Although Lin Shuang was just a servant, she was a first-class maid with status in the palace and by Ji Fengyao's side, and her food, clothing and daily necessities were better than those of ordinary young ladies.

Especially after he came to Ji Fengyao's side.

Ji Fengyao's self-developed skincare products are unique and of exceptional quality, making the skin of those who use Lin Shuang even more delicate and supple, surpassing even some of the empresses in the palace.

Lai Si was not a chivalrous person at all.

Lin Shuang's body was already covered in bruises, and when the two guards slammed her so roughly to the ground, the withered weeds in the autumn ground easily tore her skin apart.

"Ugh!" Despite the pain all over her body, Lin Shuang couldn't help but groan again.

When he raised his eyes to glare at the two guards.

Out of the corner of her eye, she caught sight of three brightly dressed figures.

Upon closer inspection.

It was Ji Fengyao leading Xique and Bailu, the three of them standing there gracefully.

They were dressed smartly and beautifully, and their faces were as green and lush as spring.

Before yesterday, Lin Shuang would never have felt ashamed, but now...

Lin Shuang looked down at herself, disheveled and covered in bruises and filth, and suddenly realized that she had somehow fallen into such a wretched place!

"Are you all here to laugh at me?" Lin Shuang asked through gritted teeth.

She lay half-prone on the ground, stubbornly refusing to look up at them again.

"yes!"

Ji Fengyao's cherry-red lips curved slightly upward, and she answered without any attempt to hide her feelings.

The magpie was quick to speak: "I didn't want to see you, you ungrateful wretch, but I'm really bored, so beating a drowning dog is a good way to pass the time."

A drowning dog!

Lin Shuang was provoked by these despicable and heartless words. She angrily raised her eyes and glared at Ji Fengyao and Xi Que, like a trapped beast: "I am in this state because of you scoundrels! You jinxes, what right do you have to laugh at me!"

Stubborn to the end!

Ji Fengyao looked at Lin Shuang with icy eyes and waved to the guards and secret agents around her, saying, "You may all leave now."

"Yes, Your Highness!"

The guards and bodyguards all agreed and quickly left.

Ji Fengyao then stepped forward gracefully and said sarcastically, "Is that so? Do you even believe yourself after saying that?"

"We harmed you, have you no conscience?" Bai Lu stepped forward, hands on her hips, pointing at Lin Shuang and angrily scolding, "It was clearly you who had wicked thoughts, deluding yourself into being with Brother Hei; after being rejected by Brother Hei, you shifted all the blame onto the Princess, blaming the Princess for not bringing you and Brother Hei together, and even betrayed the Prince and Princess for a few dozen spirit stones. When did you cultivate such a thick skin, daring to turn the tables on us?"

Lin Shuang braced herself on the ground with both hands, her ten fingers digging tightly into the soil.

Bai Lu was fine as long as she didn't mention the spirit stones, but when she brought up those sixty-odd spirit stones and thought of the bone whistle that Ji Fengyao had destroyed, Lin Shuang felt a surge of hatred.

She wanted to tear Ji Fengyao's flesh out with her eyes, and he hissed through gritted teeth, "You're biased and won't give me spirit stones, only secretly giving them to Xique. Why can't I choose another master for spirit stones? That person is much more generous than you, giving me over a hundred spirit stones in one go, unlike you who are so narrow-minded, stingy, and biased!"

“He’s really generous,” Ji Fengyao laughed.

The magpie and the white dew also laughed heartily.

The magpie looked at Lin Shuang with the eyes of someone looking at an idiot, and then waved its hand.

More than a thousand low-grade stones were retrieved from the Magpie's Ring.

It piled up into a small mountain around her.