"You lowly servant, I have an audience with the Emperor today! How dare you soil my dress and cause me to lose my decorum before the Emperor! I'll smash your hands to pieces!"
Enraged, Qin Miaomiao picked up a stone from the ground and was about to smash it at the palace maid's hands, which were braced against the ground.
"stop!"
Mi Shan stood up,
"Are you two head maids the type to be afraid of the strong and bully the weak?"
"The palace servants have been bullied to this extent, and you just turn a blind eye?"
Having said that, he calmly walked to the little palace maid, snatched the stone from Qin Miaomiao's hand, and threw it aside.
"One should be lenient when possible. She didn't do it on purpose. You insisted on drawing blood on the day of the selection. Have you thought about the consequences if it gets back to His Majesty?"
The two old women who had been gazing at the sky were now offering hindsight advice.
His eyes darted around, and he stepped forward to offer advice:
"Yes, today is an auspicious day personally chosen by His Majesty, and it is indeed not suitable for fighting! I hope Miss Qin will be cautious!"
Granny Ping treated Qin Miaomiao with great respect.
Her father, Qin Xianling, was a high-ranking official of the second rank, in charge of the national treasury, and was highly regarded by the emperor.
Everyone is trying to curry favor with them, so how could they dare to offend them easily?
"Let her live a few more days. Later, whether you chop off her hand or beat her to death, it's all up to Miss Qin!"
Upon hearing this, the young palace maid pursed her lips, her face turning deathly pale.
A hint of defiance flashed in his eyes.
But all they could do was kneel down and kowtow, begging for mercy repeatedly.
Qin Miaomiao then revealed a satisfied expression, glanced at her with disdain, and turned her gaze arrogantly to Mi Shan beside her.
"Did you see clearly? This is what happens to a blind lackey! And you, you actually feel pity for her! Looking at how shabby you are dressed, could it be that you, like her, are of that lowly status!"
Mi Shan remained silent, a fierce mockery flashing in her eyes.
I thought to myself, with your limited understanding...
After entering the palace, he didn't know how to win people's hearts and treated his servants harshly in every way.
No matter how prestigious one's status, it won't last long.
"What are you laughing at! Am I wrong?"
Qin Miaomiao deduced from Mi Shan's attire that there was no one behind her.
She had already found out everything about the powerful and influential figures.
I thought that Mi Shan would be ashamed and hide away to cry after being ridiculed in public, but to my surprise, she just smiled calmly.
That smile seemed to be filled with contempt for her!
“I laugh at that person, he's the dog, he's a dog who relies on his master's power to turn the tables on others.”
She detested those who bullied the weak simply because of their noble status, regardless of the young palace maid's future prospects or whether she would be grateful to her and work for her.
Either ignore everything,
If you're going to take charge, then take charge to the end.
"Isn't a maid's life a life too? Putting aside social status, it's clear that you stepped on her foot first, causing her to accidentally knock over the teacup. If you want to deny it, the mark on her shoe is the best evidence. Just compare them and you'll know."
"She's gone mad! She's actually defending that palace maid?"
"Once Qin Miaomiao receives her official title, she will be the mistress! Even taking away that palace maid's hands and feet will be a matter of a single word!"
"Who is this person? They say 'fair skin covers a hundred flaws,' but with her dark complexion, she'll never be chosen by the emperor! And she dares to challenge the daughter of a high-ranking official? She'll never know how she'll die!"
Discussions and murmurs arose one after another.
Mi Shan wasn't angry; her cold eyes flickered slightly.
Is she Qin Miaomiao, the legitimate daughter of the Minister's family?
I'm sorry, I'm afraid I'll have to disappoint these people.
In her previous life, Qin Miaomiao was the one who died the fastest among this group of imperial concubines.
It was all because she wore the wrong dress at the Spring Flower Banquet, the same dress worn by the currently favored Consort Yu.
She even made outrageous remarks, saying that Consort Yu's beauty had faded and she was still as beautiful as she was, even if they wore the same clothes!
This incurred the wrath of Consort Yu.
Afterwards, they found a pretext to subject her to the torture of branding with hot irons.
Tied to a scorching hot iron pillar,
In an instant, the flesh melted away, leaving only a pink skeleton!
In her previous life, she only heard outside the palace that the Qin family had been raided and that Qin Miaomiao had been subjected to such horrific torture, leaving the people terrified and sighing.
She secretly condemned the Emperor's excessive favoritism, and accused Consort Yu of being cunning and ruthless!
In retrospect, it's not surprising that Qin Miaomiao, with her arrogant and brainless personality, would offend Consort Yu.
Instead of laughing at me for being poor, you should cultivate your mind and body and avoid making bad remarks. Otherwise, if you commit a serious offense and suffer retribution one day, don't blame me for not warning you.
"You, how dare you! You actually curse me!"
Qin Miaomiao was so angry that she trembled with rage, pointing a finger at her, unsure how to retaliate.
"I'm giving you good advice, it's up to you whether you listen or not."
Mi Shan said coldly.
Unexpectedly, Qin Miaomiao's friend suddenly leaned close to her ear and whispered a few words.
Upon hearing this, Qin Miaomiao's face immediately revealed a look of contempt and disdain.
"Mi Shan? Is that right? The illegitimate daughter of the Vice Minister of Rites!"
"I heard that your birth mother wasn't even a proper concubine! She was a prostitute who smuggled herself in from the Western Regions!"
"Bah! Someone of your humble origins and impure bloodline dares to participate in the imperial concubine selection with us? Your father sending you into the palace was a pipe dream! Doesn't he fear offending the Emperor?!"
Qin Miaomiao spoke with utter contempt, deliberately aiming to provoke someone's sore spots.
Mi Shan's eyes turned icy, and an invisible killing intent immediately filled the air.
"I heard that the women in those brothels see hundreds of clients a day! And most of their children are born with venereal diseases!"
"Granny, please remember this carefully! Examine her body thoroughly later! If she has a serious illness, it might taint His Majesty's health!"
Those around were immediately shocked upon hearing this.
The gaze directed at Mi Shan was instantly filled with disgust and fear!
They all retreated, covering their mouths and noses with handkerchiefs.
It was as if breathing the same air as her could potentially infect me.
"Ugh! How disgusting!"
"How dare she even come to the talent show!"
"Exactly! If I were her, I would have found a pillar and smashed my head against it to my death!"
Mi Shan's expression remained unchanged, a faint smile still playing on her lips, but her eyes held a subtle, almost imperceptible, coldness. Her gaze towards Qin Miaomiao was like arrows, capable of piercing her a thousand times over!
A shadow crept onto her face.
"Really? You speak with such certainty, as if you witnessed it yourself..."
Without making a sound, Mi Shan clenched her fingers and twisted them twice. A giant centipede, wriggling its hundred legs, slowly crawled out of her sleeve.
"You're spreading rumors about my mother, slandering me as sick. What will you do if I'm not sick?"
She raised her cold eyes, staring directly at her, and reached out to grab her collar, seemingly questioning her.
No one noticed.
The centipede, concealed by the sleeve,
He was just a hair's breadth away from climbing onto Qin Miaomiao and crawling into her collar!
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"She doesn't deserve it, do you?"
But unexpectedly, the next moment,
A cold, mocking voice came from behind.
Mi Shan's expression changed, and she glanced behind her.
My spine stiffened slightly, and a chill quickly spread from my back.
That voice... it's him!
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