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Before them stood two young women, one dressed in a lotus-colored palace gown, and the other in light blue.

Qi Yitang had a vague impression of them. The one wearing the lotus root-colored dress should be named Qin Lianyue, the younger sister of that gentle second male lead, Qin Yuanchao.

The other one seems to be Cui Zhiyin, the eldest granddaughter of the Duke of Xingguo, who is also the only other person to hold the title of concubine.

Get up.

Qin Lianyue stood up, a half-smile on her face, and said, "Is Your Highness planning to pay your respects to the Empress Dowager? At this hour, it seems a bit late."

Qi Yitang raised an eyebrow. "What, you have a problem with that?"

Here it comes, the familiar palace intrigue plot.

[Wasn't the emperor supposed to be a pure-hearted war god? How come he has so many concubines in his harem? Is he really a virgin?]

In fact, Qi Yitang was half to blame for the existence of these concubines.

From the moment she entered the palace, Xie Ling promised that she would be the only one for him in this life, but Qi Yitang didn't care at all and told him to go find whoever he wanted.

Even though she had been in the palace for over a year and her belly showed no signs of pregnancy, Xie Ling shielded her from the remonstrances of the court officials and the questioning of the Empress Dowager.

Last year, Xie Ling got drunk and almost forced himself on her, but was slapped instead. Afterwards, he wasn't angry at all. When he sobered up, he brought out an edict to establish her as empress.

Qi Yitang felt this was an insult to her, so she slapped Xie Ling again and cried as she told him to get out.

Even though Xie Ling tried to block the news, it still reached the Empress Dowager's ears.

The Empress Dowager was furious.

This is outrageous! How dare a concubine slap the emperor!

— Twice!

She summoned Qi Yitang and gave her a scolding. Then, she forcefully arranged for Xie Ling to take in four or five concubines, each as beautiful as a fairy and from an outstanding family. She demanded that they use their own abilities to outshine Qi Yitang.

The Empress Dowager felt that it must be because her son had never been in contact with women since he was a child and lacked experience.

If we have more, we won't end up hanging ourselves on a crooked tree.

Xie Ling completely ignored them. Those concubines had been in the palace for so long, but they hadn't even seen him a few times.

Therefore, the resentment in his heart towards Qi Yitang, this concubine who occupied the position without doing her job, was more than ten thousandfold.

Qin Lianyue scoffed lightly, "How dare I, Your Highness? I just wonder if Consort Liu would be disheartened to know that Your Highness is so obsequious to the Empress Dowager?"

Consort Liu was Xie Jingyu's biological mother.

After the late emperor passed away, Xie Ling ascended the throne and honored his birth mother, Consort Li, as Empress Dowager. Xie Jingyu's mother could only be called Consort Dowager.

Qi Yitang used to visit Consort Liu quite often because she treated Consort Liu as her mother-in-law.

Xie Jingyu isn't much of a good person, but his birth mother is a good person.

Qi Yitang said, "What I do and what I want to do is none of your business."

Qin Lian Yue sneered, "Your Highness is naturally fearless, relying on His Majesty's favor to disregard even the Qin family. His Majesty seems to have forgotten that Qin family blood also flows in his veins!"

Qi Yitang finally understood why she had come to provoke her.

The day after she whispered in his ear, Qin Shaoxuan was beaten. His buttocks are probably still swollen and he can't get out of bed.

As his sister, Qin Lianyue naturally felt sorry for him.

But that was an order from Xie Ling, what does it have to do with her?

"What are you going to do?"

Qin Lianyue sneered, "What can I do? Your Highness is a Noble Consort, second only to the Emperor in this harem. How dare I disrespect Your Highness? But..."

She took two steps closer and whispered in Qi Yitang's ear, "While I may not be able to do anything to Your Highness, it's not certain that I can do anything to Your Highness's family."

Family is Qi Yitang's Achilles' heel.

Her face instantly turned cold, and her hand instinctively lashed out.

"Snap—"

He slapped Qin Lianyue's face away.

[Another fight? The female supporting character beat up the male lead, then the second male lead's brother, and now she's beating up the second male lead's sister. Is she addicted to beating people?]

[Shouldn't a concubine who provokes a noble consort be punished?]

"Dare to threaten me?" Qi Yitang said, "I hit your brother, but forgot to hit you."

Qi Yitang was a master of slapping; she had even slapped the current emperor, and Qin Lianyue's hair was knocked askew.

She covered her face, her eyes wide with disbelief. "You...you dare hit me?"

Qi Yitang rubbed her wrist. "You hit me, and then what?"

"You... I'm going to tell my aunt!" With that, Qin Lianyue ran away crying.

Qi Yitang felt that the siblings were truly cut from the same cloth, only knowing how to complain when something happened, and yet they still wanted to bully others?

Take care of yourself first.

"Your Majesty..." Cui Zhiyin, who remained where she was, had an indescribable expression. She said, "The Empress Dowager is Consort Li's paternal aunt."

The title "Li" was once the Empress Dowager's title. Qin Lianyue was granted the title of Consort Li, which shows her position in the Empress Dowager's heart.

If the emperor hadn't refused, she probably would have been made a concubine long ago.

Cui Zhiyin's implication was that hitting her was a serious offense.

[I'm speechless. The female supporting character really courted disaster. The promised repair of the mother-in-law/daughter-in-law relationship is now completely ruined.]

I initially thought the villainous supporting character had improved, but it turns out she's still the same old brain.

[What's there to be afraid of? She has her emperor husband to back her up; the female supporting character doesn't even need a brain.]

[Even when beating a dog, one must consider its owner. The Empress Dowager already disliked her, so I'd like to see how this female supporting character ends up. And what about Consort Li's father? I can already foresee the bloodshed to come.]

Qi Yitang waved her hand calmly, "It's nothing, you go ahead and do your own thing."

Cui Zhiyin hesitated, but was helped away by her maid and left first.

Yunzhu was extremely anxious. "Your Majesty, you just hit Consort Li, what are we going to do now?"

Qi Yitang pondered for a moment, "Let me think of a way..."

Got it!

……

Cining Palace.

"Aunt, you must stand up for Yue'er!"

Qin Lianyue tearfully recounted her ordeal, embellishing the story: "It's bad enough that she monopolizes His Majesty, but now she's arrogant and domineering without any restraint. Xuan'er still can't get out of bed..."

"This is absolutely outrageous!"

The Empress Dowager's face turned ashen. She slammed her hand on the table. "How dare she be so presumptuous in the Imperial Garden in broad daylight? Does she even respect me as her Empress Dowager?"

"Your Majesty, please calm down. Getting angry will harm your health," the nanny quickly advised.

The Empress Dowager was furious. "Guards! Summon Consort Qi to the Cining Palace and bring the Emperor here as well!"

"Yes."

The palace servants rushed out in a hurry, but as soon as they stepped out of the palace gate, they bumped into a wall of people and hurriedly knelt down.

"This servant greets Your Majesty, please forgive me!"

Li Degui lightly scolded, "What are you doing in such a panic? You almost disturbed His Majesty's presence."

Inside the hall, Qin Lianyue's lips curled into a smile upon hearing the commotion, while the Empress Dowager, suppressing her anger, said in a deep voice, "Summon the Emperor!"