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Consort Yan pressed her lips together and shot a gleeful glance at Noble Consort Pan's exquisitely made-up face. "Sister Noble Consort, don't blame me for being blunt. Even Sister Consort Hui could tell that I meant well. You'd best save your temper and vent it on the person who deserves it."

"...What do you mean?" Noble Consort Pan suppressed the wicked anger surging within her.

"Your relative and younger sister has a secret trick for winning favor, yet she actually didn't tell you?" Consort Yan asked in feigned surprise, raising a hand to cover her lips.

"What secret trick could she have? She's nothing but a bootlicker who's been nodding and bowing obsequiously before me since childhood. I told her to do something, and she did it. She never dared say a word too many. His Majesty would never like such a spineless woman."

"But compared to Sister Noble Consort, whose personality was strong enough to make her own younger brother abduct Liu Rongrong, at least she doesn't get jealous for no reason." Consort Yan smiled faintly.

Consort Hui suddenly thought of something. Feigning astonishment, she blinked. "Could it be that Sister Consort Qi can tolerate His Majesty's confidante outside the palace, Lady Liu?"

"Heh. Tolerate her? That's putting it too mildly." Consort Yan savored the twitching, furious expression on Noble Consort Pan's face. "I heard that Sister Consort Qi personally petitioned His Majesty to bring Lady Liu into the palace to serve as her lady attendant. She calls it serving as a lady attendant, but who doesn't know that she wants to keep His Majesty in Zhaoyang Hall?"

"She dares summon a woman from the entertainer registry into the palace to beguile and seduce His Majesty!?" Noble Consort Pan's face went pale, and the hand lifting her skirt trembled