"Sister Concubine Xian, the pattern on your clothes is so strange."

Hearing this, the corner of Luo Jiaqi's mouth twitched almost unnoticeably, and the show was about to begin.

Concubine Xian stiffened and turned to look at the person who was speaking. The people around her also looked over because of the sudden words, including the emperor and the queen mother.

Looking at the person who spoke, Luo Jiaqi's eyes darkened. That person was Li Guiren, who was also under Concubine Qi, but her rank was not as high as that of Concubine Chen.

But even so, because Li Guiren can flatter Concubine Qi and hides Concubine Qi's doing a lot of things, he is still taken care of by Concubine Qi.

No, this time, as usual, he is willing to serve as a spearman for Concubine Qi.

When Li Guiren said that there was something wrong with Concubine Xian's clothes, everyone's eyes looked at Concubine Xian's clothes intentionally or unintentionally, but they didn't find anything wrong.

"Mr. Li, I wonder what's wrong with my clothes?"

Knowing that the other party was here to embarrass her, Concubine Xian did not intend to give her a good look and looked at the other party with a half-smile.

She also seemed to have changed her title unintentionally, but this was actually to let people know that she was a second-grade Concubine Xian, but now she was being bossed around by a small nobleman.

The people around her were not fools, and they could obviously hear the meaning. Princess Anping, who was friends with Concubine Xian, immediately turned pale, but she didn't say anything and just watched.

The smile on Li Guiren's lips froze. He obviously did not expect that Concubine Xian, who was known as gentle and easy to bully in the harem, would actually say this at this time. Obviously, she was at a disadvantage in the first round.

Concubine Qi didn't expect it either, but she didn't panic at all:

"Li Guiren, didn't you say there's something wrong with Concubine Xian's clothes? Why is there something wrong?"

Seeing that Concubine Qi couldn't help but stand up to help Li Guiren, Luo Jiaqi sneered at the side,

Didn't you ask knowingly? But it doesn't matter. If you say everything now, wouldn't it be fun?

With Concubine Qi as her backing, Li Guiren instantly regained her confidence. She pointed at Concubine Xian's palace clothes:

"Why do the patterns on Sister Xianfei's clothes look so much like peonies?"

As soon as these words came out, all the concubines present looked directly at the patterns on Concubine Xian's clothes.

And there was a discussion about whether it was a peony or not.

Hearing this, the Queen Mother and the Empress both frowned unabashedly. You know, in this harem, clothes are also very particular.

For example, only queens can wear golden robes, and they are also phoenix robes. In red, besides queens, concubines can also have a few of them.

But after all, the queen is also the master of the harem, so the red clothes worn by the imperial concubine cannot use the pattern of peonies, the king of flowers.

If there are peonies embroidered, then the color of the clothes should be second best and choose other colors or a water red that is slightly worse than the real red.

As the grade gets lower and lower, there are more and more requirements for this kind of clothing.

There is nothing wrong with Concubine Xian's original crimson palace dress, but if it is embroidered with peony patterns, it would be overstepping the imperial concubine, and it would be rude!

The Queen and the Queen Mother will definitely be unhappy with it, especially the Queen Mother, who is known to be very particular about etiquette.

Seeing the buzz around her getting louder and louder, Concubine Qi's eyes flashed, and then she smiled like a good old lady:

"Li Guiren, you must have read it wrong. Sister Xian, who is so knowledgeable and courteous, how could she mess up the etiquette?"

It sounded like he was trying to excuse Concubine Xian, but Luo Jiaqi knew that just because of these words, the Queen Mother's displeasure with Concubine Xian would be deepened.

But...it's not that time yet, but we can still let Qi Guifei and the others continue to perform.

"Sister, imperial concubine! How long has it been? This person has bullied you, why are you still thinking of trying to excuse me?

This pattern is clearly a peony. If you don’t believe me, take a good look. It’s not like everyone doesn’t know what a peony looks like.”

Li Guiren, however, looked at Concubine Qi as if he hated the iron, and when he spoke, he had a sad look on his face.

And all of a sudden, more people began to look at the patterns on Concubine Xian's clothes. Not to mention, they looked like peonies.

This time, both the Queen Mother, the Empress, and even the Emperor changed their expressions. Princess Anping was a little anxious, thinking about how to help Concubine Xian.

"Concubine Xian, right? What do you have to say?"

Just when the discussion around her became louder, the Queen Mother suddenly spoke. For a moment, everyone stopped talking and looked at the Queen Mother and then at Concubine Xian, wanting to know how the other party would explain.

Concubine Qi and Guiren Li on the side both had a smile of success in their eyes, but on the surface there was nothing wrong.

"Back to the Queen Mother, I really didn't know that the pattern on my body was actually peony."

After hearing the Queen Mother's question, Concubine Xian quickly saluted and answered,

"Besides, this dress was given to me when I was promoted. I didn't know there would be such a problem."

"Sister, what do you mean is that there is something wrong with the things the emperor gave you?"

How could Concubine Qi waste such a good opportunity? She immediately asked a sharp question.

Sure enough, after hearing this, Emperor Xixia's face turned gloomy.

If it were in the past, Concubine Xian would have been panicked at this time, but Luo Jiaqi had vaccinated her long before that, so she could cope with it like this at this time:

"Sister, the imperial concubine, was joking. I just said that I got this dress as a reward, but I didn't say whether it was a reward from the emperor or someone else.

After all, the queen sister, you, and others all gave me gifts back then."

"Then you can't shirk the problem to others. Even if there is something wrong with the clothes someone gave to my sister, how could my sister not notice it?

On such an important occasion, by dressing up so blatantly to show off, isn’t it because you want to destroy the majesty of the imperial concubine?”

Li Guiren obviously came here to be a talker. No, just after Concubine Xian finished explaining, this person stopped and started questioning her in an angry tone.

The Queen Mother's brows furrowed a little tighter,

Although she was not happy that Concubine Xian had surpassed the imperial concubine, it was indeed a breach of etiquette for this little nobleman to embarrass a concubine in public.

Concubine Qi seemed to sense the Queen Mother's unhappiness. She stretched out her hand and gently pulled Li Guiren, realizing that she should say less.

The corner of Luo Jiaqi's mouth raised slightly. It was almost time, and she gently touched Nanny Zhang next to her and gave her a look.

Aunt Zhang understood, nodded slightly, and walked out of the crowd:
Chapter completed!