Hearing this, Ji Feiyu was stunned for a moment. She didn't expect them to come so soon. She quickly went out to greet them. "Oh, it turns out to be you ladies, the Jieshus and Xiurongs. What a coincidence! You've all come to see me together?"
The leading woman in the pink dress covered her mouth and giggled upon seeing this. She sized up the magnificent decoration of Frost Glory Palace. "Sister is really lucky. You got your own palace without even being officially conferred a title. Unlike us, who have been in the palace for so long and still have to share a residence with several other sisters."
Ji Feiyu deliberately showed off. "I, Frost Glory, just arrived here and didn't know there were so many rules in the Great Yong. I only remember that back in the Northern Cold Region, my elder brother and sister - in - law doted on me. I lived in four different palaces for each season and never felt much difference due to the changing seasons. Now that I'm in the Great Yong, I realize how cold Frost Glory Palace is when late autumn is approaching winter."
The women who came together all twitched the corners of their mouths, which made Ji Feiyu want to laugh. They were really over - confident. Even if she had no powerful backer in the Great Yong, she was still a legitimate princess, born of noble birth. Who were they to come and act presumptuously in front of her?
The leading woman in the pink dress twitched the corners of her mouth for a long time before finally smiling to break the awkward silence. "It was our oversight. Sister is a princess from the Northern Cold Region. Naturally, you can't be compared with us. But this is our first time visiting your palace, sister. Won't you show us around?"
"Oh." Ji Feiyu finally responded with a smile and invited them inside. Once they entered Frost Glory Palace, it was time for her to show her princessly grandeur. For anything they took a fancy to or wanted, she would simply wave her hand and give it to them. Firstly, it was to win people over, and secondly, she really didn't care much for the rewards in Frost Glory Palace.
Frost Glory Palace was originally the residence of Concubine Ning, who had been demoted to the Cold Palace. It was renamed and given a new owner after Concubine Ning's death. Although it had been renovated, most of the furnishings inside were old items bestowed by Yong Yaxuan on Concubine Ning. That was why she didn't like them.
After finally seeing off those women, Ji Feiyu began to check everywhere in the palace to see if there were any extra and inappropriate things, especially if the incense had been tampered with. But strangely enough, things didn't seem to be as she had thought. Everything was normal. It seemed that they had really just come to visit her.
After the inspection, she suddenly laughed at herself for being away from the harem for too long. Indeed, who would be so stupid as to come and cause trouble for her at this critical moment?
Ji Feiyu sat in Frost Glory Palace for a while and then went out to enjoy the scenery of the palace. After ten years of ups and downs, her final destination was still here. Wins and losses, fate was like the guidance of the morning star, finally painting this magnificent scroll of the mountains and rivers. But thousands of miles away, how were those people now?
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The direct consequence of giving things to one group of concubines was that another group also came to visit one after another. So she continued to give things away until Frost Glory Palace was almost emptied.
She watched them leave happily with a smile on her face. Then, looking at the empty Frost Glory Palace, she finally felt a bit sad. When Concubine Ning was in this palace, she probably never thought that her beloved things would be taken away like this.
In just two days, Frost Glory Palace returned to its dull state. Ji Feiyu saw the negligence of the maids and eunuchs in the palace. They probably didn't believe that this "newcomer" could win the favor of that prosperous emperor and become the new empress.
Ji Feiyu walked around the palace and then took a light nap on the grand - master chair under the pipa tree in the courtyard. The autumn sun was gentle and not dazzling, with a faint smell of withering. Maybe no one had expected that in this long and secluded palace life, she would play a role - playing game with Yong Yaxuan, stubbornly holding on to her pride. They were so close physically but so far apart emotionally.
Ji Feiyu closed her eyes and changed her position. But soon, the sparse sunlight was blocked. She felt a bit annoyed and hummed, "I don't need your service here. Go away."
Unexpectedly, a gentle male voice came from above her. "It seems that I've interrupted your pleasure."
Ji Feiyu opened her eyes and saw his back - lit face. Although she couldn't clearly see his features, she knew who it was from his handsome outline.
"Your Majesty, why are you here?" Ji Feiyu widened her eyes and quickly got up from the grand - master chair.
Seeing this, Yong Yaxuan took a step back, coughed lightly, and stood aside with his hands behind his back.
"I heard that the things in your palace are almost all gone, so I came here to see you. Do you not like the things in the palace or were you bullied by them? Why are you so generous?"
Hearing this, Ji Feiyu smiled. Her plan had succeeded. She knew that if Frost Glory Palace was emptied, that person would definitely come to check. So she imitated Frost Glory's voice and said carefully, "Your Majesty is joking. All things in the world belong to Your Majesty. Those sisters are also Your Majesty's women. It doesn't matter who these things go to. I, Frost Glory, am not that stingy to haggle with a few sisters."
Yong Yaxuan couldn't help laughing. He didn't expect Frost Glory to be so generous. Then what did Yan Yan mean by saying that Frost Glory was stubborn? He couldn't help thinking of Ji Feiyu. She used to be so generous too.
He sighed, "Very good..."
Hearing the melancholy in his tone, Ji Feiyu wondered what had stimulated him today. Just as she was about to ask, he said, "By the way, tomorrow is the once - every - seven - year wine - tasting banquet in the palace. Change into your palace clothes and come with me. You must not have such a festival in the Northern Cold Region. I've already ordered someone to prepare the clothes for you and put them in your palace. Don't always walk around in the clothes of the Northern Cold Region. Recently, some people have been gossiping to me, saying that you're disrespectful of the rules."
Hearing this, Ji Feiyu deliberately asked, "Can Your Majesty tolerate my disrespect for the rules? I mean, what if I insist on wearing the clothes of the Northern Cold Region to the wine - tasting banquet tomorrow?"
"Of course, that's also okay." Yong Yaxuan laughed again. "That's exactly what I appreciate about you."
He was really... always indulging her. It must be out of guilt, she thought. She felt bored and rolled her eyes at him in her heart before walking into her palace. But he called her back from behind. "Also, after the wine - tasting banquet, go and see the Empress Dowager. She's finally feeling a bit better and can see you now."
Normally, when a new concubine entered the palace, the first person she should see the next day was the Empress Dowager. But when Ji Feiyu entered, the Empress Dowager was not in good health, so the audience was postponed until she was summoned. Now that she heard the news of seeing the Empress Dowager, she wasn't surprised. But with so many things happening within three days after her entry into the palace, she began to understand why Yong Yaxuan had postponed the ceremony for conferring the empress.
"Isn't the Empress Dowager going to the wine - tasting banquet?" Ji Feiyu turned back and asked curiously.
Yong Yaxuan smiled. "The Empress Dowager used to attend, but this year she's not feeling well, so she won't go." After saying that, he walked towards her. "I believe Ran Wei has told you all the rules in the palace. But sometimes I feel that you know them very well, and sometimes you seem to be pretending to be ignorant."