Chapter 463 - Proper Palace Intrigue (2) (2/2)

Shu Fei clutched the hem of her coat, a querying look in her eyes. ‘What’s up with this woman today?’

After a brief hesitation, Shu Fei still took her fox fur coat off. Without anything to ward off the cold, Shu Fei immediately shivered from the freezing temperature.

There was a concubine who tried to suck up to Shu Fei by taking off her own coat and offering it to the latter, but was gently rejected.

Shi Sheng gave her a look accompanied by a knowing smile.

Shu Fei’s heart started thumping wildly at that. ‘Could it be that she’s discovered something?’

“Jiejie, don’t be angry that His Majesty has been staying at my(cq) palace these past few days. Sigh, really now. I already told him I(cq) was fine, but His Majesty insisted on staying…” Shu Fei suppressed the uneasiness in her heart, as she began to flaunt the fact that the Emperor had been staying at her place yet again.

Because Zhuang Qiong and the ML had gotten into a bit of a tiff, the ML stayed at Shu Fei’s palace these past few days.

Every time they met, Shu Fei would use this to get under Zhuang Qiong’s skin.

Shu Fei spoke for a long time, but didn’t get any reaction from Shi Sheng. She frowned ever so slightly. ‘Could it be that she knows His Majesty is going to be here today?’

“Jiejie, are you feeling unwell?” Shu Fei tentatively asked.

“I(bg) suppose you’d hope for that, eh?” Shi Sheng raised a brow slightly.

A hint of panic appeared on Shu Fei’s face. “Of course not, Jiejie! I(cq) was just expressing concern.”

“I(bg) think you are! Go stand outside.” Shi Sheng’s voice suddenly raised in pitch. ‘Didn’t you want the ML’s pity? I’ll(bbb) help you out! No need to thank me(bbb) too much!’

“Jiejie…”

“You’re not listening to me(bg) anymore? Shu Fei, are you planning on disobeying your betters?”

Shu Fei lowered her head in a panic. A hint of loathing flashed in the depths of her eyes, as she grit her teeth and spoke, “I(cq) wouldn’t dare.”

“Then why aren’t you leaving? Do you need me(bg) to ‘bestow’ you twenty strikes of the paddle before you do?”

“But I(cq) didn’t do anything wrong. Jiejie has to have a reason to punish me(cq), otherwise you won’t be able to answer to His Majesty.” ‘It’s so cold outside—wouldn’t asking me to stand outside be like asking for my life?!’

Shu Fei had bribed one of the Emperor’s eunuchs, so she knew he was coming here today, which was the reason why she had invited Shi Sheng here.

Shu Fei had originally planned on agitating Shi Sheng to incite the latter to punish her. Since the Emperor and Zhuang Qiong were giving each other the cold shoulder right now, if the latter’s unruly manner were to be seen by him, it’d increase the likelihood of her losing favour.

But Shu Fei hadn’t expected Shi Sheng to demand for her fox coat the moment she arrived, and even tell her to go stand outside…

“Is being disrespectful to me(bg) not a reason?”

“I(cq) was just being worried about Jiejie. How can you be unreasonable?”

“I(bg) just am unreasonable! What’re you going to do about it? If you have the ability, why don’t you climb higher than me huh?” Shi Sheng spoke arrogantly.

Everyone in the surroundings didn’t dare to breathe too loudly. They knew that these two would often get into disagreements the moment they met, and were pretty evenly matched.

From the looks of things, Gui Fei was the winner today.

‘But the Gui Fei seems even more arrogant than before… Could it be that she made up with His Majesty and we just don’t know about it?’

Shu Fei’s face was flushed red from anger and frustration.

What was above the position of Gui Fei? The titles of Huang Gui Fei and Empress!

They had all been striving for the position of Empress, but the Emperor didn’t seem to have any plans of installing a new Empress, so it was no use.

As for Huang Gui Fei… That position wasn’t easy to get either.

“Shu Fei.” ‘If you still don’t leave, I’m(lz) going to draw my sword!’

Shu Fei could only swallow her frustration. After all, who told her position to be lower than Gui Fei?

Shu Fei hugged herself as she walked out. ‘I’m telling His Majesty when he gets here! See how she’ll keep her arrogance then!’

It was snowing quite heavily outside. In the short while Shu Fei had been standing there, quite a good amount of snow had fallen on her, causing her to feel stiff from the cold.

‘Why isn’t His Majesty here yet?!’