"Miss, calm down. The master has specifically instructed..."
“Snap—”
Before the little maidservant could finish her words, the older maidservant beside Li Jiaojiao slapped her hard in the face. The force was so great that she turned her face away and fell to the ground.
"How dare you stop me, young lady? Do you want to die?"
Li Jiaojiao smiled with satisfaction at the maid.
"Well done, you are worthy of being my man. Come back and claim your reward."
Huaping's face lit up with joy, and she bowed happily, "Thank you for the gift, Miss. It is my honor to be able to share your worries."
The maid on the ground wanted to stop her, but Huaping winked behind her. Two maids came up immediately, covered her mouth and dragged her away.
The room became quiet.
Li Jiaojiao then turned her attention back to Chen Ningzhu, looking her up and down with disdain, as if she were looking at some commodity.
The more he looked at her, the uglier her expression became.
Although she was unwilling in her heart, she had to admit that this bitch was indeed born with a good complexion, and it was not an exaggeration to say that she was so beautiful that she could topple a country.
She is delicate but not coquettish, and has a natural charm.
She had never seen such a naturally beautiful woman in her life, and she was filled with jealousy.
Especially when she saw the food on the table in front of her, her anger reached its peak.
"Bitch, why don't you tell the truth? Who are you and who let you live here? Do you think you deserve to enjoy such a sumptuous meal?"
She was the legitimate daughter of a county magistrate and a daughter of an official family, but her daily allowance in the courtyard was not even half of the luxurious food on the table.
Why does she, a bitch who suddenly appeared out of nowhere, receive such good treatment?
And her appearance...
Could it be that she was the mistress that Daddy secretly kept at home? Or was it a new concubine?
Various speculations kept turning over in Li Jiaojiao's mind, and Chen Ningzhu was not idle either, also quietly looking at Li Jiaojiao.
She has a beautiful nose, cherry lips, fair skin and pretty face. If you ignore the twisted and vicious look in her eyes, she looks pretty and charming.
She has her hair combed in the style of an unmarried girl, wears a long silk gauze dress embroidered with gold thread, and a plain silk ribbon tied around her waist, which highlights her graceful figure, making her look slender, graceful and charming.
She wore a satin embroidered double-breasted outer gown, her long black hair was tied into a bun with the moon in the sky, and a red gold crabapple flower hairpin with two stems was inserted diagonally, along with gold-thread hollow pearl flowers and a royal blue pearl hairpin with kingfisher feathers.
The earrings, with white jade beads, swayed slightly in the bright sunshine.
On the left side of her waist is a lotus sachet embroidered with silver thread, and on the right side is a white jade pendant with a lotus.
Her slender jade fingers gently grasped the translucent thorny chrysanthemum light silk fan and shook it slightly.
"Are you the county magistrate's legitimate daughter?"
"Yes, it's me. Stop trying to change the subject and tell me who you are."
Shen Ningzhu blinked.
"I can't really say for sure. Why don't you go ask your father yourself?"
Li Jiaojiao's face flushed instantly, and she raised her hand to slap Chen Ningzhu in the face, but she blocked it with her own hand.
With a cold smile,
"Little girl, some people are not something you can mess with just because you want to. I advise you not to be impulsive, or you might end up dying without knowing how."
"What a joke! Daddy loves me the most. Whatever I want, he will find a way to satisfy me."
"You are nothing more than a woman of some beauty. Even if I kill you, what does it matter?"
"Daddy, can you punish me, your biological daughter, just because of a lowly creature like you?"
Shen Ningzhu frowned and looked at the aggressive Li Jiaojiao and the dozen or so maids and servants behind her. She suddenly felt a headache and thought that if this continued, she might get beaten.
There were so many people, she couldn't run away or fight them.
So she tried to reason with him.
"I am King Chen's man, you can't touch me."
Upon hearing this, Li Jiaojiao was completely furious, "You...what did you say?"
"You said you're Brother Che's? No, how is that possible? Absolutely impossible, bitch. You must have seduced Brother Che with your charm. I'm telling you, Brother Che is mine. You dare to snatch him from me? Dream on."
"Come here, quickly, hold this vixen down for me and scratch her face with the hairpin."
"Once she loses this vixen-like face, I wonder what else she can use to seduce Brother Che."
Shen Ningzhu hurriedly pushed her hand to stop him.
"Wait a minute, the county magistrate actually sent for me to serve His Royal Highness Prince Chen. Actually, I've only just arrived."
"Since you like Prince Chen, how dare I compete with the young lady of the county magistrate's mansion? Otherwise, how about you let me leave the mansion?"
Li Jiaojiao looked at that delicate face like a flower reflected in the water, and her eyes almost turned red with jealousy. The look in her eyes was as if filled with poison, so how could she let her go easily?
Chen Ningzhu obviously saw this point, and persuaded him with emotion and reason.
"Miss, Prince Chen is at your residence. You want to leave a good impression on him and don't want him to see your hands covered in blood, right?"
The other party frowned and thought it made sense.
So, he gritted his teeth with reluctance on his face and winked at the maid who was suppressing Shen Ningzhu. The two of them instantly let go of her hands and stepped aside.
"Why should I trust you?"
Li Jiaojiao fell in love with Jiang Yanche at first sight and was shocked by his handsomeness. She told her father about her feelings, but was rejected by her father.
She cried and begged her father to agree to let her marry him, but her father just said that the time was not right and everything would depend on the situation.
What depends on the situation?
So he found someone else. Did he think she wasn't pretty enough? She was his biological daughter. How could he treat her like this?
Chen Ningzhu: "The county magistrate said that as long as I serve Prince Chen well and speak well of him in front of him, he will give me a large sum of money. In addition, he will do his best to help me sit on the position of Prince Chen's concubine."
Li Jiaojiao's eyes were bloodshot.
No, Princess Chen can only be her.
"Someone, throw her out of the house quickly."
"Let's see who dares."
Two voices sounded at the same time, one was Li Jiaojiao's and the other was Jiang Yanche's. Behind them were the sullen-faced County Magistrate Li and several followers.
"How are you? Are you hurt?"
Before everyone present could react, Jiang Yanche took the lead and walked towards Shen Ningzhu, expressing his concern as he walked.
Shen Ningzhu pursed her lips, wanting to say something but stopping herself.
Seeing this, Jiang Yanche's face darkened completely. "Master Li, what's your explanation for what just happened?"
"this……"
County Magistrate Li hurriedly walked up to Chen Ningzhu, bowed respectfully and said:
"Please calm down, my daughter is young and ignorant. If I offend you, it is all because of my poor parenting. I will apologize to you on her behalf. I hope you will not hold my fault against me and forgive my daughter's unintentional mistake."
Chen Ningzhu's eyes were red, and she slightly raised her head to look at Jiang Yanche. Her delicate and sparkling fox eyes were full of tears, revealing endless grievances.
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