The Empress Arrives: Rebirth of Concubine Hua

Chapter 264 Same Jewelry
The Seventh Lady had a bad temper after all. After being mocked by Nian Shilan, she couldn't help but slam the table and stand up.

"I don't know who the Concubine Hua is talking about. Is she saying that I am a dog?"

Nian Shilan smiled leisurely, ignored the Seventh Lady, and instead spoke to Songzhi.

"Look, I have never seen a mad dog before, but I have seen one today."

Ulanara was in a great headache. Her banquet had just begun and such an incident had already occurred.

Although she didn't like Nian Shilan, she didn't want to embarrass herself on this day.

Ulanara said.

"Hua Fei, please stop talking. You are here to attend the banquet, why are you making innuendos?"

Nian Shilan looked at the Seventh Lady with eyes full of contempt and ridicule, but his words were directed to Ulanara.

"When did I make any insinuations? I was sitting here peacefully and was almost bitten by a dog.

If I were to say, Your Majesty's Jingren Palace is not clean.

Even mad dogs were allowed in.

If the emperor knew about this, he would probably ask the Ministry of Internal Affairs to clean it up."

The Seventh Lady said.

"What do you mean by that, Concubine Hua? Are you saying that I am a mad dog?
Don't forget that the master of Jingren Palace is the Empress.
She is my fourth sister-in-law.

No matter how favored you are, you are nothing more than a concubine.

How dare you disrespect the Queen?"

Nian Shilan looked at the Seventh Lady's mean face and suddenly laughed out loud.

"I was just thinking that you were not stupid because you could tell by what you heard. I didn't expect you to be so stupid."

Nian Shilan said to Songzhi.

"Songzhi, please explain this to the Seventh Lady. This is a crime of insubordination, and what should be the punishment?"

The Seventh Lady was startled, but in her anger she forgot that although Concubine Hua was a concubine when she entered the palace, she is now a concubine, and the favorite concubine of the current emperor.

But since the Seventh Lady had already taken the lead in front of so many people, there was no reason for her to bow her head again.

She stiffened her neck and said unconvincedly.

"I just want to ask clearly whether Concubine Hua is making indirect accusations."

Concubine Li couldn't help but sneered. Ulanara looked at Concubine Li and warned her with her eyes not to make trouble.

Li Guiren watched for a long time and couldn't stand the Seventh Lady. Just when she was about to say something, she met the eyes of Ulanara.

She immediately lowered her head and didn't intend to speak anymore.

When Nian Shilan saw Ulanara's little trick, she just found it funny.

Did Ulanara really think that the Seventh Lady was standing up for her?

However, Nian Shilan thought that with Ulanara's scheming, she might just want to watch the two sides fight so that she, the fisherman, could benefit.

Nian Shilan heard that the Seventh Prince, Prince Chun, had held an idle position in the previous dynasty and did not have close contacts with anyone, so he seemed to be a man of no consequence.

He didn't expect that his wife Guo Luoluo Luorong would be so sarcastic and stupid, even though she came from a big family.

She must have been brought up as a mistress at her parents' home, so why is she so impatient?

Nian Shilan picked up the glass of wine with a smile, turned it in his hands a few times, and drank it down.

He put the wine glass back on the table and then looked at the Seventh Lady who was still standing.

"I told you that you are not so stupid that you cannot understand what others are saying.

But today is the Queen's banquet, and everyone coming is a guest.

Although your words offended me, I will do this for the sake of the Queen.

I won't bother with you.

If you continue to talk to me, I will have no choice but to ask the Emperor to come and discuss it.

Look at the rules of our Qing Dynasty and see what kind of hierarchy there is.

Mrs. Luo, do you still want to talk to me?"

Although Seventh Lady Luo Rong was very angry at Nian Shilan's impolite words, she was not stupid enough to provoke the emperor, so she just gave in and sat down with a snort.

Li Guiren suddenly said, "Guan Guiren, this jewelry is really beautiful. I heard that the Queen gave you a lot of good things a few days ago. Is this a reward from the Queen?"

Following Concubine Li's words, Nian Shilan looked at Concubine Wan, only to see that Concubine Wan was wearing those gold and kingfisher-inlaid jewelry in her hair.

But compared with Nian Shilan's, it is much simpler.

Noble Lady Fucha looked at Noble Lady Wan's hair accessories with envy and said to Noble Lady Li.

"Sister Li is right. I heard about it a few days ago.
The Queen Mother rewarded Concubine Wan with many good things.

I have only seen it today and I know it is worth a lot of money."

When Concubine Jing saw the hair accessory, she inadvertently glanced at Nian Shilan's expression.

Nian Shilan wore a red gold and kingfisher feather headdress, which made her look elegant and graceful.

But seeing that Nian Shilan looked normal, Jingpin felt relieved again.

Li Guiren said.

“But I feel that this jewelry looks familiar.

Oh, isn’t this the same one that Concubine Hua wears on her head?
No wonder it looks so luxurious."

Everyone looked at Nian Shilan's head, but no one dared to speak.

A minor noble wearing the same jewelry as a favorite concubine is not in keeping with her status.

Furthermore, all concubines of the rank of noble lady and below wore jewelry made of velvet flowers, silver or jade, but this noble lady Wan was the only one who wore this jewelry made of pure gold and kingfisher feathers to show off.

Everyone was waiting to see what Nian Shilan would do, but they saw Nian Shilan holding a wine glass and looking around, wondering.

"You guys aren't drinking, so what are you looking at me for?
Lady Wan is favored by the Emperor and loved by the Empress.
There is nothing wrong with wearing the same jewelry as me.

Who said that I am the only one allowed to wear jewelry in this world?"

Lady Wan stood up and bowed to Nian Shilan.

"Your Highness, Concubine Hua is very generous. I thank you for your consideration.

I originally didn't want to be so ostentatious, but the Queen is so kind to me that I couldn't let her down.

Please forgive me, Empress Hua."

Nian Shilan said with a smile.

"What's there to be forgiven for? Please sit down.

I like something, and I can’t tell others not to like it.”

After saying this, he looked at Ulanara meaningfully.

Nian Shilan was well aware of Ulanara's feelings for Yinzhen, but Ulanara's obsession was too deep.

In the previous life, no matter who was pregnant in the palace, Ulanara would try her best to make them have an abortion.

Nian Shilan once saw Ulanara crying bitterly in her dream.

Ulanara cried in her dream.

"My unwillingness to be virtuous is what hurts me the most and makes me sad the most!"

Nian Shilan was wondering in her dream, what kind of Ulanara family was this? They didn't look like the Ulanara family she knew.

But it was all fleeting in a dream, with no antecedents and no consequences.

When Nian Shilan woke up and recalled the past, she didn't care much.

Today, I suddenly understood the meaning of it.

Ulanara loved the emperor deeply, so how could she tolerate another woman taking away the emperor's favor?

In her previous life, she also loved Yinzhen deeply, but she acted blatantly at that time and suffered a lot.

Ulanara said with a smile.

"Yes, Lady Wan, it's rare that Concubine Hua is so generous. Don't take it to heart.

I gave you this jewelry because I thought it suited you.

It's a pity that if the emperor were here today, he would also be able to see your beauty."

Zhen Changzai couldn't help but look at Concubine Wan's head. She thought to herself, if these jewels were on her hair, how would she deal with the situation today?