The news that Su Zeyi went to the Legitimate Wife and did not come out again quickly spread throughout the Three Palaces and Six Academies.
Everyone was talking about how the Emperor was finally willing to favor the concubine beside him. Seeing that the Imperial Consort X was on the verge of losing her power, who knew how many people were waiting to watch a joke.
The Imperial Consort X was a living example of a disaster that came from the mouth.
But without exception, everyone felt very satisfied.
Even going to the empress dowager's palace was seen as a signal that the emperor was about to start using all his rain and dew. Everyone was extremely excited, not knowing who would be the next to get lucky.
The next day, Zhong Miao Yi also participated in the morning consciousness. Yun Mengqi's complexion looked much better than yesterday, just like a happy and contented person.
When she saw Zhong Miao Yi, she nodded at him. Zhong Miao Yi didn't have any sort of feeling, she just looked at him, and did not know why everyone was so energetic, but she was nowhere to be seen.
Yun Mengqi was proud today, so she was extremely proud now, and when she opened her mouth, she revealed a strange confidence and smile: "Imperial Consort X is sick, without me today, it is easy for the wind to blow on your body, everyone be careful, don't be like Imperial Consort X, if you say you are sick, you will be sick."
When the empress spoke, there was naturally a chorus of agreement from below.
Zhou Yitong was someone who couldn't relax in the first place and loved to talk normally. Seeing that the Zhong Miao Yi s had come today, she knew that the wind in the palace was going to change.
When she had first entered the palace, she had actually not taken Zhou Ji's words seriously at all. She had wholeheartedly wanted to rely on her wealth and appearance to not only obtain special favors, but also not fall into such a situation.
If he had not dragged Zhou Yijin along to the Eternal Nightfall Pavilion to try it out that day, Zhou Yitong would never have believed Zhou Ji's words. Even more so, he would never have believed that a sickly princess of the previous dynasty could actually change the direction of the entire harem.
From the start, when he saw the Zhong Miao Yi together with Su Zeyi, he knew that Su Zeyi had already fallen into the hands of the Zhong Miao Yi.
It's just that Zhong Miao Yi's condition was always wrong, she doesn't seem to know how to make good use of a man's sincerity. Her entire mind was filled with thoughts of hurting herself, locking herself up against the outside world.
Now she probably understood.
Yun Mengqi was in a particularly good mood today, so she spoke for a while longer. During this time, she had looked at Zhong Miao Yi several times and also cared about her a little. It was a completely good-natured scene, no one would have imagined that just two months ago, they were still each going to kill each other's enemies upon meeting.
Yun Mengqi was tired from talking, but she still let them go, and did not specially leave anyone behind.
Zhong Miao Yi had listened to their conversation for a long time, and knew that not all of the meritorious officials' daughters were entering the palace this time, they were only some of the higher ranking and more important officials' daughters. Furthermore, not all of the officials' families had girls of the appropriate age, so there were not as many people as Zhong Miao Yi thought.
Ah Jiu supported her out of the Legitimate Wife, and there were some sounds coming from the front, as if they were talking to a few people. Zhong Miao Yi did not want to be nosy, so she took a detour to avoid going over, to prevent her from running into him.
Just as he was instructing Ah Jiu to go in another direction, he heard the laughter of a woman. "Sister Chen is really amazing, she has been empty-handed for so many years, and now that her dreams have come true, how can she still be so timid?"
His tone sounded like he was mocking or provoking someone, not a joke.
Zhong Miao Yi's footsteps stopped as she slowly turned her head to look. They started to walk again, probably knowing that it wasn't appropriate for them to say such words while standing in front of the empress palace.
"Sir, please don't go." The Ah Jiu advised, "Where there are people, there will be trouble. When there are many women, there will inevitably be arguments.
However, Zhong Miao Yi shook her head, she did not want to participate in it, but saw a familiar face in a flash. She did not think much of it, but suddenly thought of it, and felt that she should have seen it before.
Since she was an old friend, there was no reason for her to turn around and leave. She still wanted to take a look. That laughter didn't sound very friendly.
The Zhong Miao Yi had to go, and even the Ah Jiu could not hold it back. Accompanying the Zhong Miao Yi, the people in front turned a corner and stopped, and the Zhong Miao Yi quickly caught up.
However, she was in no hurry to leave. Instead, she stood still at the corner, wanting to hear what exactly they were doing at the turning point.
On the other side, there seemed to be three girls, and the laughter from before was still talking, "Are you feeling wronged? "I'm feeling wronged. You sure have the ability to see the emperor."
After that, another voice chimed in, "Who are you trying to show off to? Why cry! "You only know how to cry!"
The woman's sobs were extremely restrained, but Zhong Miao Yi felt as if a thorn in her heart.
It was enough for her to have one poor person in this palace, not one more person.
The Zhong Miao Yi did not want to hear anymore of the following words, and did not give them a chance to continue. She walked out and stood still, staring at the three women who were looking at her at the same time: "If you do not return to the palace, then why are you surrounding here?"
The two arrogant girls obviously panicked for a moment, but after that they calmed down: "Good day elder sister, we are joking with Imperial Consort Chen."
The Zhong Miao Yi raised her eyebrows, "Is that so?" After she finished speaking, she took a glance at Imperial Consort Chen, who was leaning against the wall with her head lowered and wiping her tears, and didn't bother with the two of them anymore.
She didn't want to have too many conflicts with those two girls. She wasn't someone who wanted to make a scene, but she felt that she was very familiar with this woman.
Ah Jiu went forward to support Imperial Consort Chen, telling her to quickly follow him out. The two women didn't dare to follow them, so she brought Imperial Consort Chen back to the Chang Mu Pavilion, instructing him to serve her some tea.
Imperial Consort Chen had stopped crying. Sitting there seemed very reserved and Zhong Miao Yi did not speak. She stared at Imperial Consort Chen for a long time and felt that it was very familiar. However, she could not tell what her name was.
Imperial Consort Chen knew that Zhong Miao Yi was looking at her the entire time. She took a deep breath, tidied up her emotions, and raised her head.
Zhong Miao Yi shook her head to indicate that there was no need to be so formal and reserved. She looked at Imperial Consort Chen for a while longer before frowning, feeling that her memory was indeed not very good.
The Imperial Consort Chen straightened her attire, sat upright, and smiled towards the Zhong Miao Yi: "My father is the official from the Fengtian Palace, I am called Chen Xi Meng, older sister can call me Xi Meng."