waters in the harem for him and draw out the ambitions of the previous dynasty.
Then she doesn't mind adding fuel to Daxu's storm.
With a little force on her fingertips, she broke off the best plum blossom in front of her.
"Eh!"
An arrogant voice suddenly sounded, his tone full of domineering.
Ahaya turned around and saw a palace maid pointing at her, arrogantly speaking in a commanding tone.
"You! Who allowed you to fold flowers here?"
Ahaya's eyes fell on her face and she recognized the person. She couldn't help but narrowed her eyes slightly and curled her lips.
The magpie next to the most favored Yun Meiren in the harem.
It seemed that Xie Jie's cold treatment of her for half a month was not without effect. Didn't someone finally come to test her?
"Why can't you fold it?" Ahaya tilted her head and asked deliberately, "If you can't fold it, what is it in your hand?"
"Me!" Magpie didn't expect that she would dare to talk back. After being speechless for a moment, he became a little angry, "This is the flower Yun Meiren wants! Who are you? Do you dare to compare with my master?"
"Oh - I remember." She snorted, her eyes full of disdain, raised her chin, and mocked, "You are the one who fell out of favor before you were favored... right?"
"If you ask me, a sparrow is a sparrow. Stop dreaming about flying on the branches!"
"What did you say?"
Liu Nu was furious, she clenched her fists, and her eyes seemed to be burning with fire.
These days, she has seen Ahaya being surrounded by all kinds of discriminatory eyes, and she has long been on the verge of exploding. At this time, she was so embarrassed that she could hardly hold her breath.
"That's her you're talking about!" Magpie replied with sharp teeth, the sarcasm on his face completely undisguised, "The clay-legged ones are the clay-legged ones, and the slaves they bring with them don't know the rules either."
"Liu Nu!" Aheya shouted and held Liu Nu's hand to calm her down a little.
She looked at the magpie with cold eyes and said in a cool tone: "You don't have to be a slave. If you don't know, why would you think you are a master?"
"No matter what I do, I am still listed in the palace." The magpie snorted and began to sarcastically say, "Unlike you, so what if I was brought in? I live in this plum garden with no name and no status. There is no one in the palace.
All birds are nobler than you."
"Snapped!"
This slap was loud and clear, and for a moment, the entire plum garden was silent.
Ahaya waved her hand, her eyes were cold, as if she was looking at a dead object.
Liu Nu was not allowed to do it because she was afraid that Xie Jie would take the opportunity to punish her again. Doing it by herself would eliminate this worry.
Xie Jie was afraid that he would still applaud her - he had tried every possible means to put her in this position, wasn't this the effect he wanted?
"How dare you hit me?!"
The magpie covered his face and was stunned for a long time before he came to his senses and screamed.
"Yes." Ahaya raised the corners of her lips, looked at her, tilted her head slightly, looking innocent, "What should I do? You should report it to the palace manager."
"Or you can go cry to your beautiful Yun and complain like a three-year-old child."
She curled her lips, trying her best to mock.
She couldn't ask for it more.
"You, you..." Magpie was so angry that she burst into tears. He pointed at her and was speechless for a long time.
"You are indeed a bitch from a bitter cold place!" She cursed incessantly, "You are such an uneducated thing! Apart from your face, what other tricks do you have to be charming?"
She glared at Ahaya hatefully, her eyes full of resentment: "Just wait! Sooner or later you will suffer!"
"I would like to hear, what kind of trouble can it cause?"
The lazy male voice sounded, seemingly with a smile, but Magpie's whole body seemed to be frozen, and he immediately knelt down with a plop, trembling slightly.
Ahaya raised her eyebrows slightly, picked up the red plum between her fingers, turned to look at him, and showed a bright smile.
"Your Majesty still knows to see me?"
She wrinkled her nose, looked squeamish, and snorted, "I thought you were going to let me be bullied to death."
"It's just been a busy few days with government affairs. I didn't come to see you, nor did I go to see anyone else?" Xie Jie curled his lips, took a few steps closer in cooperation, pulled her into his arms, and coaxed in a low voice.
Are you busy with government affairs? You can't find time to meet people for half a month, so why don't you find time to reward me with something?
Ahaya sneered in her heart, but she pretended to be obedient on her face, showing Xie Jie the red plum in her arms like a treasure.
"Look, this branch is probably blooming the best in the whole garden." She arched her eyebrows with pure joy, "Do you like it?"
"Yes." Xie Jie glanced casually and responded lovingly.
Ahaya knew what he wanted to hear, so she glanced arrogantly at the kneeling magpie and snorted.
"This girl also likes it, and I almost got snatched away by her just now." She lowered her eyes, seemingly complaining, which made the magpie tremble violently in fright.
"She also said that I am a country bumpkin living in the palace with no name and no status. I have mud legs and even a bird is nobler than me."
Ahaya clasped her fingers, looked into Xie Jie's deep eyes, and repeated to him word for word.
"What's even worse, did your majesty hear it?" She pointed her hand and put Yun Meiren on the opposite side of her, as he wished.
"Don't you make the decision for me?" This chapter has been completed!