"Then sister should hurry back and tidy up properly." So that she can return Hongxiu to me after she's finished using her, but there's still plenty of time.
"Alright, I'll head back now." Consort Borjigit, in a good mood, swaggered back to the main courtyard with Hongxiu.
Helpless, Wanyi could only go out for a walk by herself. No one was tidying up her lodgings, but the estate would send some people to serve her later. Wanyi walked around bored, and the more she walked, the more remote the place became, which was exactly what Wanyi wanted to go. She memorized the route as she walked so that she wouldn't get lost later.
"Ha, you wretched woman who brings misfortune to her parents, what right do you have to serve your noble master, and even dream of participating in the selection?" Suddenly, a contemptuous voice rang out from the front, reaching Wan Yi's ears.
"Whether I can participate in the selection is up to the manager, not something you, Fuyao, can decide with a few words."
Furong was the top pick in the last selection, but Fuyao's aunt, who was the deputy manager, suppressed her spot on the grounds that she was considered unlucky for her parents.
For some unknown reason, the noble ladies of the palace arrived before the selection even began, and now they are urgently summoned to gather together. It seems they are to be sent to serve the concubines. But she is blocked here. If she fails to go in time, she will be relegated to a lowly palace maid who can never rise in rank.
"So what? I'll still stop you from going to the assembly. I want to see if you can get past us." Fu Yao said, taking a step forward and raising her proud head.
Fuyao didn't come to stop her alone; her aunt had arranged tasks for them. Now, all they had to do was block Furong and prevent her from taking the lead.
"Fuyao, how dare you! If you delay your master's selection of people, can you bear the responsibility?" Fuyao felt a knot in her heart, knowing that she probably wouldn't get through today.
"Whether we can take responsibility or not is none of your business. If Furong can't think straight and jumps into a well or drowns herself, that's her own business." Fuyao wasn't worried about being discovered at all, after all, she was used to being the only one in charge here.
As they spoke, the group prepared to step forward and start pulling at each other. Without thinking, Wanyi spoke up, "How dare you! Who's making such a racket here!"
"And who are you?" Fu Yao looked at the woman in gorgeous clothes in front of her with a hint of jealousy.
"I am Consort Suo Zhuolun, and I am taking her away." As Wanyi spoke, she pointed at Furong. Perfect timing, she needed a clever, bold, and meticulous maid, and she found Furong to be very pleasing to the eye.
"Concubine, you're ridiculous. How come you don't even have a single maidservant by your side?" one of the maids, named Baihe, said disdainfully.
"Could it be that the maid the steward bought recently is trying to get ahead, so she changed into bright clothes, hoping to climb the social ladder?" Dongju speculated.
"Alright! Let's do it together! It'll be good for you and Furong to keep each other company. Furong, look how good I am to you!" Fuyao thought of this girl who was clearly an orphan but did everything better than her, and who was always protected by the steward.
Seeing that these people still intended to kill her, Wanyi pushed Yao down, grabbed Furong, and ran away.
"Ah! You slut, how dare you push me! Chase after them! I'll make sure you suffer!" Fuyao said angrily, thinking that if she caught that bitch, she would definitely sell her to a brothel.
"Hey! Do you know which way to Qinyuan?"
Wanyi suddenly regretted meddling, but it was too late to say anything now. If she had brought someone with her, she wouldn't have been in such a sorry state.
"Over there." Furong pointed to the path on the right. Looking at the beautiful woman in front of her, dressed in a beautiful qipao, she thought that if she was not a noble master, she must be a capable servant of a noble master. Unlike Fuyao, she was not blind. The maid's hands were so smooth. She had to serve her well and hoped to show her face and leave this horrible manor.
"Let's go! We'll be fine once we get to Qin Courtyard. They won't dare to be so arrogant then." Wanyi said and continued walking.
"Consort Zhao, Consort Zhao!" Wanyi saw Consort Zhao walking towards her from afar. In fact, Consort Zhao had just finished discussing matters with the Empress Dowager and came out when she saw the unseemly Consort Suo Zhuolun calling her, panting heavily.
"Consort Zhao?" Fu Yao was surprised, not expecting her to see her mistress so quickly, and wondered what Wan Yi's identity was.
"Greetings, Consort Zhao!"
Wanyi quickly regulated her breathing and then gave a dignified bow. Furong, who was standing to the side, had already knelt down and kowtowed when she heard the name of Consort Zhao.
"Consort Suo Zhuolun, how could you behave so improperly!" Consort Zhao frowned and reprimanded softly.
"You bitch, where do you think you're going?" The people behind were further away, so they could only vaguely see the people in front being stopped.
"Sister Zhaofei, I was scared. They took advantage of the fact that I didn't bring any maids and even tried to throw me into the well, so I ran away for my life." Wanyi pitifully stepped forward and grabbed Zhaofei's hand.
"Speak properly if you have something to say. Don't drag things out. Mind your image. You are a concubine."
Consort Zhao's tone softened a bit, after all, others were bullying the people in her Western Six Palaces! Besides, the Wanyi family had found a way to use smallpox vaccination to combat smallpox, and she was also a proud member of that family, so what was wrong with protecting her a little?
The people who caught up with her turned pale when they saw Consort Zhao in front of them. They never expected to run into their noble mistress.
"How dare you! You haven't even paid your respects to Consort Zhao yet!" Youbai scolded the maids who had come to chase after Wanyi.
"This servant greets Consort Zhao, may Your Highness be blessed with ten thousand years of happiness and peace!" Several people knelt down tremblingly, their voices shaking.
"Your Majesty, please forgive us. It's all the fault of this servant and Furong. If they hadn't run away on their own, Steward Yi wouldn't have ordered me to wait and tie them up and take them back." Fuyao made up her mind to push all the blame onto Wanyi and Furong.
"Oh, so you're saying it was their fault? I just heard you were going to kill them?"
Consort Zhao wondered if Consort Wan was lying, but now, after hearing the words of the servants below, she knew that things were as Consort Suo Zhuolun had said.
"Your Highness, don't listen to their nonsense. One is just a kitchen maid who tends the fire, and the other is a newly hired maid who is impersonating a concubine. When we saw through her, she pushed us down and ran away. We've run into Your Highness, so please help us."
Fu Yao believed that her story was flawless. Since it was just the few of them there, and Baihe and the others on her side were all her own people, she wasn't afraid that Fu Rong would say anything out of line.
"I can stand up for you." As soon as Consort Zhao finished speaking, Fu Yao couldn't help but smile. She thought of the scene of Wan Yi and the others begging for mercy, but then she heard Consort Zhao say, "However, Consort Suo Zhuolun is a concubine of the country. How dare you talk about killing her? You are really lawless!"
"Ah! This servant knows her mistake." Baihe noticed that Wanyi had not knelt down, and as if she had thought of something, she immediately knelt down.
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