When Ji Wu Jiu wore plain clothes to visit the markets to see how the citizens are doing, he once saw people at the market haggling prices, like a war, and never ending, it can be compared with the bickering of the ministers at court.
Today, he was lucky to be able to witness the haggling process of inner palace women; The empress dowager and the empress was negotiating about what level title and how should Xu Wei Rong enter the palace.
Ye Zhen Zhen was thinking, no matter what Xu Wei Rong is still related to the empress dowager, she will be closer to empress dowager compared to Xian Concubine, so it will be best to not have a high position for that woman, if not there will be more problems later.
Furthermore, even if the emperor wants to give title to any woman, she can’t enter with a high title from the start, Xian Concubine was a different case, she was brought in with that title thanks to Ye Zhen Zhen’s marriage to the emperor. Xu Wei Rong’s father is just a small minister, definitely did not make any big contributions to the country, and also not to mention was pushed down by Ye Xiu Ming, so the empress dowager cannot use the family status as a reason.
Ye Zhen Zhen was clear that although she was not officially in bad terms with the empress dowager, but they both know they don’t like each other, so she didn’t really give face to her, so she was trying her best to haggle with her. The empress dowager said that Xu Wei Rong “Gentle and humble”, Ye Zhen Zhen replied “all the woman in this palace, which one is not gentle and humble”, the empress dowager said “good in literature and arts”, Ye Zhen Zhen replied “ why not ask her to become a female scholar, and help the emperor at the court, it would be the same, why should a woman with such knowledge be covered by the woman that only knows how to be pretty here”, the empress dowager said Xu Wei Rong is “a well known pretty maiden in the capital” Ye Zhen Zhen laughed coldly “if the whole capital knows she is pretty, looks like she has been showing her face very frequently”.. Empress dowager :…….