In order to eat, I signed a contract with the system

Chapter 436: Legend of Zhen Huan - Nian Shilan 40

As soon as Rou Da Ying appeared, she attracted the emperor's attention and quickly became the most favored concubine in the palace during that time. Even Nian Shilan's unshakable half-month of exclusive favor was reduced by a few days due to her influence.

It was a rare occasion that Nian Shilan was present during the greeting ceremony that day. The emperor's new favorite Rou Da Ying in Jingren Palace suddenly changed her gentle and timid image and approached Nian Shilan with her cheek close to her and taunted her.

"How come the Imperial Concubine has time to come and pay respects to the Empress today?"

"I have never seen the Empress when paying respects in the past. Could it be that the Emperor has been going to the Yikun Palace less often recently, which has left the Empress with less time?"

When Rou Ying said this, before Nian Shilan could react, the concubines below were dumbfounded. Especially Li Guiren Fei Yunyan, she looked at Rou Ying's smug and complacent look, as if she saw herself jumping out to provoke Concubine Jin, thinking that she was favored by the emperor and that she was trusted by the emperor.

"Is Rou crazy to agree to her?" Li Guiren turned her head speechlessly and whispered to Xin Chang beside her.

“Maybe it’s floating.”

Xin Changzai also felt that Rou Dai was crazy. She knew that Concubine Hua held all the power in the six palaces, but she still dared to speak wildly and offend Concubine Hua.

On the other side, Zhen Huan and Shen Meizhuang were quite surprised by Rou Ding's sudden provocation, but strangely, they somewhat agreed with it. When they first gained favor, they also regarded Concubine Hua as a "competitor" in their hearts and secretly compared themselves with Concubine Hua.

However, as ladies from wealthy families, they would never agree to such a thing even if they had the idea in mind. Now, once again, from a bystander's perspective, Zhen Huan was inexplicably curious about Concubine Hua's reaction as she watched the Emperor's new favorite "ridicule" his old love.

Shen Meizhuang was not very curious about how Concubine Hua would react. She wanted to see more about how the emperor would react after this incident. Was the new favorite more important or was Concubine Hua more important?

Jingpin is now focused on her beloved daughter Wen Yi, and has long lost interest in vying for favor. However, no matter how Buddhist she is, Jingpin is still very convinced of the authority of her "immediate superior", Concubine Hua. Now she is waiting to see what will happen to Rou Da Ying.

Nian Shilan looked at the expectant eyes of the crowd in silence. She just felt that it was because of Rou Ying that she was the one causing all the trouble. She was already annoyed by this and didn't want to pay any attention to it. But Rou Ying, who looked like Bai Ruiji in "Ruyi's Royal Love in the Palace", saw that Nian Shilan didn't reply, and she became even more excessive as if she was sure that she had won.

"Why isn't Concubine Hua saying anything? Could it be that what I said was right?"

Nian Shilan rolled her eyes and looked up at the Queen, "Rou Ying made such outrageous remarks and offended her superiors. What does the Queen say?"

The Queen also felt that Rou Da Ying's behavior was too blatant, and she couldn't help but secretly curse Rou Da Ying for being brainless. When she heard Nian Shilan kick the ball to her side, she was about to play it safe, but she saw Nian Shilan's charming eyes were now fixed on her like two beasts with murderous intent.

The Empress was frightened by Nian Shilan's eyes. She suppressed her guilty fear and finally calmed down. She opened her mouth to test him: "Rou Ying was born as a palace maid and doesn't know the rules. Concubine Hua has always been strict, but she is not unreasonable. How about punishing Rou Ying by deducting her monthly salary for three months and forcing her to copy the palace rules a hundred times?"

"Deduct salary? Copy palace rules?"

Nian Shilan smiled, the murderous intent in her eyes had long gone, leaving only the usual lethargy, "Since you don't know the rules, what's the point of just fining your monthly salary? It's better to slap her a hundred times first, and then demote her to an official woman."

"Songzhi, slap your face!"

Nian Shilan had no grudge against Rou Da Ying, nor did she really think that Rou Da Ying's taunts were lethal. She just wanted to make an example of her to scare the others.

Nian Shilan is going to be the empress in the future. The function of the family system has destined Nian Shilan to take the path of an autocratic and centralized ruler in the future. As a woman, seizing the throne in this era is itself an act of treason. If there are always flies with dirty mouths like Rou Da Ying buzzing in her ears in the future, Nian Shilan can't kill them all, right?

Start with small things and cut off the source directly. Presumably, with Rou Ying as the chicken that was killed, no matter which batch of concubines in the future want to compete for favor and show off, they will not be so stupid as to drag themselves into it.

Songzhi held Rouda Ying down and slapped her hard in front of everyone. Everyone watched as Rouda Ying scolded Songzhi in a timid manner, resisted, was beaten until she was dizzy, and then begged for mercy in a low voice, without daring to say a word.

Even the Empress, Rou Ying's former master, could not remember her own identity and did not dare to speak out to stop Song Zhi's actions. Noble Concubine Fucha and Concubine Xia looked at Rou Ying who had been beaten into a pig's head, and then turned to look at Concubine Hua who was leisurely drinking tea and appreciating Rou Ying's screams. They shuddered at the same time and said thankfully, "Fortunately, I didn't offend Concubine Hua last time. It's much better to just be confined to copy the palace rules than to make Rou Ying like this!"

When Zhen Huan saw that Rou Daiming, who had been competing for her favor not long ago, was beaten like this by Concubine Hua just because she arrogantly ridiculed Concubine Hua a few times, she couldn't help but feel frightened when she looked at Nian Shilan.

"Empress Hua is so cruel, isn't she afraid of the emperor's punishment?"

Shen Meizhuang, who was standing by, had already figured out from the reactions of the Queen and Concubine Hua that the Queen was weak and Concubine Hua was extremely powerful. She turned to look at Concubine Jing beside her, and saw the reactions of Concubine Qi, Concubine Li, Concubine Xin and others not far away, and suddenly realized that except for the newcomers to the palace, the old people were not surprised by Concubine Hua's behavior?

"Strange, Concubine Hua is so cruel, why are the old people not surprised? They have been in the palace for so long, but they have never seen Concubine Hua use her power to harm people in the harem..."

It seems that I have to find an opportunity to ask the old man what kind of person Concubine Hua is.

Shen Meizhuang has lost her emotional filter towards the emperor, so naturally she sees through the emperor's true heart earlier than Zhen Huan and adapts to harem life more quickly. However, after recognizing her own position, Shen Meizhuang is determined to be a good palace concubine, so naturally she cannot avoid dealing with Concubine Hua, the actual master of the harem. If she can better understand Concubine Hua's temperament, it will definitely be of great help to Shen Meizhuang's future life in the harem.

"Eighty-eight, eighty-nine, ... one hundred!"

While the concubines were daydreaming, Rou had already finished the 100 slaps she promised. Songzhi had to switch back and forth between her two hands to finish the 100 slaps. If Songzhi didn't have a special wooden stick in her hand, she would have been unable to use both hands if she had really asked her to slap her.

"Empress, I hope you can tell the Emperor what I meant before. If you don't tell me, when I tell you, you won't be able to save your face."

Nian Shilan was unwilling to see the Emperor. Although as a noble concubine she had the right to manage the harem, demoting a concubine was not a legitimate thing to do. However, since Nian Shilan had said it and the Empress had no objection, the matter was settled. As long as the Empress did not want to hear the words "Noble Concubine Fenghua's order" from other people, she had to issue the order in her own name.