Chapter 31: Disfigured Palace Maid vs. Cold-blooded Emperor
Fengyi Palace!
"Your Majesty, a servant below has come to report that Imperial Concubine Rou has taken Caiyue to Yuexian Palace!"

Ruonan said to the queen who was watering a pot of orchids.

The queen raised the corner of her mouth slightly and handed the golden kettle in her hand to the little palace maid beside her.

"That woman is getting anxious. Let's see how the two of them fight. I'll just have to watch the show."

The queen smiled gracefully and dignifiedly, gently plucked a flower, and then crushed it fiercely.

Ruonan pursed her lips, "Your Majesty, since the Emperor likes Concubine Yao, why did he arrange for Concubine Yao to live in Yanqing Palace? Even if it was renamed Yuexian Palace, it was where the late Emperor's Concubine Yi lived. Everyone in the palace knows that the Empress Dowager hates Concubine Yi the most. Isn't the Emperor..."

The Queen wiped her hands and glanced at Ruonan, "Why else? The good palaces are either too far from the Hall of Supreme Harmony or have concubines living in them. The emperor doesn't want to let his new favorite down if they are too far or too bad. The only one that meets the emperor's requirements is Yanqing Palace."

"Your Majesty is so considerate of Concubine Yao..."

Ruonan looked at the queen, worry flashing in her eyes.

The queen waved her hand, looking a little lonely, "The emperor has never liked me, and I no longer have any extravagant hopes. As long as they don't set their sights on my position as queen, there's nothing I can't tolerate."

"By the way, how is the person I asked to be placed in Yuexian Palace going?"

The queen thought of something and asked again.

"Your Highness, they have already been deployed. The first-class and second-class maids were directly assigned by the Emperor. Our people cannot be inserted, so only a few third-class maids and a eunuch were arranged to enter Yuexian Palace."

Ruonan replied respectfully.

The Queen frowned, looking somewhat dissatisfied, and sneered, "It seems that the Emperor really likes Concubine Yao, but I don't know how long this love can last."

Cining Palace!
"Snapped"

The Queen Mother threw a teacup to the ground with an extremely ugly look on her face.

"A palace maid was directly made a concubine and allowed to live in Yanqing Palace. This is simply ridiculous. Doesn't the emperor know that Yanqing Palace was where that bitch lived?"

"Snapped!"

Another piece of porcelain was swept away and fell to the ground, breaking into pieces in an instant.

"Queen Mother, calm down!"

Everyone in the Cining Palace was prostrating themselves on the ground, their faces pale, trembling with fear in their eyes.

"Qiuyun, go and drag the emperor's newly appointed Concubine Yao to me. I want to see what kind of seductive tricks the emperor used to make him treat her like this."

The Queen Mother slammed the table hard and said angrily.

Qiuyun looked at the Queen Mother and could not help but persuade her: "Queen Mother, since the Emperor likes it, just let him do it. If the Emperor knew, I'm afraid he would be unhappy again."

A few days ago, the Empress Dowager treated Concubine Rou in the Cining Palace, which made the Emperor very unhappy.

This created a rift between mother and son.

She really didn't understand why the Queen Mother liked to target the Emperor's favorite concubine so much.

In fact, when it comes down to it, the empress dowager took the emperor too seriously.

When she was a concubine, the empress dowager was not favored by the late emperor, and her life was no different from that of a widow. She focused all her attention on her son.

The Empress Dowager could not tolerate that someone was more important in the Emperor's heart than her as his mother.

It all comes down to jealousy.

In addition, Yu Yao lived in the palace that once belonged to Concubine Yi, which made the Queen Mother even angrier.

The Queen Mother frowned, "Then send the Emperor away and don't let him know."

Seeing the Queen Mother like this, Qiu Yun didn't know what to say, "Yes, Queen Mother!"

Then, he quickly retreated.

……

Yuexian Palace was formerly located in Yanqing Palace, next to Fengyi Palace. It had always been closed and never opened, but today the palace gates were wide open.

When Yu Yao walked in and took a look, she found that it was much more magnificent than the Yaohua Palace that Concubine Zhao had previously occupied, and was not inferior to the Fengyi Palace.

The palace is spacious and magnificent with carved beams and painted buildings. There are also many side rooms inside, which are even more exquisite than those in Yaohua Palace.

To the right of the main hall is a peach blossom forest, and the scenery is also very beautiful.

The palace is cleaned every day, so it is quite clean inside and the decorations are very exquisite.

Before she could take a closer look, a group of people came running up to her and knelt down.

"Your servant greets the Queen Consort Yao!"

"This servant greets the Empress Yao!"

They were all palace maids and eunuchs, more than twenty of them, with their heads bowed, kneeling on the ground in a respectful manner.

There were so many people that she couldn't tell who was who.

"Everyone get up!"

Yu Yao glanced at them indifferently. She knew that these were people from Yuexian Palace and would be responsible for serving her in the future.

"Yes, Queen Yao." The eunuchs and palace maids stood up instantly and stood where they were respectfully.

"Sign up everyone!"

Yu Yao glanced at them and said lightly.

"I am Qiu Shuang, the head aunt of Yuexian Palace, responsible for all matters of Yuexian Palace."

"I am a maid named Qingtan, responsible for serving the queen personally."

"I am Qingyu, a maidservant of the first rank, and I am also responsible for serving the queen personally!"

"Your servant Xiangmei is a second-class palace maid, in charge of the queen's small kitchen!"

"Your servant Xiangcao is also a second-class palace maid, and I am temporarily in charge of the queen's storehouse!"

……

"Your servant Lin Tong is the chief eunuch of Yuexian Palace!"

"Minion Xiao Xiazi!"

"Minion Little Guizi!"

……

Yu Yao glanced at it indifferently and then looked away!

There must be spies from other palaces here, but we don’t know who belongs to whom.

"Tongtong, are there any spies from other palaces here?"

She was too impatient to identify them one by one, so she just asked the system.

"Yes, the third-class maids at the back of the left are the Queen's people. Xiao Guizi is also the Queen's person. The others are the Emperor's people!"

The system said truthfully.

Yu Yao's heart skipped a beat, but she didn't say anything. She secretly kept those queens in mind.

She planned to find an opportunity to send the Queen's men away.

Apart from anything else, my palace must be kept clean, otherwise I won’t be able to sleep.

As for Ye Beichen's people, you can use them without worry, but you have to be careful with what you say.

There were no spies in other palaces.

Perhaps it was because Ye Beichen’s imperial decree was issued too suddenly, and these concubines were unable to react.

Yu Yao did not use any intimidation on them. They were either the emperor's or the queen's. She was not that stupid.

After giving them rewards, they were allowed to leave.

Yu Yao sat on the couch and Qingtan brought her a cup of tea.

"My lady, have a cup of tea to moisten your throat."

Qingtan was a first-class palace maid beside her, responsible for serving her personally.

Yu Yao glanced at her, took the tea from Qingtan, and asked calmly, "Qingtan, are there any other concubines living in Yuexian Palace?"

"My queen, at the moment there isn't any. You live alone!"

Qingtan glanced at Yu Yao cautiously and replied respectfully.

Yu Yao nodded slightly.

Just as he was about to say a few words to Qingtan, he saw Eunuch Fu coming with the emperor's reward.

She hurriedly put down the teacup and went out with Qingtan to greet them.

When Eunuch Fu saw her, he smiled and bowed respectfully, then said with a smile: "Your servant greets the Empress Yao."

Yu Yao also smiled when she saw Eunuch Fu, "How come you have time to come here now, Eunuch?"

Eunuch Fu smiled, raised his hand and pointed behind him, saying, "The Emperor ordered me to bring some rewards to Your Majesty. Some of them were picked by the Emperor himself. Your Majesty, please take a look and see if you like them."

Yu Yao looked behind Eunuch Fu and saw several young eunuchs following him with trays in their hands.

The trays were also covered with red cloth so you couldn't see what was inside.

She walked over and lifted the red cloth. Suddenly, the room was filled with jewels and precious stones, which almost blinded her eyes.

Exquisite jewelry, bright, thin and fine fabrics, and a variety of precious ornaments.

All good stuff.

Ye Beichen seemed to be worried that she didn't have money to reward the servants, so he specially prepared a box of golden melon seeds and a box of silver seeds.

Quite attentive.

(End of this chapter)