Wen Xu stood at the entrance domineeringly with Xiao Li. Both of them were giving the powerful and confident aura.

  All the consorts in the room were smiling politely and greeted both of them with a wide smile on their faces.

  Xie Mei's face was brightened when she saw Xiao Li and Wen Xu entering the room.

  Wen Xu coldly glanced at everyone but her smile turned into a sneer seeing Zhao Ming who stood up to greet her.

  " Greetings to Empress Dowager." Zhao Ming greeted Wen Xu politely.

  Wen Xu frowned and didn't respond to her greeting.

  " Hmph." she turned her head away in annoyance.

  Xiao Li smiled at Zhao Ming stiffly but didn't say anything.

  Zhao Ming's lips curled upwards as she saw Xiao Li's attitude. In front of Ji Cheng, she becomes extremely cheery and active while in his absence she doesn't even want to greet her.

  Good. Very good.

  " Don't you have something to say Consort Xiao Li?" Zhao Ming asked with a warm smile on her face.

  " Hmm?" Xiao Li was confused when Zhao Ming suddenly asked her this question.

  Zhao Ming smiled widely and said, " Didn't I just greet Empress Dowager? Shouldn't you greet me as well? Or did you forget your manners as well?"

  Xie Mei frowned when she heard Zhao Ming's words. She was clearly hinting towards her for forgetting her manners.

  Xiao Li's expressions turned stiff when she heard Zhao Ming's question.

  She didn't greet Zhao Ming earlier, because she doesn't want to do so. If she bowed to her in front of everyone, it would be no good for her image.

  And how can she bow to her after whatever happened last evening.

  Wen Xu frowned Zhao Ming's words. Even though Xiao Li's position is lower than Zhao Ming's, she does not want Xiao Li to bow to her.

  " What do you mean? Didn't she nod at you? Isn't it enough for a greeting? You're just one of the consorts, don't think too highly of yourself. Xiao Li doesn't need to bow to you. It's already enough that we came to attend this meeting. Now hurry up and finish it up. " Wen Xu said while walking towards the chairs to sit down ignoring Zhao Ming's words.

  Jia shi pursed her lips seeing the way Wen Xu treated Zhao Ming. She ignored her words and humiliated her in front of all the consorts.

  If Empress Dowager doesn't respect the Empress, then other consorts will follow the same suite.

  She sighed as she felt bad for Zhao Ming.

  Zhao Ming's lips curled up when she heard Wen Xu's ridiculous words.

  " Oh. Is that so? Hmm, let me see. " Zhao Ming looked puzzled as she tried to remember something.

  Wen Xu frowned seeing Zhao Ming thinking about something.

  " What? What do you want to say?" Wen Xu felt annoyed when Zhao Ming didn't say anything for a while.

  " Empress Dowager, according to the rule book of the palace, you should respect the crown at least even if you don't like that person. Just like I greeted you in respect to your position, shouldn't Consort Xiao Li do the same? Or does she not respect the crown of the Empress?" Zhao Ming asked nonchalantly.

  She was glad that she read the rules and the value of all these formalities.

  Xiao Li's expressions stiffened when she heard Zhao Ming's words. She didn't have expected for Zhao Ming to interrupt the situation this way.

  " Sister Zhao Ming, what are you saying? You know that I could never disrespect the crown. Please don't say something like this ". Xiao Li's expressions turned wrong as she glanced at Wen Xu with pitiful expressions for help.

  Wen Xu pursed her lips when she saw how Zhao Ming used the palace rules to pinpoint Xiao Li's mistake.

  " What nonsense are you saying? How can this be seen as disrespecting the crown? Xiao Li was about to greet you but before she could do so, you started making an issue out of nothing."

  Wrn Xu hurriedly nugged at Xiao Li's arm asking her to greet her hurriedly. Though she doesn't care about Zhao Ming's words, respecting the crown was their duty……

  Xiao Li pursed her lips and hurriedly bowed in front of her lightly.

  " Greeting to the Empress".

  …


  " Now should we start the meeting if you're done with your drama?" Wen Xu shook her head as she felt extremely annoyed.

  Zhao Ming didn't mind Wen Xu's words and just nodded.

  " You're right. We should start the meeting." Zhao Ming smiled mildly and looked at Wen Xu.

  Xiao Li was annoyed that Zhao Ming made her now to her but at the same time she was pleased how Wen Xu insulted Zhao Ming.

  But when she saw Zhao Ming's indifferent behavior and that mild smile on her face, she felt uncomfortable for some reason.

  Wen Xu confidently walked towards the centre of the table to sit on the royal chair which was for the one who led the meeting, but before she could sit in that, Zhao Ming hurriedly sat on the chair.

  Wen Xu: "-_-"

  Xiao Li: "-_-"

  Others: "-_-"

  Everyone was shocked at what happened. The middle chair in the centre of the table, considers a great honor value to it.

  Wen Xu always sat on the chair because she always considered herself high and mighty. Though it's a chair for the acting Empress and the one who is in charge of the harem.

  Wen Xu has never let Zhao Ming sit in that chair and always sat there herself. That's why she walked to sit on that chair like always.

  However, Zhao Ming saw her actions as a sly smile appeared on her face. She hurriedly sat down before letting Wen Xu sit in the chair.

  " Zhao Ming, what do you think you are doing? How dare you to sit on this chair? Don't you know that it's my chair?" Wen Xu said righteously.

  She couldn't believe that Zhao Ming not only sat down before her but also sat on her seat.

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