Chapter 265: The Truth
She was so sick that she couldn't get up. A lot of her hair fell out and ugly spots began to appear on her face.
Zheng Xiu always liked new things and disliked old ones, and he never treated his concubines as human beings, but only as tools for his enjoyment.
Now that this thing is ugly, he is too lazy to look at it just because she is a good concubine.
If she was a lowly concubine, he would sell her directly so that she wouldn't have to stay in the mansion and be an eyesore. Her ugliness made him feel heartbroken.
Yanran has fallen out of favor, and those people in the mansion already disliked her, and now they are flattering the powerful and bullying the weak.
The bank runs on weekdays are nothing special.
Now that she was ill, she couldn't even have a good meal. Sometimes, most of the food sent to her was awful.
This even made Cui Liu, who always ridiculed her, a little angry.
"Is this rotten rice and vegetables suitable for human consumption? Auntie didn't even bother to make a scene. You are half the master after all, why don't you tell the young master and let him make the decision for you!"
In the past, Yanran was favored, and Cuiliu was sent to Yanran by Ling Qiu, so she was naturally respectable and could act domineeringly.
Now that Yanran has fallen out of favor, her status as a maid serving Yanran has plummeted, and any little girl dares to look at her badly.
Cui Liu finally realized that since she followed Yanran, her dignity depended entirely on whether her master Yanran favored her.
Who would have thought that Yanran, who was always seen by others as a coquettish woman who loved to seduce her master and would do anything to live a rich and prosperous life, actually shook her head when she heard this.
"Forget it, it's better to have less trouble than more."
Falling out of favor was not a bad thing for her.
The verbal ridicule from others has been going on for more than one or two days. There is no reason for her to be unable to bear it today.
These hard-to-swallow meals, although spoiled, are still meals after all.
She had a harder life when she was a child, and eating stale rice and stale vegetables was a luxury.
No matter how hard life is now, it is not as hard as before.
As for Zheng Xiu abandoning her and never paying any attention to her again, she not only did not feel panic or lost, but was greatly relieved.
Be thankful for yourself.
Zheng Xiu didn't like her and stopped favoring her, so she didn't have to drink the contraceptive soup that caused her great pain.
There is no need to humble yourself like a toy just for his happiness.
She is indeed having a hard time now.
But at least she regained some sense of being a human being.
No matter how painful life is, it is based on living as a human being.
It was better than before, when she was a beloved concubine on the surface, but secretly, she felt like a walking corpse.
In response to Cui Liu's indignation, she kept saying, "Just bear with it."
No matter how difficult it is now, can it still be more difficult than before?
Many nights before, Yanran had thought about ending her own life with a rope.
But she was unwilling to accept it.
She thought that even if she was going to die, she had to wash away the stigma and let everyone see that she was an honest and down-to-earth person before she died.
Otherwise, what would be the point of ending your life in such a shameful way?
A good death is always worse than a miserable life.
Yanran is open-minded. She can take any situation as it comes and always convinces herself to be content with what she has.
Cui Liu felt so aggrieved that she couldn't help but curse, "I've never seen anyone as unmotivated as you!"
"They usually call you cheap, and you actually are such a bitch. As a concubine, isn't my job to please the young master? But you're so different. Every time the young master comes, you have a sad face. When he doesn't come, you smile!"
After hearing this, Yanran paused while drinking the medicine from the bowl, then slowly turned her head, her expression slow and stiff. "So, you can all tell that I'm only happy when the Young Master isn't here?"
Her eyes were empty and lifeless, and her tone was damp and stiff. She didn't look like a living person at all, but more like a female ghost.
Cui Liu was shocked and cursed angrily: "What are you doing!"
"You're acting like this for no reason, it's no wonder the young master got tired of you so quickly!"
"You admit that you are so sick, neither combing your hair nor putting on makeup, how can the master like you again, you——"
"You are such a hopeless case!"
He just stared blankly with his eyes wide open, his blank and empty pupils trembling slightly, and a line of clear tears fell from his eyes.
She repeated those words dully and stiffly, "So you all know that I'm only happy when the young master doesn't come to my room."
Then why...
Then why were they all pointing at her and calling her a slut?!
She's obviously not that bad, they can all see it, right?
"You're really sick, you're talking nonsense!"
Seeing that she was still like this, Cui Liu was so angry that she threw down her dishes and turned away.
Yanran got up and suddenly felt a little breathless.
During this period, people in the mansion flattered the powerful and bullied the weak. She was bullied, ridiculed and mocked. Only the young lady Ling Qiu treated her as always.
She suddenly wanted to talk to Ling Qiu.
I want to ask Ling Qiu if she can tell that she is happiest when Zheng Xiu ignores her.
Who knew that as soon as I walked to the door, I heard Ling Qiu and Zheng Xiu talking and laughing.
"I heard from mother today that not only have you saved the family nearly two hundred taels of silver, but you've even brought in nearly two thousand taels more than in previous years. Madam is truly virtuous."
Ling Qiu still smiled gently.
"My dear husband, you are too kind. I am just trying to save money and earn income. After all, I live deep in the inner chambers, so I can only do these trivial things to relieve your worries. After all, it is not as hard as your work outside."
Zheng Xiu liked to hear this.
Then he praised Ling Qiu a few more times.
When he was about to say something, someone came to ask him to come over and see a concubine who was feeling unwell in her stomach.
That concubine was his new favorite recently. When he heard this, he left immediately without even thinking.
As soon as he left, Yanran hesitated and was about to step forward, but at this moment, the nanny beside Ling Qiu suddenly said, "This little bitch is so arrogant that she even dared to come into your yard to intercept people!"
"Young Madam, are you still going to be so lenient?"
According to Yanran's understanding of Ling Qiu, she should be smiling and saying that it was nothing, as they were all sisters.
Unexpectedly, Ling Qiu's tone was filled with a hint of coldness. "Just send the contraceptive soup over. Treat this bitch the same way you treated Yanran, that bitch."
Yanran was struck by lightning.
She never expected that Ling Qiu, who usually called her sister affectionately, actually looked down on her from the bottom of his heart, just like everyone else.
Although Yanran was sad, she didn't think much about it. She just felt that Ling Qiu was a noble lady, so it was normal for her to look down on someone like her.
Just as she was about to turn around and leave, she heard the nanny beside Ling Qiu continue, "I followed your instructions and had someone add a drug that causes freckles and hair loss to her medicine. The young master is really fed up with her."
Ling Qiu chuckled and caressed her nail polish nonchalantly, "A lowly servant, always seducing, she got what she deserved. The young master treated her like a jewel, but now that she's ugly, he's completely forgotten about her."
Yanran opened her eyes wide, like a puppet whose soul had been drained away.
She could hardly breathe.
A line of tears fell from her eyes, and at that moment she didn't know whether to be happy or sad.
She was sad that the young lady who seemed to have a kind heart turned out to be as vicious as a snake.
She was also glad that at least after she became ugly, she would no longer have to serve Zheng Xiu or drink those life-threatening contraceptive soups.
It doesn't matter if she's ugly, it just means she won't have to go out anymore in the future. She can stay in her own yard and her life will not be worse than before.
But sometimes fate pushes her here just to cruelly tell her all the truths of life.
"Back when she was still an embroiderer, the young master often said it was a pity that she was not his chambermaid, otherwise, she would just embroider two purses for him every day."
"From what I've seen, she's not only a coquettish woman, but she's also demanding fifteen taels of silver a month. When I asked her for guidance on embroidery, she even acted pretentiously. Is she even worthy?! Fortunately, Madam was thoughtful and had been planning for some time."
"I finally managed to lure the young master into that scoundrel's room."
"Not only did this save nearly two hundred taels a year, but because she generously taught me everything she knew, the value of the embroidery works made by the women in the mansion increased several times over."
To be honest, Ling Qiu is such a wonderful person!
Ling Qiu snorted twice, "For a vixen like her, being a concubine is a bargain. She doesn't even think about it. Fifteen taels of silver a month? Is she even worthy of it?!"
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