The palace banquet.
The hall was silent as soon as Zhongshan Zuo called the Empress barren. Everyone saw imperial concubine Sheng's attempts at covering up for her some disgusting. It was insulting to the Empress and everyone could scarcely keep their expression neutral.
The Imperial concubine was just proving that the popular public opinion, which was that she was a spoiled brat with no respect for her senior right. The imperial concubine had been rumoured by the palace servants, a few times of throwing her weight around.
The imperial palace was a jungle deeper with beautiful but poisonous women who all waited for an opportunity to attack each other. In this world, you were either a Predator or the prey. For years Imperial concubine Sheng had ruffled lots of feathers.