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

After three days, the concubines were going to pay a visit to the Queen. Zhen Huan deliberately dressed low-key to avoid arousing the jealousy of Concubine Hua.

Ling Rong still dressed up as she wished, not caring about other people's opinions at all. After all, she was so beautiful that there was no need to hide it. Besides, it was rare to have a good-looking face, so it would be a pity not to dress up and enjoy it.

In the previous life, she had to lower her eyebrows and look inferior. She would not comb her bangs down easily in this life! If any concubine in the harem is jealous, then let her be jealous, because Lingrong will only have the opportunity to experience the situation of being envied for her beauty in this life.

When paying their respects, Concubine Hua still deliberately made things difficult for the newlyweds, making them kneel for a long time while she chatted with the Queen. The Queen gave Concubine Hua enough face and then pretended to be a good person, asking the newlyweds to stand up at the right time, winning everyone's respect.

After standing up, Concubine Hua pointed out Zhen Huan and Ling Rong again. Zhen Huan still managed to get away with it with her eloquence, while Ling Rong behaved very calmly, which left Concubine Hua speechless. This made the vigilance of everyone in the harem, which had risen again after seeing Ling Rong's true appearance, dissipate a lot.

Xia Dongchun took the opportunity to kneel down and complain to the Queen. Lingrong pleaded guilty and said that it was all because of Xia Dongchun's bad mouth and she pleaded guilty but did not admit her fault. Concubine Hua came out at the right time to speak for Lingrong, not for anything else, but just for the words Xia Dongchun had said that offended her.

The Queen pretended to be helpless and punished Lingrong to copy the palace rules ten times. After the greetings were over, Xia Dongchun was dissatisfied with Lingrong's punishment and chased after her to take revenge. However, Zhen Huan and Shen Meiyu found Lingrong before this and expressed their intention to form an alliance with her.

"I wonder if my sister is willing to come to Suiyuxuan for a gathering. We are both beautiful ladies of the Han army flag, and we are destined to enter the palace on the same day. We should visit each other more often and help each other in the palace."

Lingrong was somewhat speechless when she saw Zhen Huan's expression. She couldn't even hide the contempt in her eyes and yet she still said something like 'helping each other'. Then she looked at Shen Meizhuang who was standing aside, waiting for Lingrong's answer with a condescending look. Lingrong looked at Zhen Huan and Shen Meizhuang sarcastically and smiled at them.

"Is this what the noble lady Chang Zai wanted to say when she stopped me?"

"What are you talking about helping each other? Could you hide the calculations in your eyes? It's really ugly to see you look down on me and try to win me over."

Hearing Ling Rong's sharp exposure of her thoughts, even Zhen Huan, who has always called herself the "female Zhuge Liang", could not help feeling embarrassed, while the "arrogant and proud" Shen Meizhuang was so angry that her face turned pale.

She scolded first: "No wonder she dared to slap the position of Changzai with a small position of a concubine. It turns out that Jiao Concubine herself is such an unreasonable and unruly person."

"Huan'er, let's go. This kind of person is not worthy of our friendship!"

"Sister Mei..." Zhen Huan still didn't want to give up. Today when she paid her respects, she found that even the Queen had to give in to Concubine Hua. It seemed that Concubine Hua was targeting her. If she didn't find a few more shields in front of her, Concubine Hua might deal with her first.

From childhood to adulthood, there has never been anyone I have failed to win over, it’s just that their personalities are a little sharp. Is it possible that I cannot influence a beautiful lady with my gentleness and kindness?

Ling Rong was too lazy to watch their disagreement, so she rolled her eyes and turned to leave. Xia Dongchun happened to catch up with her and shouted at Ling Rong, "Jiao Chengmu, stop right there!"

Ling Rong wanted to pretend she didn't hear and keep walking forward, but suddenly she remembered that Concubine Hua should be behind her at this time, so she turned back to look at Xia Dongchun with great interest and bowed perfunctorily, "Greetings to Concubine Xia, may I ask if Concubine Xia has any advice for me?"

Zhen Huan pulled Shen Meizhuang aside and whispered something to comfort her. No one knew what she said, but Shen Meizhuang's expression gradually softened and she no longer insisted on taking Zhen Huan away.

When Xia Dongchun went to find Lingrong, Zhen Huan and Shen Meiyu stood aside and watched. Zhen Huan was worried, and Xia Dongchun was indeed here for revenge. She originally thought that the Queen would punish Lingrong severely on her behalf, but she didn't expect that in the end Lingrong was only punished to copy the palace rules ten times, which made Xia Dongchun very dissatisfied.

Seeing Lingrong bowing, Xia Dongchun thought that Lingrong was afraid, and with a look of revenge on his face, he quickly stepped forward and was about to slap Lingrong, but was stopped again.

This time, it was Zhou Ninghai, the chief eunuch beside Concubine Hua, who stopped her. "The Concubine Hua is here, how can you, a mere maid, be so rampant!"

Ling Rong was very tactful and immediately bowed: "I pay my respects to Concubine Hua."

Zhen Huan and Shen Meizhuang, who were standing by, also had sharp eyesight and hurried to salute.

Concubine Hua glanced at them sideways, then looked at Xia Dongchun: "What does Concubine Xia want to do?"

Xia Dongchun was a little scared. She couldn't help shrinking her neck, then she remembered that this place was not far from the Queen's Jingren Palace. She bravely raised her head and replied, "I just want to admonish Jiao."

"Admonition? You, a mere maid, actually said admonition? I think you are dissatisfied with the punishment I gave you before!"

"Songzhi, the maple leaves this year don't seem to be red enough!"

......

The classic plot of "Yi Zhang Hong" was played out again in front of Ling Rong, but Ling Rong was no longer afraid like in the previous life. Instead, she looked at Xia Dongchun knelt and begged with great interest, "Sure enough, Xia Dongchun's crying and begging is really not noble at all."

The reason why Xia Dongchun ended up like this was not because of me, but the fact that the fate was already decided after she surrendered to the Queen, and nothing would change with me or not.

After using Xia Dongchun to give the new concubines a great warning, Concubine Hua left, leaving behind the trembling Zhen Huan, Shen Meiyu and the expressionless Ling Rong.

Lingrong had no interest in the following plot. She planned to leave, but was stopped by Zhen Huan again.

Zhen Huan asked Ling Rong, "Why didn't Concubine Jiao plead for Concubine Xia? This matter was caused by you in the first place."

Ling Rong was so angry that she laughed, "Concubine Wan is talking as if she begged for mercy. What do you mean it's all because of me? Is it my fault that she wanted to beat me?"

"Besides, what does this have to do with Wan Changzai? Could it be that Wan Changzai doesn't dare to pretend to be a good person in front of Concubine Hua, but now she has to act kind in front of the concubines?"

Seeing Zhen Huan being slandered by Ling Rong, Shen Meizhuang could not help but scold Ling Rong: "Jiao Concubine is so cold and ignores the palace rules. In the future, Xia Changzai's fate may not be yours!"

"How funny, a concubine is ignoring palace rules?" Ling Rong rolled her eyes. "Noble Shen does understand the rules, but I don't know which two concubines ignored the 'Manchu-Mongol flag first, then the Han flag' and stood in front of Noble Fucha and Noble Borjigit when paying respects?"

"Noble Lady Shen knows the rules. Why didn't she pay her respects to Concubine Jing, the head of Xianfu Palace, after three days in the palace? Instead, she went to Suiyuxuan to visit Concubine Wan in person as a noble lady and acknowledged Concubine Wan as her master?"

"As Concubine Shen's good sister, Wan Changzai must be very knowledgeable about the rules. Why did I hear that Wan Changzai not only stood at the front when paying respects, but also moved into the main seat of Sui Yu Xuan, which is only occupied by the head of a palace?"

"And she secretly accepted the loyalty of the head nanny with the position of a concubine, and even said something like 'serving a man with your beauty, how can it be good' when she was learning the rules?"

"Could it be that all this was done by the concubine?"

Lingrong came close to her and made wild revelations. Not only were Shen Meiyu and Zhen Huan ashamed and angry, but even those in the harem who had not noticed anything wrong before began to react and realized that they had somehow overlooked so many of Zhen Huan and her friends' behaviors that broke the palace rules.