The Apo Master dressed up as Concubine Ling and killed the Ruyi sisters

The Queen and Concubine Jia were about to give birth. Because of the deer blood wine incident, Li Changzai and the other three were accused of seducing the queen and had been treated coldly in the palace for several months.

The Queen Mother felt that there were not enough people to serve the Emperor, so she asked the Emperor to hold a beauty contest so that she could place her own people in the palace.

The Emperor readily agreed, but he was very wary of the Empress Dowager, and several princesses that Fujia favored were all eliminated in the second round.

The Queen Mother was heartbroken by this, but could do nothing about it.

The newly selected Concubine Ke, Concubine Gong and Concubine Xi became the new favorites in the palace for a while.

They knew that there were several concubines named Li Changzai who had entered the palace a few months earlier than them, but because they had offended the Empress Dowager, they had long since lost the Emperor's favor.

Now that the Queen is about to give birth, they are very attentive to her in order to have someone to rely on in the palace.

Rong Pei was beaten with a stick in Li Changzai's palace and felt ashamed. After Ruyi was diagnosed with pregnancy, she asked the emperor for the right to deal with Li Changzai and others.

Previously, Li Changzai and others were treated differently than before. Since Rong Pei recovered from her injury, Ruyi also wanted to use this opportunity to establish her authority in the palace, so she asked Rong Pei to bring people to teach Li Changzai and others the rules.

With Rong Pei as the teaching nanny, Li Chang and the others suffered a lot. If they didn't do well, they would be slapped in the face by Rong Pei.

After entering the palace, Concubine Ke and the other two, in order to please Ruyi, often deliberately mentioned that absurd night when the concubines paid their respects to the Queen, and then made some sarcastic remarks about Concubine Li.

On April 25, the 17th year of Qianlong's reign, Ruyi gave birth to the twelfth prince, named Yongqi.

The emperor was naturally extremely happy to have a legitimate son.

Although Concubine Jia gave birth to the eleventh prince Yongyan a few months earlier, she felt extremely remorseful when she learned that she had been deceived by Ruyi in the name of a sour boy and a spicy girl. She decided to learn from her mistakes and make sure her son became the crown prince.

One day, the concubines went to pay their respects to the queen again.

Concubine Jia sarcastically said, "It's a great thing that the Queen has given birth to a legitimate son. I wonder if the Queen still likes spicy food after the birth of the twelfth prince?"

Ruyi was just unhappy because Concubine Jia lost in skills, and she felt even happier when Concubine Jia was unhappy.

"Tastes change. The twelfth prince has just passed the 100th day, so I naturally cannot eat spicy or meaty food. After all, Concubine Jia is the mother of several princes, don't you know this?"

Concubine Jia counterattacked, "I naturally know much more about what a child should pay attention to during the first 100 days than the Empress. I think it's because when I was pregnant with the princes, they were more obedient. They wouldn't say they wanted something spicy when they clearly wanted something sour!"

Ruyi said, "Everyone's body is different. This is my first pregnancy, so it's not surprising that my taste is a little strange."

Concubine Jia sneered, "Whether the Queen has a unique taste or is on guard against the sisters in the harem, only the Queen knows best."

Jiafei's words were quite provocative. After hearing this, the other concubines felt that the rumors about the sour boy and the spicy girl over the past few months were spread intentionally by the Queen, who was just waiting for the Queen to slap them in the face after she gave birth to a prince!

Thinking of this, the concubines felt unhappy.

Ruyi finally had a prince, and she was afraid that the concubines would harbor evil intentions towards the twelfth prince because of Concubine Jia's instigation.

But what Concubine Jia said was not wrong, and Ruyi didn't know how to refute it for a moment.

Seeing that the atmosphere was not right, Noble Lady Ke wanted to share Ruyi's worries and began to make things difficult for Concubine Li.

"Speaking of the twelfth prince, I think of the day when Imperial Doctor Jiang diagnosed the queen with pregnancy. Concubine Li and her friends are really ignorant. Not only did they trick the emperor into drinking deer blood wine, but they also refused to obey the queen's discipline and created so many troubles for no reason!"

"It was a very dangerous day. If it weren't for the great fortune of the Queen, who protected the twelfth prince in her belly, if the twelfth prince had been injured, it would have been a luxury for the four of you to go to the cold palace!"

Li Chang had been subjected to a lot of torture in the past few months, and several noble ladies, in order to please the Queen, had brought up the matter of the deer's blood wine over and over again.

Even a clay man still has some temper. Who can tolerate being cursed in public many times?

Li Changzai could not help but retort: ​​"I already knew my mistake that day and have been punished. Why does the noble lady Ke keep bringing it up?"

In the past, when Concubine Ke made things difficult for Li Changzai, Li Changzai always kept silent. But today, in front of all the concubines in the palace, Li Changzai, who had long fallen out of favor, actually dared to contradict her, a favored noble lady. This was really outrageous!

Concubine Ke stood up and pointed at Li Changzai's nose and scolded: "You did such a shameless thing, and you are afraid that I can't say it? Li Changzai said that she has already admitted her mistakes, but that doesn't mean it's true, right?"

"I heard that Aunt Rong Pei from Yikun Palace taught you the rules herself, but you just refused to obey. Otherwise, how dare you say such words to contradict me today!"

At this time, Rong Pei also stood up and reprimanded Li Changzai, "Li Changzai, Concubine Ke is a noble lady, and you are just a Changzai. No matter what Concubine Ke says, you just need to listen. Is this how I usually teach you the rules?"

Li Changzai was so angry that her face turned red. She also stood up and pointed at Rong Pei and cursed, "Even if I have fallen out of favor, I am still the emperor's Changzai, and you are just a slave. What qualifications do you have to dare to speak to me like this!"

Rong Pei felt that her dignity as the head maid was offended, so she went up and slapped Li Chang in the face, scolding her: "I am here to teach you the rules on the orders of the Empress. If you don't obey, I will teach you a lesson on behalf of the Empress!"

Yan Wan quickly asked Chun Chan to hold Li Chang Zai and spoke for her, "Even if you are following the order of the Queen, you can't just raise your hand and hit someone. Are there any rules in this palace?"

Rong Pei stiffened her neck and said to Yan Wan, "The Empress is the master of the six palaces, so she has the final say in the palace! Concubine Li openly contradicted Concubine Ke in Yikun Palace, which violated the hierarchy in the palace. As the head maid of Yikun Palace, I can't just sit back and watch!"

Yan Wan sneered, "Oh, Aunt Rong Pei is such a good talker! Li Changzai was wrong, she has already been punished, why hold on to her?"

Yihuan also felt that Rong Pei was going too far in committing an insubordination, but seeing that Ruyi had no intention of blaming Rong Pei, she stood up and said.

"No one is perfect. It is a great honor to admit one's mistakes and correct them. Aunt Rong Pei, please don't take it too seriously."

Rong Pei didn't give Yi Huan face either, and actually ordered Li Changzai through Yan Wan, "Today's incident is ultimately Li Changzai's fault. Li Changzai must kneel down and apologize to Ke Guiren, otherwise, I will teach Li Changzai a lesson in front of all the ladies in the palace!"

Li Chang was so ashamed and angry that she started crying.

The concubines looked at each other in shock at Rong Pei's strong behavior.