Cai Ping tilted her head and thought for a while: "I don't know my real name, I only know that General Shen changed his name to [Chen Mieyue] a few years ago."
Shen Wei waved her Luo fan and thought with a smile that General Shen was a man who held grudges.
The master and servant were taking a walk. When they reached the lake, they suddenly heard a wailing sound from outside the courtyard wall.
It sounds like crying and complaining, sad and weird.
Woohoo...
A woman's hoarse voice came: "I am so miserable... I am so resentful..."
"Men in this world are so fickle..."
The moonlight was cold, and the woman's crying seemed far and near, which dissipated the heat in Shen Wei's body and made her back cold.
Caiping was trembling with fear.
Shen Wei sat on a chair in the waterside pavilion, fanning herself calmly and waiting. Soon, a "thump" sound was heard outside the yard. A moment later, Jixiang and Deshun dragged in a net and threw it into the yard.
"Master, the ghost has been caught." Jixiang pulled open the big net and dragged out the slender woman in white.
When her messy black hair was pushed aside, Fang'er's pale little face was revealed.
Fang'er was still in shock. She seemed to realize her situation and wanted to cover her face belatedly.
Shen Wei sat in the waterside pavilion, gently waving her Luo fan: "Why are you hiding? I know it's you."
Fang'er collapsed on the ground, feeling cold from head to toe. She raised her head tremblingly and looked at Shen Wei who was sitting on the rosewood chair.
Chen Wei wore a light green silk dress with a white jade hairpin in her hair, and she looked as elegant as a lotus in clear water. She waved the fan in her hand slowly and steadily, and an invisible sense of oppression came over her.
There was fear in Fang'er's eyes, she knew that Shen Wei was not simple, this was a master with deep scheming.
If I fall into Shen Wei's hands, I might die tonight.
Shen Wei said: "Let's not beat around the bush. You will be my spy and keep an eye on Zhang Yue's movements for me."
Fang Er gritted her teeth and said, "I will not betray my master. Don't even think about it. I'm in your hands today. You can kill me or chop me up as you please!"
Chen Wei smiled: "Your wrists are all injured. I guess you didn't have a good time in Rose Garden. Caiping, give her a bottle of golden wound medicine to heal her wounds."
Caiping handed over the small medicine bottle.
Fang'er didn't dare to answer it. Her whole body was trembling, and her eyes were still full of resistance.
Shen Wei said calmly: "Cai Ping, give her one or two taels of silver."
Cai Ping put a tael of silver in front of Fang Er, and Fang Er clenched her fists: "I will not be your running dog."
Shen Wei calmly raised the price: “Two taels.”
Two taels of silver were placed in front of her. Fang'er's eyes moved slightly, but she still shook her head firmly: "I won't agree to you. You are definitely not that kind."
Shen Wei took a sip of tea: “Three taels.”
Caiping added another tael of silver, but Fang'er still shook her head stubbornly.
Shen Wei: “Four ounces.”
Fang'er clenched her fists silently, her eyes uncontrollably falling on the four taels of silver. Zhang Yue was out of favor, so Fang'er's monthly salary was also deducted. These four taels of silver were equivalent to Fang'er's monthly salary for most of half a year.
She wanted money, but she didn't dare to take it.
Shen Wei put down the teacup: “Cai Ping, take back the one tael of silver.”
Caiping took action immediately, and the four taels of silver in front of Fang'er became three taels. Fang'er's eyes widened and she was slow to speak.
Shen Wei said slowly: "Cai Ping, take another one or two."
Three taels of silver became two taels. If Fang'er doesn't express her opinion, all the silver she has given away will be taken back.
This is a psychological tactic to gradually break down Fang'er's defenses.
As expected, without waiting for Shen Wei to speak, Fang'er pounced on the remaining two taels of silver and the golden wound medicine in her hands like a hungry tiger.
Fang'er put away the silver and kowtowed twice: "This servant is willing to help Master Shen."
Fang'er had disliked Zhang Yue for a long time. This woman was narrow-minded, stingy with the maid's money, was arrogant, and often beat and scolded Fang'er.
In order to show her sincerity, Fang'er took the initiative to tell Zhang Yue's sinister plot: "Master Shen, Zhang Yue not only let the servants pretend to be ghosts to scare you, but also buried a witch in Fangfei Garden to curse the prince, hoping to find an opportunity to report you."
Shen Wei paused in waving her Luo fan, and the corners of her pink lips slowly rose.
When he was dozing off, someone sent him a pillow, and by chance, the evidence that could bring down Zhang Yue was also sent to him.
Shen Wei stood up personally, put another three taels of silver in Fang'er's hand, and said with a smile: "Do your job well, and I won't treat you badly."
Fang'er clenched the three taels of silver she had just received, her eyes determined, and kowtowed twice.
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Late at night in the Rose Garden, Zhang Yue was walking in the small courtyard, walking around the yard again and again.
She looked at the broken courtyard wall and the dark courtyard outside the wall. The concubines lived in the remote southwest area, which was as gloomy as a tomb at night.
Zhang Yue felt a little irritated.
In the past, Chen Wei lived in Fangfei Garden next door, where lights were bright and laughter was everywhere. The Rose Garden where Zhang Yue lives seems to have been infected as well, and she is no longer lonely at night.
Now that Shen Wei has moved away, Zhang Yue feels as if she is in a grave. The surroundings are so quiet that only the sound of the cold wind remains.
With such a depressing and dark environment, it is no wonder that the concubines who fell out of favor in the past either died or went crazy.
"Master." Fang'er came back in the night.
Zhang Yue asked hurriedly: "Is Chen Wei scared by you?"
Fang Er hid the sneer in her heart and answered respectfully: "Of course, that Shen was as timid as a mouse and was almost scared to death by this servant."
Zhang Yue clapped her hands and cheered: "Not bad, you did a great job."
Fang'er looked at Zhang Yue eagerly, and after a moment's hesitation, she said, "Master, it is really tiring for me to play the ghost. My hands and feet are all worn out..."
She hoped to get a reward from Zhang Yue, but Zhang Yue just said unhappily: "When Shen Wei falls, my day of success will come, and I will definitely reward you then."
Fang'er lowered her head humbly and said nothing more.
She had five taels of warm silver in her pocket, as well as a bottle of good quality medicine for wounds.
As the lowest-ranking maid in the palace, Fang'er hates it most when her master makes empty promises.
Zhang Yue's verbal reward was illusory; Shen Wei gave money directly, which would make Fang'er loyal to her work.
Zhang Yue was completely unaware of Fang'er's betrayal, she was still gloating: "In two days, I will report Shen Wei to the princess. She practiced witchcraft in the yard without permission, Shen Wei's death is imminent."
Fang'er lowered her head, hiding the flash of disdain in her eyes.
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