"I dare not compare myself to Empress Hunfang. My two sisters are embarrassing me. I am terrified."
Zhen Qia looked frightened and immediately stood up from the stool, lowering her head and speaking in panic.
His sharp nails dug into the palm of his hand, and his back teeth were numb from biting.
She hadn't even taken action to deal with this enemy from her previous life, but this woman took the initiative to provoke her.
But in this life, she had never made a name for herself in the harem, nor had she tried to snatch the emperor's favor. Yet, this woman still couldn't tolerate her and came to target her!
Is it because of her face that looks like Queen Hunfang?
[When she puts on makeup, she does bear some resemblance to Hunfang, but her looks are far inferior to Hunfang.]
But without her makeup, she's even worse! Zhen Cai has some self-awareness; she's certainly no match for Empress Hunfang.
Feng Wanwan looked at Zhen Qia's sallow face with dark circles under her eyes and sighed softly.
"Fearful? I really can't see your fear. I just think Fang Da Ying is very capable and arrogant."
Concubine Hua sneered, her eyes becoming sharp and staring straight at Zhen Qia.
"Otherwise, how could you, as someone who is not the head of a palace, arbitrarily dispose of the palace maids and actually treat me and Concubine Jing as dead?"
[What? My mother brought Lady Jing to find Zhen Cha, and it wasn't because of Zhen Cha's affair with Feng Yinli?]
[No, she already has the evidence and the witness, so why doesn't she just take action to deal with Zhen Qia?]
[They've made such a big fuss, but they're just here to find Zhen Caisuan and injure a palace maid. Isn't that a bit of an overreaction?]
Feng Wanwan was stunned and looked up at her mother in disbelief.
Concubine Hua had no time to explain to her, but just continued to stare at Zhen Qia with a stern face.
As expected, Zhen Qia immediately knelt down and spoke humbly.
"I dare not. How dare I be so disrespectful to the Imperial Concubine and the Imperial Concubine Jing?
It was really because the maidservant acted too much that I had to teach her a lesson.
I have always respected you two ladies and have never been disrespectful."
"Just to teach her a lesson, you scratched the maid's face, and then broke her leg?"
Concubine Jing spoke at this time, her expression serious.
"What terrible thing did that maid do to deserve such a severe punishment?"
"She knocked over my teacup and burned my hand.
I was angry for a moment and accidentally hit her."
Zhen Qia found an excuse to answer.
Concubine Hua's face became even more serious.
"When maids from ordinary aristocratic families make mistakes, their masters would just give them a few words of reprimand, but you actually took action and hurt the servants' reputation.
Is this the rule you learned when you were at home?
Even if she accidentally hit her face earlier, why did she let the young eunuch beat her with forty sticks and nearly kill her?
"She did something wrong but refused to repent and even contradicted me. I have repeatedly taught her but she still refuses to change. I am so angry that I just..."
Zhen Qia was in a bad mood today. She had been enduring it again and again, but now she couldn't bear it anymore.
Concubine Jing's face fell immediately.
"If you're so angry, just have someone break her legs.
Sister Imperial Concubine is absolutely right. The girls you bring up are really not worth it!
Now that I'm in the palace, it's even worse!"
"You're joking, Concubine Jing. My family has very good rules. That's why Haobi was so well-behaved and docile when she was at Zhen's house. She never stepped out of line. But after coming to the palace, she became so unbearable.
I think it is the bad atmosphere in the palace that has led her astray.
It is precisely to prevent this girl from becoming worse and worse and causing trouble to her two sisters that I have imposed such a severe punishment on her.
It was also to make an example of someone and frighten all the palace servants in Suiyuxuan."
Zhen Qia explained seriously that she had done nothing wrong and whatever she said was reasonable.
This successfully angered Concubine Jing.
"Fang promised a flexible tongue, but I never knew that the harem under the rule of the Imperial Concubine and me was not in a good mood?
I never expected that the Imperial Concubine and I actually needed Fang to agree to give us some advice on how to do things!
My dear sister, I feel that this matter cannot be taken lightly and must be handled seriously. What do you think?"
“I agree with you.
I originally understood that Fang agreed to be ill and just wanted to ask her a question, but I didn't expect Fang to be so self-righteous and sharp-tongued.
This palace sees that Fang is very confident in agreeing to this, and her body should still be very strong and should be able to withstand the palace punishment."
Concubine Hua narrowed her eyes slightly and spoke in a cold and hard tone.
"Then according to the palace rules, Fang must agree to kneel in the courtyard and copy scriptures.
Come, ask Fang to leave and prepare a desk, writing brush, paper, and inkstone in the courtyard so that she can be well served."
"Sister, Fang has a dark look on her face, so I think she's not in a good mood. Let her copy the Heart Sutra.
One copy won't heal her heart; I'm afraid I'll have to copy it a hundred times."
Concubine Jing's complexion slowly recovered and her tone became leisurely.
Suzhi immediately ordered people to drag Zhencha away, and a skillful young eunuch set up the desk in the yard.
As Zhen Cai's personal maid, Liu Zhu could only go forward and grind.
Although Zhen Qia's face was stiff, a glint of contempt flashed in her eyes.
How stupid!
In her previous life, she was highly favored and even stole this woman's favor because of her face that looked so much like Queen Hunfang.
In this life, she lived in seclusion, not fighting or competing, and was clearly deliberately sparing this woman. She didn't expect that this woman would come to her on her own initiative.
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