"The handwriting is messy, and the second half is even more agitated, with several words wrong in a row. How can such a scripture be sent to the Buddhist hall for worship?" Song Yue questioned.
Zhao Qingyan was so angry that her heart was pounding. She had been copying scriptures all day since she entered the palace, without stopping for a moment. Her wrists were sore and aching. She finally finished copying them, but the other party tore them up.
How could I not be angry?
"Princess Consort, please continue copying." Yun Dong laid out another sheet of white paper on the table and personally ground the ink.
Zhao Qingyan wanted nothing more than to smash the pen in Yun Dong's face, but she held back. This was the palace, not a place for her to run wild.
She thought that perhaps the other party wanted to use this method to make her resist and then punish her, so she wouldn't fall for it.
He gritted his teeth, picked up his pen, and continued writing.
"Your Highness, the Second Madam has arrived." Amber led the people in.
Song Yue glanced at the newcomer and said in a nonchalant tone, "I've heard that the Second Madam has excellent handwriting. Could you copy a sutra for me?"
"Now?" the second wife asked in surprise.
Yun Dong had already laid out the paper and provided the brush and ink.
The second wife could not refuse, so she had to pick up her pen and copy the scriptures. Song Yue then said to Amber, "Go and tell the Empress Dowager that since the second wife is going to copy scriptures for me today, I will not be going."
"yes."
Upon hearing this, the second wife almost trembled. She pursed her lips and barely managed to steady herself.
The room was quiet.
Zhao Qingyan occasionally looked up and saw Song Yue leaning back on the couch, leisurely drinking tea and eating snacks, which made her even angrier.
On what grounds?
Snap!
A drop of thick ink fell from the tip of the pen.
Several characters in the newly copied scripture were smudged and blurred together.
Without saying a word, Yun Dong picked it up and tore it to pieces.
"Oh dear!" Zhao Qingyan exclaimed anxiously.
"The Crown Princess needs a calm mind to copy the scriptures well," Yun Dong said.
Zhao Qingyan was grinding her back teeth, which were making a grinding sound, and her hands were trembling violently.
Song Yue raised an eyebrow and glanced sideways at Zhao Qingyan: "If the Crown Princess can't calm down, drag her out to the corridor and make her kneel down and write. For every word she writes incorrectly, she will be punished with ten slaps on the hand."
Zhao Qingyan glared and slammed the pen on the table: "Why should I copy scriptures? No matter how I write it, it doesn't feel right. The Crown Princess is deliberately making things difficult for me!"
"Smack!" Yun Dong produced a ruler from somewhere and struck Zhao Qingyan's hand hard, leaving a mark on her fair skin instantly.
Zhao Qingyan let out a miserable scream, covering her hands with tears welling up in her eyes.
"When the Emperor goes to war, all the people pray for his safety. The Crown Princess knelt before the Buddha for three days copying scriptures. Can't the Heir Apparent's wife even endure this little bit of hardship?" Yun Dong snorted coldly and dragged the person out.
The second wife swallowed nervously, looked down at her copy, and found that her handwriting wasn't very neat.
Fortunately, Song Yue did not complain and released the person after detaining him for three hours.
When the Second Madam returned to the Xu family, she almost lost her footing and had to be supported by a maid to get back to the mansion. She immediately grabbed the Second Master and said, "Master, the Crown Princess is giving me a warning. She definitely doesn't want our second branch to take over the Xu family."
The second master was skeptical.
"Aren't you overthinking it?"
The next day, the Second Master was impeached in court and scolded by name by the Crown Prince, which finally forced him to believe it.
So the second wife's family became more restrained, claiming illness and staying home, and became much more low-key and cautious.
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