Chapter 299 Since she's already become a bed warmer, what's there to complain about?
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Who is this acquaintance?
Who else could it be?
Haha, it's naturally Prince Liu Shu.
Just before Li Wangming closed the door, Li Shiyue saw through the crack in the door that Li Chunli, wearing a peach-colored cloak, was looking up and smiling as she spoke to Liu Shu.
Liu Shu's private room should be right next to Li Shiyue's, the one with the lotus flower signboard.
Therefore, they stood at the door, not far from Li Shiyue, and with Li Shiyue's hearing, she could hear their conversation clearly.
"...I'm sorry to have troubled you. You should relax tonight."
"How could I feel wronged for the sake of the young master?"
"I'd do anything for the sake of the young master."
The door was completely closed, and Li Shiyue withdrew her gaze.
She thought that this prefectural city was really small, no, it should be said that the signboard of Yuelai Restaurant was big. As the next power holder of Andong, Prince Liu Shu was really willing to come here to relax.
This was the second time they had run into each other. Including this time, Li Shiyue had come to Yuelai Restaurant three times in total, and he had run into Liu Shu twice!
Tell me, how's this luck?
However, Li Shiyue didn't think much of it. Ever since she had those words with Li Chunli in the Prince's Mansion, Li Shiyue had become wary of the Scumbag Emperor again.
Points are important, but your own bottom line is even more important!
Thinking this, Li Shiyue raised her cup to drink tea, listening to her mother and the others discussing what dishes to order.
Just then, the electronic voice from the system in Li Shiyue's mind rang out again.
"Scenario triggered, task discovered. Please use the play 'The Jade Hairpin' to satirize the female lead Li Chunli to her face, causing Li Chunli to feel ashamed and lose control of her emotions, resulting in a miscarriage!"
The mission is considered complete as long as the female lead, Li Chunli, suffers a miscarriage!
Upon completing the task, the host will receive 200 points and one chance to draw a prize!
Please complete the tasks diligently and become a favored concubine as soon as possible!
"Hmm, this is good. I had it quite well last time. Let's have two big bowls again this time."
Li Shiyue pretended not to hear the electronic voice of the system and nodded at the stewed mutton on the menu that her mother was pointing to.
She naturally wouldn't take on that task.
Since the last time, Li Shiyue has decided that in the future, as long as Li Chunli doesn't provoke her, she will treat Li Chunli as if she doesn't exist and will no longer get involved with Li Chunli for the sake of points.
It's really unnecessary.
Why do women make things difficult for other women?
Just as Li Shiyue said before, after her father fell into the sea on Treading Waves, she had no further connection with Qin Tao's family.
Whether Li Chunli became Liu Shu's concubine or didn't enter the Prince's mansion but found another man, it was no longer relevant to Li Shiyue.
Of course, if Li Chunli is just jealous of Li Shiyue and wants to cause trouble for her, she is not afraid. She will confront her and scold her as she sees fit. She is not afraid of Li Chunli.
However, although she didn't plan to do this task, Li Shiyue was actually a little excited at the moment.
The main issue is what this mission revealed: "Is she pregnant again?"
Yes, to Li Shiyue's surprise, Li Chunli became pregnant again less than half a year after giving birth, at most half a year later.
That's really fast.
Besides being surprised, Li Shiyue also became curious about the play "The Jade Hairpin".
She asked the waiter who had just knocked on the door, "Waiter, what's going on in today's show?"
The waiter smiled and bowed to Li Shiyue, first thanking her for the copper coins, and then said to her, "Honored guest, today's performance is called 'The Jade Hairpin,' and we have invited a troupe from the capital. It is said that every time 'The Jade Hairpin' is performed in the capital, it is always packed with customers, especially female guests."
When the waiter mentioned that the female guests loved this play, Li's mother and Zheng Meiniang widened their eyes and pulled the waiter aside to ask him what story the play was about.
Who knew that the waiter was also good at talking? He smiled and cupped his hands to Li's mother and the others, saying, "Honored guests, honored guests, please don't make things difficult for me. I've never seen this play before."
Tonight is the Lantern Festival, and this is the first time we've performed inside a building.
"Honored guest, please wait a moment. The show will begin as soon as the gong sounds!"
Just as the waiter had predicted, a short while later, a gong was sounded downstairs.
Li Shiyue walked to the window and looked down at the high platform in the center of the lobby.
The opening was surprisingly filled with the mournful sound of a pipa.
On the high platform, a woman with long hair was seen kneeling by the window, looking up at what appeared to be the sky outside.
Then, the woman began to sing along to the mournful music.
After listening for a while, Li Shiyue finally understood that the woman with disheveled hair was named Pan'er. She was originally a respectable girl, but her parents sold her to the wealthy Zhu family to work as a maid when she was young.
Whether it's a blessing or a curse, Pan'er, now grown up, possesses a beauty that is as pure and fresh as a lotus emerging from clear water.
Pan'er's beautiful face brought her both advantages and disadvantages; she became Zhu Dalang's bed warmer.
The good thing is that becoming a bed warmer is a step up from the lowly cleaning maids; it means a higher monthly salary and slightly better clothes for all four seasons.
The problem was that the young girl, barely grown up and not yet understanding the feelings between men and women, was arranged to warm Zhu Dalang's bed.
Pan'er thought that by becoming Zhu Dalang's woman, she would have someone to rely on and a home.
But she forgot that she was just a bed warmer.
After serving as a bed warmer for several years and drinking a lot of contraceptive soup, Pan'er finally watched on her eighteenth birthday as her beloved Zhu Dalang married his first wife and returned to the Zhu family.
The opening scene of this play, "The Jade Hairpin," is on the wedding night of Zhu Dalang, where Pan'er, the maid who warms the bed, looks out the window at the moon and laments her fate.
"Pan'er is pitiful, and her parents are truly heartless. How could they sell their child into slavery?"
Listening to the mournful singing, Li Xiatian felt very sad, thinking that Pan'er was too pitiful.
"Alas, it seems that Pan'er's parents really had no other choice but to sell her to a wealthy family as a maid, so that at least she could have a bite to eat and survive."
Zheng Meiniang also felt sorry for Pan'er, and no matter how difficult things got, she would never think of selling the child.
But as a mother, she also understands that sometimes there is really no other way, and she can understand some of those parents who sell their children.
"Since you've already become a bed warmer, what's there to complain about?"
As long as we have enough to eat and wear, that's enough.
When Zhu Dalang got married, he naturally wanted to find a woman of equal social standing to marry.
Pan'er was just a maid who sold herself into servitude; no matter what, she could never become Zhu Dalang's legal wife.
"In the Zhu household, she has a place to stay and food to eat, and she doesn't have to do anything. What is there for her to complain about?"
Li Wangming's words drew everyone's attention, except for Shi Tou, to him.
"Second Uncle is right."
But being sold into servitude was never Pan'er's wish.
Her parents, the Zhu family, and the world—did they ever ask Pan'er if she wanted to be a bed warmer?
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