"If you dare to hit me, I'll tell the prince!"
Nanny Huang sneered: "If the prince really loved you, why would he be willing to punish you to suffer in a place like this?"
The other two women also sarcastically said, "That's right, the new concubine had her wedding night with a rooster. Who in this mansion doesn't know about it?"
"Hahahaha... At this moment, you're still acting so high and mighty? You're such a lowly person!"
All kinds of sarcasm and ridicule can be heard everywhere.
Xia Qinghe was embarrassed and annoyed, struggling frantically: "Asshole! Let me go!"
But the two women were used to doing rough work and were very strong. She could not break free from their restraints at all and could only passively endure the humiliation of the whip falling on her body.
Tears flow silently.
After gritting her teeth and enduring a few whippings, Xia Qinghe thought they would let her go.
Unexpectedly, when Nanny Huang and others saw that she did not cry or beg for mercy, they viciously threw her into the laundry pool.
Xia Qinghe was completely unprepared. After being pushed headfirst into the water, she drank several mouthfuls of water and drifted in the pool in a daze.
"Help... I can't swim..."
Xia Qinghe shouted desperately and slapped the water with her hands.
Nanny Huang and others burst into laughter.
"How could this Concubine Xia be so clumsy? She couldn't even wash a piece of clothing properly, and she even slipped and fell into the pond."
"That's right. We are old and our eyes are blurry. We didn't see anything. Even if she drowned, no one would know. It has nothing to do with us."
Nanny Huang and the two women left chatting and laughing.
"Don't go...save...save me..."
Xia Qinghe choked on the water several times in succession. The whip wounds on her back were so painful that her heart was broken.
She had clearly worked very hard to marry into the Regent's Palace, so why did she still end up dying such an untimely death?
Just when she thought she was about to drown, a younger girl ran over and whispered, "Madam Xia, the water in the pool isn't deep. Don't panic. Try to stand up."
Xia Qinghe's eyes darkened and she stood up suddenly.
The water only came up to her chest.
Her whole body was soaked, and her usually exquisite hairstyle was blown by the rain and fell all over her head in strands, looking extremely disheveled.
There was a burst of laughter all around, and the laundry women looked at her with a hint of contempt in their eyes.
Xia Qinghe was shivering. She dug her nails into her palms tightly, her fingers almost felt broken, but she didn't feel any pain at all.
Her heart was filled with hatred!
She hated the group of people in front of her and hated Lingzhi who caused her to be punished.
She felt like she was living like a maggot in a gutter, never seeing the sun in the deep courtyard of the palace.
Although Xia Qinghe was whipped and fell into the water, she still didn't get a moment to breathe. After climbing out, she still had to continue washing clothes.
After finally getting to dinner, Nanny Huang naturally ate fat chickens and geese, and the women who tried to curry favor with her also ate some greasy food.
Xia Qinghe went to get some food, but was only given two moldy pancakes.
She glanced at Nanny Huang and silently picked up the moldy cake on the ground.
Seeing that she was sensible, Madam Huang stopped making trouble and went back to eat her meal.
Because she was not used to doing these kinds of work and had to wash half as many clothes as others, the other laundry women had already gone back to rest, but Xia Qinghe was still busy washing in the yard.
At night, heavy rain came down, mixed with lightning, pouring down on the ground.
Xia Qinghe held a basin of clothes and wanted to go into the house to shelter from the rain.
Nanny Huang immediately locked her outside and said, "Come back in after you've finished washing."
The rain was pouring down like a flood, making it almost impossible to open one's eyes. Xia Qinghe felt cold and tired, and her body was shivering.
She banged on the door vigorously: "Mammy, it's raining so hard and it's getting dark. Can we wash tomorrow?"
Huang Ma Ma didn't open the door, but just yelled, "Don't come in until you're done washing, and don't go to bed."
Xia Qinghe stumbled and sat down on the steps in the yard.
She raised her head slightly, letting the rain wash over her body.
Water flowed through her hair into her eyes, nostrils, and slightly open mouth... The flame of hatred in her heart burned even more fiercely because of the heavy rain.
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The next morning.
Nanny Huang started calling people to get up with a feather duster again.
When she reached Xia Qinghe's bed, she was about to yell when a gold leaf was stuffed into her palm.
Nanny Huang was startled, and the curse she wanted to say was stuck in her throat. When she looked down and saw the precious object in her hand, she was stunned.
"this……"
Nanny Huang obviously didn't expect such a huge fortune to fall from the sky, and her eyes lit up when she touched the golden leaves.
Xia Qinghe poked her head out from under the quilt and said, "Thank you, Madam, for being so soft-hearted yesterday and letting me in."
Last night, because Nanny Huang was afraid that someone might die, she still opened the door in the middle of the night and let Xia Qinghe go back to the room.
She couldn't imagine that Xia Qinghe, an unfavored concubine, would be so generous.
Even the look he gave Xia Qinghe became more eager.
She pondered for a moment and said, "Yesterday... don't blame me. I am just a slave. Someone from above gave me the order, so I had no choice but to obey."
It turns out that someone is harming her behind the scenes!
Xia Qinghe sneered in her heart, but remained expressionless: "I understand. Thank you for your advice, Ma'am."
"I was young and ignorant and offended someone. I can't blame Mammy. Besides, it was right for Mammy to teach me a lesson. There are more than a dozen people in this laundry room, and everyone follows Mammy's lead."
Hearing her say this, Nanny Huang's tense face relaxed instantly.
"Don't worry, Aunt Xia. If you're not feeling well, you can rest for a while today. I won't make it difficult for you."
"Thank you for your understanding, Madam!"
Xia Qinghe smiled.
It is true that money can make the world go round.
Fortunately, before she left home, she asked her father for enough money, which made the old woman Huang Ma blinded by the money and changed her attitude towards her 180 degrees.
After pondering for a moment, Xia Qinghe said, "There is something I need to trouble you with, Madam."
Huang Ma Ma asked, "What is it? Madam Xia, please tell me."
Xia Qinghe didn't beat around the bush and said directly: "I want to see Concubine Ye."
Huang Ma Ma looked troubled. "This is a bit difficult! She is the master and we are the servants. It's easy for her to summon us, but if we want to see her, it's not easy for us to do so."
Xia Qinghe handed another gold leaf to Madam Huang and said, "Please, Madam, think of a solution."
Nanny Huang quietly accepted the gold leaf, thought for a moment, and said, "I do have an idea. Our laundry should deliver the washed clothes to the various courtyards every day. This afternoon, Aunt Xia can go and deliver the clothes on behalf of Ling'er. However, I can't guarantee whether this will work or not."
"Thank you, Ma'am! Don't worry, Ma'am. Whether it succeeds or not, Qinghe will remember your kindness in her heart."
"Mrs. Xia is still a good person."
"Okay, Aunt Xia, please take a rest. I won't stay to disturb you."
With the golden leaf in her arms, Nanny Huang left contentedly.
Looking at her leaving back, Xia Qinghe's face was gloomy and his eyes were cold.
She couldn't just sit there and wait for death, she had to find a way to get out of this damn place.
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