After slapping Miss Lu, Granny Zhang, panting heavily, said, "Today, on behalf of Consort Duan and His Highness Prince An, I'm giving Miss Lu a little lesson. I hope Miss Lu will remember these dozen or so slaps and be more careful in her words and actions in the future, and recognize her place!"
"Miss Lu, you must remember this well: how did you get this position as a princess? You must always keep your skin on, lest you forget how shameless you are!"
"Since you've shamelessly obtained this identity, you have to be able to accept everything that comes with it!"
Lu Xiaoyun looked into the distance, where snowflakes fell from the sky like scattered silver, and the world was filled with icy cold.
Throughout the entire process, Zhu Yu remained silent, staring intently at Lu Xiaoyun and Consort Duan, not even wiping away the blood that kept spilling from the corner of his mouth.
This made Granny Zhang raise her hand again: "Miss Lu is dissatisfied and resentful! Is it because I didn't explain myself clearly enough?!"
“If you know what’s good for you, you might still get a piece of rotten food and a tattered straw mat to wrap you in. Otherwise, the mass grave won’t mind having more corpses! Miss Lu, don’t blame me for not warning you, there are plenty of starving, skin-and-bones wild dogs in a mass grave! If you’re thrown there with your emaciated body, you’ll be devoured in less than a quarter of an hour, leaving not even a bone fragment.”
After saying that, Granny Zhang raised her hand again, and it looked like another solid slap was about to fall.
If this continues, not only will the original owner's delicate face be smashed to pieces, but it might even cost him his life.
Lu Xiaoyun frowned slightly. If a nanny dared to be so arrogant, it must have been instructed by Consort Duan on the way here. She said coldly, "Alright, Granny Zhang, don't beat her to death."
Granny Zhang quickly stopped what she was doing and stepped aside: "Yes, Your Highness."
Consort Duan glanced at her "son" seemingly casually.
Lu Xiaoyun glanced at Consort Duan without changing her expression, then her cold gaze swept over Zhang Mama.
Granny Zhang trembled and immediately lowered her head.
Lu Xiaoyun helped Consort Duan walk out. Her right thumb was burning hot, and she estimated that it would be another 100 or 200 points higher after this ordeal.
Looking back at Zhu Yu, who was in a terrible state, she hardened her heart and turned her face away. She had no right to forgive Zhu Yu so easily on behalf of the original owner. If it weren't for him, the original owner wouldn't have died.
Consider these dozen or so slaps today as her way of getting a little bit of interest back for the original owner.
Given Zhu Yu's violent temper, forget about pleasing others to earn points; he'd be lucky if he didn't break the bracelet. Getting his body back would be harder than climbing to heaven.
"Mother, I will take you to see Yunmei Garden. It is a spacious and beautiful place, filled with red plum blossoms. You can stay here in my residence from now on."
As for the palace, it's estimated that the Empress Dowager and the old emperor wouldn't want her to go back.
However, it would be best not to cause any more chaos at the Prince An's residence in the future.
Lu Xiaoyun sighed silently.
You mean red plum blossoms?
Lu Xiaoyun smiled and said, "Yes, knowing that Mother Consort likes red plum blossoms, I ordered people to collect many rare varieties from various places. Now is the perfect time for red plum blossoms to bloom."
Consort Duan's face lit up with joy. Sure enough, tormenting that woman was a shared hobby of both mother and son: "Good, good, good. I knew my son was the most filial."
Once outside, Lu Xiaoyun gave Jiang Chuan a subtle look.
Jiang Chuan had already received instructions from Lu Xiaoyun before he arrived, instructing him to make sure to invite Imperial Physician Jiang to examine the "Princess's" injuries after Consort Duan and the others had left.
Now that this woman has been tortured to this state by Granny Zhang, she probably won't last long if she doesn't receive timely treatment.
Consort Duan stopped at the door, raised her chin, and instructed the servants, "From now on, unless I give the order, give her only two steamed buns a day, just enough to keep her from starving."
The servants in the courtyard all responded in unison.
The door was then slammed shut again with a bang.
Zhu Yu's weak and powerless appearance was shut out from Lu Xiaoyun's view as the door closed tightly.
Zhu Yu collapsed to the ground, panting heavily, blood trickling from the corner of his mouth and dripping onto his pale, thin wrist.
The jade bracelet on his wrist suddenly showed a score of "600". His head was buzzing and he no longer had the energy to care about that damn score.
Outside, Lu Xiaoyun, as the "son of a woman," had to personally escort Consort Duan to Yunmei Garden after leaving Feixue Garden.
When everyone stood at the entrance of Feixue Garden, Consort Duan and the others all looked at Lu Xiaoyun, and Consort Duan even raised her eyebrows at her.
The meaning is clear: please ask "him" to lead the way.
Lu Xiaoyun's mind went blank, and her lips twitched slightly. She was doomed. Heaven was playing a cruel joke on her; it hadn't passed on Zhu Yu's memories to her.
So, she didn't know where Yunmei Garden was.
Oh no, how am I supposed to get Consort Duan and the others there?
I should have known better than to let Jiang Chuan go find Physician Jiang to treat Zhu Yu's injuries first; it would have been more important to take them there first.
The steward was also sent by Consort Duan to pack up the many items she had brought from the palace.
Therefore, there are no people from the Prince An's Mansion in this place at all.
What a blunder! What a blunder!
Not to mention roads, Lu Xiaoyun only knew Jiang Chuan and the housekeeper.
But unfortunately, neither of them was by her side at that moment.
So, we're doomed!
Lu Xiaoyun was inwardly groaning, but she could only grit her teeth and persevere. Despite the freezing weather, she was sweating profusely.
Everyone waited for "His Highness Prince An" to take the first step. It was the dead of winter, and it was snowing. It was freezing cold, and they had been standing outside for almost half an hour. Their bodies were about to freeze.
Lu Xiaoyun awkwardly kept picking at her toes inside her black cloud-patterned boots, and could only say, "What are you standing there for, Granny Zhang? You and the others go ahead and set up the underfloor heating in Mother Consort's room. Mother Consort and I will follow behind. We'll be there soon."
Um?
All the servants looked up cautiously and with a hint of confusion.
Seeing this, Lu Xiaoyun was startled. Could it be that she had given herself away? But what she had just said didn't seem like anything.
Could it be that Zhu Yu's relationship with Consort Duan has deteriorated to such an extent that he would never get along so well with his mother in private, which is why they have become suspicious?
Zhang Mama glanced awkwardly at Consort Duan and had to apologize, "Your Highness, I have never been to the Prince An's residence before. Therefore, I truly do not know where Yunmei Garden is..."
Her hand tightened in her sleeve. As expected, Zhu Yu's relationship with Consort Duan was even worse than she had imagined. The most trusted nanny of her mother had never once visited her son's residence.
What does this mean? It means that Consort Duan never considered Zhu Yu as her own son from beginning to end.
This stay at Prince An's residence was only due to the decree of the Empress Dowager and the Emperor, and was something I had no choice but to do.
Lu Xiaoyun turned to look at the tightly closed door. Zhu Yu, what kind of person are you?
But now is not the time to think about that. The most important thing right now is how to get the person to Yunmei Garden!
Lu Xiaoyun was in a complete mess!
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