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Shen Qingwan had just entered the Shoukang Palace when someone reported to Xiao Shushen.

"Esteemed Empress, the Consort Xian has been summoned by the empress dowager again." The palace maid, Yue Xi, asked.

"How would I know?" Xiao Shushen played with the jade ruyi, his slender fingers caressing the white jade, his movements was slow, but his strength was not lacking.

"Greetings to Concubine Xian, Queen Jin An." Yue Xi smiled.

Shen Qingwan naturally could not recognize every single palace maid, so she said: "Rise, which palace are you from?"

"To reply esteemed wangfei, this servant is from the empress palace. The empress ordered this servant to take you to see her." Yue Xi replied.

Hearing the empress, Shen Qingwan secretly complained. It was obvious why the empress was looking for her right now. She had to deal with the empress after dealing with the empress. It must be hard work, even if she didn't want to.

When they arrived at the empress's palace, Shen Qingwan made a big bow the moment she saw the empress. Her words were precise, "Greetings, esteemed empress. Your concubine is guilty and wishes to seek the empress's forgiveness."

Seeing that she was frank, Xiao Shushen raised his eyebrows and asked: Oh? Why do you have to ask for forgiveness the moment Consort Xian's sister comes here?

"Chenqie will violate the rules of the palace rule and the imperial harem. I hope the empress will punish me." Shen Qingwan didn't want to be involved with the Queen, so she apologized.

Xiao Shushen stared at her, she never expected Shen Qing Wan to admit it so straightforwardly.

Her expression was solemn, and without getting angry, she revealed her might and said: "Consort Xian, I think you are an intelligent person. Since you understand that the imperial government has violated the palace rule, why do you commit such a crime? As one of the fourth concubines, you should be the model of the imperial harem."

"Chenqie only cared about the Emperor's dragon body and forgot about etiquette. In the future, you must be careful with your words and strictly abide by the palace rule." Shen Qing Wan's face was full of regret.

Xiao Shushen still wanted to make use of Shen Qingwan, so she taught her a few more lessons and let her off, "Get up.

Thinking over and over again, there was no difference between not punishing her at all. Shen Qingwan knew that Xiao Shushen had treated her leniently, and said gratefully, "Thank you for your forgiveness, Empress.

Xiao Shushen nodded her head, she then picked up the jade ruyi on the table, but this time, she played with it, her movements were much lighter than last time, she caressed the white jade and said: "You must have learnt your lesson today, it's not early, kneel down and rest."

"Here, chenqie will take her leave." Shen Qingwan then saluted and left.

The news of the Consort Xian being in charge of government and being scolded by the empress dowager and empress had naturally reached Fu Yuheng's ears.

When Fu Yuheng learned of this matter, he then went to the empress dowager's palace for a meal.

Seeing his worried expression, Sun Ning asked, "Your majesty, should we go to the Consort Xian Palace to take a look?"

Fu Yuheng had the same plan in his heart, but when he thought back to how she had tactfully rejected him in the imperial study, he knew that it would be inappropriate to go now.

Fu Yuheng was once a prince and a member of the imperial harem. The harem was filled with twists and turns, and he naturally understood that if he were to go to Shen Qingwan's palace tonight, her already difficult situation would become even more difficult.

Previously, Fu Yuheng hated the Shen family for forcefully sending Shen Qingwan to the Imperial Palace, so he showed no restraints towards her. Previously, Fu Yuheng hated the Shen family for forcing Shen Qingwan to the Imperial Palace, and so he unrestrainedly doted on her, precisely to make her feel uncomfortable.

Moreover, this time she was' in charge 'of his affairs, so Fu Yuheng could no longer make things difficult for her.

"No need." He shook his head. "Tomorrow."

Sun Ning was suspicious, but did not ask, and followed the Emperor back to the palace.

The next morning, Shen Qingwan was served by the palace maids. She put on a set of appropriate clothes and left early in the morning.

As soon as they entered the empress dowager's palace, quite a few concubines shot looks of schadenfreude at her.

Shen Qing Wan's gaze swept across them and saw their expressions, she knew that they had saved her a lot of trouble this morning.

"Chenqie greets the empress." In her heart, she knew clearly that Shen Qingwan did not reveal her cowardice and respectfully greeted him.

Xiao Shushen laughed: "Rise."

"Consort Xian has come early today," Consort De Zhao Yuan Rong said first, "I was still thinking about what happened yesterday, Consort Xian's sister will be a bit late."

Shen Qing Wan turned her gaze and said indifferently, "Thank you for your concern, sister. I'm fine, why are you late?"

"Big Sister Consort De's words are wrong," Li Yu said with a smile. Her curved eyebrows raised and she said in a harsh tone, "Elder Sister Consort Xian is the daughter of a martial general, and is different from us. What's a small fight like this?"

Shen Lihan had hinted at Shen Qing Wan's thick skin, but the words "daughter of a martial general" had not only mocked Shen Qing Wan, it had also ridiculed all the martial arts girls present.

Naturally, there were people who were displeased. Their faces changed and were about to open their mouths to refute.

When Xiao Shushen saw this, her eyes became bored. She opened her mouth and said, "Enough, the matter of the Consort Xian has already been taught to the empress dowager and this palace. You two should stop discussing.

"But..." Shen Lihan was still unresigned, she continued to speak, but as soon as she spoke, she was stopped by Shen Qing Wan.

"Empress's words are true," Shen Qing Wan looked at Shen Lihan with her eyes, and gave him a half-warning, "If little sister wants to say it at this moment, does that mean that you're in charge of the imperial harem? It's not up to you to teach me a lesson about my mistakes. "

Since the words had already come to this, if Shen Lihan still continued to pester her, it would be disrespecting the Queen. She could only glare at Shen Qingwan, and did not say another word.

All the concubines chattered again, and after they spoke a few words of flattery, Xiao Shushen made them kneel down.

When Xiao Shushen spoke, she was obviously protecting the Consort Xian, and the other concubines were no longer openly discussing the matter of Shen Qingwan's political affairs, but there were always people secretly making fun of Shen Qingwan. Every time she heard this, she would ignore it, and when the people who spoke saw that her master did not react, they would immediately stop.