Nan Zhiyun glanced at Rong Chongyuan after hearing her words. To be honest, she looked somewhat frightening, her face so pale, covered in powder, as if half-dead.
"Rong Chongyuan, you've changed a lot in just two days. Luckily, it's daytime. If I had met you at night, I might have been scared to death. The way you look now is no different from a ghost. Why are you out here scaring people? I advise you, even if it's daytime, you should stay in your room at night. That way, you won't be mistaken for something unclean and bring bad luck!"
"You!" Rong Chongyuan never expected Nan Zhiyun to retort so sharply. Before, Nan Zhiyun had always been quite low-key in the harem because she believed His Majesty preferred gentle and courteous women, so she always restrained her words and actions.
However, many knew that before Nan Zhiyun was married, she was one of the most arrogant women in the entire Yuan Dynasty. She had a sharp tongue and almost no one dared to provoke her, firstly due to her status, and secondly, because of her unreasonable nature.
Nan Zhiyun had restrained herself after entering the palace, but recently, being indulged by Yu Jingchen, she no longer suppressed herself.
After all, if she caused trouble... His Majesty himself had said she could do whatever she pleased and that she could be lawless in the palace. So how could she allow these people to dictate to her now?
"Consort Shu, please don't be angry. Rong Chongyuan is just straightforward and has no ill intentions. She was merely worried about Consort Shu, so she came despite her illness," Bai Yusheng, that living bodhisattva, once again stepped in to mediate.
"If you're sick, then don't come out. You look frightening, and worse, what if you pass your illness to me?" Nan Zhiyun's mouth was quite unforgiving when she had the upper hand.
"Besides, I am perfectly fine, at least better than her. If she were to fall in front of me later and then falsely accuse me, I might not be able to defend myself." Nan Zhiyun was somewhat speechless. Was this concern for her, or concern for whether she was dead or alive...
His Majesty was truly something, not only punishing her but also letting so many people know. It was already embarrassing enough to be spanked on her buttocks and palms by His Majesty, and now so many people knew. She was Consort Shu... was Consort Shu treated like a child? It was so undignified, so embarrassing.
Nan Zhiyun felt awkward just thinking about these annoying people knowing she had been punished like that by His Majesty.
"Consort Shu, please don't mind. Rong Chongyuan certainly didn't mean it. However, since you are injured, you shouldn't stand for too long. Why don't you sit down for a while?" This time, Su Qianyuan spoke.
As she said this, she seemed to realize she had said something wrong and quickly added, "My apologies, this concubine misspoke. I forgot that Consort Shu is injured. Perhaps we can get a soft cushion for you?" As Su Qianyuan spoke, those around her started to chuckle.
Nan Zhiyun frowned. See, they were all laughing at her... But she hadn't reached that point, had she? Although His Majesty had hit her many times yesterday, it wasn't to the extent that she needed a cushion to sit.
"Is Bao Lin Su's face healed? Why are you still wearing a veil?" Nan Zhiyun was no longer polite. Since they wanted to cause trouble, she saw no reason to spare their feelings.