Everyone was puzzled when Zhao Ming announced the rewards for the good character and their productivity.
They couldn't understand her reasoning behind all these things. It's not related to harem at all.
Though these things were useless from their point of view, Zhao Ming had a reason to implement these rewards.
She wanted to implement the reward for good character because she has seen that the women in the harem are so arrogant and don't treat their servants well.
Not only that, they don't respect each other nor her as the Empress of Ji Dynasty. Everyone came late for the meeting but no one apologized for it except Jia Shi.
They have no morals and talks like a shrew. They try to be an elegant lady but there is not a single trait of a lady in them especially Wen Xu and Xie Mei.
She doesn't think that Xiao Li comes into the category of a shrew because she is actually beautiful and elegant. She doesn't run her mouth like a crazy person.