The voice was clear and gentle, devoid of emotion, yet it sent a chill down the spine of the head maid standing beside her, who immediately knelt down.
Trembling with fear, she admitted her mistake, "It was Hongrui who overstepped her bounds. Please punish me, Master."
“You do deserve punishment, but there are others who need to be punished more. I don’t need useless people who are outwardly compliant but inwardly defiant.”
Zhao Yuwan didn't let Hongrui get up, but coldly said to the door, "Guards, drag this wicked servant who deceives his superiors away and beat him to death with sticks."
After hearing this, Hongrui closed her eyes tightly, knowing that there was no room for maneuver.
The female official, terrified, begged loudly for mercy, kowtowing frantically on the ground, "Princess, spare me! I know I was wrong! Please forgive me this once, for the sake of all the years I've served you!"
However, Zhao Yuwan remained completely unmoved, watching indifferently as the female official was dragged out.
Before long, a chilling, piercing cry came from outside.
Zhao Yuwan remained calm, but her eyes were filled with cold-bloodedness and ruthlessness. She scanned the crowd and slowly said, "Remember this, everyone. Anyone who dares to disobey me will suffer the consequences."
Upon hearing this, everyone present immediately knelt down and kowtowed, saying, "This servant (subordinate) will remember."
"Alright, get up, everyone."
At this moment, Zhao Yuwan nodded in satisfaction, then looked at Hongrui and said, "Father has already met with that little slut, but he doesn't know the truth yet. I will absolutely not allow her to live. Do you understand?"
"Yes, this servant knows what to do." Hongrui nodded and turned to leave.
"etc."
However, the princess quickly stopped her, her voice icy cold, "That damned little slut is just like her short-lived mother, a vixen who knows how to seduce men. Let her taste what it's like to be ridden by a thousand men and slept with by ten thousand. And that snow demon, investigate her for me too!"
"Yes, I understand."
Hongrui's expression remained unchanged. She bowed respectfully and left quickly.
"Splash..."
After everyone left, Zhao Yuwan waved her hand, and the newly replaced teacups shattered on the floor once again.
Her hands clenched tightly, her eyes filled with jealousy and malice. "Yun Zhourong, you deserve to live in the mud forever. The title of lucky star can only belong to me!"
The people sent out by the Grand Princess's residence are rushing to Qiongzhou.
Meanwhile, on the emperor's side, portraits of the late empress had been plastered all over the streets and alleys, and were spreading rapidly from the capital to every prefecture and county.
Upon seeing the portrait in Kyoto, Song Shuyi was immediately filled with dread. He promptly sent a letter to Yun Zhourong, informing her of the situation.
She absolutely had to be careful.
Yun Zhourong was naturally unaware of the situation here.
Because they stayed up very late stargazing the night before, it was already broad daylight when they woke up.
I quickly packed my things and hurriedly entered the city.
Qiongzhou Academy has completed its enrollment and classes have begun.
Yun Hongcheng's entire family also moved to the academy, so the two of them naturally went directly to the academy.
Upon arriving near the academy, Ji Minxiu, being a man, decided to leave first and return to the modern world for the sake of Yun Zhourong's reputation, without following along.
"Hey, whose daughter is this? She's so beautiful."
As it happened to be school time, a group of spoiled young men came over, and upon seeing Yun Zhourong's appearance, they were immediately awestruck and surrounded her.
Yun Zhourong always disliked such frivolous people, and immediately turned cold and rebuked, "I am the daughter of your academy's dean, please show some respect."
"Haha, girl, we admit you are indeed beautiful, but not just anyone can claim to be the daughter of our hospital director."
However, those spoiled brats didn't believe it at all, and instead laughed mockingly, "If you want to find a backer, at least find a reliable one!"
"You wouldn't be trying to use your status as the daughter of the head of the academy to swindle people and snag a rich husband, would you?"
At this moment, a short, thin playboy stepped forward, reaching out with his fan to touch Yun Zhourong's chin. "So it seems you're also a woman who likes to climb the social ladder. I find you quite pleasing to the eye. How about I take you as my concubine?"
"Brother Chen, I was the one who took a liking to this girl first. That's not very fair of you!"
"What? I've got my eye on it too!"
"Get out of my way. Although we are brothers, this beauty is a rare sight in the entire Qiongzhou. I want her."
"..."
As a result, upon hearing the words of the short, thin playboy, the other playboys immediately became unhappy and began to fight amongst themselves.
Upon seeing this scene, Yun Zhourong, who was initially furious, was speechless.
At this moment, she suddenly understood Yun Hongcheng's feelings. Such a person coming into the academy was simply a troublemaker, and she couldn't imagine how much trouble her father would suffer.
Thinking of this, she decided to teach these people a lesson, and said with a troubled expression, "What should we do? I am only one person, but there are five of you gentlemen. We can't divide it up!"
"That's easy, we can take turns."
Upon hearing this, the short, skinny playboy immediately said, "I'll take him back and play with him for a few days. When I get tired of him, I'll transfer him to you. How about that?"
Upon hearing such words that directly treated women as playthings, Yun Zhourong was instantly filled with rage and almost wanted to slap the short, skinny playboy.
Why are you the first one?
"That's right, I'm not short of money. I'll take the first one, and you can be the second."
"Get lost! I won't allow it. I want to keep this beauty for myself, and I won't let anyone else have her."
"..."
As a result, before she could even make a move, those playboys started fighting amongst themselves again.
Seeing this, Yun Zhourong took a deep breath and said slowly with a smile, "Gentlemen, you are all outstanding individuals. It would be my great fortune to serve one of you. But I really don't know who to choose now."
"Of course we'll choose you, young master! No need to even think about it!"
"Get out of my way, you should choose me!"
"..."
Upon hearing this, the group of spoiled brats started arguing again.
"Gentlemen, this kind of arguing isn't going to work."
Yun Zhourong quickly spoke up to stop them, "Besides, it's almost time for class. Once the teacher arrives, you won't be able to take this little girl away."
"That's right. I'm telling you, we're all brothers, why don't you give way this time?"
Upon hearing this, the short, thin playboy immediately became somewhat agitated and began to berate the other playboys.
"Then why didn't you let me?"
"That's right. If you give in, I'll remember this brotherhood forever."
"With so many brothers, why would I need one more?"
"..."
As a result, the group started arguing again and couldn't come up with any solutions.
Finally, Yun Zhourong interrupted, "How about this? I've always admired upright and courageous people the most. You two have a friendly spar, and whoever wins, I'll go with. How about that?"
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